Small Business Economics

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Volume 64, issue 1, 2025

Learning from success and failure: implications for entrepreneurs, SMEs, and policy pp. 1-10

Esteban Lafuente, Rodrigo Rabetino and Juan Carlos Leiva

The forgetting curve in entrepreneurship: decaying learning benefits of past entrepreneurial experience pp. 11-36

Yancy Vaillant, Ronald Mora-Esquivel and Marco Alvarado

Learning from failure: do narcissists learn? pp. 37-58

Ahmed Sewaid, Florina Silaghi and Miguel García-Cestona

Re-entrepreneurial experience and learning during challenging times pp. 59-92

Jorge Espinoza-Benavides and Maribel Guerrero

The two faces of hierarchy: CEO power and TMT learning diversity in technology venture innovation pp. 93-112

Henrik Wesemann, Charlotta Sirén, Vivianna Fang He, Dietmar Grichnik and Joakim Wincent

The role of experience and diversity on research consortia’ performance: an exploratory approach pp. 113-132

Inés Alegre, Jasmina Berbegal-Mirabent and Victor Martin-Sanchez

How does team learning from failure facilitate new product performance? The double-edged moderating effect of collective efficacy pp. 133-155

Xiangming (Tommy) Tao, Catherine L. Wang, Paul J. A. Robson and Mathew (Mat) Hughes

Learning from different types of failure: evidence from non-severe and severe work accidents in SMEs pp. 157-180

Esteban Lafuente

Embracing the “fail fast and learn fast” mindset: conceptualizing learning from failure in knowledge-intensive SMEs pp. 181-202

Nikolina Koporcic, David Sjödin, Marko Kohtamäki and Vinit Parida

When do firms learn? Learning before versus after exporting pp. 203-219

Ferran Vendrell-Herrero, Emanuel Gomes, Christian K. Darko and David W. Lehman

University technology transfer: leveraging experiential learning and TTO’s resources pp. 221-237

Jose M. Sallan and Oriol Lordan

Technology sourcing ambidexterity in corporate venture capital: limitations of learning from open innovation pp. 239-258

Sergey Alexander Anokhin, Manuel Hess and Joakim Wincent

Correction: Technology sourcing ambidexterity in corporate venture capital: limitations of learning from open innovation pp. 259-259

Sergey Alexander Anokhin, Manuel Hess and Joakim Wincent

Volume 63, issue 4, 2024

The psychology of entrepreneurial performance—theoretical and applied: Robert A. Baron and Michael Frese, co-recipients of the 2024 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research pp. 1341-1354

Jeffery S. McMullen, Magnus Henrekson, Lucia Naldi, Mikael Stenkula, Karin Thorburn, Caroline Wigren-Kristoferson, Joakim Wincent and Ivo Zander

Importing knowledge from psychology: how it broadens the scope of entrepreneurship research—and helps it avoid the “multi-tower effect” pp. 1355-1363

Robert A. Baron

Learning from African entrepreneurship—on the psychological function of entrepreneurial preparedness pp. 1365-1380

Michael Frese

Cultural diversity and innovative entrepreneurship pp. 1381-1414

Paula Prenzel, Niels Bosma, Veronique Schutjens and Erik Stam

Decentralized finance (DeFi) markets for startups: search frictions, intermediation, and the efficiency of the ICO market pp. 1415-1447

Paul P. Momtaz

Financing A Free-for-All: Crowdfunding Open-Source Software pp. 1449-1469

James Bort, Azzurra Meoli and David W. Sullivan

What do we know about the choices of entrepreneurs before the equity crowdfunding campaign? pp. 1471-1501

Sandra Correia, Miguel Sousa and Elísio Brandão

Entrepreneurial governance and the nature of the entrepreneurial firm pp. 1503-1516

Anna Grandori

Unveiling the role of entrepreneurial teams in the equity crowdfunding journey pp. 1517-1538

Ciro Troise, Guido Giovando, Fauzia Jabeen and Stefano Bresciani

A Quantum view of entrepreneurial opportunity: moving beyond the Discovery and Creation views pp. 1539-1553

Jiyao Chen, Stephen X. Zhang and Erik Lundmark

Imprinting parental signals: a key driver of network status for new spinoff firms pp. 1555-1583

Forough Zarea, J. Henri Burgers, Martin Obschonka and Per Davidsson

Fostering SME survival through insolvency proceedings: a legitimacy perspective on retrenchment, age, and firm-specific distress pp. 1585-1614

Rachid Achbah and Marc Fréchet

Is Nonprofit Entrepreneurship Unique? pp. 1615-1639

Farzana Chowdhury and David B. Audretsch

Staged financing of newly public firms around the world pp. 1641-1663

Azizjon Alimov and Michael G. Hertzel

Quid pro quota: a cross-country study on the impacts of immigration quotas on early-stage entrepreneurship pp. 1665-1694

