Journal of Business Venturing

1985 - 2025

Current editor(s): S. Venkataraman

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Volume 33, issue 6, 2018

Bribes as entrepreneurial actions: Why underdog entrepreneurs feel compelled to use them pp. 679-690

Robert A. Baron, Jintong Tang, Zhi Tang and Yuli Zhang

The intersection of entrepreneurship and selling: An interdisciplinary review, framework, and future research agenda pp. 691-719

Russell S. Matthews, Dominic M. Chalmers and Simon S. Fraser

Signals' flexibility and interaction with visual cues: Insights from crowdfunding pp. 720-741

David J. Scheaf, Blakley C. Davis, Justin W. Webb, Joseph E. Coombs, Jared Borns and Garrett Holloway

Business cycles and start-ups across industries: An empirical analysis of German regions pp. 742-761

Alexander Konon, Michael Fritsch and Alexander Kritikos

Gender differences in entrepreneurial propensity: Evidence from matrilineal and patriarchal societies pp. 762-779

Abu Zafar M. Shahriar

Narcissistic rhetoric and crowdfunding performance: A social role theory perspective pp. 780-812

Aaron H. Anglin, Marcus T. Wolfe, Jeremy C. Short, Aaron F. McKenny and Robert J. Pidduck

A woman's place is in the… startup! Crowdfunder judgments, implicit bias, and the stereotype content model pp. 813-831

Michael A. Johnson, Regan M. Stevenson and Chaim R. Letwin

Volume 33, issue 5, 2018

Going pro-social: Extending the individual-venture nexus to the collective level pp. 551-565

Oana Branzei, Simon Parker, Peter W. Moroz and Edward Gamble

Brace for impact: Uniting our diverse voices through a social impact frame pp. 566-574

Tyler Wry and Helen Haugh

Organizational hybrids as biological hybrids: Insights for research on the relationship between social enterprise and the entrepreneurial ecosystem pp. 575-590

Jeffery S. McMullen

Common property: Uncommon forms of prosocial organizing pp. 591-602

Ana Maria Peredo, Helen M. Haugh and Murdith McLean

Learning “who we are” by doing: Processes of co-constructing prosocial identities in community-based enterprises pp. 603-622

Domenico Dentoni, Stefano Pascucci, Kim Poldner and William B. Gartner

Bringing the elephant into the room? Enacting conflict in collective prosocial organizing pp. 623-642

E. Erin Powell, Ralph Hamann, Verena Bitzer and Ted Baker

Funding the story of hybrid ventures: Crowdfunder lending preferences and linguistic hybridity pp. 643-659

Todd W. Moss, Maija Renko, Emily Block and Moriah Meyskens

Reference points for measuring social performance: Case study of a social business venture pp. 660-678

Kévin André, Charles H. Cho and Matias Laine

Volume 33, issue 4, 2018

Language and market inclusivity for women entrepreneurship: the case of microfinance pp. 395-415

Israel Drori, Ronny Manos, Estefania Santacreu-Vasut, Oded Shenkar and Amir Shoham

The opportunity not taken: The occupational identity of entrepreneurs in contexts of poverty pp. 416-437

Angelique Slade Shantz, Geoffrey Kistruck and Charlene Zietsma

Signaling for more money: The roles of founders' human capital and investor prominence in resource acquisition across different stages of firm development pp. 438-454

Eun-Jeong Ko and Alexander McKelvie

Entrepreneurial orientation and innovation in family SMEs: Unveiling the (actual) impact of the Board of Directors pp. 455-469

Unai Arzubiaga, Josip Kotlar, Alfredo De Massis, Amaia Maseda and Txomin Iturralde

The power of positivity? The influence of positive psychological capital language on crowdfunding performance pp. 470-492

Aaron H. Anglin, Jeremy C. Short, Will Drover, Regan M. Stevenson, Aaron F. McKenny and Thomas H. Allison

Finding the threshold: A configurational approach to optimal distinctiveness pp. 493-512

Brent McKnight and Charlene Zietsma

Equity crowdfunding: First resort or last resort? pp. 513-533

Xavier Walthoff-Borm, Armin Schwienbacher and Tom Vanacker

International entrepreneurship beyond individuals and firms: On the systemic nature of international opportunities pp. 534-550

Tuija Mainela, Vesa Puhakka and Sakari Sipola

Volume 33, issue 3, 2018

Are SMEs with immigrant owners exceptional exporters? pp. 241-260

Horatio Morgan, Sui Sui and Matthias Baum

Giving up the hats? Entrepreneurs' role transitions and venture growth pp. 261-277

Blake D. Mathias and David W. Williams

Inequality and entrepreneurial thresholds pp. 278-295

Soumodip Sarkar, Carlos Rufín and Jonathan Haughton

Perceived psychological distance, construal processes, and abstractness of entrepreneurial action pp. 296-314

