Pub Date : 2024-05-28DOI: 10.1007/s11365-024-00982-6
David B. Audretsch, Seham Ghalwash, Iñaki Peña-Legazkue
In recent times, various crises have negatively affected the financial stability, job security, and health of countless individuals. According to research, different factors that operate at both the individual and contextual levels can play a prominent role in influencing people's self-employment during periods of economic downturn. This study investigates the changes in the likelihood of self-employment by gender and age across various contexts following sudden shocks. By analyzing the intersection of occupational choice and business cycle theories, this research offers insights into how crises affect people's ability to work for themselves. Using a sample of over 250,000 individuals from sixteen countries and applying a multilevel binary logistic regression analysis, the results confirm that women and older individuals are less inclined to be self-employed in general. However, unexpected economic recessions may lead to a slight increase in their likelihood of self-employment. Furthermore, when women and seniors live in a higher GDP per capita context, this context positively moderates the relationship between gender, age, and the propensity for entrepreneurship. These findings offer valuable insights for policymakers seeking to promote resilient self-employment among vulnerable individuals for post-crisis recovery.
近来,各种危机对无数人的经济稳定、工作保障和健康造成了负面影响。研究表明,在经济低迷时期,个人和环境层面的不同因素会对人们的自雇行为产生显著影响。本研究调查了在突发冲击后,不同性别和年龄的人在不同情况下自主就业可能性的变化。通过分析职业选择理论和商业周期理论的交叉点,本研究深入探讨了危机如何影响人们的自雇能力。通过对 16 个国家超过 25 万人的样本进行多层次二元逻辑回归分析,结果证实女性和老年人一般不太倾向于自营职业。然而,突如其来的经济衰退可能会导致他们自营职业的可能性略有增加。此外,当女性和老年人生活在人均 GDP 较高的环境中时,这种环境会积极调节性别、年龄和创业倾向之间的关系。这些研究结果为政策制定者提供了宝贵的启示,帮助他们促进弱势人群自主创业,以实现危机后的复苏。
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Pub Date : 2024-05-22DOI: 10.1007/s11365-024-00989-z
Sufia Mohand-Amar, María del Mar Fuentes-Fuentes, Matilde Ruiz-Arroyo
{"title":"The relationship between high growth expectations and new venture creation in nascent entrepreneurs: The key role of competitive innovation","authors":"Sufia Mohand-Amar, María del Mar Fuentes-Fuentes, Matilde Ruiz-Arroyo","doi":"10.1007/s11365-024-00989-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-024-00989-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48058,"journal":{"name":"International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141108538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-20DOI: 10.1007/s11365-024-00974-6
Jose Luis Matarranz, J. García-Madariaga, Marisol Carvajal
{"title":"Approach to the sense of belonging: construct for the marketing of entrepreneurships in higher education","authors":"Jose Luis Matarranz, J. García-Madariaga, Marisol Carvajal","doi":"10.1007/s11365-024-00974-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-024-00974-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48058,"journal":{"name":"International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141119287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-18DOI: 10.1007/s11365-024-00962-w
Chee Wei Cheah, Vladimír Krajčík, Kian Yeik Koay
Drawing on the institutional theory-legitimacy theoretical lens, we explore how culture shapes the ride-hailing service industry and how the ignorance of cultural-cognitive legitimacy impacts digital platforms’ survival and their foreign market exploration. We employed a qualitative case study method that involved 22 respondents from a multi-category of industry actors. The in-depth interview is supported by the vignette derived from secondary data. Findings reveal that international market exploration causes uncertainties due to the local consumption culture and consumers’ expectations. Thus, ride-hailing operators must consistently adapt to local culture while offering new services abroad. Additionally, we reveal two opposing directions of the legitimation process within the ride-hailing industry, which differ from the past literature. Our key message to service industry practitioners is to recognize that consumers are active agents in shaping the new market. Also, the importance of recognizing cultural heterogeneity in the East and West; and within Asia.
