Entrepreneurship

Martin Ganco – Work Context & Entrepreneurship

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Alvarez-Garrido and Dushnitsky: Investor complementary assets

Entrepreneurial ventures are a key source of innovation. Nowadays, ventures are backed by a wide array of investors whose complementary asset profiles differ significantly. We therefore assert that entrepreneurial ventures…

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What is a pivot?

The term “pivot” is used extensively by practitioners and scholars alike, yet little is known about when and how entrepreneurial firms actually choose to change their strategies and when that…

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Decision Weaving: Forming Novel, Complex Strategy in Entrepreneurial Settings

Strategy formation is central to why firms seize novel opportunities while others fail. By comparing three venture-pairs, we develop a fresh framework for strategy formation in nascent markets where strategy…

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Entrepreneurial Learning and Strategic Foresight

We study how learning by expe-rience across projects affects an entrepreneur’s strategicforesight. In a quantitative study of 314 entrepreneursacross 722 crowdfunded projects supplemented with aprogram of qualitative interviews, we counterintuitivelyfind…

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Funding Ventures Similar: How Status Dynamics Within Heterogeneous Groups Affect Venture Evaluation

We examine how status dynam-ics in heterogeneous evaluator groups affect the evalua-tion of a target venture where some evaluatorsresemble the venture team while some do not. Usingdata from a funding…

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Venture capital exit pressure and venture exit: A board perspective

Venture capital funds have alimited lifecycle. As the fund ages, venture capitalists(VCs) are motivated to promote venture exit discus-sions with the venture board. We investigate the impactof VCs’ exit pressure…

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Health insurance benefits as a labor market friction

This study examines whethersmall firms that offer health insurance to theiremployees have better performance outcomes. Eventhough health insurance is a costly investment for smallfirms, there has been scant strategy- and…

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Multi-project Work and Project Performance: Friends or Foes?

How many projects can youwork on simultaneously? We study this question in thecontext of new product development (NPD) projects ina multinational organization. We suggest that multi-project work (MPW) might be…

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Saxton, Wesley, & Saxton on “Venture Advocates”

Founders of new ventures need to understand the factors that encourage others to give them the help they need for their new firms to survive and grow—what we call venture…

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