Compulsion to buy is an important but neglected aspect of consumer behavior. This research uses cross‐cultural data from the USA and South Korea to study compulsive consumption behavior by focusing on individual factors. Three compulsive consumption behaviors (i.e. compulsive buying,...

Purpose – This study aims to examine the association between a number of variables pertaining to marketing strategy and business performance of small construction firms in Tianjin, China. Design/methodology/approach – The paper consists of a qualitative pilot study and a quantitative main...

Purpose How do entrepreneurs learn from critical events or significant entrepreneurial experience? It is an important field in entrepreneurship cognition and learning studies. Previous studies have given interpretations from many perspectives, such as effectuation, scenario change of...

Small businesses pay more attention to the ability to maintain the long‐term survival of the company because of the high bankruptcy rate in this sector of the economy. This paper analyses the contribution of the learning function to small business growth. Vinten, Lane and Hayes have reported...

Purpose – This study aims to use the Timmons model to identify the pattern of entrepreneurial activity at micro‐level in China. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs a self‐administered questionnaire survey approach, involving a sample of MBA students and general public in...

Purpose – This study aims to compare rapid‐growth companies with slow‐growth ones in order to provide fresh insights into the attributes of Chinese rapid‐growth companies through an integrated research framework, which was adapted from the framework proposed by Wiklund and by Barringer....

Purpose: An unconscious concern regarding one’s inevitable death, known as mortality salience, may affect consumers’ brand choices in the aftermath of disastrous events, such as earthquakes. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of self-identification with global consumer culture...