@inbook{74b16a319a5e4bc0b9dcafa2e7e7a37f,
title = "Do Entrepreneurial Pre-entry Search Activities Change in Successive Spells of Entrepreneurship?",
abstract = "Prior research highlights the link between habitual entrepreneurs' past experience and performance, advancing entrepreneurial learning theory. However, the specific lessons learned and their influence on subsequent actions remain underexplored. This study proposes that examining pre-entry search activities can illuminate this. We argue that prior search experience equips habitual entrepreneurs with cognitive frameworks for similar tasks. Furthermore, exceeding performance aspirations enables more extensive subsequent pre-entry search due to resource buffers. Analysis of 136 habitual entrepreneurs in Ghana's informal economy largely supports our theory.",
keywords = "Cognitive frameworks, Informal economy, Learning theory, Performance, Search activity, Engineering education, Cognitive frameworks, Informal economy, Learning theory, Performance, Search activity, Engineering education",
author = "Teyi, \{Shelter Selorm Kwesi\}",
note = "Abridged version of the “Best Papers”.",
year = "2025",
month = jul,
doi = "10.5465/AMPROC.2025.336bp",
language = "English",
series = "Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings",
publisher = "Academy of Management",
editor = "Sonia Taneja",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the Eighty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management",
address = "United States",
}