FE rapport,
University of Gothenburg, Department of Business Administration

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to discuss the process of development of the firm in interaction with its institutional environment, which I call the entrepreneurial process. This can be studied in three phases, i.e. initiating phase, establishment phase and growth phase. I am going to present a model, describing the entrepreneurial process and try to explain the co-relation and interaction between economic performance, formal institutions and informal constraints. I will first describe some institutional factors, second, a theoretical discussion; while also presenting a model. Third, accounts of two companies. Analysis,discussion, and conclusions appear in part four.

Keywords: The entrepreneurial process; entrepreneurship; institutions; informal and formal institutional theory; organization; culture; structure; the enterprise development process; enterprise growth phases; growth and institutions

21 pages, January 22, 2003

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