Although it has been argued that overconfidence can lead to failure ( Hayward et al., forthcoming ), business failure can undermine assumptions about the self that are integral to (1) confidence in one's decision-making accuracy and (2) the motivation to engage in tasks.

1. Introduction -- 2. Entrepreneur resources : theoretical insights -- 3. Entrepreneur resource profiles -- 4. Entrepreneur resource accumulation : finance -- 5. Entrepreneur resource accumulation : networking and resource orchestration -- 6. Opportunity discovery and creation -- 7. Learning --...