The state of research on Africa in business and management: Insights from a systematic review of key international journals

A Kolk, M Rivera-Santos - Business & Society, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Aiming at a better understanding of the extent to which Africa-focused research has helped
develop context-bound, context-specific, and context-free knowledge, the authors present …

Ecosystems in support of social entrepreneurs: A literature review

A Diaz Gonzalez, NA Dentchev - Social Enterprise Journal, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose Social entrepreneurs (SEs) often face various challenges whereby they rely on the
support of others to realize their objectives. In this context, ecosystem thinking is very helpful …

Revising entrepreneurial action in response to exogenous shocks: Considering the COVID-19 pandemic

F Giones, A Brem, JM Pollack, TL Michaelis… - Journal of Business …, 2020 - Elsevier
With regards to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the domain of
entrepreneurship, we offer research-based evidence and associated insights focused on …

Turning lead into gold: How do entrepreneurs mobilize resources to exploit opportunities?

DR Clough, TP Fang, B Vissa, A Wu - Academy of Management …, 2019 - journals.aom.org
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 …

Embracing digital networks: Entrepreneurs' social capital online

C Smith, JB Smith, E Shaw - Journal of Business Venturing, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents a research agenda for understanding how entrepreneurs accrue social
capital in the digital age. We develop a conceptual framework with 12 research propositions …

Rural entrepreneurship in place: An integrated framework

P Muñoz, J Kimmitt - Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Agglomeration-oriented theories have grown significantly in the past decade in the
explanation and promotion of entrepreneurship. Theoretical frameworks and normative …

Who fills institutional voids? Entrepreneurs' utilization of political and family ties in emerging markets

J Ge, M Carney, F Kellermanns - … Theory and Practice, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
How do entrepreneurs fill institutional voids that prevail in emerging markets? By
incorporating insights from both the political and family embeddedness perspectives, we …

Painting the full picture: The conversion of economic, cultural, social and symbolic capital

T Pret, E Shaw… - … Small Business Journal, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This article explores how and why entrepreneurs convert their available economic, cultural,
social and symbolic capital. We utilise Bourdieu's theory of practice as a conceptual …

Romancing the rural: Reconceptualizing rural entrepreneurship as engagement with context (s)

J Gaddefors, AR Anderson - The International Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This article considers how we conceive and research rural entrepreneurship. While we
argue for the importance of context for understanding entrepreneuring, we also …

Social support timing and persistence in nascent entrepreneurship: exploring when instrumental and emotional support is most effective

K Klyver, B Honig, P Steffens - Small Business Economics, 2018 - Springer
This paper investigates how the timing of social support, both emotional and instrumental
support, affects entrepreneurial persistence of nascent entrepreneurs. Drawing on social …