Entrepreneurial Readiness Research Articles

The Effect of Business Center on Entrepreneurial Readiness for Vocational Students

In August 2017, there were 7.4 million educated unemployed including vocational graduates. Why are there so many educated unemployed. Are there no vocational high school (SMK) graduates who can become entrepreneurs? The Vocational High School is the right place to develop entrepreneurship education. This study aims to determine the extent of the influence of the Business Center that can increase vocational entrepreneurship readiness. This research was conducted through a literature review and relevant research results and continued through a Focus Group Discussion (FGD). The data analysis technique used is descriptive-qualitative analysis technique. The study found that the Business Center can increase the entrepreneurial readiness of vocational students, which means that increasing the entrepreneurial readiness of vocational students can be done through improving skills through the Business Center.

Kesiapan Berwirausaha Mahasiswa Program Studi Pendidikan Kesejahteraan Keluarga Konsentrasi Tata Boga Universitas Negeri Padang

This research aims to describe students entrepreneurial readiness Department of Family Welfare Sciences Faculty of Tourism and hospitality UNP. This type of research is a quantitative descriptive. The research population amounted to 122 with samples of 55 students. Sample determination using proportional Random Sampling technique. Data is collected by disseminating questionnaire that has proven validity and reliability. Data was analyzed through a descriptive analysis with the method of categorizing assessments based on average score and percentage assessments. The results concluded that studentsentrepreneurial readiness was in medium category.

Kesiapan Berwirausaha Mahasiswa Jurusan Ilmu Kesejahteraan Keluarga Fakultas Pariwisata Dan Perhotelan Unp

This research aims to describe and determine how entrepreneurial readiness of the Faculty of Tourism and Family Welfare Department of Padang State University. This type of research is a quantitative descriptive . The population of this research is the students Department of Family Welfare Education Study Program of family welfare berjumlah122 students. Sampling techniques using the proportional Random Sampling technique amounted to 55 students. The data collection technique is to disseminate the questionnaire (questionnaire) that has been proven validity and reliability. Further data is analyzed through descriptive analysis with the method of categorizing assessments based on average score and percentage assessment. The results showed that the respondents ' readiness for entrepreneurship of the Family Welfare Department students overall amounted to 56% in medium category. Further entrepreneurial readiness is reviewed from personality indicators of 51% by medium category, motivation indicator at 53% with medium category, personality indicator by 58% with medium category and knowledge indicator of 51% Medium category.

Jumping to conclusions: a theory of decision-making at technology incubators

The technology incubation process is used for taking nascent ideas through to market-based commercialisation. The client selection decision is arguably the most important stage in this process. The predominant view in the literature is that client selection ought to be carried out using robust selection criteria linked to critical success factors. The results of this research question the value of such approaches. Assessors at incubators do not follow a wholly rational process linking client attributes to critical success factors. Instead, a combination of both rational and non-rational or intuitive processes help assessors chose clients which 'appear' most promising on a range of both written and un-written criteria. Due to limitations inherent in traditional information collection mechanisms, assessors consistently use 'stereotyping' and 'attribute substitution' to make selection decisions. A new 'entrepreneurial readiness' heuristic was discovered and the reasons behind the strategic misalignment between client selection outcomes and incubator service portfolios is explained.

Jumping to Conclusions: A Theory of Decision-Making at Technology Incubators

The technology incubation process is used for taking nascent ideas through to market-based commercialisation. The client selection decision is arguably the most important stage in this process. The predominant view in the literature is that client selection ought to be carried out using robust selection criteria linked to critical success factors. The results of this research question the value of such approaches. Assessors at incubators do not follow a wholly rational process linking client attributes to critical success factors. Instead, a combination of both rational and non-rational or intuitive processes help assessors chose clients which 'appear' most promising on a range of both written and un-written criteria. Due to limitations inherent in traditional information collection mechanisms, assessors consistently use 'stereotyping' and 'attribute substitution' to make selection decisions. A new 'entrepreneurial readiness' heuristic was discovered and the reasons behind the strategic misalignment between client selection outcomes and incubator service portfolios is explained.

