Research shows that structural holes and network connectivity are associated with entrepreneurial performance. Yet the explanatory variables will tend to be correlated, and multicollinearity may skew the results. The use of instrumental variables can nevertheless generate reliable estimates. The...

Conventional wisdom suggests that immigrants are forced into selfemployment. Although there is veracity in this assertion, it is equally probable that there is a certain level of entrepreneurial drive and spirit exhibited when an individual departs from his or her homeland. This article provides...

The literature on enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa provides evidence that there are significant differences between companies run by members of the majority population and those run by members of minorities. Differences are frequently related to size, age and certain success indicators....

The emerging research evidence regarding functional food health benefits, coupled with the modern rise in degenerative and lifestyle-related health conditions, has created a growing market in the United States: the super-fruit. Wild berries, which contain bioactive phytochemicals with...

Research has suggested the importance of managerial competencies in predicting managerial success. Managerial resourcefulness implies the use of cognitive self-regulatory competencies to cope well with environmental challenges in an organisational setting. However, measures of managerial...

This article explores the significance of the nature of networks developed by entrepreneurs in accessing business finance. On the basis of qualitative data generated through case studies of Indian entrepreneurs in Information and Communication Technology industry, this article reports on the...

We examined the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and employee engagement by studying 101 Indian managers across three companies. In addition, we studied the moderating role of three job characteristics (autonomy, skill variety and task feedback) on the relationship between...

What is the precise nature of entrepreneurial action in economic and business analyses? Moreover, what is the relationship between the entrepreneur’s action and the socio-institutional environment where this action takes place? The difficulty in specifying the nature of the...

The article presents results of a study on the impact of entrepreneurial demographic characteristics (age, experience and education), entrepreneurial network structure (size, density and centrality), entrepreneurial network types (competitive and supportive) and entrepreneurial self-efficacy on...

This article investigates work–family conflict of women entrepreneurs in Israel. On the basis of the resource theory maintaining that class, ethnicity and gender interact in various combinations for different groups, the article explores factors influencing the intensity of...