International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research: Volume 29 Issue 5

When there is a crisis, there is an opportunity? SMEs' capabilities for durability and opportunity confidence

Argyro (Iro) Nikiforou, Spyros Lioukas, Erifili-Christina Chatzopoulou, Irini Voudouris

The purpose of this study is to examine what makes some firms, but not others, see a crisis as an opportunity to become entrepreneurial. Specifically, it examines how two key…

Business families do it differently! Navigating cycles and waves of family firm internationalization

Andrea Calabrò, Ulrike Mayrhofer, Alfredo Valentino

This paper aims at extending the debate on family firm internationalization by identifying cycles and waves of their internationalization processes with a specific focus on…

Entrepreneurial orientation and knowledge management: comparing configurations of native and immigrant entrepreneurial firms

Md Imtiaz Mostafiz, Mathew Hughes, Boyka Simeonova, Murali Sambasivan

Knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial firms succeed when they can better marshal their knowledge resources into productive advantages, necessitating entrepreneurial orientation (EO…

Creative entrepreneurs and embeddedness in non-urban places: a resource exchange and network embeddedness logic

Birgit Leick, Susanne Gretzinger, Irina Nikolskaja Roddvik

Drawing from resource-based theorising, the concept of network embeddedness and a process perspective on entrepreneurship, this paper establishes a conceptual framework to explain…

We are different and yet the same: the role of CEOs’ regulatory focus and attention in SMEs’ innovation orientation preferences

Niki Glaveli, Aikaterini Galanou, Georgios Kolias, Konstantinos Karamanis

Drawing upon upper echelon, regulatory focus and attention theories and focusing on SMEs, the purpose of this paper is to answer questions on how the motivational disposition…

The influence of entrepreneurial culture and organizational learning on entrepreneurial orientation: the case of new technology-based firms in Iran

Yasaman Yazdanpanah, Mohamad Taghi Toghraee, Aidin Salamzadeh, Jonathan M. Scott, Ramo Palalić

This paper explores how entrepreneurial culture (EC) and organizational learning (OL) determine the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of new technology-based firms (NTBFs). These…

The moderating role of market uncertainty in the effectiveness of government policies and R&D activities promoting innovation in manufacturing firms

Young-Ah Kim, Kyung-Ah Kim, Peter G. Moffatt

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of government support policies and research and development (R&D) activities on product innovation under market uncertainty.