Journal articles: 'Entrepreneurial Transition'

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Fernqvist, Niklas, and Mats Lundqvist. "Entrepreneurial Sustainability Engagement of Insiders Initiating Energy System Transition." Sustainability 13, no. 2 (January 14, 2021): 734. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13020734.

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The central point in this article is that energy system transition can be initiated by a team of individuals interacting entrepreneurially beyond their different home-grounds in business, research, or regional development. Such entrepreneurial engagement of insiders with belongings to an established socio-technical system has not been captured in prevalent sustainability transitions or entrepreneurship perspectives. Insiders have mostly been expected to act within (and not outside) of their role expectations. This study investigates who individuals initiating energy transition are, what motives they have, and how they accomplish institutional change. The purpose is to qualify a perspective that can help us better appreciate how transitions, such as in energy systems, can be initiated. The new perspective recognizes the importance of insiders, their personal sustainability beliefs, their choice to teamwork entrepreneurially, and their narratives about the initiative affecting institutional change. It explains how transition in a heavily regulated Swedish energy system can occur. Implications are drawn for research, policy and entrepreneurial teamwork.

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Zajko, Marian, and Kerstin Pezoldt. "Challenges Of Transition Towards Entrepreneurial University." Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education 1, no. 1 (August 15, 2014): 521–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/cplbu-2014-0090.

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AbstractThere are several key external challenges to be mastered in the transition from the traditional university towards entrepreneurial university which are transformed into internal challenges. Unlike the business schools the management structures and environment of an university of technology may be often very cautious about implementation of the entrepreneurial elements in the technology and science study and research programmes. Often they have to be confronted by the requirements of students and businesses for more entrepreneurship education and skills in the university graduate profiles to accept this. This paper examines fundamental challenges of implementation of the concept of entrepreneurial university in two European universities of technology with direct central public funding which gradually covers less and less its future development needs. The current status of transformation towards an entrepreneurial university at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava compared to the University of Technology Ilmenau is described, analyzed and the next steps put forward.

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Di Toma, Paolo, and Stefano Montanari. "Family business exit and private equity investment decisions: Governance implications for value creation." Corporate Ownership and Control 10, no. 1 (2012): 464–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv10i1c4art7.

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This paper was motivated by the increasing interest in the current debate for the entrepreneurial process in family firms. Little research to date has investigated the family business exit and this topic is mainly considered as a failure for entrepreneurial families. However, when uncertainties arise concerning generational succession, the family business exit may enable ownership transitions facilitating survival and long term value creation strategies. Among the exit options, a private equity buyout may balance the family’s wealth protection and the firm’s future growth. However, which family specific characteristics and strategic needs may affect the exit option still remains a neglected topic. Based on recent research addressing entrepreneurship in family firms and corporate governance literature, this paper develops a case study for investigating the bridging role of private equity buyout for going through strategic transitions in family firms. Findings suggest that a private equity buyout is a governance mechanism which may sustain an entrepreneurial transition by realigning family interests and goals. It may also allow the family commitment for improving organizational capabilities required by an entrepreneurial transition.

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Nadirov, Orkhan, and Bruce Dehning. "Tax Progressivity and Entrepreneurial Dynamics." Sustainability 12, no. 9 (April 28, 2020): 3584. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12093584.

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This study examines how tax progressivity affects entrepreneurial dynamics in 18 countries. The results show that increased downside progressivity has a positive influence on the transition rate from nascent entrepreneurship to established business ownership. In addition, only downside progressivity calculated using marginal tax rates is related to the transition ratio, implying that it is marginal tax rates, and not average tax rates, that are used in the entrepreneurial decision-making process. This paper contributes to our understanding of entrepreneurial dynamics and the effect of tax progressivity on the transition from nascent entrepreneurship to established business ownership.

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Alfalih, Abdullah Abdulmohsen. "The Role of Knowledge Management in the Transition from Entrepreneurial Intention to Entrepreneurial Action in the Case of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises." Journal of Information & Knowledge Management 19, no. 04 (November 21, 2020): 2050030. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219649220500306.

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This paper presents an analysis of intermediate impacts from knowledge management between entrepreneurial intention and entrepreneurial action. Results from data for 110 small and medium-sized enterprises in Gulf countries show the presence of a partial mediation from knowledge management linking entrepreneurial intention with the transition to action. Moreover, following the approaches of previous authors, the results show the presence of a moderating influence from knowledge management on the relation between entrepreneurial intention and the transition to entrepreneurial action. The originality of this research lies in its attempt to apprehend the relationship between entrepreneurial intent and action by using a knowledge-based model.

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Etzkowitz, Henry. "The Entrepreneurial University Wave." Industry and Higher Education 28, no. 4 (August 2014): 223–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/ihe.2014.0211.

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An entrepreneurial university with multiple missions for teaching, research and economic and social development is superseding the research university as the academic paradigm. Traditional academic roles are revised to include entrepreneurial elements, both to attract external resources and to see that knowledge is put to use. As a remit for regional cluster development takes hold globally across the tertiary academic sector, academic knowledge is interrogated for its potential to become the source of new jobs in arts festivals as well as start-ups. The rise of the entrepreneurial university is a key driver of transition from an industrial to a knowledge-based society, irrespective of previous development level or academic tradition. Controversy over entrepreneurial academic activities augurs this transition.

