A real options perspective on entrepreneurial entry in the face of uncertainty

By J. O’Brien, Timothy B. Folta, Douglas R. Johnson. 2003

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Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Finance

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Citations in the corpus

• Intellectual Property Protection and the Formation of Entrepreneurial Growth Aspirations (2010, methodology): “When the returns to this investment are uncertain, individuals will defer allocation of effort into entrepreneurship until such time that they believe that entrepreneurship will offer superior compensation for the risks taken (O'Brien et al., 2003).”
• Should I quit my day job?: : A hybrid path to entrepreneurship (2014, background): “As such, we proffer empirical evidence that risk aversion and CSE influence individual-specific entry thresholds (O’Brien et al., 2003), which, in turn, influence the process of entrepreneurial entry (i.e., full-time versus hybrid).”
• Entrepreneurial Risk and Market Entry (2006, background): “This bias has already been demonstrated for entrepreneurial entry in 57 industries (O’Brien et al. 2003) and for entrepreneur choice of franchise versus independent ownership (Mazzeo 2004).”
• Unpacking the uncertainty construct: Implications for entrepreneurial action (2011, background): “In fact, given the equivocal findings of empirical research relating uncertainty to entrepreneurial behaviors (O'Brien et al., 2003), a case can be made that we actually understand very little about how and under what conditions uncertainty may influence important outcomes in entrepreneurship.”
• External technology sourcing: The effect of uncertainty on governance mode choice (2007, result): “This view to delay financial commitment when uncertainty is high is also confirmed in studies investigating entrepreneurial entry (O'Brien et al., 2003) and partner buyouts (Folta and Miller, 2002).”
• Economic and political institutions and entry into formal and informal entrepreneurship (2014, unknown): “, human, financial, and social resources of their own), and because individuals seek to maximize the utility achievable with these resources, we can assume that nascent entrepreneurs choose to run their businesses formally or informally based on their calculations of the net balance of anticipated c”