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Clarke, Jo-Anne M. "The integrative entrepreneur| A lifeworld study of women sustainability entrepreneurs." Thesis, Fielding Graduate University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3700410.
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<p> In response to social and environmental concerns, a new type of entrepreneur has recently entered the research literature on sustainable development in business (Hall, Daneke, & Lenox, 2010). Sustainability entrepreneurs are guided by a strong set of values that place environmental and social well-being before materialistic growth (Abrahamsson, 2007; Choi & Gray, 2008; Parrish & Foxon, 2009; Schaltegger & Wagner, 2011; Young & Tilley, 2006). For them, business success is about maintaining financial stability, while enhancing community and improving the health of our planet. This is reflected in their business design, processes, and work culture. Sustainability entrepreneurs are committed to making business decisions that reduce their carbon footprint, promote local or fair trade, support employee wellness, and give back to the community. </p><p> This social phenomenological study explores the lifeworld structures of six women in Calgary who are running small businesses based on sustainability principles. Drawing on the work of Alfred Schütz (1967, 1970a, 1970b; Schütz & Luckmann, 1973), it examines their typifications, stocks of knowledge, and motives, as well as notions of intersubjectivity and spatiality or lived space. From the findings, three Schützian puppets or personal ideal types are constructed to personify values of community, quality, connection, and environmental preservation. Ms. A.L.L. Green, Ms. Carin Relationships, and Ms. I.N. Tentional characterize aspects of the female sustainability entrepreneur that were identified by participants as central to their motives and actions. Together, they form a new general ideal type called the integrative entrepreneur. The integrative entrepreneur personifies the unique contributions of the women interviewed, and extends our understanding of sustainability entrepreneurship in meaningful ways.</p>
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Brown, Michael John Moorcroft. "Entrepreneur education assessment in secondary schools." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29416.
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The purpose of this research report is to investigate how Entrepreneurship is being taught in the classroom of secondary schools and to see if there is a vast difference between how it is taught across the income spectrum of the students.The research used a qualitative methodological approach. Questionnaires were sent out to respondents selected by the researcher (convenient sample). Then there was a follow-up in-depth interview with all the respondents. The respondents are all teachers who currently teach entrepreneurship at secondary schools and were divided into three groups depending on the school they teach at. There is the private school, the Model C School and the public school.The research revealed that there are vast differences in the way entrepreneurship is taught between the schools. Private schools have a large component of ‘beyond the classroom’. These include company visits, guest lecturers on entrepreneurial exercises. Model C Schools were very limited with the ‘odd’ guest lecturer and ‘fund raising’ poject. Public schools have no practical component to entrepreneurship what so ever. All the previous research suggests that a practical component to teaching entrepreneurship is vital. This research high-light’s that entrepreneurial education is seriously lacking at secondary school level in that a practical component seems to be missing.This research report looked at different schools to see if there was possibly a model that could be replicated across secondary schools that could bring in a practical element to teaching entrepreneurship. A model was found called, ‘R10 in ten days’. Students are placed in pairs and given R10 on a Wednesday. The following Friday they return the R10 and profit. They pay 20% to the school and keep the rest. This is a model that can be implemented in every school. Furthermore it creates a culture of ‘entrepreneurship’. Parents, relatives and friends get involved. A culture that encourages entrepreneurs is far more successful than one that doesn’t.<br>Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.<br>Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)<br>unrestricted
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Wang, Juanzi. "The Factors Affecting Individuals' Choice To Be Entrepreneur: A Comparison Between Efficiency-Driven Economies and Innovation-Driven Economies." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/33377.
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The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of institutional (environmental) factors and personal (attitude, human capital) factors on the probability of becoming an entrepreneur. In particular, this study aims to make a comparison between different types of economies. The data for this study is derived from the 2011 Adult Population Survey (APS), the 2011 National Expert Survey (NES) of Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) and the World Bank Database, and covers 32 countries, including efficiency-driven economies and innovation-driven countries. This study applies hierarchical logistic regression and uses multilevel modeling for the cross-country, cross-individual dataset. The results reinforce the importance of environmental factors (regulative and normative), attitude factors, and human capital factors. The findings of this proposed study will contribute to the further analysis of the GEM database to understanding the diversity of nascent entrepreneurial activities in different contexts.
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Qian, Fang, and Anina Luoma. "what drives women into entrepreneurship? : A study of women's motivation to be entrepreneurs in Southwestern Finland." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Centre for Innovation Systems, Entrepreneurship and Growth, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-9403.
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<p>With high recognized importance of women and entrepreneurship, women entrepreneurship has been attached almost everywhere, and the connection between motivation and venture creation is discussed among women in small businesses.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Purpose</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To reflect the determinants of being a women entrepreneur based on an integrated framework from psychology, sociology, and economics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Method </strong></p><p><strong> </strong>Qualitative research is used. Interview and observation are conducted with five women entrepreneurs, face-to-face, understanding the complex, personal topics about their businesses motivation.</p><p><strong><strong><p>Conclusions</p><p> </p></strong></strong>Entrepreneurs are motivated into entrepreneurship for different factors; in this study, we examined background, personal and situational factors. Motivation to entrepreneurship should research on individual level, including different scientific and environmental approaches, because the final decision to become motivated into entrepreneurship is made on individual level.</p>
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Wilhau, Aric. "ENTREPRENEUR VALUES, PREFERENCES, AND MOTIVES: A PERSON-ENTREPRENEURSHIP FIT PERSPECTIVE." OpenSIUC, 2020. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1773.
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Personal value priorities, serving as guiding life principles in the lives of all individuals, are proposed to extend their broad influence to important decisions made by those in the early stages of the entrepreneurial process. The type of venture to create and the espoused personal motive offered for pursuing entrepreneurship were both hypothesized to reflect the nascent entrepreneurs’ personal value priorities. Drawing on Person-Entrepreneurship Fit Theory, values were proposed as key mechanisms inducing entrepreneur-venture fit. First, it was hypothesized that the prioritization of either social-focused or personal-focused values evokes preferences for social or for commercial entrepreneurship, respectively. Social and commercial entrepreneurship are distinguished by the mission of the business, with social ventures intending to primarily benefit others, and commercial or traditional ventures, the entrepreneur-owner. Next, hypotheses proposing associations between personal value priorities and the espoused reasons or motives offered for pursuing entrepreneurship were developed. It was expected that the influence of personal value priorities predisposes individuals to adopt value-congruent espoused motives for pursuing entrepreneurship, consistent with the logic of Value-Behavior Consistency Models. Next, Role Congruity Theory was also applied to examine gender as it relates to values, venture mission preferences, and the espoused motives for nascent entrepreneur venturing. It was hypothesized that females will indicate elevated preferences for social entrepreneurship, relative to males, as a result of societal female gender role expectations which prescribe communal roles to females. A hallmark of communal roles includes the clear presence of an elevated interest in both caring for others and concern for others’ well-being. The role requirements of social entrepreneurs overlap with the communal role, thus females were expected to perceive increased societal pressure to assume the role of social entrepreneur and are expected to be looked upon favorably by society when doing so. On the other hand, the male gender role, associated with agentic behavior, overlaps with the role requirements of a traditional or commercial entrepreneur. Espoused motive and value priority gender differences were also examined.U.S. Midwesterners intending to become entrepreneurs were recruited via Amazon Mechanical Turk to take self-report, computer-administered surveys. Previously published and validated scales were administered, including the most recent Schwartz values survey and motives measures based on the work of Carter et al. (2003). A one-week time-lag was utilized when collecting data, with all data except for the values measures collected at time one. Personal values data were collected at time two. Hierarchical regressions, correlations, t-tests and MANOVA were used to test the hypotheses. Analyses revealed that gender impacts preferences for social and commercial entrepreneurship, such that females indicate elevated preferences for social entrepreneurship and males, for commercial entrepreneurship. Values and espoused motives largely correlated as expected. Finally, social focused and personal focused value priorities were not found to predict preferences for social or commercial entrepreneurship. Gender differences in espoused motives were not observed. The study contributes to Person-Entrepreneurship Fit Theory, Value-Behavior Consistency Models and Role Congruity Theory and suggests that basic human values do indeed influence entrepreneurship.
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Rapp, Marie, and Zoé Varnier. "Feminist values and entrepreneurship." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-75390.
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This study will focus on two main concepts: entrepreneurship and feminism and more clearly about the relation which brings them together.Feminist values have gained more attention over the years and became a field of studies (Grunig, 2000; Van Bogaert, 2009; Ahmed et al., 2013; Gardner, 2009). It becomes a natural topic in our society as it fills a role in businesses; and even more in entrepreneurship (Ahl and Marlow, 2012; Morris et al., 2006 ; Mutch, 2018 ; Orser, 2012).Even if feminism gain ground in the business world, its definition is still not unanimous.The first section will then give an insight about all the main way feminism can be understood in the current environment, then entrepreneurship. Linking both term lead to another point of view of business management. Therefore, the effect of feminism in the managerial and business culture is researched through the paper.Three main feminist values have been chosen in this study, by their predominance in the existing feminist and entrepreneurial literature. To that aim, this paper will state the three main feminist values and then, how to identify them in the workplace.
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Kronholm, Thomas, and Martin Vidhall. "The entrepreneur in the cluster." Thesis, Umeå University, Umeå School of Business, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1758.
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<p>Abstract</p><p>Entrepreneurship has become an important issue in the modern society where the business landscape consists of many small and medium sized firms. These firms have all been started by an entrepreneur who has identified and business idea and developed that idea into a new venture. We therefore see the idea identification and idea development process as a central part of the creation of a new firm.</p><p>A concept that has become popular in the discussion about entrepreneurship is the cluster concept and dynamic business settings. These concepts are based on the fact that in some geographical regions more firms are started than in other geographical locations. These firms are often started in the same field or industry which has lead to theories that the environment supports and stimulates entrepreneurship. The studies about clusters have often been conducted with an organizational perspective and studied formal contacts within clusters. Therefore we in this study want to study how cluster environments support entrepreneurs in their idea identification and idea development process with the perspective of the individual entrepreneur.</p><p>The study is based on a theoretical framework built around the cluster theories develop by Michael Porter who is considered to be the father to this concept. In addition to this we also present theories about the importance of untraded interdependencies, the triple helix, spin-offs and entrepreneurs as organizational products.</p><p>The empirical material for this study has been collected through interviews with five entrepreneurs in Sweden’s famous ICT cluster Kista Science City just outside Stockholm. These interviews are later presented as five individual cases which describe the idea identification and development process. The results from these interview shows that the cluster environment can support the entrepreneurs in several ways. The support we have found in this study could be linked to the existence of untraded interdependencies that provided the entrepreneurs with access to information, knowledge and experts through networks. These factors were useful both in the idea identification and the idea development process.</p>
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Mahamoud, Rayaleh Abdourahman. "Contribution à l'identification des potentialités entrepreneuriales des femmes entrepreneures : Analyse des antécédents et des facteurs contextuels des créatrices d'entreprise Djiboutienne." Thesis, Littoral, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017DUNK0508.
