...Ram Nundanga Purpose This study provides valuable insights aimed at improving the understanding of the entrepreneurial motivation within rural artisanal clusters in emerging economies. Design/methodology/approach Primary data were collected from 126 rural carpentry entrepreneurs...

...Atma Prakash Ojha; M.K. Nandakumar Purpose Entrepreneurs often experience rejection, criticism and failure as part of the entrepreneurial journey – which can cause shame. This study examines the influence of shame on advice-seeking and advice-taking. Since advice is known to influence firm...

... of entrepreneurs to use crowdfunding for financing their small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach The current article is based on a cross-sectional research design. This research collected the data of 422 owners and managers of SMEs through self-administered questionnaires...

... of entrepreneurs and owner-managers as “elites” has been less profiled and received less attention, therefore the paper views the entrepreneurs and owner-managers as constituting a form of “local elite” within given and varying sectorial, regional and community boundaries. The authors argue that a consideration...

... Prior research views entrepreneurial competencies as those traits that help the entrepreneur to succeed (Man et al., 2002 ; Bird, 2019). Chandler and Jansen (1992) argue that entrepreneurs need competencies related to management, technology and entrepreneurship if their entrepreneurial...

... operating structure and reduces the role of technology in order to refocus the entrepreneurs on the relationship among business goals, organizational capabilities and communication requirements. Practical implications The proposed model helps the business owners to clarify and better understand what...

.... Jonathan Mukiza Peter Kansheba can be contacted at: jonathan.kansheba@uia.no 13 11 2019 13 08 2020 13 08 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Entrepreneurial ecosystems Entrepreneurs Start-up Antecedents Outputs...

...Rabi Sidi Ali Purpose This paper seeks to find factors that influence the growth intention of female-owned small businesses in the Ghana’s tourism sector. The purpose of this paper is to investigate why some female entrepreneurs achieve growth objectives while others do not. Design/methodology...

.... A total of 324 Colombian entrepreneurs who had experienced business failure answered this survey. The study included six factors (financial, organizational, marketing, external environment, operational, and human resources) with their respective attributions as well as a personality test and segmentation...

... their perceptions of the external world. Design/methodology/approach The paper develops a theoretical model of the probability of starting a business by a potential entrepreneur. The model takes into account a comparison of current wages and future profits. The empirical analysis is based on European social...

... creates opportunities for some individuals to leave to create new ventures, with the pre-founding experience of the entrepreneur involved in the spin-off process having important implications on both the decision to spin-off and the subsequent performance of the spin-off (Cordes et al., 2014...

... the use of narrative structuring, and augments knowledge on the innovation practices of micro enterprises. Ireland Metrics Innovation Entrepreneurs Micro enterprises This paper examines innovation in micro enterprises in order to assess whether innovation is effectively practised...

...., 2006). Paradoxically, their growth rhythm allows them to surmount certain blockages and to evolve toward new heights. Thus, over time, the challenge consists of becoming an independent company of intermediate size. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Entrepreneurs Growth France...

..., university scientists, in synergizing between different entrepreneurial roles, are important for venture creation without taking the lead venture entrepreneur role. Involving students in venture creation together with scientists is proposed as one such important entrepreneurial role that has not previously...

...Lida P. Kyrgidou; Eugenia Petridou Purpose The present paper aims at discussing the transformative potential of an e‐mentoring support with regard to mentors' and mentees' learning and behavioral aspects, through an empirical study based on rural women entrepreneurs in Greece. Design...

...Nigel Culkin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore, evaluate and share the motivations and behaviours of student and graduate entrepreneurs (referred to as SGSUs) operating from university incubators. The study aims to understand the behaviours and motivations of SGSUs to build...

... to be very damaged. Of concern to banks was the general antipathy with which they were viewed by the entrepreneurs in the study where the pervasive view was one of general hopelessness and lack of trust and confidence. Participants viewed banks as insensitive and lacking in any empathy around...

... or partially off‐the‐books. Findings This study inductively reveals that entrepreneurs' rationales for trading off‐the‐books and the consequent barriers to formalisation differ according to whether the business start‐up is wholly off‐the‐books, a registered business start‐up conducting a portion...

... government support programmes and the availability of financial resources, with a focus on women entrepreneurs. Design/methodology/approach This research is a qualitative investigation that comprises 60 interviews with Russian and Ukrainian entrepreneurs, bank officers and representatives of government...

... concerning 228 nascent entrepreneurs are analysed using hierarchical binary logistic regression. Findings The positive effect of professional preparation support on start‐up outcomes is apparent in the results. However, self‐selection effects are detected concerning the use of individual preparation...