Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies

Make me act rapidly: identity perspective to the dynamics of start-up creation process

Emilia Karpinskaia

High-tech start-up creation is associated with complex challenges originating from quick transformations in technologies and markets. To raise start-up survival and…

Translating entrepreneurial intention to behaviour amongst micro and small entrepreneurs

Melati Nungsari, Kirjane Ngu, Denise Wong Ni Shi, Jia Wei Chin, Shu Yee Chee, Xin Shi Wong, Sam Flanders

Entrepreneurship studies have established various antecedents leading to eventual entrepreneurship by measuring entrepreneurial intention (EI). However, evidence has shown…

China’s OFDI support mechanisms in Germany: how governments can work together to promote SME internationalization, reduce liability of foreignness and contribute positively to society

Fabian Hänle, Stefanie Weil, Bart Cambré

Nested within institutional theory and the political economy perspective, this study aims to examine Chinese outward foreign direct investments (OFDI)-supporting…

Women entrepreneurs’ persistence at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: a decision-making perspective

Pouria Nouri

Decision-making is of utmost importance for entrepreneurs. One of the most important entrepreneurial decisions is the decision to persist, which under certain…

Dynamic and ambidextrous: international expansion of digital economy ventures from an emerging market

Pinar Buyukbalci, Meral Dulger

This study aims to explore the internationalization trajectory of emerging country digital economy ventures by specifically concentrating on how ambidexterity facilitates…

A comparative study of novice and habitual entrepreneur’s choice for founding team member

Willy Das, Satyasiba Das

The purpose of this paper is to investigate and compare what criteria novice and habitual entrepreneurs use while adding members to the founding team.

Competitor orientation and SME performance in competitive environments: the moderating effect of marketing ethics

Mohammed A. Al-Hakimi, Moad Hamod Saleh, Dileep B. Borade, Murad Baqis Hasan, Dhanraj Sharma

Although competitor orientation (CO) has been given great attention, its link to firm performance (FP) is still unclear. The reason behind this may be attributed to the…

Emotions, identity, social bonds and commitment to the family business: moderating role of controlling generation

Mohammad Rezaur Razzak

Drawing on the stakeholder theory, the purpose of this study is to examine relationships between family identity, emotional attachment and binding social ties, and…

Impact of insecurity on enterprise development in Nigeria

Ambrose Nnaemeka Omeje, Augustine Jideofor Mba, Ogochukwu Christiana Anyanwu

In Nigeria, insecurity has been breeding very rapidly given the Nigerian economic conditions in the recent past. Insecurity exposes enterprise development and survival to…

Changing role of finance in rural small enterprise growth in Ghana

John Kuada

This study aims to build on the emerging understanding that small enterprise growth results from a confluence of different factors. This study seeks to provide additional…

Turbulence in start-ups: short-term effect of COVID-19 lockdown on creation of new firms and its capital

Segundo Camino-Mogro, Gino Cornejo Marcos, Javier Solano

Business creation is an important measure of real economic activity as it shows the dynamics with which new firms are born, create jobs, move their capital, innovate and…

Gender differences in the entrepreneurial ladder: evidence for Latin America

Luisa Fernanda Bernat, German Lambardi, Paola Palacios

The main objective of this paper is to identify the factors associated with a successful transition through the entrepreneurial ladder for both men and women in a sample…

The ecological approach to construct entrepreneurship education: a systematic literature review

Jingjing Lin, Jiayin Qin, Thomas Lyons, Hiroko Nakajima, Satoshi Kawakatsu, Tomoki Sekiguchi

The research effort on entrepreneurship education has been mainly for the higher education settings and on the individual level of analysis. On the contrary, this research…

Choosing jobs over entrepreneurship: how do negative emotions demotivate the aspiring entrepreneurs?

