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Navigating challenges: lean inventory management and SMEs performance during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-16 Vivien Lefebvre
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Blooming in the cracks: productive entrepreneurship amid institutional voids Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Zeynab Aeeni, Mehrzad Saeedikiya, Kamal Sakhdari, Vahid J. Sadeghi
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Women-led ventures: target margins in emerging markets Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Natalia Cantet, Brian Feld, Estefany Peña-Rojas
In recent decades, though the number of female entrepreneurs has grown, a gender gap remains. Self-confidence plays a pivotal role in understanding these differences. We examine gender and target margins in a vast dataset spanning Latin America, the Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa. We use linear and interval regression analysis to estimate the relationship between gender and setting target margins
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Digital equity and government support during COVID-19 Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Shabnam Kazembalaghi, Jerry Coakley, José M. Liñares-Zegarra, Silvio Vismara
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(De)centralized governance and the value of platform-based new ventures: The moderating role of teams and transparency Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-31 Pierluigi Martino, Tom Vanacker, Igor Filatotchev, Cristiano Bellavitis
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Small business stories in the formation of enterprise policy: a narrative policy analysis of the UK Bolton Committee Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-27 Robert Wapshott, Oliver Mallett
Enterprise policy, which seeks to stimulate start-ups and support small businesses, attracts significant investment from government and shapes the context for entrepreneurs. Researchers have begun to study the processes underlying the formulation of enterprise policy. However, accounts of how competing interests seek to influence enterprise policymaking processes remain rare. Utilising a distinctive
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Investment grants and firms’ productivity: how effective is a grant booster shot? Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Fernando Alexandre, Miguel Chaves, Miguel Portela
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Importing knowledge from psychology: how it broadens the scope of entrepreneurship research—and helps it avoid the “multi-tower effect” Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-20 Robert A. Baron
Communication between different fields in universities is often hindered by the “multi-tower” problem: each focuses on its own questions and issues and tends to ignore work in other, even closely related ones. This occurs in part, because each field has its own terminology theories, journals, and conferences and because university policies claiming ownership of researchers’ findings restrict them from
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Colors and Entrepreneurial Activities: An Exploratory Study Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-16 Nancy Hodges, Michael J. Kane, Albert N. Link
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The non-linear impact of risk tolerance on entrepreneurial profit and business survival Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-14 Melanie Koch, Lukas Menkhoff
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Forgive me not? Racial and institutional disparities in the Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-03 Vladimir Kotomin, Wyatt Frere, Ruby Morr
Existing research establishes that minority borrowers, particularly Black small business owners, faced significant challenges in accessing funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), especially in its early stages. We find that institutional and racial disparities persist during the PPP loan forgiveness stage. Controlling for various loan- and borrower-level characteristics, we demonstrate that
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A meta-analysis of entrepreneurial ecosystem elements and entrepreneurial activity Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Martin Queissner, Lennard Stolz, Matthias Weiss
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Gender homophily and local bias in equity crowdfunding Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-24 Dandan Wang, Jörg Prokop
We investigate gender-specific local biases among investors in equity crowdfunding. Based on data from a major German crowdfunding platform, we find that domestic investors favour ventures that are geographically closer to their own place of residence. This bias is particularly evident among female investors, although it is partially offset by gender homophily, whereby female investors favour companies
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Entrepreneurship and innovation in worker cooperatives and conventional firms: the role of external cooperation Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-22 Francisco J. Santos, Carmen Guzmán, Lidia Valiente
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Advisors for micro-entrepreneurs: is one as good as another in accessing alternative finance? Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-18 Maria Gaia Soana, Doriana Cucinelli, Beatrice Ronchini
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Token governance in initial coin offerings: Implications of token retention and resale restrictions for ICO success Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-10 Johannes Fuchs, Paul P. Momtaz
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Keeping pace with the digital transformation — exploring the digital orientation of SMEs Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-06 Kevin Escoz Barragan, Felix Simon Rudolf Becker
