The LEAD Lab aims to bridge academic research with real-world entrepreneurial challenges. The lab's work is characterized by a dual focus: to conduct academically rigorous research and to develop impactful programs that directly benefit the entrepreneurial community and society at large.
Dr. Liguori is an active scholar with a productive research pipeline. Individual researchers may download and use the articles below for non-commercial research purposes. Please obtain publisher permission for any further distribution, publication, or commercial use. All rights reserved.
Mezei, J., Brush, C., Liguori, E.W., and Nikou, S. “A Configurational Perspective on Comparative International Entrepreneurship: A New Approach to Examining Entrepreneurial Activity Combining Clustering and Qualitative Comparative Analysis.” International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, in press. [pdf]
Pidduck, R.J., Santos, S.C., Liguori, E.W., Tucker, R., and Newman, A. “Sociocultural Outsidership in Entrepreneurship: Rethinking the Double-Edged Role of Marginalization.” International Small Business Journal, in press.
Matricano, D., Liguori, E.W., and Wilson, G. “Innovative start-ups and local development: An investigation of the relevance of entrepreneurs’ age in rural vs. urban areas.” Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, in press. [pdf]
McLarty, B.D., Vardaman, J., Liguori, E.W., Marler, L., and DeMassis, A. Family business research: The next generation. Journal of Small Business Management, in press. [pdf]
Matricano, D. and Liguori, E.W. “Rethinking entrepreneurial ecosystems: Evaluating the performance impact of top-down design.” Technology is Society, in press.
Matricano, D. and Liguori, E.W. Looking to the past, considering the present, and preparing for the future: Digital technologies and the Business Model Canvas. Journal of Management History, in press. [pdf]
McLarty, B.D., Medina-Craven, M., Bracamonte, M.V., Ellen III, B.P., and Liguori, E.W. “Personality and succession: A call for future inquiry.” Journal of Small Business Management, in press. [pdf]
Santos, S.C., Liguori, E.W., Morris, M., and Gibbs, S. (2025). A racial identity approach to entrepreneurship: The lived experiences of African American and Black entrepreneurs. Small Business Economics, 64(2), 599-623. [pdf]
Vardaman, J., McLarty, B.D., Memili, E., Kotlar, J., and Liguori, E.W. (2025). The power of people in family firms. Journal of Small Business Management, 63(5), 2117-2130. [pdf]
Neumeyer, X., Santos, S.C., Liguori, E.W., Walsh, S., and Mahto, R. (2025). The ever-evolving relationship between technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship: Current state and future research needs. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 215(June), 124059. [pdf]
Wilson, G.A., Case, T., Dobni, C.B., and Liguori, E.W. (2025). The limitations of open innovation: Exploring the curvilinear relationship with performance. Management Decision, 63(8), 2941-2957. [pdf]
Tajeddin, M., Simba, A., Liguori, E.W., Edeh, J., and Nuhu, N. (2025). Exploiting a non–mainstream financial scheme to innovate: SMEs in the developing world. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 31(3), 872-893. [pdf]
Wilson, G., Jogia, J., and Liguori, E.W. (2025). The mediating roles of financialization and vertical integration in the innovation culture and performance relationship: An examination of SME investment firms. Journal of Small Business Management, 63(3), 1172-1197. [pdf]
Tsukanova, T., Santos, S.C., and Liguori, E.W. (2025). Navigating the digital shift: Exploring the online dimension in entrepreneurial ecosystems. Journal of the International Council for Small Business, 6(3), 426-435. [pdf]
Altman, E., Banzano, M., Giannozzi, A., Liguori, E.W.*, and Srhoj, S. (2025). Bouncing Back to the Surface: Identifying Key Factors Determining SME Recovery. Journal of Small Business Management, 63(4), 1856-1883. *equal contribution; authors listed alphabetically.
