Dissertations / Theses: 'The entrepreneur characteristics'

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Sumanonta, Thitipong, and Sompoch Kulasabjira. "Decision Making of Thai Entrepreneur to Internationalize Thai Orchid to Swedish Market." Thesis, Mälardalen University, School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-10041.

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Background

International trade could be seen as the phenomenon beating the resources imbalance among countries in the global market. Therefore, our seeking the competitive advantage of Thailand is to the orchid which is viewed industrial drop of country to increase expansion of export and generate income for Thailand. Moreover, Thailand is one of the leaders which have exported the orchids to foreign countries. For this reason, we would like to study factors which affect to make a decision of Thai entrepreneurs to export the orchid to Swedish market.

Problems

How market knowledge and entrepreneur characteristics influence on Thai entrepreneurs in order to make a decision on internationalization by exporting Thai orchid to Swedish market?

Purposes

The main purpose of this research is to explore how external and internal factors as market knowledge and entrepreneur characteristics influence on the decision making of Thai entrepreneurs to internationalize by exporting Thai orchid to Swedish market.

Methodology

This master’s thesis is based on a qualitative approach which is used by semi-structured interview to conduct Thai entrepreneur’s perspectives on export the orchid to Swedish market while the secondary data is collected from website, article, and journal to utilize material for this thesis.

Conclusions

We found that the market knowledge as external factors influence to the entrepreneur decision making as the encouragement in term of sufficient knowledge while the lack of market knowledge also lead to the discouragement of internationalization decision making. Moreover, several entrepreneur characteristics could encourage and help entrepreneur in order to make the decision to internationalize while some characteristics are not influence to the decision making of entrepreneur.

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Braha, Krenare, and Azra Karupovic. "Invandrarföretagares användning av bootstrapping : en kvalitativ studie om invandrarföretagares användning av bootstrapping beroende på företagets livscykel och företagarens egenskaper." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-10831.

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Både entreprenörskap och invandring har ökat kraftigt i Sverige, såväl som globalt. Idag finns det över en miljon bolag i Sverige där enmansföretag (74,8%) och mikroföretag (21,7%) utgör den största delen. Detta ger en klar syn över att det svenska näringslivet domineras främst av mindre företag. Bakom många av dessa mindre företag står individer med utländsk bakgrund. Under 2010 talades det om att var sjunde företag som startas i Sverige, drivs av en individ med rötter från en annan del av världen.En av de viktigaste drivkrafterna för ett lands ekonomiska tillväxt är företag, vilket är en stor anledning till att fokus ligger på hur dessa väljer att finansiera sin verksamhet. Problemet för många invandrarföretagare är svårigheten med att erhålla extern finansiering under företagets livscykel, vilket leder till att alternativa finansieringsmetoder används som bootstrapping. Bootstrapping betyder att ”ta sig själv i kragen” samt att se till att bli ”självförsörjande”. Forskare menar på att företagarens egenskaper också spelar en väsentlig roll vid val av finansiering.Syftet med denna uppsats är att utforska huruvida invandrarföretagarens användning av bootstrapping påverkas av företagarens egenskaper och företagets livscykel. En hermeneutisk forskningsfilosofi har använts tillsammans med en deduktiv ansats och en kvalitativ metod. Detta för att skapa en djupare förståelse för ett okänt område. Den kvalitativa undersökningen har genomförts med hjälp av åtta respondenter för att ge svar på studiens problemformulering och syfte.Uppsatsen indikerar på att invandrarföretagare främst använder sig av ägarfinansierad under introduktions- samt tillväxtfasen. Studien påvisar att fördröjande bootstrapping även är en vanlig metod som invandrarföretagare använder sig utav under tillväxtfasen. En annan metod som också är användbar men inte i lika stor utsträckning är relationsorienterad bootstrapping. De mest påverkande egenskaperna vid användning av bootstrapping är företagarens kontrollbehov över verksamheten samt riskbenägenhet mot externa finansiärer.
Both entrepreneurship and immigration has increased dramatically in Sweden, as well as globally. Today there are over a million companies in Sweden where one-person (74.8%) and micro enterprises (21.7%) represent the largest portion. This gives a clear view that the Swedish economy is dominated by small firms. Behind many of these smaller companies are individuals with a foreign background. In 2010 it was shown that every seventh company that was started in Sweden, operated by a person with roots from another part of the world.One of the main forces of a country's economic growth is the companies, which is a major reason that focus lies on how they choose to finance their business. The problem for many immigrant entrepreneurs is difficulty in obtaining external financing during its life-cycle, which leads to alternative financing methods used, named bootstrapping. Bootstrapping means to “lift oneself up” and make sure to become “self-sufficient”. Scientists believe that the entrepreneur's characteristics also play a significant role in the choice of financing.The purpose of this paper is to explore whether immigrant entrepreneur's use of bootstrapping is affected by the entrepreneur's characteristics and the company’s life cycle. A hermeneutic research philosophy has been used in conjunction with a deductive and a qualitative approach. The reason for using a qualitative approach is to create a deeper understanding of an unfamiliar area. The qualitative study has been performed with the help of eight respondents to answer the study's problem and purpose.The paper indicates that immigrant entrepreneurs mainly uses owner-financed in the introduction and growth phase. The study demonstrates that delaying bootstrapping is also a common method that immigrant entrepreneurs use during the growth phase. Another method that is also used but not as much as the other two methods is relationship oriented bootstrapping. The most influencing characteristics when using bootstrapping is the need of control over the business and risk aversion against external financiers.

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Birkemalm, Pauline, and Sandra Jansson. "Entrepreneurs vs. Intrapreneurs : A comparative study about motivation factors of entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-149734.

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Entrepreneurs and the components that motivates them not to give up when facing obstacles have been the focus in many different studies. There have also been some studies which aims at connecting the concepts of intrapreneurs and motivation. However, we found a gap in the research which compares Swedish entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs focusing on their motivational factors. Therefore, this study aims to fulfill the found research gap through looking deeper into the intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors of both entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. This led up to the following formulation of the research question: What are the main differences in motivation factors between successful entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs in Sweden? To answer this question, a qualitative study was conducted with the focus on gaining more understanding on what intrinsic and extrinsic factors motivates entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. Participants in the study were found based on criteria such as working in Sweden and being considered as successful through nominations or rewards. Data collection was done through using semi-structured interviews with five entrepreneurs and five intrapreneurs with the focus on finding motivational factors and typical personal characteristics related to their line of work. Since we found similar motivational factors in our chosen theories, it was decided that they would be used in the interviews. These factors were; Monetary reward, Challenges, Training, Acknowledgement, Affiliation, Power and Accomplishment. Results show that the entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs have differences in their motivational factors both among the individuals within each title, as well as between the titles. The motivational factors found were paired with definitions of factors from the theories. Personal characteristics of entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs were also found and connected to theories about personal characteristics. The analyzed answers of intrapreneurs’ and entrepreneurs’ motivational factors were compared against each other to see if the motivational factors differ between entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. The conclusion of this study is that for the extrinsic motivational factors, the entrepreneurs are more motivated by monetary rewards than the intrapreneurs and challenges motivates the intrapreneurs more than the entrepreneurs. For the intrinsic factors, power was more motivating for the entrepreneurs and more intrapreneurs saw acknowledgement as motivating. The factors which had no differences were concluded to not being related to being an entrepreneur or intrapreneur.

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Jhamb, Sumeet. "THINK ENTREPRENEUR – THINK MALE: UNFOLDING THE GENDERED CHARACTERIZATION OF REQUISITE MANAGERIAL, LEADERSHIP, AND ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAITS." OpenSIUC, 2018. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1501.

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Are men and women equally likely to be perceived by people to possess similar requisite characteristics in comparable yet diverse occupations within management, leadership, and entrepreneurship? Because modern workplaces continue to be impacted by the persistence of varying perceptions of men and women about requisite attributes of successful people in several organizational roles, the concept of gender bias and occupational stereotypes has warranted the attention of theoreticians, scholars, and practitioners to a large extent (Koch, D’Mello, & Sackett, 2015; Kuwabara & Thébaud, 2017; Pinker, 2003; Pinker & Spelke, 2005). Although empirical evidence clearly indicates that gender inequalities in the workplace can have a significant effect on peoples’ perceptions about different characteristics of individuals in general and in specific organizational roles, there is a paucity of research examining these perceptions in a variety of leadership positions. Previous literature has investigated the gendered construction and re-construction of these professions but only to a limited extent (Gupta, Turban, Wasti, & Sikdar, 2009; Heilman, 2001, 2012; Heilman, Wallen, Fuchs, & Tamkins, 2004; Koenig, Eagly, Mitchell, & Ristikari, 2011; Kuwabara & Thébaud, 2017; Ryan, Haslam, Hersby, & Bongiorno, 2011; Schein, 1973, 1975, 2001). However, research in years past has not yet examined the full range of industry and entrepreneurial contexts that may create gender typecasting of roles. By extension, the current study focuses on how the gender-differentiated perceptions of men and women influenced the requisite characteristics of successful professional personnel in various managerial, leadership, and entrepreneurial positions. Specifically, given that these professions are influenced by gender-role expectations and stereotypes, this empirical investigation drew from role congruity theory of prejudice (Eagly & Karau, 2002) to examine the relative degree of perceived overlap between the traits associated with specific roles in management, leadership, and entrepreneurship with the traits commonly associated with men and women in general. Primary data were obtained from a diverse sample of 600 (12 x 50) working adults in the United States (N = 600, 300 women, 300 men) between the ages of 21 and 65. This was accomplished using an online survey designed via Qualtrics and administered through Amazon’s MTurk, from the lens of the classic think manager-think male (TMTM) research paradigm (Schein, 1973, 1975, 2001). The instrument used for data collection was the 92-item Schein Descriptive Index (SDI), which was used to describe sex role stereotypes and perceived requisite characteristics of twelve distinct target groups. The results of this study indicate that the perceived requisite traits of successful leaders and entrepreneurs are construed in predominantly masculine terms. These findings support and further inform the nature, existence, significance, and persistence of the “think manager-think male stereotype effect” (TMTM effect) and the “glass ceiling phenomenon” across a variety of managerial, leadership, and entrepreneurial roles, contexts, and industries. The TMTM effect was stronger among high tech entrepreneurs, CEOs, and entrepreneurs in general, whereas it was lessened for entrepreneurs in educational and health care roles, as well as for middle managers. Additionally, consistent with prior research, TMTM effects were generally either more likely to occur, or were stronger in magnitude among male raters than among female raters. These results largely support role congruity theory of gender differences in management and leadership that indicate incongruity of female gender stereotypes in general with stereotypes about high-status and prominent occupational roles in various organizations (Eagly & Karau, 2002). Specifically, the perceived trait overlap was noted to generally be stronger between men in general and successful leaders in various roles than that between women in general and successful leaders in various similar roles. The findings of the current study are expected to be valuable for those seeking to encourage opportunity regardless of candidate gender in management, entrepreneurship, and leadership, as well as for those promoting the role of women’s advancement in these professions. The study’s results have both theoretical and practical implications. Understanding these perceptions can have a significant impact on the gender biases prevalent in society, in organizations, and even across the specific entrepreneurial contexts and industries investigated within the current study. In today’s super-competitive business environment, firms must appreciate the importance of fostering equal opportunity, avoiding gender biases, and facilitating racial and ethnic diversity.

