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Venture capitalists' investment criteria in Poland : entrepreneurial opportunities, entrepreneurs, and founding teams
Morawczyński, Rafał - In: Administrative Sciences : open access journal 10 (2020) 4/77, pp. 1-30
The aim of this article is to explore the decision-making policies by Polish Venture Capital (VC) firms, with special focus on the perception of entrepreneurs. This paper presents the results of a conjoint analysis and assessment of the importance of select characteristics among entrepreneurs...
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Am I an entrepreneur? : entrepreneurial self-identity as an antecedent of entrepreneurial intention
Ceresia, Francesco; Mendola, Claudio - In: Administrative Sciences : open access journal 10 (2020) 3/46, pp. 1-14
Although many studies have shown that entrepreneurial intention can be explained according to a theory of planned behavior, some scholars have provided interesting insights into the role of entrepreneurial self-identity perception as a significant precursor of entrepreneurial intention. A...
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Women founders in the technology industry : the startup-relatedness of the decision to become a mother
Kuschel, Katherina - In: Administrative Sciences : open access journal 9 (2019) 2/30, pp. 1-17
This paper explores the decision to become a mother among women in the technology industry, particularly if there is an "optimal context" regarding startup development (business stage and size). Eighteen interviews were conducted with an international sample of women founders and analyzed using...
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Female entrepreneurship in perspective : a methodological issue
Paoloni, Paola; Serafini, Gabriele - In: Administrative Sciences : open access journal 8 (2018) 4/67, pp. 1-6
A methodological approach to the concept of female entrepreneurship concept has not yet been treated: is female … entrepreneurship an individual or collective concept? Is it considered a social or natural variable? The purpose of this research is to … clear up these alternatives, which are preparatory questions for any research into female entrepreneurship that wishes to …
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Hegemonic conceptualizations of empowerment in entrepreneurship and their suitability for collective contexts
Wood, Bronwyn P.; Ng, Poh Yen; Bastian, Bettina Lynda - In: Administrative Sciences : open access journal 11 (2021) 1/28, pp. 1-17
The relationship between empowerment and entrepreneurship in collective societies is, in our view, insufficiently … conceptual article, we examine the entrepreneurship and empowerment literature to suggest ways forward for the future health and …
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Why were innovators motivated to be entrepreneurs? : an empirical study of Taiwanese start-ups
Hung, Chia-Liang - In: Administrative Sciences : open access journal 12 (2022) 3, pp. 1-14
products, usually have more innovation intension than general users. However, little research depicts the entrepreneurship … pursue business success as well as to enhance entrepreneurship education policy. This study contributes to understanding the …
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Women entrepreneurship : challenges and perspectives of an emerging economy
Ahmetaj, Bardhyl; Kruja, Alba Demneri; Hysa, Eglantina - In: Administrative Sciences : open access journal 13 (2023) 4, pp. 1-20
Women entrepreneurship is considered by many researchers as an imminent phenomenon of the 21st century, especially for … assess the driving factors, challenges, and perspectives of woman entrepreneurship in a post-communist country context. As …
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Elevating South Africa's entrepreneurial activity in the fourth industrial revolution era
Ssekitoleko, Patrick; Dhliwayo, Shepherd - In: Administrative Sciences : open access journal 13 (2023) 9, pp. 1-13
The objective of this research is to appraise the level of entrepreneurial activity in South Africa and to identify the challenges to implementation of the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) that obstruct the leveraging of 4IR technologies to boost entrepreneurial activity in the country. A...
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Personality traits and business environment for entrepreneurial motivation
Zarnadze, Giorgi; Dika, Ines; Çera, Gentjan; Ribeiro, … - In: Administrative Sciences : open access journal 12 (2022) 4, pp. 1-18
motivation towards entrepreneurship. Furthermore, external barriers (ecological and technological issues), and infrastructure … ones (designing policies) to boost entrepreneurship. …
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The role of equity crowdfunding in the brazilian entrepreneurial ecosystem : an empirical analysis
Figueiredo, Ronnie; Bendelá, Flavia - In: Administrative Sciences : open access journal 14 (2024) 9, pp. 1-28
This research provides the first deep and empirical look into Brazil's increasing equity crowdfunding, or crowdinvest, market, and examines its peculiarities. It is a pioneering work dedicated to understanding which characteristics most impact the success of offers in the country, and whether...
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