Entrepreneurial Culture Research Articles

Happiness in Organizations and its Effect on the Culture of Entrepreneurship in Students of a University, Lambayeque Region, 2022

The title of the thesis Happiness in organizations as a tool in the culture of entrepreneurship in students of the university, Lambayeque region, 2021, has obtained a main objective To determine the effect of Happiness affects in organizations in the culture of entrepreneurship in students of a university, Lambayeque region, 2021. Likewise, this study has been developed in a quantitative approach, of a descriptive - explanatory level and non-experimental design and to test the hypothesis of this study, a survey is conducted. Its population is made up of the students of the university of the Lambayeque region, being these 30 in total, therefore a census sampling is determined in which the population is equal to the sample. A data collection instrument called a questionnaire was applied to these students to measure happiness in organizations and the culture of entrepreneurship and to determine that they are reliable and valid. Similarly, the statistical system called SPSS Vs. 26 was used, which allowed a very detailed analysis of results. Therefore, it is concluded that the independent variable happiness in organizations affects the dependent variable entrepreneurship culture in the university, Lambayeque region, 2021, thanks to the correlation coefficient Rho Spearman = 0.876, independent variable and 0.953 for the dependent variable, which allows giving a strong incidence between both variables, in the same way a significance of less than p value 0.05 was obtained. Received: 23 July 2023 / Accepted: 23 June 2024 / Published: 02 July 2024

Promoting Rural Entrepreneurship in Tanzania Through Empowering Voluntary Financial Saving Groups

Purpose: This study investigated the promotion of rural entrepreneurship in Tanzania through empowering Voluntary Financial Saving Groups (VFSGs). Specifically, the study examined practices adopted by VFSGs and challenges confronting such VFSGs. Design/Methodology/Approach: A cross-sectional study using qualitative and quantitative approaches was carried out using a sample of 262 members of VFSGs that was selected using proportionate stratified sampling from different strata. The study was conducted in the Iringa region, whereas the Iringa and Kilolo districts were purposefully selected. Questionnaires, in-depth interviews, and focus group discussions were employed as data collection methods. Qualitative data analysis was carried out using content analysis. Descriptive statistics were adopted for quantitative data analysis, whereas mean scores were performed, followed by ranking. Research Limitation: This study was limited to one geographical region, Iringa, with only two districts, Iringa and Kilolo. The limitation was attributed to limited time and financial resources to cover a wider scope. Findings: Major findings of the study regarding practices adopted by VFSGs included inadequate training on enterprise development and management for members of VFSGs and inadequate seriousness to punish loan defaulters. Further, major findings about challenges facing VFSGs were the small amount of loans provided to members, inadequate business training to members, late loan repayment, the high dropout rate of members, unfavourable entrepreneurial cultures among members, conflict emerging among members and poor attendance in a meeting among members of VFSGs. Practical implications: The study concludes that skills gaps and loan defaulters in VFSGs are practices that are less adopted. This calls for intervention through entrepreneurship and business training and further longitudinal studies to establish behavioural change over time after intervention. Social Implication: Policies should mandate the provision of business training to VFSGs before they receive loans from money lenders. They should also focus on reducing mobile money transactional charges to fuel technology usage among VFSGs. Originality: The empirical data gathered from various regions in rural Tanzania adds valuable, real-world evidence to the discourse on VFSGs and rural entrepreneurship. This data-driven approach strengthens the credibility and relevance of the study's conclusions and recommendations.

Japan's Digital Economy: A Way Forward for Economic Revivalism

The term "digital economy" refers to a variety of commercial and economic activities that rely on electronic communications and technology such as e-commerce and digital marketing. This trend promotes innovation and allows small and medium-sized businesses to penetrate global markets with little expenditure. Furthermore, digital data from online interactions provides insights into consumer behaviour, which helps with marketing tactics and product development. Despite Japan's technological legacy, difficulties such as an ageing population and economic stagnation need the use of digital breakthroughs to stimulate growth. Empirical study demonstrates that the digital economy has a positive impact on industry restructuring in Japan. Regional disparities highlight the importance of specialized solutions, with government involvement critical, particularly in places lacking digital development. Future success is contingent on investments in talent and technology. Japan may achieve long-term economic development by adopting the digital economy and investing in human capital. As technology advances, Japan must adapt and innovate to remain competitive on the global stage. This necessitates continual research and development investments, as well as the promotion of an entrepreneurial and digital literate culture. Japan can solve its economic woes by harnessing its technology expertise and embracing digital transformation.

