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The Entrepreneurial Intention-Action Relationships among Young Entrepreneurs: A Taxonomy-Based Perspective Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Safiya Mukhtar Alshibani, Atiya Bukhari, Veland Ramadani, Mathew (Mat) Hughes
Although entrepreneurial intentions have been widely studied, however, the relationship between intention and action is an understudied area, especially in the Middle East/North African (MENA) region. This paper investigates the antecedents of the intention-action relationships based on the doer, procrastinator, dreamer, and abstainer taxonomy of student entrepreneurs. In this paper, a sample (N =
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Effects of Firm-Level Entrepreneurship Orientation on Digital Transformation in SMEs: The Moderating Role of Strategic Agility Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Mir Shahid Satar, Safiya Mukhtar Alshibani, Ghadah Alarifi
The study investigates the effects of firm-level entrepreneurship orientation (EO) dimensions of innovativeness, risk-taking, and proactiveness on digital transformation (DT) in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) while considering their interactions with the organization’s strategic agility. The study hypothesizes that all three firm-level EO dimensions are positively associated with DT within SMEs
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Disentangling the Intention to Use Trade Credit in Family SMEs: The Influence of Knowledge and Signals Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2024-03-03 Katrien Jansen, Anneleen Michiels, Wim Voordeckers, Tensie Steijvers
Trade credit is one of the primary sources of short-term financing, especially in family firms. However, trade credit can be expensive, with an implicit annual interest rate exceeding 40 %. From a theoretical point of view, cheaper short-term bank debt should then be preferred above trade credit. Surprisingly, the overall use of trade credit exceeds, by far, the use of short-term bank credit. Therefore
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Gender Differences in the use of Social Capital for Entrepreneurial Activity Within Contexts of Poverty Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2024-02-11 Fernando X. Proaño Sánchez, Ana M. Bojica
Previous research has pointed to differences in the use of social capital between male and female entrepreneurs that may explain, in part, the different outcomes they obtain. Adopting a gender perspective, this study analyses whether these differences depend on the contextual configurations in which their businesses operate, specifically the degree of hostility of the context and their household structure
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Exploring the Behaviours of Small Business Entrepreneurs in the Gastro-Dining Industry: Risks, Relationships and Gourmet Chefs in Action Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Özgür Atılgan, Aykut Berber, Cavide Uyargil
A growing number of chefs are setting up their own businesses to offer a gastro-dining experience in places without an extensive gastro-dining tradition. In this context, our purpose is to explore the behaviours of entrepreneurs of small businesses in the newly developing Turkish gastro-dining market. We adopted a qualitative research design to gain insight into the perceptions of ten entrepreneurs
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Entrepreneurship, Resource Rents and Institutions Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Andre Mollick, Lu Sui
The resource curse hypothesis supposes that rents generated by resource booms create opportunities for rent-seeking activities, which weaken innovation and economic development due to the potentially adverse effects in competitive markets. The quality of institutions is an important channel to transform society from a rent-seeking economy to an entrepreneurial economy. We address in this paper these
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An Advisor to a Family Business. Main Challenges from the Perspective of Socio-Emotional Wealth (SEW) Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2023-10-21 Izabela Koładkiewicz, Marta Wojtyra-Perlejewska
The objective of the article is to identify from the perspective of socio-emotional wealth the key challenges that formal advisors cooperating with family businesses face and the factors determining their effective cooperation. The paper has a theoretical character. Using the assumptions of socio-emotional wealth construct the propositions indicating the future research directions were formulated.