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L’objectif principal de notre thèse consiste, dans un premier temps, à inventorier et à classer les caractéristiques entrepreneuriales pour pouvoir ensuite typer les enquêtées selon la perception qu’elles ont de leurs potentialités entrepreneuriales. Outre cet objectif central, le présent travail tente d’analyser les facteurs personnels et contextuels susceptibles de contribuer à l’acquisition et au développement des potentialités entrepreneuriales des créatrices d’entreprise en contexte djiboutien et africain. Aussi, nous avons cherché à comparer les typologies entrepreneuriales des entrepreneures et des non entrepreneures. Afin de répondre plus adéquatement aux objectifs de la thèse, nous avons d’abord effectué une synthèse des principaux travaux relatifs aux paradigmes des traits et des faits de l’entrepreneur pour mieux resituer le modèle conceptuel de Gasse (Gasse et D’Amours, 2000). Dans un second temps, le travail de terrain se focalise sur l’exploitation d’une enquête réalisée auprès de 208 entrepreneures et 100 femmes non entrepreneures djiboutiennes. Dans cette enquête, on a utilisé un questionnaire de 125 items hors facteurs d’identification et articulé autour de 17 dimensions réparties entre 5 axes (motivations, aptitudes, attitudes, intérêts et comportements). Le traitement des données s’est appuyé sur les techniques statistiques descriptives (tris à plat et tris croisés) et multidimensionnelles (analyse des corrélations, analyse en composantes principales, la classification hiérarchique et l’analyse discriminante). Cette étude a été enrichie par des entretiens semi-directifs avec 10 femmes entrepreneures. Les analyses confirment que, comparées aux non entrepreneures, les entrepreneures disposent plus des capacités et des compétences entrepreneuriales. De même, nos résultats indiquent que les potentialités entrepreneuriales sont associées essentiellement au niveau d’instruction et à l’expérience antérieure chez les entrepreneures plus jeunes, et à un ensemble de facteurs environnementaux (cercle familial ou amical, croyance divine, contexte culturel) chez les entrepreneures plus âgées. Ainsi, notre étude tend à montrer l’importance de l’appartenance à un entourage familial et/ou amical de tradition entrepreneurial dans le processus de création d’entreprise. Les résultats issus de ces différentes méthodes d’analyse de données consolident le modèle conceptuel initial et ouvrent des perspectives en termes de pédagogie d’accompagnement de l’entrepreneure africaine souvent soumise aux pesanteurs contextuelles<br>The primary aim of this thesis is to first identify and classify entrepreneurial traits so as to distinguish those surveyed on the basis of the perception they have of their entrepreneurial potentialities. Aside from this primary aim, the following work seeks to analyse personal and contextual factors likely to contribute to the acquisition and development of entrepreneurial traits of women entrepreneurs both within Djibouti and Africa at large. We have tried to compare entrepreneurial typologies of those who are entrepreneurs and those who are not. In view of achieving adequately the aims of this thesis, we first establish a synthesis of the main works regarding the paradigms of traits and facts of the entrepreneur so as to better reproduce Gasse’s conceptual model. In the second part of the work, the field work is focused on the exploitation of the findings of a survey conducted among 208 female entrepreneurs and 10 others who were not entrepreneurs. In this survey, a questionnaire, of 125 items excluding identifying factors and based on 17 dimensions distributed among 5 axes (motivations, aptitudes, attitudes, interests and behaviors), was used. Data processing is conducted according to the descriptive statistics techniques (basic sorting and cross sorting) and multi-dimensional ones (correlation analysis, principal component analysis, hierarchal classification, discriminative analysis). The study was strengthened by semi-structured interviews conducted among 10 female entrepreneurs. The results of the analysis confirmed that, unlike non-entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs have more capabilities and entrepreneurial skills. Moreover, results also indicate that entrepreneurial potentialities are mainly linked to the level of education and prior experience among young entrepreneurs and to a host of environmental factors (family circle, circle of friends, religious beliefs, and cultural context) as far as older entrepreneurs are concerned. Therefore, our study tends to show the importance of belonging to a family environment or having a circle of friends with a long-standing entrepreneurial tradition in the process of business creation. The results of these various methods of data processing reinforces the initial conceptual model and open perspectives on ways of assisting Africa’s women entrepreneurship often subjected to contextual burdens
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Barros, Lima Eduardo, and Munigala Vivek Noel Dinker. "The influence of self-leadership on an entrepreneur : A Qualitative Content Analysis of Brazilian and Indian Entrepreneurs." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-75157.
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In this research, we have investigated the entrepreneur and how he or she can use self-leadership in order to exercise leadership. An entrepreneur is a global phenomenon and entrepreneurship is part of it, in both as being developed or underdeveloped. On how entrepreneurs engage with passion in the creation of a business venture is something that is somehow similar for each individual despite the different nationalities. However, how he or she develops the needed tools and develops leadership skills to conduct his or her business venture. To study this, we have conducted a qualitative content analysis with interviewees who are entrepreneurs either from Brazil or India to investigate on how being an entrepreneur can benefit through self-leadership. We therefore derived from the existing construction of self-leadership and its dimensions in order to use the abductive approach in the qualitative content analysis. We have therefore collected data through semi-structured interviews. Then we analyzed the content of the answers and linked the emerging data to the existing literature review on the entrepreneur and self-leadership. Furthermore, we analyzed how an entrepreneur can benefit him or herself from self-leadership as an individual and how he or she can use it in order to develop leadership skills. Our findings link the literature of the entrepreneur as an individual and his or her use of self-leadership in order to achieve and succeed.
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Keelan, Teorongonui Josie E. "M��UI : ancestor hero, role model, entrepreneur and model of entrepreneurship." Thesis, University of Auckland, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2292/5568.
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In the context of M��tauranga M��ori (M��ori knowledge), is there a model to grow young M��ori entrepreneurs in the M��ui stories? That question is at the heart of the thesis. Fifteen M��ui stories are analysed for key concepts. These are used to build upon the first part of M��ui���s name to create the M��UI Model. The argument
for basing the model on M��ui���s name is that in his name are the essential elements of
M��ori entrepreneurship within a M��tauranga M��ori context. The word M�� can mean
to free up from tapu (a state of the profane or sacred). The word UI is the science
involving asking, questioning and enquiry (Williams, 1985). Here then in a
M��tauranga M��ori context is the investigation, the research and development. Put
together they provide some insight into the potential behaviour of the M��ori
entrepreneur. That however was only part of what the thesis is about. In addition it is
also about testing the model.
The model was tested through a series of three w��nanga attended by young
M��ori who were enrolled on the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme. The
w��nanga and observations made at them and afterwards are analysed using the model.
The research methodology was one privileging Kaupapa M��ori theory. The reason
for such a stance was to support another argument in the thesis that whakatauk�� and
whakatau��k�� (proverbs where the author is unknown and known) and traditional
stories are the sites of M��ori theory and models of implementation. Using a non-
M��ori theory to prove the point would, I argue, undermine that very assertion.
Initial outcomes of the testing of the model through the w��nanga indicate that
it is robust. It gave form to the w��nanga programme and to the analysis of the
outcomes and is currently being taught in tertiary institutions. It is a model instantly
recognizable to M��ori and non-M��ori New Zealanders but it has potential in an
international context because M��ui is an ancestor hero for many Pacific nations.
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Lee, Pui-yin Michael, and 李沛賢. "A case study of a Hong Kong entrepreneur." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1989. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31264360.
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Ueckermann, Edward Albert. "An assessment of corporate entrepreneurship in the fast-moving consumer goods industry / E.A. Ueckermann." Thesis, North-West University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/5073.
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BAROUMAS, VAN HAL WILLIAM, and CHRISTINE LINDGREN. "I solen finns det plats för alla : En studie om entreprenörer som etablerar affärsverksamheter på marknaders med hög konkurrens." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Handels- och IT-högskolan, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-20509.
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Företagande och entreprenörskap har under 2000-talet fått allt större genomslagskraft isamhällsdebatterna och antalet nystartade företag inom tjänstesektorn har ökat markant. Denökade globaliseringen har bidragit till att fler aktörer väljer att etablera sina verksamheter påinternationella marknader och bidrar därigenom till en ökad konkurrens.Syftet med uppsatsen är att ur ett företagsekonomiskt perspektiv. Utifrån ämnenaentreprenörskap och entreprenöriellt agerande har vi undersökt bakomliggande motiv tillvarför entreprenörer väljer att etablera affärsverksamheter på marknader med hög konkurrens.För att besvara vår forskningsfråga, varför väljer man att starta affärsverksamheter på enmarknad med hög konkurrens, har vi utgått ifrån en kvalitativ ansats och använt oss av trefallföretag i form av språkskolor i Alicante, Spanien. Vi har intervjuat de entreprenörer somhar varit med och grundat språkskolorna samt genomfört observationer på entreprenörernabakom en av skolorna. Vidare har vi studerat relevant litteratur och forskningsartiklar inomämnet för att skapa oss en större kunskap och förståelse för studieämnet.Vi kan av studien dra slutsatser att entreprenörerna på fallföretagen inte upplevde den högakonkurrensen som ett hot. Den sågs snarare som någonting positivt och nyttig för marknadensom helhet. Något som utmärkte entreprenörerna i studien var att de angav destinationen somen stark drivkraft. De tog även upp behovet av självstyre som ett starkt motiv till att startaaffärsverksamhet.
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Barsky, David Edward. "Entrepreneurial Heuristics and Serial Entrepreneurs." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2010. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/66251.
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Business Administration<br>Ph.D.<br>This dissertation is comprised of three separate entrepreneurship papers.
Paper 1, "Entrepreneurial Heuristics...", found that being mentored, rather than either having extensive higher education or more work experience, was primarily responsible for entrepreneurs acquiring the simplified decision rules (heuristics) that can be useful to them in their business pursuits. The study also found that entrepreneurs do not seem to switch their decision making processes from a "rational man" (thorough) mode to a more abbreviated, heuristic mode as some current thinking suggests. Also in Paper 1 this researcher presented and utilized a 27 item heuristics scale which was used to identify "use of heuristics" by the entrepreneurs studied.
Paper 2, "Female Serial Entrepreneurs...", examined the characteristics of female serial entrepreneurs (SE's) as a group of growing size and importance. Three areas- business size, hours worked in the business, and amount and type of capital raised- were explored through contrasting female SE's with female non-SE's and male SE's. The primary findings were as follows: the businesses of female SE's are larger than those of female non-SE's, and female SE's in the professional, technical and scientific services industry borrow more debt than female SE's in this industry, but they do not work longer hours than female non-SE's. It was also found that female SE businesses, in the industries examined in the study, have come to rival male SE businesses in size, as measured in revenues.