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Lekovic, Bozidar, and Slobodan Maric. "Internationalization of entrepreneurial ventures in transition countries." Industrija 45, no. 4 (2017): 45–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/industrija45-14235.

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Rutherford, Thomas Fox, Svend E. Hougaard Jensen, and Tobias N. Rasmussen. "Economic Transition, Entrepreneurial Capacity, and Intergenerational Distribution." IMF Working Papers 02, no. 180 (2002): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451859126.001.

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Dubravčcić, Dinko. "Entrepreneurial aspects of privatisation in transition economies." Europe-Asia Studies 47, no. 2 (March 1995): 305–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09668139508412257.

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Vladimirov, Zhelyu, Tzvetan Davidkov, and Desislava Yordanova. "The influence of the perceptions of institutional environment on entrepreneurial plans: exploring the moderating effects of firm age and firm size in Bulgarian enterprises." Problems and Perspectives in Management 15, no. 1 (May 10, 2017): 175–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.15(1-1).2017.04.

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It was acknowledged that institutional environment plays important role for shaping entrepreneurial behavior in transition economies. The present study investigates the influence of entrepreneurs’ perceptions of institutional environment on their entrepreneurial plans in a large representative sample from a transition economy. The findings reveal that institutional environment has a significant influence on entrepreneurial plans and that firm age and size moderate the effect of institutional environment on entrepreneurial plans. The paper provides recommendations for future research and a discussion of practical implications.

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Warren, Lorraine. "Negotiating Entrepreneurial Identity." International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation 5, no. 1 (February 2004): 25–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/000000004772913764.

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This paper focuses on the negotiation of identity in case studies of four women undergoing career change in the UK. The triple nexus between identity as a reflexive journey, entrepreneurship as a social process and communities of practice is established and provides a powerful means of exploring the dynamics of the entrepreneurial transition. The paper examines how identity is constructed and reconstructed during their trajectory from one mode of work to another, as they acknowledged, and were acknowledged by, shifting communities of practice. The central argument of the paper is that the women were at times constituted as entrepreneurs by a powerful discourse, but that their first priority was to be recognized and legitimized as professionals as they engaged with particular communities of practice. Further, they rework these discourses with an impact not just at the level of their own individual experience, but also at network level through interaction with their community of practice. The study uses narrative analysis to provide insights into the processes and practices that have constituted their experience. The purpose of the paper is to contribute to an understanding of the early stages of entrepreneurial activity; this may be of benefit to policy makers, support services and educators, as well as the academic community. Theoretically, it is demonstrated that the notion of the community of practice has value in developing a processual understanding of the entrepreneurial transition.

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Apasieva, Tamara Jovanov, Edo Rajh, Jelena Budak, and Ljupčo Davčev. "Entrepreneurial intentions of students at private universities in transition economies." Ekonomski pregled 72, no. 2 (2021): 157–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.32910/ep.72.2.1.

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This paper investigates the entrepreneurial potential among students at private universities in two transition countries through the analysis of students' entrepreneurial intentions (EI). Empirical analysis is based on survey data we collected in 2017 and 2018 from over 400 students of economics and business at private universities in North Macedonia and Croatia. The theory of planned behaviour and a set of other antecedents are employed in order to examine the effect of both personal-level and contextual variables on entrepreneurial intentions. Assessing the students’ image of an entrepreneur and how they evaluate the entrepreneurs’ social and economic roles in society, as well as the prestige of an entrepreneur when compared to other professions, offer valuable inputs for policy makers aiming to improve the entrepreneurial potential and business climate in developing economies. This study provides empirical evidence of the positive effect of two variables from the theory of planned behaviour (personal attitude towards entrepreneurship and subjective norm) on entrepreneurial intent of business students at private universities in transition countries. The most striking result of the study is the positive effect of perceived barriers (as a contextual variable) on entrepreneurial intent, a finding that is contrary to past research and literature review.

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Lin, William. "The Mechanisms of Transition from Effectual to Causal thinking in Entrepreneurial Contingency." International Journal of Business and Management 12, no. 5 (April 27, 2017): 51. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijbm.v12n5p51.

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Most entrepreneurial research has not addressed the phenomena of entrepreneurial teams adjusting their cognitive styles based on the different challenges they face during the new venture life cycle under startups, accelerators and incubators. Our objective in this article is to attempt to investigate the mechanism between effectuation and causation over the life cycle of ventures; and to explore the consequences of this transition and these mechanisms. Drawing on data from 64 in-depth interviews with 28 executive members, we recorded 172 key decisions chronologically and examined the pattern of decision-making processes. According to our observations and interviews, many companies remain at the survival stage for some time even when they know their breakeven point is reachable. We found that the remaining decision, the decision to remain below breakeven, is a signal of cognitive style transition from a dominantly effectual model of decision-making and action to a causation model. Our examination supported the mechanisms with effectuation principles and explored how the transitions between the two decision-making processes impact start-up teams. Our study not only extends effectuation research by examining the significant timing for transition timing, but also sheds light on entrepreneurial research by integrating and synthesizing transaction cost economics.

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Lee, Jin. "A Dynamic Model of Employees’ Transition to Entrepreneur: A Cognitive Mapping Approach." Human Resource Development Review 20, no. 2 (March 16, 2021): 143–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15344843211000260.

