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Exploring innovation ecosystems to facilitate the adoption of sustainable entrepreneurship: Looking beyond the Western World J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Dana Bakry, Tugrul Daim, Saeed Alzahrani, Marina Dabic, Birol Yesilada
The objective of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of innovation ecosystem instruments in increasing the adoption of innovation in sustainable entrepreneurship by proposing and develop...
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How founding team members respond to exploration and exploitation behaviors by mimicking and switching J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Florian Koch, Alexander Kock, Elmar D. Konrad
Organizational ambidexterity evolves as an aggregated capability based on individuals’ behaviors within a venture. But what happens in founding teams when the founders collaborate? This study aims ...
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A guide to becoming green: Insights from angel investors developing sustainability-specific knowledge J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Meike Siefkes
This paper explores how business angels develop the knowledge necessary to offer sustainability-value-adding activities, thereby becoming green angels. A multiple case study was conducted based on ...
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The board as a guide for learning in growing SMEs J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Tom Liljeström, Tuuli Ikäheimonen, Timo Pihkala
This article aims to explore how a company’s board guides learning by connecting active owners, the board, and the management. We suggest that board-guided learning practices connecting the owners,...
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Fostering SME‘s organizational effectiveness through strategic orientations, learning capability, and innovation J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Thu-Hang Le, Mai Ngoc-Khuong
The strategic management behavior of Small and Medium Enterprises in the trade and service sector within an emerging economy displays distinctive characteristics that differentiate them from larger...
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Childhood trauma and entrepreneurs’ individual entrepreneurial orientation J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Bach Nguyen, Hai-Anh Tran
Experiencing childhood trauma (that is, neglect/abuse) threatens the cognition, behavior, and well-being of individuals. In this paper, we examine whether and how childhood traumatic experiences, w...
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Applying resource-based theory to social value creation: A conceptual model of contributive advantage J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Colleen C. Robb, Katrina M. Brownell, Malin Brännback, Stefano Rumi
Evaluating social impact and social performance offers an ongoing challenge for entrepreneurs due to the substantial complexity involved in analyzing and responding to nonpecuniary firm-, market-, ...
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Advice seeking and mentors’ influence on entrepreneurs’ role identity and business-model change J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Ronit Yitshaki
This study explored the interrelations between advice seeking and the role of mentors in triggering entrepreneurial role identity and business-model change. Entrepreneurs’ advice-seeking antecedent...
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Managerial ties, external resources, and business model innovation: Interplay and mediation analysis J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Tommy H. Clausen, Lars H. Molden
Scholars and practitioners argue that smaller ventures can embark on new growth trajectories through business model innovation (BMI). There are, however, scarce insights into BMI and its driving fo...
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He-said, she-said: A family science and gendered perspective of communication in small family businesses J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Kristen Madison, Kristen K. Shanine
Responding to calls to use family theories in family firm research, we adopt a family science perspective to understand the impact of the family system elements of gender and communication on the f...
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Exploring the benefits and risks of displayed passion in entrepreneurial pitches J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Xianzhe Jin, Arran Caza, Zhenyu Wu
Should entrepreneurs display their passion when pitching a business idea to potential funders? Entrepreneurial passion is important, but evidence about the effect of displayed passion in venture fi...
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Life satisfaction of family business members: The role of socioemotional wealth goals and psychological functioning J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Ayoosha Saleem, Chris Graves
Family businesses offer affective benefits to family business owners and family members employed at their family’s businesses. However, little is known about whether the pursuit of “Socioemotional ...
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R&D investment, innovation, and export performance: An analysis of SME and large firms J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Miethy Zaman, George Tanewski
There is a paucity of literature investigating the simultaneous relationships among R&D, innovation, and exports and assessing the separate roles of R&D and innovation from an empirical perspective...
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Family firms’ survival in an economic downturn: The role of ownership concentration and collaborative intensity J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Joan Freixanet, Gemma Renart Vicens, Pilar Marquès Gou
This study examines the key topic of small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) survival during an economic downturn by focusing on the role of family governance. We argue that family SMEs typically ...