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Social Capital and Innovative Performance in Networks: The Journey of Romanian SaaS Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Anca Maria Clipa, Iuliana M. Chițac, Cătălin Ioan Clipa, Nelu Florea
Entrepreneurship is increasingly acknowledged as a critical economic and growth driver. As a result, practitioners’ and scholars’ inquiry into the link between the entrepreneurial social network and its pursuit of innovation have gained momentum in developed economies. However, it remains scarce in the context of emergent economies. Drawing upon social network theory, this qualitative study explores
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Commitment Helps: The Positive Effects of Long-Term Orientation and Family Ownership on Firms’ International Expansion Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2023-07-15 Sören Frerich, Andrea Calabrò, Mariateresa Torchia
This research examines how commitment, long-term orientation, and distinctive family business traits resulting from family ownership affect internationalization by studying two unique and long-lasting firms with family and non-family ownership structures. Drawing upon arguments from international business studies and family business research, we have identified various entrepreneurial motivations and
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An Ethnographic Study Exploring the Effect of Family on the Development of Entrepreneurial Intentions of Its Younger Members in the Delhi-NCR Region of India Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Ankit Gaur, Paul Robson, Diego Vazquez-Brust
The study uses data from an ethnographic study of 32 family members from six families from New Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), India, to develop our understanding of entrepreneurial intentions in the younger members of middle-class families of India. The study identifies two critical familial influences, generational congruence and the need to maintain harmony, along with the presence
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Determinants of Entrepreneurial Employee Activity in Saudi Arabia Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2023-06-20 Ahmed Basingab, Andreu Turro, David Urbano
Literature shows that entrepreneurial employee activity is positively related to organisational growth and competitiveness. A significant number of studies have focused on the determinants of entrepreneurial employee activity. However, there are aspects of these determinants that remain unexplored; in particular, the role of factors at the environmental level and their moderating effect has rarely
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The Family Effect: A Compass for Research on Heterogeneity of Family Businesses in Embedded Contexts Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Rania Labaki, Michael J. Mustafa
We highlight recent research on the intertwinement of family, entrepreneurship, and strategy with a particular focus on entrepreneurial and business families. Our efforts lead us to untangle the nodal points by suggesting an interpretative framework of their main dimensions, motivators, and impacts. The family logic transcends entrepreneurial, strategic, and psychological decisions and dimensions by
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The Dynamic Capabilities of High-Turbulent Markets: Indonesian Start-Up Cases During COVID-19 Pandemic Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2023-04-21 Indria Handoko, Hendro Adiarso Tjaturpriono
This study explores how start-ups manage high-turbulent markets during the first six-months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how dynamic capabilities are operationalized in that situation. A multiple-case study approach was employed to investigate eight start-up cases in Indonesia. Indonesia was chosen to represent an emerging economy with a tremendous growing number of start-ups. The data are presented
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Impact of Entrepreneurial Orientation on MSME Performance: Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Competency Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Arpita Goyal, Uma Sankar Mishra
This study uses entrepreneurial competencies as a mediating element to explore the scope and pattern of influence of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on micro, small and medium entrepreneur (MSME) business success. The study’s target population was small-scale business owners and employees from Rajasthan, India. A sample of 339 small companies was selected through the purposive sampling method. Data
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Innovation Ambidexterity and Firm Performance: The Moderating Effects of Contextual Factors Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2023-04-03 Rui Fragoso, Vanessa Scazziota, Luiz Guerrazzi, Rui Quaresma, Jorge Casas Novas
The purpose of this paper is to assess the moderating effects of motivating and contextual factors on the relationship of innovation ambidexterity and firm performance. A theoretical framework was developed and tested using survey data from a sample of the Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students’ Survey (GUESSS). The results suggest a positive effect of ambidexterity on firm performance,
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Family Firm Research Frontier Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Sharon M. Danes, Ramona Kay Zachary, Elisa Balabram
