Impact of support from social network on entrepreneurial intention of fresh business graduates

Farooq, Muhammad Shoaib; Salam, Maimoona; Rehman, Saif Ur; Fayolle, Alain; Jaafar, Norizan; Ayupp, Kartinah

doi:10.1108/et-06-2017-0092

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“…Miller and Acs (2017) describe a strong ecosystem as involving alumni, partners in industry and commerce, joint research projects and incubators, all of which can offer opportunities to provide encouragement, the practice of ideas, and the development of an entrepreneurial mindset and increased EI. Entrepreneurial ecosystems can help to provide business social support, which has been found to positively influence EI (Farooq et al, 2018).…”

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Predicting entrepreneurial intention across the university

Bell

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to quantify the relative importance of four key entrepreneurial characteristics identified in the literature (proactiveness, attitude to risk, innovativeness and self-efficacy) in predicting students’ entrepreneurial intention (EI) across a range of faculties offering different subjects at a UK higher education institution (HEI). This approach will help to identify whether there are variations across the faculties in the predictors of EI. This enables recommendations to be made with regard to the development of educational delivery and support to encourage and develop the specific predictors of EI within the different subject areas. Design/methodology/approach This research uses a 40-item questionnaire to obtain information on students’ demographics, entrepreneurial characteristics and EI, based on a five-point Likert-type scale. Principle component analysis, correlation analysis and multiple hierarchical regression analysis are used to analyse the data from 1,185 students to develop models which predict EI for each of the six faculties. Findings Individual models which predict EI are developed for each of the six faculties showing variations in the makeup of the predictors across faculties in the HEI. Attitude to risk was the strongest predictor in five of the six faculties and the second strongest predictor in the sixth. The differences, together with the implications, for educational approaches and pedagogy are considered. Originality/value This research breaks down the level of analysis of EI to the individual faculty level in order to investigate whether different entrepreneurial characteristics predict EI in different academic disciplines across a UK HEI. This enables entrepreneurship educational approaches to be considered at a faculty level rather than a one size fits all approach.

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2019

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“…If the organization could not get the SS from society then its very hard for an organization to survive in that specific market. So, organizations focus on social factors when they move internationally (Farooq et al, 2018). SS can measure through four significant dimensions.…”

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“…Some organizations get all types of these SS, but some of them found few of them, but these four dimensions are too much important for every organization to get social support. SS is critical to operational and enterprenurial studies (Farooq et al, 2018), the same logic is applicable on IMCP.…”

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The Role of Organizational Strategies, Social Support, and Technological Capabilities in International Marketing Channel Performance

Nawaz

Shafique

et al. 2019

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Information communication technologies increase the competitive intensity among organizations. The only way to get a sustainable competitive advantage is to focus on their resources, and capabilities to establish, and implement effective strategies to increase international marketing channel performance (IMCP). The target population of this study is the food industry in Pakistan, and the sample size is 400. Data has been collected through survey method based on an adapted questionnaire. Data was analyzed through partial least squarestructural equation modeling method. Results showed that validity and reliability of data, and organizational strategies (OS) focused on relationship strategies (RS) and marketing integration strategies (MIS) has positive and significant effect on IMCP. Whereas, technological capabilities (TC) has moderated and significant effect between OS and IMCP. Furthermore, social support (SS) has insignificant effect. This study has theoretical and practical significance. Because this study opens the new horizons in literature and provide guidelines to align their strategies with their capabilities to gain sustainable competitive advantage, which will improve their IMCP.

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“…The idea of the entrepreneurial university has recently entered into the debate 12 . It is argued that a country's development and economic growth can be achieved by promotion of enterprise education among students a trait that requires knowledge of entrepreneurshi, financial resources and the business environment 13 . The review by Gorman et al 14 indicates that by aligning education with entrepreneurship, countries lacking resources and employment opportunities can foster entrepreneurial attributes, and the potential of students, which in turn could bring several economic benefits.…”

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Assessing Entrepreneurial Attitudes and Skills of Students

Sołek-Borowska¹,

Chudy-Laskowska²

2018

MMR

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Entrepreneurship is often defined as the opportunistic pursuit of economic wealth by limited resources. Governments all over the world undertake many programmes to boost entrepreneurial spirits amongst students -potential entrepreneurs. The benefits gained are significant such as: job creation, innovation and ultimately contribution to national economic wealth. The role and effect of education, including training, on entrepreneurial activities has been a major topic of discussion in the last decade. The term "entrepreneurship education" refers to a holistic approach advocated in place of traditional schooling on the basics of how to run a business. The purpose of this study is to assess how grades obtained by students influence their entrepreneurial attitudes and secondly to assess students' entrepreneurial skills. Paper questionnaires were used to survey students studying at Warsaw School of Economics and Rzeszow University of Technology. The respondents were undergraduate students participating in the general module of Management at Warsaw School of Economics and Statistics Methods at Rzeszow University of Technology. The average grade students obtained during their studies strongly differentiates students plans considering what they are going to do after graduation. The more entrepreneurial students are those with average grade 3.5-3.99 as 19% of them would like to start their business. The best students (with higher grades) are the least entrepreneurial, just 6% of them would be willing to set up a business. This is a signal for educators that enterpreneurial attitudes can not be solely related to education but other factors must be taken into account such as individual predispositions e.g. wilingness to take a risk.

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Impact of support from social network on entrepreneurial intention of fresh business graduates

Cited by 76 publications

References 48 publications

Predicting entrepreneurial intention across the university

Predicting entrepreneurial intention across the university

The Role of Organizational Strategies, Social Support, and Technological Capabilities in International Marketing Channel Performance

Assessing Entrepreneurial Attitudes and Skills of Students

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