Entrepreneurship

Mind the gap: Role of gender in entrepreneurial career choice/social influence

Women are less likely to be entrepreneurs than men. We investigate whether working in a startup founded by a woman instead of a man influences individuals’ decision to become an…

Rita McGrath discusses Ian MacMillan

Ian C. MacMillan, originally from Africa, is a seminal figure in forging the contours of the present-day field of entrepreneurship. He was the first to empirically explore topics such as…

How Entrepreneurs Leverage Institutional Intermediaries

A key dilemma facing entrepreneurs is how to finance their ventures. While entrepreneurs in developed economies can seek VC or angel investment, entrepreneurs in emerging economies often need to pursue…

Chris Bingham & Steve Kahl – Anticipatory Learning

Learning from negative outcomes is of fundamental interest to scholars. Yet most research in this area explores learning from actual outcomes. By contrast, we add to the literature by setting…

The Lean Startup Method

Lean startup methodology has rapidly become one of the most common and trusted innovation and entrepreneurship methods by corporations, startup accelerators, and policymakers. Unfortunately, it has largely been portrayed as…

Chen and Thompson on the replacement of founder CEOs

We study the causes and consequences of the replacement of founder-CEOs in a sample of 4,172 Danish start-ups. We propose that founder-CEO replacement is driven in part by mismatches between…

Martin Ganco – Work Context & Entrepreneurship

Creating and Capturing Value From Freemium Business Models

Freemium business models are increasingly prevalent in the digital economy, yet very little is known about how freemium affects consumers’ perceptions of value and their willingness-to-pay. In this article, I…

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…

Accelerator expertise: Understanding the role of accelerators in Bangalore entrepreneurial ecosystem

Accelerators are a new form of entrepreneurial support organization. These organizations typically focus on developing individual start-ups, but we find that they also help develop entrepreneurial ecosystems. They do so…