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External Enablement of Entrepreneurship

Scholarly Application Articles

Bennett, D. L. (2019). Infrastructure investments and entrepreneurial dynamism in the US. Journal of Business Venturing, 34(5), 105907.

Bennett, D. L., Wagner, G., & Araki, M. (2024). Labor market reform as an external enabler of high-growth entrepreneurship: A multi-level institutional contingency perspective. Journal of Business Venturing, 39(6), 106428.

Chalmers, D., MacKenzie, N. G., & Carter, S. (2021). Artificial intelligence and entrepreneurship: Implications for venture creation in the fourth industrial revolution. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 45(5), 1028-1053.

Chandra, Y. (2022). Non-fungible token-enabled entrepreneurship: A conceptual framework. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 18, e00323.

Davidsson, P., Recker, J., & von Briel, F. (2021). COVID-19 as External Enabler of entrepreneurship practice and research. BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 24(3), 214-223.

Fielt, E. (2024). Digital Business Model Innovation: An External Enablement Perspective and Research Agenda. Journal of Business Models, 12(3), 19-41.

Gish, J. J., Lanahan, L., Beck, J. T. (2024) A Values-Complementarity Model of Social Movement Influence on Entrepreneurship, Journal of Management.

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Horne, J., & Fichter, K. (2022). Growing for sustainability: Enablers for the growth of impact startups–A conceptual framework, taxonomy, and systematic literature review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 131163.

Juma, N., Olabisi, J., & Griffin‐EL, E. (2023). External enablers and entrepreneurial ecosystems: The brokering role of the anchor tenant in capacitating grassroots ecopreneurs. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.

Kuk, G., Meyer, C., & Giamporcaro, S. (2024). Complementary currencies and entrepreneurship: Sustaining micro‐entrepreneurs in Kenyan informal settlements. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 18(1), 21-54.

Manocha, P., Hunt, R. A., Townsend, D. M., & Stallkamp, M. (2021). When rising tides lift some boats more than others: Gender-based differences in the external enablement of entrepreneurship. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 26(03), 2150017.

McKenny, A. F., Fisher, G., Short, J. C., Ketchen Jr, D. J., & Allison, T. H. (2024). Communicating During Societal Crises: How Entrepreneurs’ Interactions with Backers Affect Fundraising via Crowdfunding. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 10422587241288124.

Nikiforou, A., Lioukas, S., Chatzopoulou, E., & Voudouris, I. (2023). When there is a crisis, there is an opportunity? SMEs’ capabilities for durability and opportunity confidence. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research1355-2554.

Promsiri, T,. Sukavejworakit, K., & Virasa, T. (2018), Exploring New Venture Idea Development with External Enablers and Design Process in Nascent Entrepreneurs. Asia-Pacific Social Science Review Vol. 18 No. 2, pp. 49–64

Saeedikiya, M., Salamzadeh, A., Salamzadeh, Y., & Aeeni, Z. (2024). Cognitions affecting innovation among generation Z entrepreneurs: the external enablement of digital infrastructure. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 30(2/3), 572-608.

Schade, P., & Schuhmacher, M. C. (2022). Digital infrastructure and entrepreneurial action-formation: A multilevel study. Journal of Business Venturing, 37(5), 106232.

Semenova, V., Sebrek, S. S., Garrido, B. P., Katona, A., & Michalkó, G. (2023). The interaction of actor-independent and actor-dependent factors in new venture formation: The case of blockchain-enabled entrepreneurial firms. Acta Oeconomica.

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Sun, S. L., Jia, P., Qi, J., & Guo, C. (2025). Shaping opportunity structures: how transport infrastructure fuels social ventures and reduces income inequality. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2024.2444895

Weking, J., Desouza, K. C., Fielt, E., & Kowalkiewicz, M. (2023). Metaverse-enabled entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 19, e00375.

Wollborn, P., Dornekott, D., & Holder, U. (2023). Entrepreneurial efforts and opportunity costs: evidence from twitch streamers

Bennett, D. L. (2021). Local economic freedom and creative destruction in America. Small Business Economics, 56(1), 333-353.

Cestino Castilla, J., Naldi, L., & Ots, M. (2023). External enablers in existing organizations: Emergence, novelty, and persistence of entrepreneurial initiatives. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.

Chalmers, D., Matthews, R., & Hyslop, A. (2021). Blockchain as an external enabler of new venture ideas: Digital entrepreneurs and the disintermediation of the global music industry. Journal of Business Research, 125, 577-591.

Chen, J. J., Cui, C., Hunt, R. A., & Li, L. S. Z. (2020). External enablement of new venture creation: An exploratory, query-driven assessment of China's high-speed rail expansion. Journal of Business Venturing, 35(6), 106046.

Davidsson, P., & Sufyan, M. (2023) What does AI think of AI as an external enabler (EE) of entrepreneurship? An assessment through and of the EE framework,Journal of Business Venturing Insights,Volume 20

Girma Aragaw, Z., Haag, K., & Baù, M. (2024). Contextualizing corporate entrepreneurship: a systematic review and future research agenda. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 1-37.

Hinderer, S., & Kuckertz, A. (2022). The bioeconomy transformation as an external enabler of sustainable entrepreneurship. Business Strategy and the Environment.

Jahanbakht, M., & Ahmadi, F. (2024). Empirical assessment of external enablers on new venture creation: the effect of technologies and non-technological change in Iran digital entrepreneurship. Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies.

Klyver, K., & Nielsen, S. L. (2021). Which crisis strategies are (expectedly) effective among SMEs during COVID-19?. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 16, e00273.

Lucas, D. S., Bellavitis, C., & Park, U. D. (2023). A cloud's silver lining? The impact of policy interventions on new and maturing technology ventures' online recruitment. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 17(2), 445-484.

McGee, J. E, & Terry, R. P. (2022) COVID-19 as an external enabler: The role of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial orientation, Journal of Small Business Management

Nielsen, B. N., & Hakala, H. (2023) External enablers for the circular economy: A case study of the food packaging industry, Journal of Cleaner Production

Perttunen, E., Jung, S. D., Talvinko, M., & Björklund, T. A. (2024). Opportunities from adversity: The enabling impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for the actions of Finnish and Californian food and beverage ventures. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 14657503241235812.

Rothe, Hannes & Lauer, Katharina & Talbot-Cooper, Callum & Sivizaca Conde, Daniel. (2023). Digital Entrepreneurship from Cellular Data: How Omics Afford the Emergence of a New Wave of Digital Ventures in Health. Electronic Markets.

Salvi, E., Hechavarria, D.M., & Gimenez-Jimenez (2025). Opportunity amidst explosions: How armed conflicts spark informal entrepreneurship in emerging economies,
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Schiavone, F., Pietronudo, M., Sabetta, A., & Bernhard, F. (2022). Designing AI implications in the venture creation process. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 29(4), 838-859.

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Shahid, M. S., Salvi, E., & Sajjad, M. (2024). Navigating crisis through digitalisation and its impact on firm formality: the case of microenterprises in India. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy.

von Briel, F., Davidsson, P., & Recker, J. (2018). Digital technologies as external enablers of new venture creation in the IT hardware sector. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 42(1), 47-69.

Wood, M. S., Williams, D. W., & Drover, W. (2022). A theory of missed external enablement. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.

Zettel, L., & Garrett, R. (2023), A pragmatic perspective on social entrepreneurial opportunities.
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, Vol. 29 No. 6, pp. 1376-1395

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