[PDF][PDF] Factors affecting the performance of small and medium enterprises in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

S Sitharam, M Hoque - Problems and perspectives in …, 2016 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have an important role to play in the development of
the country. A strong SME sector contributes highly to the economy, contributing to the gross …

Successful business behaviour: An approach from the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT)

LA Gonzalez-Tamayo, G Maheshwari… - … International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In today's economies, companies are seen as key drivers of regional development.
However, due to the high number of business failures, it is not sufficient to merely encourage …

Factors influencing the entrepreneurial engagement of opportunity and necessity entrepreneurs

P Van der Zwan, R Thurik, I Verheul… - Eurasian Business …, 2016 - Springer
The scholarly literature often distinguishes between so-called opportunity and necessity
entrepreneurship and between “pull” and “push” motivations. Despite the pervasive use of …

To be born is not enough: the key role of innovative start-ups

A Colombelli, J Krafft, M Vivarelli - Small Business Economics, 2016 - Springer
This paper investigates the reasons why entry per se is not necessarily good and the
evidence showing that innovative start-ups survive longer than their non-innovative …

Defining opportunity versus necessity entrepreneurship: Two components of business creation

RW Fairlie, FM Fossen - Change at home, in the labor market, and on …, 2020 - emerald.com
A proposed explanation for why business creation is often found to increase in recessions is
that there are two components to entrepreneurship–“opportunity” and “necessity”–the latter …

Policy and entrepreneurship education

M Hoppe - Small Business Economics, 2016 - Springer
The article provides a historic perspective and an overview of policy and practice affecting
entrepreneurship education today with a special focus on the recent development in …

[PDF][PDF] Entrepreneurial intentions of students: Review of academic literature

SG Swarupa, RK Goyal - International Journal of Scientific & …, 2020 - researchgate.net
Entrepreneurship can be taught or at least directed through entrepreneurship education.
Entrepreneurship education aspire to motivate and nurture the students to be entrepreneurs …

Cross-country differences in drivers of female necessity entrepreneurship

P Sendra-Pons, S Belarbi-Munoz, D Garzón… - Service Business, 2022 - Springer
This paper analyzes the drivers of female necessity entrepreneurship using a sample of 59
countries, with data sourced from the 2018–2019 global entrepreneurship monitor (GEM). It …

[HTML][HTML] “I can't get it out of my mind”-Why, how, and when crisis rumination leads entrepreneurs to act and pivot during crises

B Nguyen, HA Tran, U Stephan, HN Van… - Journal of Business …, 2024 - Elsevier
Why do some entrepreneurs pivot their business models in a crisis, while others are more
passive? Integrating Conservation of Resources theory with work on crisis rumination, we …

Entrepreneurial career: Factors influencing the decision of Hungarian students

AS Gubik - Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 2021 - ceeol.com
Objective: The objective of the article is to examine the career plans and their key sha**
factors among Hungarian students, with a special focus on entrepreneurial ambitions …