VALUE BASED MANAGEMENT AT KELOMPOK USAHA BERSAMA (KUBE)

Joint Business Group/Kelompok Usaha Bersama (KUBE) is a business scheme launched in 2010 by the Ministry of Social Affairs for underprivileged families who received social assistance from the Family Hope Program (PKH), with the idea that they will no longer depend on social assistance. KUBE has not yet achieved its goals due to low business management capabilities, weak entrepreneurial culture which has resulted low economic empowerment and performance level. This reason as an urgent need for research and development to analyze phenomena and find solutions for better KUBE performance. The aim of the research is to describe and analyze the value based management at KUBE in Bandung City. This research resulted a new findings related to the stages of determining the assumptions and legal basis used, formulating concepts and proving them into the analytical implementation of KUBE. This implementation was supported by the West Java Provincial Social Service Board in the form of providing data, information on the implementation of KUBE and facilitating the presentation of research reports. The method used is a qualitative approach with TKT at level 3. The main research output is publication on Sinta 1 or Sinta 4 and the additional outputs is a book chapter.

Empowering the Innovative Entrepreneurship Culture: Understanding the Key Factors and Government Supports from the Perspective of Senior Omani SMEs

With the Sultanate of Oman promoting innovation-driven entrepreneurship and enacting legislation to facilitate the rapid expansion of creative start-ups, this study found a need to explore both types of innovative entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial innovation. Following that, the purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the key factors involved in becoming an innovative entrepreneur from the perspective of fifteen senior Omani SMEs and to understand the support received by them in promoting entrepreneurial innovation. They were selected and interviewed using the purposive sampling technique. The study's findings revealed five key factors involved in becoming an innovative entrepreneur, including (i) technology adoption; (ii) knowledge of the business environment and rivals as well as resilient; (iii) positive attitudes; (iv) financial management; and (v) focusing on customers. However, only some of them received government support, such as lectures, workshops, and financial assistance or loans. This paper believes that identifying these key factors allows other SMEs to imitate similar factors, thus embarking on an innovative culture in their businesses. The understanding of the support given by the government allows this study to track the efforts made by the government in their effort to encourage innovation-driven entrepreneurship.

Державне регулювання розвитку малих підприємств у контексті відновлення територіальних громад Одеської області

To date it is difficult to predict how small businesses will function in the post-war period. Thus, public regulation and support for small businesses in the post-war period becomes an extremely important issue. The article aims to propose the ways to improve public regulation of small businesses development in the context of the Odesa region’s territorial communities recovery. The author analyzes the research literature on the topic, makes a SWOT analysis of the Odesa region’s small businesses development. The ways for improving public regulation of small businesses development in the form of a model are proposed. The model includes the following components such as creating a small businesses support infrastructure; administrative procedures simplification; financial support; education and training; entrepreneurial ethics and culture development; partnership with local authorities and NGOs; stimulation of innovation and technological development.

Do Entrepreneurial Financial Support and Entrepreneurial Culture Stimulate New Venture Performance through Organizational Creativity and Firm Innovation? Empirical Findings from Ho Chi Minh City Region, Vietnam

