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A poverty expert debunks the false narratives that hold back disadvantaged entrepreneurs.
New research finds having a self-employed partner can significantly reduce your life satisfaction. The more you value family, leisure and your own job, the greater the effect.
While the experience of transitioning from higher education to entrepreneurship was challenging, participants were able to draw heavily from informal networks to build and grow.
Greater support for ex-prisoners to start their own business could lead to a cut in re-offending rates.
There are important lessons for the government from the last 25 years of entrepreneurship data.
New research highlights the importance of removing gendered challenges to create a more inclusive entrepreneurial landscape for women.
Giving and receiving criticism can be difficult. This class tries to make it easier.
Changing a culture is hard to do.
National insurance payments are linked to state pension entitlement in the UK – but the Conservatives want to abolish them for the self-employed.
By making entrepreneurs overconfident, some positive family events can be even more detrimental to new venture survival than negative ones.
Too much virtue language in a listing can cost an Airbnb host nearly $5,000 a year.
With the pressure of China’s “three-child policy”, many women are motivated to achieve work-life harmony by merging the identities of motherhood and business ownership.
A new study reveals that instilling an entrepreneur-possible self — the belief that you can become an entrepreneur — is a critical stepping stone for becoming an entrepreneur.
A toolkit for inclusive entrepreneurship education and training was developed with input from a 19-country panel of entrepreneurship educators.
We look to politicians to provide climate change solutions, but there is only so much they can do. Beyond regulation, governments should remember the key role they play in promoting innovation.
New research has found that technology startups with immigrant founders are more likely to pursue an exit strategy during the initial revenue stage — which is more profitable, but also more risky.
The Start-Up Visa program is falling short in a number of key areas, including job creation, global trade opportunities and the long-term viability of businesses.
Recognizing and addressing the mental health struggles of entrepreneurs is not just a matter of compassion, but is also an essential investment in society at large.
COVID lockdowns and the rise of the gig economy have led to loneliness becoming an issue in the workplace.
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Professor of Entrepreneurship, King's College London
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Programme Director UEA Africa Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Strategy, University of East Anglia
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Senior Lecturer in Hospitality & Tourism, University of Surrey
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Professor of Entrepreneurship, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University
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Assistant Professor, Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria
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Senior Lecturer in Enterprise, University of the West of Scotland
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Professor of Social Economics, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, University of Sheffield
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PhD researcher, KU Leuven
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President, Penn State
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Director and Senior Lecturer, Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Cape Town
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Reader in Education with Psychology and Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath
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Lecturer in Business Strategy, University of East Anglia
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PhD Researcher, University of Bath
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Associate Professor, Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
