The Role of Knowledge in Business Start-up Activity

By Dirk De Clercq, P. Arenius. 2006

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

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The influence of human capital factors and context on women's entrepreneurship: Which matters more? (2017, background): “Studies find that greater confidence in beliefs about one's ability to pursue entrepreneurial action influences startup activity (Krueger et al., 2000; De Clercq and Arenius, 2006).”
Knowledge spillovers and new ventures’ export orientation (2008, background): “Export activity by new ventures may provide successful role models for aspiring entrepreneurs and thus function as a catalyst for new business creation (Davidsson and Honig 2003; De Clercq and Arenius 2006 ).”
Entrepreneurial Cognition, Entrepreneurial Orientation and Firm Capability in the Creative Industries (2011, background): “Business venturers’ confidence is an important factor in determining entrepreneurial behaviour and business venture performance (de Clercq and Arenius, 2006; Herron, 1990); indeed speaking more generally self-estimated beliefs about one’s own capabilities have ‘important long lasting consequences’…”
Effects of role models and gender on students’ entrepreneurial intentions (2014, background): “…intentions and activities of students (BarNir et al., 2011; Carr and Sequeira, 2007; Carsrud, Olm, and Eddy, 1987; Chlosta et al., 2012; Davidsson and Honig, 2003; de Clercq and Arenius, 2006; Kirkwood, 2007; Matthews and Moser, 1996; Mueller, 2006; Pruett et al., 2009; van Auken et al., 2006).”
Individual–Level Resources and New Business Activity: The Contingent Role of Institutional Context (2013, background): “…own ability to exploit new business opportunities (Autio & Acs, 2010), but the possession of knowledge and skills directly relevant to entrepreneurship can be particularly potent in increasing the likelihood of starting a business (De Clercq & Arenius, 2006; Gimeno, Folta, Cooper, & Woo, 1997).”
Entrepreneurial potential: The role of human and cultural capitals (2014, background): “…human capital endowments, including educational attainment and organisational experience, on opportunity recognition, financial performance, growth and innovation (Coleman, 2007; De Clercq and Arenius, 2006; Kessler and Frank, 2009; Serneels, 2008; Shrader and Siegel, 2007; Ucbasaran et al., 2008).”
The idea is not enough: The role of self-efficacy in mediating the relationship between pull entrepreneurship and founder passion – a research note (2015, result): “Several other studies present similar findings (e.g. Arenius and Minniti, 2005; Dabic et al., 2012; De Clercq and Arenius, 2006; Jeraj and Marič, 2013; Krueger et al., 2000; McGee et al., 2009).”
The roles of learning orientation and passion for work in the formation of entrepreneurial intention (2013, background): “This oversight is somewhat surprising, in light of the widely acclaimed importance of knowledge in the decision to start a venture (Davidsson and Honig, 2003; De Clercq and Arenius, 2006; Gorman et al., 1997).”
GEM research: achievements and challenges (2014, background): “With regard to knowledge and entrepreneurial skills (3%), De Clercq and Arenius (2006) related knowledge (as a result of formal education) and have knowledge of other entrepreneurs, with the probability of starting a new business.”
Multiculturalism and Entrepreneurial Intentions: Understanding the Mediating Role of Cognitions (2018, background): “…relationships between concepts (Dohse & Walter, 2012), devise means to tackle unanticipated challenges (Busenitz & Lau, 1996), make inferences about the likely success of new ventures (De Clercq & Arenius, 2006), and develop a positive attitude toward starting new ventures (Foss et al., 2008).”