Lucía Garcés-Galdeano, Josip Kotlar, Ana Lucía Caicedo-Leitón, Martín Larraza-Kintana, Federico Frattini
{"title":"Absorptive capacity in family firms: exploring the role of the CEO","authors":"Lucía Garcés-Galdeano, Josip Kotlar, Ana Lucía Caicedo-Leitón, Martín Larraza-Kintana, Federico Frattini","doi":"10.1108/ijebr-02-2023-0123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-02-2023-0123","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Absorptive capacity (AC), the ability to leverage external knowledge for innovation, helps explain the mixed findings on family firms' (FFs) innovation performance. Our research focuses on the chief executive officer (CEO)’s role – whether family or non-family and founding or later generation – in influencing AC. We also explore how firm size and environmental dynamism affect these relationships, offering insights into varying AC levels among FFs.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models were estimated to test the hypotheses using a sample of 364 FFs in Spain.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>FFs’ AC is greater when the CEO is a family member, and even more so when the family CEO belongs to the founding family generation. While AC diminishes in larger FFs, this effect is mitigated when the CEO is a family member. The predicted moderating effect of environmental dynamics is not supported by the analyses.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This paper adds insights about the drivers of heterogeneity in innovation among FFs, addressing recent calls for more nuanced views of how family members drive the strategic behavior of the business and incorporating considerations of different types of FFs based on the identity of the firm CEO. The results overall support the theoretical claims and also open up important questions for future studies.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":51425,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139978638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anne-Charlott Callerstig, Marta Lindvert, Elisabet Carine Ljunggren, Marit Breivik-Meyer, Gry Agnete Alsos, Dag Balkmar
{"title":"Contextualising gender policy in tech entrepreneurship: a cross national and multiple-level analysis","authors":"Anne-Charlott Callerstig, Marta Lindvert, Elisabet Carine Ljunggren, Marit Breivik-Meyer, Gry Agnete Alsos, Dag Balkmar","doi":"10.1108/ijebr-04-2023-0422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-04-2023-0422","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>In order to address the gender divide in technology entrepreneurship, we explore how different national contexts impact policies and policy implementation. We investigate how transnational concerns (macro level) about women’s low participation in (technology) entrepreneurship are translated and implemented amongst actors at the meso level (technology incubators) and understood at the micro level (women tech entrepreneurs).</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>We adopt gender institutionalism as a theoretical lens to understand what happens in the implementation of gender equality goals in technology entrepreneurship policy. We apply Gains and Lowndes’ (2014) conceptual framework to investigate the gendered character and effects of institutional formation. Four countries represent different levels of gender equality: high (Norway and Sweden), medium (Ireland) and low (Israel). An initial policy document analysis provides the macro level understanding (Heilbrunn <em>et al</em>., 2020). At the meso level, managers of technology business incubators (<em>n</em> = 3–5) in each country were interviewed. At the micro level, 10 female technology entrepreneurs in each country were interviewed. We use an inductive research approach, combined with thematic analysis.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>Policies differ across the four countries, ranging from women-centred approaches to gender mainstreaming. Macro level policies are interpreted and implemented in different ways amongst actors at the meso level, who tend to act in line with given national policies. Actors at the micro level often understand gender equality in ways that reflect their national policies. However, women in all four countries share similar struggles with work-life balance and gendered expectations in relation to family responsibilities.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>The contribution of our paper is to (1) entrepreneurship theory by applying gendered institutionalism theory to (tech) entrepreneurship, and (2) our findings clearly show that the gendered context matters for policy implementation.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":51425,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research","volume":"132 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139945435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Femi Olan, Ciro Troise, Nadja Damij, Robert Newbery
{"title":"Refocusing digital entrepreneurship: an updated overview of the field, emerging opportunities and challenges","authors":"Femi Olan, Ciro Troise, Nadja Damij, Robert Newbery","doi":"10.1108/ijebr-02-2023-0219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-02-2023-0219","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Existing research of modern literature have shown that the phenomenon of digital entrepreneurship is lacking in robust theoretical foundations on several occasions. This article is a comprehensive literature study that focuses on the phenomena of digital entrepreneurship and offers views on the subject to provide insights into recent advancements in the area.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>In order to achieve a conception of the phenomena, using the PRISMA flow chart, the significant findings were organised into themes, contexts and approaches. A comprehensive evaluation of the relevant previous research was carried out. Both the Web of Science and Scopus were utilised to locate, extract, select and evaluate relevant papers based on the keywords found during the search. In the end, papers from 92 different publications that are indexed by SSCI were chosen for this investigation.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>This comprehensive literature analysis was to identify current research routes on digital entrepreneurship. In conclusion, this study generates outcomes that describe the process by which digital entrepreneurship are recognised and discussed: digital business models; digital entrepreneurship process; platform tactics; technology adoption; entrepreneurship and digital business.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>By setting the framework for additional research development and motivating scholars to pursue this issue, the study contributes to the understanding of the conceptualisation of digital entrepreneurship.