Paper 3, "The Serial Entrepreneur Dilemma...", explained a conundrum: why serial entrepreneurs do not seem to outperform novice entrepreneurs. A literature review is given consisting of the scholarly thinking about the causes of the conundrum, and then three hypotheses are tested to explore the dilemma. It was found that looking at serial entrepreneurs and novices over time, rather than cross-sectionally, helps to explain the conundrum: the SE's are willing to take losses early on (thus not performing higher than the novices) in expectation of future profits. It was also found that in slow-moving industries, serial entrepreneurs performed much better than novice entrepreneurs in revenues, whereas in fast-moving industries the difference between the two groups in performance was negligible.<br>Temple University--Theses
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Cadima, José Pedro Gameiro. "What makes an entrepreneur?: The role of feelings." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/9535.
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A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Economics from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics<br>This study uses a sample of 678 observations from the Community Innovation Survey 6 (CIS6) plus the Leadership Module attached in Portugal wherein 55.93% of the respondents are business Owners. It focuses on recent literature on Entrepreneurship to understand how the perceived importance of Personality Traits and Social Ties influence the decision-making process of the Entrepreneur towards an Intuitive or an Analytical Approach. It gets statistical significant values for the Founder/Sample in the traits, and for strong ties in the Founder/Owner Model shows statistical significance.
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Sethna, Zubin. "Entrepreneurial marketing and the Zarathustrian entrepreneur : thoughts, words and deeds." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/20430.
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This PhD thesis examines the factors that have shaped entrepreneurial cognition and practice in entrepreneurs from within the world’s oldest monotheistic religious community; the Zarathustrian community. Zarathustrianism is the religion that was founded by a Prophet named Zarathustra in approximately 1200 BCE. Marketing and Entrepreneurship have, until quite recently, remained two quite independent scholarly domains. In 2002, Morris et al., provided a definition of Entrepreneurial Marketing as, "an integrative construct for conceptualising marketing in an era of change, complexity, chaos, contradiction, and diminishing resources, and one that will manifest itself differently as companies age and grow. It fuses key aspects of recent developments in marketing thought and practice with those in the entrepreneurship area into one comprehensive construct". Since then, research in this field has grown in significance across the globe. A recent book by Sethna, Jones and Harrigan (2013) presents important theoretical developments with regard to research at the Marketing and Entrepreneurship Interface and which addresses critical issues for businesses, both small and large, from global perspectives, and covers topics such as new venture creation, marketing in Small-to-Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) as well as large companies, renewal of existing businesses facing market challenges, internationalization, innovative cost-effective marketing strategies and practices, along with recent exploration of entrepreneurship theory and entrepreneurial behaviour of individuals and, in organisations. Zarathustrianism has not only been instrumental in shaping nascent civilisation of ancient Iran, but has also wielded a considerable influence on Biblical religions and Greaco-Roman philosophical thought. Zarathustra gave his followers a basic and comprehensive ethical rule to live by, namely that they should think Good Thoughts, speak Good Words and perform Good Deeds (Humata, Hukhta, Hvarshta in the ancient Persian language called Avestan). This PhD thesis explores the impact of these basic tenets – Good Words, Good Thoughts and Good Deeds - on Zarathustrian entrepreneurship. The researcher takes the stance that the realities of the Entrepreneur/Owner-Manager (EOM) are socially constructed, using ‘thoughts, words and deeds’, rather than objectively determined. In doing so, this research is interested in understanding why things are happening to those Zarathustrian EOMs (actors) and how their different experiences eventually shape, nurture and affect the actors’ entrepreneurial behaviour. Thus, throughout this research study, a qualitative research design based on the Carson et al. (2005) perspectives on an ‘integrative multiple mix of methodologies’ is used, but primarily all centred around ethnographic form. The use of narrative theory and life story techniques is further overlaid with the use of the EMICO framework, a qualitative research model developed by Jones and Rowley (2009) as the basis for exploring ‘entrepreneurial marketing and the Zarathustrian entrepreneur’. The findings reveal that whilst the dimensions of the EMICO framework are both usable and valid for Zarathustrian entrepreneurs, when applied to these firms in the context of ‘ethnic’ entrepreneurs, the framework is lacking in two particular areas; Family Support and Religio-Cultural Identity and Influences of business practice. The thesis makes a significant contribution to the EM and ethnic entrepreneurship literature by first of all re-developing and re-naming the framework, 2e(EMICO), and secondly by further extending the knowledge in respect to Zarathustrian entrepreneurship, about which nothing currently exists in the EM literature.
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Wallmon, Monika. "A Manifesto for Anarchist Entrepreneurship : Provocative Demands for Change and the Entrepreneur." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-224086.
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This manifesto takes a broad and critical approach to entrepreneurial research. The author consciously uses a provocative way of arguing for the importance of challenging received academic wisdom about entrepreneurship. It is a manifesto that spells out why we should question the idea that entrepreneurship research is neutral. It is the academic's privilege to ask questions; hence the appeal here to critical theory, familiar from other traditions than business management, and a useful corrective when considering the dominant and hegemonic perspectives in entrepreneurship research. The manifesto presents entrepreneurship as something that goes far beyond market-oriented business to an enterprising spirit that could keep society self-reflecting and self-critical by questioning what it takes for granted; mobilizing the entrepreneurial energies of those who voluntarily marginalize themselves–individuals and groups who are not afraid to stand out, channeling their self-confidence to defend values that contrast the dominant ones. They are to be found among performance artists practising social art, "extreme" entrepreneurs, and creative anarchists who take society itself as their target when trying to instigate change. When the entrepreneurial focus is not the market per se, but rather the social norms and values in which economic activity is embedded, the entrepreneur's task becomes to challenge whatever is taken for granted–an incitement that is as much social as economic. Thus, the entrepreneur as a provocateur takes on the most established institutions, her only guiding principle being to question whatever principles that society unthinkingly espouses, whatever is taken for granted. Unlike market entrepreneurs, who appreciate institutions since they provide an otherwise unknowable environment with basic "rules of the game", provocative entrepreneurs question even the most formal, long-standing institutions. Their motivation is a generic obstinacy, and their vision is to be recognized for making people aware–and for their actions, even as they rub saltpetre in society's wounds. Entrepreneurship in the form it is presented in this manifesto asks the awkward question or presents the uncomfortable truth, forcing all to take a long hard look at themselves in a cold, self-critical light. The essays here cover a variety of forms of anarchist entrepreneurship–all with a strong driving spirit. The manifesto aims to stimulate entrepreneurs and researchers, as well as politicians and citizens, to engage, to initiate, and to act, all in the name of the society.
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Horsaengchai, Worrawan, and Yana Mamedova. "Are Millennials Potential Entrepreneurs?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-13041.
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Today is the era of millennial generation, many researchers in social sciences claim that Millennials are well-educated, confident, achieving, taking advantage of opportunities and so forth. Nowadays, the world is full of changes and uncertainty the whole nation needs talents of entrepreneurs more than ever before. The challenge for us is that we only know entrepreneurs when they appear themselves. Therefore, there is a great amount of potential entrepreneurs who keep in the background, while others take the best from developing their enterprises. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis is to investigate in entrepreneurial potential of present millennial generation and to understand about potential, external and environment characteristics which contribute our interviewees to become entrepreneurs. The research is conducted by applying both qualitative and quantitative methodology. The face to face interview is conducted with Swedish young entrepreneurs whereas web-based questionnaire survey is conducted with Master students in Sweden by applying FACETS Framework (the facets of entrepreneur: identifying entrepreneurial potential). Regarding application of literature review, conceptual framework, empirical data and discussion of findings part are concluded.
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Johnstone, Bruce Alexander. "Entrepreneurs and organisations a case study of the Gisborne aquaculture cluster : a thesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), 2008." Click here to access this resource online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/418.
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This research contributes to the discussion surrounding New Zealand’s entrepreneurial environment and Innovation Framework and addresses the research problem of whether the New Zealand government should seek to support entrepreneurship and innovation through the various knowledge-based or regulatory organisations it owns or funds, and if so, how it should go about accomplishing this. The approach taken was to use qualitative methods to examine how the government’s support for entrepreneurship and innovation was delivered to an emerging cluster of entrepreneurs from the point of view of those entrepreneurs. The entrepreneurs were involved in the innovative industry of land-based aquaculture and fieldwork was carried out in the Gisborne Region, on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. This study began by reviewing relevant literature from academic, industry and government sources to identify relevant sub-themes and create a framework for analysis. Fieldwork was undertaken using ethnographic methods to explore how the entrepreneurs experienced the New Zealand entrepreneurial environment and innovation framework in their interactions with knowledge-based and regulatory organisations. Data was gathered primarily by participant observation and semi-structured interviews and transcripts were coded and analysed using NVivo® software. An ethnographic narrative was produced and the interview transcripts analysed for relevance to the sub-themes from literature and to identify patterns that emerged from the data. This research reports that four of the entrepreneurs failed in their ventures due to a combination of factors both within their operations and within the entrepreneurial environment. These factors included technical difficulties maintaining livestock health and growth within an artificial marine environment, an inability to obtain assistance from knowledge-based organisations, problems in dealing with regulatory organisations, difficulty retaining trained staff, uncertainty about the market, and high energy costs. The Māori training organisation, Turanga Ararau, formed the Gisborne Aquaculture Society in an effort to establish a Gisborne aquaculture cluster however, this initiative proved unsuccessful primarily because the society failed to attract the 12 involvement of key stakeholders. This research contributes to the policy and practice of cluster facilitation by examining the extent to which best practice was followed in this attempt to establish a cluster and presents conclusions as to how the process of establishing the cluster could have been improved. This study also reports that the entrepreneurs were cut off from access to knowledge and research resources and received little advice or support from the knowledge based organisations that might have played a role in the development of their cluster. It examines how and why New Zealand’s Innovation Framework might be failing to recognise and support the vital role of entrepreneurs in economic development and suggests how this might be improved. The methodology chapters of this thesis contribute to literature regarding the use of ethnographic methods in entrepreneurship research and a further by-product of this thesis is an ethnographic account of the participant observation and semi structured interviews with the entrepreneurs. This research also provides an insight into the obstacles and challenges faced by entrepreneurs in New Zealand, in particular those involved in the emerging recirculating aquaculture industry.
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Rojas, Felipe. "Determinantes del éxito empresarial chileno durante los noventa." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2003. http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/108189.