{"title":"Institutional entrepreneurs' roles in the international market expansions: evidence from the ride-hailing platforms","authors":"Chee Wei Cheah, Vladimír Krajčík, Kian Yeik Koay","doi":"10.1007/s11365-024-00962-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-024-00962-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Drawing on the institutional theory-legitimacy theoretical lens, we explore how culture shapes the ride-hailing service industry and how the ignorance of cultural-cognitive legitimacy impacts digital platforms’ survival and their foreign market exploration. We employed a qualitative case study method that involved 22 respondents from a multi-category of industry actors. The in-depth interview is supported by the vignette derived from secondary data. Findings reveal that international market exploration causes uncertainties due to the local consumption culture and consumers’ expectations. Thus, ride-hailing operators must consistently adapt to local culture while offering new services abroad. Additionally, we reveal two opposing directions of the legitimation process within the ride-hailing industry, which differ from the past literature. Our key message to service industry practitioners is to recognize that consumers are active agents in shaping the new market. Also, the importance of recognizing cultural heterogeneity in the East and West; and within Asia.</p>","PeriodicalId":48058,"journal":{"name":"International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141062381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-15DOI: 10.1007/s11365-024-00985-3
Lourival Ribeiro Chaves Júnior, Maria Salete Batista Freitag, Jeffrey J. McNally
{"title":"Learning practices in social entrepreneurship: a cross-cultural comparison of non-profit organizations in Canada and Brazil","authors":"Lourival Ribeiro Chaves Júnior, Maria Salete Batista Freitag, Jeffrey J. McNally","doi":"10.1007/s11365-024-00985-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-024-00985-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48058,"journal":{"name":"International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140974919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-13DOI: 10.1007/s11365-024-00986-2
Juan J. Lull, Roberto Cervelló-Royo, José Luis Galdón
Entrepreneurship is vital for economic growth and development, as it fosters innovation, creates jobs, and enhances competition and competitiveness. At the same time, in contemporary society, where the Internet has assumed the role of the primary instrument for both communication and commerce, effective utilisation of vast amounts of data has become imperative for businesses, especially in the entrepreneurial environment. To identify the main connections in two of the currently most trending concepts in business, we undertook a systematic literature review focusing on Big Data, entrepreneurship, and their interconnections in business management through 301 research documents. While numerous studies have already delved individually into Big Data and entrepreneurship, the interconnection between these concepts still has research potential. Our results reflect a growing interest in leading research on these topics, with specific leading authors and countries. Furthermore, we show and discuss a conceptual map consisting of five clusters, unveiling interesting connections such as the impact of blockchain on firms, the correlation between Big Data and firm performance, the role of data science, and the significance of Big Data analytics for operational performance. The article ends by examining how Big Data and entrepreneurship change the business landscape. While entrepreneurs use data for decision-making, innovation, and tailored customer experiences, there are lingering concerns such as data security and privacy. The future of business and innovation will depend, in part, on the crossroads between entrepreneurs and Big Data technologies.
