Entrepreneurs in high technology industries often have prior experience at incumbent firms, but we know little about how knowledge obtained at the prior employer impacts entrepreneurial performance. Drawing on previous work from management, economics, and organizational sociology, I assess the impact of prior industry experience on entrepreneurial performance and innovation in medical device st...

This thesis sets out to develop a model of entrepreneurial action that takes its point of departure in entrepreneurs’ experiences of risk-taking, opportunity identification and the role of self. By focusing on what entrepreneurs experience as relevant aspects of their life worlds the goal is to attain a better understanding of the drivers and motivations of venture creation and development. Act...

In recognizing the importance of entrepreneurship and innovation as the principal drivers of economic growth, this paper focuses on the human attributes that govern the behavior of the entrepreneur and the societal perceptions that influence the human environment in which the entrepreneur operates. Foremost among these human attributes is the experience-based nature of the human cognitive syste...

Landless peasants have been a great concern for both the government and academics in China. Entrepreneurship is promoted as one of the most important approaches to achieving civilization and urbanization. However, few studies have systematically examined the influencing factors of landless peasants’ entrepreneurial intention (EI). This research gap presents barriers for making effective policie...

We develop an evolutionary theory of entrepreneurial top management teams highlighting that entrepreneurial teams follow a path-dependent process where the founding team shapes the quality and characteristics of subsequent executive teams. By attracting top managers who are both similar to the founders and experienced in their own right, experienced founding teams accrue long-term advantages. U...

Bai, W. 2017. The Best of Both Worlds. The Effects of Knowledge and Network Relationships on Performance of Returnee Entrepreneurial Firms. Doctoral thesis / Företagsekonomiska institutionen, Uppsala universitet 184. 105 pp. Uppsala: Företagsekonomiska institutionen. ISBN 978-91-506-2616-2. In an increasingly globalized business world, international human mobility and its association with entre...

the main purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of entrepreneurial characteristics of members of technical and engineering companies and agricultural advisory services on their willingness toward entrepreneurial activities. entrepreneurship development plays an important role in job creation process which can eventually lead to the achievement of sustainable development goals in ag...

This paper examines an individual’s entrepreneurial adoption decisions to use mobile banking for both business and social reasons. A conceptual model based on social cognitive theory is developed to explain an individual’s propensity to adopt mobile banking. The theoretical framework examines how advertising, experience, perceived risk, learning inclination, and entrepreneurial proclivity influ...

Purpose Serious games are playing an increasingly significant role across a range of educational contexts. Business focused serious games can provide students with an authentic learning experience and their use has been increasingly taken up by business school faculty, including those delivering entrepreneurship education. This paper seeks to evaluate the impact of participation in a serious bu...