International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research: Volume 30 Issue 4

Guest editorial: Innovative entrepreneurial behavior vs entrepreneurial activity in today's business environment

Alba Yela Aránega, Julio Cañero Serrano

Effectuation and strategic evolution for sustainable longevity: the case of a 19th-generation family firm

Dianne H.B. Welsh, Orlando Llanos-Contreras, Melany Rebeca Hebles

This article explains the causal mechanism supporting sustainable longevity by analysing the last three generations of one of the oldest family firms in Latin America.

Enablers of students' entrepreneurial intentions: findings from PLS-SEM and fsQCA

Julia Anamaria Sisu, Andrei Constantin Tirnovanu, Cristina-Claudia Patriche, Marian Nastase, George Cristian Schin

This study explores the enablers of students “entrepreneurial intentions by identifying the factors that raise students” interest in embracing an entrepreneurial career.

Enacting disruption: how entrepreneurial ventures innovate value propositions to increase the attractiveness of their technologies

Jerome L. Antonio, Alexander Lennart Schmidt, Dominik K. Kanbach, Natanya Meyer

Entrepreneurial ventures aspiring to disrupt existing market incumbents often use business-model innovation to increase the attractiveness of their offerings. A value proposition…

Entrepreneurial intention among women entrepreneurs and the mediating effect of dynamic capabilities: empirical evidence from Lebanon

Nirjhar Nigam, Khodor Shatila

Entrepreneurship institutions exhibit substantial gender discrimination despite worldwide efforts to decrease the phenomenon. The MENA area has a low percentage of women…

Relational models and entrepreneurship ecosystems

Jeffrey Muldoon, Joshua S. Bendickson, Eric W. Liguori, Shelby Solomon

Using social relations theory, we argue that entrepreneurship ecosystems must also include relationships such as market pricing, equality matching, authority ranking and communal…

Community startup businesses: the impact of big five personality traits and social media technology acceptance on group buying leaders

Anne Yenching Liu, Maria Dolores Botella Carrubi, Cristina Blanco González-Tejero

This study investigates how personality traits influence individuals’ intention to become community group buying (CGB) leaders.

The effects of neurodiversity on cognitive attributes of entrepreneurs

Stephen E. Lanivich, Curt Moore, Nancy McIntyre

This study investigates how attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in entrepreneurs functions through coping schema to affect entrepreneurship-related cognitions. It is…

Developing entrepreneurial resilience from uncertainty as usual: a learning theory approach on readiness, response and opportunity

Endrit Kromidha, Nia Kurniati Bachtiar

This study explores resilience learning from uncertainty, taking a holistic view by considering individual, firm and contextual factors. Resilience development is understood by…

Mediating agricultural entrepreneurship through embracing innovative technology: a tale from small rural enterprises in an emerging economy

Navjot Sandhu, Javed Hussain, Jonathan M. Scott

The study evaluates small marginal farmers’ (SMFs) potential behavior, attitude and trust in the adoption of innovative emerging technologies.

A review of and future research agenda on women entrepreneurship in Africa

Kassa Woldesenbet Beta, Natasha Katuta Mwila, Olapeju Ogunmokun

This paper seeks to systematically review and synthesise existing research knowledge on African women entrepreneurship to identify gaps for future studies.