Why and how do founding entrepreneurs bond with their ventures? Neural correlates of entrepreneurial and parental bonding

Journal
Journal of Business Venturing
ISSN
0883-9026
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2018-05-24
Author(s)
Lahti, T
;
Halko, M
;
Karagozoglu, N
;
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Abstract (De)
This paper investigates why and how founding entrepreneurs bond with their ventures. We develop and test theory about the nature of bonding in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study of 42 subjects (21 entrepreneurs and 21 parents). We find that entrepreneurs and parents show similar signs of affective bonding, that self-confidence plays a role in bonding style, and that the degree to which entrepreneurs include their ventures in the self and to which parents include their child in the self influences their ability to make critical assessments. Our findings suggest that bonding is similar for entrepreneurs and parents and that venture stimuli influence reward systems, self-regulatory functions, and mental factors that are associated with judgment.
Language
English
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contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
Global Center for Entrepreneurship + Innovation
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Yes
Publisher
Elsevier Science Publ.
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business studies

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Eprints ID
255079
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