Pub Date : 2020-07-25DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2020.1764738
Cemre Demir, Arndt Werner, S. Kraus, Paul Jones
Abstract Hybrid entrepreneurship describes the engagement in self-employment activity while simultaneously holding a primary job in waged work. Because this phenomenon has received increasing scholarly attention in recent years, this study offers a first systematic literature review and uncovers both consensus and contradictions in the existing literature. Specifically, 43 papers were analyzed with respect to bibliographical information, research design and key results. We find that there is a missing consensus in applied nomenclatures, criteria and conception of hybrid entrepreneurship and a delineation of hybrid entrepreneurship from related concepts. As a result, alternative terminology is used to label the same phenomenon by different authors. Together, our study increases understanding of hybrid entrepreneurship by providing a holistic perspective of the phenomena and by offering avenues for future research.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-25DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2020.1794690
B. R. Purnomo
Abstract This study aims to define and develop a measurement instrument for a new construct to be used in creative industry and entrepreneurship research, which will be called Artistic Orientation. This is the first paper that offers a systematic framework for understanding individual inclination toward entrepreneurial artistic production. The paper starts with a general examination of the arts and artistic concept, which is followed by a systematic literature review of the ‘artistic orientation’ term. Then in-depth interviews with creative artists are conducted to generate a definition of the construct, and it is utilized to build measures and model specifications. A survey of 228 respondents is organized to assess the aggregate model and lastly, an Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) is used to estimate the number of factors to be retained in the concept. This study synthesizes Artistic Orientation as an individual inclination to generate and disseminate authentic goods that convey beauty and symbolic meaning with the main goal of attaining emotional contentment. The research concludes that five dimensions represent Artistic Orientation, namely intrinsic drive, need for esthetics, symbolization, authenticity, and coordinated resources. This operationalized conceptualization and measures provides a basis for enriching our understanding of the cognitive aspects of creative individuals. The paper also discusses how the concept can be utilized in future research.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-22DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2020.1793097
Md. Mosharref Hossain, Yusnidah Ibrahim, M. Uddin
Abstract Although firm growth is an old issue, very limited number of studies have found on the issues of small firm growth. Studies in many countries have focused on some specific growth factors and no comprehensive research on this issue is available to draw a conclusion. Based on the concept of the theory of ‘Resource Based View (RBV)’, current study motivated to see how the resources like finance and financial literacy of owner-manager affect financial growth of small firms and the role government support plays in that relationship. Data was collected through questionnaire from 407 owner-managers of small firms. Using partial least squares, the study found that both finance and financial literacy has strong positive relation with small firm financial growth. Astoundingly, the study uncovered that government support does not moderate the relationships between finance, financial literacy and small firm financial growth in the expected way, which the study argues to be a result of the seemingly weakness of the government support distributions. Therefore, policy makers and practitioners should ensure the better access to financial resources of small firms and required financial literacy of owner-managers as well as effective government support for fostering more growth of small firms.
虽然企业成长是一个古老的问题，但关于小企业成长问题的研究非常有限。许多国家的研究都集中在一些具体的生长因素上，并没有对这一问题进行全面的研究来得出结论。基于“资源基础观”(Resource Based View, RBV)理论的概念，当前的研究旨在了解资金和所有者-经理的金融素养等资源如何影响小企业的财务增长，以及政府支持在这种关系中所起的作用。通过问卷调查对407名小企业业主经理进行数据收集。利用偏最小二乘法，研究发现财务和财务素养与小企业财务增长有很强的正相关关系。令人惊讶的是，该研究发现，政府支持并没有以预期的方式调节金融、金融素养和小企业财务增长之间的关系，研究认为，这是政府支持分布看似薄弱的结果。因此，政策制定者和从业人员应确保小企业更好地获得财务资源，确保业主经理具备必要的财务知识，并确保政府为促进小企业的更多增长提供有效支持。
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Pub Date : 2020-07-21DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2020.1794691
Allan Discua Cruz, S. Halliday
Abstract This paper contributes to entrepreneurship theory by conceptualising consumer-entrepreneurship as a means to a desired end: to ‘live the dream’. This complements more common functionalist and economically driven definitions. We see this kind of entrepreneurship as avowedly embedded in consumer interests or hobbies. Such conceptualisation is important as we note the move within entrepreneurship scholarship away from articulations of a solitary heroic endeavour influenced by individual factors and behaviours, towards a more relational, interwoven perspective. We draw from literature on consumption, the creation of meaning and on entrepreneurship to weave together this understanding of consumer-entrepreneurship. Based on a qualitative approach, we analyse primary data from four businesses in a developing country to see how porous the work/life boundaries are for actual practitioners ‘living the dream’. We find that the love of a hobby drives the business; that this is shared by fellow enthusiasts; and that from this connection a network of resources is assembled. Such resources support identity projects for the consumer-entrepreneur. This results in blurred work/leisure/life boundaries. Consumer-entrepreneurship, seen as a social practice to achieve life projects, complements entrepreneurship seen merely as a business practice to generate economic outcomes.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-21DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2020.1790167
V. Ratten
Abstract The purpose of this commentary article is to focus on how the covid-19 crisis has affected cultural, lifestyle, and social entrepreneurship. In doing so, I address the current lack of integration between crisis management, entrepreneurship, and covid-19 literature. This commentary article systematically synthesizes the current literature by linking key concepts within crisis management and entrepreneurship. Covid-19 has had an enormous effect on global society, so this article is amongst the first from an academic standpoint to examine it from a cultural, social, and lifestyle entrepreneurship perspective. This enables micro, macro, and meso environmental effects originating from the covid-19 crisis to be better understood in terms of the entrepreneurship literature. Currently, the effects of covid-19 on entrepreneurship remain unexplored so this article provides a more inclusive and integrative framework.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-14DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2020.1789933
V. Ratten