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Employees’ transition to an entrepreneurial career has been explained by two major driving forces: push and pull factors. The push-pull dichotomy, however, has been the center of debate on whether the classification is incomplete and ambiguous. Until this debate is resolved, the dynamic and fluid nature of the influencing factors and their relationships remains unclear. The purpose of this research is to discuss the legitimacy of the push-pull dichotomy in explaining the motivations and processes of employees’ transition to an entrepreneurial career. To achieve this, a cognitive mapping approach to synthesize the factors from the extant empirical studies was employed. Analysis of 26 articles revealed that categories of push and pull factors in prior research are neither mutually exclusive nor clearly separate. Our dynamic model of employees’ transition to an entrepreneurial career illustrates the reciprocal, compounding, and counter-effective influence of factors. This research sheds light on the dynamic interrelationship among factors affecting employees’ transition to an entrepreneurial career.

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Vodă, Ana Iolanda, Alina-Petronela Haller, Alexandru Anichiti, and Gina Ionela Butnaru. "Testing Entrepreneurial Intention Determinants in Post-Transition Economies." Sustainability 12, no. 24 (December 11, 2020): 10370. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su122410370.

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The paper aims to analyze the entrepreneurial intention determinants in nine post-transition economies of European member states. To achieve our stated goal, the study focused on the influence of fear of failure and networking on individuals’ inclination towards entrepreneurship. Additionally, gender, income, education, and work status were also considered control variables. The data were collected using the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) database. We included responses collected from nine former transition economies, giving us a total of 13,494 observations, for 2015. Logistic regression models were employed to measure the influence of perceptions on the propenisty of individuals to create a new venture. The results indicated that fear of failure is significantly and negatively correlated with entrepreneurial intentions for all groups of countries. The results also indicated that people who have entrepreneurs in the family have a higher propensity for entrepreneurial intentions than people who do not have family members with such a status.

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Lalkaka, Rustam. "Incubating small entrepreneurial businesses in economies in transition." Small Enterprise Development 5, no. 3 (September 1994): 13–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/0957-1329.1994.025.

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Karayiannis, Anastassios D., and Allan E. Young. "Entrepreneurial Activities in a Veblenian Type Transition Economy." American Economist 47, no. 2 (October 2003): 40–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/056943450304700204.

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KUZNETSOV, ANDREI, FRANK MCDONALD, and OLGA KUZNETSOVA. "NETWORKING AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SUCCESS IN A TRANSITION ECONOMY." Journal of Enterprising Culture 07, no. 04 (December 1999): 331–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218495899000200.

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A successful Russian entrepreneur was selected as a case study in order to find out if this person required any specific qualities different from those routinely attributed by academic literature to his counterpart in the West. Results reported here provide early evidence of great similarities in the typology of successful entrepreneurs in transition and market economies. Yet if the qualities required are ranged according to their importance there is a clear bias towards the ability to create or join networks and the advantage of sharing common values arising from the importance of personal contacts to obtain resources in Russia.

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Slevin, Dennis P., and Jeffrey G. Covin. "Time, Growth, Complexity, and Transitions: Entrepreneurial Challenges for the Future." Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 22, no. 2 (January 1998): 53–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/104225879802200205.

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This paper presents a model that depicts the relationships between time, complexity, and transitions in the context of high-growth new ventures or stable ventures that have been forced into radical change as a consequence of environmental conditions. This model treats time as an unrelenting driving force that requires organizational change and adaptation. Key parameters affecting transitions needed by successful organizations are explored, as are the rates at which these changes are accomplished. It is proposed that managers should seek to minimize overall transition time by making any required quantum changes to the organizational system quickly. Such changes are argued to best ensure the rapid reestablishment of viable organizational gestaits.

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Zygmunt, Justyna. "Entrepreneurial activity drivers in the transition economies. Evidence from the Visegrad countries." Equilibrium 13, no. 1 (March 31, 2018): 89–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.24136/eq.2018.005.

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Research background: Entrepreneurship issues in the transition economies have attracted growing attention from scholars in recent years. However, the debate over the value of entrepreneurship in reinforcing structural change is still incomplete. The need for a more thorough approach is noticeable, taking into account drivers which determine entrepreneurial activity in the transition economies. The findings may be useful for recognising opportunities and threats of the development of these economies. Purpose of the article: This paper extends research on entrepreneurship in the transition economies by considering drivers of entrepreneurial activity. The aim of the paper is to investigate what drivers have their consequences for entrepreneurial activity in the Visegrad countries. As the Visegrad countries represent a unique context, because they faced a similar structure at the beginning of the transition process, a valuable insight can be gained by focusing on them. Methods: Hypothesis development is based on the literature review. Fixed effects panel regression was employed for hypothesis testing. Panel data consists of 440 observations for the Visegrad countries for the 2004–2014 period. To control for autocorrelation and hetero-scedasticity, Durbin-Watson test and Wald statistic were used, respectively. Findings & Value added: This paper contributes to the existing literature by pre-senting an analysis of drivers having their impact on entrepreneurial activity in the Visegrad countries. It provides new insights on understanding of the entrepreneur-ship issues in the transition economies. The main finding is that entrepreneurial activity in the Visegrad countries is determined significantly by the economy struc-ture and human capital. However, the signif-icance and the intensity of these effects are different. The findings may be interesting for policymakers in particular. Shifting from general entrepreneurship support towards a focus on promoting entrepreneurial behaviour among high-skilled workers should be considered. Fostering networking, collaboration and internalisation should be regarded for knowledge transfer and spillover enhancement.