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Este seminario tiene por objetivo caracterizar las principales etapas del proceso emprendedor chileno durante los noventa. Mediante el uso de técnicas estadísticas y econométricas, se analizan los factores que influyen sobre el éxito de las empresas, divididos de acuerdo a la fuente de donde proceden en: características iniciales de la empresa, características iniciales del medio ambiente competitivo y rasgos del emprendedor. Para observar lo anterior, se ha definido éxito como un indicador del rendimiento de las empresas encuestadas en relación a las restantes empresas del sector productivo al que pertenece cada una de ellas. Posteriormente, se analizan los factores relevantes para cada uno de los escenarios, que dan como resultado que son las características de los individuos fundadores las que explican significativamente el éxito de las empresas.
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Goliath, Jasmine Estonia. "Establishing perceptions of an entrepreneur using word associations." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020785.
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Entrepreneurship as a source of economic growth and competitiveness as well as job creation and the advancement of social interests is well documented. Despite these important contributions to the economies of countries, a shortage of entrepreneurial activity exists across borders and specifically in developing countries such as South Africa. The purpose of this study was to determine the perception and image of an entrepreneur in the eyes of various stakeholders. The reasoning behind this was that if the image of an entrepreneur could be determined, one could establish whether the image positively or negatively influences entrepreneurial intentions as well as potential future entrepreneurial activity. More specifically, the primary objective was to identify the perception and image that potential entrepreneurs (students) and existing entrepreneurs (small business owners) have of an entrepreneur. In the body of knowledge or general literature on entrepreneurship, the most commonly discussed topics are the nature and importance of entrepreneurship, the attributes (personality traits, characteristics and skills) associated with an entrepreneur, various push and pull factors, various rewards and drawbacks of such a career and the challenges entrepreneurs face. It is these aspects of entrepreneurship that stakeholders will most likely have been exposed to, and that most possibly have influenced their perception and image of an entrepreneur. The aforementioned aspects provided an overview of the theoretical body of knowledge on which the perception and image of an entrepreneur is based. The present study adopted a qualitative research paradigm with a phenomenological approach to achieve the research objectives of the study. Within this context, the study made use of a qualitative method for data collection and a quantitative method for data analysis. As such, a mixed methods approach was adopted. More specifically, a qualitative dominant mixed research method was implemented. A continuous word association test, which is a projective technique, was adopted as the qualitative means of data collection. This test involved asking participants to recall the words that come to mind when presented with the word “entrepreneur”. This method was selected because of its ability to reveal both affective and cognitive associations with the concept “entrepreneur”. A quantitative summative (manifest) content analysis was used as the quantitative research method for analysing the data. The continuous word association test was conducted among three sample groups, namely students prior to commencing, and students after completing a module in entrepreneurship, and small business owners. Student and small business owner participants were asked to write down as many words or phrases as possible that came to mind when they thought of the word “entrepreneur”, which was the stimulus word, within a ten-minute period. These responses were then collated and coded by developing a coding framework based on brand image and entrepreneurship literature. In studies on brand image, the components of image are considered to be tristructured in nature, consisting of cognitive (what the individual knows), affective (how the individual feels) and holistic (overall symbolism, combination of affective and cognitive) evaluations. The words generated by the participants in this study were broadly coded according to these categories and further subcategorised by searching for themes within the broad categories, which was facilitated and guided by an in-depth investigation of the entrepreneurship literature. The findings of this study show that the words generated by all three groups of participants were mostly of a cognitive nature, followed by words of a general or affective nature. As such, the vast majority of words generated by all three groups related to what the participants knew about an entrepreneur (cognitive) versus how they felt about one (affective), and were grounded in the management or entrepreneurship literature. When comparing the top ten words most frequently associated with the term “entrepreneur” by the three groups of participants, the attribute risk-taker was the most frequently recalled word among all three groups. Students prior to undertaking the entrepreneurship module associated an entrepreneur with being creative and a risk-taker, having a business enterprise and being involved in the selling of goods and services. Students after completing the module in entrepreneurship associated an entrepreneur with being profit-orientated, a risk-taker, innovative and original, and being opportunistic. Small business owners, on the other hand, associated an entrepreneur with being a risk-taker, innovative and original, goal- and achievement-orientated and profit-orientated. The findings show that all groups of participants associated an entrepreneur principally with certain attributes rather than with learned skills and competencies, and that all groups had a more positive than negative image of an entrepreneur. It was also found that exposure to entrepreneurship literature has an influence on the perception and image that students have of an entrepreneur. Because the words recalled by students after completing the entrepreneurship module were more in line with those recalled by small business owners, than with those recalled by students before starting the module, it can be suggested that entrepreneurship literature contributes to a more realistic image of an entrepreneur among students. This study has contributed to the field of entrepreneurship research by adopting a qualitative dominant research paradigm in conjunction with quantitative research methods to explore the complexity of the term “entrepreneur”. Furthermore, this study has been able to establish how individuals feel about entrepreneurship, in terms of being either positive or negative, by adding an affective aspect to the cognitive aspect of entrepreneurial decision-making. By conducting a continuous word association test among students prior to beginning and after completing a module in entrepreneurship, the entrepreneurial knowledge of students before being exposed to entrepreneurship literature was established, and subsequently the effectiveness of the entrepreneurship module determined. It is hoped that the findings of this study have added value to the entrepreneurship body of knowledge and can be used in future studies as a tool to address the problem of low entrepreneurial intention and activity among South Africans. Furthermore, it is hoped that by creating a positive image of an entrepreneur, entrepreneurship as a desirable career choice can be promoted and an entrepreneurial culture developed within communities and broader society.
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Igwedibie, Ralph Ndubuisi. "Entrepreneurship Growth During a Recessionary Period." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4791.
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Small business entrepreneurs in the United States often struggled or went out of business during the recession of 2007-2009. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the strategies entrepreneurs needed to grow their businesses during a recessionary period. The conceptual framework for the study was effectuation theory. The population consisted of small business entrepreneurs whose businesses survived the recession of 2007-2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. Data were gathered through semistructured interviews with 20 participants. Data organization and thematic analysis involved coding interview data and using software to categorize themes and subthemes. Major themes that emerged from the study included specification of characteristics of entrepreneurs, approaches to customer acquisition and retention, and decision making strategies. The findings might contribute to social change by adding to entrepreneurship literature and potentially leading to the development of resilient and adaptive entrepreneurs. Small business entrepreneurs who can sustain profitability during economic downturns benefit the community by providing jobs.
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Martens, André. "Der innovative Entrepreneur in entwickelten Volkswirtschaften und der Einfluss des Risikokapitalmarktes /." Berlin : Logos-Verl, 2008. http://d-nb.info/988177706/04.
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Purohit, Nisha, Helén Gustafsson, and Maria Näs. "Entrepreneurs’ Emotional Responses to a Bankruptcy." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, EMM (Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Management), 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-742.
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<p>Entrepreneurs are often perceived to be creative and risk taking (Kreuger, 2002). The purpose of this paper is to investigate entrepreneurs’ response to a failure namely a bankruptcy. People react differently to a bankruptcy and tend to blame different things as the cause. Some blame themselves while others blame things out of their control. These differences can have an impact on the learning process and how easy the entrepreneur moves on after the failure. These findings can be used for situations when dealing with failures and entrepreneurial activities.</p><p>There is no single theory already existing for this topic, therefore several theories have been looked at and used for the analysis. The theories can be divided into five main areas: entrepreneurship, failure, entrepreneurial response to failure, factors affecting responses to failure and learning. Entrepreneurship is treated as the creation of new economic activity (Davidsson, 2004) and entrepreneurial traits (Kreuger, 2002) are considered in the analysis. Locus of control is an important trait since it shows the ability of the entrepreneur to think that they are in control of the environment. (Rotter, 1966) In order to explain the cause of a bankruptcy people tend to use certain attributions. Locus of causality refers to whether a person blames internal or external causes and stability whether these causes are changeable in the future or not. (Martinko, 1995) Several factors will influence the response to a bank-ruptcy and in this thesis motivation for the start-up, culture and separation of the company are looked upon. After a failure an entrepreneur can learn false lessons (McGrath & Cardon, 1997) and stop any entrepreneurial activities. However failure can also be positive if something true has been learnt. (Wiklund, 2006)</p><p>This report is an exploratory type of study and a case study was conducted where five cases were used with entrepreneurs that have run companies that have gone bankrupt. A qualitative method was used and the empirical findings were gathered trough interviews which were then analysed with the support from the theoretical framework.</p><p>In the analysis new models were created that showed patterns we found comparing the in-terviews. It also includes discussion about how culture affects the blaming factors of fail-ure. The factors that an entrepreneur is blaming the failure on are much depending on to what degree they possess entrepreneurial traits. This paper also suggest that how personally an entrepreneur takes his/her failure depends mostly on how financially dependent they were on their company and also how experienced they were from failure. Another finding was also that all the participants agreed that it is not a supportive business culture in the Jönköping region. Another conclusion is that entrepreneurs that blame their failure on in-ternal factors learn more from it, but this learning can be less significant due to earlier ex-perience from failure.</p>
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Abdu, Akrem, and Erik Johansson. "Social Entrepreneurship : A Case Study of SIFE Umeå University." Thesis, Umeå University, Umeå School of Business, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-30065.
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<p>Today the world faces a lot of societal challenges in the economical, social and environmental spheres that needs to be overcome. Global warming, poverty and increasing economic inequality are only some of these challenges. The public debate has been focused on finding solutions to them and one of these has been addressed as social entrepreneurship. This phenomenon is about the era of the new type of entrepreneurs – social entrepreneurs – that recognize these challenges as opportunities that can be exploited in a both profitable and sustainable manner. Social entrepreneurship has in this way emerged as an interesting phenomenon and a new area in the entrepreneurship research.</p><p> </p><p>This study examines the phenomenon of social entrepreneurship by scrutinizing the concept SIFE - Students In Free Enterprise. SIFE is a non-profit organization that claims to be actively engaged in working with social entrepreneurship. The general purpose of this study is to bring a deeper understanding of the social entrepreneurship phenomenon, by describing the particular purpose, the case of SIFE Umeå University as a social entrepreneurship model. Our study is a qualitative case study using semi-structured interviews. Six respondents have been interviewed from different levels of the organization - SIFE Umeå University - in order to reflect the entire organization. We have used a deductive approach by establishing a theoretical framework that guided the interviews and has been used in the analysis of the empirical data.</p><p> </p><p>The main conclusions in this study show that SIFE Umeå University’s work with social entrepreneurship is mainly about socioeconomic and personal development. Another conclusion is that cooperation with partners from different sectors of the society is an important fundament in their work with social entrepreneurship. Furthermore, SIFE Umeå University can be considered as hybrid of a voluntary organization and social enterprise since it includes similarities of both organizational forms. Moreover, the study shows that entrepreneurial skills play an important role in SIFE Umeå University’s work with social entrepreneurship. Finally, we can from this study draw the conclusion that SIFE Umeå University’s work with social entrepreneurship can be divided in six steps: Target group, Job/life training, Commercial enterprises, Personal development, Socioeconomic development, Partnership Network.</p>
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Lundqvist, Oscar, and Rowe Robert. "Kvinnliga entreprenörer : och relationer till manliga och kvinnliga normer." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-26300.
