This paper investigates sources of risk-taking in "reward-based" ("pre-purchase") crowdfunding campaigns. While crowdfunding helps entrepreneurs to obtain feedback on market demand (next to raising money), it may lead to project discontinuation if not enough money is raised during the campaign....

The digital industries cluster known as Silicon Roundabout has been quietly growing in East London since the 1990s. Rebranded Tech City, it is the focus of huge public and government attention. National and local policy makers wish to accelerate the local area's development: such cluster...

Objective – The objective of the study is to investigate the relationship between the antecedent factors of entrepreneurial intention with entrepreneurial intention among students of National Craft Institute Malaysia.Methodology/Technique – A study was designed to determine the relationship...

The value of networks as an integral part of the explanation of entrepreneurial success is widely acknowledged. It is unclear, however, in what way certain networks influence the success of start-up companies. The question of this paper is: &apos'in what way does the entrepreneur&apos's network...

Recent years have seen the introduction of markets and a system of private property rights in China with a view to changing the composition of production and demand and enhancing welfare. Central to the success of these reforms is the rise of entrepreneurship with its potential to set the...

The case is about a visionary entrepreneur who diversified his dairy business into related product category i.e., the ice-cream known as “Tasty Ice Cream” and entered into the nascent market of Ahmedabad city. The concept of ice-cream was very innovative at that time and there was only one...

Using a 50 percent sample of all establishments in the German private sector, we report that spinoffs are larger and initially employ more skilled and more experienced workers than other startups. Controlling for these and other differences, we find that spinoffs are less likely to exit than...

A novel method is applied to evaluate the effect of capital constraints on entrepreneurial performance on a panel of 1,000 Dutch entrepreneurs. We find that initial capital constraints hinder entrepreneurs in their performance, even when we control for various human capital and other factors...

We investigate the relationship between firms' entry characteristics and their subsequent performance contingent on environmental turbulence and stage of industry life cycle by simulating industry as an NKC landscape. Diversifying entrants differ from entrepreneurial startups in terms of the...

This study aims to review the field of Entrepreneurship Education (EE). The review examines 325 scientific articles published in refereed scientific journals from 1987 to 2017. The SciMat software was used to conduct an analysis of performance indicators and science mapping visualizations. The...