Entrepreneurial Information Research Articles

Research on the Dilemma and Countermeasures of Migrant Workers Returning Home to Start Their Own Business under the Background of Rural Revitalization

With the comprehensive and orderly development of the rural revitalization strategy, it needs to inject fresh blood, and returning migrant workers just add new vitality to this. In order to deeply study the difficulties encountered by migrant workers returning to their hometown to start their own businesses under the background of rural revitalization and the countermeasures, this paper adopts the field interview method, literature research method and questionnaire survey method to carry out a survey in Bengbu City, Anhui province. Through the investigation, it is found that the difficulties faced by migrant workers returning home to start their own businesses are as follows: the publicity channels are not smooth; The implementation of supportive policies is lacking; Difficulties in financing loans; Rural land circulation is difficult; The cultural quality of migrant workers is not high. In view of this, the paper puts forward the countermeasures to promote the problem of migrant workers returning home to start their own businesses: build an entrepreneurial information platform; Increase policy support; Smooth loan financing channels; Reasonable transfer of land resources; Conduct entrepreneurship training and counseling. The purpose of this paper is to guide migrant workers to return home and start their own businesses reasonably and effectively, so as to promote the implementation of rural revitalization strategy.

A Study on Startup Policy Toolkit of Off-Farm Workers Returning Hometown in China

The study aims to explore how policies affect the behavior of rural off-farm workers on whether to return hometown to start their own businesses in China. In the trend of “Internet + e-commerce” economy, the supply-oriented policy tools need to be optimized to adapt to economic development, especially the aspects of the entrepreneurial technology and entrepreneurial information, which provide support for off-farm worker entrepreneurs. The formulation of policy tools is scientific and reasonable, but the distribution in each stage of entrepreneurship is slightly unbalanced, especially in the pre-startup stage, policy tools are rarely used, and the importance of this stage has not been paid enough attention. Overall, the policy design for off-farm workers returning hometown to start a business is reasonable, but the details need to be further adjusted. The results of the Policy Modelling Consistency (PMC) policy index evaluation model show that the performance of the overall entrepreneurship policy from 2015 to 2020 is good or excellent, but the characteristics of the primary and secondary indicators show that the use of various policy tools needs to be further strengthened, and the use of policy tools such as government procurement, public-private cooperation, intellectual property rights and overseas institutions should be increased. Based on the above conclusions, it is suggested to further promote the design and foresight of the policies for off-farm workers, to strengthen the use of capacity building policy tools from the pre-startup stage of entrepreneurship, and to carry out the overall evaluation of relevant policies.

Development of the Role of Higher Education Libraries in Realizing Entrepreneurial University at Sebelas Maret University

This research examines how the development of the role of higher education libraries in realizing Entrepreneurial University at Sebelas Maret University, including creating a dedicated entrepreneurship information center and providing specialized training and support services. This study uses a qualitative method with a descriptive approach, data analysis using the Miles and Huberman approach. Data obtained through observation, interviews and documentation. The research subjects consisted of library leaders, librarians, students and library staff. The study found that developing the role of higher education libraries in realizing entrepreneurial universities through 3 activities, namely entrepreneurial information literacy, coaching clinics and best practices. Information literacy activities in the field of entrepreneurship include: entrepreneurship seminars and workshops. Coaching clinic activities, namely direct dialogue with sources of entrepreneurship practitioners. Meanwhile, best practice is manifested through contests for proposals for entrepreneurial ideas and their implementation. College Libraries are transformed by providing maker space (entrepreneur corner) where students gather to interact and discuss to generate ideas and solve various problems related to entrepreneurship.

