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Hatak, Isabella, and Kirsi Snellman. "The influence of anticipated regret on business start-up behaviour." International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship 35, no. 3 (November 17, 2016): 349–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0266242616673421.
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This research note aims to develop the emotional underpinning of early-stage entrepreneurship by examining the influence of anticipated regret, a negative emotion, on the transformation of latent entrepreneurs into nascent entrepreneurs. Drawing on regret regulation theory and two waves of survey data, the analysis demonstrates that anticipated regret manifests as a, feeling for doing, by pushing latent entrepreneurs towards engaging in business start-up behaviour. We conclude that negative emotions exert an important influence on behavioural regulation in early-stage entrepreneurship, fostering the transition from latent to nascent entrepreneurship.
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A, MuhammedSajjad. "“Entrepreneurship Training and Start-up Behaviour- An exploratory Study”." Restaurant Business 118, no. 9 (September 26, 2019): 61–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.26643/rb.v118i9.7969.
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Entrepreneurship and entrepreneur are some of the widely used words nowadays. Studies have found out that entrepreneurship training increases the entrepreneurial intention in a positive way. This is an exploratory study on founders of start-ups at Maker Village (a technology start-up incubator) at Kalamassery Kerala to find out whether the entrepreneurs have undergone any entrepreneurship training before starting the enterprise and also during the start-up phase and whether such training/ education has any impact on their start-up behaviour. A questionnaire containing 38 multiple choice close ended questions and one open questions were given to the start-ups and 36 valid questionnaires were received in response. Convenience sampling was used for the study.Percentage analysis was done to analyse data, correlation analysis and Chi-square test were also done to validate the results.The study has found out that most of the founders of hi-tech start-ups in maker village Kerala had undergone some training or workshop in entrepreneurship before the start-up phase and during the start-up phase and agree that it had helped them in understanding the business and pursuing their current business respectively.So, the study highlights the importance of entrepreneurship training for budding entrepreneurs even in hi-tech start-ups.
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Zaech, Simon, and Urs Baldegger. "Leadership in start-ups." International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship 35, no. 2 (February 8, 2017): 157–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0266242616676883.
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This article explores the role of leadership in start-ups and outlines a model of when, why and how leadership behaviour of founder-CEOs influences start-up performance. The model has been tested using a sample of 102 start-ups and their founder-CEOs and includes feedback from 372 employees, rating their leadership behaviour of founder-CEOs. The results indicate that transformational leadership has a significant and positive effect on start-up performance. However, no significant, direct effects on start-up performance were found for transactional leadership or laissez-faire leadership. Furthermore, the size of the start-up has a significant, positive, moderating effect on the relationship between laissez-faire leadership and start-up performance, as well as a significant, positive, moderating effect on the relationship between the transactional leadership dimension, management by exception and start-up performance. Results indicate that for start-ups and their performance, leadership behaviour is as important as their context. Today, leadership is neglected by most entrepreneurs and is not considered a motivation for founding a business. The results show that founders should focus more on leadership behaviour.
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Daovisan, Hanvedes, and Thanapauge Chamaratana. "Financing accumulation for start-up capital." Journal of Family Business Management 10, no. 3 (December 3, 2019): 231–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jfbm-06-2019-0044.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the sources of financing accumulation that women entrepreneurs of family businesses use for start-up capital in the garment sector of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). Design/methodology/approach This study presents insights gleaned from a qualitative case study into the ways in which women in Lao PDR finance their family businesses in the start-up phase. The authors conducted 36 in-depth interviews – the study used this purposive sample in each of its five rounds of data collection. The data were collected between December 2018 and April 2019 and were analysed by conducting a content analysis assisted by the software programme ATLAS.ti. Findings The results, though highly case specific, show Lao women’s ability to: accrue their experience, apply their knowledge, engage in self-employment, support their families and aspire to become entrepreneurs. The findings clearly illustrate that women are opportunity and necessity driven, can accumulate income, possess savings behaviour, can manage working capital, investment and accounting and have access to finance (loan and debt) and thus have the potential to become successful entrepreneurs. Originality/value By contextualizing women’s entrepreneurial practices, the paper contributes to an understanding of the sources of financing accumulation used for start-up capital in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Theoretically, the paper extends the knowledge of women entrepreneurs seeking the optimal stock of finance which has the potential to drive family business success.
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Sharafizad, Jalleh, and Alan Coetzer. "Women business owners’ start-up motivations and network content." Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 23, no. 2 (May 16, 2016): 590–610. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsbed-07-2015-0085.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how women small business owners’ (SBOs) business start-up motivations influence their network content. Design/methodology/approach – Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 women SBOs who were recruited through purposeful sampling methods. Interview data on their start-up motivations were used to categorise them into three types: classic, forced and work-family. The interviews explored the network contents of the three categories of participants. Findings – There were many similarities between network contents of classic and forced SBOs, as both groups had started their business for financial reasons rather than family reasons. All the participants’ networks contained information and advice, economic transactions, intangible support and strong ties. However, the sources and types of network content were different for the classic and forced SBOs when compared to work-family SBOs. Research limitations/implications – This study has limitations that tend to be commonly found in exploratory studies, such as a small sample size. However, the findings lay the groundwork for future quantitative studies that examine associations between SBOs’ motivations for starting a business and their network contents. Originality/value – This research responds to calls for studies aimed at developing a more nuanced understanding of SBOs’ networking behaviour. The study provides empirical evidence of a relationship between the motivations for starting a business and the network content of SBOs. The findings can be used by businesswomen’s network organisations in their mentoring and training interventions.
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Kolvereid, Lars. "Preference for self-employment." International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation 17, no. 2 (May 2016): 100–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1465750316648576.
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The preference for self-employment varies much between countries. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the preference for self-employment, new business start-up intentions and actual start-up efforts. This research is an application of the theory of planned behaviour. Data were collected using telephone interviews from a representative sample of Norwegian adults aged 18–64 years. The results support the theory, showing that the preference for self-employment, together with measures of subjective norm and perceived behavioural control, predicts business start-up intentions. These intentions, in turn, together with perceived behavioural control, predict involvement in business start-up efforts. This study has important implications for policymakers and future research.
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Kremel, Anna, and Darush Yazdanfar. "Business advisory services and risk among start-ups and young companies: a gender perspective." International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship 7, no. 2 (June 8, 2015): 168–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijge-05-2013-0046.
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Purpose – This study aims to investigate the demand for business advisory services by owners of start-ups and young companies by taking a gender perspective. The study also examines whether risk-taking is more characteristic of masculine than feminine behaviour in this context. Design/methodology/approach – A literature review examines business advisory services and risk aversion from a gender perspective. The empirical data are derived from interviews with owners of more than 2,700 start-ups and young companies in Sweden. A number of key variables compare how the company owners (women and men) view business advisory services as a way to overcome risk and to gain access to information in networks. Several statistical tests are used to analyse these data. Findings – Women owners of start-ups and young companies use more and different business advisory services than men owners. There are differences among the men owners and women owners with regard to the amount of start-up capital, company size and industry sector. Given the risks associated with start-up, business advisory services are important to women in helping them reduce their risk in the start-up and early stages of their companies. Research limitations/implications – Companies in Sweden’s largest city, Stockholm, were not included in the sample. Financial data were not used as variables. Practical implications – Policymakers should address women owners’ greater demand for business advisory services in their companies’ early stages. Originality/value – This study’s originality is its gender perspective on the demand for business advisory services by start-ups and young companies and its challenge to previous findings about entrepreneurial behaviour and risk-taking.
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Orobia, Laura, and Gerrit Rooks . "Risk Taking and Start-up Capital: Exploring Gender differences in Uganda, through an International Comparison." Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies 3, no. 2 (August 15, 2011): 83–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v3i2.258.
