The research on entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is undecided as to whether a specific EO improves firm performance. We considered EO in a different light by examining the role of emergent strategy. By considering entrepreneurial orientation as it is effected by emergent strategy, we found a...

Little empirical evidence provides insight in person-oriented drivers of business survival and success of small business owners. In this paper I perform a duration analysis of business survival amongst young white (selfemployed) small business owners in the U.S. Compulsory exits are...

Young firm diversification is examined investigating whether diversifying firms have higher survival chances. We use extensive longitudinal data containing information on firms’ characteristics and environmental conditions, and their evolution over time. Firms that are born diversified are...

A number of theories postulate the influence of industry factors and various forms of organizational capital on the strategies and performance of small firms. This study is an empirical test of such assertion by examining how industry and firm-related factors as well as managerial attributes...

This paper deals with the still under-researched peculiarities of knowledge-intensive service start-ups (KISS) and their impact on the firms' competitiveness. It is argued that the value-added structure of KISS firms is different from other companies and involves particular uncertainties that...