The enabling influence of environmental changes—be they technological, regulatory,
demographic, sociocultural, or otherwise—on emerging ventures receives a growing interest …

Creating new ventures is one of the most central topics to entrepreneurship and is a critical
step from which many theories of management, organizational behavior, and strategic …

Research summary Research on entrepreneurship has focused primarily on the individual
characteristics of founders in driving the success of new ventures offering stand‐alone …

Startup companies are newly born companies which struggle for existence. These entities
are mostly formed based on brilliant ideas and grow to succeed. These phenomena are …

This article contributes to the emerging discussion on the role of context in entrepreneurship
as well as the development of theorizing on rural entrepreneurship. It does so by exploring …

We use signaling theory to explain how new ventures effectively signal future prospects to
acquire external resources. Based on a sample of 235 new ventures drawn from a unique …

Evidence suggests that both nascent and young firms (henceforth:“new firms”)—despite
typically being small and resource‐constrained—are sometimes able to innovate effectively …

Research on entrepreneurial failure has primarily addressed two issues: the causes and
potential consequences of business failure for entrepreneurs. However, few studies are …

This study sheds light on firm resilience in the face of disruptions. A number of resilience
capabilities are proposed as factors that influence firm resilience. Data collected from an …

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have an important role to play in the development of
the country. A strong SME sector contributes highly to the economy, contributing to the gross …