2017
DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12341
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Portfolio Entrepreneurship as a Mixed Gamble: A Winning Bet for Family Entrepreneurs in SMEs

Abstract: We conceptualize portfolio entrepreneurship (PE) decisions as a “mixed gamble” in which family entrepreneurs weigh potential gain and loss outcomes and analyze the unique socioemotional wealth tradeoffs implied by this strategic decision. Our theory suggests that, in small and medium enterprises contexts, family entrepreneurs will be more likely to engage in PE than non‐family entrepreneurs. In addition, our framework explores the amplifying effect of age, gender and ethnic origin on the likelihood to take the… Show more

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“…Although economic motives may drive entrepreneurs to organize for‐profit firms, social motivation can encourage nonprofit structures (Townsend & Hart, ). Various combinations of economic and intrinsic motives, including desires to mitigate risk exposure, can prompt entrepreneurs to pursue portfolio entrepreneurship (owning multiple businesses at one time) or serial entrepreneurship (starting a new venture after closing or exiting a previous one; Cruz & Justo, ; Westhead & Wright, ). Collectively, this research lends credence to the notion that entrepreneurial motivation drives decisions to initiate ventures and shapes the type of ventures that emerge.…”
Section: Entrepreneurial Motivation During Venture Initiationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although economic motives may drive entrepreneurs to organize for‐profit firms, social motivation can encourage nonprofit structures (Townsend & Hart, ). Various combinations of economic and intrinsic motives, including desires to mitigate risk exposure, can prompt entrepreneurs to pursue portfolio entrepreneurship (owning multiple businesses at one time) or serial entrepreneurship (starting a new venture after closing or exiting a previous one; Cruz & Justo, ; Westhead & Wright, ). Collectively, this research lends credence to the notion that entrepreneurial motivation drives decisions to initiate ventures and shapes the type of ventures that emerge.…”
Section: Entrepreneurial Motivation During Venture Initiationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Cruz and Justo have conceptualized portfolio entrepreneurship decisions as a “mixed gamble” in which family entrepreneurs weigh potential gain and loss outcomes and analyze the unique SEW trade‐offs implied by these strategic decisions. They argue that, in the context of small and medium‐sized enterprises, family entrepreneurs are more likely than non‐family entrepreneurs to engage in portfolio entrepreneurship and that this is even more likely if family entrepreneurs are older, female, and immigrants.…”
Section: Contribution Of the Special Issuementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Esto ha llevado a la especialización de una línea de investigación de emprendimiento, fenómeno que en sus inicios se observaba como el nacimiento de empresas, las cuales se encuentran en una constante situación de incertidumbre sobre sus resultados, y en donde el empresario debe aplicar sus habilidades para que dichas organizaciones puedan generar un rendimiento económico (Cantillon, 1755;Gartner, 1985);Otras de las nuevas tendencias en esta línea de investigación es la seguida por Reynolds (2005) quien relaciona al emprendimiento al concepto del autoempleo; así como la temática actual de observar la fuerte relación entre la creación de empresas y su gestión (Mcenzie, et al, 2007;Sieger, et al, 2011); otro tópico de estudio al respecto, es el referente a familias emprendedoras de Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas (Cruz & Justo, 2017), y en los últimos años, se enfatiza en el auge del emprendimiento social (Félix, Husted & Aigner, 2017), entre otras temáticas.…”
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