Das Wachstum einer Volkswirtschaft und die Wohlfahrt einer Gesellschaft hängen wesentlich davon ab, dass ständig neue Unternehmen in die Märkte eintreten und mit neuen Ideen und Produkten für Wettbewerb sorgen. Sehr häufig werden sie von jungen Menschen gegründet. Im Zusammenhang mit einer...

Although immigrants represent a sizeable and growing portion of the total U.S. population and immigrant entrepreneurs play an important role in the U.S. economy, they remain relatively understudied within the literature. Existing research suggests that immigrants are more likely to start a...

The purpose of this study was twofold; (1) to establish the direct influence of Entrepreneurial competencies and Firm capability on SME Performance and (2) to examine the mediating role of Firm capability between Entrepreneurial competencies and SME Performance. A cross-sectional and explanatory...

This study examines how five key entrepreneurial orientation (EO) dimensions-risk taking, innovativeness, proactiveness, competitive aggressiveness, and autonomy-affect family business performance, as well as the moderating effect of socioemotional wealth (SEW) on these relationships. The...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of entrepreneurial orientation (EO), social network, and resource acquisition on firm performance in Chinese SMEs.Moreover, we analyze the impact of EO and social network on resource acquisition and further the mediating effect of...

This paper evaluates the effect of a self-employment grant scheme for unemployed individuals-designed to ease the first 12 months of business operation-on firm growth, survival, and labor market reintegration in Croatia in the 2010-2017 period. Grants offered a moderate amount of finances (up to...

Objective: This research aims to develop the constructs and to study the causal relationship between start-up entrepreneurship (SUE), disruptive business models (DBM), and firm performance (FPF) of start-ups in Thailand. Research Design & Methods: A quantitative research, a total of 186 samples...

This research seeks to investigate the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation dimensions (behavioral dimension EOBD and attitudinal dimension EOAD) and firm performance (FP) through a sequential mediation model of innovation capability (IC) and firm resilience capability (FRC) in a...

Objective: The objective of the article is to explore the impact of intellectual capital on firms' propensity for early internationalization. Research Design & Methods: The scientific argument relied on scrutinizing the current knowledge base in the field and conducting empirical studies among...