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covin

(ˈkʌvɪn)
n
(Law) law a conspiracy between two or more persons to act to the detriment or injury of another
[C14: from Old French; see coven, convene]
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Covin

 a number of persons banded together; a combination or union. See also band, confederacy, coven.
Examples: covin of heathen, 1415; of masons and carpenters, 1361; of wicked men, 1374; of witches.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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2004), apparel retailers (Smart and Conant 1994), high-tech industries such as electronics and pharmaceuticals (Kemelgor 2002), and mature manufacturing industries such as textiles, paving mixtures, and steel mills (Zahra and Covin 1993).
It is often a delicate balancing act on the part of corporate management between giving the venture the independence it requires and monitoring it to minimalize the costs and risks associated with the process (Garrett & Covin, 2015).
Executive managers from Canadian top 300 firms and US top 500 firms recognize transferring of knowledge resource as a crucial element for sustainable organizational success (Covin, Hall, Smalt, & Stivers, 1997).
A orientacao empreendedora (OE) surge como importante construto no ambito do empreendedorismo, possibilitando por meio de processos, praticas e atividades o desenvolvimento organizacional baseado nas tomadas de decisoes estrategicas e na implantacao do comportamento empreendedor (LUMPKIN; DESS, 1996; COVIN; GREEN; SLEVIN, 2006).
Firms' internal capabilities and strategic comportments greatly affect their performance as compared to external influences (Covin & Slevin, 1989).
In this regard, stimulating corporate entrepreneurship (CE) is recommended as an important goal (Covin & Miles, 1999; Teng, 2007), for which the first step is to understand how the entrepreneurial process functions.