Does entrepreneurial education matter for Indonesian students’ entrepreneurial preparation: The mediating role of entrepreneurial mindset and knowledge

Demanding new ventures has been a global challenge, and the government responds to this issue through entrepreneurial education. Among the increasing studies on entrepreneurship, there is a lack of...

Implementation of <i>welat inovasi</i> (innovated welat) (<i>Latino</i>): as an entrepreneurial readiness for Beauty Education Study Program students

Difficulties faced by students in making Solo wedding brides decreased the interest in entrepreneurship of Solo wedding bride makeup. This study aims: 1) to determine the feasibility of Latino products; 2) to investigate the entrepreneurial readiness of Beauty Education Study Program graduates. The variables revealed were the feasibility of Latino products, and the readiness of graduates for entrepreneurship (cognitive, affective and psychomotor). The research type was experimental and survey research. This research was conducted in the Beauty Education Study Program of Home Economics Education Department of Faculty of Engineering of UNNES. The research population is students who have passed the bridal makeup course. The sampling technique in this study was purposive sampling totaling 33 students. Data analysis was done by percentage descriptive. The study shows that: 1) Latino is feasible to be used to make paes; 2) the readiness of students in terms of cognitive aspect is high, affective aspect is medium and psychomotor aspect is high.

Development and Validation of Scale using Rasch Analysis to Measure Students’ Entrepreneurship Readiness to Learn Embedded System Design Course

Abstract Embedded systems are growing rapidly as the technology paves the way for the rise of future of smart manufacturing through a wide range of industries. The intensity demands of innovation required a steady supply of innovative and entrepreneurship engineers to ensures the industry players have a sustainable supply of talent to fuel their growth and investments. The university acknowledge the current and future demand of the labour market by offering embedded system course that are developed to equipped the next generation engineers with innovation and entrepreneurship skills to enable them to turn their ideas into reality. This paper developed and validated a scale to measure the student entrepreneurship skills readiness for embedded systems design course using the Rasch analysis.The content validity results show that CVR is 0.92 and CVI is 0.96 indicating an excellent content validity. The pilot test result show that the scale Cronbach alpha is 0.80 indicating excellent scale reliability. The construct validity of the scale was evaluated using WINSTEPS version 3.92.1, with results indicated that all the items of the scale fit the Rasch model with satisfactoryfit index and showedexcellent consistency, with reliability alpha of 0.99 foe items and 0.75 for persons. The findings depicted that most of the students have poor business and entrepreneurship skills, such as marketing and negotiation abilities. Therefore, higher learning institutions need to embed acquirable entrepreneurial skills in the prerequisites courses to provide adequate training to the students, increasing their creativity and maximizing their potential to be successful entrepreneurs.

What Do We Talk about When We Talk about Community? Commentary on “It Takes a Village to Sustain a Village” by Christina Hertel, Sophie Bacq, and Frank-Martin Belz

In light of Hertel et al.’s contribution, our commentary offers a constructive critique and reflects on three opportunities to continue expanding the frontiers in our limited understanding of commu...

Understanding Digital Era through Entrepreneurship Readiness Level

There are several factor that influence students to become an entrepreneur such as motivation, resource capabilities, opportunity discovery, and entrepreneurial skills. The aim of these research is to identify the entrepreneurship readiness level of student at millennial generation in West Java, Indonesia, then help them to develop their skills and knowledge to compete in digital era. By using quantitative approach with simple random sampling method we get number of sample are 370 college students in West Java, Indonesia. Result of these research showed that that students motivation, entrepreneurship skills, and resources capabilities are the most influencing factors to the level of entrepreneurship readiness level with coefficients score 0.4 p<0.005; 0.26 p<0.005; and 0.17 p<0.005. Other variable, opportunity discovery is not significant with score 0.12, p>0.005. Based on these research, students already realized about the importance of highly motivate and develop the entrepreneurial skills if they want to become an entrepreneur. The implication of these research, for formal, informal institution, government, and private sector have to develop the basic foundation, concept, and knowledge about critical thinking of how to generating an ideas and discover opportunity in entrepreneurship process for their students.

