... as an organizational process linking innovation and employment within contexts of institutional voids. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on 18 semistructured interviews with founders and managers of hybrid MSMEs (13 legally registered MSMEs and 5 registered social enterprises) operating during Lebanon’s 2019...

... institutions on the overall innovation performance of registered firms (e.g. Nee and Opper, 2012 ; Musacchio and Lazzarini, 2014 ; Tran and Freel, 2022), we hardly understand how unregistered firms, given their persisting informality cost, manage to produce viable innovations, especially introduce new...

... organizational learning mechanisms and foster collaborations to develop sustainable competitive advantages. While firms typically rely on formal institutions, Colombia’s pro-innovation legislation should prioritize corporate-startup collaboration to drive innovation and institutional adaptation. Policymakers...

... are outlined, which consolidates current research and extending research on inequality, entrepreneurship and emerging economies. Culture Developing countries Emerging economies Entrepreneurship Inequality Innovation Transition economies Inequality is a form of exclusion as it can prevent...

...Chanchal Dey; Ulrike Fasbender Purpose The purpose of this study is to understand the link between psychological ownership and organizational innovation in family businesses. The research also explored the mediating effect of knowledge transfer alongside the moderating role of governance practices...

... with cross-sectional data from 125 countries consisting of the averages between 2006 and 2018. Findings Past diseases reduce entrepreneurship both directly and indirectly. The strongest indirect effects occur through GDP per capita, property rights, innovation, entrepreneurial attitudes, entrepreneurial...

... to outperform firms that receive pure public financing using panel regression. Findings Based on Hungarian evidence, hybrid VC-backed firms generated lower growth and employment than their purely government-backed peers. Both schemes showed meagre innovation activity. The conclusion is that because...

.... An entrepreneur may begin operations informally as a logical first step that may eventually progress to formality (Bennett, 2010). This stage may occur when there are significant resource-based impediments to formality (Bruhn, 2013). The firm age, size, credit accessibility, innovation and internationalisation...

...Dimos Chatzinikolaou; Charis Vlados Purpose This paper aims to explore how the owners of less competitive micro-firms (MFs) perceive the “crisis–innovation–change management” triangle. It examines whether their understanding of these overarching entrepreneurship theory principles is inadequate...

... innovative, risk-taking and opportunity-seizing abilities, which can purport new business establishment or new market perusal, or both (Brizek, 2014). CE as a concept was first introduced by Peterson and Berger (1971) , and the research work by Burgelman (1983) and Miller (1983) positioned CE...

... in the hostile rural areas in emerging economies. Thus, considering that a Schumpeterian view of economic downturn sees recessions as times where old products/services decline while new products/services emerge, this paper aims to explore the specific innovation-based diversification strategies that matter...

... mechanisms: networking and information, mutually beneficial knowledge transfer between innovation partners, lobbying for potential cooperation and an objective picture of Chinese OFDI and facilitating investment services. Originality/value This study advances OFDI theory and contributes to the growing...

...Hoa Thi Nhu Nguyen; Huong Thi Thien Nguyen; Anh Thi Lan Truong; Thao Thi Phuong Nguyen; Anh Van Nguyen Purpose This paper aims to explore how entrepreneurial culture (EC) and psychological empowerment (PE) support innovative work behaviour (IWB) of employees in organizations. First, it examines...

...Chi Thi Phuong Nguyen; Duong Tuan Nguyen; Hang Thu Nguyen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of entrepreneurs’ personality traits on firm innovation performance through the mediation role of entrepreneurs’ innovativeness. Design/methodology/approach The data consist...

...Hashem Aghazadeh; Farzad Zandi Purpose This study aims to investigate the effects of adaptive selling, as a high-level individual-level marketing capability, institutional knowledge, international opportunity recognition and general innovation-orientation of managers on the international growth...

...Oly Mishra Purpose This study aims to focus on implementing frugal innovation and its principles by social entrepreneurs to face the challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research paper discusses the case of an Indian social entrepreneur who works for menstrual health and hygiene...

... business inside the firm; whereas the latter group has little experience, scarce knowledge and resources, making outsourcing a more attractive alternative. Originality/value Theoretically, this paper approaches a perspective underexplored in the innovation and management literature: outsourcing...

...Mehrzad Saeedikiya; Jizhen Li; Shayegheh Ashourizadeh; Serdar Temiz Purpose Earlier research confirms the positive effect of innovation in shaping growth ambitions of entrepreneurs. The aim of this paper is to investigate whether the effect of innovation on growth ambitions of entrepreneurs...

...Miriam Borchardt; Giancarlo Pereira; Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira; Marcela Soares; Josiano Sousa; Daniel Battaglia Purpose This paper aims to analyse the factors that influence frugal innovation (FI) in micro- and small enterprises (MSEs) at the base of the pyramid (BOP) through the theoretical...

... of female entrepreneurs, a decreasing impact from political networks, improving investment in innovation and diversifying financial sources are also found. Originality/value This paper is the first to apply the Chinese Private Enterprises Survey database to investigate the emergence patterns of China’s...