Quentin Brummet, Diana Hechavarria, Katie Johnson, Anthony Washburn
{"title":"Measuring Entrepreneurial Activities in the U.S.: Introducing the Entrepreneurship in the Population Survey","authors":"Quentin Brummet, Diana Hechavarria, Katie Johnson, Anthony Washburn","doi":"10.1177/10422587261421201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587261421201","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces the Entrepreneurship in the Population (EPOP) survey, a nationally representative data source for understanding entrepreneurial activities across the United States since 2022. The EPOP survey is distinguished by its focus on a broad set of entrepreneurial activities and collects a wealth of information on the behaviors, challenges, and resources available to entrepreneurs. This data brief provides information on the design and measurement approach of the survey, discusses how to work with EPOP data, and outlines future plans for the survey, including a longitudinal data collection to support research on trajectories of current and prospective entrepreneurs.","PeriodicalId":48443,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147358795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eduardo Boada, José Lejarraga, Matthias A. Tietz, Daniel A. Lerner
{"title":"Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t: How Counterfactuals Shape Early-Stage Investment Decision-Making","authors":"Eduardo Boada, José Lejarraga, Matthias A. Tietz, Daniel A. Lerner","doi":"10.1177/10422587261419452","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587261419452","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores the role of investors’ counterfactual thinking regarding errors of commission and omission and how these relate to willingness to invest in new ventures. Drawing from behavioral economics and psychology, we focus on the salience of prospective counterfactuals at the screening stage. Our experimental findings demonstrate that increasing the salience of commission-related counterfactuals, particularly social counterfactuals, significantly reduces investors’ willingness to invest. This effect underscores the influence of anticipated regret, social comparison, and emotional responses in shaping investment behavior. By contrast, omission-related counterfactuals show no measurable impact, suggesting a prevailing not-investing norm and limited effect of potential fear of missing out among new-venture investors. Our results provide a deeper understanding of how investors navigate the tension between avoiding missed opportunities and minimizing losses, emphasizing the salience of situational triggers as opposed to stable traits or market-wide factors. These insights highlight the importance of counterfactual thinking as a theoretical lens for studying decision-making in the high-risk, high-reward context of new-venture investing.","PeriodicalId":48443,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice","volume":"415 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146260887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nadine Albrecht, Pauline Charlotte Reinecke, Matthias Baum, Rodrigo Isidor, Monique Ingrid Boddington
{"title":"Perceived Pain or Gain: Role Identity, Gratification, and the Well-Being of Hybrid Entrepreneurs","authors":"Nadine Albrecht, Pauline Charlotte Reinecke, Matthias Baum, Rodrigo Isidor, Monique Ingrid Boddington","doi":"10.1177/10422587261419463","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587261419463","url":null,"abstract":"Hybrid entrepreneurship—pursuing a venture while maintaining paid employment—can enhance or undermine well-being. Based on a longitudinal, qualitative study, we identify two distinct trajectories shaped by envisioned future selves: delayed entrepreneurial gratification with cumulative strains on well-being, and present gratification with supportive effects on well-being. Drawing on role identity theory, we theorize how role internalization and identity centrality relate to the well-being experiences of hybrid entrepreneurs and introduce gratification and rationalization as ways to handle strains on well-being. Our findings offer a deeper understanding of the divergent well-being experiences in hybrid entrepreneurship.","PeriodicalId":48443,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146261156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nava Michael-Tsabari, Vanessa M. Strike, Michael Carney, Francesco Barbera
{"title":"Mediated Reference Point Shifts: Breaking Free of the Family DNA","authors":"Nava Michael-Tsabari, Vanessa M. Strike, Michael Carney, Francesco Barbera","doi":"10.1177/10422587261415926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587261415926","url":null,"abstract":"Institutional alignment comprises the integration of sanctioned organizational models and standardized managerial roles, thus reconstructing traditional organizations as contemporary actors with homogenous global identities. We adopt this perspective to illuminate the processes by which a business family homogenizes to conform to the global world order, through extensive use of advisors and management consultants. To do so, we narrate the experience of a third-generation Israeli-based multinational enterprise. We find that the cumulative adoption of standardized corporate organizational models periodically shifts the family’s decision-making reference points, enabling it to expand its product and geographic scope and act as a global player.","PeriodicalId":48443,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146210029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pide Lun, Ralf Zurbruegg, Matthew P. Mount, Chee Seng Cheong
{"title":"The Double-Edged Sword of Entrepreneurial Orientation: Product Recalls and the Role of COO Power","authors":"Pide Lun, Ralf Zurbruegg, Matthew P. Mount, Chee Seng Cheong","doi":"10.1177/10422587261419465","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587261419465","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines how entrepreneurial orientation (EO) influences firms’ likelihood of product recalls. Integrating EO and upper echelons theory, we first argue that EO’s bold, variance-enhancing actions increase a firm’s product recall risk by diverting managerial attention away from quality control. Using 23 years of data on U.S. public firms, we find that EO increases recall likelihood. Second, we argue that this relationship is moderated by chief operating officer (COO) power, and the effectiveness of COO power is contingent on the firm’s product life cycle context. Empirical analyses support our theory and offer new insights about EO’s potential downsides.","PeriodicalId":48443,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice","volume":"132 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146210124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adrian Noah Brandenburg, Jannis von Nitzsch, Victoria Willcke-Berg, Andreas Engelen