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Auditing in family firms: Past trends and future research directions J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Miguel Gil, Timur Uman, Martin R. W. Hiebl, Steffen Seifner
This systematic literature review synthesizes and maps existing research on auditing in family firms across multiple areas of study. The review includes 71 systematically selected academic articles...
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The paths leading to harmonious and obsessive entrepreneurial passion J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Arafet Bouhalleb, Mohamed Yacine Haddoud
Prior studies have typically examined the individual antecedents of entrepreneurial passion, but overlooked the complex interactions among those determinants. This study addresses this gap in the l...
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The family business CEO: A review of insights and opportunities for advancement J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Vitaliy Skorodziyevskiy, Jeffrey A. Chandler, James J. Chrisman, Joshua J. Daspit, Oleg V. Petrenko
Understanding chief executive officers (CEOs) is important because of their vast influence on the strategies and performance of organizations. With the growth of family business research, new insig...
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SME default prediction: A systematic methodology-focused review J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Hamid Cheraghali, Peter Molnár
This study reviews the methodologies used in the literature to predict failure in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We identified 145 SMEs’ default prediction studies from 1972 to early 20...
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Drivers and outcomes of CSR engagement in UK SMES J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Cezara Nicoara, Vita Kadile
Building on insights from the motivation-opportunity-ability (MOA) theory, we develop and test a conceptual framework of perceived antecedents, contingencies, and broader performance outcomes of co...
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Family governance structures in family businesses: A systematic literature review and future research agenda J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Vinod Thakur, Sabyasachi Sinha
Family governance as a research field has recently attracted scholarly attention. The article aims to contribute to family business literature by consolidating the extant research on family governa...
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Hybrid entrepreneurs: The value of experience J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Sebastián Uriarte, Vesna Mandakovic, José Ernesto Amorós
Hybrid entrepreneurs—individuals acting simultaneously as entrepreneurs and employees—are often considered to be in a transitional stage toward becoming full-time entrepreneurs. However, they may a...
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Beyond educating students about business failure: The role of optimism training and hope J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Dan Cohen, Dan K. Hsu, Rachel S. Shinnar
Teaching entrepreneurship students about failure can help them better cope with business failure and learn from it. This is important given evidence that experienced entrepreneurs are more successf...
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Family firm entrepreneurship: An experimental study J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Michele Pinelli, Thomas Niemand, Pasquale Massimo Picone, Sascha Kraus, Alfredo De Massis
Family managers’ entrepreneurial intentions (EI) play a crucial role in the long-term success of family firms. Previous research has highlighted education as a key driver of EI but has failed to co...
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Comparing the moderated impact of entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation, and entrepreneurial marketing on firm performance J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Nasser Alqahtani, Can Uslay, Sengun (Shen) Yeniyurt
This study examines the relative efficacy of entrepreneurial orientation (EO), market orientation (MO), and entrepreneurial marketing (EM) as moderated by various environmental and organizational f...
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Government finance, loans, and guarantees for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) (2000–2021): A systematic review J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Joseph Crawford, Zi-Ying Anna Cui, David Kewley
Governments across jurisdictional boundaries leverage financial incentives as a policy strategy to support and develop the business of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This study is a systemati...
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Psychological capital and emotions on “surviving” or “thriving” during uncertainty: Evidence from women entrepreneurs J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Nilupulee Liyanagamage, Charmaine Glavas, Thilakshi Kodagoda, Lisa Schuster
While uncertainty has long been a subject of scholarly interest, research has largely neglected the responses of women entrepreneurs during times of uncertainty. Women entrepreneurs are disproporti...
