Abstract Research Summary Venture capital (VC) is an information‐intensive form of entrepreneurial finance conducted under extreme uncertainty. Investors must originate promising opportunities, select ventures with sparse and strategically disclosed information, and monitor and support firms after investment.
Gary Dushnitsky
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Correction: Linking cognitive flexibility to entrepreneurial alertness and entrepreneurial intention among medical students with the moderating role of entrepreneurial self-efficacy: A second-order moderated mediation model. [PDF]
Jiatong W +4 more
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From accidents to assets—The value pathways of patents for serendipitous inventions
Abstract Research Summary Firms often celebrate accidental inventions that lead to major breakthroughs, yet little is known about how the value of serendipitous inventions materializes. Using data from 8530 patented inventions across 23 countries, our research shows that these inventions differ from planned R&D outcomes.
Christoph Grimpe +3 more
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Why Does Individualism Affect Economic Development: Is It Values, Policies, or Institutions?
ABSTRACT A substantial body of literature highlights the positive roles of individualism and economic freedom in fostering prosperity, and recent work links the two. This paper disentangles their contributions to economic development. In cross‐country data, we show that both are independently associated with per capita income, even after extensive ...
Lewis S. Davis +1 more
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Scaling SELF Simulation Training: SELF Series Article 5
The shortage of practitioners trained to provide essential surgical care remains among the most stubborn contributors to the global burden of disease, particularly in resource‐constrained settings where expert trainers are scarce. The Surgical Education Learners Forum (SELF) is a global community of practice developing cost‐effective, scalable, open ...
Vanessa Moll +14 more
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Gender Role Characteristics and Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy: A Comparative Study of Female and Male Entrepreneurs in China. [PDF]
Li C, Bilimoria D, Wang Y, Guo X.
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Building Blocks as Experiences in Dynamic Capacitated Arc Routing Problems
ABSTRACT The dynamic capacitated arc routing problem (DCARP) aims to update the service paths of vehicles in the capacitated arc routing problem when uncertain factors deteriorate the current schedule of vehicles' services. A DCARP scenario comprises a series of DCARP instances that share similarities with each other. Therefore, optimisation experience
Hao Tong +4 more
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Colonial logics in contemporary governance: The role of outsourcing in Indigenous affairs
Abstract This paper explores the ways in which Indigenous Peoples’ right to self‐determination is undermined through government outsourcing processes in Indigenous affairs in Australia. These processes, which are themselves based on settler colonial interpretations of ‘independence’ and ‘efficiency’ that are naturalised within the state, work to deny ...
Matthew Campbell +2 more
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The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy of Chinese Vocational College Students. [PDF]
Wen Y, Chen H, Pang L, Gu X.
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Abstract From desert ski resorts to subtropical Winter Games, there is a global proliferation of ‘mission‐impossible’ mega‐projects. The prevailing frameworks of city branding and urban entrepreneurism fail to explain the political logics behind these seemingly irrational projects.
Yiqiu Liu, Sven Daniel Wolfe
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