Entrepreneurship and paths to business ownership
研究了创业的不同路径，包括创办、购买、继承企业以及被晋升或引入，并利用1756位业主经理的数据检验了路径与背景、动机、职业经历等的关系。
Abstract Alternative paths to ownership are examined, including starting, purchasing or inheriting a firm, as well as being promoted or brought in by existing owners. It is hypothesized that these involve different ‘degrees of entrepreneurship’, which will be reflected in the profiles of owner‐managers who have followed each path. Data on 1756 owner‐managers are used to test hypotheses relating path to ownership to: the entrepreneurs' background characteristics; motivations and attitudes; and previous careers, incubator organizations and processes of starting.