It wasn’t me: entrepreneurial failure attribution and learning from failure

La salida de los negocios en 47 países durante 2021

“…Pinkovetskaia et al (2020) y Jansen (2020) estudiaron el caso de la salida de los empresarios de sus negocios mediante la venta, es decir, a cambio de dinero. Esta opción es utilizada por empresarios que operan en nichos de mercado, en los que las empresas competidoras intentan adquirir negocios con primas significativas (ver Riar et al, 2021). La venta de su negocio es conveniente para empresarios que buscan minimizar riesgos futuros, y les permite convertir los costos de su trabajo, y su inteligencia, en ingresos (Wennberg y De Tienne, 2014;Sarason, 2018).…”

Reorganisation success in bankruptcy: the role of entrepreneur experience, characteristics and commitment

“…In the extant literature, the main focus of upper echelons theory has been on the relationship between the entrepreneur's characteristics and the company's performance or strategic decisions, including failure and strategic renewal (Kwee et al, 2011;Mellahi and Wilkinson, 2004;Wang et al, 2016). Furthermore, previous research has found that the entrepreneur's background and education as well as professional experience are important drivers of performance and even firm survival and restart (Boden and Nucci, 2000;Brüderl et al, 1992;Madrid-Guijarro et al, 2011;Riar et al, 2021;Schutjens and Wever, 2000). Hambrick (2007) asserted that managers who face heavy job demands, such as in a reorganisation process, will be forced to take mental shortcuts and thus have less time to contemplate their decisions.…”

Gender Diversity Effects in Investment Decisions

“…During the selection process of business angels, different aspects are important at different stages of the investment process. During the pre-screening phase, objective features, such as the qualifications of the entrepreneur as well as the existence and functioning of a product, are focal to investors (Mason et al, 2016; Riar, Hienerth, et al, In press). Frequently, investors and entrepreneurs collaborate for the first time during the screening phase (Croce et al, 2016).…”

“…Frequently, investors and entrepreneurs collaborate for the first time during the screening phase (Croce et al, 2016). For the first impression, the founding teams’ personal traits, characteristics and skills are the crucial factors for pursuing deep dives, due diligences and actual investment or number crunching (Croce et al, 2016; Riar, Hienerth, et al, In press).…”