The Link Between Entrepreneurial Success and Advanced Skills in Organisation Development

Applying a lifespan approach of human development, this study examined pathways to entrepreneurial success by analyzing retrospective and current data. Along the lines of McClelland’s ideas of early entrepreneurship development and Rauch and Frese’s Giessen-Amsterdam model on venture success, we investigated the roles of founders’ adolescent years (early role models, authoritative parenting, and early entrepreneurial competence), personality traits (Big Five pattern), and entrepreneurial skills and growth goals during venture creation. Findings were derived from structural equation modeling studying two comparable samples of founders (N = 531) and nascent founders (N = 100) from Germany. Across both samples, reports on age-appropriate entrepreneurial competence in adolescence and an entrepreneurial Big Five profile predicted entrepreneurial skills during venture creation, which in turn predicted founders’ setting of ambitious growth goals and entrepreneurial success. Early entrepreneurial competence was related to the availability of entrepreneurial role models and authoritative parenting during adolescence as well as to an entrepreneurial Big Five profile. In line with prospective reports on early precursors of entrepreneurship, the findings illuminate the development of entrepreneurship in general and entrepreneurial success in particular over the lifespan, especially with regard to factors relevant in the adolescent years and the interplay with personality across different developmental periods.

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Female Perceptions of Entrepreneurial Success Factors

Journal of Business and Economics ◽

10.15341/jbe(2155-7950)/02.06.2015/004 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 264-275 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ruth Alas ◽

Sinikka Vanhala ◽

Tiit Elenurm ◽

Elizabeth J. Rozell ◽

Wesley A. Scroggins

Keyword(s):

Success Factors ◽

Entrepreneurial Success ◽

Female Perceptions

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FACTORS INFLUENCING ENTREPRENEURIAL SUCCESS AMONG THE RURAL WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN BANGLADESH

10.31219/osf.io/4ajkf ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Dalowar Hossan

Keyword(s):

Government Policy ◽

Rural Women ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Women Entrepreneurs ◽

Descriptive Statistics ◽

Entrepreneurial Success ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Proper Training ◽

Convenience Sampling ◽

The Government

The aim of this study is to investigate the factors influencing the entrepreneurial success of rural women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh. Non-probability sampling specifically convenience sampling is used to draw the sample and data is collected using the self-administered survey. Regression analysis and descriptive statistics are used to analyze the data. The study discloses that motivational factors, government policy and financial support have significant influence on the rural women entrepreneurial success in Bangladesh. Due to lack of suitable training and proper development as well as ICT knowledge, the rural women of Bangladesh could not accomplish the achievement. Half of the total populations of Bangladesh are female and most of them live in rural areas. Therefore, the government and the policymakers in Bangladesh should develop the potential of rural women entrepreneurs by providing development facilities, proper training, and ICT knowledge.

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Integrated care: learning from East London

British Journal of General Practice ◽

10.3399/bjgp18x697265 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 68 (suppl 1) ◽

pp. bjgp18X697265

Author(s):

Sonia Bussu

Keyword(s):

Integrated Care ◽

Evidence Base ◽

Community Health Services ◽

Health Economy ◽

Local Health ◽

Frontline Staff ◽

Care Community ◽

Organisation Development ◽

Integrated Care Pathways ◽

Local Health System

BackgroundDespite a growing body of literature on integrated, there remains a relatively small evidence base to suggest which elements of integrated care are most effective and how to implement them successfully. This might also be due to the fact that policy thinking around integrated care is struggling to translate into organisation change at the point of delivery. Better understanding of patterns of collaborations and integrated pathways is crucial to understand frontline staff’s OD needs and provide adequate support.AimThis paper focuses on the frontline level to assess progress towards integrated care in East London.MethodWe use admission avoidance (Rapid Response service) and discharge services (Discharge to Assess) as a lens to examine how frontline staff from secondary care, community health services and social service work together to deliver more integrated care. The study uses the Researcher in Residence (RiR), where the researcher is embedded in the in the organisations she is evaluating, as a key member of the delivery team.ResultsInitial findings suggest that while work on integrated care has enabled some level of collaborative working at strategic levels in partner organisations, on the frontline professionals are grappling with issues such as professional identity, professional boundaries, mutual trust and accountability, as new services and roles struggle to be fully embedded within the local health system.ConclusionThe paper sheds light on to the complexity on integrated care at the point of delivery. Better understanding of integrated care pathways is crucial to evidence patterns of collaboration across organisations; assess how these new roles and teams are embedding themselves within the local health economy; identify organisation development needs; and provide adequate support to frontline staff.

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Entrepreneurial Success

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.1327146 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Munish Kumar Thakur

Keyword(s):

Entrepreneurial Success

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Emotional skills for entrepreneurial success: the promise of entrepreneurship education and policy

The Journal of Technology Transfer ◽

10.1007/s10961-021-09866-1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Maha Aly ◽

David B. Audretsch ◽

Heike Grimm

Keyword(s):

Translational Research ◽

Entrepreneurship Education ◽

Entrepreneurial Activity ◽

Entrepreneurial Success ◽

Common Goal ◽

Emotional Challenges ◽

Emotional Skills ◽

Clinical Tools

AbstractEntrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship policies have a common goal—to spur entrepreneurial activity and its impact on individuals, organizations, regions and countries. Despite the efforts of education and policy in equipping entrepreneurs with the skills, resources and competencies they need to thrive, rich and poignant research in the entrepreneurship literature highlights the daunting emotional challenges confronting entrepreneurs as they traverse the entrepreneurial journey. However, the insights, findings and conclusions from this literature have yet to find their way into providing entrepreneurs with the requisite emotional skills and tools needed to harness the opportunities afforded from entrepreneurship rather than succumb as a victim. This paper analyzes the potential for translational research to develop educational and policy approaches, along with clinical tools, methods and strategies to provide entrepreneurs with the skills and competencies for resilience in an entrepreneurial journey fraught with emotional landmines and challenges.

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Immigrant entrepreneurs in rural England – An examination of the socio- cultural barriers facing migrant small businesses in Lincolnshire

Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit ◽

10.1177/0269094220988852 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 35 (7) ◽

pp. 676-694

Author(s):

Dieu Hack-Polay ◽

Justice Tenna Ogbaburu ◽

Mahfuzur Rahman ◽

Ali B Mahmoud

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Small Businesses ◽

Cultural Barriers ◽

Entrepreneurial Success ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Language Differences ◽

Institutional Embeddedness ◽

Immigrant Entrepreneurs ◽

Relational Embeddedness ◽

Rural England

A growing body of literature recognises the crucial role played by immigrant entrepreneurs. However, certain socio-cultural barriers adversely affect their businesses in rural areas. Thus, this article examines the socio-cultural barriers facing immigrant entrepreneurs in Lincolnshire. Eleven semi-structured interviews were held with businesses owned by immigrants from diverse ethnic backgrounds. The findings identified migrant ethnocentrism, stereotypes, cultural differences and language differences as key socio-cultural barriers adversely affecting immigrant businesses in Lincolnshire. The research found that immigrant enterprises experienced growth issues, not just owing to the size of the market but also due to issues of embeddedness in the socio-economic nomenclature. The study found mixed embeddedness to be key to immigrant entrepreneurial success. This involves immigrant adaptation to develop relational embeddedness with the hosts, involvement with its social, structural and institutional frameworks. The study contributes to our understanding of the role of social, relational, structural and institutional embeddedness in steering fertile approaches to immigrant entrepreneurship in rural England which has been under-researched.

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