This paper examines the motivational factors that could possibly lead women to become entrepreneurs. A comparison of these motivational factors is done between women entrepreneurs and women non-entrepreneurs. The study is based on 225 women entrepreneurs, engaging in the manufacturing, trading and services sectors in Small and Medium Industries in Malaysia. Nonentrepreneurs consist of women wor...

Women entrepreneurship is the key to the economic development of any country. There is a great focus on developing women entrepreneurs in developing countries as this is realized to lead to employment creation and increasing the per capita income. Research indicates that successful women entrepreneurs are those who have benefitted from family support. This abstract is part of a several studies ...

Program Penumbuhan Wirausaha Muda Pertanian (PWMP) merupakan salah satu kegiatan Kementan (Kementrian Pertanian) dalam rangka mewujudkan regenerasi petani yang dirancang untuk penyadaran, penumbuhan, pengembangan dan pemandirian minat, ketrampilan, jiwa kewirausahaan generasi muda di bidang pertanian/peternakan.Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengetahui seberapa besar analisis faktor-faktor mempen...

in value creation process via finding and exploiting opportunities, entrepreneurs have to create and use social networks to gain access to resources and information and benefit from their social capital. the entrepreneurs’ activities, contacts and performance can influence the social capital of a society. this research reviews the previous research regarding the effect of sex segregation on soc...

It has been increasingly recognized that entrepreneurship plays a crucial role in successful economies. The Schumpeterian approach to growth (Aghion and Howitt, 1997) advances the view that entrepreneurial dynamism is the key to innovation and growth. A growing body of policy work emphasizes the important role of entrepreneurs in economic development (World Bank, 2003). Yet, research on entrepr...

Entrepreneurs are often envisioned as small private start-up firms operating against all odds. Here, we investigate how in the context of the Triple Helix various entrepreneurs form communities and drive institutional and technological change. To theoretically shape a socialized view of entrepreneurship, we use the Triple Helix approach. Our empirical basis is a highly regulated sector driven b...

In this article, I compare personal networks of Chinese and Russian entrepreneurs in terms of network structure, relationships and resources accessed in networks. The Chinese data is composed of longitudinal phone interviews with 94 Internet entrepreneurs in Beijing, and the Russian data is comprised of longitudinal face-to-face interviews with 75 entrepreneurs in Moscow, Ekaterinburg and Petro...

Everyone experiences failure at some point in their lifetime. Entrepreneurs, especially, have a high incidence of failure, with estimates that over sixty percent fail within six years. Yet, a high percentage of failed entrepreneurs recover and persevere to start another business. Sometimes, they even become " serial entrepreneurs " who start many businesses. How do entrepreneurs recover from fa...