"Trying" to be Entrepreneurial

If we are to understand how entrepreneurial intentions evolve, we must embrace theories reflecting the inherent dynamics of human decision making. While the dominant model of entrepreneurial intentions remains invaluable, capturing the dynamics is necessary to advance our understanding of how intent becomes action. To this end, we offer Bagozzi’s Theory of Trying (TT) as a theory-driven model that assumes a dynamic pathway to intent. Rather than focusing on intentions toward a static target behavior, TT focuses on intentions toward a dynamic goal. To support this perspective, we offer striking new evidence that the emergent intentions process is indeed dynamic.intentions, theory of trying, tipping points, reciprocal causation, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial cognition

"Trying" to be Entrepreneurial

If we are to understand how entrepreneurial intentions evolve, we must embrace theories reflecting the inherent dynamics of human decision making. While the dominant model of entrepreneurial intentions remains invaluable, capturing the dynamics is necessary to advance our understanding of how intent becomes action. To this end, we offer Bagozzi’s Theory of Trying (TT) as a theory-driven model that assumes a dynamic pathway to intent. Rather than focusing on intentions toward a static target behavior, TT focuses on intentions toward a dynamic goal. To support this perspective, we offer striking new evidence that the emergent intentions process is indeed dynamic

Expressions 1986

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Family Firms, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development

it is widely acknowledged that family-owned and managed firms are an economic phenomenon with individual firms often persisting for decades, if not centuries. These firms are found across all industrial sectors from technology to hospitality. They exist in all nations and are increasingly seen as critical to new venture creation. However, despite the widespread existence of such firms, family business has only been researched for the last two decades. Much remains to be learned about family owned and managed firms and their impacts on local and national economies

Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Edited by Alan Carsrud (College at Brockport former faculty member) and Malin Brännback. This thought provoking book builds on existing research traditions that make small business, entrepreneurship and family business a resource rich arena for study. It steps back to ask fundamental questions that every researcher should consider prior to engaging in data collection. It focuses on topics that have traditionally frustrated researchers including experimental methods in small business research, scale development, control variables and language issues in cross cultural research. The distinguished authors also address subjects such as theory development and testing in entrepreneurship, as well as determining if progress in research has been made and how that can be measured. Critically, many of the chapters highlight ways in which research can be both practical yet theoretically important. Bringing together quantitative and qualitative techniques and taking an investigative approach almost totally ignored in entrepreneurship research, this unique volume will be of special interest to anyone studying small and family businesses or entrepreneurship and business. --Back coverhttps://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/bookshelf/1418/thumbnail.jp