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This study sought to explain the gender differences with respect to risk taking behaviour and startup capital in Uganda, comparing with other countries. The start-up capital of businesses run by females is ostensibly smaller than those run by males in Uganda and in any other country. A number of reasons have been forwarded to explain this variance. Some researchers have linked the size of start-up capital to the risk taking behaviour among other factors. However there is insufficient local or Ugandan empirical research into this difference, given that much of the empirical research are based on western data sets. Data for this study was from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2003. A causal research design was used to establish the relationship between risk taking attitude and start up capital. A comparative design was also employed to compare the findings of Uganda with other GEM countries, Chi-square tests, and a two way analysis of variances were used to analyse the data. There are gender differences with respect to risk taking behaviour across all countries under study. However, the gender gap is wider in other countries than Uganda. On the whole, Uganda women are less risk averse as compared to those in other countries. The start-up capital requirement of Ugandan men is more than their female counterparts. In addition, Ugandan men invested more personal start up capital when they are risk averse. Among other recommendations, policy makers should sensitise females about viability of business start ups and encourage women access to ownership of property.
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Mshenga, P. M., D. O. Okello, O. I. Ayuya, D. Mwangi, D. Ouma, J. J., and N. W. Mungai. "Influence of entrepreneurship education on Egerton University’s graduates’ intention to start a business." African Crop Science Journal 28, s1 (October 2, 2020): 289–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/acsj.v28i1.22s.
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Entrepreneurship training has been introduced in most Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in sub-Saharan Africa countries to enhance graduate self-employment. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of entrepreneurship training on Egerton University’s graduates’ intention to start a business. This study used the Ajzen’s theory of planned behaviour (TPB) in a cross sectional survey, conducted during April to May, 2016. A sample of 341 business and non-business Egerton University graduates, enrolled from the year 2008 up to 2015 was used. Data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire through telephone and face-to-face interviews. They were analysed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and PLS Multi-Group Analysis (PLS-MGA). Findings revealed presence of a significant positive relationship between attitude toward entrepreneurship (b = 0.315, P=0.01), proactiveness (b = 0.042, P=0.01), risk-propensity (b = 0.11, P=0.01), and self-efficacy (b = 0.138, P=0.01) on graduates’ intention to start a business. Furthermore, multi-group analysis showed that the same four attributes significantly predicted entrepreneurship intention among business and non-business graduates to start businesses. Also, subjective norms significantly impacted entrepreneurial intentions of business graduates to start businesses. Finally, business graduates had significant higher scores than non-business graduatesin terms of self-efficacy (b = 0.182, P=0.03) and subjective norms (b = 0.329, P=0.04).
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Kabous, Laila, Andreas Hinz, and Stefan Philippi. "Linking effectuation logic with business model innovation in the context of Swiss start-ups." European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship 17, no. 1 (September 7, 2022): 717–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.34190/ecie.17.1.392.
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Effectuation and business model innovation (BMI) are research topics that are frequently discussed in the literature. While effectuation describes the effectual behaviour for founding a start-up with an emphasis on using currently available means, BMI is considered a way of creating a business model with long-term competitive advantages. Both approaches are valuable for start-ups pursuing growth in an uncertain environment. This work-in-progress paper presents insights from the reviewed extant literature. Further research will investigate effectuation and its enabling impact in designing innovative business models in the context of Swiss start-ups.
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Eyana, Shiferaw Muleta, Enno Masurel, and Leo J. Paas. "Discovery behaviour and creation behaviour of Ethiopian entrepreneurs: the implications for the performance of their small tourism firms." Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 27, no. 6 (September 4, 2020): 865–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsbed-04-2019-0108.
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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to assess the effects of discovery and creation behaviour in opportunity identification on firm performance in a developing country context. By doing so, the study adds new knowledge and insights in researching the entrepreneurial behaviour types at the start-up phase and their eventual effects on firm performance.Design/methodology/approachThe study was conducted amongst Ethiopian tour operators (n = 118), which are formally established small tourism firms. A survey questionnaire, which is the main data gathering tool in this study, was prepared based on a distinction between discovery and creation behaviour with regard to the seven entrepreneurial actions described by Alvarez and Barney (2007). Hence, 14 multiple-item measurement scales were derived to define the entrepreneurial behaviour types. Firm performance was measured using four indicators. A regression analysis was conducted to predict the effect of entrepreneurial behaviour at the start-up phase on firm performance.FindingsThe findings of this study provide consistent support for the hypothesis that tour-operating firms in Ethiopia founded through creation behaviour instead of discovery behaviour are performing better in terms of sales, employment, profit and asset size change.Research limitations/implicationsThe theoretical contribution of this study is two-fold. First, it provides a scale for measuring the extent to which discovery and/or creation opportunity identification played a role in the start-up phase of the business. Second, the study assesses the effects of discovery behaviour and creation behaviour in opportunity identification on firm performance in a developing country context.Originality/valueThe entrepreneurs' behaviour through which they identify and pursue new opportunities may have a considerable effect on the subsequent performance of their newly established firms. It is, therefore, important to understand effects, which result from differences in entrepreneurs' behaviour at the start-up phase, in terms of outcomes such as firm performance among small businesses. Nonetheless, there is little empirical research conducted in this regard, particularly in the context of developing countries. This study contributes to the literature of entrepreneurship by applying entrepreneurial behaviour types, i.e. discovery and creation, as determinants of small firms' performance in a developing country context. Furthermore, it is one of the few studies concentrating on formal instead of informal operations in an African context.
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Shinnar, Rachel S., Dan K. Hsu, Benjamin C. Powell, and Haibo Zhou. "Entrepreneurial intentions and start-ups: Are women or men more likely to enact their intentions?" International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship 36, no. 1 (April 19, 2017): 60–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0266242617704277.
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While empirical data clearly show that women are underrepresented among entrepreneurs, the causes of this gap are entirely not clear. This article explores one potential cause: that women might be less likely to act on their entrepreneurial intentions. Building on Ajzen’s theory of planned behaviour, we propose that intentions predict start-up behaviours, that is, that there is an intention–behaviour link. We then apply social role theory to propose that the intention–behaviour link is moderated by sex. Analysing data drawn from a sample of US-based management students during their first session in an introductory entrepreneurship course, at the end of the course, on their graduation and at a point up to three years after graduation, we find support for the intention–behaviour link and moderation of this link by sex. We identify additional contributions from our study and implications of our findings for addressing the sex gap in entrepreneurship.
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Irwansyah, Irwansyah, Ardi Paminto, Yana Ulfah, Muhammad Ikbal, and Dio Caisar Darma. "FAMILY BUSINESS BACKGROUND AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT AT UNIVERSITY ON STUDENTS INTENTION TO START-UP NEW BUSINESS." Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews 9, no. 2 (March 19, 2021): 129–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.18510/hssr.2021.9213.
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Purpose of the study: Entrepreneurship is one of the drivers of the national economy, youth and students are the main driving force for forming young entrepreneurs. Our research aimed at examining the students' intention towards action becoming an entrepreneur which is moderated by several factors, namely the background of family business ownership and the entrepreneurial university environment.
Methodology: Data collection by using survey methods, with samples of students in several universities in Indonesia. From January 2020 to April 2020 there were 983 questionnaires sent by email, which apps or Instagram accounts owned by respondents. As many as 983 questionnaires were distributed, only 234 questionnaires returned, and 187 completed questionnaires and can be used.
