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{"title":"The dawn of geographically unbounded entrepreneurial ecosystems","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00487","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00487","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) that support entrepreneurship are seen as tightly spatially bound, top-down systems. They are exogenous to entrepreneurs but endogenous to the jurisdiction's policymakers and other powerful stakeholders. Taking a knowledge spillover theory approach, this paper offers a new perspective on these systems that better fits the globalized, digitalized, and increasingly geographically unbounded realities of entrepreneurship. Resources and knowledge increasingly harbor synergies across, not just within, the spatial bounds of EEs. We describe geographically unbounded EEs (UEEs) as border-spanning, entrepreneur-centered, and hybrid or digital community-centered. These structures support entrepreneurs in assembling knowledge and resources across multiple geographically bounded EEs. We identify four interrelated dimensions of UEEs, namely, resources provided, inclusiveness, spread of activities, and governance, and show how each varies among geographically bounded EEs. The key insight of our study is that UEEs create conditions where the EE becomes increasingly endogenous to the entrepreneur. Such a shift prompts new theoretical questions about entrepreneurial capabilities and the role of policy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38078,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Venturing Insights","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352673424000398/pdfft?md5=f98a264cc05279e57e1248ab4a46c3ca&pid=1-s2.0-S2352673424000398-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141883713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gender effects and firm financial performance: A SUMAD meta-analysis of social responsibility and family-to-work conflict","authors":"Mark Geiger","doi":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00485","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The current study uses SUMAD meta-analytic methods (Oh, 2020) to examine gender differences in social responsibility and family-to-work conflict. Synthesizing evidence from across social science literature, the results of this study provide an evidence-based foundation to support more theorizing and practical discourse regarding gender effects in entrepreneurship. As explained by theories of socialization and social roles, gender differences in (a) socially responsible attitudes and behaviors and (b) the balance between family and work responsibilities, are likely two of the more pervasive gender effects that influence entrepreneurial careers. The goal of this study is to motivate more research and practical discussion on these and related gender effects to improve our understanding of entrepreneurship phenomena. Using firm performance as an example, the results of the SUMAD meta-analysis suggest that gender effects related to social responsibility and family-to-work conflict have significant consequences for entrepreneurship outcomes. Based on the evidence and theory rooted in socialization and social roles, the current study calls for more theorizing and primary-level studies on these and related gender effects in entrepreneurship research.</p></div><div><h3>Comment to Readers:</h3><p><strong><em>Does gender matter? Of course it does (depending on the issue).</em></strong> A simple search of “does gender matter” reveals ample discussion on this topic across a variety of gender issues. In this article I highlight <em>gender</em> regarding differences between women and men in social responsibility and family-to-work conflict. As the evidence suggests, gender does indeed matter as women – on average – are more socially responsible and have more family-to-work conflict than their men counterparts. The results of this study show that greater social responsibility is tied to better business performance whereas greater family-to-work conflict is tied to worse business performance. So, what should we do? First, acknowledge the fact that women and men are different in the contexts of social issues and family matters to clear the way for constructive discourse about these gender differences. Second, embrace that women are higher than men in socially responsible attitudes and behaviors, and that more women in business could inherently result in more socially responsible business practices. Moreover, while this is a <em>societal win</em> in and of itself, the results suggest it could also carry over to improved financial and economic performance. Lastly, focus more on “why” there are differences between women and men regarding family-to-work conflict. Specifically, emphasize both societal-driven influences (e.g., stereotypes; biases) and individual-driven influences (e.g., individual differences; personal preferences). Understanding these influences, which are not mutually exclusive, is key for maximizing the personal and professional well-being of","PeriodicalId":38078,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Venturing Insights","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141607346","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":"Designing effective policies for innovative start-ups: Lessons learned in Italy","authors":"Diego Matricano","doi":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00486","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00486","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Supporting the implementation and growth of innovative start-ups to bring innovation to the market and foster local development, in terms of economic and social results, is on the agenda of policymakers worldwide. The latters constantly identify new specific tools, define more focused actions, and – in some cases – enact dedicated policies (local or national laws) in order to push individuals to start entrepreneurship processes.</p><p>In this regard, the Italian Start-up Act is worth mentioning since it stands for the first-ever national law, enacted in 2012, promoting and regulating innovative start-ups. Ten years after the enactment of the Italian Start-up Act, it is interesting to assess its impact and evaluate whether and to what extent it succeeds in bringing innovations to the market and fosters local development in Italy. The results of several previous studies – which look at the same sample of start-ups, but from different perspectives – are collected and compared in order to offer a broad overview and a comprehensive evaluation of this law.