The influence of institutional factors on firm entry has long interested strategy scholars. However, we have limited understanding of how the sociocultural environment, defined as the unwritten, decentralized “rules of the game,” influences founding rates in emergent industries; we know even less about how these noneconomic factors differentially influence entry by new entrepreneurial (de novo)...

This paper examines an individual’s entrepreneurial adoption decisions to use mobile banking for both business and social reasons. A conceptual model based on social cognitive theory is developed to explain an individual’s propensity to adopt mobile banking. The theoretical framework examines how advertising, experience, perceived risk, learning inclination, and entrepreneurial proclivity influ...

One of the most influential findings of the voting behavior literature of the past two decades was the realization that the clarity of the domestic institutional context influences the relationship between economic perceptions and vote intention. This article extends this so-called “clarity of responsibility” argument beyond economics to another policy field – European integration. To what exte...

Based on the person-entrepreneurship fit perspective, this study examines role of personal factors, including broad personality traits (openness, extraversion, emotional stability, and conscientiousness), narrow (risk-taking propensity, innovativeness, proactiveness), ability (emotional intelligence) for entrepreneurial intention status. In study, two samples are used with intentions being anal...

IFRN – Mossoró is a Brazilian technical education institute that develops several activities to encourage entrepreneurship, such as a curricular discipline about enterprise management and the existence of a business incubator. Despite efforts, the business incubator does not produce the expected effects. Therefore, what predisposes students to start their own business? If literature review expl...

introduction small and medium-sized enterprises (smes) bring a broad range of benefits beyond growth of national income, providing important opportunities for employment, and are a key source of an outlet for entrepreneurial creativity and ideas. however, it is estimated that smes are responsible around 60 percent of carbon dioxide emissions and 70 percent of all pollution globally. therefore, ...

America’s economic growth and international competitiveness significantly depend on its ability to innovate. Entrepreneurship is an important pathway to innovation and leadership—however, until recently there has been little research exploring what factors influence whether or not engineering graduates will engage in entrepreneurial activities. This study explored how engineering alumni who are...