Institutional theory suggests that firms imitate their peers when deciding to enter a foreign market in order to gain legitimacy and cope with uncertainty. There is little investigation, however, on how home country culture affects a firm’s mimetic behavior as a response to institutional influences. To understand culture’s role, this paper examines the effect of the cultural environment on mime...

In this article the concept of territorial agglomeration is discussed and reflected from the point of view of innovation activities. From this same angle, some suggestions are also made as to how to bring some clarity to the complex issue of the relationship between companies and their local operational environment. One of the conclusions is that a territorial agglomeration can be a basis for s...

This study, based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), assesses the impact of entrepreneurship education programs (EEPs) on entrepreneurial intentions of 205 students following entrepreneurship courses at six Iranian universities. Data were collected by a questionnaire before and after completing EEPs. Result indicated that EEPs significantly influence perceived behavioral control and subj...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between perceived organizational support and the trait emotional intelligence with the entrepreneurial behavior of employees in jihad-e keshavarzi organization of fars province. the research method used was a survey and descriptive- correlation techniques. statistical population of this study consisted of 110 experts in jihad-e- agri...

In recent years a growing awareness of the importance of entrepreneurial activity for economic development has triggered research on the fundamentals of entrepreneurship. Cross-national differences in levels of entrepreneurial activity may be explained by a wide range of economic, technological, cultural and institutional factors. In particular, differences in value systems and cultural orienta...

Consumers have become more open to the use of natural cosmetics. The production cosmetics has grown in recent years because demand from consumers who are concerned about skin health, product quality, and beauty. presence harmful chemicals made realize importance being “natural”. This paper focused on identifying factors that influence Indian consumers’ purchase intentions behavior towards theor...

Key words Strategy implementation Managing large traditional organizations Entrepreneurial behavior 2 ABSTRACT Innovative use of resources to pursue opportunities has become vital for all—even large traditional—organizations. While traditional management literature has identified contextual features to foster entrepreneurial behavior, little research has looked at why—in the same organizational...

The fact of growth of inequality in distribution of income both inside the national economies and between the countries is confirmed by many empirical studies. In particular, these are annual reports of the World Bank, UNIDO and European Commission. The growth of inequality in distribution of income causes social tension inside the countries and promotes conflicts between the countries. Entrepr...