...Juliana Moreira dos Santos; Hilka Pelizza Vier Machado; Susana C. Santos Purpose This study aims to describe the different ways of measuring passion in entrepreneurship and its implications for the entrepreneurship field. Through a systematic literature review that provides a historical...

...Younggeun Lee Purpose This paper aims to present an insightful interview with Professor David Ahlstrom, a distinguished scholar in the field of entrepreneurship and management in emerging economies. Design/methodology/approach The interview explores Professor Ahlstrom’s extensive research...

...Sara Poggesi; Michela Mari Purpose Immigrant entrepreneurship, particularly immigrant women entrepreneurship, has recently gained socioeconomic attention. However, this issue does not seem to have found proper recognition yet within academic management studies. Thus, the purpose of this paper...

...Diego Matricano Purpose The purpose of this paper is to answer a well-known but always-current question: what is the focus of entrepreneurship research? Usually, scholars address their attention toward the boundaries of entrepreneurship, and question the possible overlaps with innovation...

...Derek Balfour Lidow Purpose This paper aims to derive a time and place invariant definition of entrepreneurship necessary for the identification of prehistoric entrepreneurial behavior. Design/methodology/approach The definition was derived by correlating a diverse set of archeological...

...David Anthony Kirby; Iman El-Kaffass; Felicity Healey-Benson Purpose The purpose of this research is to examine the evolution of entrepreneurship, explain the reasons for why it is not contributing significantly to the global sustainability challenge and propose a new approach and business model...

...-use rights only Migration Entrepreneurship Identity Culture Reflexive agency Georg Mayer Textile trade Biography Memoirs Everything that's important goes on in the darkness, no doubt about it. We never know anyone's real inside story. (Céline, 2006 , p. 61) Individuals...

.... Design/methodology/approach By means of historical analysis and theoretical reconstruction, the author reveals the pattern and mechanism of business through slaves as the primordial form of private enterprise. Findings A comprehensive view of public and private entrepreneurship at the end...

... the background and foundations of business through slave as the initial stage of private enterprise. Findings A comprehensive view of public and private entrepreneurship at the end of Republic and the beginning of Empire is presented. The riddle of “unnaturally” dear slaves in Rome (as compared with free...

...Md. Kamrul Hasan; Mario Joseph Hayek; Wallace A. Williams, Jr; Stephanie Pane-Haden; Maria Paula Martinez Gelvez Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, this paper seeks to formalize a definition of activist entrepreneurship and differentiate it from social entrepreneurship. Second...

...-case study. Originality/value This analysis highlights the centrality of personal self-perceptions to face up to the difficulties of an unfavourable context, contributing to create the pre-conditions necessary to become an entrepreneur. In recent years, the literature on female entrepreneurship...

... many decades later was reinvented and became a commercial success in the early nineteenth century. Design/methodology/approach Reference is made to the literature on entrepreneurship and acquisition of knowledge in the eighteenth century and the nature of watchmaking in the same epoch...

... research directions then follow. Eric W. Liguori can be contacted at: eliguori@csufresno.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Innovation Entrepreneurship Technology brokering Great Man Theory of Innovation Howard Head Tennis Skiing The history of the skiing...

... to explore the topic and make suggestions for future research. Findings The authors find that entrepreneurs from Lebanon have had a significant impact on the economies of many parts of the world. Originality/value This paper is original in that it brings together the research on entrepreneurship...