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Cruz, Alexandre Jorge Barros da. "Business angels: a forma como o empresário, o investidor e a empresa influenciam o montante investido." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/18718.

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Este estudo pretende determinar a influência das características do empresário, das características do investidor e das características da empresa sobre o montante inicialmente investido pelos BA. Para esse efeito, recorreu-se a uma amostra extraída da base de dados da Kauffman Foundation, cujos dados dizem respeito a BA dos E.U.A.. Analisaram-se as estatísticas descritivas e as hipóteses foram testadas através de seis modelos de regressão linear múltipla. Os resultados obtidos mostram que seis dos nove fatores identificados dizem respeito ao empresário e à equipa de gestão; ABSTRACT: This study aims to determine the influence of entrepreneur characteristics, investor characteristics and the characteristics of the company on the amount initially invested by BA. For this purpose, we used a sample extracted from Kauffman Foundation database, whose data refer to BA from the United States of America. We performed descriptive statistics and hypotheses were tested through six models of multiple linear regression. The results show that six of the nine factors identified are related to the entrepreneur and management team.

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Lu, Kevin, and David Raman. "Invandrarföretagarens begränsningar påverkar valet av revisor." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-13012.

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Från 1918 och framåt har invandringsströmmen varit större än utvandringen i Sverige. Till följd av att invandringen har överstigit utvandringen de senaste 95 åren är detta en av faktorerna som har bidragit till folkökningen i Sverige. Den stigande folkökningen i Sverige har skapat en mer konkurrenskraftig arbetsmarknad, där efterfrågan av sysselsättning ökar men utbudet är begränsat. En del av de utrikes födda har haft svårighet att hitta sysselsättning under en längre period på grund av målgruppens begränsningar. För lösa denna problematik har flera invandrare startat eget företag. Flertal av invandrarföretagare har olika former av begränsningar exempelvis språkliga, juridiska och formella. De har ett annat karaktärsdrag än etnisk svenskar, därför är invandrarföretagarens preferenser om vilka faktorer som är väsentliga vid val av revisor vara skiljaktig mot en etnisk svensk. Vilket leder till vår forskningsfråga som undersöker vilka faktorer påverkar val av revisor för småföretagare med utländsk bakgrund? Syftet med forskningen är att förstå vilka faktorer som är väsentliga när en småföretagare med utländsk bakgrund väljer sin revisor med tanke på företagarens begränsningar. En hermeneutisk forskningsfilosofi har använts under studien med en abduktiv forskningsansats och en kvalitativ forskningsmetod. Den kvalitativa forskningsmetoden har utförts genom intervjuer, där intervjuerna har utförts med fem respondenter i Region Skåne. Svaren som genererades utifrån intervjuerna analyseras i utgångspunkt med förslagen som har tagits fram i teoretisk referensramen. Slutsatsen indikerar att invandrarföretagares begränsningar påverkar deras val av revisor. I denna studie har vi kunnat påvisa samband mellan olika begränsningar och olika specifika faktorer hos revisorn. Ett samband som kunde påvisas är exempelvis invandrarföretagarens begränsningar i svenska och revisorns förmåga att tala företagarens modersmål.
Since 1918 onwards, the immigration has been greater in Sweden than the emigration. As a result of immigration exceeding the amount of emigration in the past 95 years, it is one of the elements contributing to the increase in population in Sweden. The growing population in Sweden has created a competitive labor market, where demand for work increases but the supply is limited. Finding employment for a longer period has shown to be a difficult for some non-natives because of the restrictions of the target group. To solve this problem, many immigrants choose to start their own company. Many immigrant entrepreneurs have different restrictions, for instance; linguistic, legal, and formal. They posses contrasting characteristics from ethnic Swedes, hence having contrasting preferences from ethnic Swedes about which factors are essential when choosing auditors. Accordingly, it leads to our research question which examines what factors affect the choice of auditor for small business owners with a foreign background? The aim of this research is to understand the essential factors for small business owners with a foreign background, considering their restrictions, when choosing an auditor. A hermeneutic research philosophy with an abductive research approach and a qualitative research method has been used in this study. The qualitative research method has been carried out through interviews, where the interviews were conducted with five respondents in Region Skåne. The answers from the interviews are analyzed based on the propositions that were developed in the theoretical framework. The conclusion indicates that the restrictions of immigrant entrepreneurs affect their choice of auditor. In this study we have been able to demonstrate a correlation between different restrictions and different specific factors of the auditor. A correlation that could be demonstrated is for example the immigrant entrepreneur’s restrictions in the Swedish language and the auditor’s ability to speak the business owner’s mother tongue.

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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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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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Karbouai, Khalid. "Les potentialités entrepreneuriales des Marocains résidents à l'étranger de retour (MRE) : Une approche comparatiste avec les créateurs d'entreprise marocains locaux." Thesis, Littoral, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017DUNK0506.

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L’objectif de cette recherche consiste à identifier et comparer les potentialités de l'entrepreneur migrant de retour à celles de son homologue Local. Rappelons que bien qu'un nombre important de recherches a traité l'entrepreneuriat et les caractéristiques entrepreneuriales, aucune, à notre connaissance, n'a étudié les potentialités de l'entrepreneur migrant de retour. Le souci de combler le manque de recherches gestionnaires et de contribuer au débat scientifique sur cette thématique nous a conduit à nous appuyer sur deux principaux paradigmes des traits et des faits de l'entrepreneur pour asseoir le concept de potentialités entrepreneuriales. Le corpus théorique obtenu s'appuie sur le modèle d'Yvon GASSE. Il établit un lien entre les différentes approches des traits et faits (caractéristiques et comportements), intègre les facteurs extrinsèques (milieu) et conduit à faire émerger le modèle conceptuel de notre thèse. Ce corpus théorique est relayé par le questionnaire adapté de Gasse qui a été administré à un échantillon de 393 entrepreneurs Marocains MRE (40%) et Locaux (60%). Les MRE sont les Marocains Résidents à l’Etranger revenus au Maroc pour créer leur entreprise. Les Locaux sont ceux qui résident depuis toujours au Maroc et qui sont entrepreneurs. Ce sont donc deux types d'entrepreneurs d'origine Marocaine mais avec des parcours de vie différents (migrants et non-migrants). Les 393 questionnaires sont soumis aux techniques multidimensionnelles d’analyse de données approfondies. Les résultats obtenus permettent de répondre à notre question de recherche : le niveau des potentialités de l’entrepreneur migrant de retour est diffèrent de celui de l’entrepreneur Local. L'expérience migratoire a permis à l'entrepreneur MRE de développer un niveau de potentialités entrepreneuriales plus élevé que celui de son homologue Local. De tels résultats font émerger des leviers originaux pouvant alimenter les dispositifs d’accompagnement endogènes. Leur combinaison au test de Cronbach fournit une grille réduite et adaptée du modèle de Gasse augurant un accompagnement différencié des futurs entrepreneurs MRE et Locaux
The objective of this research is to identify and compare the potentiality of the return migrant entrepreneur back to those of his Local counterpart. It should be recalled that while a significant number of research has addressed entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial characteristics, none, to our knowledge, has studied the potential of the returning migrant entrepreneur in relation to his Local counterpart. The concern to fill the lack of managerial research and to contribute to the scientific debate on this topic has led us to rely on two main paradigms of the traits and the facts of the entrepreneur to establish the concept of entrepreneurial potentials. The theoretical corpus obtained is based on the model of Yvon GASSE. It establishes a link between the different approaches of traits and facts (characteristics and behaviors), incorporates extrinsic factors (middle) and leads to the emergence of the conceptual model of our thesis. This theoretical corpus is relayed by the adapted questionnaire of Gasse which was administered to a sample of 393 Moroccan entrepreneurs MRE (40%) and Local (60%). The MRE are Moroccan residents abroad who have returned to Morocco to create their business. The premises are those who have always been resident in Morocco and who are entrepreneurs. They are therefore two types of entrepreneurs of Moroccan origin but with different life paths (migrant and non-migrant). The 393 questionnaires are subject to multi-dimensional data analysis techniques. The results obtained allow us to answer our research question: the level of the potential of the returning entrepreneur is different from that of the Local contractor. The migratory experience has enabled the MRE entrepreneur to develop a higher level of entrepreneurial potential than that of his Local counterpart. Such results are emerging from the original levers that can feed the endogenous accompaniment devices. Their combination with the Cronbach test provides a reduced and adapted grid of the Gasse model, auguring a differentiated accompaniment of future MRE and Local entrepreneurs

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Dzotefe, S. A. "Influences on small firm growth rates in Ghana : factors which influence small firm growth rates and which are important in distinguishing rapid-growth small firms from slow-growth small firms." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4457.

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Although the development of small businesses is generally considered important for income generation and job creation, there has been relatively little research in developing countries such as Ghana on understanding why some small firms succeed and grow rapidly while others do not in. This thesis investigates the influences on small firm growth rates in Ghana using data from a random sample of 252 manufacturing and services firms from the database of the Association of Ghana Industries. The general hypothesis is that, growth is a function of the characteristics of the entrepreneur; characteristics of the firm; strategic factors; environmental factors; and cultural factors. Consequently, the research tests 36 hypotheses drawn from the five main categories of variables using the turnover and the employment growth measures. It also uses logistic regression analysis to isolate significant factors differentiating rapid-growth firms from slow-growth firms. Overall, the research finds strong evidence which suggests that, perception of a market opportunity; university education; multiple founders; entrepreneurs with marketing skills; workforce training; new product development; presence of a clear vision and mission statement; majority non-family members in management and membership of professional or business associations were associated with rapid-growth firms. iv Factors which were significant in discriminating between rapid-growth and slow-growth firms but were more likely to be associated with slow-growth firms included threat of unemployment or actual unemployment as a motivation for starting a business; production skills; legal form (limited liability companies); access to external equity (post-formation); exporting; access to public or external aid; unionization and frequent management meetings.

