Journal of Small Business Management

2001 - 2025

Current editor(s): Eric Liguori

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Volume 62, issue 6, 2024

Family firm entrepreneurship: An experimental study pp. 2707-2740

Michele Pinelli, Thomas Niemand, Pasquale Massimo Picone, Sascha Kraus and Alfredo De Massis

Comparing the moderated impact of entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation, and entrepreneurial marketing on firm performance pp. 2741-2778

Nasser Alqahtani, Can Uslay and Sengun (Shen) Yeniyurt

Beyond educating students about business failure: The role of optimism training and hope pp. 2779-2805

Dan Cohen, Dan K. Hsu and Rachel S. Shinnar

Drivers and outcomes of CSR engagement in UK SMES pp. 2806-2846

Cezara Nicoara and Vita Kadile

SME default prediction: A systematic methodology-focused review pp. 2847-2905

Hamid Cheraghali and Peter Molnár

The paths leading to harmonious and obsessive entrepreneurial passion pp. 2906-2934

Arafet Bouhalleb and Mohamed Yacine Haddoud

Hybrid entrepreneurs: The value of experience pp. 2935-2964

Sebastián Uriarte, Vesna Mandakovic and José Ernesto Amorós

The family business CEO: A review of insights and opportunities for advancement pp. 2965-3015

Vitaliy Skorodziyevskiy, Jeffrey A. Chandler, James J. Chrisman, Joshua J. Daspit and Oleg V. Petrenko

Family governance structures in family businesses: A systematic literature review and future research agenda pp. 3016-3052

Vinod Thakur and Sabyasachi Sinha

R&D investment, innovation, and export performance: An analysis of SME and large firms pp. 3053-3086

Miethy Zaman and George Tanewski

Family firms’ survival in an economic downturn: The role of ownership concentration and collaborative intensity pp. 3087-3118

Joan Freixanet, Gemma Renart Vicens and Pilar Marquès Gou

Auditing in family firms: Past trends and future research directions pp. 3119-3163

Miguel Gil, Timur Uman, Martin R. W. Hiebl and Steffen Seifner

Managerial ties, external resources, and business model innovation: Interplay and mediation analysis pp. 3164-3190

Tommy H. Clausen and Lars H. Molden

Academics and entrepreneurs: Enablers of hybrid identity centrality among university researchers pp. 3191-3225

Inna Majoor-Kozlinska, Ulla Hytti and Pekka Stenholm

Volume 62, issue 5, 2024

Intersectional dimensions of entrepreneurship among immigrant Hispanic women pp. 2181-2210

Samuel C.H. Mindes and Paul Lewin

Environmental practice adoption in SMEs: The effects of firm proactive orientation and regulatory pressure pp. 2211-2246

Beverly B. Tyler, Brooke Lahneman, Daniele Cerrato, Allan Discua Cruz, Karin Beukel, Nathalie Spielmann and Marco Minciullo

Friends for richer or poorer: Economic connectedness, regional social capital, and county entrepreneurial activity pp. 2247-2286

Pankaj C. Patel and Marcus T. Wolfe

Clearing the hurdles: Revisiting the under-performance hypothesis for women-led VC funded firms pp. 2287-2321

Candida G. Brush and Amanda B. Elam

Gender differences in entrepreneurs’ work–family conflict and well-being during COVID-19: Moderating effects of gender-egalitarian contexts pp. 2322-2363

Steven A. Brieger, Deema Sonbol and Dirk De Clercq

Digital communities of inquiry: How online communities support entrepreneurial opportunity development pp. 2364-2395

Peter Kalum Schou and Gilbert Kofi Adarkwah

Why bother teaching entrepreneurship? A field quasi-experiment on the behavioral outcomes of compulsory entrepreneurship education pp. 2396-2452

Katrin M. Smolka, Thijs H. J. Geradts, Peter W. van der Zwan and Andreas Rauch

Drivers and success factors of digital entrepreneurship: A systematic literature review and future research agenda pp. 2453-2481

Tal Berman, David Stuckler, Daniel Schallmo and Sascha Kraus

Corporate environmental responsibility and financing patterns: Does firm size matter? pp. 2482-2522

Dengjun Zhang

Applicant attraction to new ventures: The combined effects of entrepreneurs’ physical attractiveness and gender pp. 2523-2562

