Small and medium enterprises have played and still play a vital role in any national economy, representing an important factor of economic growth. European Union attached and still attaches a great importance to entrepreneurial spirit development and puts a considerable accent on innovative...

There is wide acceptance of the precept that entrepreneurial orientation is associated with superior firm performance, and knowledge has been recognized as a key resource for preserving the competitive advantage. Enterprises must know what to do, how to do it, as well as when and where to do it....

Entrepreneurial activity is a continuous learning process that is rife with uncertainty, and the dialectical interactions arising from knowledge differences and knowledge conflict among individuals on an entrepreneurial team influence team members' entrepreneurial learning. By reference to fear...

Acs, Audretsch, Braunerhjelm, and Carlsson (2003) propose a new growth theory model featuring a geographically constrained spillover mechanism provided by new ventures and incumbent firms that convert a region’s stock of knowledge into economically useful, firm-specific knowledge. This implies...

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between an entrepreneur's experience and education and his/her reliance on alternative sources of knowledge for exploring new business opportunities. The extant literature that is at the crossroads between sources of knowledge and the...

This research examines how startup founders' academic knowledge, and knowledge gained through startup founding experience, signal investors and attract investments. We further examine, for both financed and non-financed startups, whether these signals are associated with the startup's...

Industrial competence is increasingly dispersed across the globe, urging technology-based firms in Europe to establish international knowledge relationships at larger distances. This paper examines changing patterns of international knowledge relationships and the influence of capability factors...

In what ways does knowledge similarity among co-founders contribute to venture scaleup? This paper addresses this question by taking account of knowledge domains among early employees and in founders’ social networks. We build a theoretical framework to predict which knowledge combinations are...