{"title":"Founding Experience and Tech-Based Ventures’ Innovation: The Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity","authors":"Adrian Noah Brandenburg, Jannis von Nitzsch, Victoria Willcke-Berg, Andreas Engelen","doi":"10.1177/10422587261415931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587261415931","url":null,"abstract":"Drawing on insights from the knowledge-based view of the firm, we introduce a path that links founders’ founding experience to organizational design choices in tech-based ventures that instill absorptive capacity, which, in turn, allows them to produce innovation output at scale. We hypothesize that founders’ recognition of the importance of knowledge management, and their acquisition of skills to implement knowledge management systems effectively, underlie this venture-building path. We also suggest that this path is stronger when experienced founders have been exposed to venture capital investors in their prior ventures. We test our theoretical predictions with a longitudinal sample of 1,560 U.S. tech-based ventures.","PeriodicalId":48443,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice","volume":"177 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146205145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vincenzo Butticè, Massimo G. Colombo, Carlotta Orsenigo
{"title":"Sustainability-Oriented Institutions and the Success of Green Reward-Based Crowdfunding Campaigns","authors":"Vincenzo Butticè, Massimo G. Colombo, Carlotta Orsenigo","doi":"10.1177/10422587261415928","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587261415928","url":null,"abstract":"Previous research has produced mixed evidence on the success of green crowdfunding campaigns. We investigate whether country-level environmental institutions help explain these inconsistencies by moderating backers’ responses. While such institutions may enhance campaign legitimacy, they can also reduce the perceived urgency to contribute by offering alternative support channels. Analyzing a large Kickstarter dataset with machine learning, we find that green campaigns are less likely to succeed, particularly in countries with stronger environmental institutions. Post-hoc analyses point to a crowding-out effect of institutional support, which dampens individual backing, and suggest that omitted variable bias may partly account for prior conflicting results.","PeriodicalId":48443,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice","volume":"310 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2026-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146160339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pyayt P. Oo, Thomas H. Allison, Stephanie B. Escudero, Smita Srivastava
{"title":"Still Waiting for Rewards? User Entrepreneur’s Reward Delivery Performance in Crowdfunding","authors":"Pyayt P. Oo, Thomas H. Allison, Stephanie B. Escudero, Smita Srivastava","doi":"10.1177/10422587251404867","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587251404867","url":null,"abstract":"Research on crowdfunding has largely focused on fundraising success, overlooking post-success outcomes. Drawing on Self-Determination Theory, we hypothesize that user entrepreneurs show higher intrinsic but lower extrinsic motivation than non-users, with intrinsic motivation boosting delivery performance and extrinsic motivation hindering it. Using a mixed-method approach—an exploratory qualitative study and an analysis of 322 crowdfunded ventures—we find that user entrepreneurs deliver rewards more timely than non-user entrepreneurs, and that intrinsic motivation significantly mediates this relationship, while extrinsic motivation’s mediating role is insignificant. We contribute to the user entrepreneurship and crowdfunding literatures by highlighting drivers of post-campaign success.","PeriodicalId":48443,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice","volume":"08 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146056183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transformational Family Leaders in Multi-Unit Complex Family Firms: A Multilevel Analysis","authors":"Mathew (Mat) Hughes, Yi-Ying Chang, Qilin Hu, Alfredo De Massis, Sascha Kraus","doi":"10.1177/10422587251406313","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587251406313","url":null,"abstract":"Transformational leadership is recognized for bringing family members together; however, its role in multi-unit complex family firms that rely on nonfamily managers is poorly theorized. We find that transformational family chief executive officers (CEOs) positively affect the performance of business units run by nonfamily managers, suggesting that transformational family CEOs significantly influence nonfamily managers’ behavior. But the efficacy of that influence matters. Political skill enhances the transformational family CEO’s impact on business unit entrepreneurial orientation and financial performance. Business unit entrepreneurial orientation also mediates the relationship between the transformational family CEO and business unit financial performance, particularly when CEO’s political skill is high.","PeriodicalId":48443,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146042606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katharina Fellnhofer, Karl Wennberg, Thomas H. Allison, Pia Arenius, Moren Lévesque, J. Jeffrey Gish, Jeffrey M. Pollack
{"title":"Enhancing Transparency and Replicability in Entrepreneurship Research with Preregistrations, Registered Reports, and Registered Revisions: A Call for Papers","authors":"Katharina Fellnhofer, Karl Wennberg, Thomas H. Allison, Pia Arenius, Moren Lévesque, J. Jeffrey Gish, Jeffrey M. Pollack","doi":"10.1177/10422587251401175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587251401175","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice</jats:italic> ( <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">ETP</jats:italic> ) is committed to advancing transparency, replicability, credibility, and rigor in research. To support this commitment, we encourage authors to preregister their research plans, submit empirical studies as Registered Reports, and engage with our evolving editorial processes, such as Registered Revisions. Drawing on practices across multiple disciplines, we offer guidance for integrating these publication formats into our field. We also provide multiple resources to support authors in adopting these approaches and to address the unique challenges of applying such formats to, for example, secondary data. By more widely embracing the Registered Report approach, we envision a future for entrepreneurship research that is characterized by greater credibility, replicability, transparency, and scientific impact. In this editorial, we motivate and, hopefully, guide future work by making a specific call for manuscripts for a virtual special issue of <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">ETP</jats:italic> focused on Registered Reports, strengthening <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">ETP</jats:italic> ’s longstanding commitment to methodological innovation. We offer a prospective vision—what we believe would be good for future literature—and our aim is to empower scholars to proactively shape new theoretical and empirical foundations in entrepreneurship research that enhance the credibility and replicability of entrepreneurship research.","PeriodicalId":48443,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice","volume":"273 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146042609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}