Evila Piva and Paola Rovelli

Childhood exposure to family firm and transgenerational orientation: Moderated mediation of affective commitment pp. 2563-2606

Baris Istipliler, Annegret Hauer, Detlef Keese, Michael Woywode and Jan-Philipp Ahrens

Government finance, loans, and guarantees for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) (2000–2021): A systematic review pp. 2607-2637

Joseph Crawford, Zi-Ying Anna Cui and David Kewley

Altruistic entrepreneurs: How does religious belief affect entrepreneurial career persistence? pp. 2638-2669

Ying Chen, Kim Klyver and Hui Zhang

Psychological capital and emotions on “surviving” or “thriving” during uncertainty: Evidence from women entrepreneurs pp. 2670-2706

Nilupulee Liyanagamage, Charmaine Glavas, Thilakshi Kodagoda and Lisa Schuster

Volume 62, issue 4, 2024

Mobilizing potential slack and firm performance: Evidence from French SMEs before and during the COVID-19 period pp. 1719-1748

Vivien Lefebvre

Determinants of system emergence at the nexus of banks and fintech–insights from the DACH region pp. 1749-1780

Roland von Horn and Muhamed Kudic

International high-growth of early internationalizing firms: A feedback loop experience pp. 1781-1827

Pierre-Louis Meuric and Véronique Favre-Bonté

Understanding international CSR in SMEs pp. 1828-1864

Maria-Cristina Stoian and Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki

Agility and improvisation in Ontario’s craft breweries: Capabilities for constraints-based innovation pp. 1865-1906

Nadege Levallet, Suchit Ahuja and Corey Wood

Equity crowdfunding for university spin-offs: Unveiling the motivations, benefits, and risks related to its adoption pp. 1907-1941

Ciro Troise, Stefano Bresciani, Alberto Ferraris and Gabriele Santoro

Disentangling owners’ emotional determinants of the first-offer price for valuating small and medium-sized enterprises pp. 1942-1981

Robin M. Gubela, Michael Graffius, Birgit Felden and Sven Wolff

Bourdieusian and resource-based perspectives on ethnic minority microbusinesses: The construction of a culture-induced entrepreneurship model pp. 1982-2015

Muhibul Haq, Martin Johanson, Julie Davies, Wilson Ng and Léo-Paul Dana

Owner-manager emotions and strategic responses of small family businesses to the COVID-19 pandemic pp. 2016-2057

Michael Christofi, Elias Hadjielias, Raj V. Mahto, Shlomo Tarba and Amandeep Dhir

Business model scaling and growth hacking in digital entrepreneurship pp. 2058-2085

Angelo Cavallo, Federico Cosenz and Guido Noto

Effects of founder gender and workplace romance status on recruits’ evaluations of early-stage ventures pp. 2086-2115

Safal Batra, Vishal K. Gupta, Vivek Kumar and Charles A. Pierce

Opening the black box of venture capitalists’ evaluation of entrepreneurial teams pp. 2116-2151

Frederic Blume and Josh Wei-Jun Hsueh

More than capital? Transaction costs, trade-offs, and value for small businesses in novel funding transactions pp. 2152-2179

Regan Stevenson, Sean R. McMahon, Michael P. Ciuchta and Chaim Letwin

Volume 62, issue 3, 2024

The effect of institutions on intrapreneurship: An analysis of developed vs developing countries pp. 1107-1147

David Urbano, Jairo Orozco and Andreu Turro

Pitching with your heart (on your sleeve): Getting to the heart of how display authenticity matters in crowdfunding pp. 1148-1186

Pyayt P. Oo and Thomas H. Allison

A critical analysis of the Nigerian entrepreneurial ecosystem on transformational entrepreneurship pp. 1187-1218

Odafe Martin Egere, Gideon Maas and Paul Jones

Unpacking the early alumni engagement of entrepreneurship graduates pp. 1219-1252

Ziad El-Awad, Jonas Gabrielsson, Jasna Pocek and Diamanto Politis

The imprinting effects of parent firms on the evolution of young spinoff alliance networks pp. 1253-1285