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Witte, Jack S. "Defining the Personality Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2016. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1266.

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Entrepreneurship has been referred to as an economical model for many years; however, the study of entrepreneurship from a psychological perspective is fairly young. Recent literature has focused largely on analyzing the personality characteristics of entrepreneurs and comparing them to wage or salary employed workers. Understanding the personality characteristics of entrepreneurs is vitally important in understanding entrepreneurship, and therefore, the economy as a whole. This study utilizes concepts from past literature and findings from empirical studies in order to assess the personality characteristics associated with successful entrepreneurship. Ultimately, the characteristics; achievement motivation, locus of control, innovation, risk tendencies, and tenacity are analyzed and depicted as the five most important personality characteristics for successful entrepreneurs.

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Kazmierski, Michael (Michael Anthony). "The paths and characteristics of real estate entrepreneurs." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58638.

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Thesis (S.M. in Real Estate Development)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, Center for Real Estate, 2008.
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 185-186).
What paths have real estate entrepreneurs taken to establish their own firm? Also, what characteristics did they develop and utilize in the process? This thesis gives the unique opportunity to better understand the life of the real estate entrepreneur. Also, this thesis shall add clarity to these questions by providing case studies and analyses through reviewing such topics by obtaining information from face-to-face interviews of leaders and legends in the real estate industry. Included is a study on the general characteristics that are utilized by entrepreneurs and their importance. Also, studies on the application of these characteristics and their statistical significance are discussed. These characteristics have been reviewed to create a better understanding of the composition of the entrepreneur and how the application of these factors will help in entrepreneurial achievement. This framework will also help create a better understanding of the case studies and the paths the real estate entrepreneurs took to establish their firms. For the development of the case studies, 12 entrepreneurial leaders in the real estate industry were interviewed based on a framework of questions. From this information, a case study is created to obtain an understanding of their family background, education, experience, path and characteristics. Each case study will be accompanied by an analysis section discussing the important steps and characteristics that led to the development of the entrepreneur's career. These individuals represent a variety of fields in the real estate industry including development, construction, service, and finance. In review of the case studies and analyses, 5 distinct paths are found which have led to the preparation of being able to establish a real estate firm.
(cont.) Also, it is shown that no set group of characteristics is utilized by each real estate entrepreneur. Yet, each entrepreneur provides premier examples of these characteristics and gives insight to their application in the real estate industry.
by Michael Kazmierski.
S.M.in Real Estate Development

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Vidigal, Mariana de Ribeiro Lopes e. Ferreira. "How well do portuguese part-time entrepreneurs perform?" Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/7910.

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Mestrado em Finanças
O propósito desta dissertação é examinar o desempenho dos empreendedores a tempo parcial, principalmente analisar sua sobrevivência. Recorremos a uma base de dados com dados do empregado-empregador (QP - "Quadros de Pessoal"), e selecionámos todas as novas empresas que se estabeleceram no período de 2000-2007, excluindo todas as organizações sem fins lucrativos, obtendo um total de 41,293 observações. As organizações sem fins lucrativos foram excluídos, porque este estudo incide sobre indivíduos que decidiram se envolver no empreendedorismo a tempo parcial como forma de obter um rendimento adicional. Um empreendedor a tempo parcial é uma pessoa que dedica o seu tempo livre a exercer uma actividade empresarial, enquanto mantém um trabalho regular. A nossa principal conclusão é que as características dos empresários de tempo parcial partilham algumas semelhanças com empresários a tempo integral, principalmente em termos de idade e tamanho da empresa.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of part-time entrepreneurs, more specifically evaluate their survival. We use an employer' employee dataset (QP - "Quadros de Pessoal"), we solemnly select all start-ups established between 2000 and 2007, and exclude nonprofit organizations, obtaining a total of 41,293 observations. The nonprofit organizations were excluded mainly because this study focused on individuals that decided to engage in part-time entrepreneurship as a way to gain an extra income. Part-time entrepreneurs are individuals who dedicate their spare time in engaging in entrepreneurial ventures while maintaining a regular job. Our major finding is that part-time entrepreneurs share some similarities with the full-time entrepreneur's features, mainly in terms of age and firm's size.

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Aurélio, Diana Isabel Campos Fraga. "The relevance of entrepreneurs personality characteristics for new ventures internacionalization." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/10088.

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O Empreendedorismo Internacional (EI) tem origem na área do negócio internacional e do empreendedorismo. Baseada em três abordagens teóricas, visão baseada no conhecimento, teoria dos escalões superiores e perspectiva cognitiva, esta investigação pretende contribuir para uma melhor compreensão do processo de internacionalização e do papel desempenhado pelas características do empreendedor. Este estudo analisa a influência das características empreendedoras e de personalidade, bem como, as característica da empresa e a sua influência na internacionalização. Esta investigação apresenta os seguintes objectivos: i) desenvolver um quadro conceptual estruturado para o processo de internacionalização; ii) identificar características empreendedoras do indivíduo e da empresa relevantes para a internacionalização; e iii) distinguir entre novas empresas domésticas e internacionais (DNVs e INVs) relativamente ao mindset empreendedor. As hipóteses foram testadas através de dados recolhidos por questionário e dados secundários obtidos a partir da base de dados eInforma D&B, para DNVs e INVs Portuguesas criadas entre 2004 e 2013. Os resultados forneceram suporte empírico para as relações entre características de personalidade do empreendedor e características empreendedoras. Adicionalmente, foi encontrada uma relação entre a orientação e intenção empreendedoras do indivíduo. Foi encontrado suporte empírico para as relações entre características empreendedoras individuais e a orientação empreendedora e internacional da empresa. Para além disso, a orientação internacional manifestou uma relação positiva relativamente ao tipo de empresa e à percentagem de exportação. Esta investigação forneceu uma abordagem a diferentes níveis destacando o papel do empreendedor cuja personalidade e características empreendedoras são determinantes para a identidade da empresa e para a internacionalização.
International Entrepreneurship (IE) has its origins from international business and entrepreneurship research. Contemplating three main frameworks, knowledge-based view, upper echelons theory and cognitive perspective, this research aims to contribute to a better understanding of the internationalization process and the role of the entrepreneur’s characteristics. The study analyzes the influence of the entrepreneur’s personality and entrepreneurial characteristics as well as the firm characteristics and the influence of the latter on internationalization. The following objectives were defined: i) develop a well-structured framework for the internationalization process; ii) identify entrepreneurial characteristics at the individual and firm level relevant to internationalization; and iii) distinguish INVs from DNVs regarding the entrepreneurial mindset. Hypotheses were tested through a survey data combined with secondary data provided by eInforma D&B database for Portuguese INVs and DNVs founded between 2004 and 2013. The results provided empirical support for the relationships between several entrepreneur’s personality characteristics and entrepreneurial characteristics. Additionally, an association was found between individual entrepreneurial orientation and individual entrepreneurial intent. There was also empirical support for relationships between individual entrepreneurial characteristics and the firm’s entrepreneurial and international orientation. Furthermore, international orientation was positively related to the type of venture and the firm’s export percentage. The present research provided a different level approach highlighting the role of the entrepreneur whose personality and entrepreneurial characteristics are determinant to the firm’s identity and its internationalization.

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Mongia, Anita Kaur. "Characteristics and attitudes of successful entrepreneurs : A comparable study of Norwegian entrepreneurs in Norway and in the US." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for industriell økonomi og teknologiledelse, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-25644.

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As entrepreneurial activity and economical growth are closely connected to each other, it should be desirable for any country to have a high entrepreneurial activity. It becomes important to evaluate the current status of the entrepreneurial situation in order to find areas that require improvement. Norway experienced an all time low measurement of entrepreneurial activity in 2012. The same year, the US experienced the complete opposite, an all time high in measured entrepreneurial activity since 2004. As it seems, Norway and the US have opposite results when it comes to entrepreneurial activity and the development. Due to the lack of research completed on the field of entrepreneurial activity in Norway it becomes a challenge to acquire the required knowledge that would allow the country to actually improve within the field of entrepreneurship. After having gained insight into the current entrepreneurial situation in Norway though the research findings of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) and an initial literature review, it became clear that certain attitudes and characteristics were associated with wanting to become an entrepreneur and that specific attitudes lead to successful startups. As both of these themes can be positively associated with the total entrepreneurial activity in a country, it became desirable to gain insight into potential differences or similarities between Norwegian entrepreneurs in Norway and Norwegian entrepreneurs in the US, in addition to looking at the potential difference between what is defined as successful or discontinued ventures. In this way the research compares the two different entrepreneurial contexts, as well as their impact on a successful outcome. Several hypotheses are composed and tested in order to gain insight into the entrepreneurial attitudes in Norway and their relation to success. The specific hypotheses tested are; H1: An entrepreneurial venture is more likely to not discontinue, in this case referred to as being a success, if the venture has obtained initial sales, received funding and is working with the startup fulltime, H2; Norwegian entrepreneurs display less motivation than entrepreneurs in the US and therefore are less persistent and less successful and H3; Norwegian entrepreneurs in Norway are less successful compared to entrepreneurs in the US due to low risk tolerance. Support was found for hypothesis H1, although no support was found for hypotheses H2 and H3. Although previous entrepreneurial research suggests the entrepreneurial activity being affected by the environment, this research does not confirm that. The variables researched seem to have an impact on success and discontinuance of a startup, but not on the specific country and environment of where it was established. This information is not able to explain why there is a higher level of entrepreneurial activity in the US compared to Norway other than that there is a more supporting culture for entrepreneurs, making it more desirable to become one. The findings suggest that Norwegian entrepreneurs in Norway have the same abilities to succeed as the entrepreneurs in the US. Additional research within the field of entrepreneurial motivation and aspirations in Norway might uncover additional reasons for not wanting to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities and rather be a fulltime employer. By gaining insight into the decision making process and reason comparing non-entrepreneurs to current entrepreneurs in Norway, this might lead to valuable information for potential policy improvement.

