This paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurial attributes and life stages of entrepreneurs and enterprises in a sample of 276 entrepreneurs. Findings revealed that most attributes remained constant across the life stages of the enterprises. Yet, as was expected, flexibility and...

Responding to criticism of the trait approach in studying entrepreneurship, a process and context oriented methodology was applied using the Critical Incident Technique (CIT) in predicting success and failure. The actions of entrepreneurs were subsequently translated into (1) dynamic traits with...

A model for explaining firm's growth has been developed and tested, based on the strategic management model of Chrisman, Bauerschmidt and Hofer (1999) and the attitude approach of Fishbein & Ajzen (1975). The research consists of a sample of 117 entrepreneurs. It is hypothesized that the model...