International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research: Volume 22 Issue 1

Entrepreneurial universities in the region: the force awakens?

Nigel Culkin

The growth in popularity of the regional innovation system approach has, in part, been driven by the need for economies to respond to the after shocks of the global financial…

From “great expectations” to “hard times”: A longitudinal study of creative graduate new ventures

Richard Hanage, Jonathan M Scott, Mark A.P. Davies

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how digital creative graduates develop new businesses on graduating from university, and how their creative, business and personal…

Of bad-seed, black-sheep and prodigal-sons: Profiling crime and enterprise in a small-business-community

Robert Smith

In small-business-communities trust is important inter/intra family particularly in relation to familial dynamics. Seldom is mistrust or distrust examined in an academic context…

Prior knowledge, cognitive characteristics and opportunity recognition

Ali Hajizadeh, Mohammadreza Zali

In order to answer why and how some individuals identify opportunities, the purpose of this paper is to offer a comprehensive framework of key effective factors that investigates…

Entrepreneurs’ optimism, cognitive style and persistence

Samuel Adomako, Albert Danso, Moshfique Uddin, John Ofori Damoah

– The purpose of this paper is to examine the moderating effects of cognitive style dimensions on the relationship between entrepreneurs’ optimism and persistence.

Exploring entrepreneurial conceptions, beliefs and intentions of Greek graduates

Alexandros Kakouris

The purpose of this paper is to identify entrepreneurial conceptions and beliefs of Greek graduates, comparing science and economics graduates and nascent entrepreneurs to general…

Succession in the family business: drivers and pathways

Rima Bizri

The succession process represents one of the most critical events in the family business lifecycle. The purpose of this paper is to explore this process while focussing first on…

Marketing in SMEs: a “4Ps” self-branding model

Sheilagh Mary Resnick, Ranis Cheng, Mike Simpson, Fernando Lourenço

The purpose of this paper is to explore the extent to which traditional marketing theory and practice can be applied in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and consider how…

Crowdfunding and Entrepreneurial Finance

Marina Solesvik

Entrepreneurship for the Creative and Cultural Industries

Oliver Mallett

New challenges and fresh perspectives on entrepreneurial research

Paul Jones