This study advances the understanding of cleantech commercialisation by adopting a market validation approach to analyse equity capital’s role in navigating the ‘Valley of Death’. Focusing on the three core financial milestones – revenue generation, profitability and retained earnings...

Entrepreneurial self-efficacy holds significant importance due to its broad influence, benefiting not just entrepreneurs but also extending its impact to other domains. This is why it is so important to have an understanding of the factors that are at its core. Our primary aim is to investigate...

Entrepreneurship education (EE) is a pivotal inspiration for students' efforts to acquire entrepreneurial knowledge (EK), which can enable them to found new business ventures. We draw on entrepreneurial inspiration theory to develop a framework that we use to test (a) the mediating effect of...

Though significant research has been conducted on the subject of entrepreneurship, comparatively little empirical research has been done on factors that influence nascent entrepreneurship. Focused on nascent entrepreneurship or pre- startup stages, this study empirically examines the...

Women entrepreneurs are increasingly recognised as pivotal contributors to economic growth, poverty alleviation, and employment generation, particularly in developing economies like South Africa. This study explores the contributing and constraining factors that shape the future of women's...