Although often dismissed by academics andprofessionals alike, online piracy is a valuable source of innovation for bothindustry incumbents and entrepreneurs. By shaping the evolution offile-transferring technology, providing market insight to the business world,and contributing to new market...

A successful sustainable entrepreneur not onlycreates profitable enterprises but also achieves certain social and/orenvironmental objectives.This studydescribes the venturedevelopment processes of sustainable entrepreneurs. To be examined are the methods used by each company to: (1) identify...

This paper examines 30 entrepreneurs who created profitable companies, and who were also exemplary in their efforts towards social responsibility. It examines their management practices to understand how these socially responsible entrepreneurs created and built their companies. The study...

This study begins to empirically examine whether successful entrepreneurs possess a high nonlinear (e.g., creative, intuitive) thinking style, as some researchers and popular stereotypes of entrepreneurs would suggest, or whether they possess a more balanced nonlinear and linear (e.g., rational,...

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During the process of starting and growing a company, entrepreneurs seek help from their key advisors, which include its directors, advisory board members, financiers, as well as others informally affiliated with the venture. This paper examines how the various groups add value to a venture and...

This paper examines the performance of Silicon Valley ventures with Asian-American founding teams. We review some challenges faced by these ventures, compare their performance with that of other ventures, and analyze the impact of strategic partnerships on their performance. Our results indicate...