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Firmino, Catarina Filipa Fernandes. "Why do part-time entrepreneurs transition to full time entrepreneurship?" Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/10139.

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Empreendedorismo a tempo parcial é frequentemente considerado como sendo o primeiro passo para ingressar no empreendedorismo a tempo integral. Este estudo tem como objetivo investigar quais os determinantes que sustentam a transição mencionada. Para a realização deste estudo recorremos a uma base de dados portuguesa, Quadros de Pessoal Os empreendedores portugueses que transitam a sua actividade empresarial em tempo parcial para tempo integral são predominantemente homens com idades entre os 50 e 60 anos. A transição para uma actividade em tempo integral é mais passivel de ocorrer em indivíduos com maior educação e sem experiencia prévia na indústria. Em relação às características das empresas, podemos afirmar que quanto maior o tamanho da empresa no momento da sua fundação, maior será também, a probabilidade de a mesma empresa transitar de uma actividade parcial para uma actividade em tempo integral.
Part-time entrepreneurship is often considered to be the first step to full-time entrepreneurship. This study investigates the reasons and characteristics that lead part-time entrepreneurs to transitions into full-time entrepreneurship. To sustain this research, we ran through a matched employer-employee Portuguese database. Part-time entrepreneurs who transition to full-time are predominantly men individuals with ages between 50 to 65 years. The transition into full-time entrepreneurship is more likely to occur for high educated individuals with no previous industry experience. Additionally individual with a lower tenure and higher hours worked are more likely to move into full-time entrepreneurship. In regard to the ventures' characteristics, we find that, the larger ventures' size at its foundation, the higher is the likelihood of transition into full-time entrepreneurship.

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Nordin, Madeleine, and Runa Claesson. "Branson - Jobs : Entreprenör och/eller Ledare?" Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-12550.

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ABSTRACT Titel: Branson - Jobs; Entreprenör och/eller Ledare? Nivå: C-uppsats i ämnet företagsekonomi Författare: Madeleine Nordin och Runa Claesson Handledare: Lars Ekstrand Datum: Maj 2012 Syfte: Syftet är att belysa relationen, och studera sambandet, mellan rollerna entreprenör - ledare. Vad förenar dem, och vad skiljer dem åt? Finns det något motsatsförhållande mellan dessa båda roller? Metod: Studien är en kvalitativ studie där ansatsen är en kombination av induktiv och deduktiv ansats, så kallad abduktion. Information och material till vår studie har vi fått genom en intervju och i övrigt olika typer av sekundärinformation. Resultat & slutsats: Tidigare forskning talar om det komplexa i skärningspunkten mellan rollerna entreprenör och ledare. Det råder till viss del delade meningar om huruvida det finns ett behov av att, ur ett vetenskapligt perspektiv, göra en distinktion mellan dessa roller. Utifrån vilken kontext man definierar entreprenörsrollen kan den vara densamma som ledarrollen menar vissa. Det finns mycket som förenar rollerna som entreprenör och ledare, men det finns också en del som skiljer dem åt. Vår slutsats är att skillnaderna handlar mer om hur rollerna uppfattas och hur de utmärkande dragen beskrivs än vad det egentligen innebär att vara entreprenör och/eller ledare. Både Jobs och Branson stämmer väl in på de personlighetstyper som tidigare studier och forskning beskriver kring ledare och entreprenörer. Vi kan inte utifrån vår studie, se att det finns något motsatsförhållande mellan dessa båda roller. Vi kan inte heller säga att vi funnit något i entreprenörsrollen som utesluter alternativt förstärker något i ledarrollen, eller tvärtom. Det handlar mer om hur man som individ väljer att agera utifrån de båda rollerna och vad situationen kräver. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Att utifrån en större pool av entreprenörer studera deras bakgrunder, roller och drivkrafter och kartlägga hur de hanterar rollen som entreprenör och ledare. Detta för att se vilka mönster som eventuellt går att hitta - finns det kopplingar mellan bakgrund och uppväxt i frågan om hur man hanterar rollen som ledare och/eller rollen som entreprenör? Finns det andra mönster att urskilja när det gäller dessa individers olika drivkrafter och förmåga att hantera rollen som entreprenör och/eller ledare? En annan vinkel vore att undersöka ett antal entreprenörer som lyckats och nått framgång (finansiellt) och som sedan ägnar sig åt välgörenhet i stor utsträckning. Vad driver den som redan lyckats? Vad ligger till grund för vilken typ av välgörenhet som lockar, och på vilket sätt ser engagemangen ut? Uppsatsens bidrag: Vår studie bidrar till en ökad förståelse för vad det innebär att vara entreprenör och/eller ledare. Studien visar också på likheter och skillnader mellan dessa roller, var rollerna överlappar varandra och vad som kännetecknar respektive roll. Nyckelord: Entreprenörskap, Ledarskap, Drivkraft, Personliga egenskaper, Självkänsla, Vision ABSTRACT Title: Branson - Jobs; Entrepreneur and/or Leader? Level: Final assignment for Bachelor Degree in Business Administration Author: Madeleine Nordin och Runa Claesson Supervisor: Lars Ekstrand Date: May 2012 Aim: The aim is to illustrate the relation, and to study the connection between the roles of entrepreneurship – leadership. What is common and what is different? Is there anything that is contradicting between these two roles? Method: This study is a qualitative study with a combination of an inductive and deductive approach, known as abduction. The information and material for our study have been collected through an interview and besides that by using different types of secondary information. Result & Conclusions: Earlier research talks about the complex intersection between the roles of an entrepreneur and a leader. There are disagreements about the need to make a distinction between the roles out of a scientific perspective. Some researchers suggest that the definition of entrepreneur or leader is formed by the context. There are many things in common between the roles as an entrepreneur and as a leader, but there are also things that differ. The differences are more about how the roles are interpreted and how the specific roles are described compared to what it really means to be an entrepreneur and/or leader. Both Branson and Jobs matches well what previous studies have defined in terms of the personalities of an entrepreneur and leader. Based on our studies we have not been able to shown any contradictions between these roles. Neither have we found anything in the role of an entrepreneur that contradicts or enhance the role of a leader, or vice versa. It´s more a matter of how one, as an individual, choose to act and what the situation demands. Suggestions for future research: To use a larger pool of entrepreneurs and study their background, their roles and striving forces to be able to see if there are any patterns in terms of how they handling the role as an entrepreneur and leader. Are there any connection between background and upbringing when it comes to how to handle the role? Are there any other patterns that can be defined regarding these individuals different way of handling their roles? Another angle would be to analyze a number of successful entrepreneurs (financially) who then moved on to focus on charity work. What drives someone that has already succeeded? What is the foundation that determines the type of charity that appeals to them and what does the engagement look like? Contribution of the thesis: The contribution of this study is a better understanding of what it means to be an entrepreneur and/or leader. The study also shows the differences between these roles, where they overlap each other and what the characteristics of each role are. Key words: Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Driving forces, Personal characteristics

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Gomes, Inês Freitas. "The changing face of entrepreneurs in Portugal." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/7796.

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Este estudo avalia as mudanças no empreendedorismo em Portugal. Mais especificamente, analisa as características dos fundadores e das start-ups que mudaram nas últimas três décadas (1980 , 1990 e 2000). Para elucidar esta pesquisa , utilizamos dados portugueses , a partir de uma base de dados com informações acerca da empresa e do respetivo fundador. Os empreendedores portugueses são predominantemente do sexo masculino, de meia-idade com menor nível de escolaridade . Em termos de género , não houve diferenças significativas ao longo dos anos. O número de empreendedoras está a diminuir desde 1986 pois ainda são uma minoria na nossa amostra. O número de empreendedores jovens está a crescer desde 1986, mas a uma taxa decrescente a partir de 2000. Por último, assiste-se a uma diminuição no número de empreendedores com níveis de educação superior em Portugal. O número de start-ups fundadas por indivíduos com baixos nível de escolaridade está a aumentar desde 1986. Durante o período em análise , o nível médio de educação foi o que sofreu mais alterações. Até 2000, o número de empreendedores com um nível médio de educação aumentou e posteriormente diminui no último período. Adicionalmente, verificámos que a dimensão das start-ups está a diminuir cada vez mais. Em termos de sobrevivência, a probabilidade das start-ups sobreviverem tem aumentado, especialmente no último período.
This study evaluates the changes on entrepreneurial activity in Portugal. More specifically, it analyzes which start-ups and founder?s characteristics changed between the last three decades (1980, 1990 and 2000). To enlight this research, we employ Portuguese data, from a matched employer- employee database. Portuguese entrepreneurs are predominantly middle-aged male with lower education levels. In terms of gender, there was not changes overtime. Female entrepreneurs are decreasing since 1986, being yet a minority in our sample. The number of young entrepreneurs is increasing since 1986 but in a contracting decreasing rate after 2000. Lastly, we assist to a decrease on the number of highly educated entrepreneurs in Portugal. The number of start-ups? founded by very low educated individuals is been increasing since 1986. During the period of analysis, medium education was the education level that suffered more changes. Until 2000, the number of medium educated entrepreneurs increased and then decreased in the last period. We also find that start-ups are becoming smaller. In terms of start-up survival, the probability has increased specially in the last period.

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Müller, Susan. "Encouraging future entrepreneurs : the effect of entrepreneurship course characteristics on entrepreneurial intention." kostenfrei kostenfrei, 2008. http://www.unisg.ch/www/edis.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/3550.

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Blackman, Alan John, and n/a. "Entrepreneurs: Interrelationships Between Their Characteristics, Values, Expectations, Management Practices and SME Performance." Griffith University. School of Marketing and Management, 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20040615.154732.

