Entrepreneurial inception: The role of imprinting in entrepreneurial action

被引:217
作者
Mathias, Blake D. [1 ]
Williams, David W. [2 ]
Smith, Adam R. [3 ]
机构
[1] Louisiana State Univ, Dept Management, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
[2] Univ Tennessee, Coll Business Adm, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
[3] Indiana Univ, Sch Business, Kokomo, IN 46904 USA
关键词
Entrepreneurship; Imprinting; Entrepreneurial decision making; Content analysis; OPPORTUNITY EVALUATION; PATH DEPENDENCE; UNITED-STATES; EXPERIENCE; DECISIONS; IMPACT; LEGACY; CAPABILITIES; INFORMATION; PERSPECTIVE;
D O I
10.1016/j.jbusvent.2014.07.004
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Recent research highlights that founders' early decisions and the environmental conditions at founding each imprint upon a new venture in ways that affect growth and survival. However, we know much less about how the entrepreneur is imprinted and how the outcome of this imprinting process influences the entrepreneur and the venture. Through semi-structured interviews and content analysis, our study examines entrepreneurs' formative experiences during sensitive periods of transition, which we refer to as sources of imprint. We illustrate how these sources of imprint impact entrepreneurial decision making and explain how they guide entrepreneurs' decisions as they progress through their entrepreneurial careers. In doing so, we improve our understanding of how entrepreneurs navigate the entrepreneurial process. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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页码:11 / 28
页数:18
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