In this paper we explore the ways in which institutions and networks influence entrepreneurial development in Russia. By utilizing new Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data collected in 2001, we investigate the effects of the weak institutional environment in Russia in terms of three dimensions: on the rate of productive entrepreneurial activity measured in terms of start-ups and existing ...

The study assessed the entrepreneurial behaviour of smallholder cassava farmers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was employed in the selection of 108 cassava farmers across the agricultural zones in Ebonyi state using pretested and structured questionnaire from which data and information were elicited. Analytically, the study employed entrepreneurial behavioural index (EB...

the study assessed the entrepreneurial behaviour of smallholder cassava farmers in ebonyi state, nigeria. multistage sampling technique was employed in the selection of 108 cassava farmers across the agricultural zones in ebonyi state using pretested and structured questionnaire from which data and information were elicited. analytically, the study employed entrepreneurial behavioural index (eb...

Purpose Entrepreneurship is an important paradigm for enhancing the economic well-being of nations. However, despite heated debate about significant role entrepreneurial education (EE) in developing favourable intention (EI), little known individuals’ self-efficacy (ES), motivation (EM) and family support (FS), which authors investigated this study. Design/methodology/approach This study has us...

Research universities continually struggle with issues related to commercialization of faculty research. Increasingly, they must hire and support faculty conducting cutting-edge science, but also facilitate commercialization of their research. Many universities provide resources to faculty through venture labs and/or entrepreneurial sabbaticals. The topic has been front and center for decades, ...

Purpose – Entrepreneurial learning is an important area of enquiry which is not well understood in either the academic study of entrepreneurship or the practical development of new entrepreneurs. The article aims to explore two questions: first, how do people learn to work in entrepreneurial ways – are there significant processes and experiences in their learning, which can be related to existi...

Innovative work behavior has been one of the essential attribute of high performing firms, and the roles of entrepreneurial orientation and self-leadership have been important for promoting innovative work behavior. This study advances research on innovative work behavior by examining the mediating role of self-leadership in the relationship between perceived entrepreneurial orientation and inn...

Innovative use of resources to pursue opportunities has become vital for all organizations. Even large traditional firms operating in stable and mature markets increasingly stress entrepreneurial initiative as a key element in their strategic long-term orientation. While traditional management literature has identified contextual features that foster entrepreneurial activity, little research ha...

The policy shift of United Arab Emirates (UAE) from dependence on oil resources to other sources for the growth of its economy is opening opportunities for Entrepreneurship as a career. In this context, it is important to understand the factors that would facilitate the process of entrepreneurial value creation. The process model of entrepreneurship is used as the basis to understand the variou...