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line of business/industry and family, to more clearly discern how male and female norms are acquired among female entrepreneurs. The purpose of this study was to gain a greater understanding and knowledge of women's conditions regarding entrepreneurship, in relation to society's norms. The study is based on a textual thematic analyses, using two themes derived from Helene Ahls “The Scientific Reproduction of Gender Inequality. A Discourse Analysis of Research Texts on Women`s Entrepreneurship”. The themes selected for this study were industry and family, which were two important themes in Helene Ahl’s research. The themes were applied using articles, in which female entrepreneurs were interviewed or portrayed. We used different sources but have mainly used the magazine Entreprenör to collect samples for the study. The theoretical framework used for this study is based mainly on Yvonne Hirdmans gender system and gender contract, we also added theories from Elvin-Nowak & Thomsson concerning horizontal and vertical segregation and Patrica Lewis theories on gender blindness. The main conclusion for this study was that there is a difference between entrepreneurs and how they present and relate to male and female norms in regard to industry and family. We found that entrepreneurs who run large companies or act in male-dominated industries show tendencies of acquiring male norms and standards while entrepreneurs who run small companies or act in female-dominated industries tend to acquire female norms.
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Trivedi, Smita K. "Creating Livelihoods| Indian Women Entrepreneur Networks in the Context of Poverty." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3630056.
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<p> This dissertation seeks to examine poverty alleviation from the ground-up. First it conceptually introduces and develops the concept of livelihood entrepreneurship. I argue that livelihood entrepreneurship differs from other forms of entrepreneurship, due to the entrepreneur's goals in the context of poverty. I ask research questions using network theory and stakeholder theory explaining how livelihood entrepreneurs may find success and lift themselves out of poverty. Second, the dissertation delves into a qualitative study of female livelihood entrepreneurs associated with SEWA (Self-Employed Women's Association), in the context of impoverished communities in and around Ahmedabad, Gujarat in India. I look at what types of skills the entrepreneurs gain by the SEWA intervention and how the women build their networks in order to succeed and sustain their enterprises in the Indian context. Third, I propose hypotheses, set up a quantitative demonstration via social network analysis and test my model by looking at how specific social capital resources of an Indian woman entrepreneur living in poverty relate to change in her family's livelihood. </p>
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Georget, Valentine. "Approche salutogénique du corporate entrepreneurship : Quels apprentissages organisationnels ?" Thesis, Institut polytechnique de Paris, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020IPPAX022.
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Le corporate entrepreneurship (CE) est un processus entrepreneurial qui implique un ou plusieurs individus – les corporate entrepreneurs - mené avec ou au sein d’une organisation existante, dans le but de susciter le renouvellement ou l’innovation au sein de celle-ci. Peu d’études traitent des impacts au niveau individuel des processus de CE. C’est pourquoi, dans un souci d’amélioration de la performance organisationnelle des entreprises, nous nous sommes posés la question suivante : Quels sont les impacts d’une expérience de CE, menée au sein de grandes entreprises françaises (Insee, 2019), sur les dimensions du bien-être au travail (Biétry et Creusier, 2013) des corporate entrepreneurs ? Pour répondre à cette question, nous avons mobilisé la recherche qualitative et ses méthodes en interrogeant 70 corporate entrepreneurs et en analysant 15 dispositifs de CE issus de 12 grandes entreprises françaises. Les résultats montrent que le bien-être au travail des corporate entrepreneurs est impacté différemment selon le contexte dans lequel ils se trouvent, mais également en fonction de deux facteurs modérateurs, qui sont (1) le management des dispositifs de CE et (2) les caractéristiques intrinsèques des corporate entrepreneurs. Enfin, ce travail de recherche a également permis de mettre en exergue (3) la difficulté pour les corporate entrepreneurs internes à réintégrer l’organisation après cette expérience. Or, la gestion de la sortie des processus de CE revêt des enjeux majeurs pour l’organisation. L’approche originale de ce travail de thèse, qui emprunte des théories et concepts issus du champ de la psychologie pour nourrir les connaissances en sciences de gestion, permet de répondre à la problématique de recherche posée et ouvre également de nombreuses pistes de recherche en sciences de gestion et, en particulier, en gestion des ressources humaines<br>Corporate entrepreneurship (CE) is an entrepreneurial process that involves one or more individuals – corporate entrepreneurs – working with or within an existing organisation, with the aim of generating inner renewal or innovation. Few studies deal with the impacts of CE processes at the individual level. In order to improve organisational performance, we asked the following question : What are the impacts of a CE experience, conducted within large French firms (Insee, 2019), on the dimensions of corporate entrepreneurs’ occupational well-being (Biétry et Creusier, 2013)? To answer this research question, we have conducted qualitative research and its methods. We interviewed 70 corporate entrepreneurs and analysed 15 CE devices into 12 large French firms. The results show that corporate entrepreneurs’ occupational well-being is impacted differently depending on the context in which they are involved, but also according to two moderating factors, which are (1) the management of CE devices and (2) the intrinsic characteristics of corporate entrepreneurs. Then, this research work has also highlighted (3) the difficulty for internal corporate entrepreneurs to reintegrate the organisation after this experience. The management of the exit from CE processes is a major challenge for the organisation. The psychological approach of this thesis work allows us to answer to the research question, and opens research perspectives in management and, especially in human resources management
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Park, Jieun. "Entrepreneurs’ Cognition and Entrepreneurial Opportunity:Does Affect Matter?" The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1306817105.
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Street, David Michael. "The small business entrepreneur : a psychological profile." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002574.
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With the growing importance being placed on the small business environment as having a positive influence on economic growth and vitality (Erwee, 1987: Burns & Dewhurst, 1989), there has been a corresponding increase in attention being paid to entrepreneurship and the characteristics of the entrepreneur. This increased attention is due to the fact that entrepreneurs have long been linked to small business creation and recognised as an important factor in the small business development process (Boyd & Gumpert, 1983). Despite the quantity of research on entrepreneurship, there appears to be an ongoing controversy oyer what characterises an entrepreneurial business. and the specific characteristics of the small business entrepreneur. It has been argued that although there is an overlap between entrepreneurial and non-entrepreneurial businesses. they are in fact different entities (Carland, Hoy, Boulton & Carland, 1984: Drucker, 1985), and that not every individual who starts a business is an entrepreneur (Drucker. 1985). Small business entrepreneurship has been found to be specifically related to the psychological characteristics of the owner-manager who controls the business (Miller. 1983). The purpose of this research was to identify and describe psychological characteristics displayed by a group of South African small business entrepreneurs, thereby compiling a psychological profile of the small business entrepreneur. Given the nature of entrepreneurial activities and processes, Hofer and Bygrave (1992) recommend that accurate, precise qualitative data that is rich in its descriptive characterisation of the situation and the phenomenon involved be collected. As a result the researcher used qualitative rather than quantitative methods of investigation. Innovative behaviour has long been linked to entrepreneurship (Schumpeter. 1934) and entrepreneurial businesses were distinguished from other small businesses by their use of innovative strategic practices. Two sample groups consisting of entrepreneurial and non-entrepreneurial businesses, were created and the data collected were analysed independently. The results, based on personal interviews with 32 small business owner-managers and the administration and interpretation of tihe Structured Objective Rorschach Test (SORT), indicate that small business entrepreneurship should not be used as a term synonymous with small business ownership and/or management. Despite similarities between small business entrepreneurs and other small business owner-managers. the results suggest that a distinction between the two groups is necessary for accurate future research on entrepreneurs. The entrepreneurs differed from other small business owner-managers in terms of their psychological characteristics including their motives, their perception and attitude towards the external environment, and various sociological factors. The entrepreneurial businesses were also different in that they were more innovative and growth oriented than the non-entrepreneurial businesses. The research contributes towards a clarification of the concept of small business entrepreneurship and indicates a need for more precise sampling techniques to be used in entrepreneurial research.
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Curry, Joshua G. "A Closer Look at Entrepreneurship and Attitude toward Risk." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1399829408.
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Quiroga, Fernandez Ana Isabel, and Yunfeng Wang. "Female Entrepreneurs - Orchids in the Forest : Conditions for female start-ups." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-12435.
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The last century has witnessed blooming achievements of females as rising workforce in modern society. With their active participation in business world recently, female entrepreneurship research has caught extensive attention globally, not only from academic field, but also from market entities, policy makers, social activists, as well as broad masses, concerning the social and economic contribution of female-started entreprises. Current studies within this topic concentrate on two issues: the difference between male and female entrepreneurs; demographic research for certain countries, regions, or industries. Following a qualitative research approach, this thesis applies implementations of actors view and grounded theory. With the purpose to create in-depth business knowledge, a well-structured empirical exploration is conducted mainly through theoretical sensibility acquisition, secondary data collection and face-to-face dialogues focusing on the issue of conditions for female entrepreneurs to start up and to develop a business.The researchers share their comprehensive (from both micro and macro perspective) understanding about this subject: There is no such a formula of necessary conditions existing. Female entrepreneurs need to define them according to the type of the ventures they establish and the demand for their projected growth, pursue them by taking actions instead of waiting for all conditions to be ready. The forthcoming female economy brings millions of opportunities that favor female entrepreneurs to start up enterprises, despite the current situation where they have not received effective supports that they deserve. In the end, the researchers create a new term „femesh‟ to conclude their findings and their anticipation for the future blossom of female entrepreneurs. Especially, the academic research process is described as an exploration adventure for searching orchids in the forest, together with the romantic writing style of the authors, bringing enjoyable readability without losing its preciseness, accuracy and logic as an academic research.
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Flygenring, Finnbogadottir Björg, and Marcus Andersson. "Entreprenörskap och tillväxt : En studie om externa faktorers påverkan på tillväxt." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-27918.
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In today’s Sweden there is great belief in entrepreneurship and the benefits it can bring to the country. The Swedish government has taken note of this growing enthusiasm and realized the contribution it can make to facilitate national growth. Successful efforts have been made in Sweden to support entrepreneurship and innovation, which has resulted in a relative ease for individuals to start their own businesses. The number of companies started today is higher than ever and there are signs of a common faith in growth among new entrepreneurs. Unfortunately only a small fraction of these new businesses succeed in growing big. The harsh truth is that these companies will not contribute to national growth if they do not grow themselves. But what is preventing them from growing? A number of studies have shown that both the environment and the entrepreneur himself are important factors when examining companies’ growth. That is because the environment affects the entrepreneur’s strategic decisions and forces him/her to act in certain ways. These decisions, in turn, affect the company, that can then demonstrategrowth (or not). By examining five different factors that can influence the entrepreneur’s opportunity for growth, this study concludes that a number of political decisions and conditions can constitute as barriers for growth while a strong entrepreneurial orientation can help the entrepreneur to deal with negative factors in the environment.
