We provide, for the first time, comparative evidence of the impact of various types of extremeevents – natural disasters, terrorism, and violent conflicts – on the perceptions ofentrepreneurs concerning some key entrepreneurial issues – such as fear of failure instarting a business...

Entrepreneurship has long been seen as a major vehicle for economic development and growth and it has attracted researchers from a variety of disciplines with very diverse analytical approaches. The vast amount of research that has been conducted so far has raised certain pertinent questions...

The process of creating new organizations has increasingly become the focus of entrepreneurship research (Gartner, 1990). However, despite the growing literature on this area, there were few studies exploring the venture creation process. Even fewer studies examine venture creation process...

Social networks are now deemed a critical element of economic activity. In the study of social networks and new venture creation, immigrant entrepreneurs have received focused attention as exemplary cases illustrating the benefits of social networks. The seemingly tightly woven networks among...

Previous research into the venture creation processhas suggested that it takes on a linear, unitary model, although littleempirical evidence exists to support this conclusion.This studyinvestigates the differences in the venture creation processes oftechnology-based entrepreneurs (TBEs) and...