This dissertation seeks to replicate the entrepreneurial intention model developed by university researchers in the University of Salamanca using a sample of Peruvian Students. The model uses the variables of entrepreneurial... more
This dissertation seeks to replicate the entrepreneurial intention model developed by university researchers in the University of Salamanca using a sample of Peruvian Students. The model uses the variables of entrepreneurial self-efficacy, risk propensy, proactive personality and entrepreneurial intention. Moreover explore whether some variable for Migration (University migrant, migrant parents or intent to immigrate) is associated with any of these variables. Finally, it presents a profile of the Peruvian university enterprise.
—Validity of the business model is a key indicator for buying into ventures in the early-stage. Business models of early-stage ventures decrease in validity when developing the business over the progressing stages of the business... more
—Validity of the business model is a key indicator for buying into ventures in the early-stage. Business models of early-stage ventures decrease in validity when developing the business over the progressing stages of the business life-cycle. By doing so, the ventures are validating their business model when building transaction relationships to the surrounding value network. In prior research, we developed a research design based on existing business innovation proposals (onepager, pitch decks, business plans) that is assumed to evaluate the status of business model validation. The core hypothesis of the research design is that transaction relations represent a strong anchor between the business model and the business reality, thus providing information on the business model validity. In this research, we test this hypothesis by designing and analyzing a survey that was directed to founders taking part in a business plan competition. We compared the relationships described in the submitted business plans to the relations explicitely stated in the follow-up questionnaire. We identified that the described relations to customers, investors, and people (human resources) match the relationships expressed in questionnaires quite well. A significant disagreement, however, exists in the relationships to suppliers. We conclude that there is still a theoretical and empirical gap that leads to disagreement between business plans and reality in the group of suppliers. (Abstract)
In this Working Paper, we present our findings in respect of the innovative and entrepreneurial behaviour of two local Indigenous organisations in a South African rural area with high poverty rates and little access to financial and... more
In this Working Paper, we present our findings in respect of the innovative and entrepreneurial behaviour of two local Indigenous organisations in a South African rural area with high poverty rates and little access to financial and technological infrastructure. Two local organisations situated in the Kruger to Canyon (K2C) Biosphere Region, South Africa, have built strong networking skills, made professional use of their traditional knowledge (TK), and have a stated aim to continue their community-based projects in dialogic collaboration with local, national, and international stakeholders. We argue that many of the actions taken by these two organisations constitute forms of social innovation and social entrepreneurship. We also argue that the actions of these two group provide evidence of the ways in which small enterprises can attempt to scale their enterprises through diversifying activities and increasing sustainability of activities, rather than through a narrow pursuit of economic profits.
The paper contains an analysis of the research results conducted among teachers in the research project FIFOBI – “Fit for business: developing business competencies in school”. The study consisted in interviews carried out with teachers... more
The paper contains an analysis of the research results conducted among teachers in the research project FIFOBI – “Fit for business: developing business competencies in school”. The study consisted in interviews carried out with teachers of the citizenship subject in six lower secondary schools. The interviews were conducted in a specific situation connected with implementation a new Core Curriculum and new syllabuses for the subject. This paper presents teachers’ opinions regarding: the Core Curriculum for the citizenship subject as well as implementation of chosen syllabuses in relation to business skills development, a ranking of four business competencies that make up the business skills in a broad sense (as economic, social, personal and business competencies related with running your own business) in the process of teaching the citizenship subject, proposals for changes in the Core Curriculum (syllabuses) in the business education, resulting from implementation of their chosen syllabuses, teaching methods, pre-vocational education, evaluation of the educational process and its outcomes across all four competencies.