Dvoulety, O., Jirasek, M., Giglio, C., and Liguori, E.W. “Artificial intelligence, digitalization, and new technologies in shaping business and management research.” Cogent Business and Management, 2025, 12(1), 2580126. [pdf]
Nikou, S., Mezei, J., Liguori, E.W., and El Tarabishy, A. (2024). FsQCA in entrepreneurship research: Opportunities and best practices. Journal of Small Business Management, 62(3), 1531-1548. [pdf]
Liguori, E.W., Lee, Y., Wilson, G.A., Ogundana, O. and Muldoon, J. (2024). Unveiling Cogent Insights: Exploring the Frontiers of Entrepreneurship and Innovation through Relevant and Rigorous Research. Cogent Business and Management, 11(1), 2288356. [pdf]
Donaldson, C., Villagrasa, J., Alegre, J., and Liguori, E.W. (2024). Back to the future: Entrepreneurial leadership and leveling up in the mobile-gaming sector. Technology in Society, 79(December), 102748. [pdf]
Liguori, E.W., Marvel, M., Solomon, S.J., and Bendickson, J., (2024). Does social spending discourage entrepreneurship? Entrepreneurship & Innovation Exchange. [link]
Muldoon, J., Liguori, E.W., Solomon, S., and Bendickson, J. (2024). Relational models and entrepreneurship ecosystems. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 30(4), 938-944. [pdf]
Muldoon, J., Lee, Y., Kumar, S., Liguori, E.W., and Sureka, R. (2024). Mapping the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Scholarship: Current State and Future Directions. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 20(4), 3035-3080. [pdf]
Ogundana, O.M., Simba, A., Dana, L.P., and Liguori, E.W. (2024). A growth model for understanding female-owned enterprises. Journal of the International Council for Small Business, 5(2), 85-94. [pdf]
Liguori, E.W., Muldoon, J., Ogundana, O., Lee, Y., and Wilson, G.A. (2024). Charting the Future of Entrepreneurship: A Roadmap for Interdisciplinary Research and Societal Impact. Cogent Business and Management, 11(1), 2314218. [pdf]
Sharma, G.D., Kraus, S., Liguori, E.W., Bamel, U.K., and Chopra, R. (2024). Entrepreneurial challenges of COVID-19: Re-thinking entrepreneurship after the crisis. Journal of Small Business Management, 62(2), 824-846. [pdf]
Lee, Y., Liguori, E.W., Sureka, R., and Kumar, S. (2024). Women’s Entrepreneurship Education: A Systematic Review and Future Agenda. Journal of Management History, 30(4), 576-594. [pdf]
Santos, S.C., Liguori, E.W., and Garvey, E. (2023). How digitalization reinvented entrepreneurial resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 189(April), 122398. [pdf]
Wilson, G.A. and Liguori, E.W. (2023). Market orientation, failure learning orientation, and financial performance. Journal of Small Business Management, 61(6), 3027-3045. [pdf]
Muldoon, J., Liguori, E.W., Solomon, S., and Bendickson, J. (2023). Technological innovation and the expansion of entrepreneurship ecosystems. Review of Managerial Science. [pdf]
Levy, M. and Liguori, E.W. (2023). Algorithms and venture investment decisions: Better, fairer, or biased? Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 30(2), 419-422. [pdf]
McLarty, B.D., Hornsby, J., and Liguori, E.W. (2023). Advancing entrepreneurial mindset: What do we know and where do we go? Journal of Small Business Management, 61(1), 1-11. [pdf]
Liguori, E.W. (2023). A powerful framework to spark student engagement. AACSB Insights. [pdf]
Solomon, S.J., Bendickson, J., Liguori, E.W., and Marvel, M. (2022). The effects of social policy on entrepreneurship in developed nations. Small Business Economics, 58, 1596-1607. [pdf]
*Featured on EIX.org [link]
Muldoon, J., Liguori, E.W., and Mahto, R. (2022). The early adolescence of entrepreneurship research. Journal of Management History, 28(4), 453-457. [pdf]
Santos, S.C., Liguori, E.W., and Gibbs, S. (2022). Racial identity and the entrepreneurial journey. AACSB Insights. [link]
Pinelli, M., Lechner, C., Kraus, S., and Liguori, E.W. (2022). Entrepreneurial value creation: Conceptualizing an exchange-based view of entrepreneurship. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 29(2), 261-278. [pdf]
Winkler, C. Liguori, E.W., van Gelderen, M., Noyes, E., Pittz, T., Liñan, F., et al. (2022). Publishing in Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy. Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy, 5(4), 511-522. [pdf]
Muldoon, J., Davis, P.E., Bendickson, J., McDowell, W.C., and Liguori, E.W. (2022). Paved with good intentions: Moral disengagement and social entrepreneurship. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 7(4). [pdf]
Kraus, S., Breier, M., Lim, W.M., Dabić, M., Kumar, S., Kanbach, D., Mukherjee, D., Corvello, V., Piñeiro-Chouse, J., Liguori, E.W., Marqués, D.P., Schiavone, F., Ferraris, A., Fernandes, C., and Ferreira, J.J. (2022). Literature reviews as independent studies in business and management: Guidelines for academic practice. Review of Managerial Science, 16, 2577-2595. [pdf]
Santos, S.C., Nikou, S., Brännback, M., and Liguori, E.W. (2021). Are social and traditional entrepreneurial intentions really that different? A gendered perspective. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 27(7), 1891-1911. [pdf]
Khanin, D., Turel, O., Mahto, R., and Liguori, E.W. (2021). Betting on the wrong horse: the antecedents and outcomes of entrepreneur’s opportunity regret. Journal of Business Research, 135, 40-48. [pdf]
Guerrero, M., and Liguori, E.W. (2021). Rethinking research for SMEs. AACSB Insights. [link]