Joshua K. Bedi and Shaomeng Jia

HGX: the anatomy of high growth exporters pp. 1695-1720

Stjepan Srhoj, Alex Coad and Janette Walde

Missing links of knowledge spillover effects on firm intensity and regional development pp. 1721-1745

Gustavo Barboza

Local banking development and SME conservative financing policy. Does bank branch density matter? pp. 1747-1765

Paulo Miguel Gama, Fátima Sol Murta and Elisabete S. Vieira

Volume 63, issue 3, 2024

Transgender self-employment outcomes: evidence from the USA pp. 871-896

Klavs Ciprikis, Damien Cassells and Jenny Berrill

Gender diversity at entrepreneurial firm IPOs: responding to changing societal norms pp. 897-915

Martin Kenney, Donald Patton and Siri Terjesen

On why women-owned businesses take more time to secure microloans pp. 917-938

Goran Calic, Moren Lévesque and Anton Shevchenko

The dynamic impact of inter-firm network agreements pp. 939-969

Valentina Pieroni, Nicola Lattanzi and Massimo Riccaboni

Site entrepreneurship: desolation to destination pp. 971-992

Michael G. Goldsby, Donald F. Kuratko and David B. Audretsch

Look in to look out: strategy and family business identity during COVID-19 pp. 993-1018

Rebecca Alguera Kleine, Bingbing Ge and Alfredo Massis

Spin-outs’ knowledge legacies and parent hostility: a competitive dynamics view pp. 1019-1039

Sascha G. Walter

Seeds in rocky soil: the interactive role of entrepreneurial legacy and bridging in family firms’ organizational ambidexterity pp. 1041-1064

Rolf Wilmes, Leif Brändle and Andreas Kuckertz

A fatigue model of social venturing pp. 1065-1088

Holger Patzelt and Dean A. Shepherd

The evolution of the field of family business research over a decade (2012–2022) pp. 1089-1115

Sabela Siaba and Berta Rivera

Customer engagement patterns and new venture outcomes pp. 1117-1138

Gaylen N. Chandler, Michael S. McLeod, J. Christian Broberg, Alexander McKelvie and Dawn R. DeTienne

What gets published and what doesn’t? Exploring optimal distinctiveness and diverse expectations in entrepreneurship articles pp. 1139-1170

Marie Madeleine Meurer, Maksim Belitski, Christian Fisch and Roy Thurik

Hybrid entrepreneurship and risk pp. 1171-1196

Ignacia Benitez, Claudio A. Bonilla and Marcos Vergara

Out of the frying pan into the fire: displaced workers’ vocational skill specificity, self-employment, and income pp. 1197-1223

Pankaj C. Patel

Who is lending to small and micro family business in China: evidence from CHFS data pp. 1225-1247

Shanhui Wu, Mengyao Dong, Suhang Tan and Yan Dong

Financial and social sustainability in the European microfinance sector pp. 1249-1292

Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Damla Diriker, Paolo Landoni, Davide Moro and Mahinda Wijesiri

The interaction of a size-dependent tax policy and financial frictions: evidence from a tax reform in Japan pp. 1293-1320

Kaoru Hosono, Masaki Hotei and Daisuke Miyakawa

Driving change in higher education: the role of dynamic capabilities in strengthening universities’ third mission pp. 1321-1337

Maribel Guerrero and Matthias Menter

Publisher Correction: Driving change in higher education: the role of dynamic capabilities in strengthening universities’ third mission pp. 1339-1339

Maribel Guerrero and Matthias Menter

Volume 63, issue 2, 2024

Not seeing the forest for the trees? A systems approach to the entrepreneurial university pp. 1-24

Bernd Wurth, Niall G. MacKenzie and Susan Howick

Re-viewing the entrepreneurial university: strategic challenges and theory building opportunities pp. 527-548

Maribel Guerrero, Alain Fayolle, Maria Chiara Di Guardo, Wadid Lamine and Sarfraz Mian

A transversal reconceptualization of entrepreneurship education: applying insights from the lean social launch framework to the entrepreneurial university pp. 549-573

Bailey Borman, Medha Dalal, Christopher S. Hayter and Spiro Maroulis

Advancing sustainable entrepreneurial universities: sustainability transformations of university business incubators in Germany pp. 575-609

Marc Karahan

Role conflict, entrepreneurial identity, and academic entrepreneurship: the effects of immigration status pp. 611-626

Haneul Choi, Donald Siegel, David A. Waldman, Ashlee Frandell and Joohyung Kim

Do exploration and exploitation in university research drive early-stage equity financing of university spin-offs? pp. 627-653

