The present study introduces fear of failure as a responsive avoidance motive to the
entrepreneurship literature and demonstrates its relevance as a psychological process in …

This paper uses social learning theory to examine the influence of parental role models in
entrepreneurial families. We distinguish between paternal and maternal role models and …

In this paper we discuss necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship. We use panel data to
analyze how these two types of entrepreneurs differ in general, and in their ability to …

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (GSOEP), we analyze whether
necessity entrepreneurs differ from opportunity entrepreneurs in terms of self-employment …

Important factors that determine the emergence of new start-ups are the existence of the
individuals' entrepreneurial motivation, knowledge and skills. Entrepreneurship education …

We study a unique sample of 1,547 nascent entrepreneurs in Germany and analyze which
factors are associated with their self‐reported satisfaction regarding their start‐up. Our study …

This paper explains individual start-up activities on the basis of both person-related
characteristics and the regional context. The analysis is based upon micro data from the …

We examine the impact of positive (joy) and negative (fear) emotions on distinct phases of
the entrepreneurial process. To analyze the effects of emotions on entrepreneurial …

This paper is about the impact of clusters on entrepreneurship at the regional level. Defining
entrepreneurship as the creation of new organisations and clusters as a geographically …

The entrepreneur can be viewed as the source that implements his entrepreneurial
capabilities to recognise, pursue and successfully exploit viable business opportunities …