Devin Burnell, Greg Fisher, Regan Stevenson, Donald F. Kuratko
{"title":"Entrepreneurial Experimentation: Conceptual Foundations, Integrative Theoretical Framework, and Research Agenda","authors":"Devin Burnell, Greg Fisher, Regan Stevenson, Donald F. Kuratko","doi":"10.1177/10422587251347046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587251347046","url":null,"abstract":"Entrepreneurial experimentation is the process by which entrepreneurs design, conduct, and interpret tests of cause-and-effect relationships in order to learn and reduce uncertainty, risk, and doubt associated with new venture development. Research suggests entrepreneurial experimentation is essential to the entrepreneurial journey. Yet, this research remains fragmented, resulting in conceptual ambiguity. In this article, we review and synthesize the scholarly literature on entrepreneurial experimentation from 1985 to 2024. In so doing, we synthesize this literature into a definition, conceptual foundations, and an integrative theoretical framework. We conclude with a future research agenda that explores more nuance, contingencies, and sociocultural dynamics.","PeriodicalId":48443,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144513282","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":"“The Odd Ones Out”: How Root Metaphors From Management Studies are Used in Mainstream Entrepreneurship Research","authors":"Erik Lundmark, Anna Krzeminska, Hana Milanov","doi":"10.1177/10422587251347055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587251347055","url":null,"abstract":"Root metaphors shape and reflect thinking in a field of research. This article analyzes how root metaphors from management studies are used in mainstream entrepreneurship research. We show how some root metaphors have been adapted, particularly those with negative connotations. We use the adapted metaphors to identify blind spots, suggest areas of research largely overlooked, and provide alternative perspectives on familiar phenomena in mainstream entrepreneurship research. We identify a positive root metaphor—organizations as instruments of emancipation—and discuss how it contributes to the canon of root metaphors for organizations, hitherto characterized as neutral or negative.","PeriodicalId":48443,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144513287","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":"The Influence of Economics Education in School on Future Entrepreneurial Behavior","authors":"Andranik Tumasjan, Lukas Mergele, Ines Rueter, Larissa Zierow, Ismail Ismail","doi":"10.1177/10422587251328602","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587251328602","url":null,"abstract":"Whereas much research has focused on the predictors of entrepreneurial behavior during adulthood, we know little about how preadulthood experiences influence entrepreneurial behavior later in life. Grounded in imprinting theory, this study examines whether introducing economics classes in school enhances students’ entrepreneurial behavior in adulthood. Using a difference-in-differences approach exploiting curriculum reforms in Germany, we find that participating in economics classes increases students’ later entrepreneurial activities by four percentage points. We also investigate the underlying mechanism and find that the impact on entrepreneurial behavior is driven by individual-centered rather than market-centered economics curricula.","PeriodicalId":48443,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144104530","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}
Bárbara G. Silva, Nicholas C. Andriese, James G. Combs
{"title":"Return Migrant Entrepreneurship: A Systematic Review and Future Research Agenda","authors":"Bárbara G. Silva, Nicholas C. Andriese, James G. Combs","doi":"10.1177/10422587251322402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587251322402","url":null,"abstract":"Why do migrants return home and start businesses? Research on this multistage phenomenon—that is, return followed by entrepreneurship—is fragmented, reflecting different scholarly approaches and reasons migrants return and start businesses (or not). We systematically review 80 papers addressing aspects of returnee entrepreneurship and organize findings into a two-stage process model grounded in three levels of analysis—institutional, social, and individual. Our model contributes by providing a parsimonious way to understand returnee entrepreneurship and describe what has been learned. We also contribute a research agenda to help entrepreneurship scholars leverage what is known about entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial processes to address critical unanswered questions.","PeriodicalId":48443,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607768","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":"Systemizing Entrepreneurial Metacognition: Thinking About the Past and Future","authors":"Bob Bastian, Mariel Hjelle, Dean Shepherd","doi":"10.1177/10422587251315664","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587251315664","url":null,"abstract":"This review of the entrepreneurial metacognition literature systematizes the existing literature. Metacognition is vital for entrepreneurs to sense, act, and mobilize cognitive resources under uncertainty. Despite the rapidly growing stream of metacognitive research in entrepreneurship, indicating that the topic is promising and emerging, these bits of knowledge still need to be brought together to provide a big picture of where we have been to explore where we can go. Our review addresses this need by analyzing the literature on entrepreneurial metacognition. We define entrepreneurial metacognition as the mental activities of generating self-awareness and monitoring and controlling one’s cognition about identifying potential opportunities, creating a new venture, and/or managing a new venture. The inductive results reveal five attributes that reflect the essence of entrepreneurial metacognition: (a) adaptive cognition, (b) metaheuristics, (c) self-regulated cognition, (d) cultural adaptation, and (e) metacompetencies. We address definitional issues and empirical patterns, synthesize the attributes of entrepreneurial metacognition, and present a model that links entrepreneurial metacognition’s antecedents and outcomes to advance future