Entrepreneurial opportunities: A roadmap for diversifying financial sources in libraries, Tanzania

Dwindling of operating budgets is one of the longstanding problems libraries of different kinds and sizes face. This study has examined entrepreneurial opportunities and ventures available at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) and Tanzania Library Services Board (TLSB) libraries in Tanzania. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative approaches to data collection and analysis. Apart from key informant interviews and observations, primary data were collected from 55 library staff using self-administered questionnaires. The study discloses that entrepreneurship opportunities were insignificantly harnessed to diversify financial sources at these libraries. The findings further inform that donors and the government remain the principal sources of income for these libraries. On the basis of the findings, the study recommends that libraries should formulate and implement strategic plans that will guide entrepreneurship projects. Also, as a way to create entrepreneurship readiness, capacity building among library staff has been recommended.

Effect of Character Education to Entrepreneurial Readiness For Vocational High School (VHS) Students

At present, many problems that occur in the school environment are mainly related to the low character values. There is a lot of cheating in the National Examination, student fights, child abuse, drug abuse, corruption, and various other social riots. From a number of these problems can be asked the question "what is the effect of character education on the entrepreneurial readiness of Vocational High School (SMK) students?". To answer these questions, research needs to be held. This research was conducted through a literature review of references and relevant research results, and continued through focus group discussion (FGD). The research found: (1) there is an influence of character education on the level of entrepreneurial readiness of vocational students; (2) character education values that influence entrepreneurial readiness, are creative, independent, honest, cooperative, curiosity, disciplined, courageous to take risks, strong motivation for success, communicative, realistic, commitment, never give up, oriented to action, leadership, and innovation; (3)Vocational students must obtain character education in accordance with the character possessed by an entrepreneur. Because in character education includes discipline, honesty, cooperation, curiosity, creativity and independence, almost all must also be owned by an entrepreneur; (4) The relationship between vocational students who already have character education will grow a mentality for entrepreneurship; andEntrepreneurial readiness is influenced by four dimensions of entrepreneurial readiness, namely intention, ability, learning and attraction; and (5)In order for entrepreneurial readiness to be realized optimally, there must be support from the government, changes in various theories that lead to improvement, and open to various developing innovations.
 

Level of Readiness to Become Entrepreneurs among Lifelong Learning Programmes Participants in Malaysian Community Colleges

An entrepreneur needs to be physically and mentally prepared, with creative thinking skills, risk taker attitudes, as well as being a wise decision maker. Individuals aiming to be successful entrepreneurs need to have adequate entrepreneurial readiness with respect to knowledge, interests, motivation and abilities. The purpose of the research is to measure the level of readiness towards becoming entrepreneurs among participants of the lifelong learning programme in Malaysian community colleges. This research focuses on four elements of readiness comprising knowledge, interest, motivation and ability which were measured using a self-perception questionnaire. The sample for this research consisted of 236 participants from 305 students in the Lifelong Learning (LL) programme for Pastry making at Malaysian community colleges under the Ministry of Education. Data were analysed using mean and Kruskal Wallis test. The data analyses results show that the level of readiness from the aspect of knowledge (M = 3.67, SD = 0.58) is moderate, interest (M = 4.13, SD = 0.55) is high, motivation (M = 4.13, SD = 0.55) is high and ability (M = 3.8852, SD = 0.64) is moderate. No difference was found on entrepreneurial readiness between participants of different age groups indicating that age may not be a contributing factor towards entrepreneurship among pastry making LL programme participants.

