A Factor Analysis of the Entrepreneurial Success, Motivation andProblems Faced: The Case of Chinese Entrepreneurs

We examined the following factors in this study of Chinese entrepreneurs’ success: entrepreneurial motivation, success factors, start-up challenges, business growth, the role of family and social network in reducing stress, and professional satisfaction. In this study, we examined Chinese entrepreneurs for their motivations to start a business, factors that support their success, problems that occur during start-up and growth of the business, the role of family and social network in creating a less stressful working environment, and the overall level of satisfaction with their profession. Results indicate that economic worries were the most important reason for starting one’s own business than career and personal motives. Chinese small and medium-sized enterprise(SME) owners cited honesty and customer relations as the other most important factors in their success. Additionally, Chinese entrepreneurs rated employee-related problems as the most critical problem among all problems we asked in the survey. Results also showed that the gender of the entrepreneurs we sampled was not a significant differentiating factor in identifying entrepreneurial motivations.

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NETWORK NOT UTILIZED: THE CASE OF ULTRA-ORTHODOX FEMALE MICRO-ENTREPRENEURS IN ISRAEL

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship ◽

10.1142/s1084946716500060 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 21 (01) ◽

pp. 1650006 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

YISCA MONNICKENDAM-GIVON ◽

DAFNA SCHWARTZ ◽

BENJAMIN GIDRON

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Social Network ◽

Network Size ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Entrepreneurial Success ◽

Successful Management ◽

Social Network Structure ◽

Size Number ◽

Salient Factor

The study examines the role of social networks in the Ultra-Orthodox community in Israel as a tool for promoting micro-entrepreneurial success. To date, research has shown that social network structure is a salient factor in the successful management of micro-businesses. We explored network size, number of strong, weak and betweenness ties of Ultra-Orthodox female micro-entrepreneurs, a distinct social-religious enclave that remains largely unexplored. Contrary to literature, our findings show that Ultra-Orthodox female micro-entrepreneurs have a narrow network in all parameters explored. Although they have a far-reaching social network, it is virtually unutilized in promoting their micro-businesses. Theoretical and policy implications are discussed.

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The Role of Nurturing Technopreneurship Education and Building University Students’ Entrepreneurial Mindsets and Skill Sets in Fostering Digital Innovation and Augmenting the Tech Start-Up Ecosystem in Bahrain

International Journal of Learning Teaching and Educational Research ◽

10.26803/ijlter.20.6.8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 20 (6) ◽

pp. 152-173

Author(s):

Sama’a Al Hashimi ◽

Yasmina Zaki ◽

Ameena Al Muwali ◽

Nasser Mahdi

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Creative Thinking ◽

Educational Background ◽

Entrepreneurial Success ◽

Support Organizations ◽

Start Up ◽

The Government ◽

The Right ◽

The Impact

This paper examines the relationship between the success of tech start-ups and the educational backgrounds of their owners. To better comprehend and encourage technopreneurial growth, it is essential to understand the educational background of tech start-up founders in Bahrain. The paper attempts to explore whether or not different educational qualifications of tech start-up founders are associated with their success. It also aims to investigate the pedagogical approaches, strategies, skills, and objectives that may have contributed to the success of leading technopreneurs, locally and globally in an effort to suggest the right practices to implement in Bahrain in order to emulate their educational experiences. The research qualitatively investigates the perceptions and academic experiences of the founders of five innovative Bahraini digital applications in an attempt to explore the role of their education in their success and growth. In addition, twelve support organizations in Bahrain were interviewed to examine the influence of higher education on entrepreneurial success. The paper argues that education is very essential to entrepreneurial success, and its findings provide clear evidence of the impact of education which focuses on fostering creative thinking, innovation, and team-working skills on technopreneurial success. These findings may have implications for universities in Bahrain to promote successful entrepreneurs through integrating the best practices in innovation and entrepreneurship education into the curriculum, and strengthening their cooperation with the government and various support organizations. Finally, the paper provides higher education institutions with guidelines and recommendations to maximize their role in the tech start-up ecosystem in Bahrain.

