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We have 3 new Special Issues calls for papers live now! Check them out online at journals.sagepub.com/home/et…
Announcing two workshops for SI on “Time in Entrepreneurship: New Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Approaches” on November 23rd, 2026 9am-12pm (noon) EST and 2-5pm GMT, and the other 9am-12pm Golf Central time and 3-6pm Australia Eastern Time journals.sagepub.com/pb-asse…
Curious why ethnography is rare in entrepreneurship—and how to actually do it well? This new ETP piece demystifies the method, shares hard-earned lessons, and offers practical tools for going deep into the entrepreneurial field.
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Using a comprehensive dataset of VC investments in Europe, new work finds that domestic VC firms gain enduring benefits from partnering with reputable foreign VC firms—through mechanisms of certification and learning. Read on at ETP:
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Entrepreneurship research needs more replication—here’s why! We revisit a seminal study, testing its robustness and uncovering what scholars must consider moving forward. Read more at ETP:
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When will entrepreneurs network broadly? When they face failure threat and do not have high confidence! Read more online:
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"What Does Not Kill You Makes You Search: The Effects of Failure Threat and Self-Evaluation on Entrepreneurs’ Ego Networks"
EXPOSED: Why your QCA research could be generating up to 98% false positives - and the five essential fixes every entrepreneurship scholar needs to know. Read on at:
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"Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) in Entrepreneurship Research"
Can copying others make you a better investor? Our study highlights how and when imitation behavior improves angel investment performance, comparing the hype of new investments to less visible reinvestments.
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We need to be metacognitive about our entrepreneurial metacognitive research! Read on at doi.org/10.1177/104225872513…
"Systemizing Entrepreneurial Metacognition: Thinking About the Past and Future" By authors Bob Bastian, Mariel Hjelle, and Dean Shepherd
New work at ETP shows that disagreement on the importance of socioemotional wealth fosters citizenship behavior in family firms. Read the latest
"All is well until it isn't: Socioemotional wealth congruence and employee behavior in family firms"
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Can Next Generations and Family CEOs be drivers of Digital Innovation in Family Firms? Construal level theory, a psychology-based theory, helps us understand family firm owner-managers goal time horizon and risk appetite. Read more at ETP
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What allows business families to develop global organizational identities? Find out in "Mediated Reference Point Shifts: Breaking Free of the Family DNA" written by Nava Michael-Tsabari, Vanessa M. Strike, Michael Carney and Francesco Barbera
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Entrepreneurial orientation has benefits—but it may also have downsides.
✅ Higher EO increases product recall risk
✅ Managerial attention to quality control matters
✅ COO power can help mitigate these risks
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Experienced founders don't just build companies—they build learning organizations. The founding experience helps create absorptive capacity, leading to greater innovation at scale, VC experience makes this effect even stronger.
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💡 Can a family CEO inspire innovation beyond the family? Transformational family CEOs improve the performance of business units led by nonfamily managers—especially when they possess strong political skill. Read more:
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Is family ownership a shield during a CSR crisis? Research finds that consumers are often more forgiving of family firms—but only when responsibility is unclear. Read more online: doi.org/10.1177/104225872514…
A new Special Issue at ETP therefore calls for rigorous, theory-driven replication studies that revisit foundational relationships and contribute to a more robust and context-sensitive understanding of entrepreneurship phenomena.
Manuscripts must be submitted by August 1, 2027
We're excited to share a Call for Papers for a special issue of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice on "The Startup Workforce."
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Please share with colleagues who study entrepreneurship, OB, HR, labor economics, the future of work, and related topics.
Despite the influence of time itself as a target for action, we lack a dedicated conversation on time as the main focus for theory development, extension, and testing in entrepreneurship. A new SI at ETP provides a forum to advance this conversation journals.sagepub.com/home/et…
ETP seeks special issue proposals that advance entrepreneurship research! Proposals should be emailed as attachments to Jeff Pollack no later than Feb 23, 2026. For more details see our call for SI proposals online at journals.sagepub.com/home/et…