In the COVID-19 pandemic phase, entrepreneurial financial support and entrepreneurial culture play a major part in stimulating entrepreneurship. However, it is still unclear how entrepreneurial financial support and entrepreneurial culture affect organizational creativity and firm innovation, and whether they enhance new venture performance. To answer these timely inquiries, this study adopted the resource-based view (RBV) theory to investigate the influences of entrepreneurial financial support and entrepreneurial culture on new venture performance through organizational creativity and firm innovation. Based on 315 responses collected from the entrepreneurs of new ventures operating in the Ho Chi Minh City region, Vietnam, a quantitative approach and the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) were employed for data analysis. The findings illustrated that all the proposed hypotheses were completely supported, except the effect of entrepreneurial financial support on new venture performance through organizational creativity. Moreover, firm innovation had the strongest direct effect on new venture performance, while organizational creativity and firm innovation partially mediated associations between entrepreneurial financial support, entrepreneurial culture, and new venture performance. Therefore, this study solved existing debates in the literature, while developing the resource-based view (RBV) theory in the context of entrepreneurship. In the post-COVID-19 epidemic stage, it provides a new understanding for administrators and other participants to create and promote effective financial support systems and national cultures which stimulate entrepreneurship, concurrently offering new ventures with rational approaches to utilize those external resources to develop their organizational creativity and firm innovation for improving their performance.

The interdependence between the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Entrepreneurial Culture - An analysis with sustainable and traditional entrepreneurs

The Cultural dimension remains the most puzzling element within the dynamics of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EE). Because cultural features have pervasive effects on the behavior of individuals and organizations, assessing the interplay between Culture and other components of EE becomes matter of critical interest. This is particularly relevant vis-à-vis the quest for sustainable transitions in these productive structures. Following this background, this research aims to identify the main elements of the entrepreneurial ecosystem that influence entrepreneurial culture when comparing ‘traditional’ and sustainable entrepreneurs. We model these associations with the Grey Incidence Analysis (GIA) method. Data collection was carried out in 2023 with a sample of 245 projects approved in the Innovative Research in Small Businesses (PIPE) program in Brazil. Findings indicate that sustainable entrepreneurs exhibit distinct patterns in the entrepreneurial ecosystem configurations conducive to fostering a robust entrepreneurial culture. Notably, the elements of the ecosystem exerting the most pronounced influence are intricately tied to governmental support. These elements primarily affect the sense of self-sufficiency, autonomy, personal initiative, and the propensity to take risks. This research expands the notion of culture within the entrepreneurial ecosystem and presents insights into required elements to promote sustainable transitions in EE. Accordingly, our findings offer novel insights for EE policy concerning UN Sustainable Development Goals, thereby providing practical guidance for policymakers and professionals in the field.

Kolaborasi Sekolah dan Industri: Menyiapkan Siswa Untuk Dunia Kerja

In order to face challenges in the industrial sector and strengthen entrepreneurial culture, collaboration between schools and the business world/industrial world is really needed. Provisions related to business and industrial activities are not only carried out in special or vocational schools, but can be provided from elementary school. The research method used in this article is qualitative. The results of the analysis show that collaboration between schools and industry in preparing students for the world of work is a form of technological and vocational education innovation in Indonesia which expects schools and industry to play a greater role in determining, encouraging and driving technology education and students must be able to understand both theoretical and practical by applying it directly to the world of work.

Entrepreneurship Culture and Entrepreneurship Education Affect Students' Entrepreneurship Intentions Through Entrepreneurship Perception

Entrepreneurship Culture and Entrepreneurship Education Affect Students' Entrepreneurship Intentions Through Entrepreneurship Perception

Adoption and diffusion of organizational innovation, the winning mantra for growth: A case of manufacturing SMEs in Pakistan

This multiple case study qualitative research examined the impact of adoption and diffusion of innovation on Small and Medium Enterprises (SME’s) growth in the hostile business landscape of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. This research is intended to investigate research data and consequent findings based on an interview protocol that was purposefully developed from extant literature, complemented by an initial pilot study of two pharmaceutical SMEs. The researcher conducted 20 interviews, guided by the semi-structured interview protocol offered to the respondents beforehand after sorting their informed consent. The 20 participants represented the different hierarchal levels of the 08 case study of pharmaceutical from the two industrial clusters of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, located at the Hayatabad Industrial Estate, Peshawar, and the Rashkai Industrial Estate, Nowshera. The analysis of the data presented findings and corroborated the research propositions that those SMEs that are structurally entrepreneurial and adopt innovation amenably, are open to mobility and tourism, yield satisfactory results in terms of their growth as compared to those that are inertial and unentrepreneurial. Similarly, the results offer confirmation that the effectiveness of government agencies that are explicitly formed to address the problems of small businesses is insufficient. They rather create hindrances than assistance due to the excessive delays in approving innovative ideas and conceptions by these related organizations and ministries. Moreover, the proposed framework offers pragmatic recommendations to contextualize entrepreneurial culture and innovative structures in SMEs and their essential factors in critical environmental circumstances.