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38078,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Venturing Insights","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141593095","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":"Breaking bad? Playing the fool and constructing the ‘bad researcher’ in entrepreneurship","authors":"Richard T. Harrison","doi":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00484","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>How to deal with grand challenges and the crisis of knowledge production and their implications for entrepreneurial research and practice is a topic of growing interest. In this paper we argue that we need to rethink who is involved in entrepreneurship research and how that research is conducted and communicated. This begins by moving beyond the traditional ostensible objective separation of the ‘researcher’ from the ‘research subject’ to adopt a posthuman and post-qualitative inquiry perspective that questions the dominant position of the human subject and challenges the humanistic belief in the essential, conscious and intentional human as the primary source of agency. As such, it adopts a process ontology, stresses hybridity and difference and encourages experimentation. This requires us to become ‘bad researchers’, undertaking subversive research that goes beyond the oppositions of quantitative/qualitative and foundationalist/non-foundationalist. In this we take the ‘fool’ (jester, trickster) as our guide. Historically associated with inversion, usurping authority and putting down the mighty the fool is a liminal character who has the duty to ask all those questions that no one else dares to ask. The paper concludes with suggestions as to how this may inform a re-newed entrepreneurship for the crisis-laden twenty first century.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38078,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Venturing Insights","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352673424000362/pdfft?md5=961792f3fd428bce2aee135075c8373e&pid=1-s2.0-S2352673424000362-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141593600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Theorizing MacGyver: Entrepreneurial action in the face of environmental turbulence","authors":"Matthew L. Metzger ,&nbsp;Mark R. Meckler ,&nbsp;Andrew G. Earle ,&nbsp;Samuel S. Holloway","doi":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00482","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sometimes, entrepreneurial action is driven by necessity. Whether global pandemics, climate change, or the oxygen system failure in Apollo 13, time-constrained and high-stakes decisions increasingly confront entrepreneurs and managers. Yet, our literature tends to favor intendedly rational and practiced approaches to entrepreneurial action in the face of perceived uncertainty. This study views entrepreneurial action from the other side of the mirror – imposed opportunities (not created), high time pressure, and limited resources (no trove access to resources and an inability to leverage contingencies). Using a mixed-methods approach and drawing upon data from the empirical setting of professional chefs and discourse from popular media, we explore these unique forms of entrepreneurial action through the lens of MacGyvering – a term developed from a 1980's hit television show where seemingly impossible odds and idiosyncratic challenges are routinely overcome. Our findings suggest that MacGyvering does not map neatly onto any single established concept of entrepreneurial action. Instead, it integrates some aspects of effectuation, causation, bricolage, and improvisation while explicitly adapting and eschewing others. Our insights can help entrepreneurs and managers act expeditiously to create new value in the face of environmental turbulence.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38078,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Venturing Insights","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141543731","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":"Timing and pricing of micro-acquisitions: A Perspective from effort justification theory","authors":"Zahra Jamshidi,&nbsp;Mohammad Keyhani","doi":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00481","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00481","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Micro-acquisition marketplaces are a recent phenomenon in the world of entrepreneurship that facilitate the matching of buyers and sellers of relatively small-scale startups or pre-startup projects. Unlike traditional acquisitions, in micro-acquisition markets, sellers typically decide on the timing and offset an initial asking price for the deal. However, cognitive biases are likely to interfere with these decisions and lead to suboptimal decisions that prevent efficient matching. We argue that the age of a project at the time of listing can act as a proxy for the time and effort that has been spent by the entrepreneur to develop the project. Building on effort justification and cognitive dissonance theories, we argue that there is a curvilinear relationship between project age and price; and that this relationship is moderated by the level of revenue achieved by the project at the time of listing. Using data from <span>Acquire.com</span><svg><path></path></svg>, we find empirical support for these patterns indicating that entrepreneurs may justify a higher price because of higher effort up to a certain threshold, and especially for higher revenue projects.