Entrepreneurship

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…

SEJ Paper Development Workshop at San Francisco State University, April 20, 2024

The Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal (SEJ), in collaboration with San Francisco State University, will offer a paper development workshop (PDW) on Saturday, April 20, 2024. SEJ is a leading entrepreneurship journal publishing influential work on entrepreneurship and innovation.

SEJ Paper Development Workshop at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, February 22-23, 2024

The Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal (SEJ), in collaboration with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, will offer a paper development workshop (PDW) in Hong Kong on Thursday & Friday, February 22-23, 2024.

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…

Are entrepreneurs penalized during job searches? It depends on who is hiring

Video abstract for the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal article “Are entrepreneurs penalized during job searches? It depends on who is hiring” authored by Waverly W. Ding, Hyeun J. Lee, and Debra…

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,…

SEJ: New Study Suggests a Strong Link Between Social Entrepreneurship and Language

The rise in social entrepreneurship over the last 20 years denotes a major global economic and political movement. Social entrepreneurs generate substantial positive outcomes, but while they make up 2% or…