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Lévesque, Moren. "Models of entrepreneurial decisions, a dynamic programming approach." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ34577.pdf.
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Kubiciel, Michael. "Liability for entrepreneurial risk decisions during the COVID-19 crisis." Universität Leipzig, 2020. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A70846.
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The article deals with the liability of board members for decisions to minimize business
risks resulting from the pandemic. Based on an important decision by the highest German
criminal court on a case of the 2008 financial crisis, the article outlines the limits of a safe
haven within which managers can make decisions without fear of legal consequences.
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Song, Bing. "Décisions des entrepreneurs. Création d'entreprise, entrepreneuriat à fort développement et évolution de l'équipe fondatrice." Thesis, Université Côte d'Azur, 2022. http://www.theses.fr/2022COAZ0011.
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Les entrepreneurs contribuent de manière significative aux activités économiques et à la création d'emplois. S'engager dans des activités entrepreneuriales exige que les entrepreneurs s'exposent à la forte probabilité d'échec, à des risques et à l'incertitude. Par conséquent, il est crucial de comprendre et d'identifier les facteurs qui contribuent à la création d'entreprise, à la poursuite de leurs activités et au développement des activités des entrepreneurs. Cette étude explore 1) un nouveau facteur qui détermine différents niveaux de la tendance à entreprendre à travers les pays et les cultures, et 2) la façon dont les entrepreneurs et les équipes entrepreneuriales choisissent leurs voies de développement et d'évolution.Le chapitre 1 illustre et utilise de manière inédite une caractéristique linguistique du temps futur, la morphologie flexionnelle (c'est à dire conjugaison) pour le temps futur (IF), afin de mesurer la perception de l'incertitude, et d'explorer son effet sur la tendance à entreprendre d'un pays. L'utilisation de la morphologie flexionnelle pour le futur est censée inciter les locuteurs à percevoir intensément l'incertitude. Par conséquent, ces pays et régions connaissent moins de nouvelles entreprises créées. Les preuves empiriques appuient la proposition en utilisant les données au niveau des pays dans 137 pays de 2010 à 2018. Les résultats impliquent que la caractéristique linguistique du futur peut servir comme un facteur institutionnel de la perception de l'incertitude par un individu et contribuer à l'hétérogénéité de la tendance à entreprendre nationale et régionale.Le chapitre 2 examine si la composition de l'équipe fondatrice des entrepreneurs novices aide à prédire s'ils deviennent des entrepreneurs à fort développement. Contrairement aux recherches précédentes, cette étude prend le point de vue de l'entrepreneur en suivant l'activité entrepreneuriale de 1000 entrepreneurs novices au cours de leurs dix premières années. Les résultats montrent que la composition de l'équipe de l'entreprise initiale est importante pour la probabilité que les entrepreneurs connaissent au final un statut de fort développement. Les résultats montrent en outre que les membres non familiaux qui participent en tant que partenaires commerciaux à la toute première entreprise des entrepreneurs les aident à réentreprendre. De plus, les entrepreneurs à fort développement sont plus souvent des entrepreneurs habituels. Lors de l'analyse au niveau de l'entreprise, différents résultats apparaissent, ce qui souligne la nécessité de bien choisir le niveau d'analyse lors de la comparaison des résultats de l'activité entrepreneuriale.Le chapitre 3 évalue l'évolution des équipes fondatrices entrepreneuriales. Les équipes sont des facteurs clés du succès des nouvelles entreprises, mais ils ne sont pas statiques dans le temps. Dans ce chapitre, la chronologie des changements des équipes est mise en évidence et démontrée pour faire des conséquences différentes. Cette enquête a été menée en suivant 1000 équipes britanniques au cours des dix premières années de leurs activités. Selon la chronologie du départ du fondateur et de l'entrée de nouveaux membres, l'éviction du fondateur et le remplacement sont deux types d'évolution nouvellement définis. Les résultats révèlent différents facteurs (propriété au capital, opportunité entrepreneuriale alternative et la disparité de la répartition de la propriété) pour le départ et l'éviction des fondateurs, ainsi que pour l'entrée de nouveaux membres et le remplacement. Des plus, la disparité de la répartition de la propriété après l'évolution de l'équipe est affectée différents évènements affectent différemment l'ampleur de. Ces résultats mettent en lumière l'importance de la chronologie des changements des équipesEntrepreneurs contribute significantly to economic activities and job creation. Engaging in entrepreneurial activities requires entrepreneurs to face the high likelihood of failure, take risks, and bear a great deal of uncertainty. Hence, understanding and identifying factors that contribute to individuals starting a business, keeping engaging in and growing their entrepreneurial activities are crucial. This study explores 1) a novel factor that determines various levels of entrepreneurial propensity across countries and cultures and 2) how the entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial teams choose their development paths and evolvement.Chapter 1 illustrates and initiatively employs a linguistic feature of future tense, inflectional morphology (i.e., conjugation) for future tense (IF), to measure the perception of uncertainty, and explores its effect on a country's entrepreneurial propensity. Using inflectional morphology for future tense is argued to make speakers perceive uncertainty intensely. Therefore, their resident countries and regions experience fewer new ventures created. The empirical evidence supports the proposition by using the country-level data in 137 countries from 2010 to 2018. The finding implies that the linguistic feature of future tense can serve as the institutional factor of an individual's perception of uncertainty and contribute to the heterogeneity of nationwide and regional entrepreneurial propensity.Chapter 2 investigates whether the founding team composition of novice entrepreneurs help predict whether they become high-growth entrepreneurs. Unlike previous research, this study takes the entrepreneur's perspective by tracking 1000 novice entrepreneurs' entrepreneurial activity in their first ten years. The results show that team composition in the very first company matters for the likelihood that entrepreneurs ultimately experience high-growth status. The findings further indicate that non-family members participating as business partners in the very first company of the entrepreneurs help them become habitual. Moreover, high-growth entrepreneurs are more often habitual entrepreneurs. When running the analysis at the company level, different results appear, which highlights the need for choosing well the level of analysis when comparing the outcomes of entrepreneurial activity.Chapter 3 assesses the evolution of entrepreneurial founding teams (EFTs). EFTs are key drivers of new ventures' success, but they are not static over time. In this chapter, the temporality of EFT evolutionary events is highlighted and evidenced to make different consequences. This investigation was conducted by tracking 1,000 U.K. EFTs for the first ten years of their ventures. Based on the temporal sequence of founder departure and new member entry, founder crowd-out and replacement are two newly defined types of evolution. The results reveal different antecedents (equity ownership, alternative entrepreneurial opportunity and the disparity of ownership distribution) for founder departure and crowd-out, as well as for new member entry and replacement. Furthermore, the disparity of ownership after evolution is affected differently by evolutionary events in terms of magnitude. These findings shed light on the importance of the temporality of EFT evolutionary events
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keza, christa, and Isabella Larsson. "Why do female entrepreneurs decide to exit their ventures? : A qualitative study on the entrepreneurial exit decisions of female entrepreneurs in Sweden." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-185210.
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There are fewer female entrepreneurs than their male counterparts worldwide. This disparity persists even in countries like Sweden with the highest gender equality index scores and therefore presumed to be more gender equal. Moreover, women are underrepresented in the entrepreneurship literature. With fewer studies exploring female entrepreneurs and the gender-specific challenges, they face because ofinsufficient support, financial and otherwise. Gender equality in entrepreneurship has socio-economic importance and it plays a significant role in the overall economic growth. Making entrepreneurship a crucial economic development tool for women. With previous research showing that female entrepreneurs tend to exit their ventures at a higher rate, in this study we have explored the entrepreneurial exit decisions of female entrepreneurs with a focus on Sweden. Through our qualitative study, we interviewed 10 women that had previously made an entrepreneurial exit. Our findings show that female entrepreneurs mostly exit due to voluntary reasons, which affirms previous research that has found that female entrepreneurs are more likely to exit voluntarily than male entrepreneurs for mostly personal reasons and not because of underperformance (Justo et al., 2015; Jawarna et al., 2020). Moreover, we have further explored voluntary exits and involuntary exits. With findings showing that voluntary exits happen mostly due to management-related issues, economic instability, geographic relocation, or when the entrepreneur finds what they perceive as a better opportunity. All the involuntary exits in this study were a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study contributes to the literature of entrepreneurial exit as well as gender studies with its recommendations.
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Prasad, Raghav. "Deal Or No Deal: The Relationship Between Firm Determinants & Venture-Capital Financing Decisions." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2019. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2233.
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In this paper, I analyze how firm attributes such as their age, industry, nature of industry, spinoff status and debt ratio influence venture-capital financing decision. I look at a sample of 280 firms that went public in the United States between 2015- 2019. This paper finds that firm age and debt are negatively related to the likelihood of being venture-capital backed. It also finds that firms in technology and biotechnology industries are more likely to be backed by a venture-capitalist.
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Souakri, Anna. "The distinctiveness of entrepreneurs’ experience role in investment screening decisions : what does really matter? : a venture capitalist – entrepreneur’ dyad inquiry." Thesis, Paris 1, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019PA01E073.