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NGUYEN, THANG V., LAN T. NGUYEN, and HIEU H. NGUYEN. "FOSTERING ACADEMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF INVENTION COMMERCIALIZATION IN VIETNAM." Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship 23, no. 04 (December 2018): 1850023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1084946718500231.

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Previous studies have been silent on how institutional factors influence scientists’ entrepreneurial cognitions and behavior. Transition economies offer a unique opportunity for addressing this issue since different generations of scientists experienced vastly different ideology and management systems. Built on the entrepreneurial cognitions and contextualization views and interview data from scientists in Vietnam, this study found that scientists internalized institutional factors to form their motivations, partnership approaches, and behavioral competencies, which in turn influence their chosen modes of entrepreneurship. This suggests that new institutions which address younger generations and focus on developing entrepreneurial qualities are pertinent to promote commercialization in transition economies.

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CIESLIK, JERZY, and EUGENE KACIAK. "THE SPEED OF INTERNATIONALIZATION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL START-UPS IN A TRANSITION ENVIRONMENT." Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship 14, no. 04 (December 2009): 375–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1084946709001375.

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This article examines the speed of internationalization by newly established firms operating in the rapidly changing environment of a country undergoing radical systemic transition, as exemplified by Poland. A longitudinal analysis of the speed of internationalization, measured by the time between the year of establishment and the year of the first export sale, identified three interesting patterns. First, both incumbent state-owned firms and private companies operating under communism played marginal roles in the internationalization process after transition to the market economy system. Second, the entrepreneurial start-ups typically embarked on exports shortly after their establishment. Third, the entrepreneurial start-ups that focused initially on the domestic market were rarely engaging in export operations later on. This aspect of the internationalization process has not been adequately explained by the extant mainstream management theories (new institutional economics, transaction cost and resource-based view). This paper offers an alternative theoretical framework for the internationalization of entrepreneurial start-ups in transition economies by extending Shapero's social psychological model of entrepreneurial events.

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Guo, Runping. "STRATEGIC DECISION-MAKING LOGICS, ENTREPRENEURIAL CAPABILITY AND OPPORTUNITY EXPLOITATION IN HIGH-TECH NEW VENTURES." Journal of Business Economics and Management 19, no. 2 (September 6, 2018): 235–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/jbem.2018.5201.

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This paper aims at exploring the influences of effectuation and causation on opportunity exploitation in high-tech new ventures and the mediating role of entrepreneurial capability by integrating effectuation theory and a perspective of entrepreneurial capability. The data was collected from entrepreneurs and top executives in high-tech new ventures through an interview survey instrument implemented in China. Factor analysis and multivariate linear regressions were run to test the hypotheses. The Baron and Kenny (1986) mediation model assessment procedure was used to analyze the data. The empirical analysis results of 176 Chinese high-tech new ventures indicate that both effectuation and causation have positive effects on opportunity exploitation and that entrepreneurial capability plays a fully mediating role in the relationship between strategic decision logic and opportunity exploitation. It is also found that in the context of China’s transition economy, the interaction effect between effectuation and causation on opportunity exploitation and entrepreneurial capability is insignificant. The research furthers the development of effectuation theory and enriches current literature on entrepreneurial capability by linking strategic decision-making logics to entrepreneurial capability and opportunity exploitation systematically. Moreover, the research has significant managerial implications for high-tech entrepreneurial practices, particularly in transition economies.

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Yao, Xiaofang, Xiyue Wu, and Dan Long. "University students’ entrepreneurial tendency in China." Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies 8, no. 1 (March 7, 2016): 60–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jeee-03-2015-0021.

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Purpose – This paper aims to explore the impact mechanism of Chinese university students’ perceived entrepreneurial environment on their entrepreneurial tendency in the context of Chinese economic transition. In particular, the paper provides a reference for relevant departments to make policies and entrepreneurship educators to perfect the pedagogical design and curriculum development in entrepreneurship education programs. Design/methodology/approach – The authors used questionnaires to collect data in Chinese universities via random sampling, and gained 729 valid questionnaires. Results from principal component analysis indicate that the scales have a good reliability. In particular, entrepreneurial attitude had three components. The hypotheses are tested by using Spearman correlation and multiple linear regression; the level of statistical significance of F-test was less than 0.05. Hence, multiple linear regression can be used in the analyses. Findings – The study found that university students’ perceived social environment and economic environment have a positive influence on their entrepreneurial tendency, and entrepreneurial attitude is partially playing a mediating role between students’ perceived entrepreneurial environment and entrepreneurial tendency. However, students’ perceived policy environment has no significant impact on entrepreneurial tendency. Originality/value – Environmental factors are often viewed as“gap fillers” in related studies, and mostly concentrated in the Western developed countries. This study attempts to fill the gaps in the context of Chinese economic transition.

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Zhou, Wubiao. "Property Rights, Deregulation, and Entrepreneurial Development in a Transition Economy." Management and Organization Review 14, no. 1 (November 8, 2017): 73–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/mor.2016.59.

