The aim of this study is to investigate the entrepreneurial process new venture creation through a psychoanalytic approach. Building upon existing literature, manuscript proposes framework for explaining that results in individuals forming ideas creation. composed set interrelated processes behaviour identification three stages: dream, business idea, and Though it acknowledges previous manageri...

Research on what determines the performance of start-up companies is characterized by a sharp debate in the literature of economic sociology and the sociology of the economy. There is one extreme view proposing that in the long run, a rational market takes care of allocating scarce resources such as venture capital funding to the most potentially profitable and exciting business plans. By contr...

This paper examines the role of knowledge as a driver of an organization’s formation, and as a subsequent source of its competitive advantage. We investigate the parent-progeny knowledge transfer relationship, and the impact of this congenital learning on the evolution and performance of a spin-out (an entrepreneurial venture by an ex-employee). Using data from the disk drive industry, we show ...

Field Editor: G. Cassar Wedocument the role of entrepreneurial founder and venture capital (VC) partner co-ethnicity in shaping investment relationships. Co-ethnicity increases the likelihood that a VC firm invests in a company. Conditional on investment, co-ethnicity strengthens the degree of involvement by raising the likelihood of VC board of director involvement and increasing the size and ...

As the outsourcing and offshoring phenomena have matured, the marketplace has sought increased differentiation on the basis of location through a range of ‘shoring’ and ‘sourcing’ terms. “Rural-sourcing,” “two-shoring,” “best-shoring,” and at least a dozen other expressions have emerged. Prominent among these is “nearshore,” which appeared in the software/IT field first in an article about an e...

This article describes the process undertaken to make the transformation from a small entrepreneurial venture to an entrepreneurially-oriented, professionally-managed organization. It is a case study involving a company that grew from a small, independent mortgage company into a large, complex organization, offering a full array of financial products and services. The case focuses, in particula...

This study uses path dependence and analysis of feedback structures to identify the determinants for developing a successful technology sector in Israel during the 1990s. The four determinants introduced in the study are: Entrepreneurship, Knowledge Base in the form of academy R&D, industry R&D and military R&D, Financial Base in the form of venture capital and exit market and, Government progr...