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International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal OnlineFirst articles

16.04.2024

Relational capital and immigrant entrepreneurship in Italy

In recent years, immigrant entrepreneurship has experienced significant growth in Italy. Understanding the value of relational capital is crucial for studying the entrepreneurship of foreign-born individuals. Therefore, this study aims to …

verfasst von:
Paola Paoloni, Federico De Andreis, Armando Papa

Open Access 15.04.2024 | Empirical articles

The impact of positive and negative psychological affect and overconfidence from major family events on new venture survival

This paper investigates how family events interacting with entrepreneurs’ psychological affect and overconfidence impact new venture viability. We use panel data from the Australian Household, Income and Labor Dynamics survey, focusing on family …

verfasst von:
Pi-Shen Seet, Wee-Liang Tan

Open Access 12.04.2024

Business intelligence and business analytics in tourism: insights through Gioia methodology

Although Business Intelligence (BI) and Business Analytics (BA) have been widely adopted in the tourism sector, comparative research using BI and BA remains scarce. To fill this gap in the literature, the present study explores how BI and BA …

verfasst von:
Montserrat Jiménez-Partearroyo, Ana Medina-López, Sudhir Rana

Open Access 04.04.2024

Effectiveness of digital marketing and its value in new ventures

This paper analyzes the effect of digital marketing and cluster membership on the entrepreneurship and performance of dental clinics in Colombia. The use of different digital marketing tools in dental clinics is evaluated, and the effect of these …

verfasst von:
Raul Tarazona-Montoya, Carlos Devece, Carlos Llopis-Albert, Sergio García-Agreda

Open Access 01.04.2024

Age and entrepreneurship: Mapping the scientific coverage and future research directions

Researchers’ interest in studying the relationship between age and entrepreneurship has mushroomed in the last decade. While over a hundred articles are published and indexed in the Scopus database alone with varying and fragmented results, there …

verfasst von:
Raihan Taqui Syed, Dharmendra Singh, Nisar Ahmad, Irfan Butt

Open Access 01.04.2024

Neuroentrepreneurship: state of the art and future lines of work

This study aims to conduct a literature review and examine key research topics within the field of neuroentrepreneurship, categorizing works based on this classification and specifying different directions of research lines. Additionally, it seeks …

verfasst von:
David Juárez-Varón, Juan Camilo Serna Zuluaga, Ana Mengual Recuerda

Open Access 01.04.2024

A technostress–entrepreneurship nexus in the developing world

Research indicates that entrepreneurs are relying on digital technology for their entrepreneurial endeavours, yet there is little knowledge on how to balance technology usage and wellbeing. Drawing on the concept of technostress and 643 …

verfasst von:
Amon Simba, Patient Rambe, Samuel Ribeiro Navarrete, Maria Teresa Palomo Vadillo

Open Access 01.04.2024

Financial stress and quit intention: the mediating role of entrepreneurs’ affective commitment

One primary reason why entrepreneurs abandon their entrepreneurial goals is due to pressing financial difficulties. In one experimental and two field studies, we investigated the relationship between entrepreneurs’ financial stress and their …

verfasst von:
Anne-Kathrin Kleine, Antje Schmitt, Barbara M. Wisse

21.03.2024

Why social entrepreneurs start social enterprises: capturing contextualised life stories of social entrepreneurs in Kerala, India

While research on social entrepreneurship and related concepts is steadily increasing, the existing research has over-emphasized the fact that pro-social motive is the primary reason for social entrepreneurs to start social enterprises. Though few …

verfasst von:
Nidhin K P

20.03.2024

Organisational resilience management model: a case study of joint stock companies operating in Spain

Organisational resilience has become an increasingly important topic for businesses in recent years, as disruptions and unexpected events can have a significant impact on their operations, reputation, and financial performance. Such were the case …

verfasst von:
Jose Marquez-Tejon, Montserrat Jimenez-Partearroyo, Diana Benito-Osorio

15.03.2024

Tech and grow! Unraveling the interplay between industry 4.0 technologies and supply chain performance: marketing strategy alignment as a moderator

