This paper examines the dynamic role of financial resources—available through rounds of venture capital financing—on the growth strategies of startups. We investigate three different roles and their evolution over time. 1) We examine whether financial resources constrain the growth of startups and whether rounds of funding unbind this constraint. 2) We investigate the role of financial resource...

Abstract In this paper, we analyze how previously failed entrepreneurs fare with their current venture in terms of survival compared novices. While previous studies have focused on the superior learning effects failure experience, point to selection process that takes place before become business owners again. One potential driver is entrepreneurial talent. We find are less likely survive ventu...

A characteristic feature of venture capital funding is its staged structure. Startup firms do not receive all the funding they need to achieve profitability in their first round of venture funding. Rather venture capitalists invest in stages and their investment today does not commit them to future funding. The theoretical literature has examined this feature of venture capital investments beyo...

Increasing investments in incubators, accelerators, and academia coincide with current historical perceptions of the United States as a world leader creating new businesses, well an economic force dependent, part, on entrepreneurship. Research identifies various personality characteristics related to entrepreneurship, however, entrepreneur-specific measures have rarely been studied. This study ...

In this article, we theoretically and empirically examine why how social identity overwork/workaholism represent pathways to convey the effect of dark triad traits – Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy on venture performance. By analyzing data 569 university students with their own businesses in Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students’ Survey, show that compulsive overwork Darwi...

social entrepreneurs are impassioned individuals who combine leadership, creativity, and an entrepreneurial spirit to solve social problems related to matters affecting human welfare at systemic levels. the purpose of this study which is based on qualitative approach is to form a developing social entrepreneurship model in iran. accordingly, social entrepreneurs want to develop innovative progr...

Are people with more experience running an entrepreneurial venture also confident? How does that confidence look for those who gathered experiences outside of their comfort zone? This paper advances the self-efficacy (ESE) literature by integrating Dunning-Kruger perspective into experience-ESE relationship, and conceptualizing as a combination tenure search distance (a searches distantly if it...

This paper focuses on the nascent entrepreneurial process from an identity-based perspective. We build on research in the role identity, entrepreneurship, and career literature to develop a multi-dimensional concept of entrepreneurial identity. We link entrepreneurial identity to the nascent process by detailing how it influences the way individuals explore an opportunity or business idea, inte...