Shalaghya Sharma, Amit Kumar

The purpose of this research paper is to understand the effect of negative emotions created from social interactions on the aspiring entrepreneurs. The government of India…

The heuristics applied by tech entrepreneurs in the Middle East during opportunity evaluation

Mohamad Hjeij

This study aims to explore the heuristics applied by tech entrepreneurs in the Middle East during the opportunity evaluation process.

The venture creation process and entrepreneurial intention in emerging economies – a system dynamic’s approach

Juan Felipe Parra, Alejandro Valencia-Arias, Jonathan Bermúdez-Hernández

Entrepreneurial intention is one of the main predictors of venture creation. However, the approaches used to analyze the entrepreneurial intention and venture creation are…

Postgraduate entrepreneurship education: can entrepreneurial passion be developed?

Muhammad Nizam Zainuddin, Dzulkifli Mukhtar

The purpose of this study is to examine postgraduate students' reflexive narratives about their entrepreneurial passion (EP) experience as a result of their direct…

Immigrant entrepreneurship with a focus on human and social capital as determinants of success: evidence from South Africa

Boris Urban, McEdward Murimbika, Dennis Mhangami

As a consequence of global changes, the landscape of immigration is changing. This brings opportunities for researching more nuanced aspects related to immigrant…

Drivers of growth expectations in Latin American rural contexts

Daniel Mahn, Antonio Lecuna, Gonzalo Chavez, Sebastian Barros

Given the importance of growth-oriented entrepreneurship in the context of economic development and the need to understand how rural communities can be developed, the…

3Ps model of entrepreneurial resourcefulness among micro-youth entrepreneurs

Fanny Adams Quagrainie, Alan Anis Mirhage Kabalan, Samuel Adams, Afia Dentaa Dankwa

The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which entrepreneurial resourcefulness and competencies theories and practice can be applied in small youth…

Femininity penalty: challenges and barriers faced by STEM woman entrepreneurs in an emerging economy

Arosha S. Adikaram, Ruwaiha Razik

This study aims to explore the challenges and barriers encountered by Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) women entrepreneurs in an emerging country…

New perspectives for dynamic capabilities in meeting needs of startups’ survival

Angélica Pigola, Priscila Rezende da Costa, Naiche van der Poel, Franklin Thiago Ribeiro Yamaçake

The purpose of this study is to analyze the systematic relationships among dynamic capabilities in startups’ survival.

Employee’s regulatory focus and intrapreneurship: modeling the mediating role of creative self-efficacy and thriving

Muhammad Muavia, Ghulam Hussain, Umar Farooq Sahibzada, Wan Khairuzzaman Wan Ismail

This research aims to investigate the direct and indirect (via creative self-efficacy [CSE] and thriving) effects of regulatory focus (RF) on employee intrapreneurship…

Does social media activity lead to more funds? – a study on Indian start-ups

Nidhi Singhal, Deepak Kapur

This study aims to examine the impact of signaling through social media (SM) on funding achieved by start-ups.

The impact of entrepreneurs’ decision-making style on SMEs’ financial performance

Sumedha Weerasekara, Ramudu Bhanugopan

This study aims to investigate the impact of entrepreneurs’ decision-making styles on enterprise performance and suggests several entrepreneurial ecosystems – factors are…

Effects of key leadership determinants on business sustainability in entrepreneurial enterprises

Suparak Suriyankietkaew

Today’s small enterprises are forced to rethink their business-as-usual management and shift toward corporate sustainability. The empirical paper responds to a crucial…

Integrating extended theory of planned behaviour and norm activation model to examine the effects of environmental practices among Malaysian companies

Kar Hoong Chan, Lee-Lee Chong, Tuan Hock Ng

Objectively, this study aims to recognise the antecedents that influence the managers’ environmental practices behavioural intention and its impact on their companies�…

Sustainability and entrepreneurship: emerging opportunities for business and management education

Marta Ortiz-de-Urbina-Criado, Eva-María Mora-Valentín, Juan-José Nájera-Sánchez

Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development defines 17 goals with 169 targets in economic, social and environmental fields to guarantee human rights. Universities and…

