Researchers studying challenges female and minority entrepreneurs face in rural areas

The research, led by Heather Stephens, professor of resource economics and management and director of the West Virginia University Regional Research Institute, aims to identify what factors could support entrepreneurship for women and minorities, as well as barriers that deter them from starting their own businesses.

Childhood financial difficulty and entrepreneurial intention: The roles of work-family conflict and openness to experience

Abstract Drawing upon the theory of underdog or challenge-based entrepreneurship, this study tested a moderated mediation model to answer how and when childhood financial difficulty affects adults’ entrepreneurial intention. It proposes that work–family conflict would serve as a mediation mechanism…

Give a plum in return for a peach: The effect of entrepreneurial informal financing on environmental corporate social responsibility

Abstract Newswise — Private enterprises in emerging economies, such as China, heavily rely on informal financing (IF) due to their small firm-specific financial constraints. This study sheds light on the incongruent findings concerning the relationship between IF and entrepreneurial environmental…