Liguori, E.W., El Tarabishy, A., and Passerini, K.. Publishing Entrepreneurship Research: Strategies for Success Distilled from a Review of over 3,500 Submissions. (2021). Journal of Small Business Management, 59(1), 1-12. [pdf]
Narayanan, V.K., Zane, L.J., and Liguori, E.W. (2021). Critical methodological considerations for entrepreneurial cognition research. Journal of Small Business Management, 59(4), 756-793. [pdf]
Kumar, S., Vanevenhoven, J., Liguori, E.W., Dana, L.P., and Pandey, N. (2021). Twenty-five years of the Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development: A bibliometric review. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 28(3), 429-455. [pdf]
Bandera, C., Santos, S.C., and Liguori, E.W. (2021). The dark side of entrepreneurship education: A Delphi study on dangers and unintended consequences. Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy, 4(4), 609-636. [pdf]
Ogundana, O.M., Simba, A., Dana, L.P., and Liguori, E.W. (2021). Women entrepreneurship in developing economies: A gender-based growth model. Journal of Small Business Management, 59(1), 42-72. [pdf]
Roffia, P., Moracchiato, S., Liguori, E.W., and Kraus, S. (2021). Operationally defining family SMEs: A critical review. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 28(2), 229-260. [pdf]
Pittz, T., Alves, J., El Tarabishy, A., Liguori, E.W., and Passerini, K. (2021). JICSB Translation: Boldly positioning for broader and deeper impact." Journal of the International Council for Small Business, 2(4), 1-3. [pdf]
Liguori, E.W., Winkler, C., Zane, L., Muldoon, J., and Winkel, D.E. (2021). COVID-19 and necessity-based online entrepreneurship education at U.S. community colleges. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 28(6), 821-830. [pdf]
Matthews, C. and Liguori, E.W. (2021). “Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy” (Vol. IV). New York: Edward Elgar. [pdf preview]
Liguori, E.W. and Tonelli, M. (2021). “Entrepreneurship in Action: The Power of Student-Run Ventures.” New York: Edward Elgar, 2021. [website]
*Book review by Robert Phillips [pdf]
Santos, S.C. and Liguori, E.W. (2020). Entrepreneurial self-efficacy and intentions: Outcome expectations as a mediator and subjective norms as a moderator. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 26(3), 400-415. [pdf]
Liguori, E.W., Winkler, C., Winkel, D.E., Vanevenhoven, J., and James, M. (2020). Entrepreneurship as a career choice: Intentions, attitudes, and outcome expectations. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 32(4), 311-331. [pdf]
Liguori, E., & Winkler, C. (2020). From Offline to Online: Challenges and Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Education Following the COVID-19 Pandemic. Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy. [pdf]
*Named EE&P Most Downloaded and Most Cited Paper of 2020
Liguori, E.W., Muldoon, J., and Bendickson, J. (2020). Experiential entrepreneurship education via U.S. films: Why and how. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 27(6), 927-941. [pdf]
Liguori, E.W. and Pittz, T.G. (2020). Strategies for small business: Surviving and thriving in the era of COVID-19. Journal of the International Council for Small Business, 1(2), 106-110. [pdf]
*Named JICSB Most Downloaded Paper of 2020
Liguori, E.W. and Bendickson, J. (2020). “Rising to the Challenge: Entrepreneurship Ecosystems and SDG Success.” Journal of the International Council for Small Business, 1(3/4), 118-125. [pdf]
Pittz, T. G., & Liguori, E. W. (2020). The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Risk and Decisions: Building Successful Early-Stage Ventures. Emerald Group Publishing. [pdf preview]
Pryor, C., Holmes Jr, R. M., Webb, J. W., & Liguori, E. W. (2019). Top executive goal orientations’ effects on environmental scanning and performance: Differences between founders and nonfounders. Journal of Management, 45(5), 1958-1986. [pdf]
*Outstanding Paper Award, Strategy Track, Southern Management Association
Liguori, E., Bendickson, J., Solomon, S., & McDowell, W. C. (2019). Development of a multi-dimensional measure for assessing entrepreneurial ecosystems. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 31(1-2), 7-21. [pdf]
Liguori, E.W., Winkler, C., Neck, H., and Terjesen, S. (2019). Editorial: Special Issue on Entrepreneurship Education. Journal of Small Business Management, 57(1), 4-5. [pdf]
Santos, S., & Liguori, E. W. (2019). How and when is self-efficacy related to entrepreneurial intentions: exploring the role of entrepreneurial outcome expectations and subjective norms. Revista de Estudios Empresariales. Segunda Época, (1). [pdf]
Liguori, E., Corbin, R., Lackeus, M., & Solomon, S. J. (2019). Under-researched domains in entrepreneurship and enterprise education: primary school, community colleges and vocational education and training programs. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. [pdf]
Liguori, E. W., Bendickson, J. S., & McDowell, W. C. (2018). Revisiting entrepreneurial intentions: a social cognitive career theory approach. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 14(1), 67-78. [pdf]
Matthews, C. H., & Liguori, E. W. (Eds.). (2018). Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy–2018. Edward Elgar Publishing. [website]
*click here to download a review of this work published in Education + Training.