Main Findings: The analysis results showed variable of perceived desirability positively and have a significant effect on the intention to be entrepreneurial, while perceived feasibility does not have a significant effect on the respondents' intention for entrepreneurship, then the entrepreneurial intention describes the actions taken to implement the intention become entrepreneurs in the future. In the third stage, generate negative moderating effects from a family business background and not significant, as well as the entrepreneurial university environment produces positive but not significant moderating effects.
Applications of this study: We used the planned behaviour theory an effort to test the intentions and desires of student entrepreneurship which are moderated by two factors.
Novelty/Originality of this study: This study presents problems regarding family business, entrepreneurship within the University, and students' intentions in starting a business. The study object, analysis model, and study results show differences from previous studies, so it is very interesting to be used as references in the future.
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Handrian, Anastasia C., and Alvanov Z. Mansoor. "Proposed Business Strategy for a Nonformal Architecture-Related Education Start-up (Case Study: Klass Academy)." European Journal of Business and Management Research 6, no. 3 (May 31, 2021): 133–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.24018/ejbmr.2021.6.3.875.
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Architecture is arguably one of the most complex and broad subjects, both for academic study and professional practice. Thus, many architecture students and practising architects participate in nonformal architecture-related learning activities. The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented impact on both formal and nonformal education systems worldwide; with the inevitable closure of schools and institutions, the sudden shift to virtual learning becomes mandatory. These drastic digital accelerations have caused the customers’ behaviour to change adaptively - the use of online education service and the market demands in nonformal education show an increasing trend.
This paper presents a contextual and relevant business strategy for Klass Academy - a startup company in nonformal educational business - amid the pandemic and post-pandemic scenarios. It will underpin how the company could maintain its competitiveness by first analysing the existing business condition - both externally and internally, using several tools and theories from the literature study: Market Analysis, Porter’s 5 Forces, and Research-Based View Analysis. The findings from conducted analysis determine the proposed business strategy recommendations - with the use of Ansoff matrix as an analysing tool. The formulated strategies in this paper are categorised as Product Development Strategy and Diversification Strategy.
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Weiss, Jan, Tatiana Anisimova, and Galina Shirokova. "The translation of entrepreneurial intention into start-up behaviour: The moderating role of regional social capital." International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship 37, no. 5 (March 11, 2019): 473–501. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0266242619831170.
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This article examines the moderating role of regional social capital in the intention–behaviour link in entrepreneurship. We investigate to what extent the regional social capital context in which aspiring entrepreneurs are embedded strengthens or weakens the translation of individual entrepreneurial intentions into new venture creation activities. Our results suggest that the intention–behaviour link is weakened by cognitive regional social capital in the form of regional hierarchy values and strengthened by structural regional capital in the form of regional cultural diversity and regional breadth of associational activity, as well as by relational regional social capital in the form of high levels of regional generalised trust. Our findings suggest that to support new venture creation activity, there is a need to grow regional social capital via the enhancement of social trust, associational activities and regional cultural diversity – and at the same time decrease hierarchical social structures within regions.
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Slávik, Štefan, Richard Bednár, Ivana Mišúnová Hudáková, and Katarína Moravčíková. "Cluster Typology of Business Models of Start-Ups. (Example of Slovakia)." Administrative Sciences 10, no. 3 (August 11, 2020): 54. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/admsci10030054.
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Start-up is an emerging micro-enterprise that has different characteristics to a larger and mature enterprise. Its viability depends mainly on a functioning business model. The purpose of the research study is to identify the basic types of business model regardless of the specific industry, and thus to penetrate deeper into the more general cognition of start-up business making. The research sample contains 106 start-ups, the business models of which are described using fourteen criteria, which are derived from the visualization of canvas. The research sample is divided by cluster analysis (Ward’s hierarchical agglomeration method) into nine clusters, hence types of business models. For a better understanding, the clusters were aggregated into four groups with similar business models. Grouping A is characterized by the model with a small range of processes, mostly with higher product differentiation, scarce resources and satisfying the common basic and higher needs. Grouping B is characterized by the model with a large range of processes and higher product differentiation and satisfying the common basic and higher needs or newer practical needs. Start-ups in grouping C have the model with considerable differentiation aimed at satisfying the common needs. Grouping D has the model based on cultivating relationships with customers, cheap satisfying of needs and use of ordinary resources. The models differ the most in the span of operational processes, segmentation and distribution, and differ the least in the relationships between customers, the cost–price ratio and protection against imitation. The practical use of the identified clusters lies in the fact that they are a reflection of the real behaviour of start-ups, they determine the real parameters of business models, and therefore they provide the founders of start-ups with verified patterns, the outlines of which are probably not definitive.
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Hallam, Cory R. A., and Gianluca Zanella. "Informal Entrepreneurship and Past Experience in an Emerging Economy." Journal of Entrepreneurship 26, no. 2 (July 20, 2017): 163–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0971355717708843.
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Informal economies account for up to 70 per cent of GDP in developing countries, but few studies have explored informal entrepreneurship. To fill this gap, an exploratory study involving 855 university students in an emerging economy applies the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to study the cognitive process of informal entrepreneurship. The effect of past experience (PE) and necessity entrepreneurship on the intention to start a business is also explored. Our findings provide evidence that the decision to start a business in the informal economy reinforces the effect of subjective norms on entrepreneurial intentions (EIs). Implications for education programmes and for theory are discussed.
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Le Roux, Ingrid, and Barnard Steyn. "Experiential learning and critical reflection as a tool for transfer of business knowledge: an empirical case study of a start-up simulation intervention for nascent entrepreneurs." South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences 10, no. 3 (July 11, 2013): 330–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v10i3.694.
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This paper investigates the impact of venture start-up simulation on participants’ learning; it is concerned specifically with the relationship between experiential learning theory and critical reflection within venture start-up simulation. This was carried out in empirical investigation of a simulation training game used to train entrepreneurs in a formal setting. The findings show significant improvement in their knowledge of finance, marketing operations and information use. Participants reported increased skills and intended behavioural changes in their own ventures. Finally, there was empirical support for the fact that critical reflection during experiential learning can greatly improve the standard of learning and has an immediate effect on participants’ behaviour.
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Mwiya, Bruce M. K., Yong Wang, Bernadette Kaulungombe, and Maidah Kayekesi. "Exploring entrepreneurial intention’s mediating role in the relationship between self-efficacy and nascent behaviour." Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 26, no. 4 (August 15, 2019): 466–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsbed-03-2017-0083.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of entrepreneurial intention (EI) in relation to the influence of the five dimensions of entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) on nascent behaviour.Design/methodology/approachThe study relies on a quantitative approach where primary data were collected from 294 final year undergraduate students at a public university in Zambia. The data were examined by using correlation, logistic regression and mediation analyses.FindingsThe findings indicate that each of the five dimensions of ESE is positively and significantly related with EI. Additionally, each of the ESE dimensions, except the financial aspect, is positively correlated with nascent behaviour. Finally, the results show that the influence of ESE dimensions on nascent behaviour is significantly mediated by intention.Research limitations/implicationsThe study took place in a public university in Zambia; more universities could be involved to improve the generalisability of the study conclusions.Practical implicationsThe study shows that the five ESE dimensions positively influence not only business start-up intention but also nascent behaviour. To motivate graduates’ involvement in business start-up, there is a need to tailor training and practical pedagogical approaches on entrepreneurship that are focussed on developing the five ESE dimensions.Originality/valueThis paper extends an emerging body of knowledge which has not been fully investigated in terms of the mediating role of intention on the relationships between dimensions of ESE and nascent behaviour. The study also makes a valuable contribution to the under-researched context of Zambia and African entrepreneurship.