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Ahl, Helene J. "The Making of the Female Entrepreneur : A Discourse Analysis of Research Texts on Women’s Entrepreneurship." Doctoral thesis, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, HLK, Livslångt lärande/Encell, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-189.
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Departing from a social constructionist understanding of gender, this thesis examines how the female entrepreneur is constructed in research articles about women’s entrepreneurship. It finds that even if the texts celebrate women’s entrepreneurship, they do it in such a way as to recreate women’s secondary position in society. Building on Foucault’s theory of discourse, the thesis analyzes the discursive practices by which this result was achieved. These practices include certain assumptions that are taken for granted about women, men, business, work, and family. One of these assumptions is that men and women must be different. Despite research results to the contrary, many texts insist that the genders are different and construct three kinds of arguments in support of this. One is making a mountain out of a molehill, i.e. stressing small differences while ignoring similarities. Another is the self-selected woman, which proclaims women entrepreneurs as unusual women. The third is called the good mother and consists of molding an alternative, feminine model of entrepreneurship while leaving the dominant model intact. These arguments reproduce the idea of essential gender differences and the idea of the woman as the weaker sex. The discursive practices also include certain ontological and epistemological assumptions, which are questioned in the thesis. In addition, they contain disciplinary regulations as well as writing and publishing practices that reinforce the discourse. The practices and the ensuing research results are moreover dependent on the particular context in which the articles are produced. This means that their results and conclusions cannot be transferred to other contexts uncritically. By discussing these practices, the thesis opens the way for alternative ways of theorizing and researching women’s entrepreneurship. Suggestions for alternative research practices include the addition of institutional aspects to the research agenda, such as labor market structure, family policy, and legislation. The thesis also suggests a shift in epistemological position – from gender as something that is given, to gender as something that is produced.
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Seliverstova, Nataliya, and Aleksandra Somkova. "Female Entrepreneurship in Russia: Women Wanted!" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-74798.
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Female entrepreneurship, as a subject of the academic research, has gained a lot of popularity in the recent years. A considerable amount of attention to this field has been caused by the growing recognition that female entrepreneurship has a profound impact on the economic development. Nevertheless, the potential of female entrepreneurs is far from being fully realized in many economies. Having chosen Russia as the area of investigation, the researchers intend to examine female entrepreneurship and discover specific obstacles contained in it. Therefore, this study aims at discovering preventing factors that dissuade Russian women from stepping into entrepreneurship. For the purposes of this work,qualitative research approach is followed, with the actors view and qualitative content analysis being applied. Case studies and interviews are used to collect data about female entrepreneurs' opinion on the general state of female entrepreneurship in Russia, their attitudes toward it and assumptions about existing barriers. The results of the research demonstrate that distinguished and describedbarriers of female entrepreneurship hold different level of influence. The researchers also emphasize that actual barriers do not fully comply with those that are generally perceived by Russians and broadly described by scholars. From the study it is revealed that the most influential barriers are the following: managerial incompetence together with financial illiteracy, mistrust to the government and the myth of female entrepreneurship, with corruption and social prejudices being of less significance. The conclusion can also be drawn that the revealed myth of female entrepreneurship influences women's attitude towards entrepreneurship in Russia to much more extent than other obstacles. Some recommendations regarding possible alterations to current state of female entrepreneurship in Russia as well as suggestions to future female entrepreneurs, such as improving entrepreneurial environment, educational toolkit for female entrepreneurs, the importance of telling inspirational stories, are presented.
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Martin, Richard Philip. "Emotion in Entrepreneurship : A Closer Look." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-448569.
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This thesis explores the relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Entrepreneurial Passion. It specifically does this by attempting to find a correlation between the varying competencies of Emotional Intelligence and the consciously accessible, Intense positive feelings for Entrepreneurial Passion for Developing, Founding and Inventing. In this study, survey data was used to investigate the above correlation among a group of 66 entrepreneurs in a Stockholm tech-based start-up/co-working hub setting. This was completed through the quantitative analytical statistical method of Spearman correlation and other methods. Through a theoretical framework utilizing self-regulation theory, the author found that there is a positive, statistically significant correlation between Emotional Intelligence and the consciously accessible, Intense positive feelings of Entrepreneurial Passion and their three domains (Founding, Developing and Inventing). Theoretical and entrepreneurial implications and further suggestions for future research conclude the thesis.<br>Denna uppsats undersöker förhållandet mellan Känslans intelligens och entreprenörspassion. Den gör det specifikt genom att försöka hitta en korrelation mellan de olika kompetenserna i Känslans intelligens och de medvetet tillgängliga, intensiva positiva känslorna för entreprenörspassion för att utveckla, grunda och uppfinna. I denna studie användes undersökningsdata för att undersöka ovanstående korrelation mellan en grupp av 66 företagare i en Stockholm-baserad teknik för start-up / co-working hub. Detta genomfördes med en kvantitativt statistisk analys och applikation av metoden för Spearman-korrelation och andra metoder. Genom ett teoretiskt ramverk som använder självregleringsteori fann författaren att det fanns en positiv, statistiskt signifikant korrelation mellan Känslans intelligens och de medvetet tillgängliga, intensiva positiva känslorna av entreprenörspassion och deras tre domäner (grunda, utveckla och uppfinna). Avhandlingen avslutas med entreprenörs implikationer såväl som teoretiska sådana samt ytterligare förslag för framtida forskning.<br>Tässä opinnäytetyössä tutkitaan tunneälyn ja yrittäjän intohimon suhdetta. Erityisesti pyritään löytämään korrelaatio vaihtelevien tunneälytaitojen ja tietoisesti saavutettavien intensiivisten positiivisten tunteiden välillä, yrittäjän intohimon suuntautuessa kehittämiseen, yrityksen perustamiseen tai keksimiseen. Tässä tutkimuksessa kyselydataa käytettiin selvittämään em. korrelaatiota 66 tukholmalaisen tekniikkapohjaisen start-up/alan keskittymän asetelmassa. Tämä tehtiin valmiiksi Spearmanin korrelaation kvantitatiivisen analyyttisen tilastollisen menetelmän ja muiden menetelmien avulla. Itsesäätelyteoriaa hyödyntävän teoreettisen viitekehyksen avulla tekijä löysi positiivisen, tilastollisesti merkittävän korrelaation tunneälyn ja tietoisesti saavutettavien intensiivisten positiivisten yrittäjän intohimon tunteiden ja niiden kolmen lajin (yrityksen perustaminen, kehittäminen ja keksiminen) välillä. Opinnäytetyön päättävät teoreettiset ja yrittäjyydelliset päätelmät ja edelleen ehdotukset tulevaisuuden tutkimukselle.<br>Esta tesis analiza la relación entre la inteligencia emocional y la pasión emprendedora. Concretamente, lo hace al intentar encontrar una correlación entre las diversas competencias de la inteligencia emocional y los sentimientos positivos intensos y accesibles conscientemente de la pasión empresarial para desarrollar, crear e inventar. En este estudio, los datos de la encuesta se han utilizado para investigar la correlación anterior en un grupo de 66 emprendedores en un entorno de centro de trabajo cooperativo o de ''start-up'' basado en tecnología de Estocolmo. Este estudio se finalizó a través del método estadístico analítico cuantitativo de correlación de Spearman y otros métodos. A través de un marco teórico que utiliza la teoría de la autorregulación, el autor halló una correlación positiva y estadísticamente significativa entre la Inteligencia Emocional y los sentimientos intensos positivos y accesibles conscientemente de la Pasión Empresarial y sus tres ámbitos (Fundar, Desarrollar e Inventar). La tesis concluye con las implicaciones teóricas y de emprendedores y otras sugerencias para futuras investigaciones.
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Talamantes, Pavon Jose. "Entrepreneurship and the Business Plan - Kyne Solutions." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Administration, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-9725.
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<p><strong>Background: </strong>Starting up a business is not an easy task; it requires the translation of an idea into reality and requires discipline and a clear goal setting. Moreover with the increasing need of professionalism for outstanding web development and information technology, the plan of an enterprise with high end development and low cost is generated. <strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This thesis has a dual purpose; firstly it sets the basis of understanding the terms of entrepreneurship and the environment where a business is created; moreover it explains the acquirement of resources and the structure of the business plan. The second objective is to develop a path for creating a web related business. This document will help to establish the goals and objectives for the performance of the company.</p><p><strong>Method:</strong> The theory presents the relevant information that has to be considered inside the firm. After the theory a business plan was created with the objective of setting the direction of the company over the next years. It is important to mention that business plans are evolving documents that have to be updated according to changes in the environment or changes in the objectives.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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Macura, Alexander, and John Sjölund. "Measures to Facilitate Necessity Entrepreneurship : Western Cape South Africa." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Administration, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-245.
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<p>Problem- In the townships and rural areas of the Western Cape province of South Africa unemployment can be as high as 60%. For many, starting a business is the only viable option to survive. There are many organizations seeking to help entrepreneurs to successfully start and manage a business, but services are significantly lacking. We therefore wish to determine what business service providers in the Western Cape are doing today to help necessity entrepreneurs succeed, and what can be done better in the future to facilitate entrepreneurship in the region.</p><p>Purpose- The purpose of our research is to identify measures necessary to facilitate successful entrepreneurial start-up activities in the Western Cape province of South Africa for necessity entrepreneurs.</p><p>Method- To address our purpose we have used snowball sampling to conduct six in-depth interviews with necessity entrepreneurs and eight with Business Service Providers using semistructured interviews. In addition, we have utilized convenience sampling to interview 27 necessity entrepreneurs with whom we conducted brief interviews.</p><p>Results- From our research it can be concluded that the most important measure necessary to facilitate entrepreneurship for necessity entrepreneurs in the Western Cape is to increase the entrepreneurial capacity of the people. People must be provided with the resources to develop the skills and mindsets necessary to succeed as an entrepreneur and see entrepreneurship as a way of making a career. Secondly, resources must be diverted so that those necessity entrepreneurs with a viable business plan and necessary capacities are provided financial assistance to establish their business. Thirdly, the provincial government must make significant improvements in the abilities of entrepreneurs to access markets. Currently entrepreneurs cannot efficiently access markets and are thereby withheld from valuable business opportunities. Fourthly, the services offered by business service providers must be made more effective and achieve a much greater standard of quality in order to help those most in need better. We are optimistic with regards to development of entrepreneurship in the Western Cape, but must emphasize the fact that there is a significant need for change with regards to services offered to necessity entrepreneurs.</p>
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Söderström, Mats, and Fransisco Navarro. "Inriktning ekoprenör! : En studie av miljökonsulters motiv och drivkrafter." Thesis, Umeå University, Umeå School of Business, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-24788.
