Resource Bootstrapping of Nascent Entrepreneurs : Conscious Entrepreneurial Decision or Forced Reaction?
Journal
Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research
ISSN
0740-7416
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2010-06
Author(s)
Abstract
Management research has neglected to conceptualize bootstrapping as a strategic resource management approach and to uncover its antecedents. To address this gap, this study studies the effect of strategic orientations and environmental factors on bootstrapping behavior. Our study of 298 entrepreneurs reveals that resource bootstrapping can be viewed as an individualistic choice made by entrepreneurs, based on a proactive maximization pattern.
Language
English
Keywords
http://digitalknowledge.babson.edu/fer/vol30/iss12/3
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Babson College
Publisher place
Massachusetts
Volume
30
Number
12
Start page
500
End page
514
Pages
15
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
70497