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JOHNSON, DAVID, and ROSA MA. "RECOGNISING ENTREPRENEURIAL POTENTIAL IN GRADUATE BUSINESS START-UPS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BEHAVIOURALLY BASED ASSESSMENT TOOL." Journal of Enterprising Culture 02, no. 02 (July 1994): 669–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218495894000203.
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This paper presents the initial results of an investigation oriented towards developing a Behaviourally Anchored Rating Scale (BARS) system to assess the entrepreneurial potential of individuals who are either running their own business or are in the process of considering start-up. A review of the literature identified seven dimensions as necessary, if not exhaustive, attributes of a successful entrepreneur. They are vision, internal locus of control, achievement orientation, calculated risk taking, need for autonomy, creativity and innovativeness, and opportunistic. Previous psychological studies have focused primarily upon personality traits, attitudes, and more recently upon cognitive representations. The actual behaviour of the entrepreneur has been excluded from the analysis. The methodology developed within this paper seeks to overcome this deficit by developing the above mentioned BARS. 16 graduates who are at various stages in the business start-up process were interviewed and data collected regarding the performance of the business. The interview was structured around critical incidents in the recent history of the business and focused specifically upon the individual responses in terms of the seven core dimensions. The interviews were video recorded and transcribed. Assessments of the performance of the business were made by a number of independent assessors who rated each of the sample in terms of progress and success. Initial findings indicate that the BARS do provide a valid measure of entrepreneurial potential as individuals who scored highly upon the BARS were those whose businesses were performing more successfully. As such, BARS could prove to be a very useful tool for research purposes and also in the selection and training of owner-managers and entrepreneurs. A longitudinal investigation is currently in preparation.
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Busby, J. S., and E. J. Hughes. "How plan delegation contributes to systemic failure." Human Systems Management 22, no. 1 (March 1, 2003): 13–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/hsm-2003-22102.
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Complex, engineered systems often require extensively planned behaviour on the part of operators and maintenance staff if such systems are to maintain their integrity. A study was undertaken to determine how the absence of planning on the part of operators imperilled such systems. The aim was to help future designers understand how, in effect, operators delegate planning to the system, and to help designers make systems robust to this delegation. An analysis was undertaken of 59 incidents in the offshore industry in an attempt to characterise both the aspect of system activity that operators failed to plan (for example its completeness) and the general processes they were engaged in at the time (for example system start-up). All the processes that were implicated in the failures were either changes in the state of the system, such as start-up and shut-down, or operations that could not be said to take place in a steady state: there were no cases involving routine, continual activity. This suggests that designers' risk analyses should concentrate on non steady-state behaviour in systems, and that these risk analyses would benefit from some kind of characterisation of how systems are vulnerable to plan delegation.
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Paray, Zahoor Ahmad, and Sumit Kumar. "Does entrepreneurship education influence entrepreneurial intention among students in HEI’s?" Journal of International Education in Business 13, no. 1 (January 2, 2020): 55–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jieb-02-2019-0009.
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Purpose Considering entrepreneurship education (EE) theory as a base, this paper aims to examine the impact of EE upon building entrepreneurial intentions. In addition, it investigates the impact of student’s age, gender and degree or course background in developing students entrepreneurial intentions. Design/methodology/approach A sample of 309 student respondents from higher education institution (HEI’s) was used to understand the relationship and its impact over intention building. Regression and ANOVA technique was used to understand the cause and effect as well as mean differences between the construct. Findings The results signify a positive impact of EE for stimulating the start-up intention in these interdisciplinary students of HEIs. These results resemble the existing studies in this endeavour. Findings also verify that individual intention to start a new business in terms of the theory of planned behaviour (attitude, perceived behavioural control and social norms), student background (gender and degree specialization) are positively related to individual intention to start a new business. Research limitations/implications The results confirm previous studies in this field and highlight the need for EE in HEI. The paper highlights the vitality for EE for India’s start-up growth. Originality/value This study adds to the paucity of research on EE and its impact on entrepreneurial intentions in higher education institutions in India.
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Thomas, Antonio, Renato Passaro, and Giuseppe Scandurra. "The Perception of the Contextual Factors as Predictor of Entrepreneurial Intent: Evidences from an Empirical Survey." Journal of Enterprising Culture 22, no. 04 (December 2014): 375–400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218495814500162.
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Identifying people interested into starting-up a business is becoming more and more relevant. As widely recognized, two key aspects affecting on start-up are the role of the external context factors and the influence of entrepreneurial competencies. With this in mind, the paper shows an application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour with the aim to assess factors believed to affect entrepreneurial intent among engineering students. As the use of well thought-out and research-tested intent models is believed to provide a good means of examining the precursors to business start-up, the survey provides a test of the robustness of the intent approach and then examines the influence of some predictors within the contextual factors. Consistently with other leading articles, the results evidence that attitudes and perceived behavioural control effectively predicts entrepreneurial intent, while social norms have no effects. As regards the role of contextual factors and entrepreneurial competencies, they exhibit indirect effects on intent via entrepreneurial attitudes and perceived behavioural control. Thus, their contribution to favour academic entrepreneurship is confirmed. The result of the study also has valuable implications for the university system.
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Sharafizad, Jalleh. "Informal learning of women small business owners." Education + Training 60, no. 1 (January 8, 2018): 82–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/et-01-2017-0006.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate women small business owners’ informal learning behaviour. There is limited qualitative research that examines women small business owners’ learning process and this study aims to address this gap. The study was driven by the following research questions: “Do women small business owners prefer informal learning to formal training?” and if so, “Why do women small business owners prefer informal learning to formal training?” and “If informal learning is preferred, what role do networking and mentoring play in this learning process?” Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 Western Australian women small business owners who were recruited through purposive sampling methods. Findings The small business owners had a strong preference for informal learning. Participants used their own work experience and knowledge to start-up their businesses. A low uptake of formal training was found due to time and resource constraints and personal preferences. Participants relied on contacts within their networks to acquire knowledge or they hired others who possessed the requisite knowledge or skill. Only a small portion of participants had mentors or acted as a mentor. Research limitations/implications This study has limitations that tend to be commonly found in exploratory studies, such as a small sample size. Practical implications The research has implications for recognised training institutions that are engaged in entrepreneurship education. By gaining greater understanding of the nature of learning in small business, they may be able to offer more affordable and flexible informal courses that specifically target women small business owners, incorporate mentorship programs within their business courses by engaging with industry partners, or appoint instructors with industry contacts and experience, to provide mentoring support for these business owners. Originality/value This research responds to calls for studies aimed at developing a more nuanced understanding of the learning behaviour of women small business owners.
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Zhou, Zhao, and Robert Verburg. "Open for business: The impact of creative team environment and innovative behaviour in technology-based start-ups." International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship 38, no. 4 (January 11, 2020): 318–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0266242619892793.
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Rather than the view of the entrepreneur as a ‘lone ranger’, recent work has focused on the importance of teams in bringing a start-up to growth and success. Here, we aim to bridge the gap between the individual characteristics of entrepreneurs and the characteristics of their teams by examining openness of founders in relation to creative team environment (CTE), innovative work behaviour (IWB) and performance. On the basis of upper echelon theory and integrating other complementary theories such as the attention-based view, we develop a theoretical framework and test this using a survey of 322 high-tech entrepreneurs. Our findings suggest a mediating role of CTE and IWB in the relation between openness of entrepreneurs and performance. The implications of the results for managerial practices and future research directions are discussed.
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Liao, Shaogang. "Research on Chinese College Students’ Start Up Business: Multiple Motivation, Behaviour Characteristics and Management Policy——Based on the Investigations of Six Universities." International Journal of Education, Culture and Society 3, no. 2 (2018): 34. http://dx.doi.org/10.11648/j.ijecs.20180302.13.
