Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of every economy. So, when
an external crisis jeopardizes markets, such as the recent COVID-19 outbreak, SMEs are hit …

New venture growth differs from that of established firms and is an important topic for
scholarly inquiry. Current literature on new venture growth has focused primarily on why …

In addition to causing dramatic damage to people's health, the coronavirus has affected also
the financial health of companies worldwide. Among them, SMEs (small and medium‐sized …

Internationalization, digitalization, and sustainability are three key growth paths for firms. In
particular, the contemporary economy stresses the relevance of digital transformation as a …

In light of growing scholarly works on business failure, across the social science domains, it
is surprising that past studies have largely overlooked how extreme environmental shocks …

Ecosystems—communities of interdependent yet hierarchically independent heterogeneous
participants who collectively generate an ecosystem value proposition—often emerge …

Dynamic capabilities (DCs) are a growing field of research within the scope of theoretical
structures based on resource and strategic management. Given the demonstrated impact of …

Abstract Research Summary While the notion of ecosystems has become prominent in
scholarly and practitioner strategy literature in recent years, more can be done to bridge …

New ventures face both liabilities of newness and smallness, which may inhibit their
innovation efforts and output. However, existing research has not clearly distinguished …

In this paper, we examine the effects of the three identity-based entrepreneurial passions
(EPs)(that is, passion for inventing, develo**, and founding) on established small and …