William R. Meek

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed and tested a model of the relationship between centralized and decentralized institutions on entrepreneurial activity and found that both decentralized institutions that are socially determined as well as centralized institutions designed by governmental authorities are important in promoting firm foundings in the environmental context.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed and tested a model of the relationship between centralized and decentralized institutions on entrepreneurial activity and found that both decentralized institutions that are socially determined as well as centralized institutions designed by governmental authorities are important in promoting firm foundings in the environmental context.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a process model of gender and entrepreneurship to guide future research on women and entrepreneurship, and present specific propositions associated with each stage that are motivated by expectancy theory.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the franchising relationship from a social exchange perspective and empirically demonstrated the important role commitment plays in the franchizing context, and found partial support for this model; franchisor communication positively relates to one dimension of franchisee commitment, and propensity to leave negatively.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors integrate logic from stakeholder theory to provide a framework for explaining the relationship between entrepreneurship education and the formal and informal processes of technology commercialization within the entrepreneurial university.