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Abeysekera, Indra, and Kim Tien Tran. "The Coronavirus as a Disrupter of a Sustainable Small Early Childhood Family Business in Vietnam." Sustainability 13, no. 19 (September 26, 2021): 10692. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su131910692.
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Access to quality early childhood education is a sustainable development goal towards empowering people in an emerging economy. The purpose of this study is to examine how the coronavirus disease impacted a small early childhood business in Vietnam, which experienced two waves of attacks. Previous studies have examined mainly the impact of various factors under stable environments. This study differs in that COVID-19 brought sudden, lasting, and impactful changes to the business environment. The study uses a case-study research approach that invited a small business owner to write and share the biography of the business from the start to the date of the research study and analysed the content using the theory of planned behaviour. The shared belief systems of a business to succeed led the owner to invest loan funds and join the company that became successful with planned actions. Dependence on a rental property later stalled the business growth. The owners settled into a stable way of business thinking. The two waves of coronavirus pandemic in Vietnam that affected their business location dried up cash, forcing the business into voluntary liquidation. The impact of coronavirus disease on small business in an emerging nation, Vietnam, can bring out lessons of business survival and ways policymakers can assist companies in surviving considering their capital structures under destabilising business environments. The qualitative causes found for the theory of planned behaviour can become useful for a later quantitative investigation.
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Virani, Shreya, Sarika Sharma, and Poornima Tapas. "Factors influencing the start-up intentions of urban women in India: a theory of planned behaviour based approach." World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development 18, no. 3 (2022): 282. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/wremsd.2022.122539.
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Tapas, Poornima, Sarika Sharma, and Shreya Virani. "Factors influencing the start-up intentions of urban women in India: a theory of planned behaviour based approach." World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development 18, no. 3 (2022): 282. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/wremsd.2022.10045702.
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Hensel, Rainer, and Ronald Visser. "Does personality influence effectual behaviour?" International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 26, no. 3 (December 23, 2019): 467–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-06-2019-0343.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a model to analyse what personality traits impact entrepreneurial cognitive and social strategic decision-making skills, originating from the effectuation framework. Design/methodology/approach A total of 128 participants from an entrepreneurial pre-launch programme were assessed by experienced incubator and business coaches. Personality was measured by a Big Five test. Based on a confirmatory factor analysis, the relationships were analysed between personality and three core dimensions of the effectuation framework: the bird-in-hand principle, the crazy quilt principle and the pilot in the plane principle. Findings Specific patterns (moderation effects) as opposed to levels of personality traits proved to be relevant. The bird-in-hand and the crazy quilt principles are related to the moderating effect between sensitivity to feedback, sociability and ambition. The pilot in the plane principle was related to the whole pattern of entrepreneurial key qualities embedded in the extraversion domain. Furthermore, relationships of personality with key issues in the effectuation framework were found, examples being reflecting on a high diversity of means or on own talents, conducting a thorough risk analysis and engaging in inspirational networking. The final model revealed a direct positive influence of the capacity to conduct a thorough risk analysis on the overall capacity to apply the effectuation principles. Research limitations/implications A limitation of this study is the exclusion of the lemonade principle from the final model. This being based on unsatisfying model fit indices. Another limitation is the cross-sectional design, as well as the chosen research context: the pre-launch entrepreneurial programme. Practical implications The research results shed a light on the impact that personality plays in adoption of effectual decision making. Social implications The effectuation framework is widely used by individual entrepreneurs, SMEs and start-ups, to design innovative business models or implement an up-scaling strategy. Originality/value Little is known about the underlying mechanisms of the effectuation framework. Moreover, evidence-based insights are offered to entrepreneurs that intent to mobilise effectual behaviours.
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Adewumi, Samson. "Financial literacy and business risk-taking among business start-up students in Nigeria." Problems and Perspectives in Management 20, no. 2 (July 4, 2022): 575–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.20(2).2022.47.
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Low business outlook due to poor financial decisions among students has continued to attract interest of financial educators and professionals. Previous studies have interrogated financial literacy with sparse attention given to business risk-taking among students’ start-ups in Nigeria. This research gap forms the basis of this study. The aim of this paper is the interrogation of financial knowledge and financial behavior as a lever for business risk-taking among start-up students of the University of Lagos, Nigeria. The philosophical perspective drew insight from the positivist approach with a random sampling of 145 final-year students selected from the departments of Business Administration, Accounting and Employment, and Labour Relations of the Faculty of Management Sciences. Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test and Bartlett’s test were conducted to determine sample adequacy. Regression analysis was employed to test the hypotheses. The results show that financial knowledge and behavior of start-ups revealed a high propensity to be engaged in business risk-taking (β = .407, t (511) = 7.556, p < 0.05; β = .412, t (1.511) = 7.525, p < 0.05) with males showing more financial literacy understanding for business risk than females (β = .591, t (2;510) = 4.381, p < 0.05; β = .280, t (2;510) = 2.217, p = 0.262) respectively. The findings show the need for the continuous development of students’ start-up behavioral and attitudinal disposition, especially females in becoming more financial literate for appropriate financial decision-making in business risk-taking and venture creation. Acknowledgments The author acknowledges and appreciates all students who participated in this study.
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Bouderbala, Rym. "The Direct Role of Anticipated Regret in the Formation of Student’s Entrepreneurial Intention." Journal of Enterprising Culture 27, no. 04 (December 2019): 385–417. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218495819500146.
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The most widely used entrepreneurial intention models explain only cognitive motivational factors. However, psychological studies reveal that emotional factors and counterfactual thinking such as anticipated affect also explain the intention and then behaviour. The objective of this research is to identify the role of anticipated regret in forming students’ entrepreneurial intentions. To test the hypotheses of the conceptual model integrating anticipated regret among the antecedent motivational factors to entrepreneurial intention, a hierarchical regression technique has been adopted. Data have been collected from 266 students in management degree. Our results show that anticipated regret, as well as attitude towards business start-up and perceived behavioural control, have a direct and positive influence on entrepreneurial intention described in the theory of planned behaviour. This study contributes to extend prior cognition-based explanations of the origin of earlier stages in an entrepreneurial journey.
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Reuber, A. Rebecca, and Eileen Fischer. "Relying on the engagement of others: A review of the governance choices facing social media platform start-ups." International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship 40, no. 1 (December 6, 2021): 3–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02662426211050509.
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We are grateful to Professors Rebecca Reuber and Eileen Fischer for contributing our 2022 annual review article. This insightful review explores an issue of great contemporary importance regarding the relationship between entrepreneurial activities and social media platforms. Whilst there is much popular and media commentary regarding the opportunities such platforms offer for entrepreneurship, we lack informed, academic reflection upon the role and influence of such platforms for both good and ill. Hence, this review article is timely in identifying current practices and raising important issues for future research. Our thanks to the authors for their valuable contribution to the ISBJ. Entrepreneurs create digital platforms which, in turn, facilitate entrepreneurial behaviours of others, the platform users. An important start-up activity is developing the mechanisms to govern user participation. While prior literature has provided insights on the governance of innovation platforms and exchange platforms, it has shed little light on the governance of social media platforms. In this review, we synthesize the emerging literature on diverse social media platforms, focussing on four types of governance mechanisms: those that regulate user behaviour, those related to user identification and stature, those that structure relationships among users and those that direct user attention. We highlight the implications of this body of literature for entrepreneurship scholars.
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Atherton, Andrew. "Unbundling Enterprise and Entrepreneurship." International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation 5, no. 2 (May 2004): 121–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/000000004773863273.
