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1.

Entrepreneurial Motivation in Developing Countries: What Does 'Necessity' and 'Opportunity' Entrepreneurship Really Mean?

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2006 Paper, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 17 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2009
Working Paper Series
Peter Rosa, Sarath S. Kodithuwakku and Waswa Balunywa
University of Edinburgh, University of Peradeniya and Makerere University - Makerere University Business School
Downloads 760
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Entrepreneurship and Unemployment: Relationships between Unemployment and Entrepreneurship in 37 Nations Participating in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2002

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 24 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Marc Cowling and William D. Bygrave
University of Sussex - Institute for Employment Studies and Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
Downloads 661
3.

The Modigliani-Miller Proposition after Fifty Years and its Relation to Entrepreneurial Finance

Strategic Change, Vol. 19, No. 1-2, pp. 9-28, February 2010
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Jul 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Ciaran Mac an Bhaird
Dublin City University
Downloads 467
4.

Entrepreneurial Exit Strategies: The Impact of Human Capital

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2006 Paper, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 17 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2009
Working Paper Series
Dawn R. DeTienne and Melissa S. Cardon
Colorado State University, Fort Collins - College of Business and Pace University
Downloads 412
5.

Outcome Implications of Opportunity Creation / Discovery Processes

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 24 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Gaylen N. Chandler, Dawn R. DeTienne and Douglas W. Lyon
Utah State University - Department of Management and Human Resources, Colorado State University, Fort Collins - College of Business and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 406
6.

The Nexus of Individual and Opportunity: Opportunity Recognition as a Learning Process

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 24 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Dimo Dimov
University of Bath
Downloads 314
7.

Who Finances Startups in the USA? A Comprehensive Study of Informal Investors, 1999-2003

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 01 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
William D. Bygrave and Paul D. Reynolds
Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship and Florida International University, Eugenio Pino & Family Global Entrepreneurship Center
Downloads 293
8.

Teams that Work Together, Stay Together: Resiliency of Entrepreneurial Teams

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 28 Feb 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Phillip H. Kim and Howard E. Aldrich
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Department of Sociology and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Department of Sociology
Downloads 289
9.

Opportunities and Prior Knowledge: A Study of Experienced Entrepreneurs

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 28 Feb 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Gry Agnete Alsos and Virpi Kaikkonen
University of Nordland - Nord University Business School and Kajaani University of Applied Sciences
Downloads 285
10.

Do Business Plans Make No Difference in the Real World? A Study of 117 New Ventures

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2005, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2005
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 21 Dec 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Julian Lange, William D. Bygrave, Aleksandar Mollov, Michael Pearlmutter and Sunil Singh
Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship and Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
Downloads 274
11.

Culture as a Predictor of Entrepreneurial Activity

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 25 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Stephen Hunt and Jonathan Levie
London Business School and University of Strathclyde - Strathclyde Business School
Downloads 261
12.

Complements or Substitutes? The Role of Universities and Local Context in Supporting the Creation of Academic Spin-offs

Research Policy, Vol. 40, pp. 1113–1127, 2011,
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 05 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 01 May 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Riccardo Fini, Rosa Grimaldi, Simone Santoni and Maurizio Sobrero
University of Bologna - Department of Management, University of Bologna - Department of Management, University of Bologna - Department of Management and University of Bologna - Department of Management
Downloads 255
13.

Investigating Decision-Making Criteria of Private Equity Investors in Family Firms

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2006 Paper, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 17 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2009
Working Paper Series
Alexandra Dawson
Concordia University, Quebec - John Molson School of Business
Downloads 233
14.

Making that Which is Old New Again: Entrepreneurial Bricolage

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 24 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Ted Baker and E. Nelson Reed
affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 217
15.

Effects of Human Capital and Social Capital on Entrepreneurial Activity

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 25 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Dirk De Clerq and Pia Arenius
Brock University - Faculty of Business and Turku School of Economics
Downloads 206
16.

Alertness, Bisociative Thinking Ability, and Discovery of Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Asian Hi-Tech Firms

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 25 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Stephen Ko and John E. Butler
Hong Kong Polytechnic University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 199
17.

A Knowledge-Based View of Venture Capital Firms’ Portfolio Investment Specialization and Syndication

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 25 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Dirk De Clerq
Brock University - Faculty of Business
Downloads 196
18.