Penyuluhan Kewirausahaan Pada Pelaku Usaha Mikro dan Kecil Jagung Rebus Di Desa Amesiu Kecamatan Pondidaha

This counseling was carried out in Amesiu Village, Pondidaha District, Konawe Regency. The purpose of this counseling is to provide entrepreneurial information to culinary business actors of corn on the cob in Amesiu Village. The method used is observation, lecture method, and documentation method. This entrepreneurship counseling was carried out through the observation stage of the location of the Boiled Corn Culinary Business in Amesiu Village to find out the condition of the boiled corn culinary business stalls. The following steps are to make preparations, namely in the form of location extension permit documents, facilities and infrastructure to be used at the Amesiu Village hall. The implementation stage is the presentation of material by resource persons. The final stage of counseling is to evaluate through question and answer to find out the participants' responses. The results achieved in entrepreneurship counseling for culinary business actors of corn on the cob in Amesiu Village were that the participants succeeded in obtaining important information about good business methods and strategies. In addition, participants can add insight, knowledge and skills in doing business so that they can be successful. As a follow-up to extension activities, it is necessary to carry out entrepreneurial training activities related to service strategies, marketing, packaging of boiled corn products so that they are attractive to visitors.
 Keywords: Extension; Entrepreneurship; Businessmen; Boiled corn
 

Internet Use, Risk Attitude and Willingness for Individual Entrepreneurship

Based on the sample data of CGSS2015 questionnaire, this paper empirically analyzes the impact mechanism of Internet use on individual entrepreneurial willingness using the Oprobit model. The research found that: Internet use is significantly positively correlated with individual entrepreneurial intention; Risk attitude has indirect influence between Internet use and individual entrepreneurial intention; In addition, the age, gender and income of individuals are significantly related to their entrepreneurial intentions, and the relationship between age and their entrepreneurial intentions is an inverted U-shaped relationship.Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the construction of Internet infrastructure, maintain the entrepreneurial information service platform, cultivate the innovative consciousness and adventurous spirit of potential entrepreneurs, further tap the entrepreneurial potential of individuals, and enhance their entrepreneurial willingness.

Information Literacy Based on Students Entrepreneurship at Sebelas Maret University Library

Abstract
 The purpose of this study was to analyze the development of UNS Library UPT services through student entrepreneurship-based information literacy according to experts, librarians, library leaders, and students, as well as the obstacles faced in its implementation.
 The method used in this study is qualitative research with a descriptive approach and data analysis using Miles and Huberman. The data collection instruments used in this study were observation, interviews, documentation, and Focus Group Discussion (FGD).
 The results of the study, the development of entrepreneurship-based information literacy services for UPT Library UNS students was carried out through the empowerment of entrepreneurship collections, appointment of librarians in organizing entrepreneurial information literacy activities, the concept of implementing entrepreneurial information literacy was carried out in the form of seminars, workshops, FGDs in the field of entrepreneurship, as well as direct visits to various micro business unit business actors. Student entrepreneurship information literacy materials are in the form of training in animal husbandry, agriculture, digital business, and business products with small capital so that they can be duplicated and modified by students so that students can practice without difficulty in funding, besides that a motivator is also needed to foster enthusiasm in entrepreneurship among students. The obstacles faced by the UNS Library in implementing student entrepreneurship-based information literacy are the absence of librarians specializing in entrepreneurship to prepare planning for student entrepreneurial literacy activities and coordinators of entrepreneurial student groups at the UNS Library. Another obstacle is that no place in the UPT library can be used specifically for gathering entrepreneurial students to interact, discuss, grow ideas and develop businesses.
 
 Keywords: Information Literacy; Entrepreneurship; College Library; Student

Internet Entrepreneurship Information Resource Sharing System Based on Improved Deep Learning Algorithm

In order to promote the circulation of Internet entrepreneurial information, based on information theory and general security theory, this paper explains how to construct the attack channel and defense channel of the k-anonymity model, so as to provide a reliable network foundation for the transmission of related information. In order to fully solve the problems existing in multiuser requests, this paper proposes two modules, single-request sharing mode and multirequest sharing mode, to process query requests in the request queue to maximize the reuse of request results. Moreover, the model constructed in this paper needs to be processed through deep learning first and then shared through the intelligent model. Therefore, the data learning and data sharing of the model are mainly analyzed during model validation. The experimental simulation results show that the intelligent sharing model of Internet entrepreneurial information resources based on deep learning proposed in this paper has good data learning and data transmission effects.

