Reconceptualizing Franchisee Performance: A Configurational Approach in a Base‐of‐the‐Pyramid Context (2024)
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Newbery, R., McKague, K., Muñoz, P., & Kimmitt, J. (2024). Reconceptualizing Franchisee Performance: A Configurational Approach in a Base‐of‐the‐Pyramid Context. British Journal of Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12826

This paper proposes and tests a new conceptual framing for franchisee performance that draws on institutional complexity to explore the interaction of corporate, market, and relational logics of performance. Extant research draws on corporate and mar... Read More about Reconceptualizing Franchisee Performance: A Configurational Approach in a Base‐of‐the‐Pyramid Context.

When given two choices, take both! Social impact assessment in social entrepreneurship (2024)
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Muñoz, P., & Gamble, E. (2024). When given two choices, take both! Social impact assessment in social entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2024.2349207

This paper examines how social entrepreneurs construct impact arguments as they begin to assess social impact. We examined the experiences of 68 social entrepreneurs in Chile and discovered that the construction of arguments for the purpose of thinki... Read More about When given two choices, take both! Social impact assessment in social entrepreneurship.

Knowledge investment and search for innovation: Evidence from the UK firms (2024)
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Audretsch, D. B., Belitski, M., & Chowdhury, F. (2024). Knowledge investment and search for innovation: Evidence from the UK firms. The Journal of Technology Transfer, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-023-10045-7

Recent research on innovation management and knowledge transfer has demonstrated that industry knowledge collaboration and knowledge spillovers matter for innovation, but so does a firm's Research and Development (R&D). Conditional to a firm's R&D in... Read More about Knowledge investment and search for innovation: Evidence from the UK firms.

A long and winding road: The hard graft of scaling social change in complex systems (2024)
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Healy, J., Hughes, J., Donnelly-Cox, G., & Shantz, A. (2024). A long and winding road: The hard graft of scaling social change in complex systems. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 21, Article e00455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00455

Advice abounds on how to implement large-scale social change, much of which emphasizes a simplistic linear process, led by a heroic central actor. Rigorous case studies have shown that social change is far more complex: it is a reci... Read More about A long and winding road: The hard graft of scaling social change in complex systems.

Is Nonprofit Entrepreneurship Unique? (2024)
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Chowdhury, F., & Audretsch, D. B. (2024). Is Nonprofit Entrepreneurship Unique?. Small Business Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-024-00885-4

While private entrepreneurial activity has been at the core of entrepreneurship, nonprofit ventures still need to be explored in the literature. Using norm-activation theory (NAT) and resource-based view (RBV) lenses, we explore the antecedents of un... Read More about Is Nonprofit Entrepreneurship Unique?.

How founders harness tensions in hybrid venture development (2024)
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Muñoz, P., Farny, S., Kibler, E., & Salmivaara, V. (in press). How founders harness tensions in hybrid venture development. Business & Society,

Although the simultaneous presence of multiple ambitions is inherent in hybrid venturing, pursuing social and/or environmental missions while securing commercial viability can generate ambivalence amongst stakeholders. In this study, we draw on the... Read More about How founders harness tensions in hybrid venture development.

Human-animal mutualism in regenerative entrepreneurship (2024)
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Muñoz, P., & Hernández, M. (2024). Human-animal mutualism in regenerative entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 36(5-6), 577-606. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2024.2305648

In this paper, we explore the micro-interactions through which a regenerative enterprise engages with proximate natural ecosystems in its attempt to repair and protect them. Through an ethnographic study of a regenerative farming enterprise in rural... Read More about Human-animal mutualism in regenerative entrepreneurship.

Regulating entrepreneurship quality and quantity (2023)
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David, A. B., Maksim, B., Farzana, C., & Sameeksha, D. (2024). Regulating entrepreneurship quality and quantity. Research Policy, 53(2), Article 104942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2023.104942

How does regulation affect entrepreneurship outcomes? We examine the effect of two regulatory policy mechanisms—costs and procedures—on entrepreneurship quality and quantity. Based on the national systems of entrepreneurship perspective, we apply pub... Read More about Regulating entrepreneurship quality and quantity.

Varieties of Time in Business Sustainability Research: an Integrative Review and Research Agenda (2023)
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Morales-Raya, M., & Muñoz, P. (2023). Varieties of Time in Business Sustainability Research: an Integrative Review and Research Agenda. Organization and Environment, https://doi.org/10.1177/10860266231210610

In this article, we tackle the lack of clarity in the conceptualization and substantive use of time in business sustainability research. We do so by means of an integrative review that synthesizes 172 papers published over the last 20 years across se... Read More about Varieties of Time in Business Sustainability Research: an Integrative Review and Research Agenda.

The Deterioration of Self-Worth in Entrepreneurship (2023)
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Muñoz-Roman, P., Braun, S., Chowdhury, F., Barton, M., Jayne-Little, N., Komes, J., …Taggart, A. (2023). The Deterioration of Self-Worth in Entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 20, Article e00430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2023.e00430

This paper explores the deterioration of self-worth in entrepreneurship. Using a 15-month participatory action research in the North of England, we found mismatches between expectations and experiences at three interacting levels—purpose, autonomy,... Read More about The Deterioration of Self-Worth in Entrepreneurship.