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Le capital risque est une source de première importance pour financer et permettre le développement de jeunes entreprises. La prise de décision des investisseurs en capital-risque (CRs) est un processus décomposé en plusieurs étapes dans lesquelles les caractéristiques des entrepreneurs constituent le critère déterminant de la décision d’accepter ou de rejeter l’entreprise dès le stade préliminaire. Parmi ces caractéristiques, identifier et préciser quels sont les types d’expériences que les CRs prennent le plus en considération est le premier objet de notre recherche. Aussi, à cette étape, la prise de décision des CRs est influencée par leurs caractéristiques subjectives et leurs interactions avec les entrepreneurs qui partagent les mêmes caractéristiques que les leurs. Est-ce que les expériences entrepreneuriales aussi bien des CRs que des entrepreneurs interagissent et biaisent l’évaluation ? Il est notre objectif de répondre à cette question à travers notre étude. Enfin, la constance du taux de rejet peut en partie être causée par des perceptions erronées de la part des entrepreneurs sur les attentes des CRs. A quoi les entrepreneurs estiment-ils que les CRs attribuent davantage d’importance dans leurs évaluations préliminaires ? Nous recherchons la preuve d’une divergence entre les CRs et les entrepreneurs quant à l’évaluation des entrepreneurs, une piste jusqu’alors non exploitée. Nos résultats montrent que l’expérience entrepreneuriale domine dans la décision des CRs au stade préliminaire et que les entrepreneurs ayant déjà connu un échec ne sont pas éliminés d’avance. De plus, nos résultats montrent que les caractéristiques subjectives des CRs influencent leurs évaluations des entrepreneurs, qui sont d’autant plus élevées que les CRs et les entrepreneurs partagent la même expérience entrepreneuriale. Nous avons aussi trouvé une divergence entre les évaluations des CRs et des entrepreneurs. Ces derniers attribuent une plus grande importance aux types d’expériences entrepreneuriales sur lesquelles ils ont du contrôle que les CRs. Ce résultat laisse entendre un biais d’intéressement égocentrique qui pourrait en partie expliquer la très forte proportion de rejet au stade préliminaire. Globalement, notre recherche met en exergue l’importance de l’expérience entrepreneuriale des CRs comme des entrepreneurs, de leurs interactions et de leurs biais cognitifs, produits de leurs expériences propres, pour expliquer le processus de prise de décision des CRs et sa nature fortement sélectiveVenture capital is a critical source of funding and development of new ventures. The investment decision of venture capitalists (VCs) is a multi-stage assessment process where the entrepreneurs’ characteristics are the most important criteria. We undertook a threefold study to explore the distinctive role played by entrepreneurs’ experience among other characteristics. First, we aim to specify what types of experience really matter to VCs. How do they value different forms of human capital such as education and non-entrepreneurial work experience compared to entrepreneurial experience? Does it vary across VCs with different experience? Our second purpose is to investigate the influence of potential biases among VCs when they share the same experience as entrepreneurs. Third, we compare VCs’ to entrepreneurs’ evaluations with the goal to provide a complementary demand-side explanation – i.e. entrepreneurs - to the consistency of the reject rate, a still unexplored question.We ran a twofold conjoint analysis with active VCs and entrepreneurs. Our results show that if entrepreneurial experience drives primarily the screening decisions, personal VCs’ characteristics influence their evaluations, notably toward entrepreneurs the most similar to themselves. We also find that entrepreneurs with failures are not blacklisted and are preferred to entrepreneurs without failure under some circumstances. When comparing VC’s and entrepreneurs’ evaluations, we find a divergence. Entrepreneurs attribute a larger importance to the types of entrepreneurial experiences they can control than VCs. We suggest that biases caused by their exposition to hubris explained such divergence. Overall, our research points out the importance and the specificity of entrepreneurial experience of both VCs and entrepreneurs, their interactions and the cognitive biases shaped by their respective experiences in explaining the screening decisions and its highly selective nature. We contribute to narrow down the research gap about the relationship between entrepreneurial experience specificity and screening evaluations considering the interactions in the VC – entrepreneur dyad, and, more generally, heuristics in decision-making processes
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Duan, Tinghua. "CEOs with international experience under weak institutions." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/29641.
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In the context of the globalization of human capital, this thesis examines the role of CEOs with international experience, known as returnee CEOs. The first essay argues that that CEOs’ international expertise is acquired at the opportunity cost of local social capital, such as political and business ties, which is more critical than expertise in transition economies with weak legal institutions. Based on the sample of 2847 CEOs appointments in China, I find that returnee CEOs are associated with inferior performance, lower market reactions to appointment announcements and an adverse regulatory environment. The negative relation disappears when social capital is acquired, regional legal institutions are strong or returnees’ international expertise is in demand. Exploiting an exogenous increase in the supply of returnee talent as a result of new provincial policies, I find the results consistent. The second essay examines the returnee CEOs in newly public entrepreneurial firms that are in transition period. I propose that returnee CEOs possess the tacit knowledge of foreign advanced legal institutions, which can help entrepreneurial firms overcome the formalization challenges they face in getting listed. The results based on 355 newly public Chinese entrepreneurial firms indicate that returnee CEOs, especially those who have returned from countries with advanced legal institutions are associated with superior post-IPO performance. In addition, foreign venture capitals (VCs) are found to strengthen the positive impact of returnee CEOs, especially when both VCs and CEOs are from countries with advanced institutions. In the third essay, I examine returnee CEOs’ managerial decision of listing location. Based on the sample of IPOs of Chinese entrepreneurial firms, I find that returnee CEOs are more likely to undertake foreign IPOs, especially for entrepreneurial firms operating in high-tech industries, until the credibility crisis of US-listed Chinese firms was triggered by Muddy Water Research in 2011. Overall, this thesis provides original evidence on the impact of international experience of CEOs and makes important implication on the benefits realization of brain gains in countries with weak legal institutions.
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Saleem, Nazish. "Career choices of family members and immigrant´s career decisions in family businesses." Thesis, Jönköping University, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-53040.
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Gustafsson, Veronica. "Entrepreneurial decision-making : Individuals, tasks and cognitions." Doctoral thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, EMM (Entreprenörskap, Marknadsföring, Management), 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-177.
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The aim of the present study is to gain a deeper understanding of decision-making of individuals involved in the entrepreneurial process. It is achieved by comparing entrepreneurs with different level of expertise in contexts that are more or less entrepreneurship-inducing. The issues of learning and expertise – investigation of what entrepreneurial knowledge is and how it is applied – are also addressed. This is an attempt of a multidisciplinary study based on entrepreneurship theory and empirical research as well as cognitive psychology. The cognitive perspective provides a link between the entrepreneur and the new venture creation through focusing not on the personality traits, but on an individual’s cognitive behaviour. The study’s contributions to the field of entrepreneurship are as follows: Expert entrepreneurs do recognise the cognitive nature of the decision task and are able, to a high extent, to match their decision-making techniques with the nature of the task. It means that the entrepreneurial decision-making is not an inborn aptitude but a skill, which is expressed through the adaptable behaviour of experts. Novice entrepreneurs, however, do not possess this ability, even though they might acquire it in the course of their business lives. Thus, one of the most important implications of the study is the idea that adequate decision behaviour in entrepreneurial context can be taught and learned. To provide optimal methods of learning is a challenge faced by entrepreneurship education.
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Wennberg, Karl. "Entrepreneurial exit." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Economic Research Institute, Stockholm School of Economics (EFI), 2009. http://www2.hhs.se/efi/summary/781.htm.
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Dellermann, Dominik [Verfasser]. "Accelerating Entrepreneurial Decision-Making Through Hybrid Intelligence / Dominik Dellermann." Kassel : Universitätsbibliothek Kassel, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1213065410/34.
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Jin, Yuze. "Entrepreneurial decision for rural development under social network effect." Kyoto University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/244534.
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Pinfold, Louise Elizabeth. "Are current models of entrepreneurial decision-making and cognitive coping relevant to novice entrepreneurs?" Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/are-current-models-of-entrepreneurial-decisionmaking-and-cognitive-coping-relevant-to-novice-entrepreneurs(761340ee-535d-4bad-aae6-5893ab752140).html.
