The aim of this paper was to gain a deeper understanding of an important but under-researched domain of expatriate entrepreneurs¡¦ lived experience. Through the phenomenological inquiry, four themes emerged from the expatriate entrepreneurs¡¦ cases in Taiwan. These research findings feature entrepreneuring as a) involving in local context, b) mediating in differing contexts, c) co-producing with the ¡§localpreneurs¡¨, and d) creating an entrepreneurial identity which contribute to entrepreneurship research. Furthermore, we propose that the expatriate entrepreneurial becoming could be understood as connective entrepreneuring, illustrating temporal, material, and social connectivity. Finally, theoretical and methodological implications, as well as potential areas for the pursuit of a wide array of further inquiries in the field of entrepreneurship, are identified.

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Drawing on a sample of 15 qualitative depth interviews with founders of early stage ventures, this paper investigates the extent to which entrepreneurial identity drives entrepreneurs� use of online social networks. Consistent with social identity theory, entrepreneurial identity was found to shape, in part, why and how entrepreneurs use social network sites. Darwinians appear to be more purpose-driven in their use of online social network sites, with clear goals driving their use of these platforms, use that ranges from seeking information and advice to managing reputation. Communitarians (and related hybrids) were observed to be using online social networks, to a much greater extent, to establish a sense of community and common ground among key stakeholders relevant to their ventures. This work extends the computer mediated communications literature by identifying business uses and gratifications of online social network sites, the entrepreneurial identity literature by identifying a potentially new identity, the artistic entrepreneur, and the entrepreneurial action literature by understanding online entrepreneurial behavior. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.

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We examine how entrepreneurial managers direct and orchestrate growth-induced organizational change through an inductive, longitudinal study of six new ventures. Taking on a cognitive perspective, our central contribution is a framework of how successful entrepreneurial leaders professionalize their organization by managing identity reconfiguration processes and its re-alignment with major decision-making mechanisms in the firm. Based on the central notion that identity serves as both enabling and limiting factor for the actions of an organization we propose a set of underlying identity-related mechanisms through which the important transition from start-up into a professionally managed firm can be shaped. By adopting a process-lens in the hitherto variance-dominated venture growth we offer new insights into the emerging research on the role of identity in entrepreneurship as well as in organizational change. Most importantly, we contribute to a dialectical view of founder and organizational identity that is shown to have major impact on new venture growth.

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Professional service entrepreneurs (PSEs) paradoxically practice their profession in highly institutionalized contexts which require significant socialization, while at the same time enacting their role as an entrepreneur. Some activities consistent with entrepreneurship may be unnecessary for—and possibly even contradictory with—activities consistent with professional roles. In this paper, we address the question of why some professional service firms seem to be more entrepreneurial in strategic orientation than other professional service firms within the same professional field. In doing so, we will examine the relationships between the role identity centrality of two roles (professional and entrepreneurial) that PSEs occupy, the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of their firms, and firm performance.

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