One unintended consequence of entrepreneurial action may be that the entrepreneur becomes intertwined with the business. This phenomenon is called entrapment and we draw on Becker's Side-Bet Theory to explore the relationship between entrepreneurial success, individual differences, and feelings...

We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries. Our data come from the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs, a random sample of firms with detailed information on owner characteristics and innovation activities. We find uniformly...