International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research: Volume 26 Issue 1

Institutional influences on entrepreneurial behaviours in the family entrepreneurship context: towards an integrative framework

Kathleen Randerson, Claire Seaman, Joshua J. Daspit, Céline Barredy

Family dynamics and gender perspective influencing copreneurship practices: A qualitative analysis in the Brazilian context

Mário Franco, Patricia Piceti

The purpose of this paper is to understand the family dynamics factors and gender roles influencing the functioning of copreneurial business practices, to propose a conceptual…

Keeping it in the family: exploring Igbo ethnic entrepreneurial behaviour in Nigeria

Paul Agu Igwe, Robert Newbery, Nihar Amoncar, Gareth R.T. White, Nnamdi O. Madichie

The purpose of this paper is to examine the attributes of the Igbos in Eastern Nigeria and the underlying factors influencing their entrepreneurial behaviour. More specifically…

Family as an institution: The influence of institutional forces in transgenerational family businesses

Jefferson Marlon Monticelli, Renata Bernardon, Guilherme Trez

The purpose of this paper is to analyze entrepreneurship in the context of the second, third and fourth generations of family businesses, considering the family as an institution…

The effect of institutional transition on entrepreneurial orientation of family businesses: Evidence from India

Amit Baran Chakrabarti, Arindam Mondal

The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the impact of family ownership on the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of firms in an emerging market and the contingencies under which…

Navigating institutional challenges in Mexico: The role of social capital in entrepreneurial families

Mariana Estrada-Robles, Nick Williams, Tim Vorley

Focusing on the family as the central unit of analysis, the purpose of this paper is to examine how entrepreneurial families, with more than one owner/entrepreneur, utilise social…

Institutional influence and the role of family in poor women’s micropreneurship

Lin Xiong, Irene Ukanwa, Alistair R. Anderson

The purpose of this paper is to develop an understanding of how the institutions of family and culture play out in shaping family business practices. This study focusses on family…

Nonfamily knowledge during family business succession: a cultural understanding

Jahangir Wasim, James Cunningham, Alexander Maxwell-Cole, James Richard Taylor

Knowledge transfer plays a key role in the succession process. While much attention has been given to the passing of business knowledge form incumbent to successor, less is known…

Where less is more: institutional voids and business families in Sub-Saharan Africa

William Murithi, Natalia Vershinina, Peter Rodgers

The purpose of this paper is to offer a conceptual interpretation of the role business families play in the institutional context of sub-Saharan Africa, characterised by voids…