The mobility of entrepreneurs, which is an integral part of human life, can occur in all aspects of occupation and location. Finding out the general trends of mobility in entrepreneurship can be used in the effective motivational activities. As Sylhet is a remittance and raw materials rich but industrially backward area, the mobility of entrepreneurship in both aspects in this area is to be ana...

this qualitative study was conducted to identify the factors and barriers of entrepreneurship development from the perspective of iranian entrepreneurs. in terms of purpose, this study is applied- developmental and it is performed via descriptive phenomenological method. qualitative content analysis was used to collect the data. the study population comprised of recorded interviews with the ent...

How does prior firm-founding experience affect subsequent venture performance? In this study, I examine the effect of founders’ prior firm-founding experience on the survival rate and the annualized rate of return on investment in subsequent ventures. Estimates of this relationship take into account selection effect of serial entrepreneurs and two roles of venture capitalists (VCs): i) evaluati...

Social entrepreneurs can provide the new approaches needed to hasten the process of reducing poverty and hunger. By combining innovative ideas from individuals and investments from public, private, and civil society organizations, such entrepreneurs can guide complex global food systems and rural institutions toward their goals. Often, however, inappropriate and stifling bureaucratic processes,...

The social embeddedness of entrepreneurs has been a theme in contemporary debates on entrepreneurship for some time (Waldinger e.a. 1990, Portes & Sennebrenner 1993, Granovetter 1995, Rath & Kloosterman 2000, Kloosterman & Rath 2001, Lin 2001). Due to the rapidly increasing influence of China on the global economy, understanding the embeddedness of the emerging class of Chinese entrepreneurs ha...