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Entrepreneurial Behavior: Its Nature, Scope, Recent Research, and Agenda for Future Research

In: Revisiting the Entrepreneurial Mind

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  • Barbara Bird

    (Kogod School of Business, American University)

  • Leon Schjoedt

    (Kogod School of Business, American University)

Abstract

The end of all the cognition and motivation of entrepreneurs is to take some action in the world, and by doing so, give rise to a venture, an organization. Thoughts, intentions, motivations, learning, intelligence without action does not create economic value. The very nature of organizing is anchored in actions of individuals as they buy, sell, gather and deploy resources, work, etc. The values created by exploiting of opportunity undoubtedly include some that are intrapsychic and personal, but those we study, those of value to the readers of this book, are inherently interpersonal and social and thus observable and learnable. This chapter provides a brief overview of entrepreneurial behavior using a limited but hopefully representative lens on recent research. We call for more research on what entrepreneurs do and that this research be both more rigorous than what we currently have and also more creatively sourced.

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  • Barbara Bird & Leon Schjoedt, 2017. "Entrepreneurial Behavior: Its Nature, Scope, Recent Research, and Agenda for Future Research," International Studies in Entrepreneurship, in: Malin Brännback & Alan L. Carsrud (ed.), Revisiting the Entrepreneurial Mind, chapter 0, pages 379-409, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:inschp:978-3-319-45544-0_23
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-45544-0_23
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    Cited by:

    1. Rashid, Lubna & Alzafari, Khaled & Kratzer, Jan, 2020. "Founder Personalities, Behaviors and New Venture Success in Sub-Saharan Africa," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 151(C).
    2. Rudeloff, Christian & Damms, Julius, 2022. "Entrepreneurs as influencers: the impact of parasocial interactions on communication outcomes," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
    3. Arta Antonovica & Javier Esteban Curiel & Beatriz Rodríguez Herráez, 2023. "Factors that determine the degree of fulfilment of expectations for entrepreneurs from the business incubator programmes," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 19(1), pages 261-291, March.

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