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Enterprise, entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs are terms that are subject to particular depictions and representations that do not always reflect their actual nature. Publicly held and shared perceptions and preconceptions tend to lead to stereotypes, caricatures and distortions that preclude or obstruct real insight into these phenomena. A case is made for a reconsideration of the key terms, particularly via a grounding of analysis and experience in actual events and conditions. The paper concludes by defining entrepreneurship as being both a state – of being an entrepreneur, and a behaviour – of being entrepreneurial. From this perspective, entrepreneurship extends beyond limited conceptualizations of its close association with business start-up and growth to incorporate enterprising activity and dynamics across society and its institutions.
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Krasniqi, Besnik A. "Personal, household and business environmental determinants of entrepreneurship." Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 16, no. 1 (February 20, 2009): 146–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14626000910932935.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore personal, household and business environmental influences on entrepreneurship in Kosova.Design/methodology/approachThe approach takes the form of a econometric investigation using a binary choice model based on a nationally representative labour force and household survey conducted by Riinvest Institute at the end of 2002.FindingsThe results suggest that males, those who live in urban areas, belonging to a larger family/household, have a higher likelihood of being involved in entrepreneurial activities, while a weak positive effect of age and no significant effect of marital status are found. Self‐employed were more likely to be found in sectors where start‐up and sunk costs are expected to be lower (such as services and trade), those sectors that experienced high growth (construction) and in the regions in which entrepreneurship is more developed. In contrast with previous studies, it is found that education received household remittances and the presence of an additional wage earner in a household have negative impact on entrepreneurial activities arising from country‐specific features.Research limitations/implicationsThese empirical findings identified determinants influencing entrepreneurial activities providing basis for policy discussion aimed at entrepreneurship development in the country.Originality/valueThe paper complements rather scarce empirical evidence on determinants of entrepreneurship from a unique transition country. It highlights the role of some transition and country‐specific factors in entrepreneurial activity of the population, providing better insights in understanding entrepreneurial behaviour of people in general and in transition economies in particular.
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Saputra, Nopriadi, and Reni Hindriari. "Leading Digital Transformation: Developing Self-Regulating Actors in Digital Organization." 11th GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 11, no. 1 (December 9, 2020): 28. http://dx.doi.org/10.35609/gcbssproceeding.2020.11(28).
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Digital technology provides opportunities for organizations to grow exponentially by eliminating the distortions and other damaging effects on hierarchical organization. Old industrial organizations would be eaten by a new digital one. Many established firms aware that digital technology can help them doing the businesses with faster responses in lower costs and serve the customers rooms for designing and making customized products collaboratively. Many start-up companies realize that digital technology for create products with newly business model which disrupt the current way of doing business and take engaged customers away from the firms that cannot adapt. Being digital organization for every firms is strategic issue. Transforming the old hierarchical organization to become digital organization must be tackled appropriately in holistic perspective. Digital technology has been changing the way we view the organization from hierarchical system to actor-oriented architecture. In actor-oriented architecture, organization is populated by individuals who capable to work and collaborate in self-regulating mode. For developing self-regulating actors, this study used organizational behaviour approach. Required skill development for being self-regulated actors is influenced by individual, group, and organizational factors. This study aimed to elaborate the impact of digital skill of individual employee, digital leadership of direct supervisor, digital mindset of top management, and digital culture on self-regulating actor development. Keywords: digital organization, digital leadership, learning culture, digital mindset, digital skill
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Chernbumroong, Sainatee, Vlatka Skokic, and Andrew Lockwood. "An Investigation of Entrepreneurial Motivation: Boutique Hotels in Northern Thailand." Tourism and hospitality management 27, no. 1 (May 3, 2021): 205–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.20867/thm.27.1.12.
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Purpose – entrepreneurship scholars have argued extensively that the phenomenon of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial motivation cannot be studied in isolation from their broader socioeconomic environment. This study addresses this gap by examining the entrepreneurial motivation of hotel entrepreneurs in Northern Thailand. The study also investigates how various mediating factors and motivations to start a business shape tourism entrepreneurs' behaviour in relation to growth strategies. Design/ Methodology/ Approach – qualitative research was conducted in Northern Thailand 2012 and the follow-up study in 2019. Purposive and snowball sampling strategies were used. The primary data collection method was semi-structured interviews. Findings – the study identifies the coexistence of both lifestyle and growth-oriented entrepreneurs. The results show that the entrepreneurial decision to enter the hotel industry was not solely determined by the entrepreneur's own actions, but significantly by the family. The role of family in business creation is directive and not facilitative. Business growth was a desirable strategy for both lifestyle and growth-oriented entrepreneurs. Originality of the research – study shows that entrepreneurial motivation cannot be properly understood if it is studied in isolation from the wider socio-economic context. Moreover, it challenges the prevailing classification of tourism entrepreneurs into lifestyle-oriented and growthoriented.
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Slavova, Gergana, and Maya Ivanova. "The role of EU programmes in stimulating entrepreneurship in rural regions: A viewpoint from Bulgaria." Journal of East European Management Studies 24, no. 3 (2019): 497–508. http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/0949-6181-2019-3-497.
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The paper aims to examine rural entrepreneurship and the way it is enhanced by the EAFRD programme. The specific focus is on the perceptions and entrepreneurial behaviour of beneficiaries of hospitality and rural tourism projects in Bulgaria. The findings imply that participants demonstrate various entrepreneurship initiatives and call for closer cooperation with the local institutions, in order to maximize the overall effects. Involvement of higher public authorities, or programmes (such as EAFRD) considerably enhances rural entrepreneurship by providing a chance for potential entrepreneurs to start-up their own venture, and by determining general goals, which will affect both people and local institutions.
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Pauli, Urban, and Renata Osowska. "Building entrepreneurial potential abroad – exploring return migrant experience." International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 25, no. 5 (August 13, 2019): 936–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-02-2018-0098.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how entrepreneurial potential is built abroad during the periods of EU economic migration and how this affects the entrepreneurial behaviour of individuals after returning to their home country. Design/methodology/approach A mixed-methods approach was employed via developing a structured interview discussion guide with open and closed questions centred around the topic of migration, reasons for starting a business and capital (e.g. human, financial, relational) gained abroad. The study covered 54 Polish return entrepreneurs identified through random purposive sampling. Findings The findings suggest an important role of migration on the decision to start a business as almost half of the respondents formulated a business idea during the migration. The capital gains affecting entrepreneurial potential development were mostly observed in terms of financial and human capital with relational capital only applied to a business idea. This may explain individual preferences to setting up a business when returning to the home country. Overall, the findings confirm the important role of economic migration in building the entrepreneurial potential of returnee entrepreneurs. Originality/value The study explores an alternative to the mainstream assumptions on migration by investigating entrepreneurial individuals, processes and practices that happen during reverse migration. Furthermore, by applying the resource-based view of the firm theory, this research expands the understanding of the inter-relationship between processes of economic migration and entrepreneurial potential development.
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Iglesias-Sánchez, Patricia P., Carmen Jambrino-Maldonado, Antonio Peñafiel Velasco, and Husam Kokash. "Impact of entrepreneurship programmes on university students." Education + Training 58, no. 2 (February 8, 2016): 209–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/et-01-2015-0004.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate entrepreneurship in Malaga University based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour model. There are two objectives: to analyse the influence of the main elements of orientation to entrepreneurship and to evaluate the efficiency of education programmes in the university system. Design/methodology/approach – The authors have chosen Ajzen’s influential model (1991) for analysing entrepreneurial intention as the basis for the analysis of a sample of 392 students at Malaga University. Findings – The results suggest that the students’ predisposition to entrepreneurship is moderate because perceived risk and ideas about their own abilities hinder their decision to start up a business. Practical implications – This research has practical implications for universities involved in designing programmes aimed at business creation. Social implications – This research provides interesting insights which could help new companies to be created, thus alleviating the unemployment resulting from the economic crisis. Originality/value – With the help of this widely used theoretical model to study, the authors analyse the impact of Entrepreneurship Education Programmes in higher education. It is only a starting point from which to evaluate which elements should be reinforced in entrepreneurship programmes if they are to achieve effective results.
