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How do banks interact with fintech startups?
Hornuf, Lars; Klus, Milan F.; Lohwasser, Todor S.; … - In: Small Business Economics 57 (2020) 3, pp. 1505-1526
The increasing pervasiveness of technology-driven firms that offer financial services has led to growing pressure on traditional banks to modernize their core business activities and services. Many banks tackle the challenges of digitalization by cooperating with startup firms that offer...
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The power of shared positivity: organizational psychological capital and firm performance during exogenous crises
Grözinger, Ann-Christin; Wolff, Sven; Ruf, Philipp Julian - In: Small Business Economics 58 (2021) 2, pp. 689-716
SMEs can strengthen performance in times of crisis and help to prepare for future ones. …
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Prediction based on entrepreneurship-prone personality profiles: sometimes worse than the toss of a coin
Konon, Alexander; Kritikos, Alexander S. - In: Small Business Economics 53 (2019) 1, pp. 1-20
The human personality predicts a wide range of activities and occupational choices--from musical sophistication to entrepreneurial careers. However, which method should be applied if information on personality traits is used for prediction and advice? In psychological research, group profiles...
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Radical innovation and its regional impact—a roadmap for future research
Audretsch, David; Fornahl, Dirk; Klarl, Torben - In: Small Business Economics 58 (2021) 2, pp. 1153-1156
, Entrepreneurship, and (Regional) Growth" and present a roadmap for future research in the area. This article argues that the link … between the literature on radical innovation, entrepreneurship, and (regional) growth is still an underresearched topic. This …
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Group conditions for entrepreneurial visions: role confidence, hierarchical congruences, and the imagining of future in entrepreneurial groups
Stamm, Isabell; Gutzeit, Marie - In: Small Business Economics 59 (2021) 3, pp. 1023-1041
asks how the content of entrepreneurial visions is shaped by the conditions of the group. Taking an entrepreneurship …
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The determinants of bootstrap financing in crises: evidence from entrepreneurial ventures in the COVID-19 pandemic
Block, Joern H.; Fisch, Christian; Hirschmann, Mirko - In: Small Business Economics 58 (2021) 2, pp. 867-885
bootstrap financing in the 2020 COVID-19 crisis using a sample of 17,046 German entrepreneurial ventures. We formulate … others, our results show that the severity of the crisis for the venture, the level of private consumption, and self … crisis. Our study builds on a survey of 17,046 German entrepreneurial ventures and self-employed individuals. We find that …
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Small firms and the COVID-19 insolvency gap
Dörr, Julian Oliver; Licht, Georg; Murmann, Simona - In: Small Business Economics 58 (2021) 2, pp. 887-917
months of the crisis, SMEs as the backbone of Germany's economy benefited from large and mainly indiscriminate aid measures … firms' pre-crisis financial standing, we estimate the extent to which the policy response induced an insolvency gap and … among financially weak, small firms, having potential long-term implications on entrepreneurship and economic recovery …
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Disentangling succession and entrepreneurship gender gaps: gender norms, culture, and family
Feldmann, Manuel; Lukes, Martin; Uhlaner, Lorraine - In: Small Business Economics 58 (2020) 2, pp. 997-1013
gender gap in entrepreneurship, finding that the family may serve as a stronger influence than society when implied norms of …
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Crowdfunding cultural and commercial entrepreneurs: an empirical study on motivation in distinct backer communities
Bürger, Tobias; Kleinert, Simon - In: Small Business Economics 57 (2020) 2, pp. 667-683
Drawing on self-determination theory (SDT), this study examines differences in the motivation of backers to support cultural and commercial entrepreneurs through reward crowdfunding. We propose that backers of commercial campaigns are a community of early-customers motivated by the prospects of...
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Does team diversity really matter? The connection between networks, access to financial resources, and performance in the context of university spin-offs
Moog, Petra; Soost, Christian - In: Small Business Economics 58 (2020) 1, pp. 323-351
University spin-offs (USOs) are an important driver for innovation, along with economic and social development. Hence, understanding which factors help them perform successfully is crucial, especially regarding their peculiarities in a scientific environment. This study focuses on essential...
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