Research suggests that there are cross-cultural variations in entrepreneurial entry rates (Autio et al., 2013) and it seems that this in part stems from differences in cultural values. Hayton et al (2002) argue that differences in cultural values may mean that the extent to which entrepreneurial behaviours, such as risk taking and independent thinking are considered desirable will differ betwee...

The purpose of this article is to present the results of a pilot study in which the new instrument was developed and tested to measure the formation of entrepreneurial intentions in multi-country context. The developed instrument was largely based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (Ajzen (1991). In the pilot study, the authors were also paying attention to two issues, namely (i) whether the lev...

Using data from the 1983 and 1989 Federal Reserve Board Surveys of Consumer Finances, we quantify three findings about entrepreneurial saving decisions and their role in household wealth accumulation. First, entrepreneurial households own a substantial share of household wealth and income, and this share increases throughout the wealth distribution and the income distribution. Second, the portf...

The paper introduces three patterns for use by university managers and lecturers for creating of Master of Science (MSc) program in engineering and science faculties, developing entrepreneurial skills: • TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION (TEI) CURRICULA – provide a valuable and computational set of courses to guarantee the competence of graduate students in the turbulent environment; •...

Entrepreneurial activity by women in the People’s Republic of China has become more active in recent years with much greater attention being paid within and outside of China. Academic research has sought to describe current conditions and future trends; however, there has been little systematic research done in this area. The aim of this article is to provide a clear picture of the general back...

The EU-INDIA Cross-Cultural Innovation Network project is concerned with the fostering of proactive collaborations in applied research in socio-economic and entrepreneurial innovations through academic and entrepreneurial networking. The project is rooted in our commitment to human centred systems approaches in science and technology. The Project was set up based on the belief that the establis...

This exploratory study focuses on an important self-regulatory factor known as regulatory pride which is a potential determinant of entrepreneurial goal-setting and career choice. I report a mixed methods study of these phenomena using a sample of 30 founder-managers. The study integrates measures of regulatory pride derived from a survey questionnaire with qualitative data about entrepreneuria...

We examine entrepreneurship in multigenerational family firms. Specifically, we employ theoretical lenses drawn from both entrepreneurship (entrepreneurial orientation) and strategy (resource-based view) to develop an integrated model of transgenerational entrepreneurship. Following a review of the literature in these fields we develop propositions that articulate connections between a family f...

This study attempts to investigate the effects of entrepreneurial orientation and learning orientation on SMEs’ performance. A total of 200 SMEs from the electronic and electrical sector, and 250 SMEs from food and beverage industries were chosen randomly. The results of this study show that entrepreneurial orientation dimensions (innovativeness, proactiveness, and risk taking) and learning ori...