International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research: Volume 27 Issue 1

Transgenerational innovation capability in family firms

Felipe Hernandez-Perlines, Domingo Ribeiro-Soriano, Maria Rodríguez-García

Based on the theory of dynamic capabilities, the purpose of this study is to examine how generation influences the effect of innovation capability on family business performance…

Sustainable value creation? Entrepreneurial orientations in the football industry

Mike Bull, Geoff Whittam

In this paper the authors investigate precarious value creation in English football clubs. They examine strategic, economic, cultural and social capital to analyse the…

Analyzing financial risks in small and medium enterprises: evidence from the food processing firms in selected cities in Ghana

Daniel Agyapong

The purpose of the paper was to analyze the financial risk perception of owners/managers and to link such perception to the performance of their ventures.

When is entrepreneurial orientation beneficial for new product performance? The roles of ambidexterity and market turbulence

Shuangfa Huang, David Pickernell, Martina Battisti, Danny Soetanto, Qihai Huang

Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is an exploratory orientation because its dimensions such as innovativeness, proactiveness and risk-taking are the essence of exploration that…

Spotlight on UK artisan entrepreneurs' situated collaborations: through the lens of entrepreneurial capitals and their conversion

Inge R. Hill

The article's purpose is to demonstrate how UK artisan entrepreneurs organise entrepreneurial activities within the context of a creative industry organisation. The research asks…

Coopetition and sales performance: evidence from non-mainstream sporting clubs

James M. Crick, Dave Crick

Small sports clubs are the life-blood of particular communities, even though many are under-resourced and have difficulties in operating under an individualistic business model…

Social media for entrepreneurship: myth or reality? A structured literature review and a future research agenda

Giustina Secundo, Pasquale Del Vecchio, Gioconda Mele

This paper provides a structured literature review (SLR) about the effects of social media technologies on entrepreneurship activities and processes, to identify relationships…

Consolidating core entrepreneurial competences: toward a meta-competence framework

Diane Aparecida Reis, André Leme Fleury, Marly Monteiro Carvalho

Emerging digital ventures and related breakthrough innovations result in new challenges for the development of entrepreneurial competences and demand new perspectives for…

From personal values to entrepreneurial intention: a systematic literature review

Juan Alberto Hueso, Inmaculada Jaén, Francisco Liñán

This systematic literature review (SLR) analyses the existing contributions, jointly studying personal values (PVs) and intentions in entrepreneurship. Despite the long tradition…

Franchising microbusinesses: coupling identity undoing and boundary objects

Colleen E. Mills, Faith Jeremiah

This study presents an original empirically based conceptual framework representing mobile microbusiness founders' experiences when converting to a franchise business model that…

Transformative learning in the entrepreneurship education process: the role of pedagogical nudging and reflection

Helle Neergaard, Sarah Robinson, Sally Jones

This paper introduces “pedagogical nudging” as a method, which can transform student dispositions and their perceived “fit” with the field of entrepreneurship. The authors…

A Daoist perspective on leadership: reputation-building in Chinese SMEs

Hongqin Li, Oswald Jones, William S. Harvey, Jie Yang

This article examines the influence of Daoist nothingness on leadership in growing Chinese small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Daoism is based on a “letting-go” approach through…