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ABSTRACTThis article investigates the relative roles of formal property rights institutions versus deregulated markets in entrepreneurial development, based on China's market transition. Empirically, it is not yet known which set of institutions matters more for entrepreneurship, particularly in the long run, despite the existence of well-established theoretical arguments for each. Using provincial-level panel data from China's transition economy, this study has the following findings: On average, both formal protection of property rights and deregulated markets have positive effects on entrepreneurial development; yet, as market transition progresses, the effect of formal protection of property rights increases, while that of deregulated markets decreases. These results are robust to both multiple model specifications and an endogeneity test using an instrumental variable approach. Overall, therefore, while both sets of institutions indeed play positive roles in entrepreneurial development, property rights institutions may be more fundamental in the long run.

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Viljamaa, Anmari, Elina Varamäki, and Sanna Joensuu-Salo. "Best of Both Worlds? Persistent Hybrid Entrepreneurship." Journal of Enterprising Culture 25, no. 04 (December 2017): 339–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218495817500133.

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Hybrid entrepreneurs (HEs) represent a considerable share of all entrepreneurial activity. Yet little is known about the phenomenon. In this study we examine the differences between transitory HEs, who expect to make the transition to full-time entrepreneurship, and persistent HEs, who view their part-time status as permanent. With data collected from 848 academic HEs we find that only a small minority considers full self-employment likely in the near future and that self-fulfillment is the most significant motive for entrepreneurial activities. The results suggest that persistent hybrid entrepreneurship should be viewed as a form of entrepreneurship in its own right, and that even partial entrepreneurship has the potential to lengthen careers and improve wellbeing at work. Hybrid entrepreneurship offers the entrepreneurially inclined employees the best of both worlds.

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Mitra, Jay, and Harry Matlay. "Entrepreneurial and Vocational Education and Training." Industry and Higher Education 18, no. 1 (February 2004): 53–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/000000004773040979.

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The social, economic and political systems of former communist countries have faced considerable changes since the late 1980s. Most countries in Eastern and Central Europe have undergone their own individual brand of transition from a centrally planned, command system to a more or less liberalized, Western-style market economy Many observers agree that in general there is still a great deal to be done to achieve the key goal of economic liberalization, but there is little agreement among academics as to what would constitute an effective and stabilizing transition in the region. In common with contemporary Western beliefs and attitudes, much of the new thinking and hopes for economic regeneration in Eastern and Central Europe have centred on entrepreneurship and small business development. In the early years of transition, the influx of international aid became a stumbling block to the establishment of the kind of support systems that had proved crucial for the survival and growth of small businesses in Western Europe. The demand for entrepreneurial skills and the deficiencies inherent in their new labour markets exposed post-communist economies to external shocks such as those caused by the termination of COMECON agreements and the Gulf War. The longitudinal research on which this paper is based was closely modelled on ongoing work by the authors, which involves an in-depth investigation of the ‘paradox of training’, the difference between attitude and practice, that exists in the small business sector of the UK economy. Following the results of a pilot study undertaken in the UK, the research was extended to include small business sectors across Eastern, Central and Western Europe.

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DRNOVSEK, MATEJA, and MIROSLAV GLAS. "THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SELF-EFFICACY OF NASCENT ENTREPRENEURS: THE CASE OF TWO ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION." Journal of Enterprising Culture 10, no. 02 (June 2002): 107–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218495802000165.

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This research is concerned with entrepreneurial intentions of two specific groups of nascent entrepreneurs - innovators and graduate students in two transition economies – Slovenia and the Czech Republic. The analysis gives further contribution to previous research on predictions of entrepreneurial events using items inventory of entrepreneurial self-efficacy previously developed within the Anglo-Saxon cultural environment and now tested in a specific environment of post communist economist economies. Results show that there are relatively more nascent entrepreneurs among innovators than among graduate students of business. When average scores on self-efficacy are involved, innovators feel comfortable when dealing with innovation and risk, while graduate students express higher self-efficacy in the business-related aspects of a new venture – marketing and finance. We found a reasonable fit to our sample of the entrepreneurial self-efficacy construct as introduced by Chen et al (1998).

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Jones, Jessica, Jeff York, Michael Lenox, Michael Conger, and Siddharth Vedula. "Constructing Green Building: Sustainability Transition through an Entrepreneurial Lens." Academy of Management Proceedings 2018, no. 1 (August 2018): 12552. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2018.12552abstract.

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Jovanović, Ivan, Milica Arsić, and Đorđe Nikolić. "Entrepreneurial personality traits and SMEs profitability in transition economy." Serbian Journal of Management 13, no. 1 (2018): 89–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/sjm13-13087.

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Hingtgen, Nathan, Carol Kline, Luci Fernandes, and Nancy Gard McGehee. "Cuba in transition: Tourism industry perceptions of entrepreneurial change." Tourism Management 50 (October 2015): 184–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2015.01.033.

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Zhou, Wubiao. "Regional deregulation and entrepreneurial growth in China's transition economy." Entrepreneurship & Regional Development 23, no. 9-10 (December 2011): 853–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2011.577816.

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Tan, Justin. "The Growth of Entrepreneurial Firms in a Transition Economy." Journal of Management Inquiry 8, no. 1 (March 1999): 83–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/105649269981009.

