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• Supplement | HBS Case Collection | July 2018

  Lovepop

  Ramana Nanda, Robert F. White, Olivia Hull, Ramana Nanda, Robert F. White and Olivia Hull

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  Nanda, Ramana, Robert F. White, and Olivia Hull. "Lovepop." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 818-706, July 2018.  View Details

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• Supplement | HBS Case Collection | July 2018

  Lovepop

  Ramana Nanda, Robert F. White, Olivia Hull, Ramana Nanda, Robert F. White and Olivia Hull

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  Nanda, Ramana, Robert F. White, and Olivia Hull. "Lovepop." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 818-706, July 2018.  View Details

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• Article | Foundations and Trends® in Entrepreneurship | July 2018

  Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature

  Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and Tina Xu

  We review the extensive literature since 2000 on the personality traits of entrepreneurs. We first consider baseline personality traits like the Big-5 model, self-efficacy and innovativeness, locus of control, and the need for achievement. We then consider risk attitudes as well as goals and aspirations of entrepreneurs. Within each area, we separate studies by the type of entrepreneurial behavior considered: entry into entrepreneurship, performance outcomes, and exit from entrepreneurship. This literature shows common results and many points of disagreement, reflective of the heterogeneous nature of entrepreneurship. We label studies by the type of entrepreneurial population studied (e.g., Main Street vs. those backed by venture capital) to identify interesting and irreducible parts of this heterogeneity, while also identifying places where we anticipate future large-scale research and the growing depth of the field are likely to clarify matters. There are many areas, like how firm performance connects to entrepreneurial personality, that are woefully understudied and ripe for major advances if the appropriate cross-disciplinary ingredients are assembled.

  Keywords: entrepreneurs; venturing; personality traits; characteristics; Big-5; Risk Attitudes; Success; goals; demographics; skills;

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  Kerr, Sari Pekkala, William R. Kerr, and Tina Xu. "Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature." Foundations and Trends® in Entrepreneurship 14, no. 3 (July 2018): 279–356.  View Details

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