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Adolescent entrepreneurial learning ecosystem and a tech entrepreneurial career—inspiration from theblack swan stories

verfasst von: Wendy D. Chen, Zoltan Acs, Siri Terjesen

Erschienen in: Small Business Economics | Ausgabe 3/2024

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Despite the importance of technology entrepreneurship, we know little about what factors lead to a tech entrepreneurial career. Based on the biographies of “black swan” tech entrepreneurs, this paper first inductively identifies the adolescent tech entrepreneurial learning ecosystem that is shared by them. We then empirically test the impact of the adolescent tech entrepreneurial learning ecosystem on individuals’ tech entrepreneurial career by using a large longitudinal dataset tracing 3116 individuals over 20 years from adolescence through adulthood. We find that the adolescent tech entrepreneurial learning ecosystem impacts individuals’ tech entrepreneurial intentions, commitments, and ultimately careers. This study ends with detailed policy implications.

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Titel: Adolescent entrepreneurial learning ecosystem and a tech entrepreneurial career—inspiration from theblack swan stories
verfasst von: Wendy D. Chen
Zoltan Acs
Siri Terjesen
Publikationsdatum: 02.06.2023
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Small Business Economics / Ausgabe 3/2024
Print ISSN: 0921-898X
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0913
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-023-00786-y

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