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<p>Redan i början av 1970-talet publicerades den första artikeln som menade att miljön skulle bli</p><p>ett ”vinnande koncept” för företag inom en snar framtid. Idag kan vi se att miljödebatten</p><p>sätter djupa spår i vårt konsumtionsmönster. När företagare väljer att inrikta sig på miljön</p><p>kliver entreprenören in i bilden och identifierar och upptäcker möjligheter på marknaden.</p><p>Fram till nyligen har forskningen inom miljöområdet bara fokuserat på hur man ska uppnå en</p><p>hållbar utveckling, och det är först på senare år som forskare har börjat utforska entreprenörer</p><p>inom området. Hittills har forskningen även fokuserat på etablerade entreprenörer och inte på</p><p>dem som befinner sig vid initieringen och utvecklandet av sitt företag, så kallade</p><p>entreprenörer i vardande. Om större fokus läggs på varför de väljer miljöinriktat företagande</p><p>kan man också försöka förstå hur man ska gå tillväga för att stimulera och uppmuntra denna</p><p>typ av företagande.</p><p>Utifrån denna bakgrund har vi utgått från följande problemformulering: ”Varför väljer</p><p>entreprenörer i vardande att inrikta sig på miljömedvetet företagande?”</p><p>Studien formades utifrån ett hermeneutiskt förhållningssätt med en växelverkan mellan</p><p>deduktiv och induktiv ansats. Undersökningens empiriska material bygger på sex intervjuer</p><p>med entreprenörer som är i startfasen eller utvecklingsfasen av miljöinriktade konsultföretag.</p><p>Vår förhoppning med uppsatsen är att öka förståelsen för problemet. Den teoretiska</p><p>referensramen syftar till att ge läsaren en bra grund att stå på inom entreprenörskap samt visa</p><p>olika motiv och drivkrafter för entreprenörer med miljöinriktning, så kallade ekoprenörer.</p><p>Analysen syftar till att diskutera och reflektera över den empiriska studien för att upptäcka</p><p>nya kunskaper och utveckla befintlig teori. Studien visar att respondenternas åsikter om miljö</p><p>och hållbar utveckling är en bidragande orsak till att entreprenörer i vardande väljer ett</p><p>miljömedvetet företagande. Detta avspeglar sig också i deras ekonomiska intressen som</p><p>befinner sig på den nivån att de endast vill gå runt med företaget. Respondenterna visade sig</p><p>ha varit verksamma inom en likartad verksamhet inom miljö och hållbar utveckling innan</p><p>initieringen av företaget. Detta bidrog till en hög kompetens och stort nätverk inom området</p><p>vilket bidragit till kunskap om kunder och efterfrågan. Studien observerar att regleringar,</p><p>lagar och förordningar styr verksamheten på ett indirekt sätt då deras kunder är de som måste</p><p>uppnå regleringar och policyer.</p>
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Rodriguez, De gomez Maria Isabel. "Key roles enacted by entrepreneurs when developing their firm : identification, measurement and relationship with firm performance." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/key-roles-enacted-by-entrepreneurswhen-developing-their-firmidentification-measurement-and-relationship-with-firm-performance(da5460fb-114f-4452-9197-399271940291).html.
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The general purpose of this thesis was to explore the different roles enacted by entrepreneurs when developing their firm in the market. In their daily attempts to develop their firm, entrepreneurs “wear many different hats” because they are involved in multiple situations which require their interaction with different networks of social relationships (i.e. customers, employees, suppliers, investors). Through this research, we attempt to make three related and distinct contributions: (1) identification and definition of different roles enacted by entrepreneurs within their firm; (2) development of a measurement scale for the different roles entrepreneurs enact within their firm; and (3) proposal of a model explaining the relationship between entrepreneurs’ roles, Entrepreneurial Orientation, and firm performance. The thesis is presented in the form of three related papers. Paper 1 focuses on the qualitative study of the self-reported perceptions, behaviors, and attitudes that entrepreneurs relate to their efforts of developing their firm in the market. Through in-depth interviews and following thematic analysis methodology, we identified and analyzed patterns within the qualitative data. Conceptualizing the entrepreneurial firm as a proximate social structure that represents a context in which the entrepreneur establishes close relationships and thus enacts role identities, we identify and define seven different sets of behaviors or roles. In addition, we propose a conceptual framework to explain the entrepreneurs’ agency within their firm. Based on the previously identified and defined roles, in Paper 2 we develop the measurement scale for the entrepreneurs’ roles. The items generated from the literature review and the in-depth interviews were evaluated for content validity by a group of serial entrepreneurs. A pilot test was then conducted with a network of international entrepreneurs (N=55), followed by a pre-test using an online panel of U.S. entrepreneurs (N=157) who were owners and managers of a running business that had paid salaries to the owner(s) for more than two years. Finally, the main study (N=202) was conducted utilizing the same sampling frame as the pre-test. After Confirmatory Factor Analysis and measure validation, we propose a seven-construct measurement model for the roles that entrepreneurs enact within their developing firm. In Paper 3, following the development of the measurement scale, we explore the links between the roles enacted by entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial Orientation, and firm performance. Understanding Entrepreneurial Orientation as a way in which entrepreneurs behave when creating and developing their firm, we propose a model in which Entrepreneurial Orientation mediates the relationship between entrepreneurs’ enacted roles and the performance of their firm. Our findings suggest that Entrepreneurial Orientation mediates the relationship between at least five roles enacted by entrepreneurs and firm performance. The influence of several of the enacted roles of entrepreneurs on Entrepreneurial Orientation suggests that the entrepreneur’s agency, facilitated through the use of roles, needs to be taken into account as an antecedent in a model of entrepreneurial strategic orientation and firm performance.
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Pessu, Noghor. "Technological Factors for the Sustainability of the Small Business Entrepreneur." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/269.
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Technical innovation creates challenges for the small business entrepreneur who uses global activities in the marketplace. Information technology and the technological innovations of the World Wide Web are driving competitiveness in the marketplace with a loss of market share for the individual business owner. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences and perceptions of a purposive sample of 20 small business owners in the metropolitan Atlanta area regarding the effect of technology, technological insertion, and application for long-term sustainability. Rogers's diffusion of innovations theory served as the conceptual framework of this study. Data were gathered through face-to-face, semistructured interviews. After analyzing the interview transcripts using inductive analysis, 6 major themes emerged. The themes include the forces that drive the introduction of technology, types of technology used to reach potential and existing customers, most commonly used and implemented types of technology, the beliefs and values on the use of technology, the obstacles that inhibit the use of technology, and the competitive advantage of the use of technology for the small business entrepreneur. The implications for positive social change include the potential for growth and sustainability for the small business entrepreneur leading to stronger economies and job creation in local communities and nationally. Small business owners may use the findings to implement technology insertion strategies contributing to long-term sustainability initiatives. These findings may also inform scholars of business management and entrepreneurship regarding the effect of technology, technological insertion, and application for long-term sustainability.
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Stromeyer, William Robert. "On Entrepreneurial Learning, Mentoring, and the Logic of Bayes." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1468236639.
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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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Elwood, Clare M. "An empirical analysis of the strategic implications of type of entrepreneur in the restaurant industry." Thesis, This resource online, 1991. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11242009-020040/.
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Nchang, Obestine, and Tatjana Rudnik. ""Incubator and accelerator role in the social entrepreneurship process" : Swedish context." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-156355.
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The interest in social entrepreneurship is increasing in Europe in general and Sweden in particular. Because social entrepreneurs (SEs) and incubators share a common aim of enhancing development and improving the living conditions of the people, one would think that they tend to work together more closely than in case when incubators work with the conventional entrepreneurs (CEs). Incubator activities can influence the process of the SE. The purpose of this paper was to identify which activities, that they provide, can influence the SE’s growth. We were also interested in examining how those activities differ when working with the CEs. To fulfill this purpose, we developed the research question: What are the roles of incubators and accelerators in the entrepreneurial process of SE and how they differ from the roles played in the entrepreneurial process of CE? In order to answer the research question and fulfil the objectives of study in hand, we embraced interpretivist approach and qualitative method for data collection and analysis. 6 semi structured interviews are conducted with SEs that have experience in participating in incubator and accelerator programs, as well as two experts from the side of incubator and accelerator programs. It has been found that education, making contacts and facilitating meetings as well as the office space are the main roles of incubator and accelerator programs, which have as their goal to assist SEs. Moreover, it is found that not all of the roles are equally significant, nor that they are played out through all the phases of the entrepreneurial process. Stages of the entrepreneurial process are revised, and their content is found to be different in comparison with social entrepreneurship. We answer the second part of our research question by carrying out a comparative discussion based on the empirical findings on SEs and existing literature on CEs. We summaries these difference by the means of a table. Finally, we put together and connect roles of incubator and accelerator programs interested in scaling of SEs and the entrepreneurial process, where the model linking the roles through the entrepreneurial phases of SE is proposed. Hence, we conclude that our research question has been answered and research purpose fulfilled.
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De, Villiers Ilze. "An assessment of corporate entrepreneurship in the South African Broadcasting Corporation Limited (SABC Ltd.) / I. de Villiers." Thesis, North-West University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2604.
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Corporate entrepreneurship is examined with specific reference to the South African Broadcasting Corporation Limited (SABC). As such, a historic overview is given of the SABC followed by a review of the present day situation. Factors which could specifically make corporate entrepreneurship a beneficial strategy should the SABC wish to adopt it, is also discussed in order to set the scene for the literature study to follow. These factors include the fierce competitive environment, the commercial funding model, the internal structures and the strained internal and third party relationships. The literature review defines entrepreneurship, the individual entrepreneur and corporate entrepreneurship, after which the individual entrepreneur is examined in more detail. Dimensions of corporate entrepreneurship, being new business venturing and innovation, selfrenewal
and pro-activeness and lastly risk-taking and a growth orientation are also discussed in chapter three. Chapter four continues the literature review, with a focus on thirteen entrepreneurial constructs identified. A visionary/entrepreneurial leadership needs to be present, as well as management support and sponsors for projects. As entrepreneurship involves experimentation, it is important to be tolerant towards taking risks, as well as making mistakes and sometimes failing, and to treat these as learning opportunity. Such an attitude would also help encourage innovation and creativity. Appropriate rewards and reinforcement - both monetary and non-monetary - can also help establish the correct atmosphere. The vision and strategic intent need to be aligned to day-to-day operations, and on a regular basis, discretionary time for experimentation should be available during work hours. Teams should also be empowered and multi-disciplined, as well as have access to the necessary resources - again, monetary as well as non-monetary resources (for example support) are important. An entrepreneurial organisation should typically also be a learning organisation with a strong customer focus, and lastly a flat organisational structure should also be beneficial in promoting open communication. Chapter four concludes by examining practical manners in which an entrepreneurial climate could be established in an organisation. The last two chapters deal with the empirical research and the results of the questionnaire. Basic demographic information is dealt with first, after which the self-assessment and the superior-assessment of entrepreneurial characteristics are discussed. The last aspect dealt with is the thirteen entrepreneurial constructs as identified in chapter four. The study concludes with practical recommendation, a measurement of the achievement of objectives and suggestions for future research.<br>Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2009.