Forough Zarea Fazlelahi, J. Henri Burgers, Martin Obschonka and Per Davidsson

Entrepreneurship, age, and social value creation: A constraint-based individual perspective pp. 1286-1322

Brigitte Hoogendoorn, Lorraine Uhlaner, Peter van der Zwan and Ute Stephan

Overcoming internal barriers to new venture growth: The role of employee motivations pp. 1323-1346

Simon C. Parker

Are bricoleurs more satisfied? How bricolage affects entrepreneur job satisfaction among experienced versus novice entrepreneurs pp. 1347-1384

Lucas Kleine-Stegemann, Simon Hensellek, Julienne Senyard, Philipp Benedikt Jung and Tobias Kollmann

Termination of nascent entrepreneurship: The central effects of action crisis in new venture creation pp. 1385-1429

Stela Ivanova and Erno T. Tornikoski

Acquihires by SMEs as a strategic response to industry digitalization pp. 1430-1468

Kaushik Gala and Brandon A. Mueller

Can playing defense yield gains? Examining the relationships among regulatory focus, innovation, and SME performance pp. 1469-1497

Dennis Barber, Whitney O. Peake and Michael L. Harris

SMEs and dividend payout policy in case of poor legal environment pp. 1498-1530

Greta Falavigna and Roberto Ippoliti

FsQCA in entrepreneurship research: Opportunities and best practices pp. 1531-1548

Shahrokh Nikou, Jozsef Mezei, Eric W. Liguori and Ayman El Tarabishy

International new ventures: Beyond definitional debates to advancing the cornerstone of international entrepreneurship pp. 1549-1571

Daniel R. Clark and Robert J. Pidduck

The process of growing in small firms: Exploring dialectic adjustments to nonroutine disruption pp. 1572-1603

Ivana Milosevic, A. Erin Bass and Mary Uhl-Bien

Heroes of the Green Room – How able successors revitalize and reinvent family firms pp. 1604-1651

Baris Istipliler, Jan-Philipp Ahrens, Annegret Hauer, Dennis Steininger and Michael Woywode

Collective entrepreneurship makes strange bedfellows: Examining framing activity in construction of the equity crowdfunding market pp. 1652-1683

Denis Iurchenko, Jeffrey S. Petty and Sanjay Jain

Choice or chance: How successful entrepreneurs talk about luck pp. 1684-1717

Katrina M. Brownell, Melissa S. Cardon, Mark T. Bolinger and Jeffrey G. Covin

Volume 62, issue 2, 2024

Selling to “the man”: How dependence on sales to the government affects new venture performance pp. 563-590

Curtis Sproul, David Jiang, Matthew Marvel and Andrew Carnes

How university business incubation supports entrepreneurs in technology-based and creative industries: A comparative study pp. 591-627

Charlene L. Nicholls-Nixon, Ranjita M. Singh, Zohreh Hassannezhad Chavoushi and Dave Valliere

The key to scaling in the digital era: Simultaneous automation, individualization and interdisciplinarity pp. 628-655

Johannes Gartner, Daniela Maresch and Robert Tierney

The social and economic outputs of SME-GSI research collaboration in an emerging economy: An ecosystem perspective pp. 656-699

Mariana Giovanna Andrade-Rojas, Stella Yiyan Li and John JianJun Zhu

Challenges for growing SMEs: A managerial perspective pp. 700-723

Daniel Kindström, Per Carlborg and Tomas Nord

Exploring the role of managerial and organizational capabilities for the inbound internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises pp. 724-762

Constanza Bianchi and Maria-Cristina Stoian

An evaluation of the effectiveness of innovation ecosystems in facilitating the adoption of sustainable entrepreneurship pp. 763-789

Dana Sami Bakry, Tugrul Daim, Marina Dabic and Birol Yesilada

The early bird catches the worm: The role of regulatory uncertainty in early adoption of blockchain’s cryptocurrency by fintech ventures pp. 790-823

Arjan Frederiks, Sílvia Costa, Boudewijn Hulst and Aard J. Groen

Entrepreneurial challenges of COVID-19: Re-thinking entrepreneurship after the crisis pp. 824-846

Gagan Deep Sharma, Sascha Kraus, Eric Liguori, Umesh Kumar Bamel and Ritika Chopra

Analysis of the digital platform economy around the world: A network DEA model for identifying policy priorities pp. 847-891

