Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: Volume 31 Issue 8

Forecasting entrepreneurial motivations and actions: development and validation of the entrepreneurial trigger scale

Peter John Kuvshinikov, Joseph Timothy Kuvshinikov

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the insights of founding entrepreneurs to understand what they consider as motivating factors in their decision to act upon…

Business model innovation: harnessing big data analytics and digital transformation in hostile environments

Andrea Ciacci, Lara Penco

The literature mainly concentrates on the relationships between externally oriented digital transformation (ExtDT), big data analytics capability (BDAC) and business model…

Identifying entrepreneurial opportunities during crises: a qualitative study of Italian firms

Valentina Cucino, Giulio Ferrigno, James Crick, Andrea Piccaluga

Recognizing novel entrepreneurial opportunities arising from a crisis is of paramount importance for firms. Hence, understanding the pivotal factors that facilitate firms in this…

Smart cities and economic development: synergies among technology, social forces and female entrepreneurship

Filippo Marchesani, Francesca Masciarelli

This study aims to investigate the synergies between the economic environment and the smart living dimension embedded in the current smart city initiatives, focusing on the…

Entrepreneurial leadership in online freelancing: bricolage and project success

Mansoor Ahmed, Lorenzo Lucianetti

The research study provides empirical insights on the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership (EL), entrepreneurial passion for founding (EPF), entrepreneurial bricolage…

Personal values and entrepreneurship: does the unemployment rate matter?

Martin Lukes, Manuel Feldmann

The study responds to the calls for multilevel approaches in entrepreneurship research and seeks to answer whether the relationships between personal values and entrepreneurship…

Fostering wellbeing and satisfaction for micro-entrepreneurs: the role of coworking spaces

Marko Orel, Martin Lukes, Jan Zouhar

This study aims to examine the impact of coworking spaces (CWS) on the wellbeing and entrepreneurial satisfaction of remotely working micro-entrepreneurs, highlighting the role of…

Husbands and wives: power, peril and female participation in a Ugandan coffee cooperative

Carla Canelas, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Erik Stam

Female smallholder farmers in low-income countries face barriers to accessing capital and commodity markets. While agricultural cooperatives provide services that contribute to…

University student entrepreneurial intentions: the effects of perceived institutional support, parental role models, and entrepreneurial self-efficacy

Lizbeth Alicia Gonzalez-Tamayo, Adeniyi D. Olarewaju, Adriana Bonomo-Odizzio, Catherine Krauss-Delorme

This study examines how perceived institutional support, parental role models, and entrepreneurial self-efficacy, representing both macro-level and personal-level factors…