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":51425,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139926320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does religiosity matter for entrepreneurs’ psychological well-being in conflict areas? Insights from Palestine and Libya","authors":"Tamer Koburtay, Zaid Alqhaiwi","doi":"10.1108/ijebr-04-2023-0365","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-04-2023-0365","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Informed by the concept of well-being in Islam and the eudaimonic view of psychological well-being (PWB), and drawing on resilience theory, this study aims to understand (1) the implications of residing in conflict areas for entrepreneurs’ PWB, (2) the barriers facing entrepreneurs in these areas and (3) the implications of their religiosity for their PWB.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>Utilizing an interpretative qualitative method, this study employed 22 entrepreneurs residing in conflict areas (Palestine and Libya). Thematic analysis was used to explore the participants’ experiences and insights.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The findings show that living in conflict areas enhances certain components of entrepreneurs’ PWB, such as self-acceptance and having a purpose in life and diminishes other components of their PWB, including environmental mastery, personal growth, the presence of autonomy and positive relations with others. Additionally, the findings suggest that religiosity, viewed through an Islamic lens, positively contributes to entrepreneurs’ PWB and identify societal (macro level) barriers faced by entrepreneurs in these areas.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>The study is theoretically and contextually relevant and offers novel insights into the interplay between religion and well-being in conflict areas. It presents a reinvigorated awareness, opens specific research directions and permits the contextual applicability and possible extension of resilience theory.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":51425,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139920871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The meeting points of team entrepreneurial passion, transactive memory systems and team performance: examining mediation and necessity effects","authors":"Tin Horvatinović, Mihaela Mikic, Marina Dabić","doi":"10.1108/ijebr-04-2023-0383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-04-2023-0383","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>To support the advancement of an underrepresented category of research in the field of entrepreneurial teams, this study proposes and tests a novel empirical model that connects two team emergent states, namely team entrepreneurial passion (TEP) and transactive memory systems (TMSs), and their influence on team performance.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>The data were gathered using an online questionnaire distributed to undergraduate students who had formed entrepreneurial teams as part of a course assignment. Two methods were executed on the obtained data, namely partial least-square structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) and necessary condition analysis (NCA).</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The results uphold the hypothesised mediation role of TMSs between TEP and team performance. Of the two direct relations in the model, only the necessary conditions were present for the effect of TEP on TMSs.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Research limitations/implications</h3>\u0000<p>The issue of the small sample size, a common feature in entrepreneurial team research, as discussed in the methodical section of the paper, is sidestepped with the use of PLS-SEM tools. Nonetheless, a larger sample size could have increased confidence in the results' validity. In addition, a longitudinal approach to data collection and analysis could have been used to augment that confidence further.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>Three practical implications stem from the empirical findings. First, it lends support for implementing teaching approaches and task designs that are envisaged to improve team functioning in university classrooms. Making a business plan boosts students' desire to exploit the received knowledge and find a venture, so the teaching effort in entrepreneurship courses can have real-world consequences.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>By testing the mediation model, new insights are made into the associations between team emerging states and, subsequently, team performance. In addition, this study responds to recent calls in the literature to incorporate NCA in an entrepreneurial setting.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":51425,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139921012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jeffrey Muldoon, Joshua S. Bendickson, Eric W. Liguori, Shelby Solomon
{"title":"Relational models and entrepreneurship ecosystems","authors":"Jeffrey Muldoon, Joshua S. Bendickson, Eric W. Liguori, Shelby Solomon","doi":"10.1108/ijebr-07-2023-0696","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-07-2023-0696","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Using social relations theory, we argue that entrepreneurship ecosystems must also include relationships such as market pricing, equality matching, authority ranking and communal sharing to be successful and thrive.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>We theorize using Fiske’s typology that a successful entrepreneurial system must have certain characteristics to be successful.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>In doing so, we suggest an alternative perspective of the role of exchange relationships in ecosystems which considers both the geographic context and social relationships as equally important ecosystem components. Our contributions include (1) exposing social processes as the explanatory mechanism for exchanges instead of solely market forces, (2) illustrating the role of regional cultural differences in exchanges and (3) emphasizing how entrepreneurs can better realize ecosystem benefits through understanding the methods of exchange in these ecosystems.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>Social relationships include a wide variety of different types of resources and exchange mechanisms, so by their inclusion into the entrepreneurship ecosystem literature, a more complete view of ecosystems is possible.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":51425,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research","volume":"94 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139769278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gender and entrepreneurial intention in low-income countries: the relative roles played by anticipated financial returns versus perceived barriers for university students in Sierra Leone","authors":"Wendy A. Bradley, Caroline Fry","doi":"10.1108/ijebr-11-2022-0980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-11-2022-0980","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The purpose of the present study is to investigate the extent to which female and male university students from low-income countries express different entrepreneurial intentions. Specifically, the study empirically tests whether the anticipated financial returns to entrepreneurship versus salaried employment, or the perceived barriers to entrepreneurship exert a stronger influence on the relationship between gender and entrepreneurial intentions.