Shaker A. Zahra

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management

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Minneapolis, MN 55455

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1.

A Capabilities Perspective on the Effects of Early Internationalization on Firm Survival and Growth

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 21 Jan 2005
Harry J. Sapienza, Erkko Autio, Gerard George and Shaker A. Zahra
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management, HEC Lausanne, Singapore Management University and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
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international entrepreneurship, small business, new venture growth

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International Business and Entrepreneurship Implications of Brexit

British Journal of Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 19 Aug 2016
Douglas J. Cumming and Shaker A. Zahra
Florida Atlantic University and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
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Brexit, International Business, Entrepreneurship

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Ownership and the Internationalization of Small Firms

Journal of Management, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 210-233, 2005
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Mar 2004
Gerard George, Johan Wiklund and Shaker A. Zahra
Singapore Management University, Syracuse University and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
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International, entrepreneurship, agency theory, small firms

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The Rise of Right Wing Populism and Its Effect on HRM

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 06 Dec 2016
Douglas J. Cumming, Geoffrey Wood and Shaker A. Zahra
Florida Atlantic University, University of Warwick - Warwick Business School and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
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Right Wing Populism, Trump, Brexit, Human Resource Management, International Business, Entrepreneurship

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Formal Institutions, Culture, and Venture Capital Activity: A Cross-Country Analysis

Journal of Business Venturing, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2012
Yong Li and Shaker A. Zahra
University of Nevada Las Vegas and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
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Venture Capital, Institutions, National Culture, Uncertainty Avoidance, Collectivism

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Equity Crowdfunding and Governance: Toward an Integrative Model and Research Agenda

Academy of Management Perspectives, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 29 Jan 2019
Douglas J. Cumming, Tom R. Vanacker and Shaker A. Zahra
Florida Atlantic University, Ghent University and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
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Entrepreneurial Finance; Equity Crowdfunding; Governance Systems; Information Asymmetry; Adverse Selection; Moral Hazard

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The Effect of Upstream and Downstream Internationalization on the Acquisition of Market and Technological Knowledge: The Moderating Role of Prior Knowledge

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2007, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2007
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 06 Dec 2007
Lucia Naldi and Shaker A. Zahra
Jonkoping University - Jonkoping International Business School (JIBS) and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
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Entrepreneurship

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The Role of External Knowledge Sources and Organizational Design in the Process of Opportunity Exploitation

Forthcoming, Strategic Management Journal
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 12 Apr 2013
Nicolai J. Foss, Jacob Lyngsie and Shaker A. Zahra
Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategy and Innovation, Copenhagen Business School - Department of Strategic Management and Globalization and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
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Strategic entrepreneurship, opportunity exploitation, organizational design, knowledge-based view

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Stakeholder Pressure on MNEs and the Transfer of Socially Irresponsible Practices to Subsidiaries

Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 56, No. 2, 549-572, 2013
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 28 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2015
Jordi Surroca, Josep A. Tribo and Shaker A. Zahra
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - Department of Business Administration, Stevens Institute of Technology and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
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CSR, MNEs, Controversial Activities

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Top Management’s Attention to Discontinuous Technological Change: Corporate Venture Capital as an Alert Mechanism

Organization Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 26 May 2012
Markku V. J. Maula, Thomas Keil and Shaker A. Zahra
Aalto University, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Zurich - Department of Business Administration and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
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attention, corporate venture capital, homophily, heterophily, status, technological discontinuity

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Absorptive Capacity in New Ventures: Differences Among Corporate Ventures and Independent Ventures

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2007, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2007
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 06 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2008
Barbara Larrañeta, Shaker A. Zahra and José Luis Galán
Universidad Pablo de Olavide, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and University of Seville - Departament of Business Administration and Marketing
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Entrepreneurship

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Regulatory Focus and Executives' Intentions To Commit Their Firms to Entrepreneurial Action

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2006, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 11 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 14 May 2014
Jeffery S. McMullen and Shaker A. Zahra
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Management & Entrepreneurship and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
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Entrepreneurship

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Social Capital Types and Internationalization: A Study of Indian Software SMEs

