Extending earlier critiques, I suggest that continued use of Shanian discovery and Alvarez-Barnean creation views their respective standpoints on “opportunities” would constrain future entrepreneurship research. Instead, venture be recognized as the field’s true core, with or without opportunity concept. Within a big tent research, researchers different knowledge interests varying convictions r...

Abstract This paper contributes to uncovering the role of metacognition in decision-making process entrepreneurs. Specifically, we analyze nascent entrepreneurs their start-up development while relying on metacognitive processes. The experiences a sample new venture initiatives are explored two distinct phases, competition and subsequent launch venture. Following Gioia protocol, study contextua...

The university context in which students are embedded plays a central role providing with learning and motivation to think act entrepreneurially. There is vibrant research stream that has shown offerings affect students’ transition an entrepreneurial career on antecedents or enablers of entry, such as intentions knowledge. Student proclivity begin venture may be affected not only by the environ...

venture capital, corporate research, research management, management best practices Research and development organizations in established enterprises can become more effective by leveraging products and learnings from venture funded companies, and from adopting some of the management practices of venture fund managers and start-ups managed by a venture capitalist. Corporate research continues t...

During the latter part of the 1990s the introduction of the euro, the dramatic increase in the supply of venture capital in most EU countries, and the creation of several ‘new’ equity markets targeted at innovative firms have dramatically transformed the financing prospects of European entrepreneurial firms. In this study we contribute to a deeper understanding of their actual relevance by (i) ...