.../methodology/approach This is a qualitative study of an interpretivist perspective. By interviewing 16 managers from 14 small businesses in Brazil, across various sectors (commerce, manufacturing and services), we analyse the interpretations of entrepreneurs about their experience of new business streams...

...Peter John Kuvshinikov; Joseph Timothy Kuvshinikov Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the insights of founding entrepreneurs to understand what they consider as motivating factors in their decision to act upon entrepreneurial intentions. Using this information, the entrepreneurial...

...Manuel Kaiser; Andreas Kuckertz Purpose Entrepreneurial communication describes the communication activities of entrepreneurs and is an essential tool for entrepreneurs to build relationships. However, there is a lack of research regarding how entrepreneurs adapt their communication styles...

...Bronwyn Eager; Sharon L. Grant; Alex Maritz Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore whether descriptions of functional coping strategies among entrepreneurs vary along temporal dimensions, from reactive or present oriented, to anticipatory or future oriented. Future-oriented coping...

...Andrew Atherton; Dongxu Wu; Zhongmin Wu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand whether the personal capital of the entrepreneur positively or negatively affects outcomes from self-employment. Design/methodology/approach Data from the UK’s longitudinal household surveys (BHPS, UKLHS...

...Natalia Vershinina; Rowena Barrett; Peter McHardy Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the logics that expert entrepreneurs use when faced with a critical incident threat. Design/methodology/approach Attempts have been made to define “entrepreneurial logic”. This paper is influenced...

...Esther Hormiga; Desiderio Juan García-Almeida Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of an entrepreneur’s accumulated knowledge and firm’s innovation on the development of reputation in the early years of a new venture from a knowledge-based approach. Design/methodology...

... to academic institutions and also to the evaluation of candidates for entry-level marketing positions. Bostjan Antoncic can be contacted at: b.antoncic@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Entrepreneurship Entrepreneur Firm creation Marketing self-efficacy New firms...

... are an emerging and important new subcategory of web-enabled SMEs that have previously been not well covered by published research. Enablers and barriers to the successful establishment of a ZEWE are identified and compared to previous SME research. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 20 entrepreneurs...