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{"title":"The Fail-Safe Startup: your roadmap for entrepreneurial success","authors":"Ajay Arora","doi":"10.1080/08276331.2021.1982605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2021.1982605","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37293,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship","volume":"35 1","pages":"656 - 658"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78141323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"What women want (and need) from coaching relationships during business incubation","authors":"Mariah M. Maxheimer, Charlene L. Nicholls-Nixon","doi":"10.1080/08276331.2021.1981728","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2021.1981728","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This qualitative study explores what dimensions of entrepreneurial coaching matter to women during business incubation and why. This issue is important because Canada is a world leader in the rate of entrepreneurial activity and business incubation support, yet women are underrepresented and their coaching needs are not well understood. Purposive sampling was employed to recruit 15 participants (6 women, 5 men, 4 coaches) from four Canadian incubators. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews. NVivo software facilitated coding and gender comparisons. Analysis followed the Gioia methodology for grounded theorizing which revealed 52 second-order concepts that grouped into three primary coaching dimensions (venture support, emotional support, gender inclusivity). Men and women value these dimensions differently. The emergent theoretical model suggests that for women entrepreneurs, business expertise (a dimension of venture support), emotional support, and gender inclusivity influence the development of entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE), which, in turn, contributes to entrepreneurial outcomes (venture and personal development) during business incubation. The coach’s personal investment and the entrepreneur’s coachability influences these relationships. The findings have implications for future research exploring incubation as a gendered phenomenon, and for incubator managers and policy makers concerned with designing inclusive incubation programs and reducing the gender gap in Canadian entrepreneurship.","PeriodicalId":37293,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship","volume":"23 1","pages":"548 - 577"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89155631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Factors influencing risk attitudes of entrepreneurs in Ghana: the role of gender","authors":"R. Asravor, V. Acheampong","doi":"10.1080/08276331.2021.1980838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2021.1980838","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37293,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75013896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Degrees of formalization of agricultural entrepreneurs: going beyond registration","authors":"F. Thoto, T. Jayne, F. Yeboah, B. Honfoga, Anselme Adégbidi","doi":"10.1080/08276331.2021.1980681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2021.1980681","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37293,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85947413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gendered impact of training on entrepreneurial self-efficacy: a longitudinal study of nascent entrepreneurs","authors":"Étienne St-Jean, Maripier Tremblay, Cécile Fonrouge, Rahma Chouchane","doi":"10.1080/08276331.2021.1981731","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2021.1981731","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) is a central concept for understanding the entrepreneurial process. Studies show that ESE differs between men and women. Does training have a gender-specific effect on ESE? To answer this question, we followed 238 nascent entrepreneurs who received 330 hours of training and we measured their level of ESE before training, six months after the initial assessment, then 6 and 12 months after that (final sample of 42). We found that gender had a significant effect on ESE change throughout the periods. Women had lower levels of ESE than men before training, but this difference was no longer significant after. We also found a quadratic effect of gender: while ESE was boosted in women after training, this effect did not remain constant in the ensuing periods. For men, we found the opposite quadratic effect: training slightly reduced their ESE, and the level increased slightly in the ensuing periods. For both genders, training appears to have had a short-term effect on their ESE. This highlights the necessity to study changes in ESE from a long-term perspective, and also the need to investigate how training or other support can lead to ESE improvement for female entrepreneurs.","PeriodicalId":37293,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship","volume":"29 1","pages":"524 - 547"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73977126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enabling social media as a strategic capability for SMEs through organizational ambidexterity","authors":"Niramarn Ngammoh, Atthaphon Mumi, Sujinda Popaitoon, Achariya Issarapaibool","doi":"10.1080/08276331.2021.1980682","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2021.1980682","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have widely implemented social media as part of their communicative strategies. However, there are few studies on the development of social media for SMEs. This study draws from the literature regarding dynamic capability to argue that organizational ambidexterity, —both exploitation and exploration—may influence the social media strategic capability of SMEs. Based on data collected from 221 SMEs, structural equation modeling was applied in investigating the effects of ambidexterity on social media strategic capability, as well as to examine the moderating role of environmental dynamism. The results confirm that, in the SME context, organizational ambidexterity of both exploitation and exploration have significant and positive effects on social media strategic capability where exploration was found to be more effective than exploitation. Also, environmental dynamism was found to moderate the effect of exploitation, shedding light on the influence of uncertainty on strategic social media decisions. Overall, this study contributes to the limited knowledge of social media as a strategic capability and enriches the literature on organizational ambidexterity and social media for entrepreneurship. Drawing on these results, we suggest that SMEs should consider applying organizational ambidexterity when implementing social media as one of their crucial strategies. RÉSUMÉ Les petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) ont largement mis en oeuvre les médias sociaux dans le cadre de leurs stratégies de communication. Cependant, il existe peu d’études sur le développement des médias sociaux pour les PME. Cette étude s’appuie suie sur la littérature