...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...

... 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...

... Publishing Limited 2013 Entrepreneurship education Education for entrepreneurship Unemployment Graduate entrepreneurship Academic entrepreneurship Cross‐faculty collaboration Graduate employability Entrepreneurialism Education The financial crisis of 2007‐2009 originating...

... 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...

... with universities and other firms in order to advance and commercialise their technologies. Such findings are important, given the significance that government attaches to innovation, growth and internationalisation. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Small firms Entrepreneurialism Business...

... and DeNoble, 2003). Older entrepreneurs Third age entrepreneurship Entrepreneurialism Small to medium‐sized enterprises Self‐employment Business assistance Enterprise policy Business support services Elderly people 1. what, if any business assistance was used; 2. whether career...

... 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...

... Limited 2013 Open innovation Small to medium‐sized enterprises Entrepreneurialism Research and development Exports Management structure Government grants Technological advance Commercialization Innovation United Kingdom The remainder of the paper is structured as follows...

... 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...

...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...

... 2013 Women's enterprise Gender mainstreaming Entrepreneurship 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...

...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...

.../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...

...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...

... in the questionnaire, but the responses used in the present study resulted from questions that asked the respondents to indicate the importance of 14 initial determinants of immigrant entrepreneurial activity. To conclude, previous literature has focused around each one of the four research questions discussed...

... Group Publishing Limited 2012 Business and entrepreneurship education Veterinary medicine Pedagogy Teaching Learning Entrepreneurialism European policy has long promoted the inclusion of entrepreneurship within higher education (European Union, 2000 , 2004a, b ; European...

...Harry Matlay; David Rae; Josée Audet; Paul Couteret Purpose Entrepreneurial coaching appears to be a sufficiently customized way to help novice owner‐managers develop their managerial skills. However, its usefulness remains to be verified. The purpose of this research is thus to examine...

...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...

...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...