Spanish Abstract: En Costa Rica, al igual que en el resto de los países latinoamericanos, anualmente inician operaciones una cantidad importante de PYMEs; sin embargo, la influencia de diversos factores determina el desempeño de las mismas. Por lo tanto, este estudio se enfoca en identificar...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to add new theoretical insights on the employee‐organization relationship (EOR) in the context of corporate entrepreneurship (CE), specifically in collective entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a brief overview of the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse in‐depth collaboration as a process that emerges from interactions among individuals in order to develop entrepreneurial actions within established family firms. The research is contextualized in the metal sector in Catalonia (Spain), using...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to compare the influence of entrepreneurs’ human and relational capital on the rapid internationalization of their firms from two economically different contexts. Design/methodology/approach: This study was developed using data that were collected from...

Purpose: The objective of this article is to examine the extent to which the antecedents of entrepreneurial employee activity differ by gender across countries. Design/methodology/approach: Generalised linear multilevel logistic regression is applied to data from the Global Entrepreneurship...

Purpose: This paper provides insights about how graduates' career patterns (i.e. academic entrepreneur, self-employed or paid employed) are influenced by entrepreneurial university ecosystems (i.e. incubators and entrepreneurship education programs). Design/methodology/approach: By adopting...

The study of the impact of institutions on entrepreneurship has been a topic of great interest in recent years. Nevertheless, less attention has been paid to the relation that can exist between the spatial context and the entrepreneurial activities. Specifically, institutions and the space of...

This article draws upon institutional theory to investigate whether and to what extent informal institutions (masculinity, power distance, individualism, and indulgence) affect the relationship between formal institutions (the public expenditure on childcare and the length of parental leave) and...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of cultural leadership factors (charismatic/value-based, team oriented, participative, humane, autonomous and self-protective) on the rates of opportunity and necessity entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach: The study...