Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Meets Entrepreneurial Behaviour: Putting the ‘Entrepreneur’ at the Core

Call for Papers

Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Meets Entrepreneurial Behaviour: Putting the ‘Entrepreneur’ at the Core

Journal: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Manuscript Submission Deadline: 28 February 2027

The International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research invites high-quality submissions for its Special Issue on Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Meets Entrepreneurial Behaviour: Putting the ‘Entrepreneur’ at the Core.

About the Special Issue

This Special Issue seeks to place the entrepreneur at the centre of entrepreneurial ecosystem research by connecting individual-level behaviour, cognition, decision-making, and personal characteristics with wider institutional, social, and regional systems.

The issue aims to advance multilevel understanding of how entrepreneurs shape ecosystems and how entrepreneurial ecosystems, in turn, influence entrepreneurial behaviour. Contributions may offer new conceptual frameworks, methodological innovations, or empirical insights integrating behavioural and systems-based approaches.

Topics of Interest

Submissions may include, but are not limited to:

• Entrepreneurial cognition, decision-making, orientation, and behaviour

• Integration of behavioural theories with entrepreneurial ecosystem frameworks

• Entrepreneurial intention, opportunity recognition, and effectuation

• Personality traits, personal values, locus of control, and need for achievement

• Human capital and capability-driven entrepreneurial behaviour

• Institutional, social capital, and embeddedness perspectives

• Agency, structure, and co-evolution in entrepreneurial ecosystems

• Regional, historical, and geographical influences on entrepreneurship

• Gender, inclusion, disability, and older entrepreneurship

• Necessity, opportunity, and purpose-driven entrepreneurship

• Quantitative and qualitative measures of ecosystem–behaviour relationships

• Scale development and methodological innovation

• Multilevel and mixed-method approaches to entrepreneurship research

Preferred Article Types

The journal welcomes:

• Original Research Articles

• Conceptual and Theoretical Papers

• Quantitative Studies

• Qualitative Studies

• Methodological Papers

• Scale Development Studies

Submission Information

• Opening Date for Manuscript Submissions: 15 August 2026

• Abstract Submission Deadline: 30 October 2026

• Manuscript Submission Deadline: 28 February 2027

• Abstracts should be emailed to esin.yoruk@coventry.ac.uk.

• Full manuscripts must be submitted through ScholarOne Manuscripts.

• Authors should select the Special Issue title during the submission process.

• Submitted manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere.

• All submissions must follow the journal’s official Author Guidelines.

Guest Editors

• Esin Yoruk, Coventry University

• Francisco Liñán

• Karen Williams-Middleton

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