All Outputs (9)

Portfolio Entrepreneurs: The role of risk (2022)
Book Chapter
Malfense Fierro, A., & Rosa, P. (2022). Portfolio Entrepreneurs: The role of risk. In D. Lingelbach (Ed.), De Gruyter Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance (75-85). Berlin: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110726312

Financial portfolio theory suggests that diversifying through establishing a group of businesses may be an important mechanism to manage and spread risk, but empirical entrepreneurship research on portfolio entrepreneurship has failed to adequately i... Read More about Portfolio Entrepreneurs: The role of risk.

Resilience and family business groups in unstable economies (2019)
Book Chapter
Discua Cruz, A., Malfense Fierro, A., Basca, R., Parada, M. J., & Alvarado-Alvarez, C. (2019). Resilience and family business groups in unstable economies. In M. Rautiainen, P. Rosa, T. Pihkala, M. Parada, & A. Cruz (Eds.), The family business group phenomenon: Emergence and complexities (315-352). Palgrave Macmillan

What’s needed to help mining minnows get off the ground in Africa? (2019)
Digital Artefact
Malfense Fierro, A. What’s needed to help mining minnows get off the ground in Africa?. [https://theconversation.com/whats-needed-to-help-mining-minnows-get-off-the-ground-in-africa-54345]

African portfolio entrepreneurship and the creation of jobs (2017)
Journal Article
Malfense Fierro, A. C., Noble, D., Hatem, O., & Balunywa, W. (2018). African portfolio entrepreneurship and the creation of jobs. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 25(5), 730 - 751. https://doi.org/10.1108/jsbed-02-2017-0074

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on large-scale portfolio entrepreneurship and its impact on the creation of stable wage employment in African economies. Design/methodology/approach The three studies focussed on Egypt, Uganda, and Malawi... Read More about African portfolio entrepreneurship and the creation of jobs.

Consultancy model shows how micro and small firms can be grown in Africa (2016)
Digital Artefact
Malfense Fierro, A. Consultancy model shows how micro and small firms can be grown in Africa. [https://theconversation.com/consultancy-model-shows-how-micro-and-small-firms-can-be-grown-in-africa-54431]

Want to start a business? Here are six books you should read (2015)
Digital Artefact
Malfense Fierro, A. Want to start a business? Here are six books you should read. [https://theconversation.com/want-to-start-a-business-here-are-six-books-you-should-read-52235]

High-growth ‘gazelles’ in Africa: is small really beautiful? (2015)
Digital Artefact
Malfense Fierro, A. High-growth ‘gazelles’ in Africa: is small really beautiful?. [https://theconversation.com/high-growth-gazelles-in-africa-is-small-really-beautiful-50926]

To help Africa and tackle migration, Europe must back local entrepreneurs (2015)
Digital Artefact
Malfense Fierro, A. To help Africa and tackle migration, Europe must back local entrepreneurs. [https://theconversation.com/to-help-africa-and-tackle-migration-europe-must-back-local-entrepreneurs-50634]

After Obama comes the big challenge for Africa’s entrepreneurs (2015)
Digital Artefact
Malfense Fierro, A. After Obama comes the big challenge for Africa’s entrepreneurs. [https://theconversation.com/after-obama-comes-the-big-challenge-for-africas-entrepreneurs-45383]