The future study of the family firm calls for in-depth, precise conceptualizations, as well as multidisciplinary methodologies. The family firm is presented herein as a suprasystem that offers a full recognition and representation of its organizational and relational realities. Future family firm research must embrace these conceptualizations and build an unbiased parallel research suprasystem that
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Entrepreneurship in Times of Crisis: A Comprehensive Review with Future Directions Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2023-03-24 Yoowoo Lee, Jayoung Kim, Sunghyuck Mah, Angela Karr
Despite an increased interest in crises within the field of entrepreneurship, there is still a lack of understanding about the interplay between different types of crises and entrepreneurship. In addition, the specific circumstances surrounding each type of crisis may also cause the conclusions of these studies to diverge or converge. To enhance our theoretical understanding of entrepreneurship during
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“And Yet It Moves”: National Entrepreneurial Culture and Entrepreneurship-Friendly Policies: Evidence From OECD Countries Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-12-26 Jasna Poček, Claudio Fassio, Sascha Kraus
This paper investigates the impact of public policies aimed to foster entrepreneurship on the national entrepreneurial culture of a country. While most of the existing studies focus on the direct impact of policies on entrepreneurship outcomes, we propose that the impact of policies on entrepreneurial culture may be even more important for the development of economies in the long term. Using data for
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Research on the Influence Mechanism of Dual Social Network Embeddedness Combined Ambidexterity on Entrepreneurial Performance of Returning Migrant Workers Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-12-24 Hongxia Zhao, Guotao Wang, Mengjuan Wang, Bin Zhang
As an important part of rural members, the success of returning migrant workers’ entrepreneurial activities is not only related to the realization of rural comprehensive revitalization strategy, but also related to the stability of national society. Based on the survey data of 962 returning entrepreneurial migrant workers, combined with social network theory and resource-based theory, based on the
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The Antecedents to Habitual Entrepreneurship: Exploring the Role of Entrepreneurs’ Narcissism and Educational Level Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-11-16 Simona Leonelli
This paper aims to analyze the antecedents leading to habitual entrepreneurship by investigating the role of entrepreneurs’ narcissism and their level of education. While the literature provides a general understanding of what motivates individuals to pursue their entrepreneurial ideas, the possible antecedents to the individual’s decision to become a habitual entrepreneur remain unexplored and untested
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Understanding Family Firm Intentions to Use Private Equity: A Theory of Planned Behaviour Perspective Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-11-09 Chris Graves, Pi-Shen Seet, Anneleen Michiels
Although past research suggests that family firms are less likely to use private equity (PE) financing, further research is required to identify the underlying reasons for such behaviour. Using the theory of planned behaviour and based on the analysis of data collected from 254 family firms, we identify the factors that explain a family firm’s intentions to use PE. Family owners are more likely to
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Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior – A Longitudinal Study of Entrepreneurial Intentions Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-10-19 Richard Hanage, Mark Alexander Phillip Davies, Pekka Stenholm, Jonathan Matthew Scott
Most recent research about entrepreneurial intent (EI) examines EI and its determinants as a one-time event, but whether and how EI is continuously changing during early-stage entrepreneurship has not been adequately addressed. We track the shifts in the EI of young creative sector early-stage entrepreneurs vis-à-vis their changing external circumstances and their developing perceptions of the realities
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The Relationship between Cognitive and Contextual Factors: A Self-Regulatory Mechanism Underlying Persistence in Nascent Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-09-24 Sufia Mohand-Amar, Matilde Ruiz-Arroyo, María del Mar Fuentes-Fuentes
In this study, we present a new approach to understanding the persistence of nascent entrepreneurs, by examining the role played by context and cognition through the mediation of a self-regulatory mechanism. Drawing on a sample of 316 nascent entrepreneurs from the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics (PSED II), we first consider whether entrepreneurial self-efficacy and goal commitment predict
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Why Peer Support Matters: Entrepreneurial Stressors, Emotional Exhaustion, and Growth Intentions of Women Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-09-22 Brownhilder Ngek Neneh
This article builds on the stressor-strain-outcome framework to explain how entrepreneurial stressors (stressor) and emotional exhaustion (strain) hinder the growth intentions of women entrepreneurs (outcome). A stress-buffering hypothesis is also used to explain how peer support can buffer the entrepreneurial stressor – emotional exhaustion – growth intention relationship. Using a sample of 300 South
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Is e-Government a Driver to Enhance Entrepreneurship? An Empirical Investigation of European Countries Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-09-21 Le Thanh Ha
