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Nascent Entrepreneurs

Nascent Entrepreneurs Nascent entrepreneurs are people who are engaged in creating new ventures. This chapter reviews the international evidence on how many of them are there around the world, what they are doing, who they are, what makes them different, and which ones see their vision through to eventual start-up. JEL Classification: J23

COGNITIONS AND BEHAVIORS OF SUCCESSFUL NASCENT ENTREPRENEURS: A THREE-YEAR PANEL STUDY ABSTRACT A mediation model of the cognitions and behaviors that successful nascent entrepreneurs

A mediation model of the cognitions and behaviors that successful nascent entrepreneurs (vs. quitters) use to start “promising” companies was derived from psychological theories about the causality among situation (environment), person (cognition), and behavior. Entrepreneurship, leadership and social cognition research concepts that offer successful responses to uncertain resource-poor dynamic...

Factors Influencing Nascent Entrepreneurs in an e-Marketplace

Based on previous studies a model was formulated of the determinants of the use of eMarketplaces by nascent entrepreneurs for the purpose of business start-up. Factors concerned with self-efficacy, personality traits, internet usage habits, facilitating conditions, and behavioural intention were included and the model was tested and developed using data collected by questionnaire from 379 nasce...

What a Difference a Y Makes: Female and Male Nascent Entrepreneurs in Germany

What a Difference a Y Makes: Female and Male Nascent Entrepreneurs in Germany In western industrialized countries men are on average more than twice as active in entrepreneurship as women. Based on data from a recent representative survey of the adult population in Germany this paper uses an empirical model for the decision to become selfemployed to test for differences between women and men in...

The New Venture Creation Process: How Nascent Entrepreneurs Behave When Forming a New Venture