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Birton Cowden

Associate Professor, Kennesaw State University
Verified email at kennesaw.edu
Cited by 477

Exploring the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation, CEO dual values, and SME performance in state–owned vs. nonstate–owned enterprises in China

J Tang, Z Tang, BJ Cowden - Entrepreneurship Theory and …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Most entrepreneurial orientation (EO)–performance research focuses on identifying
organizational–level contingent factors in developed countries. In this study, we advance EO …

[HTML][HTML] Human malarial disease: a consequence of inflammatory cytokine release

IA Clark, AC Budd, LM Alleva, WB Cowden - Malaria journal, 2006 - Springer
Malaria causes an acute systemic human disease that bears many similarities, both clinically
and mechanistically, to those caused by bacteria, rickettsia, and viruses. Over the past few …

The pathophysiology of falciparum malaria

IA Clark, WB Cowden - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2003 - Elsevier
Falciparum malaria is a complex disease with no simple explanation, affecting organs where
the parasite is rare as well as those organs where it is more common. We continue to argue …

Entrepreneurial ecosystem knowledge spillover in the face of institutional voids: groups, issues, and actions

JS Bendickson, JG Irwin, BJ Cowden… - … Research & Practice, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The presence or absence of formal institutions impacts entrepreneurship potential and
influences the paths of entrepreneurial ventures. When institutions are lacking or weak, …

The spectrum of perceived uncertainty and entrepreneurial orientation: Impacts on effectuation

B Cowden, M Karami, J Tang, W Ye… - Journal of Small …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Effectuation research suggests that effectuation is most appropriate in pure uncertain
conditions. However, effectuation research is unclear about how decision-makers respond to …

The gendered effects of effectuation

B Cowden, M Karami, J Tang, W Ye… - Journal of Business …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent research has confirmed the positive role of effectuation in firm performance. We propose
that bringing gender roles into the application of effectuation is important because of the …

Strategies of unicorn startups: How these positive deviants compare to early-stage and Fortune 500 ventures

S Meek, BJ Cowden - Journal of Small Business and Enterprise …, 2023 - emerald.com
… large sums of capital in hopes that these outliers provide extraordinary future market
value by building technology that could disrupt one or many industries or markets (Cowden

Straight OUTTA Detroit: Embracing stigma as part of the entrepreneurial narrative

BJ Cowden, JS Bendickson, BD Mathias… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Through an inductive field study, we set out to better understand how and why ventures
would embrace a non‐core stigma; this is perplexing given that a majority of stigma literature …

Unicorns and agency theory: Agreeable moral hazard?

BJ Cowden, JS Bendickson… - Journal of Small …, 2020 - libjournals.mtsu.edu
The number of unicorns, startups valued over $1 billion, has steadily risen over the past
decade. The abnormally high valuation of a unicorn from investors is based on their potential to …

Gender role congruity and crowdfunding success

BJ Cowden, SA Creek, JD Maurer - Journal of Small Business …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Research on financial resource acquisition has indicated negative consequences for
entrepreneurs that act feminine when trying to attract investors. Yet, does this remain true in …