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VSSER-2026 Paper Explainers
🏫 VSSER-2026 · Paper Explainers

VSSER-2026 Paper Explainers

Welcome to the companion reading portal for VSSER-2026, spearheaded by Professor Vishal K. Gupta and and Dr Athina Skiadopoulou. Each paper in the official reading list has a dedicated explainer — a richly annotated, audio-accompanied deep-dive. Papers are organised section-wise as per the reading list. New explainers are added as the seminar series progresses.

📚 5 Sections 📄 20 Papers ✅ 4 Explainers Live 🎙️ Audio + Deep-Dives 📌 Updated Ongoing
Explainer Progress — 4 of 20 papers live
✅ Tang et al. 2008 ✅ Gupta et al. 2013 ✅ Welter 2011 ✅ Zahra et al. 2014 ⏰ Khurana et al. 2021 ⏰ Smith et al. 2021 ⏰ Rietveld & Hoogendoorn 2022 ⏰ Goktan et al. 2018 ⏰ Donaldson et al. 2025 ⏰ Balodi et al. 2026 ⏰ + 10 more
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Context in Entrepreneurship Research
Special Lecture by Shaker Zahra
👨‍🏫 Zahra, S. A., Wright, M., & Abdelgawad, S. G.
Contextualization and the advancement of entrepreneurship research
International Small Business Journal, 32(5), 479–500 · 2014 ABDC-A
📖 Read Explainer 2014
👨‍🏫 Welter, F.
Contextualizing entrepreneurship — conceptual challenges and ways forward
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 35(1), 165–184 · 2011 ⭐ FT50
📖 Read Explainer 2011
👨‍🏫 Gupta, V. K., Turban, D. B., & Pareek, A.
Differences between men and women in opportunity evaluation as a function of gender stereotypes and stereotype activation
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 37(4), 771–788 · 2013 ⭐ FT50
📖 Read Explainer 2013
👨‍🏫 Tang, J., Tang, Z., Marino, L. D., Zhang, Y., & Li, Q.
Exploring an inverted U-shape relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and performance in Chinese ventures
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 32(1), 219–239 · 2008 ⭐ FT50
📖 Read Explainer 2008
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Religion and Entrepreneurship
Special Lecture by Devkamal Dutta
👨‍🏫 Khurana, I., Ghura, A. S., & Dutta, D. K.
The influence of religion on the humane orientation of entrepreneurs
Journal of Small Business Management, 59(3), 417–442 · 2021 ABDC-A
⏰ Coming Soon 2021
👨‍🏫 Smith, B. R., McMullen, J. S., & Cardon, M. S.
Toward a theological turn in entrepreneurship: How religion could enable transformative research in our field
Journal of Business Venturing, 36(5), 1–9 · 2021 ⭐ FT50
⏰ Coming Soon 2021
👨‍🏫 Rietveld, C. A., & Hoogendoorn, B.
The mediating role of values in the relationship between religion and entrepreneurship
Small Business Economics, 58(3), 1309–1335 · 2022 ABDC-A
⏰ Coming Soon 2022
👨‍🏫 Goktan, B., Gupta, V. K., Budak, G., & Markin, E.
Behind the green line: An examination of female entrepreneurial activity in the Muslim world
In Contextual Embeddedness of Women's Entrepreneurship, pp. 3–17 · Routledge · 2018 📚 Book Chapter
⏰ Coming Soon 2018
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Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Special Lecture by Christina Theodoraki
👨‍🏫 Donaldson, C., Villagrasa, J., & Theodoraki, C.
Inside-out and outside-in: How entrepreneurial ecosystems can build legitimacy through signaling
Journal of Small Business Management, 63(4), 1552–1593 · 2025 ABDC-A
⏰ Coming Soon 2025
👨‍🏫 Balodi, K. C., Kattuman, P., Theodoraki, C., & Roshan, R.
Entrepreneurial dynamism and entrepreneurial ecosystem in emerging economies: the role of infrastructure
Industrial and Corporate Change, dtag014 · 2026 ABDC-A
⏰ Coming Soon 2026
👨‍🏫 Queissner, M., Stolz, L., & Weiss, M.
A meta-analysis of entrepreneurial ecosystem elements and entrepreneurial activity
Small Business Economics, 64(4), 1817–1847 · 2025 ABDC-A
⏰ Coming Soon 2025
👨‍🏫 Hechavarría, D. M., & Ingram, A. E.
Entrepreneurial ecosystem conditions and gendered national-level entrepreneurial activity: a 14-year panel study of GEM
Small Business Economics, 53(2), 431–458 · 2019 ABDC-A
⏰ Coming Soon 2019
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Gender and Entrepreneurship
Special Lecture by Susan Marlow
👨‍🏫 Marlow, S., & McAdam, M.
Analyzing the influence of gender upon high-technology venturing within the context of business incubation
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 36(4), 655–676 · 2012 ⭐ FT50
⏰ Coming Soon 2012
👨‍🏫 Treanor, L., & Marlow, S.
A nudge in the right direction? Gender-informed support by female business-incubation managers for female STEM-entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 37(1–2), 92–112 · 2025 ABDC-A
⏰ Coming Soon 2025
👨‍🏫 Gupta, V. K., Wieland, A. M., & Turban, D. B.
Gender characterizations in entrepreneurship: A multi-level investigation of sex-role stereotypes about high-growth, commercial, and social entrepreneurs
Journal of Small Business Management, 57(1), 131–153 · 2019 ABDC-A
⏰ Coming Soon 2019
👨‍🏫 Ahl, H.
Sex business in the toy store: A narrative analysis of a teaching case
Journal of Business Venturing, 22(5), 673–693 · 2007 ⭐ FT50
⏰ Coming Soon 2007
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History and Entrepreneurship
Special Lecture by Patrick Murphy
👨‍🏫 Wadhwani, R. D., & Lubinski, C.
Hype: Marker and maker of entrepreneurial culture
Journal of Business Venturing, 40(2), 1–15 · 2025 ⭐ FT50
⏰ Coming Soon 2025
👨‍🏫 Lubinski, C., & Gartner, W. B.
History as a source and method for family business research
In Calabrò, A. (Ed.), A Research Agenda for Family Business, pp. 29–59 · Edward Elgar · 2020 📚 Book Chapter
⏰ Coming Soon 2020
👨‍🏫 Murphy, P. J.
Entrepreneurship theory and the poverty of historicism
Journal of Management History, 15(2), 109–133 · 2009 ABDC-B
⏰ Coming Soon 2009
👨‍🏫 Hollow, M.
Historicizing entrepreneurial networks
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 14(1), 66–88 · 2020 ⭐ FT50
⏰ Coming Soon 2020