The influence of formal institutions on the relationship between entrepreneurial readiness and entrepreneurial behaviour

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to use a unique set of measures from Holmeset al.(2013) to clarify the relationship between entrepreneurial readiness and entrepreneurial behaviours across countries and determine whether formal institutions moderate this relationship.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses data collected by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, the Index of Economic Freedom, Political Risk Services, and the Freedom House and Political Constraint Index to test a theoretical model. A multilevel analysis is performed based on set of 377,356 observations from 51 countries spanning eight years (2001-2008).FindingsThe results suggest that entrepreneurial readiness has a strong relationship with entrepreneurial behaviour (as measured by entrepreneurial entry and opportunity-based entrepreneurship) and that this relationship strengthens with increases in political democracy (PD), government regulations (GR), financial capital availability (FCA) and market liquidity (ML).Research limitations/implicationsThe study is based on Holmeset al.’s (2013) institutions that are most important for society, uses satisfactory sample size and multi-level modelling. However, many more institutional conditions that remain to be considered might affect entrepreneurial activities.Practical implicationsFor policy-makers, the results show that PD, GR, FCA and ML correlate favourably with entrepreneurial behaviour when individuals have a high level of entrepreneurial readiness. Policy-makers should introduce policies that provide a secure environment to individuals to start their own ventures.Originality/valueThe current study is among the first to examine the three dimensions of formal institutions—political, regulatory, and economic institutions—in a single study. Using the three dimensions, the study explains theoretically and examines empirically the effect of individual-level entrepreneurial readiness on entrepreneurial behaviour.

Factors affecting social entrepreneurship intentions among agricultural university students in Taiwan

Taiwan’s agriculture is again generating local interest after years of decline as awareness of problems facing development and food safety grows. Agriculture-related social entrepreneurship is seen as a crucial solution to the challenges faced and has gradually become part of mainstream business in rural areas. This study examined whether empathy, social responsibility, social capital and support, and social entrepreneurial self-efficacy affect social entrepreneurial intentions. Through an online and offline survey, a sample of Taiwanese agricultural college students (n=464) were recruited for analysis. The factor analyses supported previous studies and proved that the factor structures of subscales used in this study were stable, with the exception of social entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Multiple regression analysis results indicated that management efficacy was the most prominent factor affecting social entrepreneurial conviction, followed by stakeholder perspective and communication efficacy. In addition, management efficacy was the strongest factor affecting social entrepreneurial preparation, followed by stakeholder perspective and affective empathy. Notably, cognitive empathy was revealed to be negatively associated with social entrepreneurial preparation. Social capital and support were found to have no association with social entrepreneurial intentions.

Measuring Readiness of Women Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: Scale Validation and Contextualization

Inexisting body of literature on entrepreneurship, suggests lack of a scientific measurementtool, which can be used to study the readiness forwomen entrepreneurshipparticularlyin Indian context. The keyintention of this research was to develop a specific measurement tool toassess the entrepreneur readiness especially amongwomen.Thisresearchpaperisbasedonthevariableslinkedwithentrepreneurialreadiness activityextracted from theexisting literature of the subject.The questionnaire was developed using four constructs identified as attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioural control and entrepreneurial readiness, in line withthe Theory of Planned Behaviour. The operationalization of factors was done with the help of existing insightful and validatedscales. In order to validate the women entrepreneurship readiness scale,aresearchercontrolledsamplingmethodwasemployedtocollectdatafromthe femalestudents(N=294) of the university of Kashmir. The research used Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA)technique for dimensionality of scale, was further subjected to construct validityusing Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA).The Exploratory Factor Analysis(EFA), techniquefactorized the entrepreneurship readiness instrumentto 04 factor structures. The Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) results also showed adequate construct validity (CR, CVand DV) for the entrepreneurship readiness construct. In conclusion, this research work usedscientific approach to developa valid instrument for the measuring entrepreneur readiness and put forward significant implications for the future research course of action.

PENGARUH PEMBELAJARAN KEWIRAUSAHAAN TERHADAP KESIAPAN BERWIRAUSAHA SISWA KELAS XII PASTRY SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEJURUAN NEGERI 9 BANDUNG

