Previous research has established that certain personality traits represent predictors of start-up activity. We argue that similar cognitive processes that affect entrepreneurship also play a role in firm-level innovativeness. For example, open-ness to novelty can be regarded as a key component...

The concept of entrepreneurship includes the establishment of a goal oriented organization with specific resource needs. Start-ups are innovative companies that are characterized by significant growth potential. New innovative start-ups overthrow the traditional ways of operation of long time...