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A temporal analysis of how entrepreneurial goal intentions, positive fantasies, and action planning affect starting a new venture and when the effects wear off

Gielnik, Michael M.; Barabas, Stefanie; Frese, Michael; … - In: Journal of Business Venturing 29 (2014) 6, pp. 755-772

the temporal dynamics underlying these relationships. We contribute to action-regulation theories in entrepreneurship by …

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Self-employment and the role of health insurance in the U.S.

Gumus, Gulcin; Regan, Tracy L. - In: Journal of Business Venturing 30 (2015) 3, pp. 357-374

We investigate the role of health insurance coverage in explaining transitions in and out of entrepreneurship in the U …

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Creative personality, opportunity recognition and the tendency to start businesses: A study of their genetic predispositions

Shane, Scott; Nicolaou, Nicos - In: Journal of Business Venturing 30 (2015) 3, pp. 407-419

creative personality, opportunity recognition and entrepreneurship. …

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The contingent value of social resources: Entrepreneurs' use of debt-financing sources in Western China

Zhang, Yanlong - In: Journal of Business Venturing 30 (2015) 3, pp. 390-406

This study shows that entrepreneurs' use of debt-financing sources is conditioned by the resources embedded in their social networks. More business or political contacts increase entrepreneurs' probability of using formal financial sources, and more urban ties increases their probability of...

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Do entrepreneurial goals matter? Resource allocation in new owner-managed firms

Dunkelberg, William; Moore, Carmen; Scott, Jonathan; … - In: Journal of Business Venturing 28 (2013) 2, pp. 225-240

This paper focuses on how entrepreneurial goals affect the resource allocation of new firm owners. It connects research in psychology and management that examines the core motivations of entrepreneurs with research in economics that models the behavior of owner-managers as utility-maximizing...

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Proprietorship and unemployment in the United States

Gohmann, Stephan F.; Fernandez, Jose M. - In: Journal of Business Venturing 29 (2014) 2, pp. 289-309

Unemployment and proprietorship can be related in several ways. As unemployment increases, individuals with fewer job alternatives may choose to start their own business resulting in an increase in proprietorship. Alternatively, if an increase in unemployment is the result of a depressed...

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Can socioeconomic heritage produce a lost generation with regard to entrepreneurship?

Wyrwich, Michael - In: Journal of Business Venturing 28 (2013) 5, pp. 667-682

A considerable amount of literature deals with the influence of institutions on entrepreneurship. But for all that …, little is known about the interplay between institutions and personal determinants of entrepreneurship. In this paper, the …. The results show that the socioeconomic heritage of being exposed to socialism deters entrepreneurship, an effect that is …

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Contextualizing the categorical imperative: Category linkages, technology focus, and resource acquisition in nanotechnology entrepreneurship

Wry, Tyler; Lounsbury, Michael - In: Journal of Business Venturing 28 (2013) 1, pp. 117-133

This paper examines the role of category affiliations in entrepreneurial resource acquisition. Pace existing studies, we suggest category spanning will cause firms to be overlooked or discounted because evaluators assume that they have less expertise than their category-focused competitors; a...

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Which institutions encourage entrepreneurial growth aspirations?

Estrin, Saul; Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - In: Journal of Business Venturing 28 (2013) 4, pp. 564-580

We develop entrepreneurship and institutional theory to explain entrepreneurial growth aspirations across individuals … the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor surveys in 42 countries for 2001–2006, applying a multilevel estimation framework to …

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Entrepreneurial actions and optimistic overconfidence: The role of motivated reasoning in new product introductions

Simon, Mark; Shrader, Rodney C. - In: Journal of Business Venturing 27 (2012) 3, pp. 291-309

Optimistic overconfidence (OO), that is, being certain of success only to end up disappointed, represents a potentially catastrophic error. However, few studies have identified which entrepreneurial actions are associated with it. To explore this issue, we examined 55 small companies and found...

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