The question of which factors contribute to success or failure in starting a business is investigated utilizing Gartner's (1985) framework, which suggests that start-up efforts differ with regard to characteristics of the individual who starts the venture, the organization they create, the...

Personal strategies of owners/founders of small business startups are related to performance and to environmental uncertainty. This is done using a longitudinal data set. Personal strategies are operationalized by a behavioral measure of the manners in which small business founders deal with...

Crowdfunding has quickly gained popularity in recent years, providing an additional way for entrepreneurial individuals and organizations (creators) to attract funds for their projects. Scholars have been interested in predicting the success of crowdfunding campaigns, by relating campaign...

Utilizing the theory of planned behavior (TPB), specific factors contributing to the decision to start a business are examined. Several dependent (e.g., entrepreneurial interest and preference) and independent variables (e.g., attitudes, perceived behavior control [PBC], and subjective norms)...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to arrive at a conceptual understanding of perseverance processes in the context of enterprising behavior and to outline readily employable perseverance strategies for situations characterized by obstacles, challenges and setbacks....