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Wiklund, Johan
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Genedy, M. A., Hellerstedt, K., Naldi, L. & Wiklund, J. (2024). Growing pains in scale-ups: How scaling affects new venture employee burnout and job satisfaction. Journal of Business Venturing, 39(2), Article ID 106367.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Growing pains in scale-ups: How scaling affects new venture employee burnout and job satisfaction
2024 (English)In: Journal of Business Venturing, ISSN 0883-9026, E-ISSN 1873-2003, Vol. 39, no 2, article id 106367Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Although academic interest in organizational scaling is growing, extant research has focused primarily on the antecedents and processes, neglecting how employees experience scaling. Drawing on the scale-up, firm growth, and well-being literature, we take an employee perspective to examine the impact of scaling on employee burnout and job satisfaction. Using a sample of 10,908 new venture employees in Sweden, we show that scaling is positively associated with employee burnout, and negatively with job satisfaction. We also show that the link between scaling, burnout, and job satisfaction depends on whether the employee is in a managerial position or has prior new venture experience.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2024
Keywords
New venture scaling, Scale-up, Employee burnout, Employee job satisfaction
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-62997 (URN)10.1016/j.jbusvent.2023.106367 (DOI)2-s2.0-85177857195 (Scopus ID)HOA;intsam;62997 (Local ID)HOA;intsam;62997 (Archive number)HOA;intsam;62997 (OAI)
Funder
The Kamprad Family Foundation
Available from: 2023-12-05 Created: 2023-12-05 Last updated: 2025-01-21Bibliographically approved
Thurik, A. R., Audretsch, D. B., Block, J. H., Burke, A., Carree, M. A., Dejardin, M., . . . Wiklund, J. (2024). The impact of entrepreneurship research on other academic fields. Small Business Economics, 62, 727-751
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2024 (English)In: Small Business Economics, ISSN 0921-898X, E-ISSN 1573-0913, Vol. 62, p. 727-751Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The remarkable ascent of entrepreneurship witnessed as a scientific field over the last 4 decades has been made possible by entrepreneurship’s ability to absorb theories, paradigms, and methods from other fields such as economics, psychology, sociology, geography, and even biology. The respectability of entrepreneurship as an academic discipline is now evidenced by many other fields starting to borrow from the entrepreneurship view. In the present paper, seven examples are given from this “pay back” development. These examples were first presented during a seminar at the Erasmus Entrepreneurship Event called what has the entrepreneurship view to offer to other academic fields? This article elaborates on the core ideas of these presentations and focuses on the overarching question of how entrepreneurship research impacts the development of other academic fields. We found that entrepreneurship research questions the core assumptions of other academic fields and provides new insights into the antecedents, mechanisms, and consequences of their respective core phenomena. Moreover, entrepreneurship research helps to legitimize other academic fields both practically and academically.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer, 2024
Keywords
Academic fields, Entrepreneurship, Scientific impact
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-60818 (URN)10.1007/s11187-023-00781-3 (DOI)000992402800002 ()2-s2.0-85160044055 (Scopus ID)HOA;intsam;883933 (Local ID)HOA;intsam;883933 (Archive number)HOA;intsam;883933 (OAI)
Available from: 2023-06-07 Created: 2023-06-07 Last updated: 2025-01-12Bibliographically approved
Markowska, M. & Wiklund, J. (2020). Entrepreneurial learning under uncertainty: exploring the role of self-efficacy and perceived complexity. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 32(7-8), 606-628
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Entrepreneurial learning under uncertainty: exploring the role of self-efficacy and perceived complexity
2020 (English)In: Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, ISSN 0898-5626, E-ISSN 1464-5114, Vol. 32, no 7-8, p. 606-628Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The entrepreneurial learning literature remains underdeveloped and lacks a clear understanding of the learning process. Building on an in-depth case study of four Scandinavian gourmet restauranteurs, we argue that learning to act on entrepreneurial tasks involves opening-up and focusing processes. We propose a process model that specifies how changing perceptions of complexity and self-efficacy influence an individual?s preference for experimentation (opening up) and modelling (focusing) when acquiring new experience. Specifically, in situations perceived as complex, individuals will likely opt for modelling; however, individuals who feel highly self-efficacious will likely rely more on experimentation.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2020
Keywords
Case study; entrepreneurs; learning; self-efficacy; theory development
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-47461 (URN)10.1080/08985626.2020.1713222 (DOI)000507667300001 ()2-s2.0-85078628776 (Scopus ID)HOA;intsam;1386997 (Local ID)HOA;intsam;1386997 (Archive number)HOA;intsam;1386997 (OAI)
Available from: 2020-01-20 Created: 2020-01-20 Last updated: 2021-02-25Bibliographically approved
Bruns, V., Holland, D., Shepherd, D. A. & Wiklund, J. (2016). The role of human capital in loan officers' decision policies. In: Dean A Shepherd (Ed.), Decision making in entrepreneurship: selected joint papers of Dean A. Shepherd (pp. 315-336). Edward Elgar Publishing
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The role of human capital in loan officers' decision policies
2016 (English)In: Decision making in entrepreneurship: selected joint papers of Dean A. Shepherd / [ed] Dean A Shepherd, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016, p. 315-336Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Using a human-capital perspective and the similarity-attraction paradigm, we examine the role of general and specific human capital in the decision policies of 114 Swedish loan officers in their assessments of small-business loan requests. We found that human capital characteristics had marginal impact on decision policy contingencies and that specific human capital had no significant influence on the probability of loan approval. However, we did find that the similarity between the loan officers’ human capital and the pplicants’ human capital was a significant indicator of loan approval. The findings offer interesting insight into the heterogeneity of loan decision processes and outcomes and future research opportunities are suggested.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016
Keywords
bank lending, bank loans, commercial lending, SMEs Swedish SMEs, Swedish banking system, credit risk, credit risk assessment, risk management, credit valuation, decision making credit decision process, credit evaluation process, conjoint experiment
National Category
Business Administration Other Industrial Biotechnology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-35453 (URN)10.4337/9781784716042 (DOI)2-s2.0-85017380537 (Scopus ID)9781784716035 (ISBN)
Note