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>To test the relationship of anticipated rewards versus barriers to entrepreneurship on gender and entrepreneurial intention, the study uses new data from a field survey in Sierra Leone and employs multiple mediation analyses.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The authors find that the relationship between gender and entrepreneurial intentions operates through the mediator of perceptions of the financial returns to entrepreneurship but not perceived barriers to entrepreneurship.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Research limitations/implications</h3>\u0000<p>The authors study intent, not behavior, acknowledging that cognitive intent is a powerful predictor of later behavior. Implications for future research on entrepreneurship in the African context are discussed.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>The results from this study can be applied to both pedagogic and business settings in the field of entrepreneurship, with concrete implications for policymakers.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>Results suggest that the gender gap in entrepreneurial intentions (EI) for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)- and business-educated students in Sierra Leone is predominantly influenced by anticipated financial returns to occupational choices, as opposed to perceived barriers to entrepreneurship, a more frequently studied antecedent to EI.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":51425,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139769720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Subsistence entrepreneurship and intersectional inequalities: a case study of women from Pakistani urban-poor districts","authors":"Uzair Shah, Niall Hayes, Asfia Obaid","doi":"10.1108/ijebr-12-2022-1094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-12-2022-1094","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The study adopts an intersectional approach to identify the key dimension(s) that reproduce inequalities in women's subsistence entrepreneurship within urban-poor settings in the global south.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>The in-depth case study is based on 44 semi-structured interviews and four focus-group discussions with women entrepreneurs based within urban-poor dwellings in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The authors contribute to the literature by identifying how intersecting socio-class and socioeconomic inequalities, and patriarchal norms of izzat (meaning: honour, respect) and purdah (or veil), perpetuate disadvantage for women entrepreneurs producing and/or selling business goods and services.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>The findings challenge the view of entrepreneurship as a meritocratic and neutral activity for social emancipation. The authors argue that multiple social hierarchies and inequalities operate simultaneously, but how these are understood, exercised and reproduce disadvantage for women entrepreneurs, depends on their social class. The authors propose a triple bind of domestic, market and societal inequalities as a heuristic framework for understanding intersecting inequalities, patriarchy and subsistence entrepreneurship in Pakistan, specifically the global south.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":51425,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139920692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mediating agricultural entrepreneurship through embracing innovative technology: a tale from small rural enterprises in an emerging economy","authors":"Navjot Sandhu, Javed Hussain, Jonathan M. Scott","doi":"10.1108/ijebr-12-2022-1055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-12-2022-1055","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The study evaluates small marginal farmers’ (SMFs) potential behavior, attitude and trust in the adoption of innovative emerging technologies.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>The study employed an agile multi-factor approach to conceptualize a digital marketplace to connect a supply chain ecosystem for stakeholders.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The empirical findings suggest that most SMFs are willing to embrace innovative technologies. Nonetheless, they lack the necessary technological oriented education, training and funds to innovate. However, their reluctance to adapt changes is attributable to their fear of losing past customs and practices; they were threatened by the reaction of intermediaries (arthyias) to the adoption of technologies, which could result in them suffering huge losses.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This innovative disintermediation business model has a significant potential to reduce information asymmetry, cost and hoarding – and can thus increase the SMFs’ profit margins. Agricultural technological innovations have a profound potential to impact their supply chain logistics positively by reducing the wastage of perishable food and thus enhancing the consumer experience.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":51425,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139679637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Everyday prejudices: an intersectional exploration of the experiences of lesbian and gay entrepreneurs","authors":"Etain Kidney, Maura McAdam, Thomas M. Cooney","doi":"10.1108/ijebr-12-2022-1114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-12-2022-1114","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>There is a gap in understanding with regards to the discrimination and prejudice experienced by gay entrepreneurs. To address this, an intersectional perspective is adopted to facilitate a better understanding of how lesbian and gay entrepreneurs may experience heterosexism.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>This qualitative study uses semi-structured interviews to explore the experiences of 14 lesbian and gay entrepreneurs as they navigate homophobia and heterosexism.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The study contributes novel insights to the field of entrepreneurship, extending the study of lesbian and gay entrepreneurs to include gender and a fine-grained analysis of the experience of heterosexism. Its inclusion of an intersectional perspective of the lesbian-female entrepreneur expands the emerging body of literature examining intersectional identities of minority entrepreneurs.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>The authors provide a more nuanced understanding of the impact of heterosexism on LGBT+ entrepreneurial activities. This is facilitated by the authors' adoption of an intersectional perspective which shows how the different axes of identity influenced gender identity performance in relation to the model of perceived neutrality in LGBT+ entrepreneurship. The authors also make an original contribution to minority stress literature through the authors' exploration of one facet of minority entrepreneurship, namely the impact of heterosexism on LGBT+ entrepreneurial activities.</p><!--/ Abstract__block -->","PeriodicalId":51425,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139584423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}