Can genetic factors influence the likelihood of engaging in entrepreneurial activity

By Nicos Nicolaou, Scott A. Shane. 2009

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Subfields: Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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The genetic basis of entrepreneurship: Effects of gender and personality (2009, background): “Thus, as suggested by Nicolaou and Shane (2009), we believe it is important to investigate whether any genetic effects on entrepreneurship function through (or are mediated by) an individual’s level of extraversion.”
The effect of curricular and extracurricular activities on university students’ entrepreneurial intention and competences (2017, background): “A first question debated in the literature has been focused on determining whether entrepreneurship initiative can really be taught (Bird 1989; Gartner 1989; Aldrich and Martínez 2001; Baron 2002; Booth, McLean, and Walkerb 2009; Nicolau and Shane 2009).”
Gender gap in latent and nascent entrepreneurship: driven by competitiveness (2013, background): “Gender differences in competitiveness may be explained by nature (Nicolaou and Shane 2009; Guiso and Rustichini 2011; Buser 2012), nurture (Balafoutas and Sutter 2010; Gneezy et al.”
Biology and Management: A Review, Critique, and Research Agenda (2018, methodology): “In genetics, this mechanism is called Gene × Environment correlation (Nicolaou & Shane, 2009).”
Biology, Neuroscience, and Entrepreneurship (2014, background): “…of this research has examined genetic predispositions to entrepreneurial activity through quantitative genetics studies of twins (Johnson, 2009; Nicolaou & Shane, 2009) and adoptees (Lindquist, Sol, & Van Praag, 2012), and candidate gene and genome-wide association (GWAS) molecular genetics…”
Creative personality, opportunity recognition and the tendency to start businesses: A study of their genetic predispositions (2015, background): “Moreover, this research has suggested that one way through which genetic factors influence entrepreneurship is by influencing people's attributes and personality characteristics (Nicolaou and Shane, 2009; Zhang et al., 2009).”
Intergenerational transmission of entrepreneurial intentions (2012, background): “Additionally, we found that the effect of grandparents is partly mediated by parents—an observation consistent with the literatures on genetic inheritance (Nicolaou and Shane, 2009; Van Ijzendoorn, 1992) and education/socialization within families (Bengtson, 1975; Simons et al.”
Personality aspects of entrepreneurship: A look at five meta-analyses. (2011, unknown): “Going beyond description, one may conceptualize personality traits as complex, genetically co-determined psycho-physiological structures (for genetic inﬂuences on entrepreneurial activity, see Nicolaou & Shane, 2009) which originate and regulate the individual ways of experience and action.”
The Impact of the Family Background on Students’ Entrepreneurial Intentions: An Empirical Analysis (2020, background): “There are studies that claim entrepreneurship in family firms may be influenced by genetic factors [41] and by “role modeling by entrepreneurial parents” [27], suggesting that transgenerational inheritance is another driver factor of entrepreneurship in family firms.”