Performance implications of corporate venture capital investments for entrepreneurial ventures: the differing moderating effects of R&D intensity before and after IPO

Weiqi Dai, Yi Wang, Mingqing Liao, Mei Shao, Yue Jiang, Miao Zhang

One increasingly popular financing option for entrepreneurial ventures is to attract corporate venture capital (CVC) investments. Prior research tends to take a…

Identifying the entrepreneurial environmental challenges in developing countries context: a study of public universities in Kurdistan Region – Iraq

Alvin Aldawod

This study aims to indicate the most significant entrepreneurial environmental challenges that motivate universities of Kurdistan to become more entrepreneurial.

The influence of institutions on early-stage entrepreneurial activity: a comparison between men and women in Saudi Arabia

Abdullah Aljarodi, Tojo Thatchenkery, David Urbano

To date, insufficient research has been conducted on gender differences in entrepreneurial activity among entrepreneurs in developing countries. This study aims to analyse…

Entrepreneurial bricolage: crowdfunding for female entrepreneurs during COVID-19 pandemic

Edgar Alva, Vanina Vivas, María Urcia

The crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic has had unprecedented effects around the world and particularly on vulnerable populations, such as female entrepreneurs in…

Corporate entrepreneurship at the university: the influence of managerial support, autonomy and reward on the innovative behavior of university professors

Gustavo Hermínio Salati Marcondes de Moraes, Eduardo Eugênio Spers, Luciano Mendes, Hermes Moretti Ribeiro da Silva

The study aims to analyze the influence of managerial support, autonomy and reward perception on the innovative behavior of university professors.

The formation of youth entrepreneurial intention in an emerging economy: the interaction between psychological traits and socioeconomic factors

Melati Nungsari, Kirjane Ngu, Jia Wei Chin, Sam Flanders

Youth entrepreneurship has been identified as a key driver in overcoming the economic crisis spurred by youth unemployment. However, the understanding of youth…

The art of forming a partnership in an entrepreneurial world: the Brazilian case

Antonio Benedito de Oliveira Junior, Mauro Jose De Oliveira

This study aims to design and empirically test a model where autonomy affects partnership (PT) and entrepreneurial orientation (EO), which in turn improves competitive…

Social entrepreneurship in Nigeria through drivers of religion and work-desire

Thea van der Westhuizen, Yemisi Adelakun

Entrepreneurs engaging in social entrepreneurship are inspired by a need to make a difference in their local socio-economic circumstances. In developing countries and…

Towards innovation performance of SMEs: investigating the role of digital platforms, innovation culture and frugal innovation in emerging economies

Amira Khattak, Mosab I. Tabash, Zahid Yousaf, Magdalena Radulescu, Abdelmohsen A. Nassani, Mohamed Haffar

This study aims to investigate the impact of digital platforms, frugal innovation and innovation culture (IC) on innovation performance (IP). The mediation role of IC…

Why ethnic minority groups’ online-startups are booming in China’s tight cultural ecosystem?

Lifu Li, Kyeong Kang

Although most Chinese ethnic minority groups (EMGs) hold conservative thinking to online-startups, the new entrepreneurial model is booming on live streaming platforms. In…

Is entrepreneurship enough to achieve superior performance in SMEs in emerging countries? Multiple mediation of market orientation and marketing capabilities

Martha Lucia Cruz Rincon, Martha Lucia Agredo Diaz, Raquel Puente Castro

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the multiple mediation role of both market orientation (MO) and marketing capabilities (MC) in the relationship between…

Routines as a conceptual tool for studying resources management in SMEs: evidence from Brazilian bakeries

Júlio César da Costa Júnior, Leandro da Silva Nascimento, Taciana de Barros Jerônimo, Jackeline Amantino de Andrade, Marcos André Mendes Primo, Brunna Carvalho Almeida Granja

This study aims to investigate routines as a conceptual tool to analyze resources management in small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) productive processes.

