Despite significant strides toward gender equality, women around the world continue to encounter systemic obstacles that hinder their entrepreneurial success. This paper systematically reviews the literature on the barriers female entrepreneurs face and the solutions proposed to overcome these...

The rapid growth of the gig economy is reshaping traditional employment structures, creating new pathways for entrepreneurial activities, especially for women. Female entrepreneurship has always been a trending issue worldwide, particularly in developing conservative societies where females face...

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...

Grounded in the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), this study examines how perceived educational support influences entrepreneurial intentions among university students in India and the People's Republic of China (PRC), through the mediating effects of entrepreneurial attitude, subjective norms,...

This study investigates the configurational pathways enabling women in Oman to translate entrepreneurial intentions into technology venture creation. By integrating institutional theory and resource‑based view, we develop a novel framework examining how formal institutional support (FIS),...

Building on multiple theoretical views, this paper aimed to investigate how traits and their specific mechanisms transfer into realized entrepreneurial behaviors. Thus, this paper seeks to address various apparent gaps through an integrative theoretical framework that examines the serial...

This article explores how female entrepreneurs construct and negotiate entrepreneurial identities across socialist, transition, and post-socialist periods in Slovenia. Drawing on feminist, post-structuralist, and identity-theory perspectives, we ask what determines women's entrepreneurial...

"This book contributes to the emerging global discourse on sustainable entrepreneurship by highlighting its transformative potential to harmonize economic growth with environmental sustainability. It emphasizes the role of innovative, sustainability-driven entrepreneurs in reshaping production...

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes embedded in entrepreneurial practice, an unresolved question is whether age shapes founders' perceptions of its opportunities and risks. Drawing on diffusion-of-innovations and technology adoption theories, this study examines whether age cohorts differ in...

In developing economies, women entrepreneurs play a vital role in advancing inclusive growth, yet their financial and digital capabilities often remain constrained by gendered barriers. This study investigates how financial literacy evolves into a gender-sensitive capability that drives digital...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Mit Blick auf gemeingesellschaftliche Ziele wie Klimaneutralität oder der Achtung von Menschenrechten werden mit Compliance- und ESG-Vorgaben Unternehmen in Deutschland und der EU von den Gesetzgebern zunehmend in die Verantwortung genommen. Durch Gesetze wie etwa dem deutschen...

Digitalization is reshaping entrepreneurship, yet the mechanisms that translate new technological possibilities into entrepreneurial intention remain poorly understood, especially for resource-constrained small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Building on the Theory of Planned Behaviour,...

Women entrepreneurs play a vital role in sustainable entrepreneurship by balancing societal, ecological, and economic sustainability. Building upon an emerging economy context, this study examines the effect of selected factors on sustainable entrepreneurship in the context of women...

This study examines how psychological mechanisms shape entrepreneurial behavior among individuals with disabilities. Specifically, it investigates the relationships among self-stigma, resilience, self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial motivation, and how these factors interact under conditions of...

This paper replicates and extends the framework of Guzman and Stern (2020) to examine the evolution of entrepreneurial activity in Europe, focusing on France, Germany, and the United Kingdom between 2009 and 2023. Using harmonized national business registry data, we construct measures of both...

Entrepreneurs based in developing nations, as well as in contexts with significant corruption, find significant issues when seeking financing, and this was exacerbated by the 2008 financial crisis. Nevertheless, recently developed financial approaches such as international reward-based...

Scholars have highlighted the critical role of funding targets in determining the amount of funding acquired in equity crowdfunding campaigns. However, there is little equity crowdfunding research that incorporates funding targets as a focal variable of interest. Moreover, the findings in these...

Numerous studies deal with the link between daily recovery experiences (DRE) and mental health for employees. Hardly any studies exist for small business owners. This is surprising given that their health is not just important for themselves but also for their environment (such as employees,...

This study examines the moderating role of entrepreneurs' creative cognitive styles in the relationship between resource constraints and bricolage. Drawing on insights from cognitive psychology and entrepreneurial research, we explore how divergent and convergent thinking influence the extent to...

Women entrepreneurs in rural South Africa face structural and socio-cultural barriers in accessing funding. This study investigated how existing financial structures and support programs influence the sustainability and growth of female-owned businesses in rural areas. Using bibliometric...

The extent to which entrepreneurship education and exposure to role models influence the antecedents of entrepreneurial intention, entrepreneurial intention, and subsequent entrepreneurial behaviour has yielded mixed results in prior research. Furthermore, limited attention has been given to the...

Existing research has shown that individuals' early-life experiences exert a sustained impact on their social life in adulthood. However, there remains a lack of understanding regarding how childhood migration experiences influence entrepreneurial behaviors. Using data from the 2017 China...

This paper presents a systematic review of the literature that evaluates the causal impact of interventions designed to enhance women's access to productive capital in low- and middle- income economies. The review identifies 27 studies that meet certain criteria, with wide geographic coverage....