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Stripeikis, Osvaldas. "Entrepreneurship formation in Lithuanian small and medium sized firms." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2008. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2008~D_20081211_105353-24127.
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Increased interest in small business (SME) and entrepreneurship, foster researchers to discuss about methodology of this object and to look for possible ways of development of this sector. In spite of that interest, there is a lack of common, unified methodology, accepted in all countries. Absence of systematic research of entrepreneurship process- is relevant scientific problem, which should be solved. Author describes term “entrepreneurship process” and it’s main elements. Also is presented a broad analysis of terms “entrepreneurship” and “entrepreneur” in different economical schools. Is analyzed impact of small and medium seized business on economy and it’s place in entrepreneurship process. Business environment is changing radically and one of the main tasks for organizations – to become entrepreneurial. Research model of Lithuanian entrepreneurship process is composed. According this model, level of entrepreneurship process researches, implemented in Lithuania, is identified. Varies factors, influencing entrepreneurship process, are described and presented in dissertation. In order to solve identified problems, model of formation enterprising business in SME is presented. Activities of entrepreneur are formulated in order to implement enterprising culture in organization and to foster entrepreneurial behavior of such organization.<br>Išaugęs susidomėjimas smulkiu ir vidutiniu verslu ir jo reikšme pasaulio ekonomikai ir visam verslininkystės procesui, skatina mokslininkus diskutuoti apie šio objekto tyrimo metodologija. Nors ir visuotinai pripažįstama, kad verslininkystė yra vienas iš svarbiausių veiksniu, įtakojantis pokyčius ekonomikoje, reikia pastebėti, kad nėra nusistovėjusios vienos visoms šalims priimtinos metodikos. Tad nepakankamai ištirtas verslininkystės procesas – yra aktuali mokslinė problema. Disertacijoje atskleidžiamas šiuolaikinis požiūris į verslininkystės reiškinį ir jo reikšmę. Pateikiama išsami „verslininkystės“ ir „verslininko“ sampratų analizė skirtingose ekonominėse mokyklose. Taip pat pristatomas smulkaus ir vidutinio verslo vaidmuo šalies ekonominiuose procesuose. Analizuojama verslininkystės proceso samprata. Nagrinėjamas antrepreneriškumo reiškimasis versle ir antrepreneriškos organizacijos samprata. Parengiamas Lietuvos verslininkystės proceso tyrimo modelis. Remiantis juo, identifikuojamas Lietuvos smulkaus ir vidutinio verslo ir verslininkystės proceso ištirtumo lygį. Išryškinami veiksniai, įtakojantys Lietuvos smulkaus ir vidutinio verslo būklę ir vystymosi galimybes. Taip pat išryškinamos probleminės sritys, trukdančios verslininkystės proceso raidai. Siekiant spręsti tyrimo metu išaiškėjusias problemas, pateikiamas antrepreneriškos verslininkystės formavimo modelis smulkiame ir vidutiniame versle.
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Strömberg, Michaela, and Judith Bindala. "Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Sweden – Strategies for Firm Growth." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-74482.
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Firm growth can be seen as a driving and determinant factor for economical development and employment in Sweden and other counties. SMEs plays an important role and are bearing most of the economical growth and employment on their shoulders and represent 99,4 percent of all the firms registered in Sweden, which in return makes it important that they grow and develop. Every fifth firm established today is run by an immigrant entrepreneur and so far the immigrant entrepreneurs represent 14 percent of the firms in Sweden and most of these firms are considered as SMEs. The interest of immigrant entrepreneurship within academic research and media has increased during the last years and different studies have shown what impact immigrant entrepreneurs have on the Swedish society and how much they contribute to the Swedish economical growth and employment. A study done by Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth (2010a) showed that immigrant entrepreneurs tend to have a more positive attitude towards firm growth than native entrepreneurs. Although immigrant entrepreneurs have a positive attitude towards firm growth there are some barriers to firm growth that they face which in return can prevent or slow down the firm growth. Strategies are important since they allow firms to achieve firm growth and business goals. The aim of our study is to increase the understanding of strategies that immigrant entrepreneurs’ develop in order to achieve firm growth. Based on one previous study conducted by SCB (Efendic et al., 2012) studying firm growth and immigrant entrepreneurship, we have managed to identify a research gap that needs to be fulfilled. This thesis will contribute will relevant knowledge and data for entrepreneurs as well as individuals to get a deeper understanding of how immigrant entrepreneurs work in order to reach firm growth. The data collection and analysis of the research allowed us to be able to answer the research question; “How do immigrant entrepreneurs in Sweden develop strategies in order to reach firm growth in their business?” To carry on with the study and collect relevant data for the research, we took the direction of abductive approach with a qualitative research strategy. The interviews and empirical findings consist of six different immigrant entrepreneurs based in Sweden. From the findings, the authors came across different strategies that are commonly used by immigrant entrepreneurs. Furthermore, internal and external factors and barriers provided in the literature also influenced the firm growth. It was really interesting to see that many of the most common prejudices that exist within immigrant entrepreneurship were false in this study. This is proved since none of the immigrant entrepreneurs limit their markets to the ethnical groups and most of the firms did not use the personal network in terms of family and friends when building up the staff base. Outsourcing was a strategy that used within many of the firms in order to continuously to reach firm growth. It was also interesting to see that the personal history of the entrepreneur had a huge impact on the firm growth and the business goals.
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Petig, Johannes, and Shangjing Zhou. "Opportunity Recognition and Motivation in Entrepreneurship : A comparative study of would-be Entrepreneurs and experienced Entrepreneurs." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-74671.
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Purpose:The purpose of this study is to explore the differences in opportunity recogni-tion as well as the different motivations between would-be and experienced entrepre-neurs. Design/ Methodology/ Approach:The paper builds up on a deductive research ap-proach. Six qualitative interviews provided the researchers with empirical data to the phe-nomenon of opportunity recognition and the influencing aspect of human motivation. These data were analyzed in a comparative study, using a creativity based model of en-trepreneurial opportunity recognition and thehierarchy of needs from Abraham Harold Maslow, as the mostpopular framework in motivational theory. Findings:The research study provided significant insights into the opportunity recogni-tion of would-be and experienced entrepreneurs. The researchers identified differences in the evaluation stage of opportunity recognition between would-be and experienced entre-preneurs. Would-be entrepreneurs demonstrated a more cautious evaluation, taking into consideration all the resources which they did not possess yet. Whereas the experienced entrepreneurs demonstrated an awareness for all the resources that they were already holding due to their previous experience as entrepreneurs. With regards to the human motivation experienced entrepreneurs tend to reach and to satisfy higher needs than would-be entrepreneurs. Achievements and financial outcomes, usually belonging to es-teem needs, are for experienced entrepreneurs rather the result of a successful self-actu-alization. Instead would-be entrepreneurs had their focus on the improvement of their current situation. The paper provided deepened insights about the connectivityof human needs of would-be and experienced entrepreneurs and the interrelation of human motiva-tionto opportunity recognition. Contribution:On the base of the intense discussion about entrepreneurial contributions to the national and international economies, the researchers were able to provide an im-proved understanding of opportunity recognition comparing theexperienced entrepre-neurs and those who would like to become entrepreneurs. The analysis of influencing aspects like the human motivation enablesthe adjustment of entrepreneurship programs.Considering the results,the developmentand alignment ofentrepreneurship promotionscan be improved.Successful addressingand motivatingof individuals by entrepreneur-ship programs support theseindividuals to engage entrepreneurial.
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Kjellberg, Viktor, and Johanna Rabb. "Lärorika misslyckanden : Tre entreprenörers syn på misslyckanden." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-8292.
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Problem: De flesta människor associerar entreprenörskap med framgång, vilket också är den bild som massmedia vanligtvis ger av entreprenörskap. Men att vara entreprenör är kopplat till risk, risk som ibland leder till misslyckanden som kan uppfattas negativt av samhället. Utifrån detta resonemang har vi intresserat oss för hur entreprenörer själva ser på misslyckande. Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att öka förståelsen för hur entreprenörer ser på misslyckanden. Vår förhoppning är att detta ska inspirera till entreprenörskap genom att minska rädslan för misslyckande. Metod: För att uppnå vårt syfte och besvara vår frågeställning har vi utifrån tidigare forskning byggt upp en teoretisk referensram som vi sedan utgått från för att samla in empiriskt material. Detta har skett genom intervjuer med tre entreprenörer. Det vi har sökt efter är entreprenörernas subjektiva uppfattningar. Genom att analysera entreprenörernas berättelser har vi sett likheter och skillnader, utifrån vilka vi fått en förståelse för hur entreprenörer ser på misslyckanden. Slutsats: Vi har genom vår studie sett hur entreprenörer väljer att se positivt på misslyckanden och fokuserar på den erfarenhet och de lärdomar de kan få av det. Vi har också sett en tendens till att entreprenörer undviker branscher där de tidigare misslyckats för att istället fokusera på områden där de tidigare nått framgång.<br>Problem: Most people associate entrepreneurship with success, which is also how media usually describe entrepreneurship. But being an entrepreneur is closely related to risk, risk that sometimes leads to failure that can be perceived negatively by society. Due to this we have become interested in how entrepreneurs themselves view failure. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to increase the understanding of how entrepreneurs view failure. Our hope is that this will inspire to entrepreneurship by reducing the fear of failure. Method: To reach our purpose and to answer our problem we have built a theoretical frame out of previous research. Based on this we have gathered empirical data through interviews with three entrepreneurs. Our goal has been to reach the entrepreneurs subjective point of view. By analyzing the stories told by the entrepreneurs we have seen similarities and differences, from which we have reached an understanding about how entrepreneurs view failure. Conclusion: Through our study we have seen how entrepreneurs choose to keep a positive attitude towards failure and the experience and knowledge they can gain from it. We have also noted a tendency that entrepreneurs avoid businesses where they have previously failed. Instead they focus their energy on business areas where they previously have been successful.