Objectives - The purpose of this study is to see description of entrepreneurship learning and readiness of student entrepreneurship as well as the influence of entrepreneurial learning on entrepreneurial readiness. Design / methodology / approach - The design of this study is cross sectional method. This research uses descriptive approach with explanatory survey method. A total of 82 respondents were selected using probability sampling in the form of simple random sampling. A questionnaire was used as a research instrument to collect data from respondents. The analysis technique used is descriptive technique by using frequency distribution and verification technique by using simple linear regression analysis.Findings - Based on the results of research using descriptive analysis, the results obtained that entrepreneurial learning is in high category, and entrepreneurial readiness is in high category. While the verifikatif analysis, obtained the result that the influence of entrepreneurship learning on entrepreneurial readiness is in the category of being.Originality / value - This research provides a basis for understanding issues of entrepreneurship learning, and entrepreneurship readiness. The difference of this research with the previous research is located on the object that is the tourism vocational school that is Vocational School Negeri 9 Bandung, with the variables studied are entrepreneurial learning and entrepreneurial readiness, and using theory or reference that is different from previous researchers.

Living on the slopes: entrepreneurial preparedness in a context under continuous threat

ABSTRACTIn this paper, we examine how entrepreneurs living in communities under continuous threat prepare themselves to continue with their enterprising activities or engage in new ones after the expected crisis occurs. Most of the crisis literature on disasters and entrepreneurship focuses on aftermath responses, but the antecedents of such entrepreneurial behaviour and its connection to past and future crises remains largely unexplored. Based on a two-stage exploratory study pre and post the Calbuco Volcano eruptions in 2015 and 2016 in Chile, we introduce the notion of entrepreneurial preparedness in a context of continuous threat and elaborate on its four central attributes: anchored reflectiveness, situated experience, breaking through, and reaching out. Subsequently, our work develops a refined understanding of pre and post-disaster entrepreneurship and offers a novel base for theorizing on the relationship between entrepreneurial preparedness in contexts of continuous threat.

Promoting Entrepreneurial Competencies via Education: Is Malaysian Polytechnic Entrepreneurship Education Effective?

Malaysian Polytechnic has been actively participating in providing entrepreneurship education (EE) and training to improve basic skills and encourage self-employment among its graduates. Sadly, a scrutiny of the available literature suggests that Malaysian polytechnic entrepreneurship education (MPEE) is ineffective as it fails to inculcate entrepreneurial spirit among the students. Students who have finished the MPEE were reported to have not embedded with enterprising knowledge, business skills and attributes during their study in polytechnics. However, these findings obviously demand further clarification. First, although entrepreneurship is indeed a very long process and cannot be created overnight, previous studies measured the effectiveness of MPEE by looking into students’ readiness for entrepreneurship. Although scholars have argued that entrepreneurial readiness or intention is the proximal determinant of entrepreneurial behaviour, intention alone is not enough in measuring entrepreneurship as it does not lead to immediate action. Second, previous studies also missed to apply the regression method in their analysis to investigate the impact of MPEE on students’ entrepreneurial development, leaving both theoretical and methodological gaps to be filled by the current study. Based on this justifications, this study proposes that the effectiveness of MPEE can be studied by looking at how it creates students’ intellectual capital, which is the asset that are garnered from an investment in EE, and students’ entrepreneurial behaviour via a longitudinal design. This effort is deemed important since understanding the effectiveness of MPEE will bring substantial value to the overall educational, economic, and societal well-being in the long run. The significance of this study lies in its effort to reveal the effectiveness of MPEE by investigating its impact on ‘the other side’ of entrepreneurial intention, which is its behavioural aspect.

Vocational School Students Entrepeneurship Readiness Reviewed from Independence Attitude, Knowledge Of Entrepreneurship, And Family Factors

nal Education System Law No.20 of 2003 stipulates that vocational education is secondary education which prepares students primarily to work in certain fields. The data shows that labor conditions in Indonesia are currently colored by increasingly high unemployment. BPS recorded the total number of unemployed nationally open in February 2018 reaching 6.87 million people or 5.13% of the total workforce. High unemployment is possible because the competencies possessed by Indonesian HR are still low or because employment opportunities are indeed insufficient to accommodate all graduates of the workforce produced by schools and universities. One solution to this problem is to produce graduates of educational institutions that have the ability to develop entrepreneurship. The focus of this research was conducted by looking at the effect of independent attitude, entrepreneurial and family knowledge on vocational students' entrepreneurial readiness.