Understanding the Life Cycles of Entrepreneurial Teams and Their Ventures: An Agenda for Future Research

Holger Patzelt, Rebecca Preller and Nicola Breugst

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2021, vol. 45, issue 5, 1119-1153

Abstract: While research on entrepreneurial teams has flourished over the past two decades, it has mainly taken a static perspective, neglecting the developments both teams and their ventures undergo over time. To address this issue, we develop a “double life cycle framework†covering entrepreneurial teams’ formation, collaboration, and dissolution phases as well as potential nonlinear sequences of these phases. While this team life cycle is embedded in the venture life cycle, both life cycles can progress independently. We offer research suggestions on entrepreneurial team formation, collaboration, and dissolution in each venture phase, highlighting the role of entrepreneurial teams in advancing their ventures.

Keywords: founding team; entrepreneurial team; entrepreneurial cognition; entrepreneurial affect; entrepreneurial exit; organizational life cycle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/1042258720978386

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