Entrepeneurship

* NCA is the main method; ** NCA in combination with a regression-based method; *** NCA in combination with QCA

Publications using NCA: 

  • Ahsan, M., Gyensare, M. A., Adomako, S., & Zheng, C. (in press). Chronic health issues and entrepreneurship: Exploring the role of grit, bricolage and illness uncertainty on venture performance. International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship. (published online in 2024). **
  • Arenius, P., Engel, Y., & Klyver, K. (2017). No particular action needed? A necessary condition analysis of gestation activities and firm emergence. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 8, 87-92. *
  • Bachmann, N., Rose, R., Maul, V., & Hölzle, K. (2024). What makes for future entrepreneurs? The role of digital competencies for entrepreneurial intention. Journal of Business Research, 174, 114481. **
  • Bouncken, R., Ratzmann, M., Barwinski, R., & Kraus, S. (2020). Coworking spaces: Empowerment for entrepreneurship and innovation in the digital and sharing economy. Journal of Business Research, 114, 102-110. ***
  • Breet, S. (2022). A network perspective on corporate entrepreneurship: How workplace relationships influence entrepreneurial behavior. (PhD dissertation, Rotterdam School of Management). *
  • Bu, Y., Li, S., & Huang, Y. (2023). Research on the influencing factors of Chinese college students’ entrepreneurial intention from the perspective of resource endowment. The International Journal of Management Education, 21(3), 100832. ***
  • Calispa-Aguilar, E. (2024). The determinants of entrepreneurship in urban and non-urban regions: A fuzzy-set QCA approach. Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 12(2), 143–156. ***
  • Chaurasia, S. S., Kaul, N., Yadav, B., & Shukla, D. (2020). Open innovation for sustainability through creating shared value-role of knowledge management system, openness and organizational structure. Journal of Knowledge Management. 24 (10), 2491-2511. *
  • Chen, S., Elango, B. & Jones, J. (2019) Necessary conditions for social enterprise: The case of the microinsurance sector. Social Business, 9(4), 395-412. *
  • Delladio, S., Caputo, A., Magrini, A., & Pellegrini, M. M. (2023). Italian entrepreneurial decision-making under lockdown: the path to resilience. Management Decision, 61(13), 272-294. **
  • Ding, H. (2022). What kinds of countries have better innovation performance?–A country-level fsQCA and NCA study. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 7(4), 100215. ***
  • Dionisio, E. A., Inacio Junior, E., Morini, C., & Carvalho, R. D. Q. (2023). Identifying necessary conditions to deep-tech entrepreneurship. RAUSP Management Journal, 58(2), 162–185. *
  • Do Prado, N. B., & De Moraes, G. H. S. M. (in press). An inquiry into the linkages between entrepreneurial perspectives and sustainable value creation in knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship. The Journal of Technology Transfer. (published online in 2024). ***
  • Eggers, F., Risselada, H., Niemand, T., & Robledo, S. (2022). Referral campaigns for software startups: The impact of network characteristics on product adoption. Journal of Business Research, 145, 309-324. ***
  • Gabay-Mariani, L., Bastian, B., Caputo, A., & Pappas, N. (2024). Hidden stories and the dark side of entrepreneurial commitment. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 30(6), 1553–1575.
  • Gantert, T. M., Fredrich, V., Bouncken, R. B., & Kraus, S. (2022). The moral foundations of makerspaces as unconventional sources of innovation: A study of narratives and performance. Journal of Business Research, 139, 1564–1574. ***
  • Gyensare, M. A., Miri, D., Zahoor, N., & Alajaty, M. (2024). Aspiring to go abroad: How and when international entrepreneurial aspiration fuel emerging markets entrepreneurial ventures’ internationalisation speed. Journal of International Management, 30(2), 101130. **
  • Han, G., & Zhang, Z. (2022). Regional innovation paths selection in complex environments of China: A configurational perspective. Managerial and Decision Economics, 43(6), 2598–2606. ***  
  • Horvatinović, T., Mikic, M., & Dabić, M. (2024). The meeting points of team entrepreneurial passion, transactive memory systems and team performance: Examining mediation and necessity effects. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 30(5), 1177–1196. **
