The purpose of the article is to present the results of a parallel survey of entrepreneurs in Poland and Ukraine aimed at identifying and measuring their common and distinctive characteristics. The main research methods include a questionnaire, comparative analysis using the Chi-square...

The relationship between sustainable agriculture, entrepreneurship, and innovation is an increasingly important global issue because sustainable agriculture contributes to a country's economy. This study aims to explore entrepreneurial literacy based on sustainable agricultural knowledge in...

This research explores how perceived team efficacy and communication satisfaction within student teams influence team members' commitment and willingness to continue in the context of university entrepreneurship programs. The results suggest that team communication and efficacy are influential...

In many Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) studies, the focus tends to be on assessing issues related to access to finance as a primary challenge to their development. Nevertheless, studies on non-financial services i.e., Business Development Services (BDSs) that might help to tackle...

Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship are important for economic growth and development. Yet insufficient attention has been paid to psychological characteristics such as personality characteristics as factors for women entrepreneurship in emerging economies. This study aims to investigate the...

Access to finance and equal economic opportunities are crucial for female entrepreneurs, fostering business growth and economic participation. Drawing on interviews with key stakeholders involved in the legal reform processes, this Brief examines how Sierra Leone made strides in its reform...

This study quantitatively examined the role of middle-aged and older professionals in innovation. Using data from 126 domestic startups obtained through a proprietary survey, we investigated the relationship between age diversity among startup founders and innovation performance. This study...

This paper investigates the potential of the fairly recent phenomenon of entrepreneurial lifestyle migration, in the context of rural Algarve (Portugal) from the perspective of lifestyle migrant entrepreneurs (LMEs) and their socioeconomic contribution to the development of rural areas. The...

Drawing inspiration from Oliver Williamson's work, we employ a 'discriminating alignment' approach to explain how established organizations select and govern external sources of innovation. Our framework integrates 'standard' governance mechanisms, such as licensing and joint ventures, with...

This study investigates the key drivers behind the wealth accumulation of America's 100 richest self-made billionaires, using data from the Forbes 400 list. Focusing on five individual and contextual factors - education, innovation, networks, inheritance, and geographic origins - the research...

The Entrepreneurial Mindset Development Program (EMDP) led to increased agency among students over their education, careers, own goals, basic financial literacy, and risk preferences. Students who participated in the EMDP had higher English and Mathematics test scores and wanted to pursue...

This paper examines implicit gender bias in entrepreneurial financing by randomizing screenings of business investment ideas pitched in the format of the reality television show Chigign Tobiya. Keeping business idea and pitch quality constant, the experiment randomizes whether a female or male...

Identifying high growth startups ex-ante and fostering their success is an important policy challenge. Using Swedish registry data, we show that previous labor market earnings of entrepreneurs is a simple observable that is strongly correlated with entrepreneurship success. Entrepreneurs from...