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The influence of multiple constraints along the venture creation process and on start-up intention in nascent entrepreneurship

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  • Lea Mergemeier
  • Jessica Moser
  • Tessa Christina Flatten

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This study examines the influence of multiple constraints encountered by nascent entrepreneurs (NEs) in their current phase of the venture creation process – disengaged, still trying or started – and on their start-up intention after disengagement. Drawing on a sample of 1872 German NEs collated in 2014, we extend the literature in the field of nascent entrepreneurship and encountered constraints. By applying the theories of planned behaviour and appraisal as an overarching theoretical foundation, we develop our hypotheses. We find that individuals who have recently abandoned their venture have faced significantly more constraints than other NEs. A deeper analysis reveals that financing difficulties and especially certain personal characteristics impede venture creation. Furthermore, our results show that constraints beyond an NE’s own control are lethal for the continuance of the intention to create a new business. We derive important implications for NEs, entrepreneurship education and policymakers.

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  • Lea Mergemeier & Jessica Moser & Tessa Christina Flatten, 2018. "The influence of multiple constraints along the venture creation process and on start-up intention in nascent entrepreneurship," Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(7-8), pages 848-876, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:entreg:v:30:y:2018:i:7-8:p:848-876
    DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2018.1471163
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    1. Shahid, Pirzada Syed Rizwan, 2023. "Founder's Human Capital and the Entrepreneurial Process Duration," OSF Preprints yf6mg, Center for Open Science.
    2. Michela Loi & Manuel Castriotta & Saulo Dubard-Barbosa & Maria Chiara Di Guardo & Alain Fayolle, 2023. "Entrepreneurial intention studies : A hybrid bibliometric method to identify new directions for theory and research," Post-Print hal-04325752, HAL.
    3. Yassine Bakkar & Susanne Durst & Wolfgang Gerstlberger, 2021. "The Impact of Institutional Dimensions on Entrepreneurial Intentions of Students—International Evidence," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-23, April.
    4. Maribel Guerrero & Francisco Liñán & F. Rafael Cáceres-Carrasco, 2021. "The influence of ecosystems on the entrepreneurship process: a comparison across developed and developing economies," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 57(4), pages 1733-1759, December.

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