Esteban Lafuente, Zoltán J. Ács and László Szerb

Entrepreneurs’ Information-Seeking Behaviors in the Digital Age–A Systematic Literature Review pp. 892-937

Thao Orrensalo, Candida Brush and Shahrokh Nikou

Market orientation and SME performance: Moderating role of IoT and mediating role of creativity pp. 938-965

Muhammad Wasim, Shehzad Ahmed, Tahera Kalsoom, Mohammad Saud Khan and Piyya Muhammad Rafi-Ul-Shan

Industry-relatedness, geographic proximity and strategic decisions of corporate and independent venture capital-backed companies pp. 966-1003

Paolo Mazza and Fatima Shuwaikh

Racial disparities in the small business loan market pp. 1004-1029

Atanu Rakshit and Jonathan Peterson

New venture teams and acquisition: Team composition matters pp. 1030-1057

Leila Soleimani and Ryan Stauffer

COVID-19 as an external enabler: The role of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial orientation pp. 1058-1083

Jeffrey E. McGee and Ryan P. Terry

Origin of Korean entrepreneurship pp. 1084-1106

Ayman El Tarabishy, Joon Oh, Kyoo-Il Jo and KiChan Kim

Volume 62, issue 1, 2024

The influence of a digital strategy on the digitalization of new ventures: The mediating effect of digital capabilities and a digital culture pp. 1-29

Dorian Proksch, Anna Frieda Rosin, Stephan Stubner and Andreas Pinkwart

Founders’ education, social capital, and their interplay in the intensity of new-venture internationalization pp. 30-66

R. Isil Yavuz

Gestation in new technology ventures: Causal brakes and effectual pedals pp. 67-102

René Mauer, Simon Nieschke and Saras D. Sarasvathy

Cross-level effects of entrepreneurial orientation and ambidexterity on the resilience of small business owners pp. 103-139

Nicole Gottschalck, Katrice Branner, Lisa Rolan and Franz Kellermanns

Resource reconfiguration by surviving SMEs in a disrupted industry pp. 140-174

Gareth H. Thomas and Evan J. Douglas

United or divided? Entrepreneurial passion and faultlines in new venture teams pp. 175-208

Qin Su, Lingli Luo, Dora C. Lau and Bart de Jong

When do negative emotions arise in entrepreneurship? A contextualized review of negative affective antecedents pp. 209-253

A. J. Williamson, A. Drencheva and M. T. Wolfe

How the tone of mass media news affects pledge amounts in reward crowdfunding campaigns pp. 254-282

Wesley Mendes-Da-Silva, Israel Felipe, Cristiana Cerqueira Leal and Marcelo Otone Aguiar

Achieving high international market performance via simple vs complex configuration of international managerial network ties: A set theoretic approach across two countries pp. 283-330

Gábor Nagy, Zeynep Bilgin-Wührer, Houcine Akrout, Eleni Lioliou, Katharina Maria Hofer and József Berács

Financial literacy in SMEs: A systematic literature review and a framework for further inquiry pp. 331-380

Roberto Graña-Alvarez, Ernesto Lopez-Valeiras, Miguel González-Loureiro and Freddy Coronado

The spectrum of perceived uncertainty and entrepreneurial orientation: Impacts on effectuation pp. 381-414

Birton Cowden, Masoud Karami, Jintong Tang, Wenping Ye and Samuel Adomako

Contextualizing founder identity in coworking spaces pp. 415-446

Ricarda B. Bouncken, Katrina M. Brownell, Till Marius Gantert and Sascha Kraus

Standing out in a crowd of victim entrepreneurs: How entrepreneurs’ language-based cues of personality traits affect public support pp. 447-486

Thomas H. Allison, Aaron H. Anglin, Blakley C. Davis, Pyayt Oo, Stella K. Seyb, Jeremy C. Short and Marcus T. Wolfe

Pre-start-up internationalization mindsets trigger action pp. 487-520

Sílvia Costa, Arjan Frederiks, Paula D. Englis, Basil G. Englis and Aard J. Groen

From athletes to entrepreneurs: Participation in youth sports as a precursor to future business endeavors pp. 521-562

Kirill Pervun, Dirk Libaers and Ninon Sutton