Are interactions between need for achievement and social networks the driving force behind entrepreneurial Intention? A trait activation story

Entrepreneurial intention plays a key role in entrepreneurship. Over the years, scholars have explained it using personality traits, cognitive models and, to a lesser extent, the role of social environment. Since this role has been underestimated, we build on trait activation theory to explore how social networks are especially relevant and can trigger the activation of individuals’ need for achievement to predict entrepreneurial intention. We test our hypotheses on a sample of 597 university students from Spain using partial least squares (PLS). Our results confirm that social network size positively influences the entrepreneurial information obtained in social networks, which in turn, positively impacts entrepreneurial intention. Additionally, we found that need for achievement is activated in the context of social networks, enhancing the influence of this information on entrepreneurial intention. Through fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), we also identify alternative configurations of the previous variables that lead to greater entrepreneurial intention.

The Influence of Digital Marketing Literacy on Entrepreneurship Behavior among Public University Students in Malaysia

This study examines the relationship between the dimensions of digital marketing literacy (the knowledge of digital marketing literacy level, understanding of respondents’ digital participation tendencies related to entrepreneurial information, and the knowledge of the elements of digital marketing) and entrepreneurial behavior (entrepreneurial tendencies and interests, attitudes in starting a business, and behavioural control) among Public University students in Malaysia. This study is explanatory research in which the goal is to discover and explain causal links between variables. Furthermore, this research is being carried out to address the issues that have been raised, to meet stated objectives, and to test the hypothesis. This study used the survey method to collect data by distributing questionnaires, and the research approach was quantitative. The data was gathered from 384 respondents and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0. The descriptive, reliability, normality, correlation and multiple regression analyses were employed to analyse the data. The results show that digital marketing literacy among Public University students in Malaysia is at a moderate level in influencing entrepreneurial behavior. The results also show that there is a positive and significant relationship between digital marketing literacy and entrepreneurial behaviour among Public University students in which the knowledge of the elements of digital marketing is found to be the most influential dimension towards entrepreneurial behavior. The implication of this study to promote awareness among the Public University students in Malaysia about digital marketing literacy on entrepreneurial behavior. This study would also provide insights to the university on what should be done to increase digital literacy and encourage entrepreneurial behavior among the students.

Let the games begin: the relationship between video gaming and entrepreneurial mindsets

PurposeThis article addresses the need for further conceptual development of the factors that influence the development of the entrepreneurial mindset. It focuses on finding a link between the classic mental models of entrepreneurship and those that are employed during video game play to explore if similarities exist.Design/methodology/approachUsing theories of entrepreneurship and opportunity recognition, the study examines a sample of 217 video gamers.FindingsThe results of this study suggest that an individual who exhibits a high level of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) has an enhanced opportunity recognition capability when the intensity of playing video games is also high. Various genres of games were controlled for; however, it was found that shooting games have the highest effect on the emergence of opportunity recognition.Originality/valueThus, the study reveals that some game activities can be linked to entrepreneurial cognitions. This has implications for the entrepreneurial intent literature as it reveals certain actions can be linked with entrepreneurial information processing. These findings are useful for game designers and managers as well.

Librarians in the LaunchPad: Building partnerships for entrepreneurial information literacy

This case-study describes the development of cross-disciplinary instruction for entrepreneurial information literacy. Growing out of a developing relationship between an academic library and Blackstone LaunchPad, this program addressed specific needs related to undergraduate international student participation in an inclusive entrepreneurship micro-credential program. A collaborative team of librarians developed a three-part workshop series to provide students with the necessary resources to navigate market research, patents and standards information, and the process of data visualization. Outcomes included successful student engagement, increased student awareness of significant library resources for entrepreneurship, and a stronger partnership between the library and Blackstone LaunchPad.

