... and the degree of external orientation. The findings explain how leadership interpretation and institutional work contribute to heterogeneous university responses to the third mission. Research limitations/implications A key limitation is the reliance on a single informant per institution. While the senior...

...Jan Harima; Aki Harima Purpose The level of social capital is a crucial indicator of the evolutionary stage of entrepreneurial ecosystems. While prior studies have highlighted the role of leadership by anchor organizations in building networks within nascent entrepreneurial ecosystems...

... 21 12 2022 21 12 2022 The results portray five leading clusters, specifically, (1) SEW and family firm performance; (2) SEW and the focus on leadership as a precursor to succession; (3) family firms, SEW and corporate social governance; (4) family firm innovation and performance; and (5...

.... However, the main reasons of success/failure of these processes can be found inside firms. In this vein, some endogenous factors – such as organizational culture and leadership – have assumed a relevant role as they can foster or prevent the sharing of old knowledge and the creation of new one...

...Hongqin Li; Oswald Jones; William S. Harvey; Jie Yang Purpose This article examines the influence of Daoist nothingness on leadership in growing Chinese small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Daoism is based on a “letting-go” approach through maintaining inherent openness, which challenges goal...

... to better understand which personality traits and personal values impact transformational leadership qualities in self-directed entrepreneurial teams as perceived by team members. A cohort consisting of six self-directed entrepreneurial teams was selected. A multi-rater system was applied to assess...

...Pedro Torres; Mário Augusto Purpose The purpose of this paper is to better understand the connection between culture and entrepreneurship in proposing and testing complex configurations of culturally endorsed implicit leadership theories (CLTs) and cultural practices that lead to entrepreneurial...

...Constantinos Choromides There is no doubt that the book will spark the interest and engage the reader, as it offers many contemporary and practical examples that allow the reader to develop a progressive and embedded understanding of the cross-cultural perspectives in leadership and change...

...Urs Baldegger; Johanna Gast Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the emergence and development of leadership within the context of new ventures. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative approach was conducted to analyze in-depth the circumstances under which leadership is emerging...

...Louisa A. Huxtable-Thomas; Paul D Hannon; Steffan W. Thomas Purpose – The Holy Grail of leadership learning is to stimulate behavioural changes that continue beyond the learning environment into the workplace, ultimately leading to improved productivity and value. The purpose of this paper...

...Juha Kansikas; Anne Laakkonen; Ville Sarpo; Tanja Kontinen Purpose This paper seeks to investigate how familiness and entrepreneurial leadership are related to each other in family firms. Familiness and entrepreneurial leadership are viewed as resources for strategic entrepreneurship. The aim...

...Claire Seaman; Stuart Graham; Richard Bent; Wilson Ng; Richard Thorpe Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature and process of leadership in a mid‐sized, family‐controlled bank in Singapore in order to understand how it grew and developed under family control. Design...

...Stephen Kempster; Jason Cope Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of leadership learning in the entrepreneurial context, by building a dynamic learning perspective of entrepreneurship. It draws on contemporary leadership literature to appreciate entrepreneurial leadership...