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The objective of this research is to explore the extent to which current models of decision-making and entrepreneurial cognition are relevant to a sample of true novice entrepreneurs, those who are in the process of founding their first business venture. Novice entrepreneurs are recognised as being essential to sustaining the entrepreneurial churn in economies (Disney, Haskel & Heden, 2003) especially as the young firm population requires new entrants. The need arises because of the high rates of churning observed in populations of young firms that require a constant inflow of new ventures to renew the stock of businesses (Ganguly, 1985). Whilst some studies of the behaviour of entrepreneurs do focus on relatively young firms (e.g. Chandler, DeTienne, McKelvie, & Mumford, 2011) studies of true novice entrepreneurs are rare. The thesis seeks to address this gap in the literature. A sample of true novice entrepreneurs, that founded businesses in 2013 and 2014, is interviewed to explore their decision-making and cognition regarding a realistic new business case study. The approach replicates that used by other authors who have studied expert entrepreneurs (Sarasvathy, 2001; Sarasvathy, 2008; Chandler et al., 2011; Dew, Read, Sarasvathy & Wiltbank, 2009) using a think-aloud protocol to identify causation and effectuation styles. However, by using a mixed methods approach of concurrent and retrospective think-aloud aspects it was possible to identify novice decision-making and to capture the prior experiences that they referred to (Banks, Stanton & Harvey, 2014). The sample of 32 true novices was a randomised sub-set of 1128 business founders in the UK. The experimental protocol enabled a comparison with alternative expertise theories of feedback and linear thinking in decision-making (Winch & Maytorena, 2009). The key findings were contrary to the hypotheses; the true novices were both more effectual and more casual than expected; and furthermore were frequently using feedback loops in their decision-making. In addition, as the novice entrepreneurs reflected upon their experiences that informed their decisions, the literature predicts that novice entrepreneurs would have to adopt analytical approaches to decision making as they lack salient experiences to inform their decisions in the early years of trading. However, contrary to expectations, the novices used both analogical and heuristic sense-making approaches and were adept at switching between them (Jones & Casulli, 2014). The outcome of the experimental protocol offers insights into the extent to which the current literature captures the decision-making processes and entrepreneurial cognition of true novice entrepreneurs. The evidence is mixed, offering the opportunity for further refinement of existing theoretical constructs, and reinforcing the relevance of alternative theories of cognition and decision making for novice entrepreneurs, for government policies and the support networks and that provide resources to assist the creation and survival of new entrepreneurial ventures. In addition, for novice entrepreneurs, this research examined the relevance and influence of their prior experiences and emotions on their entrepreneurial decision-making. In founding their first business, the prediction for novices is that they would struggle to draw on appropriate experiences (Mathias, Williams & Smith, 2015). However, the results showed novices referencing a wide variety of experiences, with the majority of these based on personal events that they had directly experienced either in their current start-up or previous work activity. Emotions are believed to influence entrepreneurs’ abilities to cope with uncertainty in business decision making and to persist in their endeavours in the face of adverse experiences and entrepreneurs are predicted to be over optimistic (Koellinger, Minniti & Schade, 2007; Ucbasaran, Westhead, Wright & Flores, 2010). The research profiled the novices’ emotions using the internationally externally validated PANAS (Positive and Negative Affect) scale (Watson, Clark & Tellegan, 1988) and the findings showed the novices engaged consistently with their underlying trait emotions however, interestingly, they were not statistically more optimistic than the UK population (Thompson, 2007). The findings make a contribution to both the theoretical explanations and practical aspects of novice entrepreneurship and show the appropriateness of relating current research to widely used measures from other fields of study, particularly as the impact of emotions is currently influencing the future of entrepreneurship research (Cardon, Foo, Shepherd & Wiklund, 2012; Shepherd, 2015).
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Haynie, James M. "Cognitive adaptability: The role of metacognition and feedback in entrepreneurial decision policies." Diss., Connect to online resource, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3178332.
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McGowan, Pauric. "Marketing decision making in entrepreneurial firms and the role of personal networks." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.311523.
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Thumm, Aiko, and Michelle Hartmann. "How do extrinsic factors influence the decision of young adults to become an entrepreneur?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-74611.
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‘How do extrinsic factors influence the decision of young adults to become an entrepreneur?’ Michelle Hartmann and Aiko Thumm, 2018: Applied Double Degree Bachelor, Linnaeus University Växjö, Sweden and ICN Business School Nancy, France. Even though governments all over the world are putting a spotlight on entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship as a whole, the motivations of why to become a venture creator is rarely touched upon. In general, there are two forms of possible influences on entrepreneurial intentions, namely intrinsic and extrinsic drivers. In order to further describe the phenomenon of extrinsic factors influencing entrepreneurial intentions, this study aims to describe the interplay of three extrinsic factors for venture creation. These three factors are entrepreneurship enhancing education, role models as well as influence of opportunity and necessity. A descriptive, qualitative study has been chosen for that purpose. During semi-structured interviews, the narrative story of the six participants is told. The findings revolve around the narratives of the respondents’ propositions towards the three aforementioned extrinsic factors. This paper shows that the present educational system only partially conveys necessary knowledge and entrepreneurial skills. Furthermore, this study suggests, that there is more than only a positively influencing role model, videlicet, a negative example representing things the young adult does not want to become. In addition, the study depicts the predicament of a clear differentiation between necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship. Lastly this paper concludes, that more than one factor are motivational drivers for young entrepreneurs and therefore opens a wide research area for future fellow entrepreneurship researchers.
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Miller, Lianne Bernadette. "Icarus Paradox : the interplay between entrepreneurial cognition and internal stakeholder perception." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 2014. http://arro.anglia.ac.uk/346869/.
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This thesis focuses on how entrepreneurial cognition interacts with internal stakeholder perception in established entrepreneurial organizations. In addition, the influence of interdependent factors of cognitive biases, temporality, growth and performance on the interaction has been examined. The study is exploratory, phenomenological and framed within an interpretive research paradigm. Primary data was gathered using a qualitative multiple case study methodology. Semi-structured interviews were conducted every three months over an eighteen-month period with entrepreneurs and internal stakeholders of nine organizations in Phase I and three organizations in Phase II. This research is original because it focuses exclusively on the interaction between concepts of entrepreneurial cognition and biases, temporality, internal stakeholder perception, organizational factors, growth and performance for established entrepreneurial organizations. The empirical evidence highlights that cognitive diversity and differences in perception and expectations have an impact on entrepreneurial and internal stakeholder interrelationships in established entrepreneurial organizations. Furthermore, entrepreneurial decision-making leads to the Icarus Paradox of confidence-success-attribution cycle that either moderates or mediates organizational growth and performance. The consequence of longer communication chains is limited information flow that results in cognitive dissonance. The research contributes to closing the gap in literature on the interdependent nature of entrepreneurial cognition and internal stakeholder perception on organizational growth and performance. The contribution to practice therefore is that in established entrepreneurial organizations the entrepreneurs and internal stakeholders can focus on performance by understanding the cause and effect influence of their interactions. This sets the foundation for further research on the interaction between entrepreneurial cognition and other organizational concepts.
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Jain, Rhea. "The Development of Entrepreneurial Decision Making: The Effect of Feedback and Gender on Risk Taking, Confidence and Decision Making." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2015. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1146.
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The study examined the effect of feedback and gender on confidence, risk taking and decision making. Surveys were administered to 88 male and 110 female college students (N=198). Males were shown to be higher in risk taking than females. Individuals who received positive feedback were highest in both risk taking and confidence. Among individuals who received positive feedback, men were especially higher in risk taking and confidence than women. Regarding decision making, the study showed that there was no significant difference between males and females. Although, males had an advantage in the positive feedback condition and a disadvantage in the negative feedback condition, the results were not significant. Decision making was shown to be positively correlated with confidence but not with risk taking. The applications of the findings to entrepreneurship are discussed.
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Smith, Brett R. "Entrepreneurial team formation the effects of technological intensity and decision making on organizational emergence /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1179165544.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Cincinnati, 2007.Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed Aug. 21, 2007). Includes abstract. Keywords: entrepreneurial teams; entrepreneurship; organizational emergence; social networks; demography; high technology Includes bibliographical references.
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Selden, Paul D. "Constructing kirznerian-schumpeterian entrepreneurial opportunities: A cognitive constructivist theorisation of creative decision-making processes." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.493094.
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In this thesis, I set out to make a contribution to the business entrepreneurship literature by questioning the capacity of the mainstream 'entitativist' mode of thinking (Hosking, 1995) to theorise the variety and creativity of 'entrepreneurial opportunity identification' (EOI) actions. From, a non-mainstream 'relational' perspective (Hosking, 1995), I argue that the environmental determinism implicit in entitativist assumptions has had a simplifying. homogenising and reifying effect on the understanding of context-specific EOI phenomena.
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SMITH, BRETT R. "ENTREPRENEURIAL TEAM FORMATION: THE EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL INTENSITY AND DECISION MAKING ON ORGANIZATIONAL EMERGENCE." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1179165544.
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Rice, Joseph. "There's a dad for that! : naming men in work-life balance and entrepreneurial decision-making." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2017. http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/87408/.
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This thesis explores work-family balance in relation to entrepreneurial decision-making using men and masculinities literature as the lens of critical analysis. This research critically examines men’s subjective work-life balance experiences by evaluating their attempts to navigate between their fatherhood and entrepreneurial goals. There has been a flood of research since the introduction of Greenhaus and Beutell’s (1985) sources of conflict between work and family where the central focus is often women’s experiences (Hammer et al., 2011, Byron, 2005, Thompson et al., 1999). Many western countries, such as Canada, are attempting to create equal opportunities for both men and women at work and at home. This work highlights men as men by using men and masculinities as a lens for critiquing work-life balance and entrepreneurial decision-making to emphasise Canada’s shift in fatherhood ideologies and the political push to include men in work-life balance discussions. The findings of this research highlight some men’s approach to work-life balance and demonstrates the importance of using Hearn’s (2004) concept of the distinction aspect within the hegemony of men as a tool of critical analysis. This thesis builds on men and masculinities research by including competition and men’s interpretation of distinction. This finding demonstrates that both internal and external social hegemonic perceptions for gaining and maintaining power and control create an opportunity for some men to view work-life balance as a source of distinction. This thesis reveals that shifting ideologies concerning men’s domestic selves, hegemonic masculinities, and men’s power negotiations with other men and women are challenging traditional masculinities embedded in entrepreneurship.
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Sanssoucie, Kim Clare. "Critical resources and capabilities of sustainable entrepreneurial orientation and its linkage to strategic decision-making." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/75273.
