International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research: Volume 30 Issue 8

Guest editorial: Examining the entrepreneurial revolution in healthcare

Francesco Schiavone, Natalia Vershinina

How healthcare entrepreneurship enhances ecosystem outcomes: the relationship between venture capital-funded start-ups and county-level health

Yunwei Gai, Alia Crocker, Candida Brush, Wiljeana Jackson Glover

Research has examined how new ventures strengthen local economic outcomes; however, limited research examines health-oriented ventures and their impact on social outcomes…

Exploring the ascendancy of social capital in entrepreneurial behavior: new insights from mix model perspective in digital healthcare

Azfar Anwar, Abaid Ullah Zafar, Armando Papa, Thi Thu Thuy Pham, Chrysostomos Apostolidis

Digital healthcare manages to grab considerable attention from people and practitioners to avoid severity and provide quick access to healthcare. Entrepreneurs also adopt the…

Beyond the land of the living death: early-stage transformational entrepreneurs in digital healthcare as liminality navigator

Edoardo Trincanato, Emidia Vagnoni

The lean startup approach (LSA) is extensively utilized by early-stage entrepreneurs, with “pivot” serving as a key pillar. However, there is a research gap concerning the…

Customer search strategies of entrepreneurial telehealth firms – how effective is effectuation?

Susanna Pinnock, Natasha Evers, Thomas Hoholm

The demand for healthcare innovation is increasing, and not much is known about how entrepreneurial firms search for and sell to customers in the highly regulated and complex…

Stand-alone or run together: artificial intelligence as an enabler for other technologies

Ignat Kulkov, Julia Kulkova, Daniele Leone, René Rohrbeck, Loick Menvielle

The purpose of this study is to examine the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in transforming the healthcare sector, with a focus on how AI contributes to entrepreneurship and…

Resource allocation in healthcare entrepreneurial ecosystems: the strategic role of entrepreneurial support organizations

Valérie Mérindol, David W. Versailles

Innovation management in the healthcare sector has undergone significant evolutions over the last decades. These evolutions have been investigated from a variety of perspectives…

Healthcare entrepreneurship: current trends and future directions

Weng Marc Lim, Maria Vincenza Ciasullo, Octavio Escobar, Satish Kumar

The goal of this article is to provide an overview of healthcare entrepreneurship, both in terms of its current trends and future directions.

Times of crisis and new entrepreneurial opportunities in highly regulated environments: the case of mRNA-biotechs during COVID-19 pandemic

Yann Truong, Yosr Ben Tahar

Crises, such as COVID-19 pandemic, are critical events that provoke important changes in organizational practices, regulations and actors' roles. The pharmaceutical sector has…