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38078,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Venturing Insights","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352673424000337/pdfft?md5=759cbe20ed1d6866b1ee41766c63e315&pid=1-s2.0-S2352673424000337-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141480229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Entrepreneurial neuroanatomy: Exploring gray matter volume in habitual entrepreneurs","authors":"Frédéric Ooms ,&nbsp;Jitka Annen ,&nbsp;Rajanikant Panda ,&nbsp;Benedetta Cecconi ,&nbsp;Bernard Surlemont ,&nbsp;Steven Laureys","doi":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00480","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38078,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Venturing Insights","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141423118","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":"Sustaining spontaneous venturing in response to the global refugee crisis","authors":"Mohamed Farhoud ,&nbsp;Trenton Alma Williams ,&nbsp;Manuel Aires de Matos ,&nbsp;Katharina Scheidgen ,&nbsp;Kurian George ,&nbsp;Muhammad Sufyan ,&nbsp;Anas Alakkad","doi":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00479","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Spontaneous venturing plays a prominent role in alleviating suffering in limited-term crises. Yet, when crises endure over time, it may become necessary to transition spontaneous ventures into sustained ventures to effectively address persistent needs. In this rapid response paper, we collaborated with a problem owner to investigate five sub-problems associated with the core problem of transitioning from spontaneous to sustained venturing in the context of the global refugee crisis. Using a translational research approach in entrepreneurship, we suggest answers to the five identified sub-problems grounded in existing evidence from perspectives in the entrepreneurship literature (contextualization, volunteering, community-based organizing, and venture legitimacy). We further synthesize the solutions that can help motivate and structure sustained collective efforts to address endured crises and highlight key implications for the broader community that aspires to address persistent crises.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38078,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Venturing Insights","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352673424000313/pdfft?md5=10f1ffa5af3094bdc0c5702bd8fac9ca&pid=1-s2.0-S2352673424000313-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141242831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Healthcare entrepreneurship: An integrative framework for future research","authors":"Wiljeana J. Glover Ph.D. ,&nbsp;Alia Crocker Ph.D. ,&nbsp;Candida G. Brush Ph.D.","doi":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00476","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Healthcare entrepreneurship is of growing interest, but the area of research is not well defined and is disparate across disciplines. We take an integrative approach to examine the similarities and differences between the literature for the two parent domains (healthcare management and entrepreneurship). We present findings from an interdisciplinary four-phase Delphi study and propose a new framework to guide future research. Our proposed healthcare entrepreneurship framework not only reflects variations in key factors, such as actors, activities, processes and outcomes within the parent disciplines, but also suggests gaps, connections and future opportunities for research.</p></div><div><h3>Actionable summary and highlights</h3><p>Since COVID-19, there has been an influx of healthcare entrepreneurial ventures, but, within a volatile market, mixed success. We find that healthcare entrepreneurship is different from work in healthcare or entrepreneurship alone. For healthcare entrepreneurs to achieve their targeted health outcomes as well as their operational and profitability outcomes, all stakeholders need to work together. For the clinician-turned-entrepreneur and the serial entrepreneur now in healthcare, we provide three actionable insights to address some of the practical challenges in healthcare entrepreneurship.</p><ul><li><span>1.</span><span><p>We advise that venture teams include individuals from both entrepreneurship and healthcare backgrounds to shorten the learning curve, particularly as they develop the evidence base for the offering. Contacting entrepreneurship accelerators or university tech transfer and commercialization offices for which one may have had previous affiliations can be one approach to securing such team members.</p></span></li><li><span>2.</span><span><p>Healthcare entrepreneurs should consider how to include end-user or patient participation to create new healthcare solutions. Working with relevant patient advocacy groups can be one approach and may help to increase the relevance and patient-centeredness of the solution.</p></span></li><li><span>3.</span><span><p>Healthcare entrepreneurs may need to develop new business models and revenue streams. While healthcare is a human right, it requires financing to sustain offerings. One may strengthen one's “business and calling” mindset via joining healthcare entrepreneurship organizations for medical professionals, accelerators, and other local programs that support such entrepreneurial engagement in healthcare.</p></span></li></ul><p>In addition to these insights for healthcare entrepreneurs, we include practical insights for other key actors. Corporations may incentivize partnerships that normalize co-produced innovations. Venture capitalists might develop novel funding mechanisms linked to non-traditional outcomes. Non-profit organizations can serve as interdisciplinary conveners to raise awareness of healthcare entrepreneurship needs. Policy makers might cons","PeriodicalId":38078,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Venturing Insights","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352673424000283/pdfft?md5=13d434233f029b597daca65b01916941&pid=1-s2.0-S2352673424000283-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141164390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Beyond local boundaries: Unraveling the spatiality of entrepreneurial ecosystems","authors":"Susann Schäfer ,&nbsp;Bruno Fischer ,&nbsp;Paola Rücker Schaeffer ,&nbsp;Alsones Balestrin","doi":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00478","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The underlying rationale of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EE) interactions is essentially attached to geographical space. So far, literature remains largely focused on a shortsighted notion of EE as ‘insular’ systems. In this article we address the spatial dynamics of two ecosystems based on the inflow of venture capital over the last three decades. Drawing from the cases of Tokyo and Bangalore, our key insight is that the EE configurations cannot be properly understood without a clear assessment of its spatial features. i.e., the geographical scope of connections that compose EE. As it turns out, EE present heterogeneous spatialities – and these evolve along different trajectories. This, we believe, is a key missing piece of the EE theoretical puzzle.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38078,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Venturing Insights","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141164389","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}