H. Shawna Chen, Ronald K. Mitchell, Keith H. Brigham, Roy Howell and Robert Steinbauer

Passion for entrepreneurship or passion for the product? A conjoint analysis of angel and VC decision-making pp. 315-332

Benjamin J. Warnick, Charles Y. Murnieks, Jeffery S. McMullen and Wade T. Brooks

Feeling capable and valued: A prosocial perspective on the link between empathy and social entrepreneurial intentions pp. 333-350

Sophie Bacq and Elisa Alt

Entrepreneurs' perceived exit performance: Conceptualization and scale development pp. 351-370

Steffen Strese, Philipp Gebhard, David Feierabend and Malte Brettel

Beyond financing: crowdfunding as an informational mechanism pp. 371-393

Jordana Viotto da Cruz

Volume 33, issue 2, 2018

Imprinting with purpose: Prosocial opportunities and B Corp certification pp. 117-129

Peter W. Moroz, Oana Branzei, Simon Parker and Edward N. Gamble

Positively deviant: Identity work through B Corporation certification pp. 130-148

Matthew G. Grimes, Joel Gehman and Ke Cao

The double-edged sword of purpose-driven behavior in sustainable venturing pp. 149-178

Pablo Muñoz, Gabriella Cacciotti and Boyd Cohen

Category membership, identity control, and the reevaluation of prosocial opportunities pp. 179-206

Michael Conger, Jeffery S. McMullen, Brian J. Bergman and Jeffrey G. York

A configural framework of practice change for B corporations pp. 207-224

Garima Sharma, 'Alim J. Beveridge and Nardia Haigh

A longitudinal comparison of capital structure between young for-profit social and commercial enterprises pp. 225-240

Ana Cristina O. Siqueira, Nadja Guenster, Tom Vanacker and Saskia Crucke

Volume 33, issue 1, 2018

Having a creative day: Understanding entrepreneurs' daily idea generation through a recovery lens pp. 1-19

Eva Weinberger, Dominika Wach, Ute Stephan and Jürgen Wegge

Corporate venture capital (CVC) investments and technological performance: Geographic diversity and the interplay with technology alliances pp. 20-34

Rene Belderbos, Jojo Jacob and Boris Lokshin

Signaling by early stage startups: US government research grants and venture capital funding pp. 35-51

Mazhar Islam, Adam Fremeth and Alfred Marcus

Action! Moving beyond the intendedly-rational logics of entrepreneurship pp. 52-69

Daniel A. Lerner, Richard Hunt and Dimo Dimov

Government guaranteed small business loans and regional growth pp. 70-83

Yong Suk Lee

Overcoming constraints of collective imagination: An inquiry into activist entrepreneuring, disruptive truth-telling and the creation of ‘possible worlds’ pp. 84-99

Pascal Dey and Chris Mason

Effectuation under risk and uncertainty: A simulation model pp. 100-116

Christopher Welter and Sungho Kim

Volume 32, issue 6, 2017

The imprint of labor markets on entrepreneurial performance pp. 611-626

Seok-Woo Kwon and Martin Ruef

ADHD, impulsivity and entrepreneurship pp. 627-656

Johan Wiklund, Wei Yu, Reginald Tucker and Louis D. Marino

Social entrepreneurship as emancipatory work pp. 657-673

Yanto Chandra

Institutional logics, family firm governance and performance pp. 674-693

Danny Miller, Isabelle Le Breton-Miller, Mario Amore, Alessandro Minichilli and Guido Corbetta

Are ‘sea turtles’ slower? Returnee entrepreneurs, venture resources and speed of entrepreneurial entry pp. 694-706

Fei Qin, Mike Wright and Jian Gao

Persuasion in crowdfunding: An elaboration likelihood model of crowdfunding performance pp. 707-725

Thomas H. Allison, Blakley C. Davis, Justin W. Webb and Jeremy C. Short

Volume 32, issue 5, 2017

A theory of entrepreneurship and institutional uncertainty pp. 461-475

Per Bylund and Matthew McCaffrey

Imagery of ad-venture: Understanding entrepreneurial identity through metaphor and drawing pp. 476-497

Jean Clarke and Robin Holt

Jacks-(and Jills)-of-all-trades: On whether, how and why gender influences firm innovativeness pp. 498-518

Robert Strohmeyer, Vartuhi Tonoyan and Jennifer E. Jennings

Diversification, risk, and returns in venture capital pp. 519-535

Axel Buchner, Abdulkadir Mohamed and Armin Schwienbacher

Where did interpretivism go in the theory of entrepreneurship? pp. 536-549

Mark D. Packard

Accountability for social impact: A bricolage perspective on impact measurement in social enterprises pp. 550-568