Davide Hahn, Tommaso Minola, Silvio Vismara and Daniel Agyare

Re-viewing entrepreneurial universities through alumni engagement pp. 655-671

Diamanto Politis, Lise Aaboen, Ann Elida Eide and Dag Håkon Haneberg

New insights on economic theories of the family firm pp. 697-711

James J. Chrisman, Hanqing (Chevy) Fang, Silvio Vismara and Zhenyu Wu

Coexisting with the national will: state logic and intrafamily succession pp. 713-730

Xuan He, Weicheng Xiao and Qiang Liang

Long-term orientation, family-intensive governance arrangements, and firm performance: an institutional economics perspective pp. 731-754

Michele Pinelli, Francesco Debellis and Alfredo Massis

From modesty to market: shareholder reactions to humility rhetoric in family and nonfamily firms under media scrutiny pp. 755-780

Paul Sanchez, Robert J. Pidduck, Duygu Phillips, Joshua J. Daspit and Daniel T. Holt

How Do Family Founders Help Novice Entrepreneurs to Develop their Firms? pp. 781-804

Bing Song and Armin Schwienbacher

What is Your Reference Point? How Price Volatility and Organizational Context Affect the Reference Points of Family and Nonfamily Managers pp. 805-829

Evelyn Stommel, Nicole Gottschalck, Andreas Hack, Kimberly A. Eddleston, Franz Kellermanns and Nils Kraiczy

One more piece of the family firm debt puzzle: the influence of socioemotional wealth dimensions pp. 831-849

Virginia Blanco-Mazagatos, M. Elena Romero-Merino, Marcos Santamaría-Mariscal and Juan Bautista Delgado-García

Franchise ownership types and noneconomic performance among quick service restaurants: do family operated franchises receive fewer health code violations? pp. 851-869

Erik Markin, Chelsea Sherlock, R. Gabrielle Swab and Benjamin D. McLarty

Volume 63, issue 1, 2024

Revisiting the knowledge spillover paradox: the impact of infrastructure pp. 1-20

Ronja Kirschning and Matthias Mrożewski

Should firms invest more in cybersecurity? pp. 21-50

Milena Dinkova, Ramy El-Dardiry and Bastiaan Overvest

Preparing fertile ground: how does the quality of business environments affect MSE growth? pp. 51-103

Jonathan Fu and Annette Krauss

Family firm heterogeneity and patenting. Revising the role of size and age pp. 105-133

Francesco Aiello, Lidia Mannarino and Valeria Pupo

Self-employment and life satisfaction: The contingent role of formal institutions pp. 135-163

Xiaoyu Yu, Xiaotong Meng, Laura Stanley and Franz W. Kellermanns

Passion and attractiveness on display: an examination of gender bias in crowdfunding pp. 165-192

Chaim Letwin, Michael P. Ciuchta, Michael Johnson, Regan Stevenson and Cameron Ford

Coping with high decline: firms’ resilience to adversity pp. 193-219

Silviano Esteve-Pérez, Fabio Pieri and Diego Rodriguez

Navigating the storm: the SME way of tackling the pandemic crisis pp. 221-241

Gagan Deep Sharma, Sascha Kraus, Amogh Talan, Mrinalini Srivastava and Christina Theodoraki

The role of lead investors in equity crowdfunding campaigns with a secondary market pp. 243-273

Sophie Pommet, Alexandra Rufini and Dominique Torre

Inventions, commercialization strategies, and knowledge spillovers in SMEs pp. 275-297

Pontus Braunerhjelm and Roger Svensson

“All that glitters is not gold!”: The (Unexplored) Determinants of Equity Crowdfunding pp. 299-324

Camilla Civardi, Andrea Moro and Joakim Winborg

SMEs, R &D financing, and credit shocks pp. 325-347

Pietro Grandi, Jean Belin, Elisa Darriet and Marianne Guille

Why generative AI can make creative destruction more creative but less destructive pp. 349-377

Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson

Narcissism, workaholism, family support and new venture performance: a moderated mediation model pp. 379-419

Galina Shirokova, Nailya Galieva, Joshua V. White and Diana Doktorova

How do intercultural proximity and social fragmentation promote international patent cooperation? pp. 421-445

Dinithi N. Jayasekara and Jonathan Tan

Does market power drive business model innovation? Evidence from Italian family manufacturing firms pp. 447-475

Marco Cucculelli, Riccardo Cappelli and Jasmine Mondolo

Refugee entrepreneurship motivations in Sweden and Germany: a comparative case study pp. 477-499

Ghazal Zalkat, Henrik Barth and Lubna Rashid

Marriage: an institution you cannot disparage? Evidence on the marriage norms of entrepreneurs pp. 501-521

Isabell Stamm, Fabian Bernhard, Jan-Philipp Ahrens and Baris Istipliler

Publisher Correction: Marriage: An institution you cannot disparage? Evidence on the marriage norms of entrepreneurs pp. 523-526

Isabell Stamm, Fabian Bernhard, Jan-Philipp Ahrens and Baris Istipliler