Entrepreneurs' age, institutions, and social value creation goals: A multi-country study

SA Brieger, A Bäro, G Criaco, SA Terjesen - Small Business Economics, 2021 - Springer
This study explores the relationship between an entrepreneur's age and his/her social value
creation goals. Building on the lifespan developmental psychology literature and institutional …

A lifespan perspective on entrepreneurship: Perceived opportunities and skills explain the negative association between age and entrepreneurial activity

C Bohlmann, A Rauch, H Zacher - Frontiers in psychology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Researchers and practitioners are increasingly interested in entrepreneurship as a means to
fight youth unemployment and to improve financial stability at higher ages. However, only …

Taking care of business: The impact of culture and gender on entrepreneurs' blended value creation goals

DM Hechavarría, SA Terjesen, AE Ingram… - Small business …, 2017 - Springer
We examine entrepreneurs' economic, social, and environmental goals for value creation for
their new ventures. Drawing on ethics of care and theories of societal post-materialism, we …

Entrepreneurship: Productive, unproductive, and destructive—Relative to what?

DS Lucas, CS Fuller - Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2017 - Elsevier
We identify an ambiguity surrounding institutions and entrepreneurship. While
entrepreneurship creates social value at the economy level in the appropriate institutional …

Age in the entrepreneurial process: The role of future time perspective and prior entrepreneurial experience.

MM Gielnik, H Zacher, M Wang - Journal of Applied Psychology, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Combining the life span developmental perspective with the process perspective of
entrepreneurship, we develop hypotheses on the role of age in the entrepreneurial process …

Focus on opportunities as a mediator of the relationship between business owners' age and venture growth

MM Gielnik, H Zacher, M Frese - Journal of Business Venturing, 2012 - Elsevier
Combining upper echelons and lifespan theories, we investigated the mediating effect of
focus on opportunities on the negative relationship between business owners' age and …

Ageing and entrepreneurial preferences

T Kautonen, S Down, M Minniti - Small Business Economics, 2014 - Springer
Previous research on age and entrepreneurship assumed homogeneity and downplayed
age-related differences in the motives and aims underlying enterprising behaviour. We …

Age and entrepreneurial career success: A review and a meta-analysis

H Zhao, G O'Connor, J Wu, GT Lumpkin - Journal of Business Venturing, 2021 - Elsevier
Entrepreneurship has become an attractive career option for both the young and the old, but
age has not been thoroughly examined as a variable of interest among entrepreneurship …

Can socioeconomic heritage produce a lost generation with regard to entrepreneurship?

M Wyrwich - Journal of Business Venturing, 2013 - Elsevier
A considerable amount of literature deals with the influence of institutions on
entrepreneurship. But for all that, little is known about the interplay between institutions and …

Entrepreneurs' human capital and growth aspirations: The moderating role of regional entrepreneurial culture

JL Capelleras, I Contin-Pilart, M Larraza-Kintana… - Small Business …, 2019 - Springer
This paper investigates the impact of entrepreneurs' human capital on their growth
aspirations and the moderating role of regional entrepreneurial culture in this relationship …