Browsing by Author "Moore, Curt"
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Indirect Effect of Entrepreneurs' Motives and Self-Set Goals on New Venture Performance
Button, Jonathon E. (2019-07)There are numerous reasons why individuals choose to start their own company; and these motives vary in strength depending on the entrepreneur. These entrepreneurial motives influence the decision making and behavior of ... -
Legitimate distinctiveness via cultural entrepreneurship in new ventures
Phillips, Duygu (2021-07)"To be different or to be the same?" Taking an ambidextrous perspective, I argue that new ventures can acquire legitimacy through their identity claims that communicate both distinctiveness and conformity. Adopting a ... -
Opportunity Creation: The Effects of Affective Events and Information Processing (Systematic, Heuristic) on Opportunity Creation Idea Quantity and Quality
Brown, Lincoln (2019-07)Utilizing a sample of 206 entrepreneurs, this study examines opportunity creation idea quantity and quality for dispositionally positive or negative entrepreneurs following the experience of a positive or negative affective ... -
Pitching Power: Increasing Alternatives Through Signals in New Venture Funding
Krukowski, Kipp Anthony (2019-05)New firms face challenging financing markets due to their liabilities of newness (Stinchcombe & March, 1965). As a result, entrepreneurs must seek out alternative financing avenues (Berger & Udell, 1998) and surrender ... -
Signal opacity and debt contracts in entrepreneurial ventures
Grumbles, Lee H. (2020-07)New ventures that are unable to fund expansion using internal equity or that prefer to maintain complete firm ownership may supplement existing cash flow by accessing external funds in the form of debt contracts. To overcome ... -
Succession versus harvest in family businesses: The role of passion and family involvement in exit strategies
Ruetz, James P. (2022-12)Through this research, I investigate the influence of leadership passion and family involvement on family businesses’ exit strategies (succession versus harvest). I execute two studies to do this: 1) a survey of 118 family ...