The roles of entrepreneurial university and regional conditions for graduate entrepreneurship: a configurational approach

ABSTRACT This study conceptualizes graduate entrepreneurship as a spatial phenomenon. Specifically, we explore how combinations of university-related (knowledge exchange intensity and entrepreneurship support) as well as regional conditions (economic prosperity and entrepreneurial culture) might explain the presence or absence of high graduate entrepreneurship as possible (or likely) explanations based on a configurational approach. We applied fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to a dataset using HE-BCIS (Higher Education-Business Community Interaction Survey) survey and the UK’s ONS (Office for National Statistics) data for England covering a five-year period, combined with map-based analysis to identify distinct pathways that explain the presence or absence of graduate entrepreneurship across different regions. Findings demonstrate that university-related and regional conditions can complement each other in different ways to explain high levels of graduate entrepreneurship, but absence of one can also suppress the effect of the other, resulting in the absence of high graduate entrepreneurship.

Domestic Competition, Trade Openness and Entrepreneurial Culture: Canonical Correlation Analysis

Abstract The paper analyses canonical correlations between domestic competition, trade openness and entrepreneurial culture. The research covered 141 countries ranked by World Competitiveness Index in 2019. Canonical correlation analysis is applied to find relationship between two canonical variables. The first canonical variable includes sub-indexes from Domestic competition and Trade openness pillars. The second variable contains sub-indexes from Entrepreneurial culture pillar. The results of the analysis showed there is a strong, positive, statistically significant canonical correlation between these canonical variables with a Pearson coefficient of 0.86. The linear regression analysis is also applied. The regression analysis shows that the variable Distortive effects of taxes and subsidies on competition is the most important for all dependent variables. The extent of market dominance, Competition in services and Border clearance efficiency are important, but not as much as taxes and subsidies. It confirms that regulation of domestic competition and trade openness are supreme for entrepreneurial culture.

Entrepreneurial Culture and Continuous Improvement to Handle Environmental Turbulence

Abstract The purpose of this study is to understand how organizations behave when faced with turbulent external environments characterized by rapid change, uncertainty, and unpredictability. We look at different dimensions of environmental turbulence, for example, regulatory forces, economic changes, and political changes that directly shape organizational strategies. Literature suggests that while dealing with market dynamics companies must go beyond traditional paradigms to embrace a proactive approach toward change thus making decisions that shape new potential opportunities and being always ready to act and react swiftly according to market changes. Entrepreneurial firms can indeed lead to innovative interventions, driving market developments. The research utilizes a single case study approach that is somewhat revealing to explore the strategic responses of a firm in a resource-based industry facing globalization pressures. There are two broad streams identified: Continuous Improvement and Entrepreneurial Culture. Corporate strategy regarding market dynamics impact and internationalization efforts falls under the category of continuous improvement approaches which emphasize coping with external contingencies. The second macroaggregate on Entrepreneurial Culture deals with stakeholder orientation, organizational agility, and the influence of entrepreneurial ideas and values in corporate responses to disruption. The firm is actively involved in shaping its own future by taking a change-focused approach that involves both forwardthinking management decisions but also an entrepreneurial mindset. This study will contribute to the literature on firm’s organizational learning, focusing on how to strategize in turbulent environments. Furthermore, the study will provide a holistic view of different resources and components of a change that are extensively analysed independently in the literature. Thus, looking at how they are combined for company success.

