Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 31 Issue 4

Entrepreneurial education and intention: fear of failure, self-efficacy and gender

Cong Doanh Duong, Ngoc Xuan Vu

This research adopts the social cognitive career theory (SCCT) and a moderated mediation model to investigate the moderating impacts of entrepreneurial fear of failure (FOF) and…

Untold stories of African American women entrepreneurs: research-based strategies for becoming one's own boss

Joanna F. Norman, Leah Aiken, Tomika W. Greer

The purpose of this research was to empirically examine the career transitions of mid-career African American women leaving traditional careers for entrepreneurship. The authors…

Microenterprise performance amidst environmental turbulence and resource scarcity: an integrated capital approach

Micah DelVecchio, Joseph Ofori-Dankwa, Akosua K. Darkwah

Microenterprises in emerging economies are known to operate in turbulent and resource-scarce environments. We test our hypothesis that a more comprehensive “Integrated…

An examination of spiritual capital and innovation: insights from high-growth aspiration entrepreneurs in a developing economy

Donard Games, Tri Siwi Agustina, Rambat Lupiyoadi, Rayna Kartika

This study aimed to examine the relationship between spiritual capital and small business innovation in a developing market economy and the highly religious society of Minangkabau.

Entrepreneurial intentions of tourism and hospitality students in Ghana: an application of the theory of planned behaviour

Daniella Delali Sedegah, Ricky Yao Nutsugbodo, Anna Arthur-Amissah, Sampson Wireko-Gyebi, Gifty Adobea Duodu, Valerie Efua Kwansima Bempong, Peace Ankor, Bernadette Ekua Bedua Afful, Michael Tuffour

The study aims to examine the entrepreneurial intentions (EIs) of tourism and hospitality (T&H) students in Ghana using the theory of planned behaviour (TPB). Specifically, the…

Holistic implementations of green supply chain management practices in Thai entrepreneurial ventures

Thianthip Bandoophanit

To critically examine the holistic implementation of green supply chain management (GSCM) practices in entrepreneurial ventures in Thailand.

Do technological, environmental and entrepreneurial factors affect social commerce adoption?

Suvini Rasaputhra, Virasha Peiris, Reshika Magallagoda, Chatil Panditasekara, Krishantha Wisenthige, Nipunee Jayasuriya

In today’s business world, adopting social commerce for day-to-day operations has increasingly become an important phenomenon. Several factors have been identified by previous…

Entrepreneurship in times of economic stress: unraveling the U-shaped relationship between the internality of causal attributions and growth

Guilherme Fowler A. Monteiro, Rinaldo Artes

This paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurs' internality of causal attributions and firm growth during an economic crisis. We propose a U-shaped relationship…

Regional cooperative banks, ecosystems and small and medium-sized enterprise financing: the importance of cognitive, social and geographic proximities

Bastien Bezzon, Geoffroy Labrouche, Rachel Levy

This study analyzes the role of regional cooperative banks in identifying and financing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from a proximity perspective. Access to finance…