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This original research seeks to identify unique predictive relationships between the characteristics, values and expectations of entrepreneurs in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and the management practices they choose; and then, the relationships between those practices and business performance. It adds to the current understanding of the impact of entrepreneurs on the performance of their businesses and has also led to the development of two new tools for assessing the performance of SMEs. Growth of the SME sector is important to the public policy agendas of governments, like those in Australia, that are seeking to optimise the employment opportunities associated with an SME sector in which "success" is the norm because SME failure, or underperformance, is associated with many social costs; costs that include reduced earnings for proprietors, potential job loss for staff and financial hardship for suppliers, as well as a reduction in the average per capita spending power of the community in which the failed or under performing business is based. For the SME, business strategy development and implementation is often the role of the entrepreneur owner-manager. The characteristics, values and expectations of entrepreneurs in SMEs may thus influence their choice of management practices and thereby the performance of their businesses. As Cooper (1998) argued: "the primary motivations of the entrepreneur bear upon not only the decision to start but also upon the decisions about how to manage, including whether or not to grow the firm aggressively" (p. 247). Johnson (1990) suggested that there is a strong need to focus future research on the motivation mechanisms of entrepreneurs as drivers of the entrepreneurial process. Johnson's view supports the entrepreneurial trait school of thought that development of an understanding of the individual entrepreneur's characteristics, values and expectations might provide worthwhile insight into her or his behaviour and its relationship to SME success and failure. The purposes of this research, therefore, were, first, to determine the importance of the attributed and attained characteristics of the entrepreneur on the formation of his or her values and expectations; second, to determine the influence of those values and expectations on the choice of management practices; third, to determine the degree to which those management practices influence business performance; and last, to develop a scale of measurement for entrepreneur characteristics, values and expectations that can be used to predict business performance. To enable limited comparison with Kotey's and Meredith's (1997) findings and to control for between industry and between state influences, the chosen context for the research was the furniture industry in Queensland. To add to current knowledge in SME management practices and performance, two new measurement tools were developed for this research. The first quantifies the positiveness of the business intentions of the entrepreneur. The second is a scaled index of perceived performance that takes account of the importance given by an entrepreneur to eight common business objectives and the degree to which he or she is satisfied with the performance of the business for each objective. Both tools are important additions to the limited existing armoury of tools available to researchers seeking to understand and predict SME performance. For the first time, the findings of this research indicate negative relationships between parent occupation skill levels and the importance given by entrepreneurs to the values of responsibility, honesty and competence and the negative role of the entrepreneur's achieved highest qualification on the importance given to values of affection, compassion, religion and national security. The findings thereby highlight the important role played by an entrepreneur's attained characteristics on the formation of his or her values. As well, the results show the important role played by values such as power and responsibility, as well as by high internal locus of control, on an entrepreneur's selection of planning, marketing and future management practices. In turn, the impact of those practices on business performance, as measured by the overall satisfaction of the entrepreneur and the newly created Scaled Index of Perceived Performance, is demonstrated. In so doing, the results shed more light on the complex relationships between entrepreneurs, the management practices they choose, and business performance. For the furniture industry in Queensland, the findings confirm Cooper's (1998) view that there is an empirical relationship between business founding processes and the performance of the business. Also supported is Kotey's and Meredith's (1997) broad finding for the furniture industry in New South Wales that "personal values of owner/managers, the strategies they adopt in operating their firms, and the performance outcomes of their businesses are empirically related" (1997, p. 59). Future research is needed to develop a causal model for those relationships in a variety of SME and other contexts.

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Mann, Veena. "A comparative study of Asian and white female business owners : their characteristics, performance and constraints." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.336840.

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Suozzo, Joseph C. "Being about our father's business characteristics of selected tentmaking entrepreneurs in South Asia /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2000. http://www.tren.com.

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Lam, Syrine Kit Sum. "A study of the personal characteristics of Hong Kong successful entrepreneurs and high-flyers." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.244850.

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Trinh, Lam Bao. "Emerging Entrepreneurship: The Characteristics of the Nascent Entrepreneurs and the Correlation to their Legal Forms of Business." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/144997.

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Pereira, Filipe Miguel Monteiro. "The importance of emotional intelligence for entrepreneurial arisal." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/19797.

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Mestrado em Ciências Empresariais
A inteligência emocional tem origem num conjunto de qualidades que ajudam um indivíduo a perceber melhor processos, ações e informação, que o levam a contribuir positivamente nas interações sociais e influenciam o seu comportamento no ambiente social em que se insere. O empreendedorismo é visto como uma grande fonte de emprego e criação de riqueza, podendo ser definido como um conjunto de dimensões, comportamentos e características que completam um processo dinâmico conhecido como empreendedorismo. A presente investigação pretende compreender de que modo o potencial empreendedor pode ser afetado pela inteligência emocional do indivíduo, quando se olha pela perspetiva da teoria do comportamento planeado, i.e., de que modo a motivação e as capacidades geram melhor desempenho. A investigação aqui apresentada pretende analisar de que modo inteligência emocional pode influenciar a orientação empreendedora do indivíduo e as suas atitudes empreendedoras. De seguida pretende-se perceber de que modo as atitudes para o empreendedorismo influenciam as intenções empreendedoras e o empreendedorismo nascente, i.e., atividades e medidas realizadas por indivíduos que têm como objetivo a criação de novos projetos. A nossa investigação concluiu que inteligência emocional afeta positivamente a orientação empreendedora e as atitudes para o empreendedorismo, que por sua vez afetam positivamente as intenções empreendedoras, o que leva a empreendedores nascentes. Os resultados mostram ainda que, a existência de um modelo empreendedor no seio dos amigos dos respondentes, tornam mais fortes as relações que a inteligência emocional e a orientação empreendedora têm com as atitudes face ao empreendedorismo.
Emotional intelligence has its origins on a set of qualities that help an individual to better understand processes, actions and information, allowing him to positively contribute to the social interactions and influencing his behaviour within their environment. Entrepreneurship is seen as a major source of employment and wealth creation and can also be seen as a set of dimensions, behaviours and characteristics that make up a dynamic process known as entrepreneurship. This research proposes to understand how the entrepreneurial potential might be affected by emotional intelligence through the perspective of the theory of planned behaviour, i.e. how motivation and ability leads to better performance. The present research therefore analyses how emotional intelligence can influence an individual's entrepreneurial orientation and their entrepreneurial attitudes. Then it sets out to understand how these attitudes towards entrepreneurship can, in turn, lead to entrepreneurial intent and nascent entrepreneurship, i.e. activities and steps being taken by individuals towards new venture creation. A questionnaire was designed with the purpose of gathering data on the relation between emotional intelligence and entrepreneurship, highlighting how the aspects of emotional intelligence tend to influence the motivations, behaviours and, in turn, performance. Our research concluded that emotional intelligence positively effects entrepreneurial orientation and the attitudes towards entrepreneurship, which in turn positively affect entrepreneurial intent and leads to nascent entrepreneurship. The results also show that the existence of an entrepreneurial role model within the friends of the respondents strengthens the relationships that emotional intelligence and entrepreneurial orientation have with attitudes towards entrepreneurship.
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Wiklund, Malin, and Cathrin Lingman. "Faktorer som påverkar framväxten av entreprenörskap." Thesis, University of Gävle, Department of Business Administration and Economics, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-59.

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Entreprenörskap skapar nya idéer, nya produkter och nya jobb och är därmed viktigt för ett lands ekonomiska utveckling. I Sverige blir det en alltmer globaliserad ekonomi, som leder till strukturförändringar i näringslivet. För att Sverige ska klara av den framtida tillväxten behövs fler företag startas. Företag är bra för samhället. Med inspiration från Gartner´s resonemang om att intresset inom entreprenörskap skall fokuseras på hur organisationen uppstår och bildas, är vårt syfte med uppsatsen att studera och klargöra faktorer som påverkar framväxten av entreprenörskap. Vi har valt att använda oss av en kvalitativ undersökningsmetod som fokuserar på närhet till det man undersöker och vi har genomfört fem intervjuer med fem olika entreprenörer som på ett eller annat sätt har tagit hjälp av Drivhuset i Gävleborg i samband med deras verksamhetsetablering. Teorierna som finns i uppsatsen utgår ifrån ett processrelaterat perspektiv inom entreprenörskap, där vi har valt att behandla entreprenörens egenskaper och familjens påverkan, samt nätverket. Dessa tre teman har utvecklats från intervjuerna och utgör stommen i såväl empiri- som teori- och analysdelen. Vårt arbete indikerar att dessa tre faktorer; entreprenörens egenskaper, familjens påverkan och nätverket sammantaget framkallar intentionen om skapandet mot entreprenörskap. Vad som också framgår är att delarnas påverkan inte behöver vara av samma omfattning. Detta innebär att dessa faktorer har olika stor påverkan på individen och hos vissa entreprenörer finns inte ens alla faktorer representerade. Individen kan ändå bedriva framgångsrikt entreprenörskap.

Entrepreneurship creates new ideas, new products and new jobs and is thereby important for a country’s economic development. Sweden is shifting toward a more globalised economy, which in turn leads to structural changes in trade and industry. More companies must be created if Sweden is to handle growth in the future. Companies are good for the society. Inspired by Gartner’s discussion that interest in entrepreneurship should be focused upon how organisations arise, our purpose with this paper is to study and clarify the factors that influence entrepreneurial growth. We have chosen a qualitative approach in our study about the influencing factors, a method emphasising nearness to the object studied. We have performed five interviews with five different entrepreneurs who in one way or another received assistance with their business establishment from Drivhuset in Gävleborg. The theories in this paper have a process orientated perspective in entrepreneurship where we have chosen to discuss the entrepreneur’s characteristics, the influence of family, and the entrepreneur’s own network. These three themes have evolved from the interviews and they make up the framework in the empirical as well as the theoretical and analytical parts. Our study indicates that it is these factors—the entrepreneur’s characteristics, family influence and networking—which together lie behind the creative intention that precedes entrepreneurship. The results also show that each specific influencing component doesn’t necessarily occur to the same extent as the others. This means that the factors have different effects on the individual and that not all factors are influential with some entrepreneurs. These individuals can still become successful entrepreneurs.

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Karagiannis, Alexander, and Natanael Weitzberg. "Humankapitalets roll och betydelse för investerare i en investeringsprocess : En kvalitativ intervjustudie." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Företagsekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-33357.