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Childhood exposure to family firm and transgenerational orientation: Moderated mediation of affective commitment J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Baris Istipliler, Annegret Hauer, Detlef Keese, Michael Woywode, Jan-Philipp Ahrens
ABSTRACT Based on organizational commitment theory, we explain how childhood exposure to the family firm (CEFF) impacts shareholders’ affective commitment (AC) to the firm in later life. After we demonstrate how this AC mediates the relationship between shareholders’ transgenerational orientation (TGO) and CEFF, we investigate the two factors moderating this mediation relationship: shareholders’ non-manager
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Applicant attraction to new ventures: The combined effects of entrepreneurs’ physical attractiveness and gender J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Evila Piva, Paola Rovelli
ABSTRACT We investigate the combined effects of entrepreneurs’ physical attractiveness and gender on applicant attraction to new ventures. Relying on stereotype-based theories and using unique primary data, we confirm that physical attractiveness and gender biases exist: Job seekers evaluate the new ventures presented by either physically attractive or male entrepreneurs as more attractive prospective
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Digital communities of inquiry: How online communities support entrepreneurial opportunity development J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Peter Kalum Schou, Gilbert Kofi Adarkwah
ABSTRACT In recent years, scholars have argued that entrepreneurs develop opportunities through social engagement in communities of peers. These entrepreneurial communities of peers, so-called communities of inquiry, are moving from the physical to the virtual realm as digital technologies proliferate society and entrepreneurial processes. However, little is known about how entrepreneurs partake in
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Why bother teaching entrepreneurship? A field quasi-experiment on the behavioral outcomes of compulsory entrepreneurship education J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Katrin M. Smolka, Thijs H. J. Geradts, Peter W. van der Zwan, Andreas Rauch
ABSTRACT The proliferation of entrepreneurship education in business schools suggests that it is commonly believed to foster venture creation. At the same time, research on entrepreneurship education is growing. However, further studies are needed to determine the effectiveness of compulsory entrepreneurship education (CEE) by providing evidence on the specific type of entrepreneurial behavior it elicits
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Drivers and success factors of digital entrepreneurship: A systematic literature review and future research agenda J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Tal Berman, David Stuckler, Daniel Schallmo, Sascha Kraus
ABSTRACT Digital entrepreneurship is playing an increasingly prominent role for economic growth and development. However, the most effective methods of facilitating it remain unclear, as scholars continue to debate the factors that contribute to its success. We therefore conducted a comprehensive systematic literature review by searching the Web of Science and Scopus databases for empirical studies
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Corporate environmental responsibility and financing patterns: Does firm size matter? J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Dengjun Zhang
ABSTRACT This article provides a comprehensive assessment of the impact of corporate environmental responsibility (CER) on financing patterns of working capital and fixed investment. Financing sources include internal funds, equity, different types of debt financing, and government grants. Specifically, this study examines differences in the impacts of CER on financing patterns for smaller and larger
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Gender differences in entrepreneurs’ work–family conflict and well-being during COVID-19: Moderating effects of gender-egalitarian contexts J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Steven A. Brieger, Deema Sonbol, Dirk De Clercq
ABSTRACT Just as for most of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic had detrimental impacts on the well-being, mental health, and productivity of entrepreneurs. To delineate these effects, the current study draws from social role theory to predict that women entrepreneurs exhibit a diminished sense of well-being compared with their male counterparts, due to the greater work–family conflict women experienced
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Clearing the hurdles: Revisiting the under-performance hypothesis for women-led VC funded firms J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Candida G. Brush, Amanda B. Elam
ABSTRACT This study revisits the female underperformance hypothesis by investigating the influence of CEO gender on key performance factors for VC funded firms from 2011–2016. We used a matched case-control sample approach to reduce the confounding influence of industry sector on gender differences for four key performance outcomes – total capital, raised total rounds of funding, successful exit or
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Friends for richer or poorer: Economic connectedness, regional social capital, and county entrepreneurial activity J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Pankaj C. Patel, Marcus T. Wolfe
