International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research: Volume 25 Issue 3

Entrepreneurial activities in a developing country: an institutional theory perspective

Emiel L. Eijdenberg, Neil A. Thompson, Karen Verduijn, Caroline Essers

Entrepreneurship research in the context of developing countries has typically investigated the ways in which culture, politics or economic institutions prohibit or enable…

Government institutional support, entrepreneurial orientation, strategic renewal, and firm performance in transitional China

Chengli Shu, Dirk De Clercq, Yunyue Zhou, Cuijuan Liu

The purpose of this paper is to examine how entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and strategic renewal (as a critical dimension of corporate entrepreneurship) might transmit…

Unravelling agropreneurship activities among Malaysian Gen Y: Social institutional factors as enablers

Asliza Yusoff, Noor Hazlina Ahmad, Hasliza Abdul Halim

Drawing on the institutional theory and the theory of planned behaviour, the purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the impact of social institutional and…

Entrepreneurial success of cottage-based women entrepreneurs in Oman

Suhail M. Ghouse, Gerard McElwee, Omar Durrah

The purpose of this paper is to investigate various problems experienced by cottage-based women entrepreneurs to launch and develop their ventures in Oman and to focus on women…

Materialism, social stratification, and ethics: evidence from SME owners in China

Taoyong Su, Junzhe Ji, Qingan Huang, Lei Chen

The study of business ethics has seldom shed light on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) despite their theoretical and practical significance. Drawing from strain…

Differentiating the effects of entrepreneurs’ intelligence and educational attainment on venture outcomes

Brian D. Blume

Intelligence or general mental ability (GMA) is a strong predictor of job performance across most occupations, and educational attainment has been shown to be a predictor of…

Responsible entrepreneurship: outlining the contingencies

Christine Vallaster, Sascha Kraus, Norbert Kailer, Brooke Baldwin

The purpose of this paper is to give an up-to-date assessment of key topics and methods discussed in the current literature on responsible entrepreneurship. In the past years…

Personality traits and theory of planned behavior comparison of entrepreneurial intentions between an emerging economy and a developing country

Hina Munir, Cai Jianfeng, Sidra Ramzan

The purpose of this paper is to extend the existing literature on entrepreneurial intentions (EIs) by employing the integrated model of personality traits and the theory of…