Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to apply the social cognitive theory and social learning theory to examine the different mechanisms through which entrepreneurs’ moral awareness and ethical behavior affect the product innovation of new ventures. Design/methodology/approach: The authors...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between industry association membership and firm innovation in Chinese private ventures. A secondary objective is to investigate potential moderating effects of firm learning practices and founder characteristics on the above...

Purpose – A lot of researches suggest that work experience plays an important role in the process of venture gestation. However, previous studies cannot explain “why there is a huge difference in the entrepreneurial success rate of those persons who have work experience”. Drawing insights...

We examine the relationship between a society's legal system, a society's culture of empathy, the strength of venture capital contracts and venture performance. We develop a double-sided moral hazard model in which an entrepreneur and a venture capitalist exert value-adding efforts in a venture....

An important recent event in the economics field is the introduction of seven new society journals. Using standard iterative ranking methodologies from economics, as well as some new methodologies, we demonstrate the spectacular rise of these journals while updating journal rankings for all...