Advanced Institute of Management Research Paper No. 045
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 01 Dec 2008
Shameen Prashantham and Shaker A. Zahra
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
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On the Frontiers: The Implications of Social Entrepreneurship for International Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 28 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2013
Shaker A. Zahra, Lance R. Newey and Yong Li
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management, University of Queensland - Business School and University of Nevada Las Vegas
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international entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, international social ventures, blended value, global sustainable well-being

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Governing Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition in MNEs: Aligning Interests and Cognition Under Uncertainty

Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 44, No. 7, pp. 1278-1298, November 2007
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 09 Nov 2007
Volker Mahnke, Markus Venzin and Shaker A. Zahra
Copenhagen Business School - Department of International Economics & Management, Bocconi University - Department of Management and Technology and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
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Heterogeneity in New Venture Formation Rates Across Nations: The Schumpeterian and Institutional Economics Views

Chapter 1 in: World Scientific Reference on Entrepreneurship, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Apr 2017
Yong Li, Shaker A. Zahra and Sai Lan
University of Nevada Las Vegas, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and Peking University
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technological opportunities, Schumpeter innovation, formal institutions, new venture formation rates, cross-country comparative research

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*Entrepreneurship and Dynamic Capabilities: A Review, Model and Research Agenda

Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 43, Issue 4, pp. 917-955, June 2006
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Jun 2006
Shaker A. Zahra, Harry J. Sapienza and Per Davidsson
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and Queensland University of Technology - Brisbane Graduate School of Business
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Entrepreneurship and Dynamic Capabilities: A Review, Model and Research Agenda

Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 917-955, June 2006
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 30 May 2006
Shaker A. Zahra, Harry J. Sapienza and Per Davidsson
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and Queensland University of Technology - Brisbane Graduate School of Business
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Entrepreneurial Risk Taking in Family Firms

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Entrepreneurial Risk Taking in Family Firms

Family Business Review, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 23-40, March 2005
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 03 Jun 2005
Shaker A. Zahra
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
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Entrepreneurial Risk Taking in Family Firms

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Shaker A. Zahra
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management

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Experimental/primary research, Family firms, Founders, Manufacturing industries, Risk orientation, Chief executive officers (CEOs), Family-work relations, Agency theory

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Governance of the Entrepreneurial Threshold Firm: A Knowledge-Based Perspective

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 11 Jul 2004
Shaker A. Zahra and Igor Filatotchev
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and City University London - Sir John Cass Business School
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The Evolving Firm: How Dynamic and Operating Capabilities Interact to Enable Entrepreneurship

British Journal of Management, Vol. 20, Issue s1, pp. S81-S100, March 2009
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 27 Apr 2009
Lance R. Newey and Shaker A. Zahra
University of Queensland - Business School and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
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Maximizing the Impact of Organization Science: Theory-Building at the Intersection of Disciplines And/Or Fields

Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 46, Issue 6, pp. 1059-1075, September 2009
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 13 Oct 2009
Shaker A. Zahra and Lance R. Newey
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and University of Queensland - Business School
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Harvesting Family Firms' Organizational Social Capital: A Relational Perspective

Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 47, Issue 2, pp. 345-366, March 2010
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 18 Jan 2010
Shaker A. Zahra
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
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Understanding the Social Role of Entrepreneurship

Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 53, Issue 4, pp. 610-629, 2016
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 28 Apr 2016
Shaker A. Zahra and Mike Wright
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and Imperial College London
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blended value, hybrid organizations, social entrepreneurship, sustainability

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International Business and Entrepreneurship Implications of Brexit

British Journal of Management, Vol. 27, Issue 4, pp. 687-692, 2016
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 21 Oct 2016
Douglas J. Cumming and Shaker A. Zahra
Florida Atlantic University and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
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Public and Corporate Governance and Young Global Entrepreneurial Firms

Corporate Governance: An International Review, Vol. 22, Issue 2, pp. 77-83, 2014
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 08 Mar 2014
Shaker A. Zahra
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
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Corporate Governance, Public Governance, International Entrepreneurship, Born Global, National Institutions

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Emerging Issues in Corporate Entrepreneurship