This paper investigates the influences of digital public services on the ease of setting up a new business in 28 European countries during the period of 2012–2019. The development of digital public services is reflected in business mobility and key enablers. The digitalization-entrepreneurship nexus is analyzed by using the panel corrected standard error (PCSE) model, while we employ the dynamic fixed
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Investigating the Relationship between Technological Entrepreneurship and National Innovativeness: Moderating Effects of Intellectual Property Protection and R&D Transfer Environment Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-09-05 Doohee Chung, Seungrin Yang, Klaus Marhold
This study examines how technological entrepreneurship affects national innovativeness based on the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship. It also examines how technological environments related to intellectual property protection and R&D transfer moderate this relationship. Based on data from 82 countries on technological entrepreneurship, intellectual property protection and innovation activities
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Resource Orchestration in Hub-Based Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: A Case Study on the Seaweed Industry Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-08-29 Baozhou Lu, Song Zhang
Hub-based entrepreneurial ecosystems (HEEs) have become an important venue for entrepreneurship. This study examines how ecosystem-specific resources and capabilities are orchestrated by ecosystem actors (i.e., hub firms and ecosystem entrepreneurs) to support the development of new ventures in the context of HEEs. Using an explorative single case study approach, we uncover nine distinctive resource
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Entrepreneurial Orientation, Dynamic Capability, and Franchisee Performance: The Role of Market Responsiveness Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-08-28 Shih-Yi Chien
In today’s increasingly competitive environment, the franchisee’s ability to respond to the local market (i.e. market responsiveness) plays an important role in sustaining competitive advantage. Grounded in strategic entrepreneurship with entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and the dynamic capability perspective, this study extends research on how EO and the franchisee’s market responsiveness improves
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Competitive Strategy in Everyday Entrepreneurial Ventures: A Self-determination Theory Perspective Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-08-26 Corey J. Fox, Steven W. Rayburn
Everyday ventures are important engines of economic and social development around the world. These types of ventures tend to be resource constrained, focused on regional service areas, and rely almost exclusively on replicative approaches to business. Despite their prevalence, these types of ventures receive far less attention in the literature than their innovative, growth-focused counterparts. Thus
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Success Factors in Equity Crowdfunding – Evidence from Crowdcube Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-07-11 Lisha Du, Florian Bartholomae, Eva Stumpfegger
Equity crowdfunding has been gaining more and more relevance as an alternative way for entrepreneurs to raise capital. This paper examines the impact of retained equity, business angel backing, grants and intellectual property rights on the success of equity crowdfunding. Using data from Crowdcube, one of the leading equity crowdfunding platforms in the world, we obtain 473 pitches within the period
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Research on Gender Stereotyping and Entrepreneurship: Suggestions for Some Paths Worth Pursuing Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-07-11 Jennifer E. Jennings, Vartuhi Tonoyan
Despite the tremendous growth in research on gender stereotyping in the context of entrepreneurship, scholarly understanding of this phenomenon is far from complete. Accordingly, the overarching goal of this paper is to stimulate greater attention to topics that warrant fuller consideration. Of the many paths worth pursuing, we focus on those that we term “Investigating Intersectionalities”, “Mapping
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Women’s Entrepreneurship Policy and Access to Financial Capital in Different Countries: An Institutional Perspective Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-07-11 Colette Henry, Susan Coleman, Barbara Orser, Lene Foss
This paper explores women’s entrepreneurship policy and practice in three different countries: Canada, Ireland and the U.S. We focus specifically on policies relating to access to financial capital, and ask: How are ‘access to financial capital’ policies and practices operationalized at national and regional level? We draw on institutional theory to identify gaps in policy and practice, and to highlight
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Gender and Entrepreneurship in the New Era: New Perspectives on the Role of Gender and Entrepreneurial Activity Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-07-08 Michael Mustafa, Lorna Treanor
The topics of gender and entrepreneurship have been of great scholarly interest since the eighties. In this invited editorial, we provide an overview of the evolution of the field of gender and entrepreneurship. Specifically, we consider the evolution of the field by highlighting the importance of context and the need to consider gender in all future research examining’ entrepreneurial activity. Drawing