relative à la capacité dynamique pour soutenir que l’ambidextérité organisationnelle – à la fois l’exploitation et l’exploration - peuvent influencer la capacité stratégique des PME en matière de médias sociaux. Sur la base de données collectées auprès de 221 PME, une modélisation par équation structurelle a été appliquée pour étudier les effets de l’ambidextérité sur la capacité stratégique des médias sociaux, ainsi que pour examiner le rôle modérateur du dynamisme environnemental. Les résultats confirment que dans le contexte des PME, l’ambidextérité organisationnelle d’exploitation et d’exploration a des effets significatifs et positifs sur la capacité stratégique des médias sociaux, l’exploration s’avérant plus efficace que l’exploitation. De plus, il a été constaté que le dynamisme environnemental modère l’effet de l’exploitation, ce qui apporte un éclairage sur l’influence de l’incertitude sur les décisions stratégiques en matière de médias sociaux. Dans l’ensemble, cette étude contribue à la connaissance limitée des médias sociaux en tant que capacité stratégique et enrichit la littérature sur l’ambidextérité organisationnelle et les médias sociaux pour l’entrepreneuriat. Sur la base de ces résultats, nous suggérons que les PME devraient envisager d’appliquer l’ambide","PeriodicalId":37293,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship","volume":"2 1","pages":"197 - 217"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85174467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Returns on digitisation in SMEs—a systematic literature review","authors":"Paul Pfister, Claudia Lehmann","doi":"10.1080/08276331.2021.1980680","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2021.1980680","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Digitisation is key for staying competitive. However, the impact of digitisation on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) business performance remains under-researched in the extant literature. To make effective technology adoption decisions, entrepreneurs need to understand the concrete added value of and return on digital solutions. Towards this end, a systematic literature review is conducted by analysing 124 publications in peer-reviewed journals between 2009 and 2019. Articles were extracted from commonly used databases including EBSCOhost, Emerald, ResearchGate and ScienceDirect. A state-of-the-art report on digital value creation was delivered. The analysis reveals 14 verified added values that can be ranked according to number of mentions and classified into financial as well as strategic digital benefits. The most cited returns are efficiency and effectiveness, cost reduction, productivity growth, customer satisfaction, and competitive advantage. The most quoted digital solutions are social media, websites, cloud computing, and data analytics.","PeriodicalId":37293,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship","volume":"37 1","pages":"574 - 598"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91304241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Digital pioneers in the periphery? Toward a typology of rural Hidden Champions in times of digitalization","authors":"Carsten Rietmann","doi":"10.1080/08276331.2021.1979909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2021.1979909","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37293,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77827606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Knight and day: when theoretical uncertainty gets real","authors":"Richard J. Arend","doi":"10.1080/08276331.2021.1963134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2021.1963134","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract We challenge Knight’s century-old classic model of entrepreneurship by arguing hypotheses that he was wrong not only about the relationship between uncertainty and entrepreneurial performance but also about the core assumption that all relevant parties perceive the same minimum level of uncertainty involved in the focal business problem they confront. We test our three hypotheses on data collected from a recent survey of northeastern US entrepreneurial small business owners regarding their perceptions of the current pandemic and their behaviors and plans in responding to it. As the first paper to test Knight’s logic while strictly conforming to his definition of uncertainty – as more than risky – we find that while Knight’s logic is sound theoretically, it is deeply flawed in reality. We find that non-risk uncertainty has a more complex relationship with entrepreneurship, including significant negative effects mostly ignored by Knight. As well, our results indicate that his premise of the universality of a minimum perceived uncertainty level across potential entrepreneurs is unjustified. The practical implications include a call for policy-makers to help clarify and reduce uncertainties while protecting entrepreneurs from their downsides, or at least not adding to them (as some Covid responses appeared to do).","PeriodicalId":37293,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship","volume":"328 1","pages":"819 - 827"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75934616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Is the Jack Ma trajectory unique? Assessing the place-based hypothesis on entrepreneurial success","authors":"R. Klingler‐Vidra, Steven Jiawei Hai, Ye Liu, A. Chalmers","doi":"10.1080/08276331.2021.1974236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2021.1974236","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract There is a widely-held belief that China’s high-performing entrepreneurs have been fueled by their transnational experience. Scholars have pointed to studying or working in the US, in particular, as a driver of their performance, while other researchers emphasize the ascent of place-based factors, such as the triple helix – the interaction of industry, government and academia – of leading cities as a bedrock for China’s entrepreneurship. In this paper, we examine the migration patterns of high-performing entrepreneurs, like Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba, in order to test these competing hypotheses. To do so, we analyze the spatial mobility patterns of the founders of the Chinese high-growth companies that had raised at least US$1 billion in private equity funding as of March 2020. In contrast to the prevailing assumption that these high-performing entrepreneurs are returnees (e.g. Chinese entrepreneurs that lived abroad and returned to China), we find that, like Ma, this elite cohort are predominantly graduates with bachelor’s degrees from universities in urban coastal regions in China. Rather than transnational or location-based explanations, our findings point to sub-national migration patterns within China—to and within coastal urban areas—as more likely to drive entrepreneurial performance.","PeriodicalId":37293,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship","volume":"10 1","pages":"419 - 442"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84825472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}