It is generally acknowledged that transnational networking plays an important role in promoting the performance of ethnic entrepreneurial firms. Yet distinctions between the different types of transnational networking and their effects on business performance have received scant attention in the...

The contributors to this collection provide a wealth of new analyses of both traditional and emerging aspects of entrepreneurship, from a variety of national perspectives and from a variety of disciplines. Globalization has begun to dismantle the barriers that traditionally segregated local...

This study examines the relationship between the success of businesses owned by ethnic minority immigrants in Canada and measures of their prior employment status in their homelands, their co-ethnic involvement in Canada and their educational level. Our findings show that while they were mainly...

Purpose – To identify the influence of ethnicity and ethnic social capital on entrepreneurial practices such as the co‐direction of a firm, and more particularly on aspects of venture creation, management, and business development. Design/methodology/approach – The research was based on a...

Entrepreneurship means different things to different people, but the entrepreneurial personality is a critical success factor to any new business. These traits are also increasingly in great demand at established multinational corporations. This groundbreaking textbook differs from its...

pt. 1. The resource-based perspective in the entrepreneurial course -- pt. 2. The process-oriented perspective in entrepreneurship -- pt. 3. The output-oriented perspective in the entrepreneurial realm.

pt. 1. Female entrepreneurship : what makes this area unique? -- pt. 2. The venture creation process -- pt. 3. Women's ride across the river : from creativity, innovation and vision to implementation -- pt. 4. The first steps in venture creation -- pt. 5. The future of female entrepreneurship.

This article explores the nature and impact of gestation-specific human capital on successful start-up among a random sample of Canadian nascent entrepreneurs. Although much is known about the relationship between individual-level factors and the probability of becoming a nascent entrepreneur,...