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Entrepreneurial Failure: Structuring a Widely Overlooked Field of Research Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-06-30 Wojciech Czakon, Patrycja Klimas, Victor Tiberius, João Ferreira, Pedro M. Veiga, Sascha Kraus
Although entrepreneurial failure (EF) is a fairly recent topic in entrepreneurship literature, the number of publications has been growing dynamically and particularly rapidly. Our systematic review maps and integrates the research on EF based on a multi-method approach to give structure and consistency to this fragmented field of research. The results reveal that the field revolves around six thematic
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The Development of Corporate Entrepreneurship among Emerging Economy SMEs: Insights from Both Institutional and Contingency Theory Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-06-26 Michael Mustafa
How do emerging economy SMEs develop Corporate Entrepreneurship (CE)? Emerging economies represent different institutional contexts to those found in developed economies. Currently our understanding of CE and its emergence is rooted in Western-based assumptions. Consequently, our understanding of the inter-relationship between the emerging economy institutional environments and the SME environment
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Entrepreneurial Well-being: An Exploratory Study for Positive Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-06-23 Neslihan Turnalar-Çetinkaya, Güler İslamoğlu
Given the limited studies in the literature to understand entrepreneurial well-being, in this study, we aimed to answer the questions “what kind of resources does an entrepreneur need to experience a high level of well-being?” and “what would be the possible consequences of an entrepreneur’s well-being?” To elaborate the entrepreneurial well-being concept further, we conducted in-depth interviews with
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The Determinants of International Performance for Family Firms: Understanding the Effects of Resources, Capabilities, and Market Orientation Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-06-23 Carla Azevedo Lobo, Cristina Fernandes, João Ferreira, Pedro M. Veiga, Stephan Gerschewski
Family firms (FFs) tend to display specific characteristics that differentiate them from non-family companies. In addition to the importance that FFs hold for the economic structure of many countries, their characteristics have motivated a wide range of research studies, including succession, corporate governance, and strategic management. The purpose of this study is to examine the role of resources
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How Does Institutional Context Influence Entrepreneurship Education Outcomes? Evidence from Two African Countries Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-06-22 Charles Fahinde, Alexis Abodohoui, Radjabu Mayuto, Zhan Su
In this paper, we proposed an analytical framework based on the institutional theory to analyze the effect of institutional context on the impact of entrepreneurship education (EE). The influence of institutional environment was captured through three variables, namely perceived government support, perceived cultural norms, and social legitimacy of entrepreneurship. Based on a sample of 788 respondents
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Entrepreneurial Orientation, Firm Growth and Performance in SMEs: Testing the Scale of EO in SME Context Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-06-05 Kirsti Sorama, Sanna Joensuu-Salo
The aim of this study is to test how different dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) affect the growth and performance of SMEs in the short term in a rapidly changing business environment. In addition, a scale for measuring EO is tested in the SME context. The data (n = 260) was gathered from Finnish SMEs, and analyzed with structural equation modelling. The results show that EO has two dimensions
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Diversification Decisions of Family SMEs under Uncertainty: Goals as a Rule of Thumb Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-05-24 Pablo Doucet, Ignacio Requejo, Isabel Suárez-González
Leveraging on the behavioural mixed gamble lens, we contend that heterogeneity in organisational goals leads to different diversification behaviours in family firms. Using survey and archival data on a sample of 988 family SMEs homogenous in their (high) family involvement level, we show that family SMEs that pursue nonfinancial (financial) goals exhibit lower (higher) probability of extending the
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Psychological Ownership in Heterogeneous Family Firms: A Promising Path and a Call for Further Investigation Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-05-16 Michael Mustafa, Rania Labaki, Bart Henssen
This commentary responds to recent calls for more research on family firms’ heterogeneity from an ownership perspective. We complement the legal and economic view of ownership by focusing on the concept of psychological ownership (feeling of possessions) in family firms. We explore its dynamics, processes and implications as well as its limited inclusion in the family business field to date. Building
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Economic Context and Entrepreneurial Intention: Analysis of Individuals’ Perceptions in a Spanish University Context Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-04-13 Esperanza Gil-Soto, Francisco J. García-Rodríguez, Inés Ruiz-Rosa, Desiderio Gutiérrez-Taño