Influence of generational status on immigrants’ entrepreneurial intentions to start new ventures: a framework based on structural equation modeling and multicriteria decision-making

Khai Wah Khaw, Ramayah Thurasamy, Hadi Al-Abrrow, Alhamzah Alnoor, Victor Tiberius, Hasan Oudah Abdullah, Sammar Abbas

This study aims to identify the intentions of immigrant entrepreneurs to start new projects by investigating the role of influence of institutional support, social…

Student entrepreneurship and perceptions on social norms and university environment: evidence from a developing country

Gabriela Trindade Pinheiro, Gustavo Hermínio Salati Marcondes de Moraes, Bruno Brandão Fischer

Social contexts and academic environments are key elements in the debate about drivers of entrepreneurial intention and behavior in tertiary students. Nonetheless, the…

Exploring decision-making biases among Iranian entrepreneurs: some novel insights

Pouria Nouri

Decision-making biases play decisive roles not only in entrepreneurs’ decisions but also in the fate of entrepreneurial businesses. While the extant literature in this…

Barriers to corporate social responsibility implementation in the medium size manufacturing sector: an interpretive structure modelling approach

Gaurav Dawar, Seema Singh

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices are gaining momentum globally but their implementation becomes problematic due to the presence of barriers. So, this study…

University’s support for entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial intention: the mediating role of entrepreneurial climate

Mandy Siew Chen Sim, Joshua Edward Galloway, Hazel Melanie Ramos, Michael James Mustafa

Drawing on institutional theory, this paper seeks to untangle the relationship between university support for entrepreneurship and students’ entrepreneurial intentions…

Attributes of scaling up SMEs in the IT sector towards sustaining high-performance business results

Juan Martin Ireta Sanchez

This multiple case study research aims to identify the characteristics of scaling up SMEs in Chile for exploring how and why some entrepreneurship in the information…

The effect of effectuation and causation approach on entrepreneurial orientation in the presence of leader dominance and self-efficacy

Ma Jun, Fitri Rini Ariyesti, Sumran Ali, Peng Xiaobao

Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) has witnessed a daunting rise in firm-level practices; to some extent, it has been augmented by the factors such as globalization and…

Exploring connections within the technology-based entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) in emerging economies: understanding the entrepreneurship struggle in the Indonesian EE

Terra Qoriawan, Indri Dwi Apriliyanti

Tech startup is the new hope for sustaining economic growth and job creation in a knowledge-based economy. However, research on the entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) is…

Facilitating entrepreneurship in the failing Cuban economic model?

Christian Felzensztein, Eli Gimmon

This study aims to understand the necessity of entrepreneurship in a poor emerging economy, where the supportive entrepreneurial ecosystem is not in place.

Displaced, excluded, and making do: a study of refugee entrepreneurship in Kenya

Tracy Luseno, Oluwaseun Kolade

The aim of this paper is to use the special context of the Kenyan encampment policy to interrogate the role of social capital as a driver of resourcing for entrepreneurial…

Teaching for creativity and entrepreneurial intentions: an empirical study

Thuy Thu Nguyen, Diep Ngoc Do

This study aims to investigate the structural relationships between pedagogy methods, creativity and entrepreneurial intentions. This study theorizes that work-integrated…

The role of social entrepreneurship in socio-economic development: a meta-analysis of the nascent field

Shabir Ahmad, Ishtiaq Ahmad Bajwa

This study aims to present the first meta-analysis of the research on social entrepreneurship and socio-economic development (SESED). Nation-states, researchers and…

Entrepreneurial culture and innovative work behaviour: the mediating effect of psychological empowerment

Hoa Thi Nhu Nguyen, Huong Thi Thien Nguyen, Anh Thi Lan Truong, Thao Thi Phuong Nguyen, Anh Van Nguyen

This paper aims to explore how entrepreneurial culture (EC) and psychological empowerment (PE) support innovative work behaviour (IWB) of employees in organizations…

Examination of the success drivers of equity crowdfunding campaigns in Malaysia

Shaista Wasiuzzaman, Nur Firzanah Suhili

This study aims to investigate the drivers of successful equity crowdfunding campaigns in Malaysia.

Entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation and opportunity exploitation in driving business performance: moderating effect of interfunctional coordination

Rose Boitumelo Mathafena, Jabulile Msimango-Galawe

The study aims to investigate the extent to which interfunctional coordination (IFC) moderates the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO), market…

The role of Islamic ethics in shaping passion for social innovation

Samira Boussema, Lotfi Belkacem

This paper aims to study the role of ethics in the social innovation process and its effect on entrepreneurial passion. It explores the factors that encourage social…

Gender-based characteristics of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in an emerging country: is this a man’s world?

Angelica Maria Sanchez-Riofrio, Nathaniel C. Lupton, Segundo Camino-Mogro, Álvaro Acosta-Ávila

Worldwide, Ecuador is one of the countries with the most entrepreneurial activity from micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). However, the effect of adopting…

Entrepreneurial orientation and performance of SMEs: the roles of marketing capabilities and social media usage

Perengki Susanto, Mohammad Enamul Hoque, Najeeb Ullah Shah, Andel Hopi Candra, Nik Mohd Hazrul Nik Hashim, Nor Liza Abdullah

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are an important contributor to emerging countries’ economic growth. However, SMEs have been struggling to sustain their…

A systematic literature review on circular economy practices: challenges, opportunities and future trends

Syed Abdul Rehman Khan, Adeel Syed Ali Shah, Zhang Yu, Muhammad Tanveer

The circular economy (CE) is an evolving subject transitioning from conceptualization to empirical testing. Over the past decade, researchers have done an exhaustive study…

Investigating factors affecting Chinese tertiary students’ online-startup motivation based on the COM-B behaviour changing theory

Lifu Li, Kyeong Kang, Osama Sohaib

This study aims to present the Chinese entrepreneurial environment and explore Chinese tertiary students’ online-startup motivation on live streaming platforms. Based on…

Monkey see, monkey do? Examining the effect of entrepreneurial orientation and knowledge sharing on new venture creation for Gen Y and Gen Z

Muhammad Hamdi, Nurul Indarti, Hardo Firmana Given Grace Manik, Andy Susilo Lukito-Budi

This study aims to examine the effect of entrepreneurial intention and attitude towards knowledge sharing on new business creation by comparing two generations, Y…

A springboard for entrepreneurs? Gig and sharing economy and entrepreneurship in Russia

Karina Bogatyreva, Olga Verkhovskaya, Yuri Makarov

The growing popularity of gig and sharing economy changes not only consumption models but also employment patterns. This study aims to analyze the potential…

Zoomvesting: angel investors' perception of subjective cues in online pitching

Nicole Kuhn, Gilberto Sarfati

The COVID-19 pandemic transformed angel investment meetings from in-person to online. The purpose of this paper is to explore whether this move affected angel investors'…

International growth of SMEs: exploring the effects of adaptive selling, institutional knowledge, innovativeness and opportunity recognition

Hashem Aghazadeh, Farzad Zandi

This study aims to investigate the effects of adaptive selling, as a high-level individual-level marketing capability, institutional knowledge, international opportunity…

I mean business: exploring women entrepreneurs’ journey in India from an emancipation perspective

Subhadip Roy, Subhalaxmi Mohapatra, Dina Banerjee

This study aims to explore the process of women entrepreneurship in India from a social perspective using the concept of entrepreneurship as emancipation.

Appraising the role of age among senior entrepreneurial intentions. European analysis based on HDI

Marcelo Augusto Linardi, Joana Costa

The research aims to examine the underlying factors of entrepreneurial intentions among seniors. In this vein, it evaluates the role of social context proxied by the human…

Personality traits and firm innovation performance: the mediation effect of entrepreneurial innovativeness

Chi Thi Phuong Nguyen, Duong Tuan Nguyen, Hang Thu Nguyen

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of entrepreneurs’ personality traits on firm innovation performance through the mediation role of entrepreneurs’ innovativeness.