  • Hu, S., Cang, Y., Jie, Y., Wang, X., & Weng, L. (2024). How Business–Government Relationships Drive Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A Study of 292 Cities in China Using NCA and TDQCA. Sustainability, 16(16), 6718. *** [POTENTIALLY PREDATORY JOURNAL]
  • Huang, Y., Li, P., Bu, Y., & Zhao, G. (2023). What entrepreneurial ecosystem elements promote sustainable entrepreneurship? Journal of Cleaner Production, 422, 138459. ***
  • Huang, Y., Li, P., Chen, L., & Wang, J. (2023). Opportunity or necessity entrepreneurship? A study based on the national system of entrepreneurship. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 8(4), 100448. ***
  • Huang, Y., Zhang, M., Wang, J., Li, P., & Li, K. (2022). Psychological cognition and women’s entrepreneurship: A country-based comparison using fsQCA. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 7(3), 100223. ***
  • Jaiswal, M., & Zane, L. J. (2022). Drivers of sustainable new technology diffusion in national markets: The case of electric vehicles. Thunderbird International Business Review, 64(1), 25–38. **
  • Jiang, Y., & Huang, Y. (2023). How mumpreneurs achieve high entrepreneurial opportunity recognition and development: Evidence from China. Women’s Studies International Forum, 100, 102804. **/***
  • Linder, C., Moulick, A. G., & Lechner, C. (2022). Necessary Conditions and Theory-Method Compatibility in Quantitative Entrepreneurship Research. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 10422587221102103. *
  • Liu, Y. L., Peng, X. B., Wang, M. T., & Chen, L. L. (2024). Entrepreneur’s social identity, decision logic, and resource bootstrapping behaviors: An empirical study of the fsQCA method. Heliyon, 10(15), e35165. ***
  • Manchiraju, S., Akbari, M., & Seydavi, M. (2024). Is entrepreneurial role stress a necessary condition for burnout? A necessary condition analysis. Current Psychology, 43(5), 4766–4778. *
  • Orozco, R., & Grundmann, P. (2022). Readiness for Innovation of Emerging Grass-Based Businesses. Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity, 8(4), 180. *
  • Sánchez-Medina, A. J., Pellejero, M., C-Sánchez, E., & Cerviño-Cortínez, D. L. (in press). Attitude towards the profession, emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and intention to abandon tourism SMEs as an entrepreneur: A conditional mediation model. Current Issues in Tourism, (published online in 2024). **
  • Torres, P., & Godinho, P. (2022). Levels of necessity of entrepreneurial ecosystems elements. Small Business Economics, 59, 29–45. ***
  • Vargas-Zeledon, A. A., & Lee, S.-Y. (2024). Configurations of institutional enablers that foster inclusive entrepreneurship: A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 9(4), 100549. ***
  • Wei, X., & Chen, W. (2019). How Does A Firm’s Previous Social Network Position Affect Innovation? Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies. Sustainability, 11(4). * [POTENTIALLY PREDATORY JOURNAL]
  • Yang, J., & Hurmelinna-Laukkanen, P. (2022). Evolving appropriability–Variation in the relevance of appropriability mechanisms across industries. Technovation, 118, 102593. **
  • Zheng, J., Shi, L., & Jiang, T. (2022). What mechanism design helps to realize the innovation function of maker-spaces: A qualitative comparative analysis based on fuzzy sets. PloS one, 17(9), e0274307. ***

Publications suggesting NCA for future research:

  • Alon, I., Lankut, E., Gunkel, M., Munim, Z. H., Taras, V., & Richter, N. F. (2023). Predicting leadership emergence in global virtual teams. Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 11(3), 7–23.
  • Koropogui, S. T., St-Jean, É., & Zakariya, S. (2024). Usefulness of Practice-Based Pedagogical Approaches for Nascent Student Entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy, 7(1), 22–61.
  • Schlaegel, C., Engle, R. L., Richter, N. F., & Taureck, P. C. (2021). Personal factors, entrepreneurial intention, and entrepreneurial status: A multinational study in three institutional environments. Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 19(3), 357–398.
  • Zhao, X., Xu, Y., Vasa, L., & Shahzad, U. (2023). Entrepreneurial ecosystem and urban innovation: Contextual findings in the lens of sustainable development from China. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 191, 122526.