Entrepreneurship has been emphasized as a way of boosting economic growth. However, there is a lack of knowledge about whether changes in economic context influence entrepreneurial activity. This paper analyzes the influence that such economic changes may have on entrepreneurial intention and its antecedents from individuals’ cognitive perspectives. With this aim, an empirical study is conducted using
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Exploring Individual and Family-related Characteristics of Hybrid Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-04-12 Ondřej Dvouletý, Dieter Bögenhold
This research contributes to the knowledge of individuals called hybrid entrepreneurs who combine primary paid employment with secondary self-employment activity. We work with a dataset of 30 countries participating in the 2017 European Union Labour Force Survey. We conduct a multivariate analysis of individual and family-related characteristics of hybrid entrepreneurs. Our results highlight that hybrid
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Feeling Right: Regulatory Fit Theory and Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Investment Decisions Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-03-24 Shiyao Jiang, Guiquan Li, Haixin Liu, Jie Xiong, Shubho Chakraborty
Recent advances in entrepreneurial investment decisions research implied that early-stage investment decisions, given their extreme uncertainty and unpredictability, were results of investors’ intuition processes. In other words, investors manage the high risks of early-stage investment decisions by finding justifications of future value against risk in the invested entrepreneurial projects. Although
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Understanding the Role of Perceptions in Opportunity Evaluation: A Discrete Choice Experiment Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-03-15 Per L. Bylund, Trey Malone
We construct a discrete choice experiment to study opportunity evaluation by entrepreneurs. This new method in entrepreneurship studies allows us to measure entrepreneurs’ utility functions and thereby their perceptions of opportunity. Consequently, we produce empirical evidence for how entrepreneurs evaluate opportunities beyond the objective facts and find two types of entrepreneurs with different
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Non-family Employees in Family firms and Turnover Intentions: The Relevance of Identification and Justice Perceptions Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Omer Yazici, Esra Memili, Pankaj Patel
Many family firms hire and rely on non-family employees; therefore, the mutual benefits provided to both family and non-family members are important. Yet, the perspectives of non-family employees have been under researched. Drawing upon organizational identity and justice theories and the extant literature on family influence, this study examines non-family employees’ perceived family influence, family
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Frontmatter Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-04-01
Article Frontmatter was published on April 1, 2022 in the journal Entrepreneurship Research Journal (volume 12, issue 2).
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What Inspires Social Entrepreneurship? The Role of Prosocial Motivation, Intrinsic Motivation, and Gender in Forming Social Entrepreneurial Intention Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Reza Yamini, Daria Soloveva, Xiaobao Peng
This paper applies the assumptions of self-determination theory to study social entrepreneurial intention. We suggest that motivational forces, identified as autonomous and controlled, affect an individual’s intention to start a social venture. The study extends the social entrepreneurial intention research by examining the effect of prosocial and intrinsic motivations on an individual’s inclination
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Impact of Business Incubators on Sustainable Entrepreneurship Growth with Mediation Effect Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Naveed Ahmed, Cai Li, Sikandar Ali Qalati, Habib ur Rehman, Asadullah Khan, Faisal Rana
This study aims to measure and investigates the mediating effect of business incubators (BIs) and the influence of training programs, capital support, and networking services on sustainable entrepreneurship growth (SEG). A mediated conceptual model is constructed to simplify the effect and influences of variables taken in this study. A quantitative research method is employed on a sample size of 567
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The Role of Affect in the Development of Entrepreneurial Intentions Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Héctor Pérez-Fernández, Juan Bautista Delgado-García, Natalia Martín-Cruz, Ana Isabel Rodríguez-Escudero
Advances on the study of entrepreneurial intention among students from universities motivate to further investigate the factors behind this intention. In this paper, we focus on the effect of affective traits (positive and negative) on the entrepreneurial intention antecedents proposed by Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior drawing on the arguments of affect priming. Using a sample of 597 students from
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Strategic Decision-Making and Performance in Social Enterprises: Process Dimensions and the Influence of Entrepreneurs’ Proactive Personality Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-02-09 Dimitris Manolopoulos, Helen Salavou, Andrew Papadopoulos, Michail Xenakis
