Drawing on a sample of 493 respondents from 21 counties in a southeastern state, this study examines the rate of business start-ups in relation to various measures of community social capital. The measures are drawn from four of the key variables in social scientist Robert Putnam’s book Bowling alone: The collapse and revival of American community. Of the four measures of social capital used—ge...

Economists look at the entrepreneurship from the prospective of profitability, investment, risk, and insight supporting the economical development but it seems that, in modern societies, entrepreneurship`s function is beyond the economical bounds. According to the stage and importance of entrepreneurship which is known as the society’s economic and culture evolution engine, it is necessary to d...

This article contributes to the current discussion on social entrepreneurship by analyzing its complexity and obstacles definition. Social could be an interesting starting point for new academic research. However, studies in this field are still restricted fragmented due inherent characteristics of entrepreneurship. Providing a clear definition important concept is vital order advance area rese...

The experience of work in an entrepreneurial context is saturated with emotional experiences. While the literature on the relation between affect and entrepreneurial performance (EP) is growing, there was no quantitative integration of the results so far. This study addresses this gap and meta-analytically integrates the results from 17 studies (N = 3810) in order to estimate the effect size fo...