Purpose – To identify the influence of ethnicity and ethnic social capital on entrepreneurial practices such as the co‐direction of a firm, and more particularly on aspects of venture creation, management, and business development. Design/methodology/approach – The research was based on a...

Purpose – The gender gaps found in research in the growth of businesses headed by men or women may be the consequence of their different change‐oriented strategies. The purpose of this paper is to explore the premise that each genders' use of strategies associated with leading change in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of small loans on new firm performance using data from the second Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics, a large longitudinal data set of new firms in the USA. Contrary to prior research which suggests that small or microloans...