Liguori, E., Winkler, C., Winkel, D., Marvel, M. R., Keels, J. K., van Gelderen, M., & Noyes, E. (2018). The entrepreneurship education imperative: Introducing EE&P. Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy. [pdf]
Liguori, E. W., Hertz, G. T., & Sebra, N. (2018). Teaching entrepreneurship as method: outcomes from seven semesters of new venture expos. In Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy–2018. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Liguori, E., Winkler, C., Hechavarria, D., & Lange, J. (2018). Guest editorial. Journal of Enterprising Communities : People and Places in the Global Economy. 12(2), 86–91. [pdf]
Bendickson, J., Muldoon, J., Liguori, E., & Midgett, C. (2017). High performance work systems: A necessity for startups. Journal of Small Business Strategy. [pdf]
Muldoon, J., Kisamore, J. L., Liguori, E. W., Jawahar, I. M., & Bendickson, J. (2017). Moderators of the personality-performance relationship. Personnel Review. [pdf]
Muldoon, J., Keough, S. M., & Liguori, E. W. (2017). The role of job dedication in organizational citizenship behavior performance. Management Research Review. [pdf]
Morris, M. H., & Liguori, E. (Eds.). (2016). Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy–2016. Edward Elgar Publishing. [website]
Bendickson, J., Muldoon, J., Liguori, E., & Davis, P. E. (2016). Agency theory: the times, they are a-changin’. Management Decision, 54(1), 174-193. [pdf]
Bendickson, J., Muldoon, J., Liguori, E. W., & Davis, P. E. (2016). Agency theory: background and epistemology. Journal of Management History. [pdf]
Liguori, E., Cowden, B., & Hertz, G. (2016). Teaching entrepreneurial sales skills: A co-curricular approach. In Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy–2016. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Bendickson, J., Liguori, E. W., Muldoon, J., Newport, L. N., & Weaver, K. M. (2016). Placing SMEs at the forefront of SHRM literature. In Project Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 116-137). IGI Global. [pdf]
Liguori, E.W., Bendickson, J.S., and Gold, A. “Rapid prototyping and customer development of mobile applications.” Experiential Entrepreneurship Exercises Journal. 2016, 2(1), 21-30.
Kassean, H., Vanevenhoven, J., Liguori, E., & Winkel, D. E. (2015). Entrepreneurship education: a need for reflection, real-world experience and action. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research. [pdf]
Bendickson, J., Davis, P. E., Cowden, B. J., & Liguori, E. W. (2015). Why small firms are different: Addressing varying needs from boards of directors. Journal of Small Business Strategy, 25(2), 41-58. [pdf]
Laudone, R., Liguori, E. W., Muldoon, J., & Bendickson, J. (2015). Technology brokering in action: revolutionizing the skiing and tennis industries. Journal of Management History. [pdf]
Vozikis, G., Mescon, T., Feldman, H., & Liguori, E. W. (2014). Entrepreneurship: Venture Initiation, Management and Development. Routledge. [website]
Maurer, J., McLarty, B., Bendickson, J., & Liguori, E. (2014). Social Representations of Entrepreneurship. Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, 25(2), 97.
Vanevenhoven, J., & Liguori, E. (2013). The impact of entrepreneurship education: Introducing the entrepreneurship education project. Journal of Small Business Management, 51(3), 315-328. [pdf]
Liguori, E.W. and Bendickson, J.S. Social networks as resource networks: An experiential exercise. Community College Entrepreneurship, 2013, Winter/Spring, 24-25.
Liguori, E. W. (2012). Nell Nelson and The Chicago Times “City slave girls” series. Journal of Management History, 18(1), 61-81. [pdf]
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