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From barriers to barring: Why emotion matters for entrepreneurial development 8 Jul 2013 | 12:31 pm
We offer a critique of conventional approaches to entrepreneurial barriers and point to the neglect of social and emotional processes in their operation. Drawing from qualitative interviews with 25 en...
Liquidity constraints in the first year of trading and firm performance 8 Jul 2013 | 12:31 pm
This article uses a survey of new businesses for three regions of England – Buckinghamshire, Shropshire and Tees Valley – and focuses on the effect of liquidity constraints experienced within the firs...
International as opposed to domestic new venturing: The moderating role of perceived barriers to internationalization 8 Jul 2013 | 12:31 pm
This article examines how firm-based and founder-based determinants of international (as opposed to domestic) new venturing are moderated by perceived barriers to internationalization. In order to tes...
Organizational innovation in small European firms: A multidimensional approach 8 Jul 2013 | 12:31 pm
Organizational innovations are often neglected in innovation theory. However, organizational change does have an impact on firm output, first directly and second, through its interrelationship with te...
Exploring contemporary entrepreneurial philanthropy 8 Jul 2013 | 12:31 pm
Research beyond the field of entrepreneurship has long observed the involvement of super-wealthy entrepreneurs in large-scale philanthropic endeavours, while the world’s media has endowed them with ce...
The genetics of entrepreneurial performance 8 Jul 2013 | 12:31 pm
Behavioral genetics techniques were applied to a sample of self-employed monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twins from the USA to examine whether genetic factors influence entrepreneurial performance...
Engaging with super-diversity: New migrant businesses and the research-policy nexus 23 May 2013 | 12:02 pm
Growing population diversity, referred to as ‘super-diversity’, has transformed the UK landscape, yet many areas of social science and policy appear reluctant to engage with the phenomenon. This artic...
Empirical research on entrepreneurial orientation: An assessment and suggestions for future research 23 May 2013 | 12:02 pm
Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is one of the most widely accepted firm-level constructs in the literature. The present study provides a comprehensive qualitative review and evaluation of the empiric...
Gender identities and practices: Interpreting women entrepreneurs' narratives 23 May 2013 | 12:02 pm
Previous research has shown that the discourse on womanhood is in conflict with that of entrepreneurship. This qualitative study examines how women construct their identities differently, finding that...
Employment systems in small firms: A multilevel analysis 23 May 2013 | 12:02 pm
This exploratory study draws upon the perspectives of employees and managers from 50 small Australian firms to build a more complete and nuanced view of the interaction of human resources and capabili...