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Networks Around Potential and Nascent Entrepreneurs: Examining the Mediating Role of Risk-Taking and Self-Confidence

Journal of Enterprising Culture ◽

10.1142/s0218495821500199 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 29 (04) ◽

pp. 325-354

Author(s):

Faten Fekih Ahmed ◽

Lotfi Belkacem

Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

Risk Taking ◽

Support Network ◽

Psychological Variables ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Self Confidence ◽

Business Creation ◽

Start Up ◽

Practical Support

The importance of social network comes not only from the resources to which networks facilitate access but also from the capacity of the network to develop entrepreneurial characteristics in a person. This research focuses on the importance of the entrepreneur’s social network in the pre-start-up phase. It also examines the mediating role of risk-taking and self-confidence as important psychological variables for future entrepreneurs. We undertake this study to better understand the failure at the network level of the future Tunisian entrepreneur while offering solutions to decision-makers in Tunisia. Among the 2,000 adults surveyed by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, interest is focused on potential and emerging entrepreneurs. The results of logistic regression modelling show that future Tunisian entrepreneurs often use their emotional support network and neglect other networks which offer practical support at an earlier stage of business creation. Unlike to expectations, risk-taking and self-confidence have not mediated the relationship between the social network and the pre-start-up phase.

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Awareness, Importance and Satisfaction with the Library Resources: Survey Results from Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Education ◽

10.30971/pje.v32i2.15 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Intizar Hussain Butt

Keyword(s):

Response Rate ◽

Survey Questionnaire ◽

Education Students ◽

Expert Opinions ◽

Level Of Satisfaction ◽

Library Resources ◽

Survey Results ◽

Research Students ◽

Level Of Importance

This paper aims at exploring the Master of Philosophy in Education students’ awareness about various library resources, their importance and students’ level of satisfaction. This paper concerns the librarians, research students and academicians involved in guiding student research. The paper achieves three objectives 1) to understand Master of Philosophy in Education students’ awareness of documented library resources 2) explore level of importance given to the documented library resources and 3) to find out students’ level of satisfaction about the availability of documented library resources. A conveniently selected sample comprised 100 Master of Philosophy in Education students from a public sector university of Punjab, Pakistan. The data were collected in 2012 through a survey questionnaire which was developed by the researchers and validated by the expert opinions and existing literature. Forty-four library resources were documented in the questionnaire. The response rate was 98%. The data were analyzed by using quantitative approach. It was found that, prior to this survey, the participants were not aware of 14 documented library resources out of which 6 resources have been mentioned as very important by the them. As far as the level of satisfaction about the availability of mentioned resources is concerned, it was very low. This study has highlighted the need for redefining the role of librarians, functioning of libraries and developing librarian-student partnership in order to facilitate research students.

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Identifying the Entrepreneurial Success Factors and the Performance of Women-Owned Businesses in Pakistan: The Moderating Role of National Culture

SAGE Open ◽

10.1177/2158244020919520 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 215824402091952

Author(s):

Muhammad Shakeel ◽

Li Yaokuang ◽

Ali Gohar

Keyword(s):

National Culture ◽

Success Factors ◽

Business Environment ◽

Entrepreneurial Success ◽

Business Environments ◽

Critical Success ◽

And Performance ◽

The Impact ◽

Moderating Role

Women’s entrepreneurship in Pakistan has been booming in recent years, and it has made a significant impact on social and economic expansion. However, it is notable that these businesses are smaller in size and considered less profitable when compared with men’s entrepreneurial efforts. This dilemma encourages the investigation of the success factors that contribute to the performance of women-owned businesses (WOBs) within this understudied region. Factors that may determine the success of WOB in Pakistan are divided into four broad headings: the entrepreneur’s characteristics, internal business environment, external business environments, and supportive factors. This study also explores the direct and moderating role of perceived national culture within the framework. The results demonstrate that the entrepreneur’s characteristics, external business environments, and supportive factors are positively related to the performance of WOB, while the internal business environment is of little significance. Furthermore, while perceived national culture does not influence the performance of WOB, it weakens the relationship between the entrepreneur’s characteristics and performance but strengthens the impact of supportive factors on the performance of the WOB. This study leads to a solid awareness about the critical success factors, the perceived national culture, and their association with the performances of WOB within Pakistan.

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Patients as diagnostic collaborators: sharing visit notes to promote accuracy and safety

Diagnosis ◽

10.1515/dx-2018-0106 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 213-221 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Charlotte R. Blease ◽

Sigall K. Bell

Keyword(s):

