Entrepreneurial exit as a critical component of the entrepreneurial process: Theoretical development

By Dawn R. DeTienne. 2010

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

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How should we divide the pie? Equity distribution and its impact on entrepreneurial teams ☆ (2015, background): “…these spirals were more likely to experience team member exit which is defined “as the process by which the founders […] leave the firm they helped to create; thereby removing themselves, in varying degree, from the primary ownership and decision-making structure of the firm” (DeTienne, 2010: 204).”
Firm exit after distress: differentiating between bankruptcy, voluntary liquidation and M&A (2011, positive): “2009), performance levels triggering exit are dependent on the expectations of the individual entrepreneurs (DeTienne 2010; Headd 2003; Wennberg et al. 2010).”
Failure or voluntary exit? Reassessing the female underperformance hypothesis (2015, background): “…Brush, 2013; Verheul et al., 2005), the increasing scholarly interest in entrepreneurial exit (Bates, 2005; Dehlen et al., 2014; Fackler et al., 2013; Gimeno et al., 1997), and the importance of entrepreneurial exit to the founder, the ﬁ rm, the industry, and the global economy (DeTienne, 2010).”
Exit Strategies in Family Firms: How Socioemotional Wealth Drives the Threshold of Performance (2013, positive): “Entrepreneurial exit—the process by which owners leave the firm they helped to create (DeTienne, 2010)—is a rapidly growing topic in scholarly literature as researchers more and more acknowledge that entrepreneurship is an ongoing process of not only identifying and creating ventures but also exitin”
ENTREPRENEURIAL INCEPTION: THE ROLE OF IMPRINTING IN ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTION (SUMMARY) (2013, background): “To date, research has shown that the founding conditions and the founder decisions at the onset of a venture have a significant impact on the venture's development trajectory (DeTienne, 2010; Milanov and Fernhaber, 2009; Stinchcombe, 1965).”
To Merge, Sell, or Liquidate? Socioemotional Wealth, Family Control, and the Choice of Business Exit (2019, positive): “Options of Exit Both family and nonfamily owners may eventually exit for a host of idiosyncratic reasons (e.g., exhaustion, poor health, desire for change, better opportunities elsewhere, death of founder, divorce; DeTienne, 2010; Graebner, 2009) and adopt a variety of exit strategies (e.”
Entrepreneurial exit and entrepreneurial engagement (2011, background): “Furthermore, DeTienne (2010) concludes that entrepreneurial exits may not only have benefits for the entrepreneur, but also for the firm, for the industry and for the economy in general.”
Why Family Matters: The Impact of Family Resources on Immigrant Entrepreneurs’ Exit from Entrepreneurship (2016, positive): “First, we contribute to research on entrepreneurial exit by considering not only individual-level factors but also factors related to entrepreneurs’ family (DeTienne, 2010).”
The role of information asymmetry in the choice of entrepreneurial exit routes (2014, background): “Until now, this stream of research has focused primarily on the incumbent's perspective and has ignored the dyadic setting of firm-transfer processes (DeTienne, 2010; Graebner and Eisenhardt, 2004).”
Making sense of entrepreneurial exit strategies: A typology and test (2015, background): “As with other early stage strategies, entrepreneurial exit strategies are likely to influence future decisions and behaviors, including resource acquisition, funding, growth, and risk-taking propensities (DeTienne, 2010; Fauchart and Gruber, 2011;Wiklund et al., 2003).”
The influence of ecosystems on the entrepreneurship process: a comparison across developed and developing economies (2020, background): “Several models have identified a series of phases that result in the creation/growth of a new venture (DeTienne 2010).”
Entrepreneurship in the Agricultural Sector: A Literature Review and Future Research Opportunities (2018, background): “Retaining ownership and avoiding an exit from the business may, therefore, be a prime driver of entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector; a rather different scenario than in many other sectors where exit is often considered the natural final stage of the entrepreneurial process (DeTienne, 2010).”
What is entrepreneurial failure? Implications for future research (2016, background): “Such exits are often classified as failures (DeTienne, 2010).”
Stigma and business failure: implications for entrepreneurs’ career choices (2014, background): “A “business exit” can be defined as the path or process used by individuals pursuing entrepreneurial activity to depart from businesses they founded (DeTienne, 2010).”
Entrepreneurial mindset: An integrated definition, a review of current insights, and directions for future research (2021, positive): “One element of the entrepreneurial process that has received little attention is the entrepreneurial exit, or the entrepreneur’s decision to leave the venture they helped to create (DeTienne, 2010).”