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Multiple strategic orientations are management philosophies and practices that assist organisations with internal preparation for quicker responses to external environmental changes. An organisations ability to integrate and foster a Sustainable Entrepreneurial Orientation (SEO) into their business strategies, organisational routines, culture and leadership values is yet to be studied. In view of this, this study responds to this unique research gap through exploring the critical resources and capabilities which enable organisations to intentionally foster SEO and identifying its linkage to strategic decision-making. Establishing which organisational components have considerable influence on SEO will enable organisations to recognise opportunities and constraints of their internal contexts and better equip themselves to enact sustainability and innovation focused activities in response to the grand economic, social and ecological challenges facing society and business. The choice of methodology is qualitative research which used one-on-one in-depth interviews with interview respondents in an emerging market context (South Africa) and a developed market context (Italy) which triangulated the data of this phenomenon. The results indicated that intangible, human-centred resources such as leadership, culture and human capital are the most critical resources for SEO to be fostered which must work systemically in combination with each other and through strategic decision-making organisations can gain competitive advantage, firm performance, new resources and capabilities and a continued licence to operate in society. Market context affects this relationship. The study generated the Integrated Sustainable Entrepreneurial Strategy (ISES) Model which can be used by strategic managers and executives to foster SEO within their organisations.Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2020.
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Ajiboye, Shola. "Designing the Framework of Entrepreneurial Relationship Management (ERM) for Strategic Actions and Effective Decision-Making." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case155429869587576.
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Sardana, Deepak, and deepaks@agsm edu au. "Empirical insights into the black box of decision-making in new ventures : a study based on biotechnology companies in Australia and India." The Australian National University. National Graduate School of Management, 2007. http://thesis.anu.edu.au./public/adt-ANU20080115.153853.
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Sumanonta, Thitipong, and Sompoch Kulasabjira. "Decision Making of Thai Entrepreneur to Internationalize Thai Orchid to Swedish Market." Thesis, Mälardalen University, School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-10041.
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Background
International trade could be seen as the phenomenon beating the resources imbalance among countries in the global market. Therefore, our seeking the competitive advantage of Thailand is to the orchid which is viewed industrial drop of country to increase expansion of export and generate income for Thailand. Moreover, Thailand is one of the leaders which have exported the orchids to foreign countries. For this reason, we would like to study factors which affect to make a decision of Thai entrepreneurs to export the orchid to Swedish market.
Problems
How market knowledge and entrepreneur characteristics influence on Thai entrepreneurs in order to make a decision on internationalization by exporting Thai orchid to Swedish market?
Purposes
The main purpose of this research is to explore how external and internal factors as market knowledge and entrepreneur characteristics influence on the decision making of Thai entrepreneurs to internationalize by exporting Thai orchid to Swedish market.
Methodology
This master’s thesis is based on a qualitative approach which is used by semi-structured interview to conduct Thai entrepreneur’s perspectives on export the orchid to Swedish market while the secondary data is collected from website, article, and journal to utilize material for this thesis.
Conclusions
We found that the market knowledge as external factors influence to the entrepreneur decision making as the encouragement in term of sufficient knowledge while the lack of market knowledge also lead to the discouragement of internationalization decision making. Moreover, several entrepreneur characteristics could encourage and help entrepreneur in order to make the decision to internationalize while some characteristics are not influence to the decision making of entrepreneur.
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Sabbi, Enrico, and Triantafyllia Karampini. "Venture Capital & Green Ventures : Developing an Understanding of the Investment Decision." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-161360.
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There has been a continuous interest in academia with regard to the venture capital (VC) as themain flourishing aid to new business. Nowadays, academia and the public consider it ‘hot‘ to argue and invest in business that define their activities with sustainable goals, and callthemselves ‘green’, ‘clean’ or ‘eco’. Furthermore, circles of discussions about sustainability, triple bottom line, green, clean, eco, and other terms related with positive impact towards society environment alongside financial returns have created uncertainty with respect to what defines an entity as green and how this can be used as a competitive advantage in the attractiveness of the business in the very first steps of its existence. However, green startups are considered a strong tool for the emergence of the environmentally friendly solutions needed in order to avoid dangerous and irreversible climate change. Furthermore, venture capitalists (VCs) are a key provider of financial capital for emerging firms. Therefore, given the complex nature of the VC investment decision, it is paramount to understand the VCs perspective on what are the factors andcharacteristics that attract and repel investors toward green startups. By undertaking this investigation, we seek to create an understanding of the evaluation criteria, as well as, characteristics and challenges related to VC investments in green startups. Therefore, contributing to the fields of environmental entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial finance, by identifying what VCs take in consideration when evaluating green startups. To develop this understanding of the VCs perspective on green startups we first developed an in-depth literature review of the extant research, then we conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews with practitioners from the mainstream and the greenVC industry operating in Sweden. Furthermore, we implemented an interpretative approach which enabled us to analyze the individual perspectives of VC depending on the context in which they operate. This study provided interesting results that complement the existing literature and provide useful insights on the current state of green VC. Combining the findings of our study with the theories discussed in our comprehensive literature review on green entrepreneurs, green startups and venture capital, we provide an understanding of the evaluation criteria and investment thesis relevant to green startups as well as, insight on characteristics, challenges and opportunities related to investments in green startups. Therefore, this study generates new knowledge in this scarcely studied area of research and provide interesting insights for future research. To the end of this continuum, both actors involved - VCs and green entrepreneurs - will benefit from the findings which provide: green entrepreneurs with the tools to develop green startups with more potential to attract investors; and VCs with an understanding of the nature, challenges and opportunities of green startups´ investments.
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Böwe, Sabrina. "Entrepreneurs' strategic decision making." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/16496.
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Wie beeinflusst das gleichzeitige Auftreten von strategischer und umfeldbedingter Unsicherheit das Entscheidungsverhalten? Unterscheiden sich Unternehmer in dieser Hinsicht von Anderen? Die vorliegende Dissertation behandelt diese Fragen und untersucht das Koordinationsverhalten bei dualer Unsicherheit. In vier ökonomischen Experimenten wird das Entscheidungsverhalten von Unternehmern und Nicht-Unternehmern vergleichend analysiert. Die betrachteten Entscheidungssituationen beinhalten Investitionsentscheidungen in Forschung und Entwicklung sowie verschiedene Aspekte des Wettbewerbs und von Markteintrittsentscheidungen.How do people make decisions when simultaneously facing strategic and environmental uncertainty? Do entrepreneurs differ from others in this regards? This dissertation addresses these questions by investigating coordination behavior under dual uncertainty. Four economic experiments have been conducted comparing the behavior of entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs in settings that contain investment decisions into research and development and different aspects of competition and market entry decisions.
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Rault, Juliette Anne. "The influence of urban structures on entrepreneurial decision-making: a comparative analysis of Mexico City and São Paulo." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/10784.
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Promover a atividade empreendedora é hoje mais do que nunca uma prioridade para as economias em desenvolvimento. Em diferentes partes do mundo, empreendedores têm sido reconhecidos como verdadeiros agentes de transformação, e as novas empresas que eles criam tornam-se condutoras de inovação, que ao final pode ser difundida ao resto da economia. Teorias de economia urbana, que analisam a dinâmica da relação entre aglomeração urbana e atividade econômica, enfatizam a importância da concentração espacial das indústrias num mesmo setor industrial. Entender os incentivos que dão início à atividade empreendedora é algo novo e o foco desses estudos tem sido principalmente em alguns poucos casos de economias industrializadas. Não obstante, o sucesso de um punhado de clusters de alta tecnologia, como o Vale do Silício, por exemplo, na Califórnia, Estados Unidos, não pode ser replicado, e as condições locais devem ser consideradas a fim de entender a surgimento desses ecossistemas. Este estudo pretende investigar os critérios em que os empreendedores fundamentam suas decisões quando selecionam as localizações do seu negócio. Especificamente, a pesquisa explora o recente movimento dos ecossistemas de empreendedores na Cidade do México e em São Paulo, as duas maiores áreas metropolitanas da América Latina, à luz das teorias de economia urbana. A fim de chegar aos resultados, a pesquisa segue o método baseado sobre uma análise comparativa de estudo de casos em dois bairros: Vila Leopoldina em São Paulo e a Colônia Roma Norte na Cidade do México. Os resultados consolidados baseados em entrevistas qualitativas realizadas nos dois bairros revelam que o lugar/sitio urbano, definido em termos de laços locais assim como da atmosfera geral do ambiente, continua sendo importante para os atores apesar das comunicações de alta velocidade que produzem mais interações entre as regiões do mundo. Além disso, a relação entre o empreendedor e o seu entorno é altamente dependente do estágio de desenvolvimento e da natureza da atividade da empresa; redes informais revelam-se essenciais para identificar as oportunidades de negócio antes de serem progressivamente substituídas por relações instituídas com fundos de capital de risco ou incubadoras. Estes dois ecossistemas nascentes geram suas próprias características, o que já pode sugerir suas futuras evoluções.
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Oostenbrink, Marlizanne. "The influence of human and social capital on the strategic entrepreneurial behaviour of businesswomen." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20350.