The Effect of Entrepreneurial Orientation, Product Innovation, and Information Technology on the SME’s Performance Facing the Era of Industrial Revolution 4.0: Intellectual Capital as Mediator

The Effect of Entrepreneurial Orientation, Product Innovation, and Information Technology on the SME’s Performance Facing the Era of Industrial Revolution 4.0: Intellectual Capital as Mediator

Information Overload and the Entrepreneurs’ Behaviour: Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy

Undoubtedly, the entrepreneur is the key to the initiation of the entrepreneurial process and firm performance. Since entrepreneurs vary in their background and abilities, researchers have examined the factors impacting their performance. Previous results show that personality characteristics and self-efficacy of entrepreneurs had a positive impact on their performance. In this study, we consider that entrepreneurs’ self-efficacy (ESE) is a multi-dimensional concept and identify six inherent dimensions. Further, we include two other variables that have not received adequate attention in the literature so far, namely, entrepreneurial information overload (EIO) and entrepreneurs’ human resources management (HRM) behaviour. To undertake empirical analysis, we developed a conceptual framework that proposes a negative impact of entrepreneurial information overload on entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurs’ HRM behaviour. Responses from 403 entrepreneurs of a large emerging economy were subjected to path-based multiple regression analysis. The results reveal that information overload has a direct impact on all the ESE dimensions, except on planning tasks. Although there is no direct effect of EIO on entrepreneurs’ HRM behaviour, there is an indirect effect through the mediating role of ESE. These results suggest the need for appropriate strategies to help entrepreneurs to deal with information overload and ways to improve specific dimensions of ESE as necessary. Further, this study provides a platform for empirical research for future studies.

Factors affecting entrepreneurship development among the food marketers in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria

The study assessed the factors affecting entrepreneurship development among Food Marketers in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, Nigeria. One hundred and ten respondents were randomly selected in four markets in Ilorin. The data was analyzed using frequency count, percentage, mean and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The result reveals that mean age of the respondents was 30.5 years and about 58.2% were female. Record keeping skills (mean score =2.42) was the highest ranked entrepreneurial information needs of the respondents while lack of start-up capital (mean score =2.40) was the most severe factor affecting entrepreneurial activities of food marketers. There is a weak positive significant relationship between the entrepreneurial information needs and factors affecting entrepreneurial development of the respondents (r=0.407, p=0.0001). The study recommends that there should be provision of training on entrepreneurial skills based on the identified areas of needs and there should be provision of credit facilities to the food marketers as these will enhance their productivity.
 Keywords: Entrepreneurial Development, Factors, Information Needs, Food Marketers, Ilorin Metropolis

Geographic Information System for Mapping New Entrepreneurs in West Java

The purpose of this study is to build interactive digital maps as a system to add data to new entrepreneurs in West Java Province. The research method used was descriptive analysis method. This method describes how researchers are trying to find facts and information in situations or present events systematically, factually and accurately. This research has two stages, namely the stage of data collection and the software development stage. The results of the study indicate that: (1) Availability of an integrated database for new entrepreneurial members, and (2) Availability of digital maps as a media for monitoring the spread of new entrepreneurs in West Java. Data collection on new entrepreneurial members who still use manual methods, where entrepreneurs who will register as training members are required to write personal data on a piece of the form provided by the committee at the training center and cooperative. Moreover, now a digital map has been created as a media for monitoring the spread of new entrepreneurs in West Java. The impact of this research is that it can facilitate top-level management in monitoring the distribution of new entrepreneurial information in each city/district and providing an integrated data collection system in West Java.

Governing the entrepreneurial discovery of blockchain applications

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the institutional context of the entrepreneurial discovery of blockchain applications.Design/methodology/approachThis paper draws on institutional and entrepreneurial theory to introduce the economic problem entrepreneurship in the early stages of new technologies, examines the diversity of self-governed hybrid solutions to coordinating entrepreneurial information and draws policy implications.FindingsTo perceive a valuable and actionable market opportunity, entrepreneurs must coordinate distributed non-price information under uncertainty with others. One potential class of transaction cost economising solution to this problem is private self-governance of information coordination within hybrids. This paper explores a diverse range of entrepreneurial hybrids coalescing around blockchain technology, with implications for innovation policy.Originality/valueThis paper points to the problem of how the defining of the innovation problem as either choice-theoretic or contract-theoretic changes the remit of innovation policy. Innovation policy and blockchain policy should extend beyond correcting sub-optimal investments or removing barriers to action, to incorporate how polices impact entrepreneurial choices over governance structures to coordinate information.