ABSTRACT In this study we propose that economic connectedness (friendship among individuals with different socioeconomic statuses) is associated with higher entrepreneurial activity, and regional social capital in the form of network cohesiveness related to clustering coefficient (support ratio) weakens (strengthens) this relationship. Using a sample of U.S. counties and controlling for focal-county
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More than capital? Transaction costs, trade-offs, and value for small businesses in novel funding transactions J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Regan Stevenson, Sean R. McMahon, Michael P. Ciuchta, Chaim Letwin
ABSTRACT The transaction cost economics framework has been used for more than three decades to explain how firms transact and organize in hierarchies and markets. However, when market innovations and societal changes occur, organizing theories should be updated to reflect the novel aspects of the environment. In this paper, we leverage recent technology and social innovations as a catalyst for synthesizing
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Environmental practice adoption in SMEs: The effects of firm proactive orientation and regulatory pressure J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Beverly B. Tyler, Brooke Lahneman, Daniele Cerrato, Allan Discua Cruz, Karin Beukel, Nathalie Spielmann, Marco Minciullo
ABSTRACT Even with proven benefits of engaging in sustainability, and stakeholder and regulatory pressure to do so, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seldom adopt environmental practices beyond those required. To investigate why some SMEs adopt environmental practices while others do not, we studied the proactive orientation–environmental practices link and the moderation of regulatory pressure
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Origin of Korean entrepreneurship J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Ayman El Tarabishy, Joon Oh, Kyoo-Il Jo, KiChan Kim
South Korea is known for its highly developed economy, which has undergone significant growth and transformation over the past few decades. As a result, South Korea is now considered one of the wor...
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Intersectional dimensions of entrepreneurship among immigrant Hispanic women J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-05-17 Samuel C.H. Mindes, Paul Lewin
ABSTRACT Many factors influence the economic opportunities for Hispanic women. In particular, their gender and ethnicity shape employment paths, as does their immigration status. Hispanic entrepreneurship is seeing rapid growth, but the heterogeneity of that group remains understudied. Using 2015–2019 ACS data, we investigate formal (incorporated) and informal (unincorporated) self-employment across
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Opening the black box of venture capitalists’ evaluation of entrepreneurial teams J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Frederic Blume, Josh Wei-Jun Hsueh
ABSTRACT Entrepreneurial teams represent a critical evaluation criterion for venture capitalists (VCs) in the context of making investment decisions. Despite the importance of teams in VCs’ new venture evaluation, we lack an understanding of the ways in which VCs evaluate entrepreneurial teams. Using multiple case studies of 15 VCs, we identify five distinct approaches to evaluation: intuitive approach
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Owner-manager emotions and strategic responses of small family businesses to the COVID-19 pandemic J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Michael Christofi, Elias Hadjielias, Raj V. Mahto, Shlomo Tarba, Amandeep Dhir
ABSTRACT COVID-19 pandemic, a consensus crisis that has had a profound effect on societies and economies globally, compelled family businesses to respond strategically in order to remain afloat. We examine the role of their owner-managers’ emotions in the strategic response to the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing on 38 in-depth interviews with owner-managers of small family businesses in Cyprus. Our findings
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Effects of founder gender and workplace romance status on recruits’ evaluations of early-stage ventures J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Safal Batra, Vishal K. Gupta, Vivek Kumar, Charles A. Pierce
ABSTRACT We conduct a mixed-method, multi-study investigation using a role congruity theory framework to examine prospective employees’ attitudes toward working for male- and female-led ventures. Results using data collected from business students, alumni, and executives in India reveal three insights: (1) prospective employees report similar evaluations for male- and female-led ventures under normal
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Business model scaling and growth hacking in digital entrepreneurship J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-04-12 Angelo Cavallo, Federico Cosenz, Guido Noto
ABSTRACT Creating an innovative product and validating an innovative business model may not be enough for digital startups to be competitive. To grow fast and expand globally, digital startups need to innovate their business model during the scaling phase. A pragmatic approach has recently been proposed to support digital entrepreneurs engaging in business-model innovation during the scaling phase
