This Article explores the relationship between framing, necessitarian discourse and risk entrepreneurialism. The most … themselves. Entrepreneurs pursue risk-taking when the likelihood of harm to themselves is quite high if they don’t take the risk … persistent entrepreneurial neglect and extreme risk-taking dramatically increased. During this period, both liberal and …

This paper analyses the effect of risk attitudes of firm owners on profits among micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in … Lagos, Nigeria. Higher risk perceptions are shown to have a significant positive effect on profits, whereas risk propensity … firms earn lower profits. Overall, the results suggest that being aware and dealing cautiously with risk leads to higher …