What Changes and Opportunities Does Big Data Analytics Capability Bring to Strategic Alliance Research? A Systematic Literature Review (2023)
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Xia, S., Song, J., Ameen, N., Vrontis, D., Yan, J., & Chen, F. (2023). What Changes and Opportunities Does Big Data Analytics Capability Bring to Strategic Alliance Research? A Systematic Literature Review. International Journal of Management Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12350

Strategic alliance theories have been studied widely over the past few decades. However, their key arguments may face new limitations and challenges brought by emerging technologies such as big data analytics capability (BDAC). This paper aims to ide... Read More about What Changes and Opportunities Does Big Data Analytics Capability Bring to Strategic Alliance Research? A Systematic Literature Review.

Entrepreneurial growth, value creation and new technologies (2023)
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Audretsch, D. B., Belitski, M., Caiazza, R., Chowdhury, F., & Menter, M. (2023). Entrepreneurial growth, value creation and new technologies. The Journal of Technology Transfer, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-023-10034-w

A robust literature has provided compelling evidence showing how digital transformation impacts entrepreneurship activity. However, only a paucity of research has linked adoption of new technologies to innovation, value creation, knowledge transfer a... Read More about Entrepreneurial growth, value creation and new technologies.

OUTCOMES-BASED CONTRACTS AND THE HIDDEN TURN TO PUBLIC VALUE MANAGEMENT (2023)
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Kimmitt, J., & Muñoz, P. (in press). OUTCOMES-BASED CONTRACTS AND THE HIDDEN TURN TO PUBLIC VALUE MANAGEMENT. Organization,

Despite long-standing criticisms of the paradigm, New Public Management (NPM) retains a strong influence over organizations in public administration. Social Impact Bonds (SIB) are an outcomes-oriented investment entity which has emerged from NPM w... Read More about OUTCOMES-BASED CONTRACTS AND THE HIDDEN TURN TO PUBLIC VALUE MANAGEMENT.

How does technological opportunism affect firm performance? The mediating role of resource orchestration (2023)
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Li, L., Chen, L., Yan, J., Xu, C., & Jiang, N. (2023). How does technological opportunism affect firm performance? The mediating role of resource orchestration. Journal of Business Research, 166, Article 114093. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.114093

Despite widespread acknowledgment of the disruptive effects of digital technologies on firm performance, the mechanisms underlying such effects have not been adequately explained. To fill this gap, we consider two sub-components of technological oppo... Read More about How does technological opportunism affect firm performance? The mediating role of resource orchestration.

Outcomes-based Contracting and Public Management Reform: Lessons from a Decade of Experimentation (2023)
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FitzGerald, C., Fraser, A., Kimmitt, J., Knoll, L., & Williams, J. (2023). Outcomes-based Contracting and Public Management Reform: Lessons from a Decade of Experimentation. International Public Management Journal, 26(3), 329-338. https://doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2023.2170504

A decade after the launch of the world’s first social impact bond (SIB) at Her Majesty’s Prison Peterborough in England, a further 250 SIBs have been developed in over 30 countries raising over $750 m (USD) of capital and serving some 1.7 million peo... Read More about Outcomes-based Contracting and Public Management Reform: Lessons from a Decade of Experimentation.

Paradoxes of accelerator programs and new venture performance: Do varieties of experiences make a difference? (2023)
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Chowdhury, F., & Audretsch, D. B. (2024). Paradoxes of accelerator programs and new venture performance: Do varieties of experiences make a difference?. Small Business Economics, 62(1), 381-409. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-023-00778-y

Incubators and accelerators have proliferated, but their impact on new ventures’ performance remains unclear. This article explores whether all ventures benefit equally from participating in accelerator programs. We propose that the entrepreneurs’ hu... Read More about Paradoxes of accelerator programs and new venture performance: Do varieties of experiences make a difference?.

The organizational determinants of open innovation: a literature framework and future research directions (2023)
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Yao, N., Yan, K., Tsinopoulos, C., & Bai, J. (2023). The organizational determinants of open innovation: a literature framework and future research directions. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/14765284.2023.2210014

This paper aims to explore the organizational determinants of open innovation (OI). A review of 154 publications taken from management and innovation journals makes us identify four dimensions of ‘resource-related’ organizational factors that can det... Read More about The organizational determinants of open innovation: a literature framework and future research directions.

Inside out: The interplay between institutions and digital technologies for SMEs performance (2023)
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Urbano, D., Aparicio, S., Scott, S., & Martinez-Moya, D. (2023). Inside out: The interplay between institutions and digital technologies for SMEs performance. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2023.2208555

An effective digital strategy provides multifaceted benefits for firms of all sizes, including operational oversight, learning, and effective market interactions. Yet, despite the burgeoning evidence that digitalization provides essential resources f... Read More about Inside out: The interplay between institutions and digital technologies for SMEs performance.

Trans-contextual work: doing entrepreneurial contexts in the periphery (2023)
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Muñoz, P., Kimmitt, J., & Spigel, B. (2024). Trans-contextual work: doing entrepreneurial contexts in the periphery. Small Business Economics, 62(2), 607-628. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-023-00772-4

This study explores how entrepreneurs “do” contexts in peripheral areas. Through the examination of changes in roles, practices, and relationships across peripheral areas in Chile, we found that substantive transformations result from the momentary r... Read More about Trans-contextual work: doing entrepreneurial contexts in the periphery.

Facing the future through entrepreneurship theory: A prospective inquiry framework (2023)
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Muñoz, P., & Dimov, D. (2023). Facing the future through entrepreneurship theory: A prospective inquiry framework. Journal of Business Venturing, 38(4), Article 106303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2023.106303

In this paper, we address a thorny challenge: how can entrepreneurship scholarship enhance its impact without compromising the pursuit of conceptual rigor and theoretical novelty? We propose a prospective inquiry framework for entrepreneurship. It ai... Read More about Facing the future through entrepreneurship theory: A prospective inquiry framework.