Tidigare publicerad i Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, volume 32, issue 3, 2008, pages 485-506

Available from: 2017-05-04 Created: 2017-05-04 Last updated: 2017-07-12Bibliographically approved
Jenkins, A., Wiklund, J. & Brundin, E. (2014). Individual responses to firm failure: Appraisals, grief, and the influence of prior failure experience. Journal of Business Venturing, 29(1), 17-33
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Individual responses to firm failure: Appraisals, grief, and the influence of prior failure experience
2014 (English)In: Journal of Business Venturing, ISSN 0883-9026, E-ISSN 1873-2003, Vol. 29, no 1, p. 17-33Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This paper provides a systematic assessment of how entrepreneurs react to firmfailure. We use appraisal theory as an overarching theoretical framework andhypothesize that the more the failure experience is appraised as stressful interms of its implications for harm or loss, the greater the feelings of grief. Totest this hypothesis we developed a unique database of entrepreneurs whorecently filed for firm bankruptcy. Our results support that there is greatvariation in responses to firm failure, and we provide theoretically validexplanations to why this is the case. These findings have substantialimplications for how scholars conceive and theorize about entrepreneurialfailure.

Keywords
Firm failure, Grief; Appraisals, Psychological capital, Prior failure experience
National Category
Economics and Business
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-19685 (URN)10.1016/j.jbusvent.2012.10.006 (DOI)000327565800002 ()2-s2.0-84887185628 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2012-10-24 Created: 2012-10-24 Last updated: 2018-10-23Bibliographically approved
Simmons, S. A., Wiklund, J. & Levie, J. (2014). Stigma and business failure: implications for entrepreneurs' career choices. Small Business Economics, 42(3), 485-505
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Stigma and business failure: implications for entrepreneurs' career choices
2014 (English)In: Small Business Economics, ISSN 0921-898X, E-ISSN 1573-0913, Vol. 42, no 3, p. 485-505Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

We use data from global entrepreneurship monitor to examine the act of entrepreneurial reentry by entrepreneurs who exit a failed business. We study reentry by mode of entry and by form of organizing. We find that, in countries where the levels of stigma and regulatory conveyance of stigma markings were at their highest, entrepreneurs who exited failed businesses were less likely to reenter into entrepreneurial activity. Our finding suggests that negative social and economic sanctions that are associated with stigma markings speak only to one side of the entrepreneurship phenomenon. On the other side, stigma can function as a stimulus for entrepreneurs to defy the illegitimacy of the failed business and to actively seek out and engage in innovative behaviors that contribute to the overall diversity of entrepreneurial activities in their country.