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Liuhto, Kari. "Entrepreneurial transition in post‐soviet republics: The Estonian path." Europe-Asia Studies 48, no. 1 (January 1996): 121–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09668139608412336.

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Liu, Cathy Yang, Lin Ye, and Bo Feng. "Migrant entrepreneurship in China: entrepreneurial transition and firm performance." Small Business Economics 52, no. 3 (January 4, 2018): 681–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11187-017-9979-y.

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Ahunov, Muzaffar, and Nurmukhammad Yusupov. "Risk attitudes and entrepreneurial motivations: Evidence from transition economies." Economics Letters 160 (November 2017): 7–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.08.016.

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Heebøll, John. "Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?" Industry and Higher Education 11, no. 3 (June 1997): 171–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095042229701100309.

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Recognizing the importance of a vibrant entrepreneurial culture in the transition from an industrial to an information society, this paper addresses the question of whether entrepreneurship can be taught. A Japanese analysis, which links the ‘near-entrepreneurial experience’ – carefully targeted practical experience for students – to business birth rate, is presented as a positive indicator: by including the near-entrepreneurial experience in entrepreneurial training programmes, the business birth rate can be increased. This points towards the potential for well designed entrepreneurial education and training to achieve a higher impact than has often been assumed. As a specific example, Danish entrepreneurial culture, currently in a state of crisis, is discussed in the context of a particular approach adopted in North Zealand to revitalize the entrepreneurial spirit and direct it towards business start-up.

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Starr, Jennifer A., and Nanette Fondas. "A Model of Entrepreneurial Socialization and Organization Formation." Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 17, no. 1 (October 1992): 67–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/104225879201700108.

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This model applies theories of organizational socialization to characterize the aspiring entrepreneur's journey from neophyte to firm founder and to Identify factors that may Influence the transition from a pre-organization to the formation of a new organization. The model distinguishes two identifiable stages which shape organization formation—Anticipatory Socialization and New Entrepreneur Socialization. Anticipatory Socialization characterizes the predisposing characteristics and experiences that precede the cognitive choice to become an entrepreneur. New Entrepreneur Socialization specifies the critical variables that Influence the new recruit once the decision Is made to start a firm. Three factors determine the transition into the entrepreneurial role: Motivational Bases for Adaptation, Socializing Agents and the Structural Context of the Entrepreneurial Setting. The eventual outcome of entrepreneurial socialization, Organization Formation, Is the survival or discontinuance of the venture. A model of entrepreneurial socialization focuses attention on the adaptive Intra-personal and Inter-personal processes that shape the new venture creation process.

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González-Corzo, Mario A. "Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies: Selected Characteristics and Relevant Lessons for Cuba." Journal of Enterprising Culture 23, no. 01 (March 2015): 91–115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218495815500041.

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The experiences of the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union demonstrate that entrepreneurs can make important contributions in transition economies. The most notable include employment creation, the efficient utilization of human capital, and positive externalities resulting from the entrepreneurial drive to experiment, innovate, and adapt. In these countries, as well as in China and Vietnam, the transition from the classical socialist system facilitated the emergence of four types of entrepreneurs (agricultural entrepreneurs, informal sector operators, cadre entrepreneurs, and professional entrepreneurs), which mainly engaged in three principal entrepreneurial strategies: prospecting, networking, and boundary-blurring. The experiences of the former socialist countries offer valuable lessons for Cuba, as it continues to rely on the reduction of the State sector and the expansion of small-scale private entrepreneurial activities in the emerging non-State sector as one of the principal policy measures to gradually "update" its socialist economy.

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Krasniqi, Besnik A. "Personal, household and business environmental determinants of entrepreneurship." Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 16, no. 1 (February 20, 2009): 146–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14626000910932935.

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore personal, household and business environmental influences on entrepreneurship in Kosova.Design/methodology/approachThe approach takes the form of a econometric investigation using a binary choice model based on a nationally representative labour force and household survey conducted by Riinvest Institute at the end of 2002.FindingsThe results suggest that males, those who live in urban areas, belonging to a larger family/household, have a higher likelihood of being involved in entrepreneurial activities, while a weak positive effect of age and no significant effect of marital status are found. Self‐employed were more likely to be found in sectors where start‐up and sunk costs are expected to be lower (such as services and trade), those sectors that experienced high growth (construction) and in the regions in which entrepreneurship is more developed. In contrast with previous studies, it is found that education received household remittances and the presence of an additional wage earner in a household have negative impact on entrepreneurial activities arising from country‐specific features.Research limitations/implicationsThese empirical findings identified determinants influencing entrepreneurial activities providing basis for policy discussion aimed at entrepreneurship development in the country.Originality/valueThe paper complements rather scarce empirical evidence on determinants of entrepreneurship from a unique transition country. It highlights the role of some transition and country‐specific factors in entrepreneurial activity of the population, providing better insights in understanding entrepreneurial behaviour of people in general and in transition economies in particular.

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Smirnykh, L. I., A. V. Aistov, and E. N. Taruninа. "The effects of previous entrepreneurial experience on subsequent wage-employment wages." Voprosy Ekonomiki, no. 12 (December 7, 2018): 103–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2018-12-103-120.

