International Review of Entrepreneurship: Recent submissions
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Determinants of Self-employment with and without Employees: Empirical Findings from Europe
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2018)Although the determinants of self-employment are widely studied, the distinction between self-employed workers with and without employees is not often applied. We study determinants of self-employment in Europe by utilising ... -
Youth and Entrepreneurial Intentions in four South-East European Countries
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2018)We combine variables from the Theory of Planned Behaviour with additional personality trait and contextual variables to explain entrepreneurial intentions of 1,200 students of economics and business in four South-East ... -
Entrepreneurial Motivation and Idea Generation by Displaced Employees
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2018)This paper studies the entrepreneurial motivation and idea generation process of displaced employees. The empirical results are based on both quantitative (survey) and qualitative (interviews) data collected from displaced ... -
The Long-run Impact of Bank Lending Constraints and Other Economically Important Factors on SME Failure
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2018)This paper uses a very large French panel dataset, a hazard rate model and a near-exhaustive range of explanatory variables to examine the impact of short and long-term bank lending constraints along with other economically ... -
Commitment or Control? HRM Practices in Female and Male-led Small Businesses
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2018)Employee relations in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are often determined by the owner-manager who is faced with a trade-off between maintaining control and creating a positive and stimulating work environment ... -
Contribution of Entrepreneurship to Economic Growth: A Comparative Analysis of South-East Transition and Developed European Countries
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2018)We explore the contribution of entrepreneurship to economic growth in South-East European (SEE) transition countries and higher developed European countries. We also investigate the role of specific types of entrepreneurship, ... -
CalfSMART: A New Technology Venture from New Zealand
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2018)This case is set within the agricultural sector of New Zealand's primary industries. It analyses the early stage growth pathway of CalfSMART, a start-up company which has developed a technologically advanced calf feeder ... -
SMEs and the Use of Their Full Potential for Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Empirical Evidence from the Dutch Construction Sector
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2018)We investigate the extent to which SMEs exercise sustainable entrepreneurship practices. The 128 SMEs operating in the Dutch construction sector that were studied for this paper appeared to use about only two-thirds of ... -
Mode of Entry into Hybrid Entrepreneurship: New Venture Start-Up Versus Business Takeover
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2018)Many entrepreneurs start their ventures while retaining jobs in wage employment; this phenomenon is called hybrid entrepreneurship. Little is known about the entry modes (new venture start-up vs. business takeover) of ... -
Schumpeterian Entrepreneurship in Europe Compared to Other Industrialized Regions. (Note: This Paper is an Open Access Free Download)
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2018)Cross-country comparisons of entrepreneurship are difficult due to the lack of standard empirical definitions of entrepreneurship. Measures focusing on small business activity and self-employment suggest that Europe has ... -
Being Able and Willing to Innovate: A Study of Family Firm Identity and New Product Output among Dutch Private Businesses
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2018)We investigate the influence of family firm identity on new product output and whether this relationship is mediated by the ability and willingness of firms to innovate. Research on innovation in the context of family firms ... -
Self-Employment and its Relationship to Subjective Well-Being
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2018)The subjective well-being of self-employed people has not received adequate attention. Our analysis focuses on how individuals' universal needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness affect the happiness of self-employed ... -
Product Differentiation at the Base of the Pyramid: Individual-Level Antecedents and Performance Outcomes
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2018)Entrepreneurs at the base of the economic pyramid often follow an imitation strategy, whereby the products and services they offer are similar or identical to those of their competitors. Although mimicry is not unique to ... -
Hybrid Entrepreneurship: Employees Climbing the Entrepreneurial Ladder
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2018)Recent empirical studies revealed that more than 50% of nascent entrepreneurs start their businesses while still employed. This combination of employment and entrepreneurship has raised the interest of policy makers and ... -
Skill Variety in Entrepreneurship: A Literature Review and Research Directions
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2018)Lazear's concept of skill variety has been established in entrepreneurship research and is considered an important extension to human capital theory. The literature on skill variety, its determinants and its effects on ... -
Entrepreneurial Leadership: An Exploratory Study of Attitudinal and Behavioral Patterns over the Business Life-Cycle
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2018)Strategic approaches to venture creation and development highlight the importance of entrepreneurial leadership to business success, yet remarkably little is known about what entrepreneurial leaders actually do and why ... -
Microfoundations for New Market Creation: Differences between Expert Entrepreneurs and Expert Managers
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2018)Within the growing literature on new market development, much work focuses on the industry, competition and firm units of analysis. In this paper we complement these understandings of how new markets unfold with research ... -
Advantages of Hybrid Organising in Social Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Norway
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2017)Hybrid organising within the context of social entrepreneurship has been on the rise. At the same time, social entrepreneurial ventures that adopt hybrid organising are often criticized. The literature on hybridity points ... -
Performance Determinants in Immigrant Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Study
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2017)The purpose of this paper is to analyse the determinants of performance of businesses created by immigrants. An empirical study is carried out in the Spanish context, based on information obtained from 182 immigrant ... -
Exploring the Relationship between Micro-Enterprises and Regional Development: Evidence from Tunisia
(Senate Hall, Dublin, 2017)We investigate the relationship between the presence of micro-enterprises and regional development, as measured by a validated index of regional development, at the level of Tunisian delegations (small-scaled regions). ...
