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{"title":"Extending behavioral theory of the firm to new ventures: Dispositional optimism as a moderating influence on new product introductions in high-tech ventures","authors":"R. Isil Yavuz ,&nbsp;Dev K. Dutta ,&nbsp;Mehmet A. Soytas","doi":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00495","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00495","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Extant literature has typically drawn from the behavioral theory of the firm (BTOF) to examine new product introductions in the context of well-established companies. This paper extends the behavioral theory of the firm to entrepreneurial firms and argues that jointly considering founders' dispositional optimism together with the performance feedback promises to yield a better understanding of new product introductions in new ventures. We analyze a longitudinal dataset on the activities of 344 newly founded high technology ventures in the United States. The key insight of our study is that when BTOF is applied to the context of nascent, entrepreneurial ventures, the personality and dispositional characteristics of the entrepreneur must be considered. Specifically, we find that performance attainment discrepancy leads to new product introductions, but only when the entrepreneur's dispositional optimism level is high.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38078,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Venturing Insights","volume":"22 ","pages":"Article e00495"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142240025","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":"Innovative yet Costly: The dual role of bricolage in new venture internationalization","authors":"Hana Milanov ,&nbsp;Stephanie A. Fernhaber ,&nbsp;Siri Terjesen ,&nbsp;Stefan Ruehl","doi":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00489","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00489","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>While emerging evidence suggests that bricolage may contribute to new venture internationalization by helping overcome situations of resource scarcity, the limitations or “dark side” of bricolage have been overlooked. We present a competitive mediation framework, in which bricolage is hypothesized to have both (1) a positive effect on new venture internationalization through innovativeness and international aspirations, as well as (2) a negative effect through operating costs and international aspirations. Using a sample of 344 Australian new ventures from the four-year longitudinal CAUSEE study, the results support our hypotheses. Over time, however, the negative effect dissipates and only the positive mediated effect remains. Our work contributes quantitative evidence of competing mediation mechanisms to largely exploratory research on bricolage and internationalization and answers calls for longitudinal examinations of new venture internationalization. In doing so, we join a broader conversation on the complex relationship between bricolage and new venture outcomes and point out opportunities for further research on new venture internationalization.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38078,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Venturing Insights","volume":"22 ","pages":"Article e00489"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142089525","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":"Learning from Yesterday: Predicting early-stage startup success for accelerators through content and cohort dynamics","authors":"Yisheng Li,&nbsp;Iman Zadehnoori,&nbsp;Ahmad Jowhar,&nbsp;Sean Wise,&nbsp;Andre Laplume,&nbsp;Morteza Zihayat","doi":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00490","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00490","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As the demand for seed accelerators grows, so does the complexity of their evaluations of numerous startup applications. This paper introduces a novel two-phase data-driven framework for startup performance prediction. Phase 1 extracts founding team-level and venture-level features applicable to early-stage startups for success prediction. Phase 2 further engineers cohort-level features to predict the success of accelerator-admitted startups. We demonstrate the utility of our framework by leveraging machine learning methods coupled with real-world data of 35,647 startups (accelerator intakes: 763). We achieve high predictive accuracy and produce explainable results. We make methodological contributions to startup competitor detection and industry categorization. The key insight of our study is that member success largely depends on cohort-level features such as shared industries with different members and industry similarity to the accelerator's past portfolio.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38078,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Venturing Insights","volume":"22 ","pages":"Article e00490"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142021147","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":"Infrastructure required, skill needed: Digital entrepreneurship in rural and urban areas","authors":"Christian Bergholz ,&nbsp;Lena Füner ,&nbsp;Moritz Lubczyk ,&nbsp;Rolf Sternberg ,&nbsp;Johannes Bersch","doi":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00488","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00488","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper, we study the spatial implications of digital entrepreneurship. Leveraging detailed micro-data on the universe of new venture formations in Germany between 2011 and 2018, we illustrate regional determinants of digital entrepreneurship. Unlike conventional entrepreneurship, digital entrepreneurship demonstrates sustained growth rates throughout this time period, highlighting the policy importance of understanding the drivers of digital ventures’ location choices. The key insight of our study is that digital entrepreneurship requires both digital infrastructure and highly-skilled human capital. If both are present, digital entrepreneurship can flourish in rural areas, even if digital venture formations generally concentrate in urban centers.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38078,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Venturing Insights","volume":"22 ","pages":"Article e00488"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352673424000404/pdfft?md5=8c6984be351c70a84c1cfde7fd9f86e4&pid=1-s2.0-S2352673424000404-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142021146","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":"No substitute for strong institutions: Impact of accelerators on new venture performance","authors":"Pramendra Singh Tank ,&nbsp;Dibyendu Sharma ,&nbsp;Divyanshu Jain","doi":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00491","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00491","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Accelerators are gaining popularity in the entrepreneurship ecosystem for accelerating new ventures by providing benefits such as learning, sorting, and signaling. However, theoretical tension exists about whether these benefits are contingent on quality of institutions. The institutional-void view suggests that accelerator benefits are more pronounced in countries with weak institutions, while the institutional-support view posits the importance of strong institutions for realizing the benefits of accelerators. In this study, we theorize and test the moderating role of institutions in assessing the impact of accelerators on new venture performance using a generalized difference-indifferences technique on a worldwide accelerator database. At the baseline, the findings are consistent with previous literature, which shows a positive impact of accelerators on new ventures performance. More importantly, the key insight of our study is that the positive impact of accelerators is higher in countries with stronger institutions, thus favoring the institutional-support view. These findings contribute to emerging empirical research that assesses the impact of business accelerators on new venture performance.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":38078,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Venturing Insights","volume":"22 ","pages":"Article e00491"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141978503","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":"The unsuccessful self-treatment of a case of “Writer's block”: A replication through the lens of a budding entrepreneurship scholar concerned with originality, contribution, and rigor","authors":"Keith M. Hmieleski","doi":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00483","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00483","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38078,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Venturing Insights","volume":"22 ","pages":"Article e00483"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141942573","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":"The dawn of geographically unbounded entrepreneurial ecosystems","authors":"David B. Audretsch ,&nbsp;Antje Fiedler ,&nbsp;Benjamin Fath ,&nbsp;Martie-Louise Verreynne","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":"22 ","pages":"Article e00487"},"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":"&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Comment to Readers:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Does gender matter? Of course it does (depending on the issue).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; A simple search of “does gender matter” reveals ample discussion on this topic across a variety of gender issues. In this article I highlight &lt;em&gt;gender&lt;/em&gt; 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 &lt;em&gt;societal win&lt;/em&gt; 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":"22 ","pages":"Article e00485"},"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":"22 ","pages":"Article e00486"},"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":"22 ","pages":"Article e00484"},"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}