...Carrie Revell-Love; Tara Revell-Love Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report the entrepreneurial competencies of women entrepreneurs who used information marketing businesses for their business-related education. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire-based survey of female...

...Sonny Nwankwo; Ayantunji Gbadamosi Purpose This paper aims to explore how African‐Caribbean Pentecostals use the platform of their faith to reconstruct their entrepreneurial values and identities, improve entrepreneurial learning and exploit the cultural resources of faith‐based networks...

... university environments (in two countries) where venture creation activity is relatively frequent. Originality/value The article shows that venture creation can be more compatible with the role of the university scientist due to more collective entrepreneurial activity at universities. Furthermore...

... Unemployment Graduate entrepreneurship Academic entrepreneurship Cross‐faculty collaboration Graduate employability Entrepreneurialism Education Fernando Lourenço can be contacted at: f.lourenco@mmu.ac.uk or fernandolourenco@ift.edu.mo The literature highlights the importance of promoting...

... also seem over‐reliant on too much bonding. Practical implications Policy makers strive to understand who has the most productive social capital when launching a business and who does not. The findings may help provide an initial awareness that across the board entrepreneurial policies...

..., but globally, continues to be invested in supporting entrepreneurship, especially in times of economic crises, this particular question becomes even more critical. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Small firms Entrepreneurialism Business formation New venture creation Business support...

... Open innovation Small to medium‐sized enterprises Entrepreneurialism Research and development Exports Management structure Government grants Technological advance Commercialization Innovation United Kingdom The ongoing challenge for business support intermediaries and policy makers...

... to reveal that several variables that are crucial in traditional entrepreneurial studies do not appear to significantly affect social entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach To measure social entrepreneurial activity, the authors used the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) findings from...

... the process of ageing, and confusion between the constructs of knowledge, wisdom and intelligence (Staudinger, 1999). Older entrepreneurs Third age entrepreneurship Entrepreneurialism Small to medium‐sized enterprises Self‐employment Business assistance Enterprise policy Business support services...

... Business support Women Entrepreneurialism United States of America Canada Sweden How to provide business support to encourage entrepreneurship amongst women and/or growth in women‐owned small businesses is a subject of debate. The key questions relate to the issues surrounding gender...

...Esteban M. Lafuente; Yancy Vaillant Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the differential impact of entrepreneurial role models over entrepreneurial activities at different stages of an individual's life cycle in Romania. Design/methodology/approach To attain this objective...

...Jane Chang; Alison Rieple Purpose The aim of this paper is to present an exploratory study that examined the development of students' entrepreneurial skills over time within live projects. Design/methodology/approach In this study, students worked alongside real‐life entrepreneurs...

... and are more important than strategy and the entrepreneurial characteristics of the owner. Having a business plan was also found to be important. Research limitations/implications The results contribute to the development of theoretical and knowledge bases, as well as offering results...

.../methodology/approach A survey of 142 entrepreneurs and potential entrepreneurs, and 18 follow‐up in‐depth interviews with entrepreneurs, were conducted with people living in the study area. The survey examined the entrepreneurial activity of members of the community, and usage of enterprise support...

...Siwan Mitchelmore; Jennifer Rowley Purpose Entrepreneurial competencies have an impact on firm performance and growth. The purpose of this paper is to report empirical research into the entrepreneurial competencies reported by female entrepreneurs who are committed to the growth of their business...

... registries can facilitate entrepreneurship. Aldrich and Waldinger (1990) identified four circumstances under which small ethnic enterprises can flourish in the open market: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Migrant entrepreneurship Greece Factor analysis Entrepreneurialism Immigrants...

... Teaching Learning Entrepreneurialism European policy has long promoted the inclusion of entrepreneurship within higher education (European Union, 2000 , 2004a, b ; European Commission, 2008 ; Dearing, 1997). As a result, the higher education sector has come under increasing pressure to embed...

...Harry Matlay; David Rae; Thomas Wing Yan Man Purpose The main purpose of this study is to develop an empirically grounded model of entrepreneurial learning that focuses on learning behaviours. Design/methodology/approach Based on the competency approach of understanding entrepreneurial...

... on entrepreneurship and education, as well as unveil the structure (rules and regulations) and the culture (shared beliefs and attitudes) of HEIs. Findings The findings suggest that students' entrepreneurial intentions and aspirations deteriorate during their four‐year studies in universities, and that faculty...

...Harry Matlay; David Rae; João J. Ferreira; Mário L. Raposo; Ricardo Gouveia Rodrigues; Anabela Dinis; Arminda do Paço Purpose The field of entrepreneurship is dotted across different paradigms. Measuring entrepreneurial intention automatically needs to incorporate insights from the psychological...