The genetic basis of entrepreneurship: Effects of gender and personality

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Why Do Entrepreneurial Parents Have Entrepreneurial Children? (2012, background): “This may bias their results given that recent twin studies find a large genetic component in the choice to become an entrepreneur ðNicolaou et al. 2008; Zhang et al. 2009; Nicolaou and Shane 2010, 2011Þ.2 On the other hand, twin studies do not address environmental determinants of entrepreneurship.”
Advancing the Psychology of Entrepreneurship: A Review of the Psychological Literature and an Introduction (2016, background): “…and 848 same sex fraternal twins showed women’s tendency to become an entrepreneur was influenced by genetics but not by shared environmental factors, whereas for men, no evidence was found for a genetic influence, but shared environmental factors played an important role (Zhang et al., 2009).”
The Influence of Big Five Personality Traits and Self-efficacy on Entrepreneurial Intention: The Role of Gender (2017, background): “Similarly, scholars have paid attention on the relationship between entrepreneurial intention and SE (Zhang et al., 2009).”
Biology, Neuroscience, and Entrepreneurship (2014, background): “…studies have shown a genetic component to both the tendency to identify entrepreneurial opportunities (Nicolaou, Shane, Cherkas, & Spector, 2009) and the tendency to start a business (Nicolaou, Shane, Cherkas, Hunkin, & Spector, 2008; Shane, Nicolaou, Cherkas, & Spector, 2010; Zhang et al., 2009).”