Foundations for Inquiry, a philosophy of social science book, is both a primer and a resource for anyone interested in social and behavioral research. As a "reader" with excerpts from classic and soon-to-be classic writings on research in the organizational sciences, the book shows the myriad...

We examine the informal investment1 in the U.S.A. during the period 1999-2003. We develop models that correlate informal investment with income, net worth, age, education level, gender, whether or not an investor is also an entrepreneur, and residency of the investor (e.g., rural versus urban)....

This research investigates which specific behaviors and the number and sequences of behaviors by nascent entrepreneurs are likely to result in the creation of a successful business. The primary objective is to answer these questions: (1) What activities were undertaken? (2) How many activities...

This paper explores the effects of foreign direct investment, measured by mergers and acquisitions, on domestic entrepreneurial entry. We use a micro‐panel of more than two thousand individuals disaggregated by industry in seventy countries including both developed and developing economies,...

The gestation patterns of new firms areinvestigated, especially the duration of gestation. Two present theories ofbusiness startup are examined, which consider the business as rational economicactors or as a biologic analogy. The definitional and theoretical issuesinvolved in defining the...

The prevalence rates for nascent entrepreneurs are determined using the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics (PSED).A summary of the research design of the PSED is provided, and an overview of the information contained in the database.A three-stage model of the entrepreneurial process is...