Diagnostic Error ◽

Unintended Consequences ◽

Working Environment ◽

Patient Surveys ◽

Healthcare Experience ◽

Survey Results ◽

Opinion Article ◽

Missed Diagnoses

Abstract Error resulting from missed, delayed, or wrong diagnoses is estimated to occur in 10–15% of ambulatory and inpatient encounters, leading to serious harm in around half of such cases. When it comes to conceptualizing diagnostic error, most research has focused on factors pertaining to: (a) physician cognition and (b) ergonomic or systems factors related to the physician’s working environment. A third factor – the role of patients in diagnostic processes – remains relatively under-investigated. Yet, as a growing number of researchers acknowledge, patients hold unique knowledge about themselves and their healthcare experience, and may be the most underutilized resource for mitigating diagnostic error. This opinion article examines recent findings from patient surveys about sharing visit notes with patients online. Drawing on these survey results, we suggest three ways in which sharing visit notes with patients might enhance diagnostic processes: (1) avoid delays and missed diagnoses by enhancing timely follow up of recommended tests, results, and referrals; (2) identify documentation errors that may undermine diagnostic accuracy; and (3) strengthen patient-clinician relationships thereby creating stronger bidirectional diagnostic partnerships. We also consider the potential pitfalls or unintended consequences of note transparency, and highlight areas in need of further research.

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Start–Up Capital and Chinese Entrepreneurs: The Role of Family

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice ◽

10.1111/j.1540-6520.2009.00331.x ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 33 (4) ◽

pp. 889-908 ◽

Cited By ~ 57

Author(s):

Kevin Au ◽

Ho Kwong Kwan

Keyword(s):

Capital Structure ◽

Transaction Costs ◽

Family Business ◽

Chinese Family ◽

Initial Capital ◽

Republic Of China ◽

Ethnic Chinese ◽

Start Up ◽

Chinese Entrepreneurs

This paper examines the formation of the initial capital structure of Chinese start–up firms. Contrary to the predominant view of Chinese family business, this study found that family funding is not the major source of start–up capital under certain conditions. Employing two surveys conducted separately in Hong Kong and the mainland of the People's Republic of China, it was revealed that Chinese entrepreneurs seek initial funding from their family rather than from outsiders only if they expected lower transaction costs and lower levels of family interference in the business. The implications of the findings for entrepreneurship of ethnic Chinese communities in East Asia are discussed.

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A new typology to characterize Italian digital entrepreneurs

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research ◽

10.1108/ijebr-02-2019-0105 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 224-245 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Salvatore Ammirato ◽

Francesco Sofo ◽

Alberto Michele Felicetti ◽

Nina Helander ◽

Heli Aramo-Immonen

Keyword(s):

Success Factors ◽

The Self ◽

Content Type ◽

Self Perceptions ◽

Critical Success ◽

Perceived Success ◽

Start Up ◽

New Policies

Purpose Strong agreement in the extant business literature emphasizes that digital developments are key to economic growth internationally. This is in spite of the recorded high levels (up to 50 percent) of failure among digital companies and entrepreneurs. The purpose of this paper is to identify the digital debates in Italy, explore current policies and develop a typology that characterizes digital entrepreneurs (DEs) and their start-up companies in Italy. Design/methodology/approach The digital debates and policies are explored through an extensive telephone survey of the self-perceptions and identified supports required by 348 Italian active DEs. Quantitative statistical techniques were used including factor analysis, cluster analysis and ANOVA, to identify motivations, profiles and critical success factors relevant to the sample. Findings The study identifies three main clusters among the DEs: emerging very young; emerging business focused and experienced. These clusters vary with the entrepreneurs’ background and competence base, motivation and satisfaction factors. The different kinds of profiles require specific kinds of supporting policies identified by the sample that focus on financial, educational and/or networking provision. Originality/value The paper affirms the central role of digital entities in modern economies expressed in the current literature and increases knowledge of the perceived success factors identified by DEs. The identification and classification of self-reported characteristics of Italian DEs and to what extent these characterizations might be useful for tailored interventions to support their success are the main contributions of this study. Accordingly, an authentic, original and self-reported portrayal has been constructed of the self-perceptions of Italian DEs. Finally, the study explores the implications for actions and new policies considering self-perceived profiles, needs and expectations of DEs.

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Got the Results, Now What Do You Do?

Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors ◽

10.1027/2192-0923/a000020 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 25-33 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Michaela Heese

Keyword(s):

Safety Culture ◽

Success Factors ◽

Service Providers ◽

Transformation Process ◽

Driving Safety ◽

Critical Success ◽

Culture Transformation ◽

Survey Results ◽

Air Navigation Services ◽

Navigation Service

Members of the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation have committed themselves to measure and improve safety culture within their organizations by 2013 ( CANSO, 2010 ). This paper attempts to offer support to air navigation service providers that have already implemented a standardized safety culture survey approach, in the process of transforming their safety culture based on existing survey results. First, an overview of the state of the art with respect to safety culture is presented. Then the application of the CANSO safety culture model from theory into practice is demonstrated based on four selected case studies. Finally, a summary of practical examples for driving safety culture change is provided, and critical success factors supporting the safety culture transformation process are discussed.

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