scholarly journals Factors Affecting Entrepreneurial Attitude፡ Experience from Graduating Students of Addis Ababa Science and Technology University

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wallelign Wondie Abebe ◽  
Reta Megersa Hundie ◽  
Geremew Teklu Tsigu
Keyword(s):  
Role Model ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Support Programs ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Explanatory Factors ◽  
Entrepreneurial Attitude ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University

Studies and literature reveal that students’ attitude to create their own business is influenced by different endogenous and exogenous factors. The study aimed at analyzing factors affecting students’ entrepreneurial attitude. The factors considered in this study are family background, role model and entrepreneurial government support programs. Explanatory design was employed to check the magnitude of cause and effect relationship. 328 questionnaires were distributed sampled respondents and intensive interview was conducted with key informants. Key results of the study imply that the explanatory factors identified above positively and significantly affect the dependent variable. The family background, government entrepreneurial support programs and role model combined and explained 79.7% of the variation in entrepreneurial attitude of the students. Thus, if the government and/or the university can devise strategy upon these variables, there is a promising possibility that the attitude of the students for creating their own job.

scholarly journals Business Sustainability of Start-Ups Based on Government Support: An Empirical Study of Korean Start-Ups

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 4851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wooseung Lee ◽  
Boyoung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Market Orientation ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Flow Experience ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Business Sustainability ◽  
Emerging Nations ◽  
The Government ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
New Jobs

Since the mid-2000s, start-ups have increasingly become the driving force of new jobs and growth engines for advanced countries, and emerging nations are striving to vitalize start-ups through active government support policies. However, approximately 30% of start-ups shut down within two years of their foundation. Accordingly, this study determines the factors affecting the business sustainability of start-ups as based on available government support and provides suggestions to increase the effectiveness of the government-supported projects. This study conducted a survey of 273 start-ups in Korea, and empirically analyzed whether factors such as entrepreneurship, market orientation, and network affected business sustainability by using flow experience and entrepreneurial satisfaction as mediators. The results found that entrepreneurship affected business sustainability with flow experience and entrepreneurial satisfaction as the mediators, while market orientation affected business sustainability using flow experience as the mediator, and network affected business sustainability with entrepreneurial satisfaction as the mediator.

Productivity and lending during the pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 123-141
Author(s):  
E. V. Bessonova ◽  
S. V. Popova ◽  
N. A. Turdyeva ◽  
A. N. Tsvetkova
Keyword(s):  
Government Support ◽  
Economic Recovery ◽  
Support Programs ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Government Lending ◽  
The Government ◽  
Number Of Firms

The access to credits for companies with high productivity is an important factor for the economic recovery after the shock. In this paper, we analyze changes in banks’ lending to Russian companies’ in 2020. Our analysis shows that in 2020 the volume of new ruble credits increased relative to the level of the previous year. At the same time, there were changes in loans’ structure, which are explained by the effect of government lending support programs that began in May—June 2020. This fact indicates that a large number of firms made use of these programs last year, partially or fully covering temporary liquidity needs in the period of significant decrease in demand and revenue. Outside of the government support programs, the structure of market lending did not change significantly in 2020 compared to 2019. Banks prefer to lend to more productive companies: we see that the volume of credits to high productive firms was at the same level as in 2019. This means that efficient firms that should be drivers of economic recovery did not have problems with access to credit in 2020.

scholarly journals Job-Search behaviour of Omani Graduates: Sohar University - A Case study

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noura Al Jahwari ◽  
◽  
Maryam Alkhalidi ◽  
Sara AlBalushi ◽  
Ma'ather Al Ghanami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Search Behaviour ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University ◽  
Clear Method ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Purpose of the study: The objectives of the study were to critically analyse and explore the factors affecting job-search behaviour and to analyse the effect of such factors on job-search behaviour. Design/Methodology: 145 samples were obtained using a well-structured questionnaire from the population of 677 graduated students from Sohar University, using convenience sampling technique and the data collected was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Findings: The results of the study revealed that most of the graduated students do not have a clear method to apply for a future job whereas they believe that the internet is the best way to find a job and the degree they possess will help them to find a job in the field of their expertise. It was also revealed that they were confident that they have gained sufficient knowledge and skills required from the university and they prefer to have a clear plan to find a job. Research Implications: It was suggested that the Government should create jobs based on skills and open channels to recruit skilled graduates. It was also suggested that the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) should try to alter the curriculum and introduce professional/technical courses eliminating the gap between the HEIs and the labour market. Practical Implications: The study will help the colleges and the universities in conducting workshops and the related activities in engaging students towards increasing their skills. Originality: No study was carried out before to study the job-search behaviour of Omani students and this is a study of its own kind.

