International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research: Volume 29 Issue 11

Under external pressure: action pathways when an adverse event forces micro-enterprises to change

Alina Veksler, Sara Thorgren

This study aims at developing an understanding of action pathways when adverse events force micro-enterprises to change their operations.

Unpacking social impact scaling strategies: challenges and responses in African social enterprises as differentiated hybrid organizations

Giacomo Ciambotti, Matteo Pedrini, Bob Doherty, Mario Molteni

Social enterprises (SEs) face tensions when combining financial and social missions, and this is particularly evident in the scaling process. Although extant research mainly…

Individuating: how founder's social identities shape their evaluation of opportunities

Farsan Madjdi, Badri Zolfaghari

This paper adds to the ongoing debate on judgements, opportunity evaluation and founder identity theory and shows that founders vary in their prioritisation and combination of…

Entrepreneurship educators: a configurational analysis of factors influencing pedagogical choices

Shahrokh Nikou, Candida Brush, Birgitte Wraae

Entrepreneurship education (EE) is critical for developing the skills of tomorrow's entrepreneurs and leaders. While significant research examines the content, student learning…

Framing the main patterns of an academic innovation ecosystem. Evidence from a knowledge-intensive case study

Mariarosalba Angrisani, Lorella Cannavacciuolo, Pierluigi Rippa

This research aims to shed new lights on the most shared constructs developed on Innovation Ecosystems, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Technology Transfer Ecosystem proposing an…

The impact of social network support on opportunity intention among prospective male and female entrepreneurs during 2019-nCov pandemic

Amir Emami, Shayegheh Ashourizadeh, Mark D. Packard

The novel coronavirus (nCoV) pandemic, and the challenges of social distancing, proffer a unique opportunity to re-explore the role of social network support in entrepreneurship…

Entrepreneurial decisions: viewing the affordable loss heuristic from an economic well-being perspective

Colin David Reddy

This article conceptualises how the economic well-being of an entrepreneurial household affects its members' mental accounting process to establish its affordable loss for a…

Agency in entrepreneurship: preparing entrepreneurship theory for another view of context

Erik Melin, Johan Gaddefors

The purpose of this article is to explore how agency is distributed between human actors and nonhuman elements in entrepreneurship.

Unlocking the potential of non-managerial employees in corporate entrepreneurship: a systematic review and research agenda

Mariusz Soltanifar, Mathew Hughes, Gina O’Connor, Jeffrey G. Covin, Nadine Roijakkers

While extant literature has advanced our understanding of senior and middle managers in corporate entrepreneurship, studies have only recently attended to the role of…

Family influences on entrepreneurial orientation in immigrant entrepreneurship

Torbjörn Ljungkvist, Quang Evansluong, Börje Boers

This study explores how the family influences the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) process in immigrant businesses.

Internal openness? How and why managing directors in SMEs involve employees in strategic conversations

Jonas Fasth, Stefan Tengblad

This paper investigates the ways managing directors (MDs) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) involve employees in strategic conversations. The paper examines how…

Strategic sensemaking by social entrepreneurs: creating strategies for social innovation

Michael Price, Nicholas Wong, Charles Harvey, Mairi Maclean

This study explores how a small minority of social entrepreneurs break free from third sector constraints to conceive, create and grow non-profit organisations that generate…

COVID-19 vaccination: lower intention and coverage among entrepreneurs compared to employees

Annelot Wismans, Peter van der Zwan, Roy Thurik

Lockdowns and the forced closure of certain industries during the COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted workers, particularly entrepreneurs, who were financially and emotionally…

Value creation in the metaverse age: a thematic analysis of press releases

Giulio Ferrigno, Nadia Di Paola, Kunle Francis Oguntegbe, Sascha Kraus

Since Zuckerberg's announcement to change Facebook's name to Meta Platforms Inc. on October 28, 2021, the concept of the metaverse has gained unprecedented popularity in the…