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The article considers influence of entrepreneurial experience on the wageemployment wages. Empirical analysis is based on the RLMS-HSE panel data, 2000—2013, with using fixed effects models on the overall sample, five-year- and flexible window. Results show that transition from entrepreneurship to wageemployment leads to penalty of wages. Wage growth rate of former entrepreneurs’ lag behind the wage growth rate of workers without entrepreneurial experience. The size of wage-penalty decreases if the profession remains the same in transition from entrepreneurship to wage-employment.

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Zygmunt, Justyna. "The effect of changes in the economic structure on entrepreneurial activity in a transition economy: the case of Poland." Equilibrium 15, no. 1 (March 31, 2020): 49–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.24136/eq.2020.003.

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Research background: While entrepreneurship in transition economies is the subject of a growing body of literature, the debate on factors influencing entrepreneurial activity in such economies is still incomplete. This paper extends this de-bate by focusing on the effect of changes in the economy structure on entrepreneurship in Poland. The findings might be supportive for policymakers in pursuing policy aimed at boosting entrepreneurship in a transition economy. Purpose of the article: The aim of the paper is to investigate the extent to which changes in the economic structure impact entrepreneurial activity in Poland. The paper contributes to the literature by providing empirical support to the pending research efforts to recognize entrepreneurship dimensions in a transition economy. Methods: The hypothesis was tested with fixed effects panel regression with robust standard errors. Data were sourced from the Statistics Poland for all Polish NUTS-2 regions for the period 2003–2017. Panel data are balanced and include 3 600 observations. Findings & Value added: This paper extends previous research on factors affect-ing entrepreneurial activity in a transition economy by focusing on the importance of changes in the economy structure for new firm creation. The findings provide evidence of the significant value of the service sector in boosting entrepreneurial activity in Poland. The findings might attract attention of policymakers. Fostering structural change towards smart specialization in services should be regarded when constituting programmes supporting entrepreneurship.

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Rider, Christopher I., Peter Thompson, Aleksandra Kacperczyk, and Joacim Tåg. "Experience and Entrepreneurship: A Career Transition Perspective." ILR Review 72, no. 5 (June 10, 2019): 1149–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0019793919852919.

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The authors cast entrepreneurship as one of three career choices—remaining with one’s employer, changing employers, or engaging in entrepreneurship—and theorize how the likelihood of entrepreneurship evolves over one’s career. They empirically demonstrate an inverted U-shaped relationship between accumulated experience and entrepreneurship across various industries and jobs. The authors highlight the difficulty of inferring the mechanism underlying the observed relationship, despite detailed career history data and job displacement shocks that eliminate the current employer choice. These analyses motivate a formal career transitions model in which employer-specific and general skills accumulate with experience but potential employers observe only total skill. Results from the model presented here are that entrepreneurial career transitions vary with two relative costs: 1) the cost to an individual to form a business and 2) the cost to a potential employer to utilize the individual’s employer-specific skills. The authors discuss how this model contributes new insights into an entrepreneurial career.

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Mohammed, Rahmat Alì, Marcello De Rosa, and Maria Angela Perito. "Upward Transition of Indian Entrepreneurs: from Simple Working to Ethnic Entrepreneurship. A Case Study in an Italian Region." European Countryside 13, no. 3 (September 1, 2021): 536–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/euco-2021-0031.

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Abstract This paper explores the role of entrepreneurial orientation in addressing upward mechanisms of Indian immigrant workers in rural areas. To achieve this purpose, an empirical analysis was carried out to investigate how entrepreneurial orientation may affect mechanisms of professional transition. Precisely, we managed direct interviews among Indian workers (through the support of cultural mediators), local actors (like public and private advisors) and Italian entrepreneurs. Our funding suggests the presence of three Indian workers in Italy (simple workers, intrapreneurs, entrepreneurs), characterised by different entrepreneurial profile acting as engine or barrier to what we have labelled as “upward transition”. Immigrant entrepreneurs play a relevant role in Italy and in our point of view, it is of paramount importance to allow them to access to rural development policies, knowledge, training and education upgrading.

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Pereira, Alexius. "Attitudes towards Entrepreneurship in Singapore: The Role of the State in Cultural Transition." Asian Journal of Social Science 35, no. 3 (2007): 321–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853107x224268.

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AbstractIn 2001, due to Singapore's low level of entrepreneurship, the state introduced an economic policy known as the Technopreneurship 21 programme. Along with many economic incentives and structural changes, the state has also embarked upon an ideological campaign to create a more pro-entrepreneurial society. This study focuses on examining the attitudes of undergraduates towards entrepreneurship as a means of understanding the Singapore state's ability to 'change' mindsets. It finds that although the respondents still feel that Singapore is currently still un-entrepreneurial, they are very positive for the future. Indeed, the undergraduates even felt that the best way for Singapore to become pro-entrepreneurial was for more state intervention. This paper concludes that because of the capacity and capability of the highly interventionist Singapore government, it is a key agent in the process of cultural transition in Singapore.

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Etzkowitz, Henry. "Anatomy of the entrepreneurial university." Social Science Information 52, no. 3 (August 5, 2013): 486–511. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0539018413485832.

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This article analyzes the evolution of the entrepreneurial university from a narrow focus on capturing the commercializable results of the ‘meandering stream of basic research’ to a broader interest in firm formation and regional economic development. No longer limited to schools like MIT, specialized for that purpose, entrepreneurial aspirations have spread to the academic mainstream. Academic involvement in (1) technology transfer, (2) firm formation and (3) regional development signifies the transition from a research to an entrepreneurial university as the academic ideal. As universities become entrepreneurial, tension arises between this new role and that of teaching and research as it has between research and teaching. Nevertheless, the university coheres as each of these new missions has fed back into and enhanced previous tasks.

