Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 27 Issue 7

Entrepreneurial intentions: personal and cultural variations

Barrie Litzky, Doan Winkel, Jennifer Hance, Ryan Howell

The purpose of this study was to investigate the personal and contextual factors that influence entrepreneurial intention between two student populations from the United States…

A model for digital development of SMEs: an interaction-based approach

Paolo Depaoli, Stefano Za, Eusebio Scornavacca

E-business maturity models have been widely used to guide the process of digital transformation of business. However, these models have been criticized for their predominantly…

Women MSMEs in times of crisis: challenges and opportunities

Suhail Sultan, Wasim I.M. Sultan

This study addresses the impact of the corona crisis on the performance of women small- to medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and explores the adopted innovative strategies by these…

Examining the perceived value of extracurricular enterprise activities in relation to entrepreneurial learning processes

Sarah Preedy, Paul Jones, Gideon Maas, Hilary Duckett

This study contributes towards increased understanding of the perceived value of extracurricular enterprise activities from an entrepreneurial learning perspective. Past decades…

Regulatory focus, persistence and new venture performance

Samuel Adomako

The purpose of this paper was to examine the joint effects of regulatory focus, entrepreneurial persistence and institutional support on new venture performance.

The importance of financial resources and ownership of intellectual property rights for university spin-offs: the cases of Finland and Sweden

Ignat Kulkov, Björn Berggren, Kent Eriksson, Magnus Hellström, Kim Wikstrom

This paper focuses on medical device university spin-offs (USOs), taking into account the peculiarities of financial and nonfinancial support and intellectual property rights…

University-centred entrepreneurial ecosystems in resource-constrained contexts

Zsolt Bedő, Katalin Erdős, Luke Pittaway

Research on entrepreneurial ecosystems has advanced over recent years and has become a popular topic. Despite the interest, previous work has focused on entrepreneurial ecosystems…

Entrepreneurial ecosystem for tech start-ups in Bangalore: an exploration of structure and gap

Bala Subrahmanya Mungila Hillemane

Bangalore has gained international recognition as a technology start-up hub for its vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem. Against this backdrop, this paper attempts to explore the…