Developing Entrepreneurial Skills and Transforming Challenges into Opportunities in Nigeria

Odia, James; Odia, Agnes Anuoluwapo

doi:10.5901/jesr.2013.v4n3p289

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“…Komarkova et al (2015) argue that skills and opportunities can be used to examine entrepreneurial innovation capabilities. The prior experience and skills of entrepreneurs affect the opportunity recognition process (Dencker et al, 2009; Odia and Odia, 2013). Highly developed political skills transform the resources and experience acquired by entrepreneurship education into the ability to identify and create new products or services; motivate the entrepreneurs to learn together; and enhance innovative awareness, innovative ability, and innovative personality.…”

Section: Theoretical Basis and Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

How Does the Entrepreneurship Education Influence the Students’ Innovation? Testing on the Multiple Mediation Model

2019

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This study aims to explore the multiple mediating effects of political skills and entrepreneurial opportunity recognition between perceived entrepreneurship education and innovation. Structural equation is used to analyze data collected from 269 Chinese student entrepreneurs. Results showed that (1) there is a positive relationship between perceptions of entrepreneurship education and perceptions of innovation, (2) political skills and entrepreneurial opportunity recognition individually play a mediating role between perceived entrepreneurship education and innovation, and (3) political skills and entrepreneurial opportunity recognition play a chain mediating effect between perceived entrepreneurship education and innovation.

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How Does the Entrepreneurship Education Influence the Students’ Innovation? Testing on the Multiple Mediation Model

2019

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“…The present an overall low positive effect of entrepreneurial education on the intention to become an entrepreneur. Therefore, despite the insignificant influence of entrepreneurial education on students' entrepreneurial intention among the students investigated, yet, it has a low positive effect on their intention of becoming entrepreneurs (Afolabi, 2015;Odia & Odia, 2013). Therefore, based on the effect size result, we conclude that entrepreneurial education contributes positively to female students' entrepreneurial intention while male students perceive a negative effect of entrepreneurial education on their intention to become entrepreneurs.…”

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Exploring the Effects of Entrepreneurial Education on Entrepreneurial Intention between Genders: A Pair-Wise Methodology Approach

ADELAJA¹

2020

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Past studies on gender differences in entrepreneurship at higher education levels are predominantly based on survey approaches. Thus creating several mix-evidences with the majority of these studies showing that male intention towards entrepreneurship to be higher than the female counterpart. This research uses a pair-wise experimental approach to examine gender differences in entrepreneurial intention before and after exposure to entrepreneurial education in the six federal universities in south-western Nigeria. The findings indicate that male students demonstrated higher intention before exposure to entrepreneurial education, while female students exhibited the opposite intention. However, after exposure to entrepreneurship education, female students exhibited stronger entrepreneurial intentions compared to their male counterparts. Despite this, no statistical difference was observed between male and female intentions. Yet, when both results were combined to give a composite picture, there was a decrease in the overall entrepreneurial intention for both genders. More so, an in-depth interview with some of the respondents reveals that male students attend an entrepreneurial education course for the sake of it being a compulsory course while female students have the notion that with entrepreneurial education, they have the chance of developing back-up plans if the marriage fails or they are unemployed. This unexpected result indicated the unintended effect entrepreneurial education in south-western Nigeria was having on the gender gap in entrepreneurial intention and its overall outcomes in practical terms. The research concludes that entrepreneurial education curricula in Nigerian universities, especially those in the southwest, need to be reviewed to capture gender sensitivity in entrepreneurial intentions before and after graduation from entrepreneurship programs.

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“…There are chances that error such as corrupt judicial practices, perversion of justice and other legal services vices cannot be bated and that can drive the SMEs further away from the legal system in Nigeria. If the SMEs in Nigeria are far from the legal system, their development and contributions to the national economic growth could be hampered on the long run (see, Odia and Odia, 2013;Chimucheka and Mandipaka, 2015). It is, therefore, suggested for proper regulation and possibly restructuring of the concerned parts of the Nigerian legal system to create an affordable and accessible contact with the right advocates in the quest for justice among SMEs practitioners in Nigeria.…”

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Operations of small and medium enterprises and the legal system in Nigeria

Ufua

Olujobi

Ogbari

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Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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This research explored the effects of the legal system on SMEs operations in the Nigerian economy. The study aimed to address the gap in literature discussing the legal system and SMEs’ operations in Nigeria. It focused on learning about the current level of support of the legal system for SME operations and as well as suggesting an approach to enhance effective SMEs’ operations in Nigeria further. The current study applied a conceptual review, relying on extant literature relating to the antecedence of the Nigeria legal system, focusing on the critical factors affecting SME practices in Nigeria. A key finding is the importance of the legal system functions to SMEs practice in Nigeria. It also highlighted the weaknesses of the legal system in providing the needed backing and conducive business environment for SMEs in Nigeria. A model was proposed, depicting the need for restructuring of the legal system, improvised support of other government functionaries and other relevant stakeholders, to facilitate SMEs’ operations and enhance their contributions to the Nigerian economy. The research ends with the suggestion for further research to consider other research methodological approaches, the development of alternative dispute revolutionary measures, as well as a comparative study involving two or more economies in order to project further learning on the legal system and SMEs’ operations.

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Developing Entrepreneurial Skills and Transforming Challenges into Opportunities in Nigeria

Cited by 27 publications

References 8 publications

How Does the Entrepreneurship Education Influence the Students’ Innovation? Testing on the Multiple Mediation Model

How Does the Entrepreneurship Education Influence the Students’ Innovation? Testing on the Multiple Mediation Model

Exploring the Effects of Entrepreneurial Education on Entrepreneurial Intention between Genders: A Pair-Wise Methodology Approach

Operations of small and medium enterprises and the legal system in Nigeria

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