How Do Risk Attitudes Differ within the Group of Entrepreneurs? The Role of Motivation and Procedural Utility
By J. Block, Philipp G. Sandner, F. Spiegel. 2015
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Subfields: Accounting, Management of Technology and Innovation
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- Cross‐Country Determinants of Early‐Stage Necessity and Opportunity‐Motivated Entrepreneurship: Accounting for Model Uncertainty (2018, unknown): “Furthermore, previous studies also show that necessity entrepreneurs are significantly more risk averse than opportunitymotivated entrepreneurs (Block, Sandner, and Spiegel 2015).”
- Personality trait differences across types of entrepreneurs: a systematic literature review (2021, background): “For example, the level of Risk-taking propensity of opportunity-driven entrepreneurs exceeds that of necessity-driven entrepreneurs (Block et al. 2015), and students in the planning phase of a future entrepreneurial venture exceed already practicing entrepreneurs in terms of their level of Risk-taki”
- Recognizing Opportunities across Campus: The Effects of Cognitive Training and Entrepreneurial Passion on the Business Opportunity Prototype (2018, unknown): “Other scholars have provided evidence that the analysis of risk not only differs among entrepreneurs and nonentrepreneurs, but can also differ between entrepreneurs, underlining the complexity of risk analysis (Block, Sandner, and Spiegel 2015).”
- Perceived public support and entrepreneurship attitudes: A little reciprocity can go a long way! (2020, background): “Moreover, a number of researchers (Block, Sandner, & Spiegel 2015; Krueger & Dickson, 1993) suggest that risk taking may be context specific, which means that entrepreneurs may take business risks while not being risk takers in general.”
- Capital is not enough: opportunity entrepreneurship and formal institutions (2018, unknown): “They are significantly more likely to have high growth aspirations, create jobs, and grow their business over time (Block and Wagner 2010; Block et al. 2015; Reynolds et al. 2005).”
- Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature (2018, unknown): “Block et al. (2015) expand on these distinctions by comparing opportunity and necessity motivations among a sample of 1,526 German entrepreneurs via an email questionnaire, in which participants are asked to indicate their willingness to take risks with regards to startups and the amount they would ”