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Thesis (MComm)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to determine the type of decision-making approaches used by businesswomen, both intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs, under conditions of uncertainty, and how the human and social capital they possess influence their strategic entrepreneurial behaviour (SEB). Entrepreneurial decision making often takes place under uncertain conditions, in which rational models provide little guidance for decision makers. Effectuation is proposed as an alternative decision model to rationality, particularly for emerging opportunities. Although some exploratory work has been conducted on this school of thought, research gaps remain. Particularly, there is a lack of research on businesswomen, despite the fact that they are an important group of entrepreneurs within the economy with great potential to contribute to economic growth, development and employment generation. The study population was South African businesswomen, and the membership register of the South African Businesswomen's Association (BWA) was used as a sampling frame. An online survey was sent to all members and a total of 269 usable responses were obtained. Data were analysed with SPSS using descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. The findings indicate there are no significant differences between the decisionmaking approaches of intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs, and that they use both effectuation and causation when shaping and implementing new initiatives, while the literature argues that these two approaches are distinct and dichotomous. In using a causal approach, the respondents value planning and a systematic approach to new, uncertain projects, although they realise the benefit of flexibility and of limiting the downside loss to their decisions; therefore they also incorporate elements of effectual logic. Furthermore, businesswomen's ability to cultivate relationships plays an integral role in the SEB process for both effectuation and causation, with businesswomen emphasising their relationships with key stakeholders. Concerning businesswomen's human capital, the study finds that self-efficacy plays an important role in terms of businesswomen's confidence, and that it has an impact on both SEB decision-making approaches. Several theoretical, practical and educational implications arise from these findings. Theoretically, this study contributes to the decision-making literature by showing that businesswomen utilise both decision-making styles and do not merely rely on one or the other. Furthermore, it also shows that relationship cultivation and self-efficacy are significantly related to both SEB approaches. Practically, both businesswomen and other stakeholders, such as financial institutions, should recognise the relevance and importance of using both styles and not stress causation above effectuation, as is the case currently. Furthermore, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, which is relevant for both approaches to SEB, can be raised through investing in targeted training and education in female entrepreneurship. For entrepreneurship educators, these findings emphasise that courses should incorporate both decision-making styles and that these skills should be developed in students. Business management students should be taught that, while logical, planned and prediction-based causal approaches are appropriate under stable conditions, effectuation provides resources to approach uncertain conditions more effectively. In addition, entrepreneurial initiatives with a low degree of innovativeness also would be more suited to a predictive, casual approach, while initiatives with a higher degree of innovativeness would benefit from using effectual principles.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie studie was om die besluitnemingsmetodes van sakevroue, beide intrapreneurs en entrepreneurs, onder omstandighede van onsekerheid te bepaal en te bestudeer hoe die menslike en sosiale kapitaal wat hulle besit hul strategiese entrepreneuriese gedrag (SEG) beïnvloed. Entrepreneuriese besluitneming vind dikwels onder onsekere omstandighede plaas waar rasionele modelle min leiding aan besluitnemers verskaf. Effektuasie ("effectuation") word voorgestel as 'n alternatiewe besluitnemingsmodel tot rasionaliteit, spesifiek vir ontluikende geleenthede. Hoewel daar reeds verkennende navorsing in die veld gedoen is, is daar steeds navorsingsgapings. Daar is veral 'n tekort aan navorsing oor sakevroue ten spyte van die feit dat hulle een van die belangrikste groepe entrepreneurs binne die ekonomie is, met groot potensiaal om 'n bydrae tot ekonomiese groei, ontwikkeling en werkskepping te lewer. Die studiebevolking was Suid-Afrikaanse sakevroue, en die lederegister van die Suid-Afrikaanse Sakevrouevereniging (BWA) is as steekproefraamwerk gebruik. 'n Aanlynopname is aan al die lede gestuur en 'n totaal van 269 bruikbare antwoorde is ontvang. Data is ontleed met behulp van SPSS deur gebruik te maak van beskrywende en inferensiële statistiese tegnieke. Die bevindinge dui aan dat daar geen betekenisvolle verskil tussen die besluitnemingsbenaderings van intrapreneurs en entrepreneurs is nie en dat beide effektuasie ("effectuation") en kousaliteit ("causation") in die vorming en implementering van nuwe inisiatiewe gebruik word. Volgens die literatuur is hierdie twee besluitnemingsbenaderings egter duidelik onderskeibaar. In die gebruik van 'n kousale ("causal") benadering heg die respondente waarde aan beplanning en 'n sistematiese benadering tot nuwe, onseker projekte. Hulle besef egter die voordeel van buigsaamheid en die beperking van besluite wat met kousaliteit gepaard gaan; hulle neem dus ook elemente van effektuasie-logika in ag. Verder speel sakevroue se vermoë om verhoudings te kweek 'n integrale rol in die SEG-proses vir beide effektuasie ("effectuation") en kousaliteit ("causation"), met sakevroue wat hulle verhoudings met sleutel rolspelers beklemtoon. Met betrekking tot sakevroue se menslike kapitaal het die studie gevind dat self-doeltreffendheid 'n belangrike rol in terme van sakevroue se vertroue speel en dat dit 'n impak op beide SEGbesluitnemingsbenaderings het. Verskeie teoretiese, praktiese en opvoedkundige implikasies ontstaan uit hierdie bevindinge. Teoreties het hierdie studie bygedra tot besluitnemings-literatuur deur aan te toon dat sakevroue gebruik maak van albei besluitnemingstyle en nie net op een staatmaak nie. Die studie het ook gevind dat die kweek van verhoudings, asook selfdoeltreffendheid, beduidend verband hou met beide SEG-benaderings. Prakties moet sakevroue en ander belanghebbendes, soos finansiële instellings, die toepaslikheid en belangrikheid van die gebruik van beide style herken, en nie op kousaliteit klem lê bo effektuasie nie. Verder kan entrepreneuriese selfdoeltreffendheid, wat vir beide benaderings tot SEG relevant is, verhoog word deur in geteikende opleiding en onderrig oor vroulike entrepreneurskap te belê. Vir entrepreneurskapopvoeders beklemtoon hierdie bevindinge dat kursusse beide besluitnemingstyle in ag moet neem en dat hierdie vaardighede in studente ontwikkel moet word. Ondernemingsbestuurstudente moet leer dat hoewel logiese, beplande en voorspellingsgebaseerde kousaliteitsbenaderings onder stabiele omstandighede toepaslik is, effektuasie maniere bied om onsekere situasies meer effektief te benader. Entrepreneuriese inisiatiewe met 'n lae graad van innovasie is meer geskik vir 'n voorspellende, kousale benadering, terwyl inisiatiewe met 'n hoër mate van innovasie voordeel sal trek uit die gebruik van effektuasiebeginsels.
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Nosov, Igor, and Rustam Hamraev. "Educating Bootstrapping : Financial decision making processes in Create Business Incubator." Thesis, Mälardalen University, School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-6567.
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Recently, small businesses have attracted much attention from scholars and businessmen, since the significance of these businesses estimated essential in rapid changing business environment from the perspective of wealth and job creation. Simultaneously, it is well known that most infant entrepreneurs are constrained by shortage of financial resource for development and growth of their business. Some entrepreneurs carry out the need for resources by applying the particular methods of financial bootstrapping. Therefore, a number of researches have been conducted in order to define characteristics of bootstrapping and to analysis how it effects to financial decision making process of entrepreneurs.
Under specific constrains and difficulties, the majority of the start-ups gain financial capital for business establishment from family funds and other informal sources based on personal contacts. Being directly connected with bootstrapping, financial decision making also must be implemented efficiently in the start-up phase of the company. Practically, the majority of nascent entrepreneurs face the lack knowledge about financing of small business frequently. Thus, the study of bootstrapping methods and the exploration of the factors, that effect decision making process, is important for both researchers and entrepreneurs.
The regarding thesis, in turn, examines bootstrapping behavior and financial decision making processes of four different companies in the Create Business Incubator. First of all, it investigates financing, financial choice, network and learning in order to conceptualize appropriate frame for conducting the thesis work. Then, necessary hands-on information obtained by conducting certain interviews and analyzing the networking and coaching circumstances of the Incubator. Consequently, after analyzing the characteristics of business and entrepreneurs, a priori conclusion and recommendations are proposed which help to increase the financial awareness of nascent entrepreneurs in the Incubator in terms of financing small business.
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Milroy, Stuart. "The influence of social capital, networks and trust in investor decision-making : a framework to understand the entrepreneurial environment." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52255.
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The research was undertaken to create a better understanding of the entrepreneurial decision-making environment. Discovering potential business or investment opportunities is imperative for the entrepreneur in an environment where access to private information relies on its transfer between individuals. The aim was to hypothesise a clearer understanding of how the key elements of social capital, networks and trust in the entrepreneurial environment influence potential investors in their evaluation of the financial markets when arriving at investment decisions. The need for the research was driven by the value it would add to entrepreneurs in the context of advancing their businesses. As well as to investment professionals, who strive to appeal to and create solutions for the entrepreneurial sector, with the goal of managing their wealth.
The researcher implemented a deductive research approach where tests were conducted based on the primary constructs, taking into account a review of the literature and the proposed hypotheses. A quantitative and cross-sectional design was adopted in an explanatory study which investigated the causal relationships between key variables. The research could therefore be seen as a quasi-experimental design where data from 219 respondents was collected and a complete, useable sample of 199 respondents was analysed.
Entrepreneurs and investment professionals are able to use the model (Figure 12) which emerged from the findings. This conceptual framework summarises the core findings and depicts the inter-connectedness of the primary constructs and the factors that influence them. Social capital, networks and trust exist in a social ecosystem, which provides insight into how these major elements interact to influence decision-making. The outcome of this research could aid potential investors to interpret the social influences in the entrepreneurial environment when making decisions. Investment professionals could also have a unique insight into the influencing factors in entrepreneurial decision-making and adopt appropriate strategies to influence decisions accordingly.Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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Carson, Shawn A. "Identifying Critical Risk Factors in the Decision-making Process of Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists: A Delphi Research Study." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3360.