{"title":"Crossroads between Big Data and entrepreneurship: current key trends","authors":"Juan J. Lull, Roberto Cervelló-Royo, José Luis Galdón","doi":"10.1007/s11365-024-00986-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-024-00986-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Entrepreneurship is vital for economic growth and development, as it fosters innovation, creates jobs, and enhances competition and competitiveness. At the same time, in contemporary society, where the Internet has assumed the role of the primary instrument for both communication and commerce, effective utilisation of vast amounts of data has become imperative for businesses, especially in the entrepreneurial environment. To identify the main connections in two of the currently most trending concepts in business, we undertook a systematic literature review focusing on Big Data, entrepreneurship, and their interconnections in business management through 301 research documents. While numerous studies have already delved individually into Big Data and entrepreneurship, the interconnection between these concepts still has research potential. Our results reflect a growing interest in leading research on these topics, with specific leading authors and countries. Furthermore, we show and discuss a conceptual map consisting of five clusters, unveiling interesting connections such as the impact of blockchain on firms, the correlation between Big Data and firm performance, the role of data science, and the significance of Big Data analytics for operational performance. The article ends by examining how Big Data and entrepreneurship change the business landscape. While entrepreneurs use data for decision-making, innovation, and tailored customer experiences, there are lingering concerns such as data security and privacy. The future of business and innovation will depend, in part, on the crossroads between entrepreneurs and Big Data technologies.</p>","PeriodicalId":48058,"journal":{"name":"International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140940260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-10DOI: 10.1007/s11365-024-00978-2
Mehmet Civelek, Michal Erben, Michal Kuděj, Zuzana Vincúrová, Wan Mohd Hirwani Wan Hussain
Although small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in countries’ entrepreneurship and export activities, their lack of financial assets and human resources makes them more vulnerable to difficult-to-control external risks, including financial, legal, and market risks. Since the exposure to these risks might reduce their willingness to export, SMEs’ risk management capabilities included in the dynamic capabilities of Resource-based View (RBV) might enable them to reduce their exporting concerns and stimulate their entrepreneurial spirit. In this regard, this paper purposes to investigate the impacts of financial, legal, and market risk management capabilities on export intentions of SMEs. The effects of risk management capabilities on the export intention of SMEs might differ depending on the countries where SMEs operate because locally specific government bureaucracy, documentation, standards, regulations, and cultural values make companies face various circumstances that might differently affect their management of multiple risk factors and export entrepreneurship. Thus, this paper also aims to determine whether the effects of risk management capabilities on the export intention of SMEs differ depending on their country of origin. In line with the research aims, this paper employs the Binary Logistic Regression Test to analyze 1221 SMEs in various countries. The results indicate that while financial risk management does not have any significant impacts on the export intention of SMEs, the effects of legal and market risk management on export intention differ depending on SMEs’ country of origin. This paper explains the reasons for those results by the institutional factors.
{"title":"Exploring the influence of risk management capabilities on SMEs’ export intentions: a cross-country analysis","authors":"Mehmet Civelek, Michal Erben, Michal Kuděj, Zuzana Vincúrová, Wan Mohd Hirwani Wan Hussain","doi":"10.1007/s11365-024-00978-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-024-00978-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Although small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in countries’ entrepreneurship and export activities, their lack of financial assets and human resources makes them more vulnerable to difficult-to-control external risks, including financial, legal, and market risks. Since the exposure to these risks might reduce their willingness to export, SMEs’ risk management capabilities included in the dynamic capabilities of Resource-based View (RBV) might enable them to reduce their exporting concerns and stimulate their entrepreneurial spirit. In this regard, this paper purposes to investigate the impacts of financial, legal, and market risk management capabilities on export intentions of SMEs. The effects of risk management capabilities on the export intention