Papers by Daniela Bolzani
Piccola Impresa / Small Business, 2019
Human capital and social networks are two pillars of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EEs), which are ... more Human capital and social networks are two pillars of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EEs), which are nowadays increasingly shaped by international migration flows. Migrant entrepreneurs are at the same time locally present and culturally diverse from the mainstream host society, thus being prone to separation from the native community and participation to different social clusters, characterized by different venture types and access to institutions. Public agencies and incubators might be pivotal in facilitating the socialization of migrant entrepreneurs and the networked reciprocal exchange with other entrepreneurs. This paper sheds light on this overlooked issue by drawing on explorative interviews in Milan, Italy, in two incubators and the municipality. The findings show how the attraction and inclusion of migrant entrepreneurs is influenced both by EE attributes and by actors' strategies and culture. This work offers novel insights contributing to the literature and policymaking on en-trepreneurship and ecosystems.
Foundations and Trends® in Entrepreneurship, 2019
Entrepreneurship research emphasizes the importance of the individual entrepreneur in both ventur... more Entrepreneurship research emphasizes the importance of the individual entrepreneur in both venture creation and growth. However, theory and practice suggest that the vast majority of new ventures are now team-based, and teams play a key role in venture success. As the scholarly interest in this topic has substantially grown in the recent years, the literature has flourished in a rather fragmented way. In this paper, we take a holistic view and systematise more than 250 papers on entrepreneurial teams, published over 30 years. We use a process approach (i.e., Input-Process-Outcome), depicting team evolution phases, from inception to maturity, linking them to firm performance. We identify gaps, highlighting opportunities for future research.
Journal of Consumer Behavior, 2017
Studies investigating immigrants' remittance behaviours have mainly focused on the determinants a... more Studies investigating immigrants' remittance behaviours have mainly focused on the determinants and motivations to remit, and more recently on the determinants of remittance channel choices. While these two streams of literature have evolved separately, there is a need for a greater understanding about the linkages between remittance motivations and the preferences towards different characteristics of remittance channels. This paper tackles this issue by presenting an exploratory investigation of the linkages between attributes of remittance channels and personal values behind remittance behaviours. Building on means-end chain theory and applying a laddering technique, this paper highlights how personal values of achievement, power, security, and benevolence are reflected in immigrants' preference for different attributes of remittance channels. Implications for research, policy-making, and business practice with regard to the management and promotion of financial remittances are suggested.
Small Business Economics, 2017
Previous studies investigating the “why” of entrepreneurial internationalization have focused on ... more Previous studies investigating the “why” of entrepreneurial internationalization have focused on firm-level motivations, overlooking the relationships between firm-level and individual-level motivations and why entrepreneurs differ in the goals they intend to achieve. We investigate the role of personal values as desirable end states that motivate international entrepreneurship by functioning as superordinate cognitive structures that underlie the practical internationalization goals set by entrepreneurs. By adopting an idiographic approach based on a laddering methodology in a sample of 140 new domestic technology-based firms located in Northern Italy, we uncover and map the hierarchies of goals that motivate entrepreneurs’ internationalization intentions, which are anchored in five personal values: achievement, power, self-direction, benevolence, and security. We discuss our theoretical and methodological contributions and the policy implications of our findings.
Academy of Management Proceedings, 2013
L’Osservatorio Nazionale sull’Inclusione Finanziaria dei Migranti è un progetto pluriennale finan... more L’Osservatorio Nazionale sull’Inclusione Finanziaria dei Migranti è un progetto pluriennale finanziato dalla Commissione Europea e dal Ministero dell’Interno (Fondo Europeo per l’Integrazione di cittadini di Paesi Terzi) e assegnato al CeSPI (Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale). L'Osservatorio intende fornire uno strumento di analisi e monitoraggio costante e organico del fenomeno dell’inclusione finanziaria dei migranti in Italia, quale condizione necessaria per favorire il processo di integrazione, fornendo ad operatori e istituzioni strumenti di conoscenza e di policy.
The literature on immigrant entrepreneurship has richly described the characteristics and peculia... more The literature on immigrant entrepreneurship has richly described the characteristics and peculiarities of ethnic businesses catering to enclave markets.
Industry and Innovation, 2015
Despite the importance of entrepreneurship as an engine for socio-economic growth, few attempts h... more Despite the importance of entrepreneurship as an engine for socio-economic growth, few attempts have been made to study how and to what extent industry-specific policies can sustain it. In particular, to date, there is only anecdotal evidence on which factors policymakers can utilize to foster entrepreneurship within the agri-food sector. In this paper, we attempt to fill this gap by developing, testing, and validating a multiitem scale, identifying five factors (i.e., people, money, network, technology, infrastructure) and sixteen specific tools (i.e., items) to be leveraged in promoting entrepreneurship within the agri-food industry. We carry out our study in the context of Foodbest, a pan-European public-private consortium created in 2012 to support entrepreneurship and innovation in the agri-food sector. By testing for differences in perceptions of factors' and tools' effectiveness, we find variations according to respondents' organizational and country affiliation. We thus offer new insights into how public policy and public-private consortiums can proactively promote entrepreneurship in the agri-food domain.
The creation of University Spin-Off companies (USOs) is one of the most visible form of commercia... more The creation of University Spin-Off companies (USOs) is one of the most visible form of commercialization of university research. To date, there is scant and mixed evidence about USOs and their performance, thus producing a debate about their impact on the economy and society and about the legitimization of policies to support their development. In this paper, we address this gap by providing evidence about the growth strategies and performances of USOs in the Italian context. We analyze the population of 935 USOs spun-off from Italian public universities since 2000, highlighting potential avenues for future research on this important topic.
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