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dc.contributor.authorGibson, Brianen
local.source.editorEditor(s): L Murray Gillinen
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-28T15:54:00Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.citationRegional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2007, v.38en
dc.identifier.isbn9780980332803en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/6780-
dc.description.abstractPrincipal Topic: This study investigates the association between potentially alternate indicators of performance in small firms. Determination of the best measures of performance continues to be a vexing issue in the entrepreneurship literature. Data availability and accuracy bring into question some of the traditional measures of performance and it is argued that simpler indicators may be equally reliable. Accordingly, the analysis in this paper explores the strength of correlations between alternate performance indicators. The benchmark variables are overall measures of performance expressed in terms of sales and employment growth. A major alternative to these growth based performance measures is a variable that measures growth based on changes in the number of locations at which the business operates. The paper then explores, as potential proxies for performance, a range of other variables that, while not directly recognised as performance indicators, are likely to be associated with improved performance. These include indicators of engagement in innovative activities, growth intentions, major changes in key business processes, and the scale of operations. Methodology/Key Propositions: The data utilized for the analysis in this paper was obtained from the Business Growth and Performance Survey developed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Use of this large unbiased sample (over 3,000 firms) facilitates an analysis from which reasonable generalisations can emerge. Operational proxies for the above variables are able to be determined from the data. Analysis is restricted to correlation analyses appropriate to the nature of the variables. Results and Implications: On the basis of interim results and previous studies assessing associations between best practice management activities and alternate specifications of performance, a level of association is anticipated between the traditional growth based measures of performance and some of the simpler alternates. These results will provide a reasonable foundation for the use of variables to indicate performance that are easier to determine and are less subject to biases as a result of accuracy in reporting. Future research may be facilitated by being able to source data about firm performance that does not have to be based on financial data.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherAustralian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technologyen
dc.relation.ispartofRegional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2007en
dc.titleAssessing Potential Performance Proxies in Entrepreneurial Firmsen
dc.typeConference Publicationen
dc.relation.conferenceAGSE IERE 2007: 4th Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship International Entrepreneurship Research Exchangeen
dc.subject.keywordsSmall Business Managementen
dc.subject.keywordsEntrepreneurshipen
local.contributor.firstnameBrianen
local.subject.for2008150304 Entrepreneurshipen
local.subject.for2008150314 Small Business Managementen
local.subject.seo2008910203 Industrial Organisationsen
local.subject.seo2008910402 Managementen
local.profile.schoolAdministrationen
local.profile.emailbgibson4@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryE1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20100423-165932en
local.date.conference6th - 9th February, 2007en
local.conference.placeBrisbane, Australiaen
local.publisher.placeMelbourne, Australiaen
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume38en
local.contributor.lastnameGibsonen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:bgibson4en
local.profile.roleauthoren
local.identifier.unepublicationidune:6941en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleAssessing Potential Performance Proxies in Entrepreneurial Firmsen
local.output.categorydescriptionE1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publicationen
local.relation.urlhttp://www.swinburne.edu.au/lib/ir/onlineconferences/agse2007/en
local.relation.urlhttp://www.swinburne.edu.au/lib/ir/onlineconferences/agse2007/gibson_summary_p521.pdfen
local.conference.detailsAGSE IERE 2007: 4th Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Brisbane, Australia, 6th - 9th February, 2007en
local.search.authorGibson, Brianen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.conference.venueUniversity of Queenslanden
local.year.published2007en
local.date.start2007-02-06-
local.date.end2007-02-09-
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