Neuroentrepreneurship: an integrative review and research agenda

Sharma, Gagan Deep; Paul, Justin; Srivastava, Mrinalini; Yadav, Anshita; Mendy, John; Sarker, Tapan; Bansal, Sanchita

doi:10.1080/08985626.2021.1966106

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“…The precautionary motive hypothesis predicts a positive impact of environmental regulation on corporate cash holdings. The environment is ever-changing, uncertain, and unpredictable (Sharma et al, 2021a). Stringent environment regulation induces heightened environmental uncertainty (Lanoie et al, 2008) by enhancing the heavypolluting firms' environmental risks (Falk and Wee, 2015;Liu X. et al, 2021), making debt financing more difficult and costly (Caragnano et al, 2020;Pizzutilo et al, 2020;Ding et al, 2021).…”

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Environmental Regulation and Corporate Cash Holdings: Evidence From China’s New Environmental Protection Law

Zhang

Cheng

2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Exploiting the 2014 Environmental Protection Law (EPL) in China as quasi-natural experiments, we adopt a difference-in-differences approach to examine the impact of environmental regulation on corporate cash holdings. We document that heavy-polluting firms increase their cash holdings 15% more than non-heavy-polluting firms due to stringent environmental regulation. Further tests show that the heightened environmental uncertainty, the limited access to bank loans, and the decline in obtaining government subsidies for heavy-polluting firms are three plausible channels that allow environmental regulation to increase corporate cash holdings. The effects of environmental regulation on cash holdings are stronger for firms without political backgrounds and those in regions with less dependent on the secondary sector. Overall, our results offer original evidence showing how environmental regulation in emerging economies affects firms’ liquidity management decisions and support the precautionary effect of cash holdings.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Environmental Regulation and Corporate Cash Holdings: Evidence From China’s New Environmental Protection Law

Zhang

Cheng

2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…This study adds to the nascent literature on neuroentrepreneurship which discusses entrepreneurial decision-making, entrepreneurial cognition and entrepreneurial behavior (Sharma et al, 2021). Furthermore, the growing literature on cognition as a key contributor to entrepreneurship is now given more credence in scaling (Mitchell et al, 2002;Ucbasaran, 2010).…”

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Entrepreneurial cognition and premature scaling of startups: a qualitative analysis of determinants of start-up failures

Joseph

Aboobaker

Zakkariya

2021

JEEE

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Purpose This study aims to explore the behavioral patterns of entrepreneurs, their cognitive styles and personality characteristics that can lead to a self-destructive chain of events during the transition from a fledgling business to one capable of long-term, profitable growth. This study adopts the self-regulation attitude theory to uncover the reasons for premature start-up scaling, which will help founders to study on their cognitive biases, emotions and behaviors and make efforts to do what does not come naturally to them. Design/methodology/approach The respondents for this qualitative study were selected from a group of entrepreneurs with extensive experience with technology start-ups that have either failed or succeeded during their development stages. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight participants, who were selected through snowball sampling, on the theme of understanding “How do premature scaling mistakes happen?”. Thematic analysis was used to unearth common themes. Findings The results of this study identified the following themes, “comparison,” “emotional over-reaction,” “impatience,” “mistaken customer priorities,” “overestimation” and “overconfidence,” which eventually leads to premature scaling. The underlying decision-making heuristics of entrepreneurs can be identified as engulfed in different cognitive biases and emotions resulting in negative behavioral patterns, as in the case of premature scaling. Of the six themes, “comparison,” “mistaken customer priorities,” “overestimation” and “overconfidence relates to cognitive bias” and “emotional over-reaction” and “impatience” relate to emotional factors. Research limitations/implications The study was made possible with the support of the voluntary participants chosen by purposive and snowballing data sampling. The interviewee and interviewer biases could have also crept in as part of this qualitative approach. The study pertains only to start-ups in the information technology sector and further studies need to be done to generalize the results across industries as well. Practical implications This early-stage underestimation of unexpected obstacles in the entrepreneurship journey necessitates a focus on the entrepreneur too, as much as the concept. In these hectic and fast-paced circumstances, aspiring entrepreneurs must be taught how to deal objectively with themselves and others, as well as think strategically. Leaders who scale do so because they take purposeful measures to overcome their weaknesses through self-discipline, soliciting advice from others and using their right to change their attitude and points of view. Originality/value The study frames the new approach into the entrepreneurial literature, linking it to self-regulation attitude theory and adds to the nascent literature on neuroentrepreneurship which discuss entrepreneurial cognition, decision-making, and entrepreneurial behavior. This study attempted to explore the reasons behind the premature scaling of startups on an individual level. This study is pioneering in exploring the cognitive factors underlying an entrepreneur’s decision that results in premature scaling. This study provides insights for academicians, entrepreneurs and policymakers and helps understand the cognitive journey that leads to premature scaling.

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“…Moreover, EP guides manufacturers to procure from environmentally sensitive suppliers, implement cleaner production practices, adopt eco-packaging and sustainable distribution (de Guimaraes et al, 2018;Vargas et al, 2018) to boost their GC (Zameer et al, 2020). EP helps firms to recognize opportunities (Sharma et al, 2021) such as green practices to address environmental issues by providing eco-friendly products to increase their competitiveness. Besides, EP-based firms can reduce environmental costs via the application of green practices, which results in GC (Xiue and Qing, 2021).…”

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Empirical evidence of SMEs' ecopreneurship posture, green competitiveness and community-based performance: the neglected missing linkages of green practices

Afum

Agyabeng‐Mensah

Baah

et al. 2023

IJOEM

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the direct and mediation effects of small- and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs) ecopreneurship posture (EP), green inbound practices (GIP), green production practices (GPP), green outbound practices (GOP), community-based performance (CBP) and green competitiveness (GC).Design/methodology/approachEmpirical data for the study were garnered by utilizing questionnaire from Ghanaian manufacturing SMEs. Structural equation modeling, specifically partial least squares is applied to test the hypothesized relationships.FindingsThe findings suggest that SMEs' EP, GIP and GPP have significant positive effects on CBP and GC. However, while GOP has a significant effect on GC, it has no significant effect on CBP. Moreover, the mediation result demonstrates that while GIP and GPP significantly mediates the relationship between SMEs' EP and CBP, GOP does not provide any mediation mechanism through which SMEs' EP influence CBP. The result further confirms the mediation roles of GIP, GPP and GOP between SMEs' EP and GC.Originality/valueThis research offers novel empirical evidence by exploring the mediation roles of GIP, GPP and GOP between EP, CBP and GC through the lenses of the natural resource-based view and stakeholder theoretical perspectives.

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Neuroentrepreneurship: an integrative review and research agenda

Cited by 30 publications

References 210 publications

Environmental Regulation and Corporate Cash Holdings: Evidence From China’s New Environmental Protection Law

Environmental Regulation and Corporate Cash Holdings: Evidence From China’s New Environmental Protection Law

Entrepreneurial cognition and premature scaling of startups: a qualitative analysis of determinants of start-up failures

Empirical evidence of SMEs' ecopreneurship posture, green competitiveness and community-based performance: the neglected missing linkages of green practices

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