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Title: Underrated yet successful! A framework of invisible-disabled underdog entrepreneurs
Journal: Journal of Business Research

Despite evidence that invisible disability is pervasive, management
research combining both disability and entrepreneurship strands

has devoted scant attention to it. Based on challenge-based
entrepreneurship theory, we attempt to close the gap in this

emerging literature by conceptualizing an integrative framework
juxtaposing underdog entrepreneurship and invisible disability.

Using case study method, we investigate to find the journey
including motivations and impediments faced by invisible-disabled underdog entrepreneurs. Findings of our enquiry

suggest that there is an urgent need to accelerate invisible disability research toward a more productive exercise of
mainstreaming them as a strategic asset in society. We conclude by indicating policy and managerial implications

and finally, alluding to several potential research directions.

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