Developing leadership styles and green entrepreneurial orientation to measure organization growth: a study on Indian green organizations

Pratima Verma, Vimal Kumar

Due to environmental and health awareness, there are a number of green startups increasing day by day and consumers want to use organic products over conventional…

Entrepreneurial tendencies in franchisees: evidence from India

Gowsia Bashir, Natasha Saqib

This study aims to examine franchising from an entrepreneurial perspective. The study investigates the extent to which franchisees exhibit entrepreneurial characteristics…

How the social entrepreneurship business model designs in South Africa create value: a complex adaptive systems approach

Olu Oludele Akinloye Akinboade, Trevor Taft, Johann Friedrich Weber, Obareng Baldwin Manoko, Victor Sannyboy Molobi

This paper aims to understand social entrepreneurship (SE) business model design to create values whilst undertaking public service delivery within the complex…

Influences of creativity and resource availability in the intelligent career framework: empirical investigation of Nigerian entrepreneurs

Isyaku Salisu, Aminullah Abdurrasheed Abdullah, Munir Shehu Mashi, Md. Mahmudul Alam, Norashidah Hashim

This study aims to investigate the influence of creativity and resource availability on career competencies (CC) and career success (CS) of entrepreneurs in Nigeria using…

How design thinking help us to select startups for the acceleration period?

Navid Mohammadi, Maysam Shafiee

To avoid wastage of resources of a startup accelerator, this paper aims to present a model for accelerator managers’ decision-making to enter startups into acceleration…

Disentangling the individual entrepreneurial orientation and SMEs success nexus: an action-based interplay of exploration activities and entrepreneurial alertness

Ahmad Raza Bilal, Tehreem Fatima

This study aims to extend the much-held strategic entrepreneurial orientation stance and conceptualized it as a psychological disposition of small- and medium-scale…

A strategic entrepreneurship framework for an emerging economy: reconciling dynamic capabilities and entrepreneurial orientation

Muhammad Bilal Mustafa, Irfan Saleem, Mir Dost

This study aims to use dynamic capability theory to investigate the effect of entrepreneurial orientation and dynamic capabilities (DC) on the firm’s entrepreneurial…

Entrepreneurial resilience and self-efficacy during global crisis: study of small businesses in a developing economy

Sarika Sharma, Sonica Rautela

Entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs have become increasingly important around the globe considering its positive impact on productivity and employment by economic…

Credit scoring of small and medium enterprises: a behavioural approach

Akanksha Goel, Shailesh Rastogi

This study aims to formulate a behavioural credit scoring models for Indian small and medium enterprises (SME) entrepreneurs using certain behavioural and psychological…

Job satisfaction, expected retirement financial insufficiency, and the expected retirement age of the entrepreneurs: an attraction-selection-attrition theory perspective

Jingjing Qu

Underpinned by the attraction-selection-attrition theory, this paper aims to investigate the impact of entrepreneurship on an individual’s expected retirement age and…

Legitimacy building of digital platforms in the informal economy: evidence from Indonesia

Eko Heru Prasetyo

This study aims to investigate how digital entrepreneurs develop platforms business models under an unregulated market and what approach they take to address informal…

Factors identifying musician entrepreneurship in a less-developed country; a case of Indonesia's independent musician

Marko S. Hermawan, Bastian Abiyusuf

This paper aims to examine Indonesian independent musicians' (indie) adaptation to the environmental business model. The research on institutional entrepreneurship (IE…

Female Afghan engineers’ perceptions of chokepoints along the career trajectory to entrepreneurship

Muzhda Mehrzad, S.W.S.B. Dasanayaka, Kimberly Gleason, Praneeth Wijesinghe, Omar Al Serhan

