This study develops an entrepreneurial typology employing nvo dimensions, high versus low entrepreneurial alertness and internal versus external attributional styles that helps illustrate why entrepreneurs start new businesses. The resulting 2 x2 typology of entrepreneurs identifies four entrepreneur types based on these nvo dimensions: the true believer, clueless, practical, and reluctant. Usi...

A wide range of United States political policies influence the level of innovative entrepreneurial activity in the country, that is the number of new businesses started each year that bring truly new products and ideas to the market. These policies begin with an educational system that fosters a creative, inventive, and educated population with the skills to start new businesses. Immigration po...

the ability to develop and maintain an effective network is one of the entrepreneurial competencies. despite recognition of the value of networking, there has been little research into the networks of female entrepreneurs. current evidences indicate the differences between men and women’s networking and in part, women’s weakness to creat and maintain entrepreneurial networking compared to that ...

Successor planning process in family businesses is recognized as one of the most important phases of family business lifecycle. Family businesses play a vital role in developing regional and global economy and fuel the creation of new jobs, new business growth and increase in entrepreneurial activities. In this study, it was attempted to investigate the impact of family business characteristics...

While entrepreneurial activity among women has increased over the last decade, research findings show a gender gap in terms of women’s entrepreneurial attitudes and behaviors. This study investigates how geographical context and age moderate the gender and entrepreneurial attitudes relationship. Our findings suggest that in rural states, the number of younger men and women intending to start bu...

regarding the importance of small & medium enterprises (smes) in economical and social growth process as well as the special attention of planners and policy-makers to this significant issue, it is necessary to take radical initiatives to improve the conditions of different enterprises. in various studies, connoisseurs and researchers have found that unchallengeable treatment of making small & ...

As radical innovations facilitate communication, create new industries and make others obsolete, the established ways of organising society are being questioned. Over the last few decades, a theoretical framework and a worldview labelled the entrepreneurial society, has emerged. The entrepreneurial society is based on theoretical models, empirical observations and a belief in the importance of ...