scholarly journals Factors affecting entrepreneur’s development in Oman

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shariq Mohammed ◽  
Mohammed Ahmar Uddin ◽  
Moinuddin Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Extraction Method ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Varimax Rotation ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Component Extraction ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University

The objective of this paper is to examine the factors affecting the choice of entrepreneurship among the university going students for starting their own business, their awareness about the schemes promoted by the government of Oman for entrepreneurship. The schemes by the government of Oman for promoting entrepreneurship. The data for the study is obtained from primary source with the use of well structured and pre-tested questionnaires, which were distributed among 150 students of different colleges of Dhofar University, Salalah, and Sultanate of Oman. The factor analysis using principal component extraction method with Varimax rotation has extracted 5 factors which explained 63.74 percent of the variance.

scholarly journals DETERMINING FACTORS OF FIRM SURVIVABILITY A STUDY OF UNIVERSITY SPIN-OFFS IN INDONESIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 143
Author(s):  
Muhammad Afif Sallatu ◽  
Nurul Indarti
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Good Reputation ◽  
Capital Access ◽  
The University

Nowadays, universities in many countries are encouraged to take their research products to the next level by translating them into commercialized products to benefit society at large. In doing so, they establish a firm, a so-called University Spin-Off (USO), which specializes in carrying out the mission. A USO is a firm which is established to optimize or commercialize the Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) of the university. Previous studies into USOs, documented in the extant literature, have mainly focused on investigating the initial process of the USOs’ establishment, such as the drivers to initiate the USOs. Only a little attention has been paid to investigate the various drivers affecting the development of the USOs. Studies into the survivability of USOs are relatively limited. The current study is intended to fill this gap. Additionally, the findings are expected to add to the existing literature on USOs, particularly in the context of developing countries. This study aims at identifying the factors affecting the USOs’ survival. We used the resource-based view and contingency theory to identify and understand the various factors (internal and external) that might affect a USO’s survivability. Data for this study were collected through a survey. From the literature, we identified ten relevant factors for a USO’s survivability and 41 items to operationalize them, which we then used to develop a questionnaire. The factors are the USO’s business orientation, human resources’ reputation, product innovation, business plan, business models’ innovation, social networks, export activities, capital access, government support, and the business’s incubator. The data were collected from 111 USOs established by 14 universities located in five big cities in Indonesia. The survey was conducted from February until May 2017. Before performing the regression analysis, we deployed a factor analysis to validate the instruments and found that all the 41 items were valid and fell into ten component factors. The analysis found that there were only two factors which significantly affected the USO’s survivability: Its human resources’ reputation and social networks. These findings lead us to a conclusion that building a good reputation and maintaining its social networks are very important to ensure the survivability of a USO. 

scholarly journals A Pervasive Economic Fallacy in Assessing the Cost of Public Funds

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel Boyer
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Support Programs ◽  
Public Funds ◽  
The Public ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Cost

In the assessment of the cost of public funds, there is a pervasive economic fallacy that is frequently repeated in public policy circles: because the cost of borrowing is higher for a private-sector firm than it is for a public-sector firm, the cost of carrying out an activity (investment, production, distribution, provision of goods and services, and borrowing) will necessarily be lower ceteris paribus in the public sector than in the private sector. The statement is erroneous because part of the government’s cost of borrowing, namely the risk borne by citizens, customers, and taxpayers, is hidden from the casual observer of market interest rates or yields. The all-inclusive borrowing cost, more generally the all-inclusive cost of capital, is the same for both the public and the private sectors. I discuss four specific real cases in which the error is present: the Quebec Generations Fund, the Québec CDPQ Infra–Réseu express métropolitain project, the Infrastructure Ontario methodology to assess the riskiness of costs, and the BC Hydro Site C hydroelectric megaproject. I also discuss a general fifth case, namely government support programs for businesses (grants, loans, guarantees, subsidies, etc.), which are generally justified on the fallacious claim that the cost of financing is lower for the government than for the private sector. I propose an auction process by which the true cost of business support programs could be made transparent. I conclude with an appeal for a more rigorous use and management of public funds because miscalculation, misinformation, mismanagement, and fallacious analysis will eventually backfire.

scholarly journals Determining the Factors Affecting Farmers’ Decision on Organic Livestock

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuray Demir ◽  
Canan Sancar ◽  
Okan Demir ◽  
Vecihi Aksakal ◽  
Adem Aksoy
Keyword(s):  
Logit Model ◽  
Focus Of Attention ◽  
Animal Breeding ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Forage Crops ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Conventional Animal ◽  
The Government ◽  
Positive Effect

