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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Entrepreneurial behaviour"”.
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Evaluating the Economic Returns to Entrepreneurial Behaviour
This research study also identifies 4 entrepreneurial firm capabilities that include: alertness, subjective judgment, dispersal ability and risk-taking. These capabilities were simulated using an agent-based model and experiments were run to examine their effect on firm performance over time and …
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Township incubator programs impact on entrepreneurial behaviour?
… demand that the youth be empowered with creative entrepreneurial skills which is one of the skills available to them, in order to make an invaluable contribution to their life and communities. Entrepreneurship is one of the tools to eliminate unemployment and improve economic growth, as result see …
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Changing identity and intentions toward entrepreneurial behaviour in community education
… unresolved. Ajzen’s (1991) Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) posits that intentions are the antecedents of behaviour. Thus, to explore strategies that might cultivate entrepreneurial intentions, an eight-week community education short-course tested three different instructional approaches. All …
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An Investigation of the entrepreneurial behaviour of a German Medtech Start-Up with a Focus on Disruptive Innovation
… on disruptive innovation operate with increased entrepreneurial risk in rapidly developing niche markets and have to overcome a number of hurdles before they are allowed to market their products. Although there is a constant demand for technology and product innovation from their customers, the …
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Governance and stewardship in the aged care industry : evaluating a model for corporate social entrepreneurship : the relationship of board culture to entrepreneurial behaviour.
… of Aged Care residents rather than assessing entrepreneurial opportunities in the provision of innovative approaches to the stewardship of Aged Care facilities and with a focus on resident values. To explore the research question the choice was made to use a qualitative study that focuses on …
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Entrepreneurship and Generation Z: the behavioural characteristics of Generation Z entrepreneurs in Wales
… and opportunities. This research explores the behavioural characteristics of Generation Z entrepreneurs in Wales and addresses the gap in current entrepreneurship studies which have not examined entrepreneurial behaviour through a generational lens. In addition, prior studies in the field of …
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A health audit for corporate entrepreneurship on selected non-profit organisations
… The purpose of this study is to conduct an Entrepreneurial Health Audit within Non-Profit Organisations. The aim is to identify the levels of entrepreneurial behaviour, innovative levels within the selected Non-Profit Organisations and to address all gaps in an attempt of becoming more …
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Impediments affecting entrepreneurial intent in South African MBA graduates
… economic growth and has experienced a drop in entrepreneurial intention. Research has established that entrepreneurship plays a vital role in stimulating economic growth and creating employment. Therefore, a better understanding is required around the factors preventing individuals from taking …
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The mediating role of entrepreneurial leadership: an investigation of the competitiveness of SMEs in the UK South-West food and drink manufacturing
… Entrepreneurship Process and second, exposes the entrepreneurial behaviour common among SW food and drink manufacturers as the underlying explanatory factor of the competitiveness. Notwithstanding the prevalence of social networks, the level of brokerage appears to be very concentrated on closed …
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Entrepreneurial self-efficacy, intrinsic motivation, and entrepreneurial intention as antecedents of nascent necessity-entrepreneur business start-up behaviour in South Africa: a longitudinal study.
… research examines the inter-relationships among entrepreneurial self-efficacy, intrinsic motivation, and entrepreneurial intention as antecedents to entrepreneurial start-up behaviour. The research participants were South African nascent necessity-entrepreneurs. Theoretical foundations for the …
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The enterprise culture: an acquired taste?
… personalities are reflected in motivational and behavioural. differences but occupational choice and economic expectations are seen as largely determined by structural and cultural factors. The concept of the entrepreneur and the neoclassical assumptions of the enterprise culture model are …
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An investigation of everyday entrepreneurship in a resource-constrained context.
… Recent entrepreneurship discourse has focused on entrepreneurial behaviour and motivation; this includes what entrepreneurs do, why and how they do it, and their decision-making logic, particularly at the start of a venture. Beyond conventional job and wealth creation arguments, the purpose for …
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An empirical investigation into the uptake, motivations and constraints and the factors affecting farmers’ renewable energy investment intentions
… social cognition theory, theory of planned behaviour and the resource based view) a novel comprehensive and multidimensional model of entrepreneurial intentions was developed and tested using principal component, path and multivariate regression analysis techniques. Data were collected to …
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The Role of Leaders and Intrapreneurial Employees in Large Technology Corporations: A Qualitative Study
… “Intrapreneurship,” also known as corporate entrepreneurial behaviour, has the potential to resolve the issues of innovation in large corporations. Intrapreneurship is a major competitive differentiator: benefits include increased economic growth, greater efficiency, the ability to manage …
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The influence of cultural on the growth of women entrepreneurship in Durban KwaZulu Natal
Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree Master of Management Sciences, specialising in Business Administration, in the Faculty of Management Sciences at the Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2026.
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How Spirituality Shapes the Formation of Entrepreneurial Venture: The Case of Malay Muslim Entrepreneurs
… entrepreneurship literature in driving the behaviours of entrepreneurs. Rather, the current literature has focused on wealth creation as the entrepreneur’s driving force. Hence, researchers have turned to various approaches such as economics, personality psychology, and strategy in attempt …
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Entrepreneurship activities in rural Tanzania: understanding women's micro businesses.
… poor infrastructure and minimal resources, limit entrepreneurial possibilities. Nonetheless, poor rural female entrepreneurs use enterprise to try to improve their lives. But this survivalist entrepreneurship appears radically different from western models of enterprise and we know very little …
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The identification and exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities on family-owned estates in the north-east of Scotland.
… perpetuating family ownership. To enable this, entrepreneurial diversification is advocated by both landowner associations and rural consultancies. However, upper-class estate owners have historically been perceived to be reluctant to engage in entrepreneurial activities and some remain so. With …