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Towards an Untrepreneurial Economy? The Entrepreneurship Industry and the Rise of the Veblenian Entrepreneur

Hartmann, Rasmus Koss - 2020

What is driving the declining quality of innovation-driven entrepreneurship? In this paper, we argue the growing … entrepreneurship industry is an important yet overlooked explanation. This rapidly growing industry has transformed the nature of … entrepreneurship and encouraged a particular form of low-quality entrepreneurship. It has done so by leveraging the Ideology of …

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Entrepreneurial Spawning : Experience, Education, and the Role of Venture Capital

Cumming, Douglas J. - 2015

We present theory and evidence on the careers of high-tech entrepreneurial founders prior to obtaining venture capital (VC), and after VC exit. Prior to obtaining VC, entrepreneurs may have started other ventures, worked as a salaried employee in a startup, or worked for a large company. Upon VC...

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Does Self-Efficacy Affect Entrepreneurial Investment?

Cassar, Gavin; Friedman, Henry L. - 2011

We empirically examine the effect of self-efficacy on entrepreneurial investment choices. We identify various attributes of entrepreneurial investment, and argue that higher self-efficacy is associated with more aggressive entrepreneurial investment decisions. We show that self-efficacy...

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Opportunity Discovery, Problem Solving and the Entrepreneurial Theory of the Firm

Hsieh, Chihmao; Nickerson, Jackson A.; Zenger, Todd - 2009

When should an entrepreneur employ a market to help discover and exploit opportunities, and when should the entrepreneur create a firm to do so? If a firm is created, how should it be organized? In this paper we argue that opportunities equate to valuable problem-solution pairings, and that...

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Entrepreneurial Activity, Self-Perception and Gender

Verheul, I.; Uhlaner, Lorraine M.; Thurik, Roy - 2012

entrepreneurship, as well as direct and indirect effects of gender. Results support the model of both direct and indirect effects of … gender. The paper provides insights into gender issues in entrepreneurship as well as the definition of entrepreneurship in …

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Human Capital, Social Capital and Performance : An Empirical Test from an Entrepreneurial Project-Based Industry

Usai, Alessandro; Delmestri, Giuseppe; Montanari, Fabrizio - 2001

Interpersonal ties facilitate access to resources and ideas. What should be their intensity? And how do the human and social capital of entrepreneurs affect the performance of their projects? We investigated this in the Italian cinema industry in the 1990s, focussing on the director's role....

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American Entrepreneur in China : Potholes and Roadblocks on the Silk Road to Prosperity

Trautman, Lawrence J. - 2012

In many ways, China is the new frontier for entrepreneurship; perceived to be: a logical primary source of economical …

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Applying Population Dynamics Theory on Entrepreneurial Survival Strategy : Case of Financial Technologies and its Promoter

Jain, Ankur - 2010

Population dynamics is a branch of life sciences dealing with the way populations are affected by the birth and death rates, the changes in the size and age composition of populations, and the biological and environmental processes influencing those changes. This paper applies the Population...

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The Impact of Entrepreneurial Orientation and Resource-Based View on Growth of Small Firms

Ferreira, João J. M.; Azevedo, Susana - 2007

This research provides a useful framework for identifying a small firms' propensity to engage in entrepreneurial orientation. We examine the impact of the Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) as a main resource and capability on small firm' growth. Growth seems to come out as an important...

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Networks in Entrepreneurship

Elfring, Tom; Hulsink, Willem - 2006

The value of networks as integral part of the explanation of entrepreneurial success is widely acknowledged. However, the network perspective lacks specification of the various dimensions of a network and their impact on the early development of a venture. We make a distinction between a...

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