research.","PeriodicalId":48443,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607764","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":"Taking Charge: A Configurational Perspective on Post-Succession Change in Family Firms","authors":"Matthias Waldkirch, Reimar Belschner, Nadine Kammerlander","doi":"10.1177/10422587251322888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587251322888","url":null,"abstract":"How new family CEOs use the structural setup they initially find to foster post-succession change in their family firms remains a theoretical and practical puzzle. Building on strategic change and family succession insights, we draw upon 74 interviews from 43 intra-family CEO successions to employ a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis. We reveal three change-enabling solutions (authority, empowerment, and alignment) and develop a model of how new family CEOs navigate different structural setups. We add configurational insights to strategic change research in entrepreneurial organizations such as family firms, extend knowledge on new CEO power, and provide contingency factors to the role of new CEO distance.","PeriodicalId":48443,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607766","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}
Sarah R. Chase, Dean A. Shepherd, Vangelis Souitaris
{"title":"The Underbelly of Entrepreneurship: A Multilevel Perspective of Destructive Entrepreneurship","authors":"Sarah R. Chase, Dean A. Shepherd, Vangelis Souitaris","doi":"10.1177/10422587251322403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587251322403","url":null,"abstract":"Destructive entrepreneurship is an important research topic because it challenges the frequent implicit assumption that all entrepreneurship is “good.” Recent scholarly interest has been directed toward destructive entrepreneurship from various perspectives, including economics, psychology, and business ethics. This article offers a comprehensive review of the literature on destructive entrepreneurship. We begin with a definition of destructive entrepreneurship, distinguishing it from seemingly similar constructs, such as unproductive entrepreneurship. We organize the fragmented studies into a multilevel model highlighting what we know about destructive entrepreneurship. This study also reveals potential holes in this framework that future research can fill.","PeriodicalId":48443,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607858","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}
Vitaliy Skorodziyevskiy, G. Christopher Crawford, Nathan T. Hayes, Per Davidsson, Benson Honig
{"title":"Replicating Davidsson and Honig (2003): Updates on Human Capital, Social Capital, and Replications in Entrepreneurship","authors":"Vitaliy Skorodziyevskiy, G. Christopher Crawford, Nathan T. Hayes, Per Davidsson, Benson Honig","doi":"10.1177/10422587251322409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587251322409","url":null,"abstract":"We conducted a three-step replication of Davidsson and Honig’s study on the roles of human and social capital in venture creation processes. First, we attempted an exact replication to rule out mistakes and questionable manipulations influencing the original results. Second, we included the initial stage of development as an additional control variable, reflecting on updates suggested in later research. Third, we extended the original analyses using a sample from a different spatiotemporal context, enhancing theoretical generalizability. We largely validate D&H’s findings, highlight the importance of modeling initial entrepreneurial processes, and emphasize the underappreciated complexities and value of replication studies.","PeriodicalId":48443,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143607763","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}
Henrik Wesemann Lekkas, Torben Antretter, Dean Shepherd, Joakim Wincent
{"title":"Following in the Footsteps of Others: Social Proof in Angel Groups","authors":"Henrik Wesemann Lekkas, Torben Antretter, Dean Shepherd, Joakim Wincent","doi":"10.1177/10422587251315657","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587251315657","url":null,"abstract":"This study develops a theory of social proof in angel investing. We propose that availability bias leads angel group members to copy the highly visible decisions of new investors evaluating the same opportunity ( external social proof) and overlook the more insightful reinvestment decisions of prior investors ( internal social proof). We also theorize that more experienced investors generally herd less but selectively imitate knowledgeable investors from prior rounds. A study of investments by 469 angel group members and a vignette experiment with 367 participants support our hypotheses. Our findings contribute to research on social proof, decision-making under uncertainty, and investment experience.","PeriodicalId":48443,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143470623","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}
Matthew R. Marvel, Marcus T. Wolfe, Emily Neubert, Donald F. Kuratko, Sophie Bacq
{"title":"Female Entrepreneurs’ Thirst for Knowledge and the Dark Side of Customer Learning Actions","authors":"Matthew R. Marvel, Marcus T. Wolfe, Emily Neubert, Donald F. Kuratko, Sophie Bacq","doi":"10.1177/10422587241311119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587241311119","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates whether male and female entrepreneurs exhibit systematic differences in the customer learning actions they pursue, and how those actions convert to venture performance. Drawing from a dyadic sample of founders and startup advisors in the high-technology context, we explore the effects of two alternative customer learning actions—customer involvement as an information source (CIS) and customer involvement as co-developers (CIC). We find that, compared to male entrepreneurs, female entrepreneurs engage in higher levels of both types of customer learning actions (CIS and CIC). Contrary to research from the large established firm context, we find CIS and CIC have conflicting startup performance implications—CIS is beneficial, but CIC is detrimental.","PeriodicalId":48443,"journal":{"name":"Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143417215","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}