Most research on new product and service development by entrepreneurial firms takes an individual-level, prelaunch perspective or firm-level postlaunch perspective. Our study examines two components of the new product and service introduction process: how entrepreneurs’ prior knowledge...

Innovation is often a crucial ingredient in new venture success but at present, we know relatively little about the role of individual entrepreneurs in encouraging its occurrence. The present research addressed this issue by investigating the joint effects, on firm-level innovation, of two...

Purpose – Existing literature suggests that the need for a conducive environment is crucial in developing entrepreneurship. Previous research on this trend has focused on what constitutes a munificent environment and how environmental conditions stimulate an entrepreneur's intentionality to...

Purpose Regarding research on authenticity perception, this paper aims to pose the following questions: In different cultural regions, what are the different authenticity elements of old towns from a tourist perspective? What is the difference in authenticity perception in different cultural...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to conceptualize the business model from a value network perspective and to investigate how top managers' individual characteristics contribute to business model innovation. Design/methodology/approach – On the basis of upper echelons theory and...