This study develops an entrepreneurial typology employing nvo dimensions, high versus low entrepreneurial alertness and internal versus external attributional styles that helps illustrate why entrepreneurs start new businesses. The resulting 2 x2 typology of entrepreneurs identifies four entrepreneur types based on these nvo dimensions: the true believer, clueless, practical, and reluctant. Usi...

entrepreneurship is the driving force behind the economy of any country. it is strongly believed that without entrepreneurial activities the process of agricultural development will not be achieved. this requires the proper transformation of capital and skill. the agricultural students should possess creativity in order for them to be able to start new businesses. however with the support of th...

The entrepreneurial characteristics of farmers have a significant effect on the performance beef cattle business. Entrepreneurial skills can encompass broad range various skill sets such as technical skills, leadership and business management creative thinking. So, it is important to do further analysis whether innovation affect increase in Madura farmers. This research was conducted Madurese S...

kaashef is a project with the aim of talent management in entrepreneurial competencies in iran. in this project, students (children) are trained over the years in order to learn how to establish their own business in the future. this project, which has developed through collaboration of faculty of entrepreneurship of university of teheran, ministry of education and ministry of labour and social...

The marketing of coffee through group-based, certified market channels is often promoted by governments and donors as a viable business model for poor small-scale farmers. Organic and fairtrade coffees have become very popular among socially, environmentally and health conscious consumers in recent years. While coffee certification programs have been in place for over fifteen years, there are f...

What drives women out of entrepreneurship? The joint role of testosterone and culture* The ratio of second to fourth digit (2D4D) has been shown to correlate negatively with entrepreneurial skills and financial success. We document that in a sample of entrepreneurs women have a lower 2D4D ratio than men, in sharp contrast with the features of the distribution in random samples. Exploiting varia...

Recent research on entrepreneurship has focused largely on macro-level environmental forces. Although researchers adopting this focus have rightly criticized much of the existing empirical research on the role of human motivation in entrepreneurship, we believe that the development of entrepreneurship theory requires consideration of the motivations of people making entrepreneurial decisions. T...