Exploring the Relationship between Strategic Adaptability and Entrepreneurial Orientation: The Role of Structure-Style Fit

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2006 Paper, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 17 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 11 May 2014
Working Paper Series
Kimberly M. Green, Jeffrey G. Covin and Dennis P. Slevin
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Management & Entrepreneurship and University of Pittsburgh
Downloads 189
19.

Gender and Entrepreneurial Opportunity Evaluation

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 24 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Ted Baker, Ramon (Ray) Aldag and Eden Blair
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 181
20.

Nature or Nurture? Testing the Direct and Interaction Effects of Entrepreneurial Orientation, National Culture, and Growth Strategy on Value Creation?

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), 2005, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 2005
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 19 Dec 2009
Accepted Paper Series
J.B. Arbaugh, Larry W. Cox and Michael Camp
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Pepperdine University - Graziadio School of Business and Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 165
21.

Human Capital Based Determinants of Opportunity Identification

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 24 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Deniz Ucbasaran, Paul Westhead and Mike Wright
University of Nottingham, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Nottingham University Business School
Downloads 158
22.

Determinants of Long-Distance Investing by Business Angels

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 25 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Richard Harrison, Colin M. Mason and Paul Robson
University of Edinburgh - Business School, University of Glasgow - Adam Smith Business School and Durham Business School
Downloads 157
23.

Exploring the Venture Creation Process: Evidences from Tech and Non-Tech Nascent Entrepreneurs

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 24 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Jianwen (Jon) Liao and Harold Welsch
Illinois Institute of Technology and DePaul University
Downloads 152
24.

Entrepreneurial Management, Corporate Venturing, and Financial Performance

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 25 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Christian Eliasson and Per Davidsson
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Queensland University of Technology - Brisbane Graduate School of Business
Downloads 143
25.

Organizational Routines and Capabilities in New Ventures

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2005, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2005
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 21 Dec 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Yan Gong, Ted Baker and Anne Miner
University of California, Irvine, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Management and Human Resources
Downloads 141
26.

Are Failures Blamed on Misfortune or Mistakes? Entrepreneurial Failure Attributions in US Newspapers

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 25 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Melissa S. Cardon and Ryland Potter
Pace University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 139
27.

An Empirical Investigation of the Cognitions of Corporate Entrepreneurs

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2006, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006, Babson College Center for Entrepreneurship Research Paper No. 2009-12
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 10 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Andrew Corbett and Heidi M. Neck
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology and Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
Downloads 136
28.

Corporate Venturing Modes and Their Impact on Corporate Learning

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 25 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Thomas Keil, Markku V. J. Maula and Henri Schildt
University of Zurich - Department of Business Administration, Aalto University, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Institute of Strategy and Aalto University - Institute of Strategy and Intl. Business
Downloads 127
29.

Failures of Entrepreneurial Learning in Knowledge-Based Startups

Babson College, Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2006
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 11 Feb 2009
Working Paper Series
Yan Gong, Ted Baker and Anne Miner
University of California, Irvine, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Management and Human Resources
Downloads 126
30.

Entrepreneurs’ Start-Up Cognitions and Behaviors: Dreams, Surprises, Shortages, and Fast Zigzags

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 25 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
J. Robert Baum
affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 119
31.

Alliances, Corporate Technological Entrepreneurship, and Firm Performance: Testing a Model

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2006 Paper, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 17 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2015
Working Paper Series
Bostjan Antoncic and Igor Prodan
University of Primorska and Regional Technological Centre Zasavje
Downloads 116
32.

The Search for and Discovery of Different Types of Entrepreneurial Opportunities: The Effects of Tacitness and Codification

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2005, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2005
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 21 Dec 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Brett R. Smith, Charles H. Matthews and Mark T. Schenkel
Miami University of Ohio - Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration, University of Cincinnati - Department of Management and Belmont University - College of Business Administration
Downloads 111
33.

Entrepreneurship by Circumstances and Abilities: The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction and Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2006 Paper, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 17 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2015
Working Paper Series
Pok-Kam Wong, Lena Lee and Aegean Leung
National University of Singapore (NUS), National University of Singapore (NUS) and National University of Singapore (NUS)
Downloads 107
34.

Regulatory Focus and Executives' Intentions To Commit Their Firms to Entrepreneurial Action

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2006, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 11 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 14 May 2014
Working Paper Series
Jeffery S. McMullen and Shaker A. Zahra
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Management & Entrepreneurship and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
Downloads 105
35.

