Nowell and Timmermans argue that relational characteristics such as rich and frequent
interaction, interdependence, commitment, and shared social identity are crucial when …

Even though many new ventures are started by teams, we know surprisingly little about how
members in these teams work together. In this paper we therefore develop a definition of …

Despite increased interest in the phenomena of team-based entrepreneurship, we still don't
know why some teams are more effective than others in their entrepreneurial pursuits. In …

3 potential effects. One such important aspect relates to status and inequalities (Blau, 1977;
Harrison & Klein, 2007). While diversity as a signal of variety may be beneficial, diversity as …

Entrepreneurship has typically been described in terms of the drama of venture start ups,
leveraged buy-outs, acts of risk and personal vision. Entrepreneurship, however, exists in …

Entrepreneurial behaviour is central to the understanding of new venture emergence. Yet,
despite recent advances in theorizing acknowledging that entrepreneurship is a …

While traditional entrepreneurship literature addresses the pursuit of entrepreneurial
opportunities to a solo entrepreneur, scholars increasingly agree that new ventures are often …

Entrepreneurship research has historically taken the perspective of the individual
entrepreneur. This trend is slowly changing as mounting evidence shows that many new …

We explored in this article the process of entrepreneurial team formation. As theory specific
to this topic is scant, we drew first on disparate views of team formation and its correlates; we …

Entrepreneurial teams develop and exploit ideas in order to turn them into entrepreneurial
ventures that they jointly own and manage. While these teams are crucial drivers for the …