The purpose of this study is to explore the perceptions of Afghan female engineers regarding opportunities and barriers to starting their own engineering/construction…

Is procrastination a “friend or foe”? Building the relationship between fear of the failure and entrepreneurs’ well-being

Bahadur Ali Soomro, Naimatullah Shah

In the present era, entrepreneurs’ well-being is considered a significant factor owing to its strong relationship with entrepreneurship. Therefore, this study aims to…

Entrepreneurial cognition and premature scaling of startups: a qualitative analysis of determinants of start-up failures

George Joseph, Nimitha Aboobaker, Zakkariya K.A.

This study aims to explore the behavioral patterns of entrepreneurs, their cognitive styles and personality characteristics that can lead to a self-destructive chain of…

SMEs’ resilience from continuous improvement lenses

Saad Zighan, Salomée Ruel

The business environment is increasingly volatile, complex, uncertain and ambiguous. Today, COVID-19 represents a super-disruption situation. This paper aims to explore…

The role of entrepreneurial families in entrepreneurial ecosystems: the family social capital approach

Claudia Benavides-Salazar, Cristina Iturrioz-Landart, Cristina Aragón-Amonarriz, Asunción Ibañez-Romero

This paper aims to investigate how entrepreneurial families (EFs) influence the development of entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) by using the family social capital (FSC) approach.

The congruence of mental models in entrepreneurial teams – implications for performance and satisfaction in teams operating in an emerging economy

Paweł Ziemiański, Katarzyna Stankiewicz, Michał T. Tomczak, Beata Krawczyk-Bryłka

The paper aims to explore the relationship between the congruence of mental models held by the members of entrepreneurial teams operating in an emerging economy (Poland…

Determinant factors of successful social entrepreneurship in the emerging circular economy of Lebanon: exploring the moderating role of NGOs

Hani El Chaarani, Lukman Raimi

Social entrepreneurship is gradually becoming a potent driving force for economic and social development in developing countries as a result of governance deficits. The…

Mentor expectations and entrepreneurial venture creation: mediating role of the sense of nothing to lose and entrepreneurial resilience

Mir Dost, Syed Mir Muhammad Shah, Irfan Saleem

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of mentor expectations on nascent entrepreneur’s venture creation and how this relationship strengthens/weakens…

A systematic review on the internationalization of Chinese SMEs: Thematic expansion, new impulses and potential avenues for future research

Fabian Hänle, Bart Cambré, Stefanie Weil

Supplementing an earlier review paper on the internationalization of Chinese small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (ICS) that covers the period 1991–2012, the purpose…

Predicting entrepreneurial and professional career mindsets in young Nigerian adults

Adeola Samuel Adebusuyi, Samson Olowo Kolawole, Hassan Salawu Abu, Olubusayo Foluso Adebusuyi, Adesina Adewale Ajulo

This study aims to investigate how new graduates in Nigeria can simultaneously pursue entrepreneurial and professional careers. Specifically, this study tested the…

Strategic capabilities and firm performance in Omani manufacturing and service SMEs

Khaldoon Nusair, Hamed Ibrahim Al-Azri, Usamah F. Alfarhan, Saeed Al-Muharrami, S.R. Nikhashemi

This paper aims to examine small- and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) strategic capabilities in terms of their marketing and management capabilities, their sources of…

Delineating competency and opportunity recognition in the entrepreneurial intention analysis framework

WeiLee Lim, Yvonne Lee, Abdullah Al Mamun

This study aims to delineate opportunity recognition as a competency from opportunity recognition as an outcome in the form of ideas and opportunities. In addition, a…

Who really acts as an entrepreneur in the science commercialisation process: the role of knowledge transfer intermediary organisations

Aleksandra Szulczewska-Remi, Hanna Nowak-Mizgalska

Consistent with the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship, the purpose of this paper is to recognise the complementary entrepreneurial role of knowledge transfer…