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Bakgrund Investerare som direktinvesterar i företag måste hantera risk som del av beslutsfattandet. Forskning visar att entreprenörerna i sådana företag är en faktor som investerare lägger stor vikt vid i utvärderingen av en potentiell investering. Studien genomför djupgående kvalitativ forskning kring humankapitalets roll och betydelse i investeringsprocesser för investerare vilket inte är lika vanligt förekommande som kvantitativa studier inom detta forskingsområde. Syfte Huvudsyftet med studien är att, på ett deskriptivt sätt, undersöka humankapitalets roll i investeringsprocessen. Studien syftar även till att undersöka vilken betydelse humankapitalet har för beslutsunderlaget i utvärderingsprocessen. Teoretiskt perspektiv Teoretiska referensramen består av ett antal teorier och vetenskapliga artiklar inom Asymmetrisk informationsteori samt Humankapitalteori. Även annan relevant tidigare forskning som berör studiens område har använts. Asymmetrisk informationsteori hanteras utifrån Pecking Order teorin, Agentteorin samt artikeln Market for lemons (Akerlof, 1970). Humankapitalteorin hanteras med hjälp av definitioner och studier utförda av Becker (1964, 1993), Schultz (1960), Cressy (1996), Mincer (1958) och Gardner (1973). Tidigare forskning inom den teoretiska referensramen består av Hsu et al. (2014), Landström (1998), Mason & Stark (2004) och Mason & Harrison (2003). Vidare har två förklaringsmodeller vid beslutsfattande använts: Compensatory model samt Elimination-by-aspect. Metod Studien genomfördes utifrån en abduktiv ansats och använde sig av en tvärsnittsdesign där sex investerare undersöktes vid olika tidpunkter. En kvalitativ forskningsstrategi applicerades och undersökningsmetoden bestod av semistrukturerade intervjuer som genom en iterativ arbetsprocess genererade empiri. Slutsatser Studien visar att humankapitalet dels har betydelse som ett verktyg för att överkomma asymmetrisk information i syfte att underlätta investeringsbeslutet, men även för att inhämta fackkunskaper från entreprenörerna. Vidare noterades att entreprenörernas ålder var en viktig faktor i investeringsbeslutet. Sammantaget verkar humankapitalet spela en avgörande roll i beslutsprocessen hos majoriteten av investerarna.
Background Investors that invest directly in companies need to manage risk as a part of their decision making. Studies have shown that the existence of entrepreneurs within companies is an important factor for investors when evaluating a potential investment. This study conducts qualitative research into the role and significance that human capital plays in the investment process for investors, which is not as common as quantitative studies in this particular field. Goal The goal of the study is to investigate the role, as well as the degree of importance, that human capital plays when making investment decisions. Theoretical perspective The theoretical basis consists of several theories and scientific articles concerning asymmetrical information theory as well as the theory of human capital. Furthermore, relevant earlier research pertaining to the subject has been used. Asymmetrical information theory is handled through the Pecking Order theory, Agency Theory and the article ‘Market for Lemons’ (Akerlof, 1970). The Human capital theory is handled with the help, definitions and studies performed by Becker (1964, 1993), Schultz (1960), Cressy (1996), Mincer (1958) and Gardner (1973). Earlier research in the theoretical field consists of Hsu et. al (2014), Landström (1998), Mason & Stark (2004), and Mason & Harrison (2003). Two different explanatory models about decision-making were used – The Compensatory Model and ‘Elimination-by-aspect’. Method The study was conducted through an abductive approach and used a cross-sectional design where six cases were investigated. A qualitative research strategy was applied and the method of investigation was executed through semi-structured interviews which through an iterative work process generated empirical data. Conclusion The study finds that human capital plays a role in overcoming asymmetrical information when making investment decisions, but also as a tool for evaluating and learning from the entrepreneurs. For most investors, human capital plays a key role when deciding whether to invest or not.

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Lin, Wen-Shi, and 林文璽. "Characteristics of entrepreneur, network effect and performance." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63363648784085590235.

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碩士
銘傳大學
國際企業學系碩士班
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This research show how different characteristics of entrepreneurs will affect entrepreneurs to use network relationship. Network is an important factor in the process of business. In this study, we discuss how the network affects the performance. Environment will moderate the relationship between network and performance. The external environment is also a critical factor to build a firm, but seldom to use it as a moderator in past empirical study. Hence, we develop a framework that focus on characteristics of entrepreneur, network effect and performance. The empirical results show that characteristics of entrepreneurs make entrepreneurs easily to establish expressive ties and instrumental ties. The expressive ties and the instrumental ties will positively affect business performance, that is, entrepreneurs use instrumental and expressive ties can help them to obtain the necessary information or resources to promote the business performance. On the other hand, entrepreneurial opportunity strengthens relationship between network and performance, but the institution of government has no effect on this relationship.

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Van, Greunen Jeanette. "Characteristics that identify the intracorporate entrepreneur (intrapreneur)." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/11042.

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Lin, Chung-Wei, and 林仲緯. "Using SOM for Analyzing and Interpreting the Clustering and Characteristics of Nascent Entrepreneur." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/85nz52.

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碩士
長榮大學
經營管理研究所
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Although researches on entrepreneurship across countries have been a hit in the last decade, the factors influencing entrepreneurs are various yet the analysis approaches are still limited. Previous studies had helped us to define numerous factors affecting nascent entrepreneurs, it can be argued that our empirically based knowledge about nascent entrepreneurship is still limited (Davidsson and Honig, 2003). Therefore, Davidsson and Honig (2003) integrated and demonstrated two major dimensions of factors affecting nascent entrepreneurs, Human Capital and Social Capital. Besides, traditional statistical methods within mere correlation analyses on entrepreneurship researches are insufficient to analysis long period preceding data. Prior research indicated some research limitation of entrepreneurial research. First, Arenius and Minniti (2005) indicated that their data did not allow them to establish the causal direction between conceptual variables and entrepreneurial behavior. Moreover, they indicated that treatment of country effects was limited to the introduction of dummy variables. Therefore they gave a future research direction that those who follow their study could lead to an unambiguous understanding of how perceptions influence entrepreneurial behavior by following their explorative investigation and use the data including macroeconomic factors, such as technological sophistication and culture. Second, Engelen et al (2009) indicated that in the cross-cultural studies, the underlying mechanisms in terms of the causes and effects in differences are still disturbingly unclear, future studies need to build more complex research models that go beyond mere correlation analyses of certain phenomena and national culture. Furthermore, Sternberg and Wennekers (2005) indicated that in an analysis focusing on the effects of entrepreneurship, data on entrepreneurship should be available for sufficiently long period preceding the measurement of dependent variables therefore time series data on entrepreneurial activity for a large number of countries or longitudinal data on individuals may shed more light on the factors determining entrepreneurship. In this research, we use data from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) to examine 14 factors on 10 countries by employing Kohonen Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) as a mean to identify the patterns exist between selected countries and years (through year 2001 to 2006). The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor is an ongoing multinational project trying to detect why entrepreneurial activities vary across countries, and how entrepreneurial activities affect economic growth. We attempt to use this harmonized, international comparable data on entrepreneurial activities as our data source. And by the use of SOM, a neural network algorithm that is applied in pattern recognition, image analysis, process monitoring and fault diagnosis, to solve the limitation of statistical methods. Our result identified 4 clusters (courageous, experienced, conservative and compensative) and announced some features associated with each. This result illustrates some specific patterns of entrepreneurs and shows how countries shift overtime. This research provides some implications: ie., countries in compensative cluster should enforce their government policies that strengthen confidence of entrepreneurs, therefore they may conquer the anxiety of being failure; entrepreneurs in courageous cluster should develop their social networks, which may help them get better supports from others.

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Chiu, Yun Hung, and 邱昀鴻. "The Co-relation Study between Characteristics, Motivation and Performance of An Entrepreneur – A Case of A Cram School in Yunlin County." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8ahy7f.

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碩士
環球技術學院
中小企業經營策略管理研究所
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This study was set to discuss the influences of cram school entrepreneurs’characteristics, their motivation as well as their business performances, and analyse the current status of the cram school industry, and whether or not the motivation aspect serves as a medium between the characteristic features and the actual business performance. The study focuses on cram school entrepreneurs that are registered with the Yunlin County government, and have currently been in operation for over three years. Through literature review, questionnaire survey, data collection analysis, the conclusions of this study are herewith listed as follows: 1. Characteristic features has a positive influence on the business performance, amongst them, the cautious features have the most influence. 2. Within the motivations of entrepreneurship, practical considerations as well as self-demands have a positive influence towards the business performance, amongst them, practical considerations holds a bigger stake. 3. Practical considerations act as an influence media between the characteristics of affinity, cautious, extraversion and emotional features. When the cram school entrepreneur’s character presents significant affinity, cautiousness, extraversion or emotional features, and the motivation is rooted in practical considerations, then the business performance would improve. 4. Different backgrounds that have an influence towards the business performance include: the years of establishment, the number of staff, the registered amount of capital, the entrepreneur’s blood type, the education level as well as the education background.

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De, Klerk Annette. "Variables distinguishing entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs from different ethnic groups in the South African environment." Thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17963.

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A distinguishing characteristic of the current world economy is the decline in the number of industrial job opportunities which is also affecting South Mrica. The multi-ethnical and multicultural society of South Africa is also experiencing low economic growth rates, high population growth rates and an unacceptably high unemployment rate. Entrepreneurship currently plays an important role in the successful economies of the world. The small business can make important contributions to economic growth, job creation and social development. For this reason it is important that entrepreneurial behaviour be promoted in South Mrica. In previous research studies, researchers isolated different variables of entrepreneurial behaviour such as the environment, personal characteristics, values and personal background of individuals. Of these variables, only personal characteristics may be manipulated to advance entrepreneurial behaviour. The objectives of this study were to indicate whether certain biographical and demographical factors are related to an individual's behaviour towards the formation of a new enterprise and to indicate whether certain personal characteristics, namely achievement motivation and locus of control, are related to an individual's behaviour in the formation of a new enterprise. It was decided to compare four groups, namely white non-entrepreneurs, black nonentrepreneurs, white entrepreneurs and black entrepreneurs. Three factors of achievement motivation and three factors of locus of control were identified by means of factor analysis, and statistical analyses were done on the four different groups. To establish the above-mentioned relationships, the researcher made use of sophisticated statistical analyses. The following conclusion were drawn from the results: The models of achievement motivation and locus of control seem to predict membership of the group black entrepreneurs better than the group white entrepreneurs. Using the locus of control scales, membership of the group black entrepreneurs can be predicted well. The study revealed that there are differences between black groups and white groups (entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs) in South Africa. It is clear from the present study that there have to be additional factors, other than achievement motivation and locus of control, that influence entrepreneurial behaviour. The ethnic and cultural situation in South Africa also influences entrepreneurial behaviour in this country.
Business Management
D.Com. (Business Management)

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Johnson, Wayne E. "Characteristics of Oregon agricultural export entrepreneurs." Thesis, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/36320.

