, adopting a process representative of entrepreneurship to examine opportunity identification and evaluation by franchisees and … criteria when franchisees lack prior industry knowledge. It therefore also contributes to franchise/entrepreneurship literature …

Purpose – The purpose of this research paper is to investigate opposing versions of entrepreneurship and to introduce a … entrepreneurship. The discourse analysis is presented in three steps: the introductory text to a handbook of entrepreneurship is … deconstructed to expose some basic assumptions of entrepreneurship; drawing on several research articles, some dominating versions …

Purpose – This study aims to investigate the constraints that entrepreneurs face in small and medium enterprises (SMEs …) in Bangladesh and suggests measures to remove the constraints to entrepreneurship development. Design …/methodology/approach – Survey data were collected from 60 entrepreneurs to investigate problems and evaluate the effectiveness and relevance of the …

Purpose – Entrepreneurship in developing countries is arguably the least studied significant economic and social … phenomenon. Previous studies focused on describing the attributes of entrepreneurship rather than providing a framework, in which … entrepreneurs and policy makers alike can rationally plan and execute innovative business models. Current issues facing Malaysian …

/value – Knowledge about Arab entrepreneurs is sparse and even more so regarding the influence of Arab culture on entrepreneurship. This …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to fill gaps in the literature in entrepreneurship by studying the impact of the … has never been employed in entrepreneurship. Since long‐term involvement in the field is required by this ethnographic …

point for important debates in the entrepreneurship field, that the creation view is diverse and should not be referred to … advancing from existing reviews of the opportunity concept in entrepreneurship. This furthers our understanding of the role of …

in entrepreneurship. It argues that ABM allows entrepreneurship researchers (i.e. the designers) to find better ways in …/methodology/approach – This paper begins with an overview of ABM, and discusses the shared conceptual foundations of entrepreneurship and ABM as … the motives for the adoption of ABM as an appropriate methodology to study entrepreneurship. It offers a roadmap in using …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the insights of founding entrepreneurs to understand what they … research, the concept of entrepreneurial success was explored with ten founding entrepreneurs. Themes emerged from this enquiry … factor analysis in a subsequent study, comprising 213 founding entrepreneurs. The result is an early attempt to produce a …

small hotel group. The analysis is developed from a review of literature on entrepreneurship combined with a practical …

. Originality/value – Women entrepreneurs are a missing link that explains variation among countries in the quality and quantity of …