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Passaro, Renato, Giuseppe Scandurra, and Antonio Thomas. "The Emergence of Innovative Entrepreneurship: Beyond the Intention — Investigating the Participants in an Academic SUC." International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management 14, no. 05 (September 18, 2017): 1750025. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219877017500250.
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To stem the increasing competitiveness of many newcomer countries, managerial and business literature underlines the necessity to favor entrepreneurship in high tech and innovative sectors. From this perspective, an increasingly important role in the generation of innovative entrepreneurship is carried out by the universities, which are natural incubators of borderline and cutting-edge technologies. With this in mind, the present study explores the entrepreneurial intention among a population of academics participating at a start-up competition (SUC) that view entrepreneurship as an opportunity-driven choice to give value to their researches. Two variables affecting the entrepreneurial intention among these participants are specifically examined: the perception of external environment and the perception of subjective competencies. To test the intention, the paper refers to the widespread Theory of Planned Behaviour, currently recognised as one of the most influential theoretical model. The results of the present research show that the considered variables have a strong effect on intent through entrepreneurial attitudes and personal behaviour control. Consistently with other leading articles, the findings confirm the importance of the external environment and knowledge in favouring or discouraging the entrepreneurial choice even among academics participating at the SUC.
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Sharafizad, Jalleh, and Alan Coetzer. "Women business owners’ start-up motivations and network structure." Journal of Management & Organization 23, no. 2 (November 28, 2016): 206–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2016.51.
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AbstractThis research responds to calls for studies aimed at developing a more nuanced understanding of women small business owners’ networking behaviours and structures. The study examined whether business start-up motivations and phase of the business (prestart-up, start-up and established) influenced women’s networking behaviours and structures. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 28 women. Interview data were used to categorise participants into classic, forced, and work–family owners. Analysis of the interviews found no marked differences in networking behaviours and network structures of participants during prestart-up phase. During start-up and established phases differences began to emerge. Given that classic and forced owners had established their businesses for financial reasons, a diverse network was more relevant for them. However, work–family participants established the business for family/work balance, thus a small network of close ties was sufficient to achieve their business goals. Theoretical, practical and research implications of the findings are outlined.
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Nsereko, Isa, Alex Bignotti, and Mohamed Farhoud. "Creating change through social entrepreneurship: the case of girls’ school dropouts in Uganda." Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies 11, no. 4 (December 9, 2021): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eemcs-05-2021-0157.
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Subject area This case focusses on social innovation and social entrepreneurship in Africa, specifically looking at behavioural characteristics of social entrepreneurs, their motivations to create social value and the application of personal initiative theory. The case discusses the self-starting proactiveness and innovation traits of the social entrepreneur. The social business model canvas will be used to analyse the social enterprise’s business model. Study level/applicability Students of social entrepreneurship, development studies, sustainable livelihoods and asset-based development. It is useful for customised or short programmes on social entrepreneurship or for students with a background in business wanting to understand social enterprise as a vehicle for social and economic change. As such, this case is written for Business Management and Entrepreneurship undergraduates or students of elective courses in social entrepreneurship (“understanding” and “remembering” learning activities under Bloom’s taxonomy). When personal initiative theory is used, the case provides an initial understanding of social entrepreneurship in a less developed context for post-graduate students and may be used for higher-order learning activities (“analysing” and “applying”). Case overview The case tells the story of Dr Engr Moses Musaazi, who is a Social Entrepreneur and Managing Director of Technology for Tomorrow (T4T). Troubled with the persistent social problems in his country. Musaazi, through T4T, strived for social innovations to reduce school dropouts of Ugandan girls. While exploring Moses’ journey for solving persistent social problems through social innovations, students will be able to understand, remember, analyse and apply Dees’ (2001) social entrepreneurial behaviours and Santos’ (2012) theory of social entrepreneurship. The case discusses what motivates African social entrepreneurs to start a social venture (Ghalwash, Tolba, & Ismail, 2017). Students will apply personal initiative theory to identify the social entrepreneurial behaviours displayed in the creation of social ventures. To exemplify and analyse the different components of social ventures’ business model, the social business model canvas by Sparviero (2019) will be introduced. Expected learning outcomes The teaching objectives are Objective 1. Students are able to remember, understand, identify and apply the social entrepreneurial behaviours as defined by Dees (2001) and the elements of Santos’ (2012) theory of social entrepreneurship to Dr Moses Musaazi’s case as a social entrepreneur. Objective 2. Students remember, understand and identify what motivates social entrepreneurs in less developed economies to create social value (Ghalwash et al., 2017). Objective 3. Early-stage postgraduate students are able to apply and analyse (also evaluate and create for higher-level post-graduates) personal initiative theory to explain the emergence of social entrepreneurial behaviour and especially how innovation, self-starting and proactiveness may lead to social entrepreneurial venture start-up (Frese, Kring, Soose, & Zempel, 1996). Objective 4. Students use the social business model canvas (Sparviero, 2019) as a tool to understand, analyse and improve a social-enterprise business model. Supplementary materials Supplementary learning materials are provided in the Teaching Note (Table 1). Table1, which includes videos and their description. Also, a link to Uganda’s sustainable development index is provided (the focus is sustainable development goals [SDGs] 3: Good health and well-being, SDG 4: Quality Education, SDG 5: Gender equality, SDG 10: Reduced inequalities). Subject code CSS 3: Entrepreneurship.
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Kiradoo, Dr Giriraj. "Competency-Based Learning: An Imperative Benchmark for Result Engendering Entrepreneurship Education." Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT) 12, no. 2 (April 11, 2021): 2781–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/turcomat.v12i2.2307.
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Entrepreneurship is an essential element aiming to be part of this competitive world based on fostering economic growth, creativity, and innovation. The competency-based approach refers to mastering skills and abilities as per the internal will power instead of the external environment’s pace. The present review dealt with studies that focused on entrepreneurship education, competence-based entrepreneurship learning, and a model curriculum. The program should identify and assess trainees’ acquired competencies and develop a communication competency at the entrepreneurship training program’s initial phase. Additionally, the entrepreneurship training programs’ curriculum should develop the trainees’ skills and capabilities. It should also focus on the industry-specific areas leading to economic growth. Hence there is a need to create quality courses by forming a committee of experts from various industries. It concluded that entrepreneurship training programs should develop specific competencies that enable the start-up founders to run their business successfully. Finally, the research considered enhancing motivation and attributes among trainees’ entrepreneurial behaviour and increasing their satisfaction level.
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Rohit Kanda and Harish Handa. "The Impact of Service Ethics on Organizational Competitiveness in India - A Primary Approach to the Startup and Emerging Service Enterprises." Think India 21, no. 2 (August 23, 2018): 36–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.26643/think-india.v21i2.7763.
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Ethics concern an individual’s moral judgments about right and wrong. The decision to behave ethically is a moral one; employees must decide what they think is the right course of action. This may involve rejecting the route, which would lead to the biggest short-term profit. It seems the larger a corporation gets, the slimier their actions become. When big profits are a company’s largest and only concern, their employees and the world in general tends to suffer. Here are companies, which have engaged in terribly unethical business practices and are, fortunately, being called out for it. Many a times, business houses get involved in unethical business practices to increase their profits or improve their capability in market. Such practices were carried out throughout the world. This calls for studying the matter. Approaching towards our Focus Group, i.e., Indian Service Sector, which is the youngest and the fastest-growing sector of Economy as well as has the largest share in the structure and growth of the economy, is the foremost tool of growth and development of nation, we can have. However, this sector in recent past many a times, especially in India, has been accused of its service failures and incompetence, arising out of irresponsible behaviour / treatise of management or professionals at various levels. Now, in this research that focuses on Emerging and Start-up Indian Service Sector Corporates, the status of ethics in their practices and the need and possibility of its revival has been studied.
