Purpose This paper reviews the literature on internationalization barriers of small and
medium enterprises (SMEs) from develo** countries. The purposes of the study are:(1) to …

Building on pragmatism, we advance an entrepreneur-as-scientist perspective and depict
entrepreneurs as engaging in causally inferential action by forming beliefs, testing these …

The mobilization of resources is a central and defining feature of entrepreneurship. As the
body of empirical research on entrepreneurial resource mobilization has grown, the …

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 …

The importance of the individual decision-maker within the internationalization process of
SMEs has extensively been acknowledged in the International Entrepreneurship field. Yet …

Organizational researchers have long used imprinting as a theoretical lens for a historically
embedded understanding of diverse, significant phenomena for explanatory, evaluative, and …

We examined the entrepreneurial orientation and sustainability orientation, a persistent and
conflicting duality, of sustainable entrepreneurs and their evaluation of competing priorities …

Recent research highlights that founders' early decisions and the environmental conditions
at founding each imprint upon a new venture in ways that affect growth and survival …

We aim to ascertain to what extent the better performance of European venture capital (VC)‐
backed firms in high-tech industries is due to either 'screening'or 'value added'provided by …

EM is a strategic orientation that draws on seven elements: proactiveness, opportunity-focus,
risk-taking orientation, innovation orientation, customer satisfaction orientation, value …