In this study, the objective was to determine the factors affecting farmers’ decisions on organic livestock. Within this scope, the Gümüşhane province, in which one of the major organic livestock projects has been carried out, was taken into the focus of attention for this study. The data of the study was obtained from 134 surveys based on census and focusing on farmers doing conventional animal breeding and possessing 25 or more cattle. The data obtained were used in predicting the Logit Model. In the model, it was determined that the inclination to transition to organic animal breeding in institutions where the rate of benefiting from animal breeding supports and the rate of meeting forage requirements from their own are high and besides where the rate of using industrial feed is low. As a result, it was recommended that the government support for forage crops, which are already within the current support policies, should be increased on yearly basis. This will have a positive effect on the decision of the farmers to choose organic livestock. This support is also important in terms of carrying out livestock activities in more profitable and technical way.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting the Adoption of Information and Communication Technologies: Small Hotels and Tour Operators in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Libri ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wegene Demeke ◽  
Olden Anthony ◽  
Nocera Jose Abdelnour
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
National Level ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Tour Operator

AbstractIn Africa the adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) varies considerably from one country to another, for example between Kenya and Tanzania on the one hand and Ethiopia on the other. In Kenya and Tanzania telecommunications systems have been liberalized, while in Ethiopia all ICT infrastructures and services are provided by one single telecommunications operator – one that is owned and run by the government. ICT plays a significant role in poverty reduction and empowerment of the disadvantaged, but this requires that ICT has first to be adopted by them. The main research question is: what are the factors affecting the adoption of ICT in the small hotel and tour operator sector? The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that affect the adoption of ICT in small hotels and tour operators in Ethiopia’s capital city, Addis Ababa. The sector was chosen because, driven by demand from customers, it uses ICT more than many other sectors, and because the government requires hoteliers to use a particular software for tax purposes. During the course of several visits between 2009 and 2013 data were collected from hoteliers and tour operator owners/managers. Sixteen hoteliers who had adopted ICT in their businesses were interviewed. One hundred and twenty-eight hoteliers and 57 tour operators responded to a questionnaire. Analysis of the findings indicates that factors affecting the adoption of ICT in these organizations can be arranged according to three levels: individual, organizational and national. The major factors that affect the adoption arise from the national level factors: the political, socio-economic, technological and legal factors that play a critical role in the adoption or rejection of ICT in this sector. This paper provides insights into the impact a monopolized telecommunications service can have on the adoption of ICT.

Problems Preventing Growth of Small Entrepreneurs

2016 ◽  
pp. 479-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonu Swami ◽  
G. T. J. Mphele
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Support Programs ◽  
The Government ◽  
Questionnaire Method ◽  
The Right

Lack of growth of small entrepreneurs can be attributed to insufficient support by the Government through its support programs as well as to their own internal weaknesses in terms of applying the right business strategies. An inductive, quantitative approach was used for carrying out the research. The data was collected through questionnaire method from three localities selected at random from sub-urban areas of Botswana, a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Most of the problems preventing growth of small entrepreneurs were lack of funds and difficulty in accessing Government support programs. The study recommends that the Government should provide training about viable small entrepreneurs which are highly recommended for funding and owners should change their approach to running business and engage in efficient business strategies that can give them growth. These recommendations, if applied properly will create small entrepreneurs growth not only in sub-urban areas of Botswana but also elsewhere.

Factors affecting universities’ ability to foster students’ entrepreneurial behaviour

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 268-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lamberto Zollo ◽  
Maria Carmen Laudano ◽  
Cristiano Ciappei ◽  
Vincenzo Zampi
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Entrepreneurial Universities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Student Entrepreneurship ◽  
Entrepreneurial Behaviour ◽  
Entrepreneurial Attitude ◽  
University Of Florence ◽  
The University

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate behavioural and contextual factors affecting entrepreneurial universities’ ability to influence student entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial intention. Design/methodology/approach Structural equation modelling was used to assess both micro and macro factors impacting on students’ entrepreneurial attitude and intention on a sample of 272 students of the Master of Business Administration at the University of Florence (Italy). Findings The study contributes to the literature on entrepreneurial universities by assessing the main factors affecting students’ entrepreneurial behaviour. The results stressed how students’ entrepreneurial intent is mainly affected by their entrepreneurial attitude, which is in turn influenced by some of the personality traits analyzed, in particular risk-taking propensity and locus of control. It also emerged how students’ perception of the university environment significantly influences their entrepreneurial attitude and intent. Practical implications By investigating the micro and macro factors that mostly affect students’ entrepreneurial intention, the research suggests some implications for future researches into student entrepreneurship, in order to develop specific teaching programmes affecting students’ entrepreneurial experience, character and related skills. Originality/value The value of the research relates to integrating psychological factors, geographical elements, and the contextual role of universities within student entrepreneurship in a scarcely investigated location, i.e. the Region of Tuscany (Italy).

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