Research & Scholarship

Academic Publications

A continuously updated collection of our published research and works in progress on community-oriented entrepreneurship.

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PublishedJournal of Business Research, 116618Oct 2026

Policy persistence without performance: compensatory legitimacy and the expansion of entrepreneurship education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Honig, B., Aluko, O., Siwale, J., & Boso, N.

Examines why entrepreneurship education in Sub-Saharan Africa persists despite limited demonstrable impact. Drawing on institutional and compensatory entrepreneurship theory, a multi-level abductive study across Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zambia (59 interviews) shows how entrepreneurship education operates as a compensatory legitimacy mechanism linking policy mandates, institutional compliance, and student dissatisfaction.

entrepreneurship educationlegitimacycompensatory entrepreneurshipSub-Saharan Africainclusive entrepreneurship
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PublishedInternational Small Business JournalJan 2025

A trauma-informed approach: Temporal reorientation, identity reconstruction and preventing retraumatisation in refugee entrepreneurship support

Nafari, J., & Ruebottom, T.

refugee entrepreneurshiptrauma-informed support
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PublishedAcademy of Management Proceedings, Vol. 2025, No. 1, p. 11751Jan 2025

Entrepreneurial Ingenuity, Social Impact, and Civic Wealth Creation

Siqueira, A. C. O., Honig, B., Cunha, R., Mariano, S. R. H., & Moraes, J.

entrepreneurial ingenuitycivic wealth creation
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PublishedTechnovation, 133, 103024Jan 2024

Promoting academic social intrapreneurship: Developing an international virtual incubator and fostering social impact

Nafari, J., Honig, B., & Siqueira, A. C. O.

social intrapreneurshipvirtual incubatorsocial impact
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PublishedJournal of Business Venturing Insights, 19, e00386Jan 2023

Creating economic, social, and environmental change through entrepreneurship: An entrepreneurial autonomy perspective informed by Paulo Freire

Siqueira, A. C. O., Honig, B., Mariano, S., Moraes, J., & Cunha, R. M.

entrepreneurial autonomysocial and environmental change
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What determines success? Examining the human, financial, and social capital of Jamaican micro-entrepreneurs

Micro Enterprises & Nascent Entrepreneurs
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Human capital and structural upheaval: A study of manufacturing firms in the west bank

Micro Enterprises & Nascent Entrepreneurs
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The Life Cycle of an Internet Firm: Scripts, Legitimacy, and Identity

Micro Enterprises & Nascent Entrepreneurs
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Planning and the entrepreneur: A longitudinal examination of nascent entrepreneurs in Sweden

Micro Enterprises & Nascent Entrepreneurs
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The role of social and human capital among nascent entrepreneurs

Micro Enterprises & Nascent Entrepreneurs
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New venture planning and lean start-up activities: A longitudinal empirical study of entrepreneurial success, founder preferences and venture context

Micro Enterprises & Nascent Entrepreneurs
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Complementarities of human capital and information technology: small businesses, emerging economy context and the strategic role of firm resources

Micro Enterprises & Nascent Entrepreneurs
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Social support timing and persistence in nascent entrepreneurship: exploring when instrumental and emotional support is most effective

Micro Enterprises & Nascent Entrepreneurs
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