Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice articles from March 2009

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice archives from March 2009

An agency theoretic analysis of the professionalized family firm.(Report)
March 1, 2009... The professionalized firm must evaluate the performance of managers and provide incentives that will motivate them to achieve the firm's goals. Using the agency theoretic framework we develop propositions on how differences in goals, altruistic...

Residential segregation influences on the likelihood of ethnic self-employment.(Report)
March 1, 2009... Geographic and environmental influences on economic action have a long history in managerial research. This paper develops and estimates a model of the potential of a broad set of U.S. racial minority groups to enter self-employment based on...

The role of gender stereotypes in perceptions of entrepreneurs and intentions to become an entrepreneur.(Report)
March 1, 2009... In this study we examine the role of socially constructed gender stereotypes in entrepreneurship and their influence on men and women's entrepreneurial intentions. Data on characteristics of males, females, and entrepreneurs were collected from...

How technology-based new firms leverage newness and smallness to commercialize disruptive technologies.(Report)
March 1, 2009... Although the survival of young firms is challenged by the liabilities of newness, there are numerous instances where these firms have been successful at commercializing disruptive technologies at the expense of much larger and stronger...

Intuition versus analysis? Testing differential models of cognitive style on entrepreneurial self-efficacy and the new venture creation process.(Report)
March 1, 2009... This research revealed the significant role of two distinct cognitive styles as a determinant of perceived entrepreneurial self-efficacy regarding the different stages of the new venture process. The study found that individuals' cognitive...

Perceived acute human resource management problems in small and medium firms: an empirical examination.(Report)
March 1, 2009... The main objective of this study was to introduce and empirically test a novel and useful framework from which to study human resource management (HRM) problems in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Specifically, the "perceived acute...

Measuring enterprise potential in young people.(Young Enterprise Company Program)(Report)
March 1, 2009... As young people increasingly become the target of entrepreneurial and enterprise policy initiatives and enterprise education in schools increases, so does the need to effectively measure the impact these programs have. A research instrument was...

Systematic search and its relationship to firm founding.(Report)
March 1, 2009... This research uses a representative sample of U.S. nascent entrepreneurs to find that there is a positive relationship between their use of systematic search and their success in founding new firms. We control for mediating variables and find...

Why networks enhance the progress of new venture creation: the influence of social capital and cognition.(Report)
March 1, 2009... Why does social capital influence the progress of new venture creation for some entrepreneurs more than others? Our investigation suggests that social capital is not enough; that the type of person involved in network relationships matters to...

Entrepreneurs' decisions on timing of entry: learning from participation and from the experiences of others.(Report)
March 1, 2009... Depending on the type of industry, an entrepreneur's decision of when to enter an industry may be a crucial one. The longer entrepreneurs wait, the more they learn from others. However, by waiting, they reduce their ability to learn directly...