[PDF][PDF] Psychological approaches to entrepreneurial success: A general model and an overview of findings

A Rauch, M Frese - International review of industrial and organizational …, 2000‏ - Citeseer
Small and medium sized enterprises are important for toady's economy. Small and medium
sized enterprises are the major agents of economic growth and employment (ECSB …

Should entrepreneurs plan or just storm the castle? A meta-analysis on contextual factors impacting the business planning–performance relationship in small firms

J Brinckmann, D Grichnik, D Kapsa - Journal of business Venturing, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Entrepreneurship research engages in an intense debate about the value of business
planning. Prior empirical findings have been fragmented and contradictory. This study …

Institutional forces and the written business plan

B Honig, T Karlsson - Journal of management, 2004‏ - Elsevier
In this study, we examined factors that led nascent organizations to write business plans,
following 396 nascent entrepreneurs during a two-year period. We examined both the …

Judging a business by its cover: An institutional perspective on new ventures and the business plan

T Karlsson, B Honig - Journal of business venturing, 2009‏ - Elsevier
Business plans are widely spread among new businesses, and they are supported by
various universities, governmental assistance agencies, management consultants and a …

Innovativeness and initiative as mediators between achievement orientation and venture performance

A Utsch, A Rauch - European journal of work and organizational …, 2000‏ - Taylor & Francis
A central question in entrepreneurship research is how to predict venture performance. In
prior research, psychological characteristics of the entrepreneur and entrepreneurial …

Strategic management and entrepreneurship: Friends or foes?

S Kraus, I Kauranen - International Journal of Business Science & …, 2009‏ - econstor.eu
The objective of this article is to create a better understanding of the intersection of the
academic fields of entrepreneurship and strategic management, based on an aggregation of …

Academics' organizational characteristics and the generation of successful business ideas

A Grandi, R Grimaldi - Journal of Business Venturing, 2005‏ - Elsevier
This paper deals with the generation of Business Ideas (BI) by academics. It investigates
organizational factors affecting the process through which new ventures are established by …

Longitudinal analysis of relationships between planning and performance in small firms

B Gibson, G Cassar - Small Business Economics, 2005‏ - Springer
This paper investigates causal relationships between planning and performance utilizing a
longitudinal database with responses from the same 2,956 businesses over a four-year …

Pre-start-up formal business plans and post-start-up performance: A study of 116 new ventures

JE Lange, A Mollov, M Pearlmutter, S Singh… - Venture …, 2007‏ - Taylor & Francis
This study examined whether writing a business plan before launching a new venture affects
the subsequent performance of the venture. The dataset comprised new ventures started by …

How entrepreneurs build brands and reputation with social media PR: empirical insights from start-ups in Germany

S Pakura, C Rudeloff - Journal of Small Business & …, 2023‏ - Taylor & Francis
Social media networks such as Facebook offer a promising way of fast, cost-effective and
direct communication between enterprises and stakeholders. Employing this technology in …