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Bourdieusian and resource-based perspectives on ethnic minority microbusinesses: The construction of a culture-induced entrepreneurship model J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-04-05 Muhibul Haq, Martin Johanson, Julie Davies, Wilson Ng, Léo-Paul Dana
ABSTRACT In contemporary developed Western societies, structural discrimination often bars ethnic minorities from entering mainstream entrepreneurship and labor markets. Consequently, minorities engage in microentrepreneurship for economic survival and to retain their social identities. Yet despite the economic value of ethnic minority microbusinesses, little is known about the underlying forces that
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Disentangling owners’ emotional determinants of the first-offer price for valuating small and medium-sized enterprises J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-04-05 Robin M. Gubela, Michael Graffius, Birgit Felden, Sven Wolff
ABSTRACT In contrast to internal family succession, changes in ownership to nonfamily successors often mean that owners of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) request a selling price. However, SME owners often subconsciously determine a first-offer price based on personal experiences and emotions with their firms. If the first-offer price deviates from the firm’s earnings value, company transactions
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Understanding international CSR in SMEs J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Maria-Cristina Stoian, Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki
ABSTRACT This study investigates international corporate social responsibility (CSR) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). While international CSR is key to firm internationalization, hardly any research has been conducted on international CSR in SMEs. Drawing on an interpretive approach, we reveal four distinct understandings of international CSR which entail different CSR practices: international
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Mobilizing potential slack and firm performance: Evidence from French SMEs before and during the COVID-19 period J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-03-16 Vivien Lefebvre
ABSTRACT No-debt SMEs have potential slack in that they can raise financial resources to face external shocks or explore new business opportunities. This study compares the performance implications of potential slack mobilization during and before the COVID-19 context by building on arguments from the behavioral theory of firms and corporate finance. The disruptions caused by the COVID-19 crisis theoretically
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Determinants of system emergence at the nexus of banks and fintech–insights from the DACH region J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-03-09 Roland von Horn, Muhamed Kudic
ABSTRACT We explore the determinants affecting the emergence of the “pervaded banking system” (PBS) – a mixed system encompassing traditional banks and continuously entering fintech companies – in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Drawing on a sample of 604 fintech companies and 802 banks, we compile an unbalanced panel dataset between 2015 and 2019 and employ a fixed-effects negative binomial model
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Agility and improvisation in Ontario’s craft breweries: Capabilities for constraints-based innovation J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-03-08 Nadege Levallet, Suchit Ahuja, Corey Wood
ABSTRACT In the context of most small businesses, innovativeness is critical for survival. However, small businesses often lack resources and are limited in their ability to influence external constraints. Consequently, they need to innovate in unique and often limited ways. While constraints-based innovativeness is discussed in emerging economies, we know little about how it occurs in advanced economies
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Equity crowdfunding for university spin-offs: Unveiling the motivations, benefits, and risks related to its adoption J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-03-03 Ciro Troise, Stefano Bresciani, Alberto Ferraris, Gabriele Santoro
ABSTRACT Equity crowdfunding (ECF) has spread rapidly worldwide, however its use by university spin-offs (USOs) along with scholarly attention to it, is still extremely limited. In this qualitative study, we examine the views of founders of the few USOs that have used ECF in the Italian market and unveil their motivation for bypassing traditional funding models and the related benefits and risks. USOs
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International high-growth of early internationalizing firms: A feedback loop experience J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Pierre-Louis Meuric, Véronique Favre-Bonté
ABSTRACT Today, the factors that influence EIF international trajectory remain underexplored. Recently a new research perspective has encouraged using the microfoundations of dynamic capabilities to better understand EIFs’ international high-growth. To respond to that research opportunity, we explored the case of 15 high-growth EIFs using an abductive method. We found the existence of two feedback