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Galanakis, Kostas, and Paraskevi Giourka. "Entrepreneurial path: decoupling the complexity of entrepreneurial process." International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 23, no. 2 (March 13, 2017): 317–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-03-2016-0079.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to synthesise the socioeconomic context, personality, knowledge and social capital into a systemic framework, named the “entrepreneurial path” that demonstrates the process of transforming initial entrepreneurial intentions to a growing venture. This systemic framework decouples the overall complexity of the entrepreneurial realisation to three main subsystems: entrepreneurial intentions and venture idea formation; barriers of transition from nascent to active entrepreneur; and active and growing ventures. Design/methodology/approach The paper employs a systemic thinking approach to decouple the complexity of the subject. Survey techniques and digital social network discussion forums were used for the collection of primary qualitative data from multiple stakeholders. Findings The conceptual framework, named the entrepreneurial path, highlights the importance of different factors at each stage of the entrepreneurial realisation. Especially the importance of factors such as perceived desirability, feasibility, self-efficacy, network ties and social capital has been identified as central. Needs for managerial skills and resources for the new venture come to play only on the later stage. Each of those factors though, plays a distinctive role in the different stages of the realisation and in dependence to the maturity of the entrepreneurial context. Research limitations/implications Further research may examine whether these factors that have been identified by successful entrepreneurs and stakeholders are reflecting the experience for those who have not been successful in their effort to create their venture. Practical implications The entrepreneurial path provides a supportive tool for: academics designing focussed entrepreneurship education programmes and research; managers in intermediate structures to identify the specific needs of nascent and early-stage entrepreneurs in comparison to the needs of entrepreneurs in the growth stage; and for policy makers prioritising on supportive structures and institutions directing their actions to specific stages or barriers of the process or creating holistic and evolving structures based on the maturity of the entrepreneurial context. Originality/value The decoupling of the process of transforming initial entrepreneurial intentions to a growing venture demonstrates that different approaches are required in order to foster each one of the factors identified. Focussing on activities and resources on one stage at the time, or presenting parallel activities that reflect the different level of maturity of regions, institutions, individuals and societal perceptions may provide better service to nascent and active entrepreneurs, than considering treating entrepreneurial intentions as a unified process.

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Garcia-Lorenzo, Lucia, Paul Donnelly, Lucia Sell-Trujillo, and J. Miguel Imas. "Liminal Entrepreneuring: The Creative Practices of Nascent Necessity Entrepreneurs." Organization Studies 39, no. 2-3 (October 24, 2017): 373–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840617727778.

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This paper contributes to creative entrepreneurship studies through exploring ‘liminal entrepreneuring’, i.e., the organization-creation entrepreneurial practices and narratives of individuals living in precarious conditions. Drawing on a processual approach to entrepreneurship and Turner’s liminality concept, we study the transition from un(der)employment to entrepreneurship of 50 nascent necessity entrepreneurs (NNEs) in Spain, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. The paper asks how these agents develop creative entrepreneuring practices in their efforts to overcome their condition of ‘necessity’. The analysis shows how, in their everyday liminal entrepreneuring, NNEs disassemble their identities and social positions, experiment with new relationships and alternative visions of themselves, and (re)connect with entrepreneuring ideas and practices in a new way, using imagination and organization-creation practices to reconstruct both self and context in the process. The results question and expand the notion of entrepreneuring in times of socio-economic stress.

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Glukhikh, P. L., L. V. Voronina, and E. R. Saifulin. "Prospects and Digital Threats of the Mass Transition of Microentrepreneurs to Internet Platforms." Economic Revival of Russia, no. 3 (73) (2022): 154–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.37930/1990-9780-2022-3-73-154-163.

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The rapid emergence of advanced technologies, internet platforms and the spread of the sharing economy are the drivers of economic change. In addition to opportunities, new threats are being created for entrepreneurs in the form of digital monopolies. Platforms modify economic entities and the behavioral models they apply. Refusal or consent to carry out business activities using internet platforms generates a digital divide. The consequences for the most massive small form of Russian business – microentrepreneurs are not obvious. Considering all microentrepreneurs, including those who do not have state registration, the cumulative consequences can be very significant for the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The purpose of the article is to systematize scientific approaches to the study of prospects and digital threats of the mass transition of microentrepreneurs to internet platforms. Using the methods of content analysis of foreign and Russian publications, it is systematized that the problems of transition are investigated in three directions: the consequences of the economy of shared consumption, the study of models of entrepreneurial behavior and cognitive distortions. The lack of scientific knowledge about the prospects and digital threats of the transition of microentrepreneurs to internet platforms has been established. The scientific significance lies in the actualization of this scientific field. In future studies, it is necessary to assess the extent and motives for the dissemination of business behavior models on internet platforms. And identification of entrepreneurial patterns and their consequences for the entrepreneur himself and the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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Szalavetz, Andrea. "Developing entrepreneurial universities to enhance technology transfer in transition economies." International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation 10, no. 2 (2011): 118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijttc.2011.039129.

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