Keywords
Entrepreneurship, Business failure, Stigma, Serial entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur careers, Global entrepreneurship monitor
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-25922 (URN)10.1007/s11187-013-9519-3 (DOI)000331633800004 ()2-s2.0-84893958483 (Scopus ID);intsam;789251 (Local ID);intsam;789251 (Archive number);intsam;789251 (OAI)
Available from: 2015-02-18 Created: 2015-02-18 Last updated: 2021-03-03Bibliographically approved
Wiklund, J., Nordqvist, M., Hellerstedt, K. & Bird, M. (2013). Internal Versus External Ownership Transition in Family Firms: An Embeddedness Perspective. Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 37(6), 1319-1340
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Internal Versus External Ownership Transition in Family Firms: An Embeddedness Perspective
2013 (English)In: Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, ISSN 1042-2587, E-ISSN 1540-6520, Vol. 37, no 6, p. 1319-1340Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

We investigate factors that influence family business owners' choice between passing ownership within the family or to new external owners. Taking an embeddedness perspective focusing on owner-family structure and involvement, we hypothesize that ownership dispersion, number of potential heirs, multigenerational involvement, and whether the chief executive officer is a family member influence the choice of an internal or external transition of ownership. We build a longitudinal data set from a sample of 3,829 family firms and their ownership transitions. Our theorizing and findings regarding ownership transitions complements the abundant research on management succession and therefore constitutes an important contribution to the literature.

National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-23229 (URN)10.1111/etap.12068 (DOI)000326728100005 ()2-s2.0-84887206381 (Scopus ID);intsam;690313 (Local ID);intsam;690313 (Archive number);intsam;690313 (OAI)
Available from: 2014-01-23 Created: 2014-01-23 Last updated: 2021-03-03Bibliographically approved
Davidsson, P. & Wiklund, J. (Eds.). (2013). New Perspectives On Firm Growth. Edward Elgar Publishing
Open this publication in new window or tab >>New Perspectives On Firm Growth
2013 (English)Collection (editor) (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013. p. 352
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-23036 (URN)978 0 85793 361 4 (ISBN)978 0 85793 360 7 (ISBN)
Available from: 2014-01-10 Created: 2014-01-10 Last updated: 2016-11-24Bibliographically approved
Dahlqvist, J. & Wiklund, J. (2012). Measuring the market newness of new ventures. Journal of Business Venturing, 27(2), 185-196
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Measuring the market newness of new ventures
2012 (English)In: Journal of Business Venturing, ISSN 0883-9026, E-ISSN 1873-2003, Vol. 27, no 2, p. 185-196Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The present lack of instruments for measuring entrepreneurial opportunity is hampering progress in entrepreneurship research and fundamental hypotheses about opportunity variance are not being tested. This paper sets out to validate a measure of market newness in new ventures based in Austrian Economics, assuming a view of opportunity as objective and discoverable. Empirically, a sample of 250 new internal ventures in gestation was examined regarding to whom these ventures presented something new in terms of geographical extension or new customer groups. The measure improves on existing instruments by providing more intrinsic range while being firmly anchored in an Austrian Economics framework.

Keywords
entrepreneurial opportunity, individual-opportunity nexus, Austrian economics, Kirzner, measurement theory
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-17382 (URN)10.1016/j.jbusvent.2010.12.001 (DOI)000300141400002 ()2-s2.0-84855304070 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2012-01-23 Created: 2012-01-23 Last updated: 2019-02-21Bibliographically approved
Markowska, M., Sæmundsson, R. & Wiklund, J. (2011). Contextualising Business Model Development in Nordic Gourmet Restaurants. In: Alsos, G., Carter, S., Ljunggren, E., & Welter, F. (Ed.), The Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Rural Development: (pp. 162-179). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Contextualising Business Model Development in Nordic Gourmet Restaurants
2011 (English)In: The Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Rural Development / [ed] Alsos, G., Carter, S., Ljunggren, E., & Welter, F., Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing , 2011, p. 162-179Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Rural gourmet restaurants are becoming a vital part of regional development. The growing interest in high quality regional food, and the changing perception of values inherent in food, created possibilities for many enterprising individuals. Through an in-depth case study of four Nordic rural gourmet restaurants, we explore the role of context in the process of business model development. By analyzing the changes in the business model, we find that the development of the business reflects the interaction with the environment. In particular, that the more professionally embedded entrepreneurs are more active in searching their networks for ideas that might help them improve their business and they act more on contingencies, while restaurateurs with lesser professional embeddedness have exhibited less change in their business models and did not engage in extending their networks. Thus, we argue that understanding the context of how experiences as the main arena for value creation are created and sold is important for understanding how entrepreneurs can develop their local story and local identity and become co-producers of regional development.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-13237 (URN)9781848446250 (ISBN)
Available from: 2011-01-22 Created: 2010-09-24 Last updated: 2016-11-24Bibliographically approved
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