International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research: Volume 22 Issue 3

Entrepreneurial behaviour: the role of values

William Walton Kirkley

The purpose of this paper is to identify the key values individuals believe in and their interpretation in the context of entrepreneurial behaviour. The study is predicated on the…

Self-employment: The significance of families for professional intentions and choice of company type

Tobias Schölin, Per Broomé, Henrik Ohlsson

– The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence that family factors have on an individual’s intention to be self-employed.

Entrepreneurial orientation and performance – are sexes equal?

Katharina Fellnhofer, Kaisu Puumalainen, Helena Sjögrén

The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the different perceptions of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of females compared to those of their male counterparts. EO and its…

The impact of transitions into wage-employment for satisfied and unsatisfied entrepreneurs: A Bayesian analysis

Jochen Mattes

Should unsatisfied/satisfied entrepreneurs transition into wage-employment? The purpose of this paper is to investigate the financial, physical, social and emotional consequences…

Does bribery have a negative impact on firm performance? A firm-level analysis across 132 developing countries

Colin C Williams, Alvaro Martinez-Perez, Abbi Kedir

Reflecting the moral theorisation of bribery as a negative phenomenon, bribery has been widely shown to have a deleterious impact at the national level on economic development and…

Who lives longer? Startups vs spinoffs founded as proprietorships

Andrea Furlan

Studies on spinoffs neglect firms founded by single individuals (i.e. proprietorships) thus overlooking a large portion of new ventures. Moreover, scholars usually do not consider…

Entrepreneurship and liminality: the case of self-storage based businesses

Elizabeth Daniel, Fiona Ellis-Chadwick

The purpose of this paper is to apply the theoretical lens of liminality to a consideration of non-traditional entrepreneurial locations. The study exemplifies such locations by…

Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East

Muhammad Azam Roomi and Syed Muhammad Yaqzan

Dynamics of Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy and Public Policy

Brychan Thomas