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 24 Nov 2009
Gregory G Dess, R. Duane Ireland, Shaker A. Zahra, Jay Janney and Steven Floyd
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Texas A&M University - Department of Management, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management, University of Dayton - Department of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Competitive advantages, Corporate entrepreneurship, International expansion, Knowledge production, Leadership, Organizational learning, Research opportunities

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Predictors and Financial Outcomes of Corporate Entrepreneurship: An Exploratory Study

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Shaker A. Zahra
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management

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Organizational values, Organizational structures, Corporate entrepreneurship, Internal ventures, Innovation process, Environment, Strategic planning, Startups, Corporate ventures, Manufacturing industries, Firm strategies, Firm performance, Financial performance, Organizational behavior

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Environment, Corporate Entrepreneurship, and Financial Performance: A Taxonomic Approach

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Shaker A. Zahra
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management

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Hostile environments, Food industry, Financial performance, Corporate entrepreneurship, Internal ventures, Innovation process, Business conditions, Manufacturing industries, Environment

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The Relative Power of CEOS and Board of Directors: Associations with Corporate Performance

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 17 Nov 2009
John A. Pearce and Shaker A. Zahra
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management

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Decision making, Chief executive officers (CEOs), Firm performance, Financial performance, Directors, Females, Participative decisions, Boards of directors

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Scholarly Communities in Entrepreneurship Research: A Co-Citation Analysis

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 11 Nov 2009
Henri Schildt, Shaker A. Zahra and Antti Sillanpaa
Aalto University - Institute of Strategy and Intl. Business, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Entrepreneurship research, Scholarly communities, Intellectual structure, Resource acquisition, Social networks, Corporate entrepreneurship, Opportunity recognition, Psychological traits, Qualitative methods, Firm growth, Firm survival, Born global firms, Bibliometrics, Academic fields, Academic research, Scholarly publications

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Technological Resources and New Firm Growth: A Comparison of Start-Up and Adolescent Ventures

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 04 Nov 2009
Shaker A. Zahra
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management

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Startups, Market resources, Domestic markets, International markets, Economic growth, Sales growth, Resource model

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Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2004: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 04 Nov 2009
Shaker A. Zahra
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management

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Entrepreneurship research, Cooperation, Angel investors, Spinoffs, University spinouts, Corporate ventures, Resource acquisition, Firm growth, International expansion, Firm location, Management teams, Patents, Female entrepreneurs, Founders, Family firms, Opportunity recognition, Economic growth, Failure analysis, Patent licenses, Social networks, Firm strategies, Clusters, Firm theory, Social entrepreneurship, Cognition, Nascent entrepreneurs, Firm survival, Leadership, Startups, Venture capital, Alliance formation, Entrepreneurial orientation, Social capital

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New Ventures' Inward Licensing: Examining the Effects of Industry and Strategy Characteristics

European Management Review, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 154-166, 2005
Posted: 29 Aug 2008
Shaker A. Zahra, Thomas Keil and Markku V. J. Maula
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management, University of Zurich - Department of Business Administration and Aalto University, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

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New venture, technological capabilities, inward licensing

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Exploration, Exploitation, and Financial Performance: Analysis of S&P 500 Corporations

Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 221-231
Posted: 22 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 09 May 2013
Juha Uotila, Markku V. J. Maula, Shaker A. Zahra and Thomas Keil
Aalto University - Institute of Strategy and Intl. Business, Aalto University, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and University of Zurich - Department of Business Administration

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Exploration, exploitation, organizational learning, behavioral theory of the firm, performance

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Knowledge Conversion Capability and the Performance of Corporate and University Spin-Offs

Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 16, Issue 4, pp. 569-608, 2007
Posted: 30 Jun 2008
Shaker A. Zahra, Els Van de Velde and Bárbara Larrañeta
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management, Vlerick Business School and Universidad Pablo de Olavide

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The Effect of Governance Modes and Relatedness of External Business Development Activities on Innovative Performance

Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 29, No. 8, pp. 895-907
Posted: 13 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2013
Thomas Keil, Markku V. J. Maula, Henri Schildt and Shaker A. Zahra
University of Zurich - Department of Business Administration, Aalto University, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Aalto University - Institute of Strategy and Intl. Business and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management

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Corporate venturing, business development, acquisition, alliance, corporate venture capital, innovation, patents