Entrepreneurs are often faced with problems regarding start-up financing. But compared to novice entrepreneurs, experienced entrepreneurs should have both more knowledge and better contacts, which should potentially reduce the occurrence of problems and affect finance composition. However, experience of business failure might result in additional effects. This analysis therefore investigates th...

This paper attempts to reconcile the risk-bearing characterization of entrepreneurs with the stylized fact that entrepreneurs exhibit conventional risk aversion profiles. We propose that the disparity arises from confounding two distinct dimensions of uncertainty: demand uncertainty and ability uncertainty. We further propose that entrepreneurs will be risk averse with respect to demand uncerta...

Since 1995 the teaching of entrepreneurship has become something of a growth industry in Scotland, largely as a result of the Scottish Business Birthrate Strategy initiated by Scottish Enterprise. Many of the Centres for Entrepreneurship that exist to co-ordinate entrepreneurship teaching in Higher Education support teaching by the case method and are active in engaging entrepreneurs in the tea...

Background: Entrepreneurship plays an important role in the development of any country. Entrepreneurship is seen as the driving force behind economic development and the identification of opportunities and the use of resources, and entrepreneurs are those who, by recognizing opportunities, ensure success in manufacturing, business, and services. However, it should be noted that the criterion fo...

Approximation of Human Breast Tissue Properties at 6 GHz Ultra-Wideband Centre Frequency Ikram-e-Khuda, Sabira Khatun*, Khondker Jahid Reza, Md. Mijanur Rahman, Md. Moslemuddin Fakir #5 # School of Computer and Communication Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis Pauh Putra Main Campus, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia. 1 [email protected] 2 [email protected] [email protected] mijanur@u...

The reported study was conducted to compare and contrast current manufacturing practices between two countries, Australia and Malaysia, and identify the practices that significantly influence their manufacturing performances. The results are based on data collected from surveys using a standard questionnaire in both countries. Evidence indicates that product quality and reliability is the main ...

Rashid A. Fayadh , F. Malek , Hilal A. Fadhil , Nael A. Al-Shareefi, and Hussein Saad Mohammed 1,3,4,5 School of Computer and Communication Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) Pauh Putra, 02000 Arau, Parlis, Malaysia 2 School of Electrical System Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) Pauh Putra, 02000 Arau, Parlis, Malaysia a [email protected], [email protected], h...

Nascent Entrepreneurs Nascent entrepreneurs are people who are engaged in creating new ventures. This chapter reviews the international evidence on how many of them are there around the world, what they are doing, who they are, what makes them different, and which ones see their vision through to eventual start-up. JEL Classification: J23