In this paper we explore the ways in which institutions and networks influence entrepreneurial development in Russia. By utilizing new Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data collected in 2001, we investigate the effects of the weak institutional environment in Russia in terms of three dimensions: on the rate of productive entrepreneurial activity measured in terms of start-ups and existing ...

Abstract This paper aims to analyze the antecedents leading habitual entrepreneurship by investigating role of entrepreneurs’ narcissism and their level education. While literature provides a general understanding what motivates individuals pursue entrepreneurial ideas, possible individual’s decision become entrepreneur remain unexplored untested. Relying on sample 343 start-up entrepreneurs, h...

While entrepreneurial activity among women has increased over the last decade, research findings show a gender gap in terms of women’s entrepreneurial attitudes and behaviors. This study investigates how geographical context and age moderate the gender and entrepreneurial attitudes relationship. Our findings suggest that in rural states, the number of younger men and women intending to start bu...

It has been proposed that a key success factor for entrepreneurial start-up companies in dynamic industries is their capacity to continuously adapt their business opportunistically. However, the concept of opportunistic adaptation is in need of further development and clarification in order to make it possible to empirically test its usefulness, something that this far has been done only to a l...

The development of entrepreneurial skills within the education system increases the possibility of producing more entrepreneurs in future. Many economists now believe that entrepreneurship plays an important role in economic growth of a country. Entrepreneurial education can be used as a mediation tool for impacting attitude of people towards entrepreneurship. A Mentor plays an important role i...

Entrepreneurship is a promising business avenue that individuals, groups and governments can explore adopt for economic progress. However, there have been high rates of failure entrepreneurial start-ups within their first 5 years across the globe. In this regard, aim study was to ways improving sustainability start-ups. The employed thematic synthesis exploratory analysis on 105 articles. paper...

Compared to other disciplines, the field of entrepreneurship can still be described as young and being in a formative stage (Cooper, 1997). Entrepreneurship research is an area that is characterized by the presence of competing and overlapping concepts and theories, such as entrepreneurial orientation (Covin & Slevin, 1991), cognitive alertness (Gaglio & Katz, 2001; Kirzner, 1997), entrepreneur...

Research indicates that family experiences constitute a powerful socializing influence on the values, attitudes, and behaviors people adopt over the course of their lives. Incorporating theoretical research using the Theory of Planned Behavior [Ajzen, I. Residual effects of past on later behavior: Habituation and reasoned action perspectives. Personality and Social Psychology Review 2002; 6(2):...