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Entrepreneurs perceive and manage risk differently than investors (Palich & Bagby, 1995). As a result, entrepreneurs may underestimate the extent to which their ventures are perceived to be risky by a potential investor. Consequently, the entrepreneur is left with making assumptions that could be detrimental in obtaining the necessary capital to launch and grow the business. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a common set of perceived critical risk factors among a group of experienced investors that would cause them to reject a deal out of hand.
The research methodology chosen for this study was the Delphi Technique, which consisted of three rounds of surveys with a group of 18 experienced Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists. The process identified 82 critical risk factors across 7 categories. Over half of these factors were rated between ‘Important’ and ‘Critically Important’ at a consensus rate of greater then 70%. Each participant reported an average of 11 critical risk factors, yet they rated more than 40 as ‘Important’ or ‘Critically Important’, suggesting there are conscious and subconscious factors involved in the decision process. Subjective factors such as relationship were rated with higher importance than more objective measurable factors such as revenue or market share. Venture Capitalists, as a group, had higher rates of consensus than the Angel Investors and there were distinct differences between each group regarding which factors are most important.
The study is significant because it rated subjective based factors along with objective factors showing that investors tend to place more importance on trust and relationship building in the early stages of the investment process. The study also provided a framework for understanding the complexity of investment decision-making for the benefit of investors, entrepreneurs, and those who educate and mentor entrepreneurs. Finally, the study is significant for helping entrepreneurs understand the differences in perspective between Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists.
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Dlouhý, Ondřej. "Vyhodnocování podnikatelského potenciálu států." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-234805.
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Thesis aims to find suitable method for the evaluation of entrepreneurial potential of states. Next phase is to create and implement evaluational model using that method. Output of thesis should be model implemented in two software environments - Microsoft Excel and MathWorks MATLAB.
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Branz, Riccardo, and Aurore Gleizal. "Entrepreneurship dynamism - The influence of contextual factors on new entries : A comparative study of two business environments: Sweden and Brazil." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-97315.
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The entrepreneurship dynamism of a country is the center of Schumpeter’s creativedestruction process and virtuous circle, in which new and innovative companies enteringthe market drive the obsolete and less productive ones out of the market. As aconsequence of this process, the market is improved and it incentivizes the creation ofinnovative solutions to solve problems. The study focuses on the pivotal function of theentries in this process. To better understand the creation of new ventures process the study investigates how thecontextual factors impact the entrepreneur’s decision of starting a new business, focusingon two business environments: Sweden and Brazil. Through interviews with Swedish andBrazilian entrepreneurs we analyze how entrepreneurs perceive the contextual factors andhow it impacted their new venture creation process. Through the literature we find that the business environment is composed by seven majorfactors that, with an extended framework based on literature review, we consider as:economic wealth, government policies and procedures, legal & administrative, society’sculture; network and knowledge; financial assistance; and non-financial assistance. Analyzing the empirical material about the business environments we find that Swedishand Brazilian entrepreneurs feel the influence of the different contextual factors inbusiness creation but do not always understand their causes. Our findings show that theseven contextual factors do not have the same level of influence in Sweden and Braziland often depend on the environment. However, for entrepreneurs in both two contextualfactors have a pivotal impact: network and financial assistance. This study contributes to the theory by providing a more detailed extended framework tostudy the influence of contextual factors on the process of starting a new business.Furthermore, this research also contributes by providing empirical evidence of Swedishand Brazilian entrepreneurs’ perceptions of their business environment and the influenceof the contextual factors.
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Vara, Alicia, and Dimiter Bogdanzaliev. "The role of positive emotions in project failure and their impact on Corporate Entrepreneurs’ decision-making and motivation." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-24203.
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Purpose The purpose of this thesis is to identify the role of positive emotions in project failure and how these emotions affect corporate entrepreneurs´ decision-making and motivation. Theoretical perspective Entrepreneurial Failure, Emotions, Appraisal Theory, Attribution Theory, Psychological Ownership, Psychological Capital. Empirical foundation Seventeen respondents from 14 entrepreneurial companies were interviewed to identify the role of positive emotions in project failure and their impact on corporate entrepreneurs’ decision-making and motivation in subsequent projects. Interviews were conducted by phone (1), audio conference (2), video conference (3) and face-to-face interviews (4). Conclusion We offer a model, which shows the three positive emotions that were found to be experienced in project failure, namely relief, confidence and challenge and their impact on corporate entrepreneurs’ decision-making and motivation in subsequent projects.
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Jansen, Jan Willem Verfasser], Malte [Akademischer Betreuer] [Brettel, and Frank T. [Akademischer Betreuer] Piller. "An intersubjective perspective on entrepreneurial decision making : a computer simulation study on the implications of networks and interactions for effectuation / Jan Willem Jansen ; Malte Brettel, Frank Thomas Piller." Aachen : Universitätsbibliothek der RWTH Aachen, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1125972734/34.
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Jansen, Jan Willem [Verfasser], Malte [Akademischer Betreuer] Brettel, and Frank T. [Akademischer Betreuer] Piller. "An intersubjective perspective on entrepreneurial decision making : a computer simulation study on the implications of networks and interactions for effectuation / Jan Willem Jansen ; Malte Brettel, Frank Thomas Piller." Aachen : Universitätsbibliothek der RWTH Aachen, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1125972734/34.
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SYDOW, ALISA. "Processo decisionale imprenditoriale in Africa: Comprensione dei principi di effectuation." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/57881.
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L'obiettivo di questa tesi è di estendere la teoria di effectuation guardando attraverso la lente di un contesto piuttosto nuovo come l'Africa. In questo modo, possiamo ampliare il nostro comprensione dell'effectuation delle dinamiche promettenti - in particolare - della pluralità istituzionale, della scarsità di risorse e delle attività imprenditoriali nell'economia informale. Nei seguenti capitoli presenteremo tre articoli che raccoglieranno gli argomenti delineati e quindi, essi
dimostrare la fertilità del territorio africano per la ricerca imprenditoriale.The objective of this thesis is to extend effectuation theory by looking at it through the lens of a rather new context such as Africa. By doing this, we can broaden our understanding of effectuation to promising dynamics – namely - to institutional plurality, resource scarcity, and entrepreneurial activities in the informal economy. In the following chapters we will present three papers which will pick up the outlined topics and hence, they demonstrate the fertility of the African territory for entrepreneurship research.
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Dalcin, Dioneia. "Os estilos de tomada de decisão e o desempenho econômico das propriedades rurais de Palmeira das Missões/RS." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/89731.
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A administração em propriedades rurais é dinâmica, como exemplo, os agricultores tem que desenvolver novas habilidades para ser competitivos. Diante deste cenário onde o agricultor precisa produzir e atender ao mercado consumidor, a compreensão do comportamento do agricultor torna-se relevante. Assim, o objetivo geral deste trabalho é verificar os estilos de tomada de decisão do agricultor e o comportamento ou não empreendedor e relacioná-los com o desempenho econômico da propriedade, no município de Palmeira das Missões/RS. Para tanto foram entrevistados 101 agricultores em todas as localidades do município de forma aleatória, procurando responder os objetivos do trabalho e a realização de análises descritivas e inferenciais como: associações, correlações, modelos lineares generalizados, fatorial e cluster. De forma geral, os agricultores palmeirenses podem ser caracterizados com concentração de homens no meio rural, baixa escolaridade, estrutura fundiária de até 100 ha, atividades principal grãos e bovinocultura de leite e receita bruta mensal média de R$ 40.770,22. Ainda, destaca-se a heterogeneidade entre os agricultores, formando dois grupos, um composto pelos decisores com Estilo 1 e que possuem nada ou pouco comportamento empreendedor, além de menor escolaridade, receita bruta e SAU. E o grupo dois composto por decisores com estilo 3, apresentando razoável comportamento empreendedor e maior receita bruta, escolaridade e SAU. Ressalta-se que os indicadores de maior importância para a receita bruta foram decisões baseadas em intuição/impulso ou custo/benefício, avaliação de risco para o modelo um e comportamento de conseguir baixar custo de produção e uso da internet como fonte de informação para o modelo dois. Outros fatores relevantes para a receita bruta foram SAU, tempo de gestão, investimento e UTH, ou seja, há relação positiva entre as variáveis, ou melhor, quando aumenta a receita bruta há também aumento das outras variáveis. Quanto ao estilo de tomada de decisão e grau de empreendedorismo observou-se que possuem médias distintas das variáveis investimento, SAU, receita bruta e escolaridade. Portanto, os resultados mostram que há peculiaridades importantes quanto ao desempenho econômico e que este é influenciado pelas características do agricultor, da propriedade, pelo estilo de tomada de decisão e do comportamento ou não empreendedor, evidenciando à heterogeneidade das propriedades. Abre-se, então, novas possibilidades de estudos que possam aprofundar, por meio de análises qualitativas o desempenho econômico das propriedades e sua relação com as bases teóricas estudadas.The management on farms is dynamic, for instance, farmers have to develop new skills to be competitive. Given this scenario where the farmer needs to produce and cater to the consumer market, understanding the behavior of the farmer is relevant. The following research aimed to check the styles of decision making of the farmers and entrepreneurial or not behavior and relate them to the economic performance of the property, in Palmeira das Missoes/RS. Therefore, 101 farmers have been interviewed in all locations of the city at random, aiming to answer the research objectives and conducting descriptive and inferential analysis such as associations, correlations, generalized linear models, factor and cluster. In general, farmers from the town can be characterized with concentration of men in rural, low education, land ownership up to 100 ha, the main activities are grains and dairy cattle and average monthly gross income of R$ 40,770.22. Still, there is heterogeneity amongst farmers, forming two groups, one composed of decision makers with Style 1 and that have little or nothing entrepreneurial behavior, and less education, gross income and SAU. And group 2 comprised of decision makers with style 3, with reasonable entrepreneurial behavior and higher gross income, education and SAU. It is emphasized that the indicators of greatest importance to the gross income were decisions based on intuition/impulse or cost/benefit, risk assessment for model one and behavior to achieve lower cost of production and use of the Internet as an information source for model two. Other factors relevant to the gross incomes were SAU, time management, investment and UTH, it means there is a positive relationship between the variables, or rather when the gross incomes increases there is also an increase in other variables. As for the style of decision making and degree of entrepreneurship, it was observed that the variables have different average investment, SAU, gross income, and education. Therefore, the results show that there are important peculiarities regarding economic performance and that this is influenced by the characteristics of the farmer's property, by the style of decision making and entrepreneurial or not behavior, highlighting the heterogeneity of properties. New possibilities are seen for studies to deepen, through qualitative analysis and economic performance of the properties and their relation to the theoretical study.