Local and social: entrepreneurs, information network effects, and economic growth

Information is an essential input to the entrepreneurial process. Information based on the trials of past entrepreneurial projects can be particularly useful as it reveals details about the local market, benefiting subsequent ventures. Through a formal model of entrepreneurial search characterized by information flows and networks, we hypothesize a diminishing returns relationship between entrepreneurial information, in the form of births and deaths of entrepreneurial projects and economic benefits in the form of employment growth. We leverage the natural experiment contexts of regional economies to explore the role of information as it varies across market scale. In addition, given that networks, an important channel for information, are most powerful and effective in localized settings, we use the regional socio-demographic variation to explore the role of networks defined by gender. We indeed find statistically and economically significant evidence for the information-growth relationship in terms of both market scale and gender, with larger positive employment effects in less dynamic markets and less-networked market contexts. After building the empirical case for the importance of information flows and networks, we conclude with policy implications with particular attention to broadening and deepening entrepreneurial ecosystems.

Does the organizational climate predict the innovation in sports clubs?

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of organizational climate (OC) (with its different dimensions) and type of category (international–national or regional–local) on innovation, also taking into account the level of competition in which the club participates. This paper also aims to analyze the effect of the type of category on the relationship between OC and innovation. This could provide new information in the sports sector and in the organizational area.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative research was chosen with a sample of 485 Spanish sports clubs. The statistical analyses carried out were descriptive, mean difference, correlations between studied variables and hierarchical regression models, with the statistical package SPSS 23.0 and the macro PROCESS.FindingsThe results showed that there are significant differences in innovation depending on the level of competition. There is a positive correlation between the dimensions of OC (training, formation, supervision, resources, safety and overall) and innovation. The OC dimensions that have the highest prediction of innovation in sports clubs are training and motivation, in sports clubs with regional–local and international–national level of competition.Practical implicationsThis paper provides information on the aspects that most influence innovation so that one can focus and pay more attention to some aspects over others.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the debate by offering a relationship of CB with innovation in the non-profit or associative sports sector. This provides organizational and entrepreneurial information to the sports environment.

Trust Building in Dynamic Process of Internet Entrepreneurial Social Network

Nowadays, the emerging Internet technology plays an essential role in pulling entrepreneurs from financial dilemmas and promoting their social capital development. Using the crawling technology, we obtained 2214 entrepreneurial social networks and entrepreneurial project data from http://Indiegogo.com , which helps to investigate the influence of entrepreneurs’ information sharing behavior on entrepreneurial financial outcomes. We discovered that entrepreneurs’ trust-building behavior comes with different stages; in personal social network stage, personal-related trust building can boost better financial outcomes, while project-related information sharing can bring about superior financial results in the socialized social network stage. The two relationships reflected above are also affected by the entrepreneurs’ online entrepreneurial experience. Taking a dynamic view instead of a static one in entrepreneurial social capital development, this research sets up a paradigm for entrepreneurial events by proposing entrepreneurial information sharing and Internet venture financing model. It also has a strong practical implication for Internet entrepreneurship by offering the two-stage trust-building tactics, which can be further conducive to understanding and applying the information sharing mechanism in the context of e-commerce and sharing economy.

Blockchain Innovation Commons

This paper examines the institutional context of the entrepreneurial discovery of blockchain applications. It draws on institutional and entrepreneurial theory to introduce the economic problem entrepreneurship in the early stages of new technologies, examines the diversity of self-governed hybrid solutions to coordinating entrepreneurial information, and draws policy implications. To perceive a valuable and actionable market opportunity, entrepreneurs must coordinate distributed non-price information under uncertainty with others. One potential class of transaction cost economising solution to this problem is private self-governance of information coordination within hybrids. This paper explores a diverse range of entrepreneurial hybrids coalescing around blockchain technology, with implications for innovation policy. Defining the innovation problem as either choice-theoretic or contract-theoretic changes the remit of innovation policy. Innovation policy and blockchain policy should extend beyond correcting sub-optimal investments or removing barriers to action, to incorporate how polices impact entrepreneurial choices over governance structures to coordinate information.