Bringing individuals back in: the effects of career experience on new firm founding

By Scott A. Shane, Rakesh Khurana. 2003

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Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Framing the Entrepreneurial Experience (2012, background): “…and difficulties in relieving work-related tension (Buttner, 1992); ongoing exposure to novelty (Dew & Sarasvathy, 2007); a rapid and volatile pace (Shane & Khurana, 2003); the passion involved in venture creation (Cardon et al., 2009); and, when facing impending failure, depression and grieving…”
Inventors and invention processes in Europe: Results from the PatVal-EU survey (2007, background): “They have analysed the formation of spin-offs that use patents licensed from universities (Shane and Kharuna, 2003), large firms (Klepper, 2001), and venture capitalists (Gompers et al., 2006).”
THE FOUNDATION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION (2009, background): “Also Shapero and Sokol (1982), as well as Souitaris, Zerbinati, and AlLaham (2007), reinforce this position, clearly stating that individual skills directly impact on attitudes and indirectly on intentions.”
Cognition and Capabilities: A Multi-Level Perspective (2013, neutral): “Cognition and Capabilities † 301 D ow nl oa de d by [ Y or k U ni ve rs ity L ib ra ri es ] at 2 0: 17 1 3 N ov em be r 20 14 organization (Burton, Sorensen, & Beckman, 2002; Gong, Baker, & Miner, 2005; Klepper, 2002; Klepper & Sleeper, 2005; Shane & Khurana, 2003).”
An investigation of hindsight bias in nascent venture activity (2009, background): “This work posits that serial entrepreneurs are able to draw upon their prior experience to better evaluate potential new venture opportunities (Shane & Khurana, 2003).”
Founder's human capital, external investment, and the survival of new high-technology ventures (2010, background): “…have suggested that investors may seek other sigals of quality, such as a trusted third party introducer (Hall nd Hofer, 1993); social status (Shane and Khurana, 2003, p. 20), strategic partners (Stuart et al., 1999) top management ffiliations (Higgins and Gulati, 2006), other respected…”
Knowledge sources of entrepreneurship: Firm formation by academic, user and employee innovators☆ (2014, background): “5% and 26% of licensed technology (Katila and Shane, 2005; Nerkar and Shane, 2004; Shane and Khurana, 2003; Shane and Stuart, 2002) New ventures created to exploit technology that established firms chose to forgo (Nerkar and Shane, 2004); more likely to enter niche or segmented markets (Shane, 2001)”
The Dynamics of Crowdfunding: Determinants of Success and Failure (2013, background): “The social networks of founders, for example, have been found to play a very large role in the success of new ventures and their access to venture capital (Shane & Cable, 2002; Shane & Khurana, 2003; Stam & Elfring, 2008), but may operate differently in crowdfunding.”
The export orientation and export performance of high-technology SMEs in emerging markets: The effects of knowledge transfer by returnee entrepreneurs (2009, background): “Episodic knowledge such as managerial experience, enhanced reputation, access to finance institutions and broader social and business networks (Shane & Khurana, 2003; Wright, Robbie, & Ennew, 1997) can be leveraged to identify and exploit IB opportunities.”
Entrepreneurs and innovation: The contingent role of institutional factors (2018, background): “…experience positively influences innovation because more experienced entrepreneurs develop a set of necessary skills to innovate, know the industry better, have a greater ability to solve problems and adjust better to the environment (Katila and Mang, 2003; Shane, 2000; Shane and Khurana, 2003).”
Workplace Peers and Entrepreneurship (2010, neutral): “…research has shown that an individual's career experiences affect his or her own entrepreneurial behavior and outcomes through their impact on access to information and ideas (Shane 2000, Sorenson and Audia 2000, Klepper 2001, Shane and Khurana 2003) and access to resources (Burton et al. 2002).”
Practice Makes Perfect: Entrepreneurial-Experience Curves and Venture Performance (2014, positive): “…and self-terminated (Sarasvathy, 2004), provides exposure to uncertain and ambiguous operating situations (Morris et al., 2011), involves development of diverse set of skills (Lazear, 2004), and is frequently associated with high volatility in outcomes (Shane and Khurana, 2003; Shepherd, 2003).”