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Lizcano, Quintero Maryori Girlesa, and Angelina Mshothola. "Corporate Entrepreneurship - Transferring Innovations into the Main Organization : A Case Study in the Context of the Telecommunications Industry." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-253807.
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This thesis explores the topic of Corporate Entrepreneurship in large organizations with regards to how innovations are transferred from an Innovation Department into a receiving Business Unit. It aims to understand this topic by identifying what challenges are common barriers to this transfer process. It also identifies the causes of these challenges. Finally, this thesis establishes what suitable approach can be adapted to address these challenges. To answer these concerns, this research takes a deductive research approach by conducting a qualitative, empirical research through semi-structured interviews within a large Nordic telecommunication company. It also includes, benchmarking against two examples of companies that have developed solutions to overcome similar challenges. This qualitative methodology involves analyzing the interview and benchmarking results in comparison with literature, to confirm or disprove previous research. From the findings, eight categories of common challenges are discovered which are rooted within the innovation strategy of incumbent companies. Based on this research, a framework is developed as an approach to address the challenges of transferring innovations from an Innovation Department into a receiving Business Unit. As contribution to this field of study, this thesis highlights how multiple academic theories such as Corporate Entrepreneurship, Innovation Management and Innovation Strategy can be synthesized to collectively address these challenges. This is done by proposing a solution that is adaptable for different incumbent organizations. The proposed framework uses a stage-gate process that progresses when certain criteria agreed between an Innovation Department and a receiving Business Unit, are fulfilled. This agreement is based on the extent to which the criteria for each stage-gate is achieved in order to transfer ownership of the innovation solutionDenna avhandling undersöker ämnet företags entreprenörskap i stora organisationer när det gäller hur innovationer överförs från en innovationsavdelning till en mottagande affärsenhet. Den syftar till att förstå detta ämne genom att identifiera vilka utmaningar som är gemensamma hinder för denna överföringsprocess samt orsakerna till dessa utmaningar. Slutligen fastställs lämpliga tillvägagångsättför att hantera dessa utmaningar. För att svara på dessa utmaningar tillämpas en deduktiv forskningsmetod och en kvalitativ forskningsdesign baserat på semi-strukturerade intervjuer inom ett stort nordiskt telekommunikationsföretag. Den inkluderar också benchmarking med två företag som har utvecklat lösningar för att övervinna liknande utmaningar. Denna kvalitativa metod innebär analys av intervjuer samt benchmarking i jämförelse med litteraturen för att bekräfta eller motbevisa tidigare forskning. I resultaten återfinns åtta kategorier av gemensamma utmaningar som är förankrade i innovationskulturen hos befintliga företag. Baserat på resultaten utvecklades ett ramverk för att hantera utmaningarna kring att överföra innovationer från en innovationsavdelning till en mottagande affärsenhet. Som ett bidrag till detta ämnesområde framhävs i denna avhandling hur flera akademiska teorier som corporate entreprenörskap (or intraprenörskap- look it up), innovationsledning och innovationsstrategi kan syntetiseras för att gemensamt hantera dessa utmaningar . Detta görs genom att föreslå en lösning som är anpassningsbar för olika etablerade organisationer. Den föreslagna ramen använder en steg-grind-modellen (look it up) som fortskrider när vissa kriterier som överenskommits mellan en innovationsavdelning och en mottagande affärsenhet är uppfyllda. Processen är baserad på i vilken utsträckning kriterierna för varje steg är uppnådda för att överföra äganderätten till innovationslösningen.
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Mendes, António Jorge Sousa. "Proposta de um sistema de CI para o ciclo de I&D : suporte à decisão para empreendedores." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/4465.
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Mestrado em Gestão de Sistemas de InformaçãoA valorização de resultados de investigação e desenvolvimento (I&D) passa cada vez mais por combinar investigação com empreendedorismo e criação de empresas de base tecnológica. As escolas de gestão partilham a ideia de que é fundamental a análise da envolvente como um factor crítico para o sucesso de uma iniciativa empresarial. É proposto e validado junto dos praticantes um modelo de análise do processo empreendedor (MAPE) estruturado em função das necessidades e desafios dos empreendedores quanto à tomada de decisão. Observa-se que as empresas de base tecnológica tendem a integrar o uso da Competitive Intelligence (CI) nos seus processos de internos, nomeadamente de I&D, envolvendo os colaboradores, e fazendo das preocupações competitivas o centro da sua cultura empresarial e dos seus processos de gestão de conhecimento. A natureza dos contributos da CI vai mudando ao longo do ciclo empreendedor, embora as empresas adoptem cada vez mais atitudes empreendedoras contínuas, criando novos negócios em paralelo com o desenvolvimento dos negócios actuais. A dinâmica competitiva global exige que a CI seja parte integrante de qualquer estratégia empresarial baseada em tecnologia e em uso do conhecimento, e é neste contexto que se apresenta uma proposta de aplicação da CI ao longo do processo empreendedor.
Entrepreneurship and technology-based companies are increasingly used in the context of economic exploitation of results from research and development (R&D) activities. Business schools share the idea that the analysis of the competitive landscape is key for a successful enterprise launch. An analysis framework for the entrepreneurial process (MAPE), structured according to decision moments and other needs and challenges of entrepreneurs, is presented along with correspondent validation among practitioners. Technology-based companies tend to integrate the use of Competitive Intelligence (CI) in their internal processes, including R&D, empowering employees and moving the competitive concerns into the core of their corporate culture and knowledge management processes. The nature of CI contributions changes over the entrepreneurial cycle, although companies increasingly adopt continuous entrepreneurial attitudes, creating new ventures in parallel with the development of their regular business. The global competitive dynamics demands CI to play a key role at any business strategy based on technology and use of knowledge. This is the landscape where we put forward a proposal for Competitive Intelligence (CI) implementation along the entrepreneurial process.
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Ziegenfuss, Katharina. "Bewertung innovativer Geschäftsmodelle: Entwicklung eines Simulationsmodells und Anwendung auf die bedarfsabhängige Funktionserweiterung im vernetzten Fahrzeug: Development of a simulation model and application to the ‘Function on Demand’ concept of the connected car." Universitätsverlag Chemnitz, 2019. https://monarch.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A73123.
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Die Bedeutung innovativer Geschäftsmodelle als Bestimmungsfaktor für den Unternehmenserfolg steht weitestgehend außer Frage. Aufgrund der hohen Komplexität von Geschäftsmodellen hat sich jedoch bislang kein praktisch anwendbares Bewertungskonzept etablieren können, welches Geschäftsmodellinnovationen in Hinblick auf deren Erfolgsentwicklung untersucht. Zur Adressierung dieser Problemstellung wird unter Anwendung des systemdynamischen Ansatzes ein Simulationsmodell entwickelt, welches den Wertbeitrag einer Geschäftsmodellinnovation ausweist. Neben dem Kapitalwert als finanzielle Wertgröße des Geschäftsmodells werden ferner der Kundenwert sowie der Wert der unternehmerischen Fähigkeiten als wichtige Wertgrößen explizit gemacht, da sie die zukünftige Leistungs- und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit des Geschäftsmodells determinieren. Damit liefert das Bewertungsmodell einen Ansatz zur ganzheitlichen Geschäftsmodellbewertung, die die Anwendung finanzieller Standardkalkulationen mit der Messbarmachung nicht-finanzieller Erfolgsgrößen kombiniert.:1 Einführung
2 Geschäftsmodelle und Geschäftsmodellbewertung
3 Entwicklungsprozess des systemdynamischen Geschäftsmodells bedarfsabhängiger Funktionserweiterungen
4 Aufbau des systemdynamischen Geschäftsmodells bedarfsabhängiger Funktionserweiterungen
5 Simulation des systemdynamischen Geschäftsmodells bedarfsabhängiger Funktionserweiterungen
6 SchlussbetrachtungBusiness model innovations provide powerful levers for creating sustainable competitive advantage and thus have a positive impact on the value of an enterprise. However, due to the complexity of business models, no practically applicable framework, evaluating an innovative business model with regard to its effect on a company’s success, has been established. Hence, a simulation model assessing the value contribution of a business model innovation is developed. Using the mathematical modeling technique ‘System Dynamics’ to frame the value drivers of a business allows for simulation experiments that reveal the effect of the business model’s design on its profitability, therewith guiding policymakers towards better decisions. As a result, the simulation model reports the net present value of a business model. In addition, the success indicators customer lifetime value and the value of the enterprises’ capabilities are identified as important assets that have to be monitored closely as they determine the company’s prospective performance. In combining financial standard calculations with the operationalization of non-financial measures, the simulation model represents a comprehensive approach for business model evaluation.:1 Einführung 2 Geschäftsmodelle und Geschäftsmodellbewertung 3 Entwicklungsprozess des systemdynamischen Geschäftsmodells bedarfsabhängiger Funktionserweiterungen 4 Aufbau des systemdynamischen Geschäftsmodells bedarfsabhängiger Funktionserweiterungen 5 Simulation des systemdynamischen Geschäftsmodells bedarfsabhängiger Funktionserweiterungen 6 Schlussbetrachtung
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Lévesque, Moren. "Models of entrepreneurial decisions : a dynamic programming approach." Thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/9526.