This research observes the relationship between industry 4.0 technologies (i.e., Internet of Things or IoT, machine learning, blockchain technology, and big data) and supply chain performance (SCP) with the mediating role of technological …

verfasst von:
Shafique Ur Rehman, Stefano Bresciani, Qingyu Zhang, Bernardo Bertoldi

Open Access 14.03.2024

Unveiling the interplay of psychological capital, family business, and gender on firm performance during COVID-19

This study examines the complex relationships between Psychological Capital, family business, ownership, gender, and firm performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study examines the effects of these variables on firm performance and explores …

verfasst von:
Cintya Lanchimba, Dianne H.B. Welsh, Joseph Kaswengi

11.03.2024

Family governance practices and the minimum required rate of return in privately held family firms

This paper examines the relationship between the family governance evolutionary stages and the rate of return required by family businesses’ shareholders (ke), building on an institutional and relational governance lens. We make the distinction …

verfasst von:
Wim Voordeckers, Maria J. Martinez-Romero, Alfonso A. Rojo-Ramirez

Open Access 07.03.2024

Analysis of the influence of emotions on the decision-making of entrepreneurs using neurotechnologies

This study examines the influence of emotional factors on entrepreneurial decision-making, specifically focusing on early-stage entrepreneurs and those with more years of experience in the entrepreneurial process. The aim is to understand how …

verfasst von:
Juan Camilo Serna-Zuluaga, David Juárez-Varón, Ana Mengual-Recuerda, Ana Medina-López

Open Access 06.03.2024

Insights into the localisation of outlets: The franchising chains

The geographical location of an establishment is a strategic decision of major importance for companies. In the case of franchising, the peculiarities of the system render this decision of vital importance. The objectives of this work are …

verfasst von:
María D. Caro-Vela, José M. Ramírez-Hurtado, Esther Calderón-Monge

Open Access 05.03.2024

Gender and generational cohort impact on entrepreneurs’ emotional intelligence and transformational leadership

Emotional intelligence (EI) and leadership style are topics that have attracted a growing interest in the literature. In this study, we posit that entrepreneurs’ EI is an antecedent of transformational leadership (TL) while examining the …

verfasst von:
José Esteves, Guillermo de Haro Rodríguez, María Teresa Ballestar, Jorge Sainz

Open Access 04.03.2024

How to improve market performance through competitive strategy and innovation in entrepreneurial SMEs

Despite the limited resources of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), they can still manage to be competitive and survive in the current environment by implementing competitive strategies that lead to innovation and improve their market …

verfasst von:
Mercedes Rubio-Andrés, Jorge Linuesa-Langreo, Santiago Gutiérrez-Broncano, Miguel Ángel Sastre-Castillo

Open Access 04.03.2024

Emergence of new firms: A test of the resource-based view, signaling and behavioral perspectives

The resource-based view, signaling, and behavioral perspectives focus on different theoretical mechanisms through which human capital and the behavioral characteristics of nascent entrepreneurs, in combination with insider and outsider financing …

verfasst von:
Massimo G. Colombo, Caterina Lucarelli, Nicoletta Marinelli, Alessandra Micozzi

Open Access 02.03.2024

Psychometric properties and factor structure of a motivation scale for higher education students to graduate and stimulate their entrepreneurship

The purpose of this research work is to provide a measurement instrument, through the validation of a proposed scale, to determine the relevant factors that affect the motivation of university students, and that can be used as anticipatory …

verfasst von:
Elisa I. Villena-Martínez, Juan José Rienda-Gómez, Dolores Lucía Sutil-Martín, Fernando E. García-Muiña

Open Access 28.02.2024

A strategic sustainability model for global luxury companies in the management of CO2 emissions

Luxury brands are at the forefront of sustainability efforts and carbon emission reductions to fight climate change. The goal of this paper is to analyze such climate change challenges in terms of cost efforts within large luxury conglomerates. In …

verfasst von:
Celia Rangel-Pérez, Belen López, Manuel Fernández