Different organizational perspectives surrounding social enterprises (SEs) have burgeoned over the past few years. However, integrating financial sustainability with social value remains a “black box” with respect to entrepreneurial strategic decision-making (SDM). Drawing from decision theories and the proactivity perspective of personality-based SDM literature, we investigate the impact of synoptic
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Network Dynamic for Experimental Learning Cycle and Innovation Process: A Conceptual Model Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-02-05 Siwei Zhu
This study develops a conceptual model of network dynamics on innovation by integrating observations and insights from a world-leading innovation company with concepts and theories from the relevant literature. This study first defines the two stages of the innovation process – early-stage and late-stage and unpacks two types of network activities – knowledge networks and social networks. This work
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Factors Affecting Social Entrepreneurial Intention: An Application of Social Cognitive Career Theory Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-02-04 Lan Xuan Pham, Luc Tan Phan, Angelina Nhat-Hanh Le, Anh Bui Ngoc Tuan
This paper aims to apply Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) to investigate social entrepreneurial intention factors. In particular, the impacts of social entrepreneurship education and prior experience with social organizations on social entrepreneurial intention through the mediating roles of social entrepreneurial self-efficacy and social entrepreneurial outcome expectations are scrutinized. Based
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“Resources at Hand, Head, and Heart”: ‘Heightened Habitus’ as an Endogenous Resource in Immigrant Entrepreneurial Bricolage Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-01-29 Eliada Griffin-EL, Joy Olabisi
Bricolage is commonly recognized as a practice of non-traditional resource mobilization by immigrant entrepreneurs within their country of residence. When the host country is in an adversarial social and institutional context characterized by the liability of foreignness, we posit that accessing “resources at hand” in the external environment is hampered by anti-immigrant sentiments, both socially
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Corporate entrepreneurship programmes as mechanisms to accelerate product innovations Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-01-11 Amarpreet Singh Ghura,Burak Erkut
Abstract This paper explores how firms engage in corporate entrepreneurship through programmes, and what kind of outcomes they achieve in terms of innovations. Insights are drawn from four cases of organisations that engaged in corporate entrepreneurial activities. The paper identifies two dimensions of corporate entrepreneurship programmes as idea themes, indicating whether programmes are designed
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Frontmatter Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-01-01
Article Frontmatter was published on January 1, 2022 in the journal Entrepreneurship Research Journal (volume 12, issue 1).
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Starting Business Out of Unemployment: How Do Supported Self-employed Individuals Perform? Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Ondřej Dvouletý
The study empirically contributes to the discussion on the effects of start-up subsidies for unemployed individuals as a part of the active labour market policy. The article provides insights into the survival and performance of the subsidized businesses in the Czech Republic. The study follows up cohorts of self-employed individuals that were supported during years 2009–2017. The obtained findings
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Moving from Intentions to Actions in Youth Entrepreneurship: An Institutional Perspective Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Galina Shirokova, Oleksiy Osiyevskyy, Karina Bogatyreva, Linda F. Edelman, Tatiana S. Manolova
Situational factors may facilitate or frustrate the translation of entrepreneurial intentions into subsequent actions. In this study, we use data from two waves of a large-scale cross-country study of student entrepreneurship, the Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students' Survey (GUESSS), conducted in 2011 and 2013/2014 (n = 1434 students from 142 universities in nine countries), in order
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The Venture Capital Feedback Cycle: A Critical Review and Future Directions Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Juan Pablo Torres
A framework of the venture capital (VC) process, encompassing the (1) pre-investment phase, (2) management phase, (3) exit phase, and the interrelationships between them was developed into a cycle using the exit phase in a feedback loop. The review of 166 articles from top-tier, Grade 4, journals suggests that most prominent Entrepreneurial & Management (E&M) literature assesses the VC operating environment
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Is The Criminal Justice System A Barrier To Entrepreneurship In Fragile Communities? Entrepreneurship Research Journal (IF 2.61) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Gregory N. Price
In fragile communities where a high proportion of residents have limited opportunities for economic and social mobility, self-employment and entrepreneurship are possible pathways to economic and social mobility. If, for example, individuals perceive policing and offender sentencing as racially discriminatory and/or untrustworthy, criminal justice in fragile communities could potentially be a barrier