International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research: Volume 21 Issue 2

Immigrant and second-generation Turkish entrepreneurs in Melbourne Australia: A qualitative investigation of entrepreneurial motivations

Yasemin Soydas, Torgeir Aleti

The purpose of this paper is to examine the key differences between first- and second-generation immigrant entrepreneurs in their path to entrepreneurship. The aim of the study is…

Meeting the entrepreneurial learning needs of professional athletes in career transition

Breda Kenny

A career at the professional, elite level in sports does not last forever. One way or another, the day comes when players have to hang up their boots and move on, but to what…

Entrepreneurs’ network evolution – the relevance of cognitive social capital

Sara Jonsson

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate entrepreneurs’ network evolution in the start-up phase.

Self-employment, the informal economy and the marginalisation thesis: Some evidence from the European Union

Colin C Williams, Ioana Alexandra Horodnic

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate which groups of the self-employed engage in the informal economy. Until now, self-employed people participating in the informal economy…

Rule-breaking and legitimacy: a failure of artful navigation?

Lorraine Warren, Robert Smith

The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the tension between rule-breaking and legitimacy for entrepreneurs, who are expected to challenge and change social or business…

The legitimacy of entrepreneurial mentoring

David McKevitt, Donna Marshall

The purpose of this paper is to present findings from longitudinal case studies of small firm mentoring relationships in Ireland. The rationale is to explore the gaps between the…

The Routledge Companion to Entrepreneurship

Dr Vijay Vij

Entrepreneurship, Small Business and Policy: Evolution and Revolution

Dr Robert Wapshott