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Lean on me, firm: evidence from a management consulting program 依靠我,公司:来自管理咨询项目的证据
IF 6.4 1区 经济学
Small Business Economics Pub Date : 2024-11-20 DOI: 10.1007/s11187-024-00983-3
André A. Castro, Philipp Ehrl
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Bureaucracy, work organization, and the transition to entrepreneurship 官僚主义、工作组织和向创业过渡
IF 6.4 1区 经济学
Small Business Economics Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1007/s11187-024-00979-z
Jacob Rubæk Holm, Kristian Nielsen, Bram Timmermans
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Gender attitudes and business venturing in low gender egalitarianism culture: a study of Egypt and Jordan 低性别平等主义文化中的性别态度与创业:对埃及和约旦的研究
IF 6.4 1区 经济学
Small Business Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-31 DOI: 10.1007/s11187-024-00978-0
Bach Nguyen, Muntasir Shami, Fujia Li
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Hiring opportunities for new firms and the business cycle 新公司的招聘机会与商业周期
IF 6.4 1区 经济学
Small Business Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-30 DOI: 10.1007/s11187-024-00948-6
Udo Brixy, Martin Murmann
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Sexual orientation, entrepreneurship, and firm survival 性取向、创业和企业生存
IF 6.4 1区 经济学
Small Business Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-19 DOI: 10.1007/s11187-024-00976-2
Mikaela Backman, Christopher S. Carpenter, Erwan Dujeancourt, Samuel Mann
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Opportunity and necessity entrepreneurship: do linguistic structures matter? 创业机会与创业必要性:语言结构重要吗?
IF 6.4 1区 经济学
Small Business Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-18 DOI: 10.1007/s11187-024-00972-6
Nabamita Dutta, Russell S. Sobel, Adam Stivers, Thor Lienhard
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Entrepreneurs’ impatience and digital technologies 企业家的急躁情绪与数字技术
IF 6.4 1区 经济学
Small Business Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-16 DOI: 10.1007/s11187-024-00974-4
S. Basiglio, A. Ricci, M. Rossi
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Digital adoption and human capital upscaling: a regional study of the manufacturing sector 数字化应用与人力资本升级:制造业区域研究
IF 6.4 1区 经济学
Small Business Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-15 DOI: 10.1007/s11187-024-00975-3
Roberto Moncada, Francesco Carbonero, Aldo Geuna, Luigi Riso
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You are only as strong as your weakest link: Founder and community social capital and start-up survival 只有最薄弱的环节才是最强大的环节:创始人和社区社会资本与初创企业的生存
IF 6.4 1区 经济学
Small Business Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-15 DOI: 10.1007/s11187-024-00977-1
Christopher J. Boudreaux, Steven W. Bradley, Anand Jha, Joao F. Mazzoni
{"title":"You are only as strong as your weakest link: Founder and community social capital and start-up survival","authors":"Christopher J. Boudreaux, Steven W. Bradley, Anand Jha, Joao F. Mazzoni","doi":"10.1007/s11187-024-00977-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-024-00977-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Social capital is important for organizational performance, but it can be a challenge for new firms to establish exchange relationships. While studies have focused on founder-level social ties and network effects on firm survival or performance, less attention has been given to the role of social capital within the community. We theorize that founder social ties are related to community social capital, which fosters varying levels of business opportunities. These relationships and business opportunities influence start-up survival. We test our hypotheses for a longitudinal cohort of new start-ups using Kauffman Firm Survey data merged with community social capital data. Our baseline model finds that a founder’s weak tie relationships—not strong ties—are associated with higher odds of start-up survival. Furthermore, we find that community-level social capital increases survival odds, particularly for founders who receive funding from weak-tie networks. Our study furthers our understanding of how community-level social engagement shapes founders’ social networks and firm survival odds through increased possibilities for exchange relationships.</p>","PeriodicalId":21803,"journal":{"name":"Small Business Economics","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142443796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The psychology of entrepreneurial performance—theoretical and applied: Robert A. Baron and Michael Frese, co-recipients of the 2024 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research 创业绩效心理学--理论与应用:罗伯特-A-巴伦(Robert A. Baron)和迈克尔-弗雷斯(Michael Frese),2024 年全球创业研究奖共同获得者
IF 6.4 1区 经济学
Small Business Economics Pub Date : 2024-10-09 DOI: 10.1007/s11187-024-00958-4
Jeffery S. McMullen, Magnus Henrekson, Lucia Naldi, Mikael Stenkula, Karin Thorburn, Caroline Wigren-Kristoferson, Joakim Wincent, Ivo Zander
{"title":"The psychology of entrepreneurial performance—theoretical and applied: Robert A. Baron and Michael Frese, co-recipients of the 2024 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research","authors":"Jeffery S. McMullen, Magnus Henrekson, Lucia Naldi, Mikael Stenkula, Karin Thorburn, Caroline Wigren-Kristoferson, Joakim Wincent, Ivo Zander","doi":"10.1007/s11187-024-00958-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-024-00958-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Professors Robert A. Baron and Michael Frese are the joint recipients of the 2024 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research. Their research contributions have helped establish the disciplinary foundation necessary to explore entrepreneurship from theoretical and applied psychological perspectives. From a theoretical psychological perspective, Professor Baron has repeatedly introduced a disciplinary scaffolding from cognitive psychology, social psychology, and judgment and decision-making psychology to develop the field’s socio-cognitive perspective. He has examined entrepreneurship’s basic “why” questions: (1) Why do some persons but not others choose to become entrepreneurs? (2) Why do some persons but not others recognize opportunities for new products or services that can be profitably exploited? (3) Why are some entrepreneurs so much more successful than others? From an applied psychological perspective, Professor Frese has examined entrepreneurship as the epitome of a proactive approach to work, advocating the benefits of personal initiative and the need for a self-regulatory approach to performance among both small business owners and employees in transition economies. Continually taking stock of what is known about the psychology of entrepreneurship through reviews and meta-analysis, he and his students have advanced an evidence-based approach to entrepreneurial training and performance in challenging contexts. Together, Professors Baron and Frese have served as ambassadors for the field of entrepreneurship, welcoming an entire generation of micro scholars to explore the entrepreneurial process and the psychology of the entrepreneurs who enact it.</p>","PeriodicalId":21803,"journal":{"name":"Small Business Economics","volume":"58 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142386280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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