International Review of Entrepreneurship: Complete Collection, 2003 –: Recent submissions
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In Defense of Knightian Entrepreneurship Theory
(Senate HallDublin, 2017)Knightian entrepreneurship theory focuses on entrepreneurial judgment in the face of uncertainty, rather than on an entrepreneurial function that is kept separate from the function of owning capital. This paper argues that ... -
New-Firm Survival in Sweden: New Methods and Results
(Senate HallDublin, 2017)We analyse firm survival and focus on several levels of analysis (both firm level and macro-level). We employ a unique longitudinal data set, recorded at the firm-level and covering nine complete entry cohorts of Swedish ... -
The Dynamics of Self-Employment and Unemployment During the Great Recession
(Senate HallDublin, 2017)Understanding the links between self-employment and unemployment is crucial for designing public policy. The literature on the topic usually focuses either on the (positive) effect of unemployment on self-employment (the ... -
Explaining Firm Performance in African Least Developed Countries: Evidence from Burundi and Tanzania
(Senate HallDublin, 2017)For the last two decades, scholars have tried to link entrepreneurship typologies originally constructed in the West with firm performance in Africa's Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Results were often surprising in the ... -
Persistence of Regional Entrepreneurship: Causes, Effects, and Directions for Future Research
(Senate HallDublin, 2017)This paper reviews the empirical evidence of persistent levels of regional self-employment and new business formation and the effect this persistence has on development. It is argued that a regional culture of entrepreneurship ... -
The Link between Gender Diversity and Innovation: What is the Role of Firm Size?
(Senate HallDublin, 2017)Recent studies have included gender diversity as a driver of innovations at firm level. This paper analyses the effect that firm size may exert on the link between gender diversity and the probability of innovating. We use ... -
The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Entrepreneurs' Perceptions of Success: An Exploratory Study
(Senate HallDublin, 2017)This study contributes to the entrepreneurship literature by introducing emotional intelligence (EI) as an additional factor that explains how entrepreneurs perceive their own success. Using survey data from a sample of ... -
The Elements of a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign: A Systematic Literature Review of Crowdfunding Performance
(Senate HallDublin, 2017)Crowdfunding campaigns are widely designed based on intuition rather than strategy. This systematic review gathers scattered knowledge on the elements that influence crowdfunding performance. The review provides guidance ... -
Backing the Horse or the Jockey? Due Diligence, Agency Costs, Information and the Evaluation of Risk by Business Angel Investors
(Senate HallDublin, 2017)This paper explores the argument that business angel investors are more concerned with managing and minimising agency risk than market risk. Based on data on the due diligence process from a survey of business angels in ... -
Skills Variety and Self-Employment: The Case of Spain
(Senate HallDublin, 2017)This paper analyses empirically the impact on occupational choice of so called balanced skills, as advanced by Lazear (2004). For this purpose we resort to the contextually rich data collected within the REFLEX survey and ... -
Work Integration Social Enterprises in Transition Countries: The Case of Serbia
(Senate HallDublin, 2017)The concept of social enterprise has emerged in the last couple of decades, as a form of social innovation, aimed at increasing welfare of individuals and communities through employment, integration and participation. A ... -
Recruiting for Small Business Growth: Micro-Level Evidence
(Senate HallDublin, 2017)We examine the link between new employees in leading positions and subsequent productivity in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Managers and professionals are likely to possess important tacit knowledge. They are ... -
Higher Education Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Exploring the Role of Business Incubators in an Emerging Economy
(Senate HallDublin, 2017)Entrepreneurship ecosystems involve a set of individual, organizational, industry and environmental elements such as leadership, dynamic capabilities, culture, capital markets, networks, and open-minded customers that ... -
The Role of Corporate Parent Support for Spinoff Innovation Performance
(Senate HallDublin, 2017)Spinoff innovation performance and its prerequisites is a relatively under-researched domain. Despite the innovative drive and remarkable growth rates that spinoffs exhibit, the majority of spinoff research focuses on stock ... -
Managerial Stability and the Pricing of New Equity Issuances: The Effects of State Enforcement of Noncompetition Agreements
(Senate HallDublin, 2017)In this paper, we empirically investigate the relationship between managerial stability induced by the legal enforcement of noncompetition agreements and the pricing of new equity issuances. Making use of the variation in ... -
Work-Life Balance and Gender Differences in Self-Employment Income during the Start-Up Stage in Japan
(Senate HallDublin, 2017)This study investigates the determinants of the income levels of newly self-employed workers compared to those of employees, while focusing on the effects of gender and childcare. We argue that working mothers with preschool ... -
Mergers Between Savings Banks. The Solution for Improving Risk in the Spanish Banking Sector?
(Senate HallDublin, 2017)The objective of this paper is to study the changes in the performance of savings banks and the factors that influence the risk of these entities. The paper presents empirical evidence about the effect of mergers of savings ... -
Determinants of New Firm Formation in Developing Countries: A Review
(Senate HallDublin, 2017)We address the question of what determines new firm formation in developing countries. Because of the influence that this may have on the design of firm entry policies, our main concern is whether the determinants of new ... -
Status Quo Institutions and the Benefits of Institutional Deviations
(Senate HallDublin, 2017)The purpose of this paper is to nuance the widely held view that well-functioning institutions are the ultimate prerequisite for innovation and entrepreneurship. This is done by putting the spotlight on the role that formal ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility Motivations in Zambian SMEs
(Senate HallDublin, 2017)This paper examines the motivations of different forms of corporate social responsibility (CSR) by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in an under-researched Sub-Saharan African country, Zambia. The results show that ...