...Adam Abouna Mahamat; Jamila Abaidi Hasnaoui; Virginie Hachard; Roy Matta Purpose This study aims to examine how the immediate social environment of entrepreneur-managers contributes to the resilience of SMEs in sub-Saharan Africa. The focus is on emotional and relational proximity, including...

... The study design is epistemologically grounded in the heuristic 8Ms extended gender-cognisant entrepreneurship framework. An interpretive qualitative approach was used involving 30 semi-structured interviews with refugee women entrepreneurs across Jordan, with manual thematic data analysis. Findings...

...Ciro Troise Purpose This paper aims to investigate the underlying dynamics of crowdfunding networks. The study examines the impact of actors’ connections, i.e. entrepreneurs’ ties and connections between crowdfunders, on funding success, i.e. the funding amount collected at the end of crowdfunding...

... capital by immigrant entrepreneurs, there is an absence of studies which report the impact of business networks. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a study examining the process of business network development by immigrant entrepreneurs. Design/methodology/approach...

...Mai Thi Thanh Thai; Ekaterina Turkina; Dilene R. Crockett Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the motivations of immigrant entrepreneurs in choosing a host country before immigrating, through a comparison of country distances and economic opportunities. Design/methodology/approach...

...Mai Thi Thanh Thai; Ekaterina Turkina; Menita Liu Cheng; Jianfeng Wu; Jianjun Zhang Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine corporate political activities (CPA) by migrant entrepreneurs to improve business performance in a host developing country. Design/methodology/approach...

... on enterprise creation processes is significant. In general, this impact is similar to the one on management. However, there are some differences which are presented and explained. Originality/value Knowledge about Arab entrepreneurs is sparse and even more so regarding the influence of Arab culture...

... of the entrepreneurs. It then considers the prospects for future growth and policy implications. There have been some studies addressing aspects of taxonomical and methodological complications in researching BAE (Nwankwo et al., 2011). Nevertheless, attempting to highlight the developmental phases...

... to the development of the creation view of opportunities as an alternative to the discovery view and to understanding of the role of opportunities in the social entrepreneurship process. Practical implications The findings suggest that the social entrepreneur is one who actively creates external circumstances...

... and white‐collar criminality. Findings A legal entrepreneur is a person who operates a new enterprise or venture and assumes some accountability for the inherent risk. Similarly, the criminal entrepreneur's task is to discover and exploit opportunities, defined most simply as situations in which...

...Donald B. Kraybill; Steven M. Nolt; Erik J. Wesner Purpose This research project aims to investigate Amish small businesses in North America to determine their success rate and the factors that explain their vitality. Amish entrepreneurs have developed some 10,000 small businesses despite taboos...

..., and the role of environmental dynamism on innovation strategy and dynamic capabilities in the context of an emerging market is also examined, which there is a lack of in the current literature. This study provides implications for both government and entrepreneurs in finding the right way to build dynamic...

... of women entrepreneurs on SME development? and Can Indonesian SMEs be sources of innovation? Design/methodology/approach The paper analyzes data from Indonesia's National Agency of Statistics and reviews key literature and secondary data on Indonesian SMEs. Findings First, SMEs have been the main...

... the problems and achieve success. The purpose of the paper is therefore to provide guidelines to assist very small Black business entrepreneurs with overcoming growth problems, so to become sustainable. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative research approach with a combination of content analysis...

... of entrepreneurship rather than providing a framework, in which entrepreneurs and policy makers alike can rationally plan and execute innovative business models. Current issues facing Malaysian entrepreneurs include low level of technology, lack of innovation through research and development, low working capital...

... in the country, i.e. constraints facing the enterprises and women entrepreneurs, the paper focuses on the importance of networks. Findings First, SMEs are of overwhelming importance to Indonesia because they account for more than 90 percent of all firms outside of the agricultural sector. Second, the main...

... to play in facilitating growth through the provision of credit to entrepreneurs. Association Al Amana for the Promotion of Micro‐Enterprises Morocco (Al Amana) is an unusually successful microfinance institution (MFI) registered as a non‐profit organization in Morocco. Starting in 1997, with capital...

...Thomas Cooney; Ritva Anttonen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe and to gain an understanding of the prejudices and discrimination faced by Finnish Roma entrepreneurs in their business activities. Design/methodology/approach The starting point to this phenomenographical research...

... a problem that is increasingly taking its toll on oil and gas exploration and production in the region. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Entrepreneurs Unemployment Government Young adults Training Nigeria The consequences of youth unemployment are too grave to go unchecked...

... as to the region of Fife. The population of Newburgh in the nineteenth century, peaked in 1841, subsequently falling below the level reached 100 years before. In contrast, during the same period, the population in greater Fife grew monotonically. Scotland New Zealand Entrepreneurs Communities...