Entrepreneurship & Strategy IG

Announcing the SMS 2025 Election Results!

We are excited to share the results of the 2025 Strategic Management Society (SMS) elections! All leaders listed below will begin their terms on January 1, 2026. Please join us…

2025 IG&C Business Meetings

We are pleased to announce the upcoming Annual IG&C Business Meetings. Each year, the leaders of the SMS Interest Groups & Communities host these virtual events to foster connection and…

Open Call for Applicants to Join the SMS Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee

The Strategic Management Society seeks members to apply to serve on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee of the SMS Board of Directors. The DEI Committee will focus on…

Are startups more vulnerable to innovation imitation?

  When entrepreneurs bring an innovation to the market, they can’t always capitalize on its potential. Large corporations stealing inventions from “the little guy” is an overworked Hollywood script for…

How do Human Capital and Pro-Market Institutions Shape Ambitious Entrepreneurship in Good and Crisis Times?

Scholars and policymakers have highlighted the positive impact of human capital on entrepreneurial activity. Vast attention has also been directed to the beneficial role of pro-market institutions for entrepreneurship. A…

How Entrepreneurs Develop Diverse Social Ties, even in Divided Societies

Social networks provide entrepreneurs with invaluable resources, from finding funding and building a customer base to sourcing suppliers and specialists. The right social network not only reduces start-up risk, but…

Are Family Businesses Friendlier to Female Leadership?

Decades of entrepreneurship research has depicted women CEOs as poorer performers, citing statistics that female-led businesses have slower growth rates and lower profits. Many experts criticize this interpretation—arguing that growth…

Growth mindset training enhances entrepreneurial programs by 50%

Individuals who receive growth mindset training display greater initiative in entrepreneurial business growth, thanks to the newfound confidence they gain to apply learned business principles effectively. According to a new…

Why Big Businesses Struggle to Hire Entrepreneurs

Despite the rhetoric from CEOs about the importance of recruiting for innovation, entrepreneurs face an established hiring bias. According to a recent study in the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, recruiters are…

SEJ: Why Do So Many Businesses Fail? A New Study Suggests It Has to Do with When They’re Born

Only 25% of new businesses make it to 15 years or more, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Despite vacillating economic conditions between and across markets,…