Novel digital technologies or simply unprecedented ways of using known technologies, or sometimes just immense increases in performance of proven technologies form the space needed to drive the digital economy. Here, motivated entrepreneurs with ingenious or sometimes downright strikingly simple ideas will find the soil to thrive on. If then potent and ideally patient risk capital providers com...

In recent years, crowdfunding has emerged as a popular communitybased, micro-financing model for entrepreneurs, artists, and activists alike to bring their respective dreams into fruition. Successful campaigns, those which meet their financial goals, bring with them not only the financial utility for the creator, but also social utility for the backers. As such, much attention has been paid in ...

The formation of a new venture requires crucial choices that impact the future success of the firm. An important initial decision is whether or not to start the new venture from home or from a separate location. In this paper, we examine the impact of firm-location decisions on the resource assembly process. Resource assembly is the first step taken by entrepreneurs to begin building a resource...

The success of new start-up firms often depends on timing. It is valuable for the potential entrepreneur to wait for the right moment before starting a new firm. In this paper we provide a theoretical model to determine the optimal time for starting a new firm. We integrate insights from the real option theory with the theory on entrepreneurial market entry. An important and novel feature of ou...

This paper examines the motivational factors that could possibly lead women to become entrepreneurs. A comparison of these motivational factors is done between women entrepreneurs and women non-entrepreneurs. The study is based on 225 women entrepreneurs, engaging in the manufacturing, trading and services sectors in Small and Medium Industries in Malaysia. Nonentrepreneurs consist of women wor...

This study examines success factors impacting women entrepreneurs in Sindh and their contribution to business success. Using a quantitative approach, primary data is collected via closed-ended questionnaire from 200 with registered businesses Sindh. The considers four independent variables (Need for Achievement, Economic factors, Risk taking, Socio-Cultural aspects) as the dependent variable. D...

The purpose of Student Creativity Program (PKM) activities is to provide knowledge about the success women's entrepreneurs, related things that need be considered for women entrepreneurs in increasing their entrepreneurship. Partners are used as a place activity SMEs which engaged manufacture handicrafts from knitting and mute threads. name this business known “Mada Mute”. location located Sera...

The issue of ‘rigour vs. relevance’ in IS research has generated an intense, heated debate for over a decade. It is possible to identify, however, only a limited number of contributions on how to increase the relevance of IS research without compromising its rigour. Based on a lifecycle view of IS research, we propose the notion of ‘reality checks’ in order to review IS research outcomes in the...

Women entrepreneurship is the key to the economic development of any country. There is a great focus on developing women entrepreneurs in developing countries as this is realized to lead to employment creation and increasing the per capita income. Research indicates that successful women entrepreneurs are those who have benefitted from family support. This abstract is part of a several studies ...

Academic spin-offs are one way in which employability of university graduates is reflected. Using the ZEW spinoff-survey, this paper studies empirically the impact of human capital on the success of academic spin-offs founding in knowledge and technology intensive sectors. The focus is thereby on the composition of human capital which is described according to whether or not the founders have s...