Both organizational and sociological approaches in entrepreneurship research highlight the importance of social context … in shaping individual preferences for entrepreneurship. An influential contextual factor that has not been studied in … entrepreneurship research is one's boss at work. Do entrepreneurial bosses contribute to their employees' decisions to become …

entrepreneurs in the early-stage entrepreneurship arena. … inhabitants are taken into account, some regions have persistently higher entrepreneurship rates than others. Proposed … effects. Regional differences in entrepreneurship have also been linked to the availability of role models (Fornahl 2003 …

intentions. However, empirical research aimed at establishing the importance of role models for (nascent) entrepreneurs is scarce … completed by a representative sample of 292 entrepreneurs in three major Dutch cities - entrepreneurs who have recently started …

This paper analyzes the impact of a leading entrepreneurship education program on college students’ entrepreneurship …

employees towards becoming entrepreneurs: exit from the current firm and entry into entrepreneurship. In other words, we study … show that same-gender entrepreneurial bosses have a great impact on employees’ future entrepreneurship choices, especially … among women. We do not find any evidence that female bosses push female employees out of the workplace, by creating a …

likely to become entrepreneurs. By not having taken this possible linkage into account, previous research has underestimated … the impacts both of risk aversion and balanced skills on the likelihood individuals choose entrepreneurship. Data on Dutch …-averse people might be suited to entrepreneurship; and it may also help explain why prior research has generated mixed evidence …

Empirical studies show low pecuniary returns of switching from wage employment to entrepreneurship. We reconsider the … indicate that the average returns to entrepreneurship are significantly negative for individuals entering entrepreneurship …

Empirical studies show low pecuniary returns of switching from wage employment to entrepreneurship. We reconsider the … indicate that the average returns to entrepreneurship are significantly negative for individuals entering entrepreneurship …