Lazear's concept of skill variety has been established in entrepreneurship research and is
con-sidered an important extension to human capital theory. The literature on skill variety, its …

Does personality matter? Is an individual who is open to experience more or less likely to
become an entrepreneur? Is it better to score low or high in agreeableness for surviving as …

Extant research explores the role played by individuals and, in particular, founders in
defining open innovation strategies at the firm level. We join this discussion by combining …

Abstract Research Summary Studying the organizational design of entrepreneurial ventures
involves investigating how entrepreneurs design the (formal) structure of their ventures as …

Start-up firms often operate under high levels of uncertainty and resource constraints, which
makes hiring a particularly challenging process. Integrating perspectives from the resource …

An unanswered question in studies on recruiting in new ventures is how entrepreneurs can
persuasively communicate to job seekers information about their ventures' unique features …

This paper examines the effects of human capital on fundraising problems for necessity-and
opportunity-based entrepreneurs by using a survey of 3974 new firms in Japan. The major …

As the policy debate on entrepreneurship increasingly centers on firm growth in terms of job
creation, it is important to understand whether the personality of entrepreneurs drives the …

We investigate the combined effects of entrepreneurs' physical attractiveness and gender on
applicant attraction to new ventures. Relying on stereotype-based theories and using unique …

We investigate the impact of country-level labour market regulations on the re-entry decision
of experienced entrepreneurs, whereby they become habitual entrepreneurs. Multilevel logit …