http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/12923 Fri, 15 May 2026 12:49:01 GMT 2026-05-15T12:49:01Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/12932 When the Quest for the Best Pays Off: How Maximising Entrepreneurs Improve Performance by Creating Entrepreneurial and Market Oriented Businesses Soltwisch, Brandon William New research in the behavioural sciences has identified that some individuals consistently strive to make the best choice through extensive information search (maximisers), while others are inclined to select options that are good enough (satisficers). The purpose of this study is to investigate how these decision-making styles impact the entrepreneurial process. It is predicted that maximising entrepreneurs will perform better in their entrepreneurial ventures than satisficing entrepreneurs. In order to achieve improved outcomes, it is expected that maximisers will apply their preference for information search to develop more entrepreneurially oriented and market-oriented businesses. Data gathered from a sample of 172 entrepreneurs in the United States indicate that entrepreneurs who maximise outperformed their satisficing counterparts. This relationship was mediated by both entrepreneurial orientation and market orientation, suggesting that maximising entrepreneurs are more likely than satisficers to adopt innovative and market driven approaches to improve entrepreneurial performance. Volume: 30 Issue: 2, page(s): 223-248, Article first published online: June 23, 2021; Issue published: September 1, 2021 Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/12932 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/12931 Making Entrepreneurs? Makerspaces and Entrepreneurial Intent Among High School Students Holm, Eric Joseph van Makerspaces have grown over the last two decades and provide a potentially important resource to entrepreneurs. One area where the expansion of makerspaces has been the largest is in educational settings, at both K-12 schools and colleges. However, scant research to date has analysed whether students visiting a makerspace have any relationship with their professional goals or intentions. This study uses a survey conducted in New Orleans to analyse the predictors of what students use a makerspace, and the potential relationship visiting may have with entrepreneurial intent. The analysis finds that students with a higher socio-economic status appear to use makerspaces more often, and that students who visited makerspaces are more likely to express interest in starting their own businesses. Volume: 30 Issue: 02, Page(s): 249-266, Article first published online: June 27, 2021; Issue published: September 1, 2021 Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/12931 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/12930 Do Entrepreneurship Skills Improve Project Performance? A Project-Based Learning Perspective Shekarian, Mansoor; Parast, Mahour This study examines the effect of entrepreneurship skillsets on project performance. Building upon the theory of planned behaviour, we examine the impact of individual entrepreneurship orientation (IEO) and entrepreneurship self-efficacy (ESE) on project performance, using a sample of 243 observations from students’ projects in areas of science, engineering and technology. We examine our research questions using a combination of multivariate regression analysis and robust regression. The results show that the survey is valid and reliable in measuring IEO and ESE, and the survey can be used to assess the relationship between IEO, ESE and project performance. In addition, the findings indicate that appearance self-efficacy is the variable that most significantly contributes to project performance, followed by social skills, then management skills. The study provides insights into how entrepreneurship skills can be viewed as important skillsets for success in projects and how operations and project managers can emphasise certain entrepreneurship skills to enhance project performance. At the individual level, entrepreneurship skills can be viewed as skillsets that improve project performance even in projects that are less entrepreneurial in nature. The improvement in performance is primarily in projects that are more structured, have a specific timeline and have defined objectives. Volume: 30 Issue: 02, page(s): 267-305, Article first published online: July 2, 2021; Issue published: September 1, 2021 Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/12930 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/12929 Entrepreneurial Finance in the Twenty-first Century, a Review of Factors Influencing Venture Capitalist’s Decision Vazirani, Ashish; Bhattacharjee, Titas Investments in new ventures are risky due to lack of conventional form of quantitative information and untested products. Venture capitalists (VCs) are seen to target such new ventures for high-risk premium but with little success. Existing research has investigated and identified a variety of qualitative factors that impact VCs’ investment decisions; however, many research gaps still exist. Works published in the last two decades show the evolution in the preference of factors with the focus shifting from venture’s team and product to factors such as intellectual property rights, economic crisis and social capital. It was found that the factor’s role was limited to the binary scale (positive and negative), which undermines its effect. The purpose of this review is to provide a comprehensive framework of factors that influence VCs’ investment decisions and show theoretical research gaps. Accordingly, we have segmented factors into two macro-categories: ‘internal’ and ‘external environment’, and presented a detailed framework of the factors that influence VCs’ investment decisions. Further, we argue to consider the subjectivity of qualitative factors and to explore the role of a factor in the decision-making. Volume: 30 Issue: 2, Page(s): 306-335, Article first published online: June 29, 2021; Issue published: September 1, 2021 Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/12929 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z