Generating creative ideas and turning them into innovations is key for competitive
advantage. However, endeavors toward creativity and innovation are bounded by …

Bootstrap financing refers to measures that entrepreneurial ventures undertake to preserve
liquidity (eg, reducing expenses, collecting receivables, delaying payments, preselling) …

There is limited understanding of the precise circumstances under which environmental
actions—such as environmental innovation—contribute to firm performance. Building on the …

Although entrepreneurship scholars highlight bootstrap** as a key resource acquisition
approach to respond to the inherent resource constraints that nascent ventures face, little is …

This research examines the influence of government financial support on new firms'
performance. Extant empirical research on the topic has found mixed results, which warrants …

Purpose Women in entrepreneurship can have a significant impact on economic and social
development globally and particularly in develo** countries. But the challenges …

Independent venture capital (IVC) investors have more powerful incentives than corporate
venture capital (CVC) investors to take actions that signal their capabilities (ie to …

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) constitute the overwhelming majority of the
population of firms in any economy, and play a decisive economic role by providing goods …

Purpose This paper aims to empirically investigate the capital structure determinants of
small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a particular focus on short-and long-term …

The concepts of entrepreneurial bootstrap** and bricolage study identical problems;
however, there exists a lack of integration between the two. Entrepreneurial bootstrap** …