of SMEs might differ depending on the countries where SMEs operate because locally specific government bureaucracy, documentation, standards, regulations, and cultural values make companies face various circumstances that might differently affect their management of multiple risk factors and export entrepreneurship. Thus, this paper also aims to determine whether the effects of risk management capabilities on the export intention of SMEs differ depending on their country of origin. In line with the research aims, this paper employs the Binary Logistic Regression Test to analyze 1221 SMEs in various countries. The results indicate that while financial risk management does not have any significant impacts on the export intention of SMEs, the effects of legal and market risk management on export intention differ depending on SMEs’ country of origin. This paper explains the reasons for those results by the institutional factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":48058,"journal":{"name":"International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140940508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-06DOI: 10.1007/s11365-024-00984-4
Paul L. Hudson,, James Richardson
{"title":"Venture capital internationalization in China and the Uppsala model","authors":"Paul L. Hudson,, James Richardson","doi":"10.1007/s11365-024-00984-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-024-00984-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48058,"journal":{"name":"International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141008732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-02DOI: 10.1007/s11365-024-00975-5
Jeffrey Muldoon, Younggeun Lee, Eric W. Liguori, Saumyaranjan Sahoo, Satish Kumar
The relevance of entrepreneurial ecosystems in fostering economic growth has led to a recent surge in scholarship on the topic. We investigate the literature to provide researchers with a bird’s-eye view extant entrepreneurial ecosystem research, with the goal of communicating the nature of the field and opportunities it presents. Specifically, we analyze 380 articles extracted from the Scopus database to reveal the structure of entrepreneurial ecosystem knowledge and determine the top contributors (authors, institutions, countries, journals, and articles). We identify key knowledge clusters and influential articles through methods including the cooccurrence of author’s keywords and PageRank analysis. The four identified knowledge clusters are: (1) configuration and crucial dimensions of entrepreneurial ecosystems, (2) entrepreneurship for sustainability and circular economy, (3) building an innovation-driven ecosystem, and (4) knowledge, technology, and commercialization. Finally, we advise aspiring researchers in the entrepreneurship arena to explore the numerous avenues into which they may invest their efforts.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-26DOI: 10.1007/s11365-024-00966-6
Santiago Gutiérrez-Broncano, Jorge Linuesa-Langreo, Pablo Ruiz-Palomino, Graça Miranda Silva
Firm innovation is a characteristic of firms with a robust entrepreneurial orientation that wish to have a strong competitive position in their sector. Drawing on the theories of servant leadership and upper echelons, this study aims to highlight the mechanisms through which CEO servant leadership enhances firm innovation. This paper examines (1) knowledge absorptive capacity as a mediator in the CEO servant leadership–firm innovation relationship, and (2) the moderating role of social capital (internal and external) in this relationship. Original data from 176 large and medium-sized hotels in the Canary and Balearic Islands (Spain) were used to test the hypotheses, and a partial least squares (PLS) analysis using Smart PLS 4 revealed that CEO servant leadership was positive for firm innovation, which was, in turn, mediated by firm knowledge absorptive capacity. Furthermore, the relationship between CEO servant leadership and firm knowledge absorptive capacity was found to grow stronger as internal social capital increased, while external social capital strengthened the positive link between firm knowledge absorptive capacity and firm innovation. New light is therefore shed on how and when CEO servant leadership is most effective in fostering firm innovation. Additionally, our firm-level findings contribute to the servant leadership literature, which is dominated by individual and group-level research, and expand the mounting evidence for the positive impact of CEO servant leadership on firm-level outcomes.
企业创新是具有强大创业导向的企业的一个特征,这些企业希望在其行业中拥有强有力的竞争地位。本研究借鉴仆人式领导和上层领导理论,旨在强调首席执行官仆人式领导增强企业创新的机制。本文探讨了(1)知识吸收能力在CEO仆人式领导与企业创新关系中的中介作用,以及(2)社会资本(内部和外部)在这一关系中的调节作用。研究使用了加那利群岛和巴利阿里群岛(西班牙)176 家大中型酒店的原始数据来检验假设,并使用 Smart PLS 4 进行偏最小二乘法(PLS)分析,结果表明首席执行官仆人式领导对企业创新具有正向促进作用,而企业的知识吸收能力反过来又是这种正向促进作用的中介。此外,随着内部社会资本的增加,首席执行官仆人式领导力与企业知识吸收能力之间的关系也越来越紧密,而外部社会资本则加强了企业知识吸收能力与企业创新之间的正向联系。因此,我们对首席执行官仆人式领导如何以及何时最有效地促进企业创新有了新的认识。此外,我们在企业层面的研究结果也为以个人和团体层面研究为主的仆人式领导文献做出了贡献,并扩大了 CEO 仆人式领导对企业层面结果产生积极影响的越来越多的证据。
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