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The creation of a new business venture is a multidimensional event, but little research has addressed the interaction of entrepreneurial characteristics and their relationship to new venture creation. The purpose of this study was to propose a conceptual framework for systematically studying the entrepreneurial personality. The major components of the proposed framework were attitude toward the behavior, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control, the three antecedents of behavior, and demographic indicators. A stratified random sample of 20 subjects, 15 males and five females, was identified for this study from a population of 120 Oregon agriculture exporters. The study had an important limitation: the population consisted only of agriculture export entrepreneurs. The data were gathered in two ways: an interview and a survey questionnaire. Based on the findings, a conceptual framework was proposed. The framework consisted of three antecedents of behavior: attitude toward the behavior, perceived behavioral control, and the subjective norm. These antecedents were influenced by selected demographic variables. Prominent factors were need for achievement, long-term involvement, risk taking (moderate), internal locus of control, sex (gender), and family background. Additional variables deserving further study are: innovation, drive and energy, persistent problem solving, age, birth order, educational history, and previous experience. The entrepreneurial behavior model developed from the conceptual framework was supported by the results of the study.
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Rissal, Romeo. "A study of the characteristics of entrepreneurs in Indonesia." 1988. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/23630255.html.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--George Washington University, 1988.
Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 176-180).

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YANG, MIN-LING, and 楊敏玲. "A study of personal characteristics, business characteristics, entrepreneurial motivation and problems of female entrepreneurs." Thesis, 1993. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/13034056733493625290.

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Tai, Shih-Hsien, and 戴士嫻. "The relationship between the characteristics and social networks of entrepreneurs." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/97398346043225345426.

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國立臺灣大學
商學研究所
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Small and medium-sized enterprises create great economical result in Taiwan.There are a lot of researches discussing about the characteristics of Entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial management team, and entrepreneurial environment etc. This research focused on the behaviors of Entrepreneurs and especially focuses on social networks of them. This research analyzed the role of social networks in the process of running a new business. And answered some questions such as how Entrepreneurs build and use their social networks? Can these social networks bring any benefits for the business? What kind of factors can affect entrepreneurs’ social network behaviors? This research explored the cases of Entrepreneurs in past researches and extracted the ways that entrepreneurs use to establish social networks and used these results to do quantitive analysis. This research induced that Entrepreneurs may via different channels to connect others and gain some information. This research also used questionnaires to do survey to analyze the relationships of personality characteristics and demographics of entrepreneurs toward entrepreneurs’ social network behaviors. We founded that although the demographic variables including working experiences, background of family members, and joining activities in school may form a basis of social networks and can gain benefit from them. The most important factor that affects how entrepreneurs build and maintain social networks is their personality characteristics such as extraction, social abilities, and achievement motivation. The more extraction, achievement motivation and social abilities the entrepreneurs have, the more actively they will establish their own social networks. We hoped this research can give some suggestions to entrepreneurs in practice so that they can understand the importance of social networks and know what kind of information they can get from social networks and the ways that they can build their own networks. It hoped that this research can be helpful toward entrepreneurs and can give some ideas for them.

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Yi, Ou Chien, and 歐建益. "STUDY THE PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ENTREPRENEURS, ENTREPRENEURIAL MOTIVATION AND PROBLEM." Thesis, 2001. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22917544054419209638.

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國立臺灣大學
會計學研究所
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Taiwan has great improvement in her economy in past fifty years. Taiwan’s entrepreneurs who start an enterprise contribute to this great achievement in past fifty years, but Taiwan are facing the mount which the new kind of property is replacing old kind property. Then whether the new kind of entrepreneurs and the old kind of entrepreneurs has the same personality, motive of starting new enterprise and problem which was faced when they start a new enterprise? If not, what is different between the new and the old? A series of interviews with entrepreneurs were conducted for this study. The results are as the following: 1.Industry has relation with “sex” and “education” of personal characteristics of entrepreneurs. 2.Industry has relation with “business age”、”initiative partner” and “company address” of business characteristics of entrepreneurs. 3.Industry has relation with “scale and growth of market” of entrepreneurial motivations of entrepreneurs. 4.Industry has relation with “private investment” and “bank loan” of initiative capital of entrepreneurs. 5.Industry has relation with “service”、”R&D” and “marketing” of competitive strategy of entrepreneurs.

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Huang, Mei-Jyuan, and 黃美娟. "The Effects of Entrepreneurs’ Characteristics, Organizational / Industrial Characteristics, and National Cultural Homogeneity on International New Ventures’Performance." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/74836276517911750963.

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國立彰化師範大學
企業管理學系
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This paper explores the impacts of characteristics of entrepreneurship, organizations and industries as well as national cultural homogeneity on the performances of International New Ventures (INVs). The samples are collected from “The Manager Directory in Taiwan of 2007” issued by China Credit Information Service, LTD. In this research, INVs are defined as companies which have currently taken on their overseas operation within 6 years. The results are as follows: 1. There are positive relationships between international experiences of the entrepreneurs and ROA/ROI. The better relationship the entrepreneurs have with the departments of government, the higher sales growth rate. 2. There is a positive relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and INVs’ performance. Contrary to the hypotheses, the relationship between industrial correlation (which is the relatedness between industries that new venture and prior business belonging to) and goal achievement is negative, and the relationship between industry concentration and sales growth rate is positive. 3. As for the cultural homogeneity, the national cultural factors have affected the performances of Taiwanese INVs, which is based on the cultural distance among foreign partners and them. The higher cultural similarity in uncertainty avoidance (UA) INV and its partners have, the better ROA and ROI. The higher cultural similarities in power distance (PD) but lower in individualism (IDV) INV and its partners have, the better goal achievement.

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Duggins, Ronald. "The learning processes, characteristics, and behaviors of necessity entrepreneurs in Brazil." 2005. http://digital.library.okstate.edu/etd/umi-okstate-1253.pdf.

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Luís, Tomás Almeida. "O impacto das caraterísticas do empreendedor no crescimento das startups: um olhar sobre Portugal." Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/21918.

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Nos últimos tempos, tem-se vindo a assistir a um crescimento dos níveis de interesse por parte das nações na promoção do empreendedorismo. Assim, dada a carência de mudança no mundo atual, o empreendedorismo surge como vetor fulcral, introduzindo dinamismo nos mercados estagnados, através da mudança tecnológica, da inovação e da reestruturação dos processos. Contudo, apesar de todos os potenciais benefícios, este é um processo bastante árduo e incerto, na medida em que, muitas das empresas criadas acabam por falhar nos primeiros cinco anos de atividade. Neste sentido, é imprescindível que, durante o percurso de criação e implementação das empresas, os indivíduos responsáveis, designados por empreendedores, consigam antecipar riscos e adaptar as suas organizações rapidamente às mudanças de forma a capitalizarem ao máximo os seus recursos. Posto isto, a presente dissertação pretende estudar o empreendedor enquanto indivíduo e como agente crucial para o crescimento das organizações, tendo como foco a análise das suas caraterísticas pessoais e o impacto das mesmas no crescimento das "startups". Deste modo, foram realizados dois questionários a uma amostra de 87 empreendedores e, adicionalmente, procedeu-se à realização de dez entrevistas com o objetivo de complementar a informação dos dados recolhidos com uma abordagem qualitativa e uma perspetiva mais pessoal. Por fim, os resultados revelaram que existem determinadas caraterísticas que potenciam e influenciam o crescimento das "startups", sendo as mais determinantes a liderança, a necessidade de realização, a proatividade e a resiliência e adaptabilidade.
In recent times, we have been witnessing an increase in the levels of interest by nations in promoting entrepreneurship. Thus, given the lack of change in the current world, entrepreneurship emerges as a key vector, introducing dynamism in stagnant markets, through technological change, innovation and process restructuring. However, despite all the potential benefits, this is a very arduous and uncertain process, to the extent that many of the companies created end up failing in the first five years of activity. In this sense, it is essential that, during the course of creating and implementing companies, the responsible individuals, known as entrepreneurs, are able to anticipate risks and adapt their organizations quickly to changes in order to capitalize their resources to the maximum. That said, this dissertation aims to study the entrepreneur as an individual and as a key agent for the growth of organizations, focusing on the analysis of their personal characteristics and their impact on the growth of startups. In this way, two questionnaires were carried out on a sample of 87 entrepreneurs and, additionally, ten interviews were held with the purpose of complementing the information of the collected data with a qualitative approach and a more personal perspective. Finally, the results revealed that there are certain characteristics that enhance and influence the growth of startups, the most crucial being leadership, the need for achievement, proactivity and resilience and adaptability.

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"Entrepreneurial success: A phenomenological study of the characteristics of successful female entrepreneurs." UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX, 2009. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3338362.

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Salvador, Paulo André de Mesquita. "Entrepreneurship in Portugal : aggregate trend and evolution of the individual characteristics of entrepreneurs." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/26316.

