Start-ups are an important component of driving context-sensitive sustainable development in emerging markets based on domestic innovation. However, knowledge on how best to support the capabilities, networks and access to finance of such ventures is limited, specifically in emerging markets. In...

Entrepreneurship aims to contribute significantly to economic development, a trend that has been progressively growing over time. Nonetheless, female entrepreneurs continue to face substantial challenges, including limited access to financial resources and sociocultural barriers. The influence...

Academic spin-offs (ASOs) are one of the main means of relationship between universities and the market. ASOs transform scientific research results into products, services, or processes that can be commercialized, promoting the transfer of technology between the academic and industrial sectors....

Communities that have been structurally and historically marginalized continue to face barriers rooted in practices of exclusion and segregation. These structural constraints often persist within the entrepreneurial sphere, limiting opportunities for Indigenous entrepreneurs to establish and...

We study optimal taxation in economies with general equilibrium market clearing, where agents with privately known labor skills and entrepreneurial abilities choose between deterministic labor income and risky firm operation. The government observes labor income and realized dividends but not...

The study examines how entrepreneurship education (EE) offered in undergraduate teacher training programmes (TTPs) addresses student-teachers' needs for innovative pedagogy and creativity. The study used the case study design to generate data through interviews and documentary analysis. Findings...

Given the unique challenges facing entrepreneurs and firms in Oman stemming from resource constraints and changing institutional frameworks, this study aims to explain how social capital can help improve entrepreneurial business performance, with the contribution of dynamic abilities, innovative...

This paper explores the post-grant phase of the Business Acceceleration for Youth (BA4Y) programme implemented at the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST), highlighting the transition from grant-supported initiatives to institutionalised innovation education and business growth for...

This study investigates how cognitive traits and support mechanisms influence entrepreneurial propensity across diverse economic contexts, with a focus on implications for entrepreneurship education. It examines whether creativity and critical thinking function as broadly relevant predictors of...

This study critically explored the interconnected themes of entrepreneurial potential, sustainable entrepreneurship, and the evolving role of higher education. It highlighted the intellectual responsibility of universities in confronting two pressing entrepreneurial challenges: the insufficient...

This study investigates the antecedents of nascent entrepreneurial behaviors in Vietnam, an emerging economy where entrepreneurship is a crucial growth engine. Grounded in social cognitive career theory and identity theory, we examine the relationships between entrepreneurial self-efficacy,...

This article involves studying the formation of the identity of technological entrepreneurs as a part of the development of human potential in a high-tech environment, which today is in high demand not only among entrepreneurs and startup founders but also among managers and highly qualified...

This article explores how Third Space Professionals in Mode 3 universities help bridge academic research and real-world application, fostering innovation, entrepreneurship, and social progress. They play a key role in mentoring early-career researchers, particularly by involving them in research...

This paper investigates the interacting role of institutional quality in the capacity of innovation and entrepreneurship development nexus in Africa. The paper operationalises the entrepreneurship development from the perspective of new venture creation in Africa, while innovation is based on an...

This study explores the determinants of business survival in Spain's tropical and subtropical fruit sector from 2006 to 2021. Using data from the Iberian Financial Statements Analysis System, and applying survival analysis techniques including Cox regression, we assess the effects of factors...

The literature applying effectual logic to entrepreneurial activity is extensive. However, more effective research needs to be conducted to analyze international entrepreneurship in the specific context of academic spin-offs (ASOs). Prior research has mainly analyzed the effect of human capital...

This study investigates the interplay between entrepreneurial leadership and innovation performance in Jordanian IT firms, with a specific focus on the strategic role of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Grounded in a quantitative methodology, data were collected via a structured questionnaire from...

The entrepreneurial performance of new ventures operating within the sustainable open innovation paradigm remains underexplored, particularly in terms of how specific sustainability-oriented practices translate into measurable performance outcomes. Prior research has largely examined...

This Brief explores how childcare responsibilities shape women’s entrepreneurial choices and business growth, drawing on data from the Women, Business and the Law project as well as complementary evidence from Bangladesh, Brazil, and Nigeria. Globally, women spend nearly three times as much...

Socioemotional skills programs are widely used to promote economic empowerment, yet their returns may vary by skill-type and gender. This paper evaluates a socioemotional skills intervention for 4,500 agribusiness owners in a large-scale government program in Nigeria. Using a randomized...

Institutions play a central role in shaping entrepreneurial behavior, yet much of the existing literature, even with the foundational insights of institutional economists such as Veblen, Mitchell, Commons, Coase, Ostrom, Williamson, and North, continues to view institutions as monolithic...

The paper aims to provide spatial evidence on where to prioritize place-based support for women's entrepreneurship by linking the geography of female founders to the proximity of formal support infrastructure in Germany. To pursue this objective, we assemble nationwide venture microdata covering...

Entrepreneurship education (EE) is increasingly considered an important tool in promoting sustainable economic development, yet the empirical base for its effect on entrepreneurial intention (EI) is dispersed and not consistent. However, the literature fails to address EE as a direct antecedent...

Digital transformation is central to circular economy (CE) strategies, yet the intersection between digital innovation and women's entrepreneurship remains underexplored. We examine how IoT, AI, blockchain, data analytics and platform technologies are represented in CE-oriented management...

This study investigates the influence of access to mobile cashless technology on enterprise continuity intention and cash flow management skills. It also explores the influence of cashless technology, knowledge, and experience on enterprise continuity intention and cash flow management skills,...

Purpose: This study investigates how inclusive teaching practices and institutional support influence entrepreneurial intentions among disadvantaged students in technical vocational education and training (TVET), with persistence of effort as a mediating variable. Although persistence of effort...

Leadership plays a central role in the long-term sustainability of family enterprises, yet existing evidence is fragmented across contexts and methodologies. This systematic review synthesizes empirical findings on leadership practices that support sustainable family entrepreneurship. The...

Background: The smart city concept has become a central framework in contemporary urban governance; however, empirical research predominantly focuses on large metropolitan areas, while small municipalities remain comparatively underexplored. This study examines how citizens of Ivanić-Grad...

This paper advances a unified theoretical framework that synthesises Shane and Eckhardt's individual-opportunity nexus, Ramoglou and Tsang's opportunities-as-propensities perspective, and Davidsson's tripartite model of new venture ideas, external enablers, and opportunity confidence. Building...

Population aging is reshaping retirement trajectories, challenging traditional models that conceptualize retirement as a definitive withdrawal from productive roles. While bridge employment has been widely studied, research has largely focused on former salaried employees, leaving the...

This paper studies how employment subsidies for start-ups shape their performance. We exploit an unexpected policy reform in Belgium that permanently exempted start-ups hiring their first employee from payroll taxes for that employee. Using firm-level administrative data and a...

Accumulated entrepreneurial experience, as a form of human capital, plays a critical role in shaping current venture revenue. Building on insights from entrepreneurship and human capital theory, the study establishes a causal inverted U-shaped relationship between prior entrepreneurial...

This paper studies how employment subsidies for start-ups shape their performance. We exploit an unexpected policy reform in Belgium that permanently exempted start-ups hiring their first employee from payroll taxes for that employee. Using firm-level administrative data and a...

Screening human capital based on signals such as job applications or entrepreneurial pitches is crucial for organizations. Signals are often informative insofar as they require differential knowledge and effort to produce. Generative AI (GAI) complicates screening by lowering the cost of...