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Choice or chance: How successful entrepreneurs talk about luck J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-02-01 Katrina M. Brownell, Melissa S. Cardon, Mark T. Bolinger, Jeffrey G. Covin
ABSTRACT While it is generally acknowledged that luck plays an important role in new venture performance, academic exploration of the construct offers substantial challenges both theoretically and empirically. We suggest that one productive avenue through which to start addressing these challenges is through consideration of how entrepreneurs talk about luck as a contributing factor to their success
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Heroes of the Green Room – How able successors revitalize and reinvent family firms J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-01-26 Baris Istipliler, Jan-Philipp Ahrens, Annegret Hauer, Dennis Steininger, Michael Woywode
ABSTRACT Drawing on contingency and upper echelon theories, this study conceptualizes family firm CEO succession as a special window of opportunity for the new generation to reinvent and rejuvenate the firm and restore the environment-organization fit that had often deteriorated pre-succession. We argue that CEO-related human capital enables successors to identify and amend misfits, allowing them to
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Collective entrepreneurship makes strange bedfellows: Examining framing activity in construction of the equity crowdfunding market J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-01-17 Denis Iurchenko, Jeffrey S. Petty, Sanjay Jain
ABSTRACT The digital revolution paved the way for changes in the field of entrepreneurial finance, with platform-based funding mechanisms being viewed as a mode for democratizing equity investing. Despite this belief, equity funding platforms were not available to the public for a while, owing to existing regulations that made them illegal. Based on the analysis of a unique longitudinal dataset, the
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International new ventures: Beyond definitional debates to advancing the cornerstone of international entrepreneurship J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2023-01-17 Daniel R. Clark, Robert J. Pidduck
ABSTRACT International entrepreneurship—the field dedicated to the discovery, enactment, evaluation, and exploitation of opportunities across national borders to create future goods and services—is as inextricably linked to firm activity as entrepreneurship, strategy, or international business. However, for much of the past 30 years the field has been hampered by confusion and inconsistency over definitions
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The process of growing in small firms: Exploring dialectic adjustments to nonroutine disruption J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2022-12-16 Ivana Milosevic, A. Erin Bass, Mary Uhl-Bien
ABSTRACT Studies examining small firm growth have suggested that growth is complex due to the multitude of internal and external factors that disrupt it. However, in focusing mainly on external factors and paying less attention to internal factors, the process of growing – or what is happening inside a small firm as it grows – remains undertheorized. Using findings from a real-time case study of a
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FsQCA in entrepreneurship research: Opportunities and best practices J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2022-12-06 Shahrokh Nikou, Jozsef Mezei, Eric W. Liguori, Ayman El Tarabishy
ABSTRACT This paper offers step-by-step guidance and best practices for using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (FsQCA) in entrepreneurship research. We analyzed publications in which FsQCA was utilized as the primary methodological choice, focusing our scope on 10 top entrepreneurship journals. Our review reveals that inconsistencies exist regarding how to use the method, what processes to
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Introduction to the special issue on entrepreneurship processes J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2022-12-06 Laura Castaldi, William E. Jackson III, Louis Marino, Diego Matricano
Published in Journal of Small Business Management (Vol. 61, No. 5, 2023)
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SMEs and dividend payout policy in case of poor legal environment J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2022-11-30 Greta Falavigna, Roberto Ippoliti
ABSTRACT This article investigates the dividend informational content hypothesis, showing how managers react to a poor legal environment through positive and credible messages to investors. We analyze private and public limited companies between 2015 and 2019, exploring the relation between their dividend payout policies and the courts’ ability to enforce creditor rights in case of insolvency. Based
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Can playing defense yield gains? Examining the relationships among regulatory focus, innovation, and SME performance J. Small Bus. Manag. (IF 6.881) Pub Date : 2022-11-30 Dennis Barber III, Whitney O. Peake, Michael L. Harris
ABSTRACT Innovativeness and performance are keys to understanding the capability of SMEs. However, scant research examines the motivational frames that enhance behaviors, such as innovation, in SMEs. Regulatory focus theory provides the lens through which to we examined how SME owner motivation impacts innovation and firm performance, given that the SME owner primarily displays either a promotion or