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Cyberattack, cyber risk mitigation capabilities, and firm productivity in Kenya Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-05 Godsway Korku Tetteh, Chuks Otioma
Most scholarly work has focused on the positive effects of digitalisation in Sub-Saharan Africa without accounting for the associated risks and mitigation measures at the firm level. Using the 2016 Enterprise ICT Survey of Kenya which provides a rich source of information on the use of ICT among firms, we examine the effect of cybersecurity breach on labour productivity and show how this effect is
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Risky business: venture capital, pivoting and scaling Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Lars Persson, Joacim Tåg
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Government procurement contracts, external audit certification, and financing of small- and medium-sized enterprises Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-28 Kelvin Mugambi Kinyua, Frederick Kibon Changwony, Kevin Campbell
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Intensive personal mentoring: accelerators’ secret sauce Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-25 Eyal Rechter, Gil Avnimelech
Over the past fifteen years, the startup accelerator sector has emerged as a vital component in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, offering structured support to novice entrepreneurs. This study explores the impact of mentorship within accelerators, shedding light on the critical role mentors play in the success of early-stage entrepreneurs. Utilizing comprehensive data from 779 graduates of Israeli accelerators
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Financial statement audit and regulatory focus in equity crowdfunding decisions Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-20 Regan Stevenson, Jared Eutsler, Bradley Lang, Jesse C. Robertson
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Culture and social entrepreneurship: the role of value-practice misalignment Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-13 Katrina M. Brownell, Diana M. Hechavarria, Colleen C. Robb, Jill Kickul
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Unpacking the relationship between sense of place and entrepreneurs’ well-being Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-12 Teemu Kautonen, Aracely Soto-Simeone, Ewald Kibler
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From independent inventor to inventor entrepreneur: an application of the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-12 Kevin A. Miceli, Shirish Sundaresan, Atul Nerkar, Tian Chen
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Regional embeddedness is the key: Quantity and quality of regional business opportunity perception Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-07 Jessica Birkholz
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Signaling and herding in reward-based crowdfunding Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-06-01 Gabriel Rodríguez-Garnica, María Gutiérrez-Urtiaga, Josep A. Tribo
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Decoding value exchange in entrepreneurial ecosystems through a service-dominant lens Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-24 Colin Donaldson, Robert Newbery, Jasmina Berbegal Mirabent, Andreas Kallmuenzer
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Firms’ borrowing costs and neighbors’ flood risk Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-18 Thomas Bassetti, Lorenzo Dal Maso, Valentina Pieroni
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Microfranchising and necessity entrepreneurs Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Brett R. Devine
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Linking biases and paradoxes in the family entrepreneurship context: an integrative framework for future research Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Minas N. Kastanakis, Katerina Kampouri, Christian Linder, Michael Christofi, Alfredo De Massis
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Organizing transactions between entrepreneurs and human capital resources under Knightian uncertainty Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Ryan W. Angus, Matthew A. Barlow
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The cost of health insurance and entry into entrepreneurship Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Frank M. Fossen, Mobarak Hossain, Sankar Mukhopadhyay, Peter Toth
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Realizing expectations? High-impact entrepreneurship across countries Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-04 Johannes Kleinhempel, Saul Estrin
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Impact of financial support expansion on restaurant entries and exits during the COVID-19 pandemic Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Masato Oikawa, Koichiro Onishi
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State responses during the COVID-19 pandemic and their impacts on small businesses Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Cathy Yang Liu, Luísa Nazareno
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The role of culture in family firms Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-22 Mario Daniele Amore, Danny Miller
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European SMEs’ growth: the role of market-based finance and public financial support Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Simone Boccaletti, Annalisa Ferrando, Emanuele Rossi, Monica Rossolini
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Entrepreneurial prototyping: the role of purpose, prototype recycling, and skills bricolage Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Steffen Paust, Steffen Korsgaard, Claus Thrane
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Hidden costs of entering self-employment: the spouse’s psychological well-being Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Safiya Mukhtar Alshibani, Ingebjørg Kristoffersen, Thierry Volery