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Entrepreneurs make decisions that influence subsequent decisions and future performance.
The dissertation studies such sequences of decisions by using dynamic programming. This approach
allows one to describe the decision process over time and, in some cases, it prescribes how business
performance can be improved. An analytical approach helps to contribute a new dimension to
entrepreneurship research and it encourages multidisciplinary work by allowing existing
methodologies from various (analytical) disciplines to be applied to entrepreneurial problems.
The dissertation focuses on research questions that invoke effort allocation in sequential
decision-making at early development stages of a new venture creation. The dissertation is composed
of three separate research studies.
What dominates the entrepreneur's decision process initially is the effort allocation problem
in sharing time between an existing job and committing to the new venture. The first study describes
how this time-sharing is done and characterizes when is the best time to leave the wage job and
become a full-time entrepreneur. I also show that the optimal time-allocation policy is driven by the
entrepreneur's tolerance for work and by how returns behave with respect to time allocation in the
venture.
It is important to understand resource allocations to internal activities such as product
development and customer recruitment. The second study focuses on new product development and
it investigates how the flow of a new venture's funding affects the development of a new product. I
prescribe the optimal release time for the new product and describe how this strategy is affected by
the expected amount of funding and its uncertainty. I also identify industrial and entrepreneurial
characteristics that generate various behaviors for the rate of change in the return on product quality
as investment in the product is increased.
The newly developed product must be bought to make the business start-up successful. The
third study investigates how an entrepreneur makes decisions over time in allocating effort to
building and exploiting a customer base so as to maximize profit. I study what a rational
entrepreneur will do when faced with the allocation of effort to different customer categories. I also
provide guidelines for improving the performance of an entrepreneur who may not be acting
optimally.
In these three investigations a dynamic programming approach is utilized to study various
sequential decision processes of an entrepreneur during the development process of new venture
creation.
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Wittelsbürger, Jeanne Marie. "How perceptions influence actions : gender differences in entrepreneurial decisions." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/22671.
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The importance of women as a largely untapped pool of entrepreneurial talent has been widely
recognized by academics and practitioners. Their continued underrepresentation in the workforce as
well as the tendency to lead smaller ventures with slower growth and lower risk propensity is
impairing proper economic growth due to the underutilization of women’s full economic potential.
Based on Social Feminist and Liberal Feminist Theory, this thesis argues that women’s lower level of
entrepreneurial self-efficacy, the confidence in one’s ability to start a business, is a key factor
influencing their business decisions regarding growth and risk. Building on data provided by the
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, the effect of entrepreneurial self-efficacy on gender and resulting
business decisions is analyzed. Findings indicate significant gender differences in entrepreneurial
decision-making regarding growth, innovation and export propensity. Furthermore, entrepreneurial
self-efficacy has a higher effect on growth intentions of women, whereas its influence is more
significant for men regarding innovation and export. In addition to making valuable contributions to
the existing female entrepreneurship literature, the results have important implications for public
policies and management.A importância das mulheres como um grupo de talento empreendedor amplamente inexplorado é reconhecida por académicos e profissionais. A sua contínua fraca representação na força de trabalho, bem como a tendência para liderar empreendimentos de menor dimensão com crescimento mais lento e menor propensão ao risco, está a prejudicar o crescimento económico devido à subutilização do potencial económico das mulheres. Com base na teoria social e liberal feminista, esta tese argumenta que o nível mais básico de autoeficácia empresarial, a confiança na capacidade de iniciar um negócio, é um fator chave que influencia as decisões de negócios das mulheres em relação ao crescimento e risco. Com base nos dados fornecidos pelo Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, o efeito da autoeficácia empresarial sobre o género e as decisões empresariais resultantes foi analisado. Os resultados indicam diferenças de género significativas no que toca a tomadas de decisão empresariais em relação ao crescimento, inovação e propensão à exportação. Adicionalmente, a autoeficácia empresarial tem um maior efeito sobre as intenções de crescimento das mulheres, enquanto a sua influência é mais significativa para os homens no que se refere à inovação e à exportação. Além de trazer valiosas contribuições para a literatura do empreendedorismo feminino, os resultados têm importantes implicações para as políticas públicas e para a gestão.
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(9140621), Dalee Yoon. "THREE ESSAYS ON ENTREPRENEURS AND THE HETEROGENEITY IN ENTREPRENEURIAL DECISIONS." Thesis, 2020.
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This dissertation investigates how entrepreneurs make significant decisions during
the progressive stages of business development and evaluates how the unique psychological traits of entrepreneurs influence these key decisions from initialization to
exit.
The first essay, which is based on current literature exploring organizational identification, theorizes that an entrepreneur’s exit decision depends upon the strength
of his/her organizational identification with his/her specific business endeavors. This
work suggests factors that reduce or enhance organizational identification (e.g., prior
entrepreneurial experience, the number of co-founders, the status of the core founders,
and the duration of the organization as a private firm) and summarizes how these
factors affect an entrepreneur’s voluntary succession.
Next, the second essay sheds light on the relationship between hybrid entrepreneurship and performance at the initial stage of entrepreneurial activities. Drawing upon
the entrepreneurial threshold literature, this paper develops a theory of how hybrid
entrepreneurship, regardless of the status of an entrepreneur’s transition to full-time
employment, may affect the financing and commercialization of entrepreneurial activity.
Finally, a third significant essay reflects on the topic of the new era with multiple financing sources (e.g., crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending), examining how hybrid
entrepreneurship influences an entrepreneur’s financing preference (i.e., financing goal
amount, financing schedule, and staged financing decision). Starting from the atypical contextual background of hybrid entrepreneurs (i.e., low self-confidence and considerable resource limitation), this essay theorizes that hybrid entrepreneurs prefer to request smaller amounts of financing over either a longer term or with staged financing,
compared to full-time entrepreneurs. Furthermore, in order to delve into the mechanisms behind the given association, the moderating effect of prior entrepreneurial
success is also investigated.
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Gärtner, Miguel de Oliveira Tavares. "Aligning Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists and Growth Opportunities in Entrepreneurial Financing decisions: A Real Options Approach." Tese, 2016. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/87572.
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Gärtner, Miguel de Oliveira Tavares. "Aligning Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists and Growth Opportunities in Entrepreneurial Financing decisions: A Real Options Approach." Doctoral thesis, 2016. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/87572.
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Zhou, Koval Christy. "A Theory and Test of How Speakers with Nonnative Accents are Evaluated in Entrepreneurial Settings." Diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10161/12878.
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An abundance of research in the social sciences has demonstrated a persistent bias against nonnative English speakers (Giles & Billings, 2004; Gluszek & Dovidio, 2010). Yet, organizational scholars have only begun to investigate the underlying mechanisms that drive the bias against nonnative speakers and subsequently design interventions to mitigate these biases. In this dissertation, I offer an integrative model to organize past explanations for accent-based bias into a coherent framework, and posit that nonnative accents elicit social perceptions that have implications at the personal, relational, and group level. I also seek to complement the existing emphasis on main effects of accents, which focuses on the general tendency to discriminate against those with accents, by examining moderators that shed light on the conditions under which accent-based bias is most likely to occur. Specifically, I explore the idea that people’s beliefs about the controllability of accents can moderate their evaluations toward nonnative speakers, such that those who believe that accents can be controlled are more likely to demonstrate a bias against nonnative speakers. I empirically test my theoretical model in three studies in the context of entrepreneurial funding decisions. Results generally supported the proposed model. By examining the micro foundations of accent-based bias, the ideas explored in this dissertation set the stage for future research in an increasingly multilingual world.
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Croft, Kevin. "The role of heuristics in entrepreneurial decision - making." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41971.
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Entrepreneurs have to constantly make decisions about the various
opportunities available to them. Bad decisions can lead to the failure of a
business while good decisions will enable the business to grow and make a
positive contribution to society and the economy. Understanding how
successful entrepreneurs make decisions about business opportunities will
assist other entrepreneurs because this knowledge will equip them to run their
own businesses more successfully.
In this particular research study, twelve successful entrepreneurs were
interviewed and asked about the way in which they make decisions about
business opportunities. Through a process of thematic analysis, the data
collected was woven into an innovative Grounded Theory that identified and
explained the heuristics entrepreneurs use when making decisions about
opportunities.
Seven heuristics emerged from the data and were ordered according to the
frequency of observation. The two most common heuristics included inputs
required/outcomes desired and formal/emotional processes. The five less
frequent heuristics were classified as influence, environmental factors, risk and
control, commitment and balance.
An additional insight that was gained through the research process was that the
entrepreneurial idea itself contributes little to the overall success of the business
and an “action-orientated” focus was a far better contributor to ultimate successDissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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