Greg Molecke and Jonatan Pinkse

Entrepreneurial orientation and its effect on sustainability decision tradeoffs: The case of sustainable fashion firms pp. 569-587

Lori DiVito and René Bohnsack

Small but attractive: Dimensions of new venture employer attractiveness and the moderating role of applicants' entrepreneurial behaviors pp. 588-610

Kilian J. Moser, Andranik Tumasjan and Isabell M. Welpe

Volume 32, issue 4, 2017

When is it time to stop doing the same old thing? How institutional and organizational entrepreneurs changed Major League Baseball pp. 355-370

Peter D. Sherer

Self-employment differentials among foreign-born STEM and non-STEM workers pp. 371-384

Zhengyu Cai and John Winters

After the harvest: A stewardship perspective on entrepreneurship and philanthropy pp. 385-404

Blake D. Mathias, Shelby J. Solomon and Kristen Madison

Institutional deterioration and entrepreneurial investment: The role of political connections pp. 405-419

Jianhua Ge, Laura J. Stanley, Kimberly Eddleston and Franz Kellermanns

Transitioning entrepreneurs from informal to formal markets pp. 420-442

Christopher Sutter, Justin Webb, Geoff Kistruck, David J. Ketchen and R. Duane Ireland

Affect spin, entrepreneurs' well-being, and venture goal progress: The moderating role of goal orientation pp. 443-460

Marilyn A. Uy, Shuhua Sun and Maw-Der Foo

Volume 32, issue 3, 2017

New business formation and the productivity of manufacturing incumbents: Effects and mechanisms pp. 237-259

Michael Fritsch and Javier Changoluisa

Passion and grit: An exploration of the pathways leading to venture success pp. 260-279

Brandon A. Mueller, Marcus T. Wolfe and Imran Syed

Fear of failure as a mediator of the relationship between obstacles and nascent entrepreneurial activity—An experimental approach pp. 280-301

Tobias Kollmann, Christoph Stöckmann and Julia M. Kensbock

Commercialization strategy and internationalization outcomes in technology-based new ventures pp. 302-317

Noni Symeonidou, Johan Bruneel and Erkko Autio

Late-career entrepreneurship, income and quality of life pp. 318-333

Teemu Kautonen, Ewald Kibler and Maria Minniti

Boosting and sustaining passion: A long-term perspective on the effects of entrepreneurship training pp. 334-353

Michael M. Gielnik, Marilyn A. Uy, Rebecca Funken and Kim Marie Bischoff

Volume 32, issue 2, 2017

Venturing into the unknown with strangers: Substitutes of relational embeddedness in cross-border partner selection in venture capital syndicates pp. 131-144

Miguel Meuleman, Mikko Jääskeläinen, Markku V.J. Maula and Mike Wright

Attributes of legitimate venture failure impressions pp. 145-161

Ewald Kibler, Christoph Mandl, Teemu Kautonen and Elisabeth S.C. Berger

Entrepreneurship and employment stability — Job matching, labour market value, and personal commitment pp. 162-177

Virgilio Failla, Francesca Melillo and Toke Reichstein

Self-employment and work-related stress: The mediating role of job control and job demand pp. 178-196

Jolanda Hessels, Cornelius A. Rietveld and Peter van der Zwan

Institutional environment, public-private hybrid forms, and entrepreneurial reinvestment in a transition economy pp. 197-214

Wubiao Zhou

Linguistic style and crowdfunding success among social and commercial entrepreneurs pp. 215-236

Annaleena Parhankangas and Maija Renko

Volume 32, issue 1, 2017

How prior investments of time, money, and employee hires influence time to exit a distressed venture, and the extent to which contingency planning helps pp. 1-17

Yasuhiro Yamakawa and Melissa S. Cardon

Embracing digital networks: Entrepreneurs' social capital online pp. 18-34

Claudia Smith, J. Brock Smith and Eleanor Shaw

Toward a dynamic process model of entrepreneurial networking under uncertainty pp. 35-51

Yuval Engel, Mariëtte Kaandorp and Tom Elfring

Legitimate to whom? The challenge of audience diversity and new venture legitimacy pp. 52-71

Greg Fisher, Donald F. Kuratko, James M. Bloodgood and Jeffrey S. Hornsby

Does my contribution to your crowdfunding project matter? pp. 72-89

Venkat Kuppuswamy and Barry L. Bayus

Funders' positive affective reactions to entrepreneurs' crowdfunding pitches: The influence of perceived product creativity and entrepreneurial passion pp. 90-106

Blakley C. Davis, Keith M. Hmieleski, Justin W. Webb and Joseph E. Coombs

Past as prologue: Entrepreneurial inaction decisions and subsequent action judgments pp. 107-127

Matthew S. Wood, David W. Williams and Will Drover