Impact of the SECI Entrepreneurial Development Model on Entrepreneurial Activities: Unleashing Entrepreneurial Knowledge Creation Potential

This study uses a novel idea of the entrepreneurial development process using the SECI framework that addresses how implicit and explicit entrepreneurial knowledge is transformed into new startups. There are four distinct modes: socialization, externalization, combination, and internalization. This study analyzes the influence of the SECI entrepreneurial development model on entrepreneurial activities across the globe, utilizing the data set from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). The GEM data set is an extensive and dependable resource that provides information on all facets of entrepreneurial development, including entrepreneurial activity, attitudes, intentions, and contextual factors, including government policies and social environment. The study utilizes panel data and examines the underlying hypotheses. The findings reveal the underlying process of entrepreneurial endeavors through the SECI framework. This study enhances the existing body of knowledge on knowledge management and entrepreneurship by presenting empirical evidence that supports the validity and practicality of the SECI framework in various settings. The study has practical implications for policymakers, scholars, and practitioners aiming to cultivate a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Exploring entrepreneurial intention: The roles of proactive personality, education, opportunity and Planned Behavior

Entrepreneurial intention is crucial in fostering an entrepreneurial culture and driving economic growth, especially among students from higher education institutions. Our study aims to examine the role of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), specifically attitude towards entrepreneurship (ATE) and perceived behavioral control (PBC), in the relationships between proactive personality (PP), entrepreneurship education (EE), entrepreneurial opportunity (EO), and entrepreneurial intention (EI) among final-year students higher education institutions in China. The TPB framework provides a theoretical foundation to investigate how psychological factors, such as ATE and PBC, mediate an individual's intention to engage in entrepreneurial behavior. The research model was analyzed using PLS-SEM. The findings, derived from a sample of 250 final-year students from public universities in China, indicate that ATE and PBC mediate the relationships between PP, EO, and EI. However, only ATE was found to mediate the relationship between EE and EI. Our findings offer insights into the foundational mechanisms driving EI, significantly advancing the scholarly understanding of entrepreneurial behavior. By demonstrating the applicability of the TPB framework, our study sheds light on the psychological processes that underlie the connections between PP, EE, EO and EI.

Entrepreneurship and innovation - Feasibility study on sustainable residential food production through Aquaponics

The complexity of today's reality drives the insertion of new ideas into the educational context, with empowering projects that impact social, economic and environmental systems, generating sustainable opportunities. Entrepreneurship in higher education institutions in Brazil requires innovative approaches, beyond isolated disciplines, to promote a sustainable entrepreneurial culture and contribute to community development. Faced with social needs, questions arise about projects that promote individual and collective training, meeting demands for interprofessional training in the social, economic and environmental spheres.

Unveiling The Journey: From Entrepreneurial Leadership to The Emergence of Entrepreneurial Culture in Malaysian Schools

Unveiling The Journey: From Entrepreneurial Leadership to The Emergence of Entrepreneurial Culture in Malaysian Schools

Free Milieus, Creative People: An Investigation of Creative City Policy in Istanbul from the Perspective of Governmentality

This paper analyzes the creative city policy for Istanbul, which has recently become a popular throughout the world. Cities are expected to be creative milieus that foster free circulation of people, ideas, and interactions for economic growth, global competitiveness, and social development. Drawing on Foucault and governmentality studies, this paper first argues that the creative city policy is a neoliberal political rationality that seeks to stimulate individuals' creative capacities through structuring urban space. Neoliberalism includes the de-governmentalization of state and the active participation of non-state actors in the governing processes. Second, using examples from street gentrification, industrial heritage re-functioning, and co-working spaces in Istanbul, this paper dissects how creativity, freedom, and economic growth intersect in urban space and how a broad coalition of political parties, state agencies, local authorities, non-governmental organizations, small-scale cultural entrepreneurs, and creative professionals have been formed around the creative city. As a result, creative city policy is a form of governmentality that includes official documents as well as spatial strategies of a heterogeneous coalition of state and non-state actors.

Pathways to Entrepreneurial Culture in Universities: Applying Intrapreneurship Theory to Practice at Kyambogo University

Pathways to Entrepreneurial Culture in Universities: Applying Intrapreneurship Theory to Practice at Kyambogo University