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Entrepreneurship has a major role in economic growth, job creation and social mobility. However, it has been documented its decline in the past decade. We study entrepreneurship in Portugal between 1998-2014. We define entrepreneurs as self-employed with employees. The rate of entrepreneurship –that is, the proportion of entrepreneurs in the labor force– has decreased for the aggregate level and, also, for decompositions based on education level, area of residence and age group. We proceed to study the entrepreneurs’ characteristics such as age, education level, area of residence, gender and nationality. Entrepreneurs are older and more educated. We regress entrepreneurs on the previously mentioned characteristics. The highest coefficients are on older age groups and higher education levels, meaning that individuals with that particular set of characteristics are more likely to be an entrepreneur. Further, the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition is used to study the mean difference on being an entrepreneur; first, for the first and last year and, second, for every pair of consecutive years. We found that endowments have become more favorable to entrepreneurship. However, the coefficients effect dominates, decreasing the entrepreneurship mean. Thus, the coefficients on the characteristics have become lower. We study the most common previous occupational choices of entrepreneurs and find a surge of individuals leaving unemployment for entrepreneurship; yet the total entrance in entrepreneurship has decreased. Finally, we study the relation between aggregate entrepreneurship, real GDP growth and unemployment. However, we discard those two series as causes for the decline in entrepreneurship.
O empreendedorismo tem um papel relevante no crescimento económico, na criação de emprego e na mobilidade social. Contudo, este tem vindo a diminuir na passada década. Estudamos empreendedorismo em Portugal entre 1998-2014. O empreendedor é definido como um trabalhador por conta própria que emprega. A taxa de empreendedorismo –proporção de empreendedores na população ativa– está diminuindo tanto em termos agregados como, também decompondo a mesma por grupos etários, níveis de educação e áreas de residência. Procedemos com o estudo das características dos empreendedores; como idade, género, nível de escolaridade, área de residência e nacionalidade. Os empreendedores estão mais velhos e têm maior escolaridade. Regredimos empreendedor nas características anteriores. Os coeficientes mais elevados são em grupos etários mais velhos e em indivíduos com maior escolaridade. Assim, indivíduos com estas características têm maior probabilidade de serem empreendedores. Em seguida, a Decomposição de Blinder-Oaxaca é utilizada para estudar a diferença na média de ser empreendedor; primeiramente, para o primeiro e último ano, seguidamente, para todos os pares de anos consecutivos. Descobrimos que a evolução das características é favorável ao empreendedorismo. Contudo, o efeito dos coeficientes é dominante, diminuindo a média de empreendedor. Assim, os coeficientes nas características diminuíram. Estudamos as anteriores ocupações dos empreendedores e descobrimos que há um aumento de anteriores desempregados que entram no empreendedorismo, contudo, a entrada total no empreendedorismo diminuiu. Por fim, estudamos a relação entre empreendedorismo agregado, crescimento real do PIB e desemprego. No entanto, excluímos estas séries como possíveis causas da diminuição do empreendedorismo.

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Chih-YenHung and 洪知妍. "Exploring the Relationship between Entrepreneur’s Characteristics and Success : A Case Study of R Company." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3k5g6g.

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國立成功大學
企業管理學系碩士在職專班
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This study will explore the relationship between an entrepreneur’s characteristics and entrepreneurial success through a case study using the Case Study Method of the Qualitative Research Method. R Company, a micro-enterprise that has been operating for more than 20 years and is oriented towards product innovation and design, will show how an operator Wen can face and solve the difficulties experienced during her entrepreneurial career, and how she can use her personality traits to develop strategies to build a supply-chain partnership, step-by-step. She develops an innovative supply-chain partnership that builds the largest possible scale of company operations with the least amount of cost and provides the company with the greatest competitive advantage. Through a study of this case, it is found that the characteristics of entrepreneurs have a significant impact on the solutions to the entrepreneurial dilemmas and the planning of the corporate strategy, both of which in turn affect the success of an enterprise.

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Lin, Wei-Chi, and 林偉旗. "The Psychological Journey of Entrepreneurs – Qualitative Research on the Interplay between Personality Characteristics and Situational Features." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/21786984176568530156.

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碩士
國立臺灣大學
企業管理碩士專班
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The main purpose of this research is to delve into the in interplay between personality characteristics and situational features in order to find out what role personality characteristics play during the entrepreneurial process, what other various factors get involved, and how the informants deal with the problems they face. The study method adopted in this research centers on qualitative research in which a depth interview has been conducted for two informants who had the entrepreneurial experience. It is further discussed by talking about these issues: (1) entrepreneurship motivation, (2) preparation and evaluation before entrepreneurship, (3) types of category, (4) pressure and problems when running a business, (5) analysis on entrepreneurship personality characteristics, and (6) future goals. Based on the results of this research, personality characteristics have an effect on entrepreneurial process when one is able to fully express himself / herself and make good use of resources, and find solutions to problems. Some major problems and challenges involve family support, partnership, and positioning.

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Tong, Jing Lu, and 童勁旅. "Factors Affecting the Success of Female Entrepreneurs in the Internet-Based Community - Personal Characteristics and Development Path." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/ahk5ut.

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Huang, Jen-Yu, and 黃稔雅. "Life Stage, Psychological Characteristics and Entrepreneurship- A Case Study of Female Entrepreneurs in the Community Radio Industry." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/14607050717390480509.

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中原大學
企業管理研究所
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Abstract People said steady office life is a boring heaven while start-up is a splendid hell. Even so, more and more entrepreneurs fling into such a challenge with their dreams. The purpose of this research is inquiring the relevance between the life stages – including career progress, family factors, hiring experience, and the history of starting a new company – and the motivation of female entrepreneurs who start local community radio. Meanwhile their psychological traits (which include their gender role, incentive motivation) and their experiences are discussed. Thus, the problems and difficulties during starting a new business can be well described. Furthermore corresponding strategies are also discussed. The conclusion of this research is provided to academic research and business appliance as a reference of female career plan consulting. The summary of this research includes the life progress which focuses on the history of starting the career and the roles of the entrepreneurs’ in the relevant business. In the mean time both the societal and financial accomplishments that are driven by the eager of success are also discussed. The above findings are described as the following: 1. The crucial timing for starting the career during the life progress: During the research it is found that the female entrepreneurs who started radio stations have accumulated abundant and professional experience in business. The timing of starting the career generally happened during career transition or business establishment and expansion. Thus it is concluded that starting the career requires relevant professional experience, and the timing usually falls at career transition or business establishment and expansion. 2. If the female entrepreneurs have to take public image into consideration, they usually stay in neutral or traditional attitude in their sexual roles. 3. The stronger the incentive motivation of the female entrepreneurs, the better the accomplishment of the societal goal of the business performance. All the female entrepreneurs of the community radio already have relevant professional experiences before starting the career, and the experiences have triggered the accomplishments later in their career. Therefore after starting the new career they put more emphasis on the realization of their idea. During the interview, the female entrepreneurs of the radio station are highly satisfied with the accomplishments of their societal goal triggered by their incentive motivation. However, as to the fulfillment of the financial goals they usually consider it as acceptable or unsatisfied. Keyword: incentive motivation, gender role, life stage, performance of starting a company.

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張曉楨. "A study of relationship between personal characteristic and leadership competencies and business performance of women entrepreneurs." Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/39390846811379453649.

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Lin, Shih-Hsien, and 林士賢. "The Relation between Personal and Psychological Characteristics with Leadership Style and Decision Style for Entrepreneurs in Hi-Tech Companies." Thesis, 1996. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22983566908370727612.

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Chen, Yu-Hsin, and 陳右昕. "How Entrepreneur’s and Team’s Characteristics and Team-Communication Social Metacognition Affect Entrepreneurial Team and Individuals：An Exploratory Study." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/t33z6f.

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元智大學
經營管理碩士班(行銷學程)
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The purpose of this study is to explore entrepreneur’s and team’s characteristics and team-communication social metacognition affect team-work, entrepreneur’s self-efficacy, and market orientation through social metacognition’s concept extended by the team. This study interviewed 10 entrepreneurs of the entrepreneurial team to analyze whether the entrepreneurial process will affect the task execution smoothly from entrepreneurial team, and affect its effectiveness, by increasing social metacognition’ ability and effective team communication. This study uses semi-structured interview and a qualitative research method of in-deep interview to explore. The results of the study are as follow： 1.The findings between entrepreneur’s and team’s characteristics and team-communication social metacognition (1)The motivation of entrepreneur will affect the entrepreneurial team. (2)The composition of team heterogeneity, making up for the inadequacies of other members, establishing more oriented thinking, and facilitating team communication. (3)The entrepreneurial team has a collective mind and helps the team communicate. (4)The entrepreneurial team has an expertise location and helps the team communicate. 2.The findings in team-communication social metacognition (1)Entrepreneurial team has the ability of team communication and social metacognition, will facilitate the task of allocating communication. (2)Entrepreneurial team has the ability of team communication and social metacognition, will facilitate the task of inspiring communication. (3)Entrepreneurial team has the ability of team communication and social metacognition, will facilitate the task of conflicting management. (4)Entrepreneurial team has the ability of team communication and social metacognition, will facilitate the task of sharing experience. (5)Entrepreneurial team has the ability of team communication and social metacognition, will facilitate the task of introspecting communication. 3.The findings between team-communication social metacognition and the effectiveness of team-communication (1)Entrepreneurial team has the ability of team communication and social metacognition, will facilitate the team work. (2)Entrepreneurial team has the ability of team communication and social metacognition, will facilitate the self-efficacy of entrepreneur. (3)Entrepreneurial team has the ability of team communication and social metacognition, will facilitate the execution of market orientation. (4)Entrepreneurial team has the ability of team communication and social metacognition, will facilitate the establishment of corporate culture. 4.The findings of intervening variables (1)Entrepreneurial team with the family relationship has a better team trust and communication quality than the non-relative relationship’s. (2)Small entrepreneurial team has a better team trust and communication quality than the larger team. (3)The industry differences between traditional and E-commerce will affect team to execute the task and the way of communication. Then, will affect execution way of market orientation by entrepreneurial team. (4)Traditional entrepreneurial team will have more emphasis on the establishment of corporate culture through having the ability of team communication and social metacognition.

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HUANG, LI-MING, and 黃麗明. "The Characteristics of entrepreneurs, external network and dynamic capabilities building: The case study of an optoelectronic, material and equipment’s agent." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/82206624016901450441.

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東海大學
管理碩士在職專班
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This is a longitudinal and qualitative case study. The focus of this study is a company in Taiwan which sells LCD panel materials and relevant equipments. This company also offers island-wide service as an agent of specific Japanese, Korean LCD equipment manufacturers. Among its buyers and clients are some famous electronic companies spreading over Hsin-Chu Science Park, Central-Taiwan Science Park and Tainan Science Park. In this study, the correlation among the entrepreneur’s characteristics, external network of the case company and its deductive route of dynamic capabilities, will be examined and discussed. The outcome of this study showed, the company had to modify its original enterprising spirits throughout the hardship of pioneering process, in order to actively fit in the swiftly changing trend. In addition, by adjusting the company’s relative structure of external network, the entrepreneur not only acquired timely complementary ability in its analytical instrument sale market, it also successfully developed a survival technique which helped stretch its business out to a more flexible, customer-oriented optoelectronics industry. Currently, this company has managed to switch its business model to a “market orientation”, due to direct reflections of its up-to-date domestic and overseas network. This study has well exemplified the positive strengthening upon building a new company’s dynamic capability, due to both the entrepreneur’s characteristics and its external network. Therefore, they both have influence on creating enterprise’s competitive advantage.

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