Purpose: This study aims to investigate how Germans' misperceptions of the nature of entrepreneurship influence their attitudes towards entrepreneurial failure. Design/methodology/approach: Adopting a multivariate regression analysis, the study used data collected from a commercial online...

The role of personality traits as predictors of entrepreneurial intention and success has been widely researched. This article investigates the personality traits of top athletes practising low-risk and high-risk sports and, based on the person–job fit theory, compares them to the personality...

Taking account of prior entrepreneurial experience, this study explores how the perceived cause of business failure influences an entrepreneur's decision to start another business or to abandon entrepreneurship. Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis, we find that the attributional dimensions of...

The current research addresses the question of how policymakers might design specific components of economic freedom (EF) to most effectively encourage high levels of entrepreneurial activity (EA). Given that entrepreneurship is a multifaceted phenomenon, the study analyzes the effects of four...

We analyse the effects of culture, economic freedom and well-being on entrepreneurial activity (EA). We employ a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative (fsQCA) analysis to identify previously unknown combinations of predictors of EA in 23 innovation-driven economies. The analysis differentiates...

Their perceived entrepreneurial self-efficacy has various implications for nascent entrepreneurs. Those effects range from causing overconfident entrepreneurs to set unattainable goals, to overchallenged entrepreneurs being deterred by complex opportunities. We propose that entrepreneurs' social...

Research summary: The discovery of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and the spread of COVID-19 have led many governments to take drastic measures. The lockdown of large parts of society and economic life has come as an exogenous shock to many economic actors, not least innovative startups. This...

Massive problems trigger massive entrepreneurial opportunities. For this reason, environmental issues such as earth system processes that have extended beyond their thresholds, or are approaching such thresholds, constitute interesting opportunities, especially for ecological startups, to...

Entering status dominated environments as new entrant is a difficult endeavor. Accumulated advantages go along with the tendency of incumbents to succeed, whereas entrants are likely to lose (Matthew effect). This study examines what combination of deal resources accumulated by venture capital...

Startup ecosystems have a positive impact on the creation of new businesses and the entire economy and accordingly receive attention from both academics and politicians. However, while entrepreneurial ecosystems reflect a high level of entrepreneurial activity, they differ significantly in terms...