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Financial Access and Entrepreneurship by Gender: Evidence from Rural India Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Sandhya Garg, Samarth Gupta, Sushanta Mallick
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Untangling the complexity of innovativeness in new ventures: The interplay between causal entrepreneurial processes and social capital Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Parisa Haim Faridian, Donald Neubaum, Siri Terjesen
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Was Robert Gibrat right? A test based on the graphical model methodology Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Marco Guerzoni, Luigi Riso, Marco Vivarelli
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Effects of immigration on native entrepreneurship in the US: an analysis of self-employment over 1980–2018 Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Bulent Unel
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Do institutional dimensions matter at different stages of the entrepreneurial process? A multi-country study Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-27 Claudia Alvarez, Tatiana Lopez, David Urbano
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The role of cognitive legitimacy in social entrepreneurship: a multilevel analysis Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Xing Li, Wanxiang Cai, Niels Bosma
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Heterogeneity in PhD entrepreneurship: strategic alignment of institutional, organisational, and individual factors Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Alessandro Muscio, Fumi Kitagawa
Much of the existing research on PhD entrepreneurship is focused on Academic Spin-Offs (ASOs) within the parent institution’s formal intellectual property (IP) structure. Cross-level analysis of a survey administered to 23,500 PhD students in Italy shows the heterogeneity of PhD students’ entrepreneurial activities, which, in addition to ASOs, include start-ups, corporate spin-offs and other types
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A racial identity approach to entrepreneurship: the lived experiences of African American and Black entrepreneurs Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Susana C. Santos, Eric W. Liguori, Michael H. Morris, SherRhonda R. Gibbs
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Learning to ride the high growth “Rollercoaster”: the role of publicly funded business accelerator programmes Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Ross Brown, Rachael Rees-Jones
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Does equity crowdfunding benefit ventures located in high unemployment regions? Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Aristogenis Lazos
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Are family firms green? Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Ivan Miroshnychenko, Danny Miller, Alfredo De Massis, Isabelle Le Breton-Miller
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The psychological strain of becoming self-employed: a longitudinal investigation of honeymoon-hangover effects Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-09 Jingjing Qu, Jun Li, Yannis Georgellis
Using British longitudinal data, we re-examine the honeymoon-hangover hypothesis (Boswell et al., 2005) for the psychological strain (measured by anxiety and depression) employees experience when they become self-employed. Most previous studies explore self-employment honeymoon-hangover effects mostly for job or life satisfaction. Employing the entropy balancing approach, we find that employees who
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Local banking development and SME conservative financing policy. Does bank branch density matter? Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Paulo Miguel Gama, Fátima Sol Murta, Elisabete S. Vieira
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Missing links of knowledge spillover effects on firm intensity and regional development Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Gustavo Barboza
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HGX: the anatomy of high growth exporters Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Stjepan Srhoj, Alex Coad, Janette Walde
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Re-entrepreneurial experience and learning during challenging times Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Jorge Espinoza-Benavides, Maribel Guerrero
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The two faces of hierarchy: CEO power and TMT learning diversity in technology venture innovation Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Henrik Wesemann, Charlotta Sirén, Vivianna Fang He, Dietmar Grichnik, Joakim Wincent
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Cultural diversity and innovative entrepreneurship Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Paula Prenzel, Niels Bosma, Veronique Schutjens, Erik Stam
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Embracing the “fail fast and learn fast” mindset: conceptualizing learning from failure in knowledge-intensive SMEs Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Nikolina Koporcic, David Sjödin, Marko Kohtamäki, Vinit Parida
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Learning from success and failure: implications for entrepreneurs, SMEs, and policy Small Bus. Econ. (IF 6.5) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Esteban Lafuente, Rodrigo Rabetino, Juan Carlos Leiva
Despite the valuable contributions of earlier learning studies, the specific analysis of how entrepreneurs and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) learn has been sidelined in the literature. Significant research opportunities remain open in various unexplored realms. By adopting a multidisciplinary perspective that combines a variety of frameworks (i.e., organizational, economic, and innovation