9 articles in this issue
Rainer Hensel, Ronald Visser
Organizing entrepreneurial collaboration in small, self-directed teams is gaining popularity. The underlying co-creation processes of developing a shared team vision were analyzed with a core focus on three underlying processes that originate from the sha... see more
Francisco del Olmo-García, Fernando Crecente-Romero, Maria Teresa del Val-Núñez
The development of entrepreneurial spirit based on market opportunities, innovation, and creativity is what drives economic growth, provided this takes place under conditions of sustainability. To ensure such development, an institutional framework conduc... see more
Don Jyh-Fu Jeng, Ta Huy Hung
Although failure can be financially, socially, and psychologically costly, it can promote future entrepreneurial success. This study investigated how failure can be utilized as a springboard for new ventures by considering the cost recognition, learning a... see more
Ieva Žebryte, Francisca Fonseca-Vasquez, Ricardo Hartley
The aim of this study is to examine the role of Open Data in entrepreneurial decision-making in a destination threatened by natural disasters and located in an emerging economy. The region of La Araucanía, in Chile, was chosen because it constantly faces ... see more
David Bartlett, Tomasz Mroczkowski
This article examines the challenges and opportunities of innovation-driven growth in Central and Eastern Europe. Drawing on firm-level survey research, we analyze the experiences of early stage Polish companies in Silicon Valley. We focus on the Polish S... see more
Mark T. Schenkel, Steven Farmer, John M. Maslyn
Harmonious passion, creative self-efficacy, and time spent innovating are examined as antecedents to innovative process improvement suggestions in a field study of 213 employees in an SME. Results show that time spent innovating, or thinking about and exp... see more
Stefan Mayr, David Lixl
SMEs represent an important pillar in every economy, but in terms of financial performance they are inherently more exposed to financial volatility than large enterprises. Constrained access to resources and the liability of smallness lead to a higher pro... see more
Greg Murphy, Neil Tocher, Tyler Burch
Recent research suggests that (1) business failure rates are lower than previously thought and (2) business owners exit businesses for myriad reasons besides performance. Despite these findings, relatively little is known about whether personal characteri... see more