When Do Family Ties Matter? Entrepreneurial Market Opportunity Recognition and Resource Acquisition in Family Firms

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 24 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Delwyn Clark, Sharon Alvarez and Jay B. Barney
University of Waikato, University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business and University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business
Downloads 104
36.

A Dynamic View on the Financing of Extreme Growth Companies

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2006, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 11 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2009
Working Paper Series
Tom R. Vanacker and Sophie Manigart
Ghent University and Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
Downloads 103
37.

Failure Factors of New Technology-Based Ventures According to the Growth Stages

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 28 Feb 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Jangwoo Lee and Sunghun Lee
Kyungpook National University and Kyungpook National University
Downloads 103
38.

A Real Options Model of Stepwise Entry Into Self-Employment

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2006 Paper, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 16 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2009
Working Paper Series
Karl Wennberg, Timothy B. Folta and Frédéric Delmar
Linkoping University - Institute for Analytical Sociology (IAS), Purdue University - Krannert School of Management and Lund University School of Economics and Management
Downloads 100
39.

Entrepreneurs and Intertemporal Decision Making

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2006 Paper, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 17 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2009
Working Paper Series
Jason Fitzsimmons and Per Davidsson
Queensland University of Technology and Queensland University of Technology - Brisbane Graduate School of Business
Downloads 96
40.

Patterns of Search and the Newness of Venture Ideas

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 28 Feb 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Jonas Dahlqvist, Gaylen N. Chandler and Per Davidsson
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Utah State University - Department of Management and Human Resources and Queensland University of Technology - Brisbane Graduate School of Business
Downloads 93
41.

Outside Board Availability and Composition in High Tech Start-Ups

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2006 Paper, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 17 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2013
Working Paper Series
Mirjam Knockaert, Andy Lockett and Deniz Ucbasaran
Vlerick Business School, Nottingham University Business School (NUBS) and University of Nottingham
Downloads 92
42.

The Discovery Process: External Influences on Refinement of the Venture Idea

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 28 Feb 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Per Davidsson, Erik Hunter and Magnus Klofsten
Queensland University of Technology - Brisbane Graduate School of Business, Jönköping International Business School and University of Linkoping
Downloads 91
43.

The Relationship of Entrepreneur’s Learning Orientations and Practical Intelligence to New Venture Performance

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 24 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 03 May 2011
Accepted Paper Series
J. Robert Baum, Barbara Bird and Nicole Chardovoyne
University of Maryland, American University - Department of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 86
44.

The Impact of Competition on the Selection and Valuation of Deals by Private Equity Firms

Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 2006, Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2006
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 11 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 28 May 2009
Working Paper Series
Miguel Meuleman
Vlerick Business School
Downloads 82
45.

The Entrepreneurial Intentions of Academic Scientist-Inventors

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2005, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2005
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 26 Nov 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Jaume Villanueva, Daniel P. Forbes, Mary E. Zellmer-Bruhn and Harry J. Sapienza
ESADE Business School, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
Downloads 81
46.

Working with Unfamiliar Partners: Relational Embeddedness and Partner Selection in Private Equity Syndicates

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2006, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 10 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Miguel Meuleman, Andy Lockett and Michael Wright
Vlerick Business School, Nottingham University Business School (NUBS) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 81
47.

Signaling in New Ventures: The Use and Impact of the Lockup Period at the Time of the Initial Public Offering

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), 2005, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 2005
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 19 Dec 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Jonathan D. Arthurs, Lowell W. Busenitz, Robert E. Hoskisson and Richard Johnson
Washington State University, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, Arizona State University (ASU) - Management Department and University of Oklahoma
Downloads 80
48.

The Effects of Incentive Structures on the Performance of Publicly Funded Venture Capital Funds

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 28 Feb 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Mikko Jaaskelainen, Markku V. J. Maula and Gordon C. Murray
Aalto University - Industrial Engineering and Management, Aalto University, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Institute of Strategy and University of Exeter Business School
Downloads 79
49.

(Re-) Constructing the Entrepreneurial Spirit

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), 2005, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 2005
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 19 Dec 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Leona Achtenhagen and Friederike Welter
Jonkoping University - Jonkoping International Business School (JIBS) and IfM Bonn
Downloads 75
50.

The Changing Importance of Structural Holes and Social Capital in an Emerging Industry: Evidence from the Internet Industry

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), 2006, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 2006
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 11 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2009
Working Paper Series
Stephen Chen and Maciek Ronowski
Australian National University (ANU) - National Graduate School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 74
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