Starting a business involves risk and, thus, requires a risk-taking attitude. The concept of risk and entrepreneurship has been widely discussed in the entrepreneurship literature; most studies comparing entrepreneurs with non-entrepreneurs such as managers or bankers. So far, little research...

Based on arguments about long-term orientation and corporate reputation, we argue that family and founder firms differ from other firms with regard to corporate social responsibility. Using Bayesian analysis, we then show that family and founder ownership are associated with a lower level of...

Based on socioemotional wealth theory, we argue that family and founder firms differ from other firms with regard to corporate social responsibility concerns. We further argue that the ownership and management dimensions of founder firms have opposite effects. Using a dataset of large public US...

Part-time entrepreneurship is often a first step toward full-time entrepreneurship. This study investigates the transition from part- to full-time entrepreneurship. We analyze how financial and non-financial motives of part-time entrepreneurs influence the intention to become full-time...