Abstract Entrepreneurship is a contextual activity that is dependent on cultural, social, and lifestyle factors. This means it is important to take a holistic approach that incorporates societal changes when discussing and researching entrepreneurship. The aim of this special journal issue is to build on the existing literature by focusing more on the interlinkages between cultural, lifestyle, and social entrepreneurship. Thereby providing a more explicit focus about the social changes that are occurring based on socio-demographic and lifestyle changes that are affecting entrepreneurs. This provides a novel way to focus on emerging issues within the entrepreneurship literature that have a cultural, social, and lifestyle component, which is especially important with the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-11DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2020.1789825
Seyedeh Khatereh Daneshjoovash, P. Jafari, A. Khamseh
Abstract Commercialization of high-technology entrepreneurial ideas plays an important role in the success of high-technology companies and economic development. However, most of commercialization processes fail due to poor recognition of enabling and constraining factors at each stage of the process. Thus, this article aimed to identify the factors through the meta-synthesis method of Sandelowski and Barroso. A systematic review of 30 articles selected on the basis of inclusion criteria was carried out. The findings revealed that the key internal enabling factors were competitive capabilities of the high-tech company, qualified human resources, satisfying market needs, content marketing, application of high technology, innovative high-technology product, and sufficient financial resources; as well, the key external enabling factors were elite research universities, quadruple helix, intellectual property rights, and government support policies. Moreover, the findings showed that the key internal constraining factors were limited financial resources, uncertainty of high technology, traditional marketing, market uncertainty, limited companies’ capabilities, unqualified human resources, and uncertainty of product, while the key external constraining factors were shortage of government support, absence of quadruple helix, lack of intellectual property rights, and weak research universities. Consequently, identifying the factors help high-technology firms to effectively commercialize high-technology entrepreneurial ideas.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-11DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2020.1789826
Felicity Kelliher, Sinead Mellett, D. Harrington
Abstract This research explores the enablers of green innovation in the micro-firm, applying a resource based view. The research poses the question, how are resources used to enable green innovation in a micro-firm? The authors apply a cross-country multi-case method, studying micro-firms in Ireland and Canada over a twelve month period. Results show that proactive use of green innovation enablers is influenced by; the owner/manager (O/M)’s natural environmental orientation and openness to engage with green innovation, their ability to identify, pool and bundle internal and external resources, their capacity to understand and implement green regulations and their ability to lever green potential for socio-economic gain. The findings show that engagement with both internal and external resource pools allow the O/M greater capacity to test new ideas, comprehend regulations and identify potential supports in pursuit of green innovation within the micro-firm. This study is important for a number of reasons. It explores green innovation resources within and outside the organisation and identifies the enablers of green innovation in micro-firms that could contribute to sustainable business goals.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-09DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2020.1786229
I. Akpan
Abstract This study offers the first scientometric analysis, visual analytics, and visualization of the documents published in the Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (JSBE). The paper utilizes big data analytics and network analysis to analyze the production trends of articles, the citation impacts, and the research focus covering the period 1996 to 2019. The intellectual and social structures of the articles are also evaluated. Data for the analyses comes from the 535 articles produced by JSBE and indexed on SCOPUS. The results highlight four outcomes. First, the average annual literature production rate is 3.53%, with astronomical upward trend occurring in recent years, and the articles' productivity and impacts. Second, the visual and text analytics of scientific production and visualization reveals the terms dynamics, the thematic trends, intellectual structure, and clusters of the literature showing themes and topics covered by the articles published in JSBE. Third, the social and network structures of the scientific production highlight the impacts and patterns of cooperation and collaboration among authors and the associated institutions and countries. Finally, the overall results indicate that the published research papers align with the aims and scope of JSBE and point to areas that need to attract more articles to satisfy the Journal’s multidisciplinary goals. The paper contributes to the scholarship of integration. It provides a guide to scholars in the field of entrepreneurship, small business, and innovation, and particularly the readers of JSBE, the opportunity to identify the past research streams as a pointer to areas requiring future work.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-07DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2020.1786647
S. Mayr, C. Mitter, Alexander Kücher, C. Duller
Abstract Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are especially dependent on the qualifications and knowledge of entrepreneurs. However, research investigating how the causes of small firm failures are related to entrepreneur characteristics is scarce or even lacking. Therefore, drawing on upper echelons theory, this study is based on a sample of 102 Austrian corporate bankruptcies in the year 2012 and applies logistic regression analyses to examine the relation between entrepreneur characteristics, namely, age, gender, education and experience, and the probability of specific internal causes of bankruptcy. Our findings reveal that firms that are led by older entrepreneurs are significantly less likely to go bankrupt due to a lack of equity, while females reduce the probability of failure because of poor economic competencies. On the other hand, women-headed firms are more prone to bankruptcy due to high costs pressures and firms led by entrepreneurs with industry experience seem to underestimate capital needs and are more likely to fail because of a lack of equity. In particular, management experience appears to be important as it significantly reduces the risk of bankruptcy due to poor business economic competences and high cost pressure. Given that we were unable to detect a significant impact of an entrepreneur’s university degree on the analyzed failure causes, our results may also allow for the improvement of entrepreneurship education. Knowing which entrepreneurial characteristics influence business demise allows to draw more attention on the impact of these traits and the development of management experience in entrepreneurship programs.
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