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Baciu, Elena-Loreni, Delia Vîrgă, and Theofild-Andrei Lazăr. "What Characteristics Help Entrepreneurs ‘Make It’ Early on in Their Entrepreneurial Careers? Findings of a Regional Study from Romania." Sustainability 12, no. 12 (June 19, 2020): 5028. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12125028.
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Entrepreneurship plays an essential role in modern urban growth and development. Successful businesses engage more growth potential, but also failed ones produce significant losses. Therefore, in order to reduce losses, it becomes important to understand what contributes to entrepreneurial success. Based the character-based approach, the current study considers the entrepreneur a critical agent for the survival and success of the business, and aims to examine the differences between successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurs in terms of human capital and personal characteristics. The sample consisted of 123 Romanian nascent urban entrepreneurs who participated in a government sponsored entrepreneurial support program and competed for a subsidy to start their business. A positive outcome in the competition (achieved by 39 study participants) was considered as entrepreneurial success. Based on the competition outcome, we split the sample in successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurs and analyzed the differences between the two groups from the perspective of human capital and personal characteristics. In terms of human capital (education, professional experience, age, and sex), the results showed small differences between the successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurs in the sample. In terms of personal characteristics, compared to their unsuccessful counterparts, the successful entrepreneurs registered increased levels of entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and of problem-solving confidence, higher levels of trust in their capacity of taking up challenges, increased levels of adaptive assertiveness, and a greater confidence in their ability to control their entrepreneurial behaviour. No significant differences were recorded for the need for autonomy, tolerance of ambiguity, risk-taking propensity, impulsivity, and interpersonal reactivity. The findings indicate that the personal characteristics of entrepreneurs may have different influences on their success, depending on the stage in their entrepreneurial career.
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Gulenko, Iwan. "Improving passwords: influence of emotions on security behaviour." Information Management & Computer Security 22, no. 2 (June 3, 2014): 167–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/imcs-09-2013-0068.
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Purpose – This paper aims to study the influence of emotions on security behaviour by reviewing Information Systems Security (ISS) topics in Information Systems (IS) literature. Researchers in ISS study how to motivate people to adhere to security policies; they mainly focus on cognitive models such as the technology acceptance model (Davis, 1985), innovation diffusion theory (Brancheau and Wetherbe, 1990), theory of planned behaviour (Mathieson, 1991) and social cognitive theory (Compeau and Higgins, 1995). Applying positive emotions such as joy and interest is feasible by adding emoticons and positive messages; we use this approach to improve password choosing. Design/methodology/approach – We apply differential emotional theory (Izard 2002) from psychology to the context of ISS. Twenty-two participants took part in an experiment with the task of choosing strong but memorable passphrases. The dependent variable is the strength of the chosen passphrase. The task for the user is to come up with a passphrase that is both strong and memorable. We choose a between-subject design. The independent variable is the emotional interface that the user is confronted with. Findings – We found that 5.35 words was the mean when participants were shown positive smiley faces and messages. When exposed to negative emoticons, the mean was only 4.35 words. Through ANOVA, we find the differences to be statistically significant (F1; 20 = 3.16; p < 0.1). We derive from the experiment that positive emotions should be used in ISS when making users start a habit (e.g. developing a new, individual password strategy), and we conclude from our literature review that negative emotions should be used when reinforcing a habit (e.g. taking care of shoulder surfing). Originality/value – We contribute to practice by developing a user script that can be installed in all established Internet browsers. The script supports the user to choose a good passphrase strategy when registering for a new service. We find that trainings should not rely on facts only but must make use of emotions, which are crucial for human motivation.
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Maibvisira, Gabriel, Emmanuel Mutambara, and Cynthia Mashia. "Organisational citizenship behaviour’s antecedents as predictors of job satisfaction: Empirical evidence from banks in emerging economies." Journal of Governance and Regulation 11, no. 4 (2022): 16–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/jgrv11i4art2.
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It was imperative to determine the impact of antecedents of organisational citizenship behaviour of altruism and conscientiousness on job satisfaction in the banking sector since this strategic sector has been experiencing employee job dissatisfaction-related challenges as evidenced by high staff turnover. The reviewed literature focused on the effect of Organ’s (1998) organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) dimensions of altruism and conscientiousness and employee job satisfaction. The article adopted a positivist philosophy and the explanatory research design since it sought to establish cause and effect relationships between the two constructs. The target population was 150 and a sample of 109 participants was used. A simple random sampling technique was used to select study participants. A Likert scale questionnaire was employed to collect data electronically due to the COVID-19 pandemic movement restrictions. The study findings were that both altruism and conscientiousness have a positive and significant impact on job satisfaction in the banking sector. Thus, it was recommended that the banking sector should create workplace environments that foster OCB to enhance employee job satisfaction. This study was critical since banks are a strategic sector (Bonga, Chirenje, & Mugayi, 2019), particularly in emerging economies as providers of start-up and working capital to both public and private organisations.
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Watkins, David, and Gareth Stone. "Entrepreneurship Education in UK HEIs." Industry and Higher Education 13, no. 6 (December 1999): 382–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/000000099101294726.
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The paper reviews the origins of entrepreneurship education in the UK from the time when it was considered almost a deviant form of academic behaviour through to the present day. At different times the main drivers for this work have been outreach to entrepreneurs and ‘real’ small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), research, and the growth of courses aimed at traditional degree students. Now, at least 45% of UK higher education institutions have one or more courses within the curriculum which address business start-up issues. Such activity looks set to increase, even without the investment of some £25 million of pump-priming funds from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). That money will shortly become available to universities with leading-edge science and technology to establish ‘Centres of Excellence’ in support of the creation of high-tech firms by their students and staff. Much of the paper draws upon the results of work supported by the Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) to assess and disseminate best practice in this field and to create new resources for entrepreneurship education. Signposts to these resources and others are given.
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Castaño-Martínez, María-Soledad, María-Teresa Méndez-Picazo, and Miguel-Ángel Galindo-Martín. "Policies to promote entrepreneurial activity and economic performance." Management Decision 53, no. 9 (October 19, 2015): 2073–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/md-06-2014-0393.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effects of some political measures on entrepreneurship to promote economic growth and employment, specifically, R & D policies, training, elimination of administrative barriers, access to finance support and promotion of entrepreneurial culture. Design/methodology/approach – Seven hypotheses are tested developing a latent variables model with data from 13 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and UK) in 2012, using partial least squares estimation method. Findings – Greater expenditure on R & D by governments and universities, public investment in education and measures to stimulate entrepreneurial culture have a positive effect on entrepreneurship. Furthermore, countries with complex legal systems which regulate the start-up of an economic activity and where access to credit is complicated, present lower levels of entrepreneurship. Societies with a greater number of innovative entrepreneurs present higher levels of entrepreneurial activity and economic performance. Finally, human capital and entrepreneurial activity positively affect economic performance in the case of the European countries studied in the sample. Practical implications – The results obtained in the paper would facilitate the design of measures to stimulate to entrepreneurs and improve economic performance. Originality/value – Several factors, qualitative and quantitative, have been considered in the analysis that they have not traditionally included in the analysis of the entrepreneurship behaviour taking into account the role played by the policy makers measures to improve such behaviour.