Young Creative Entrepreneur

Who becomes an entrepreneur? Early life experiences as predictors of entrepreneurship Ingrid Schoon and Kathryn Duckworth Institute of Education, University of London The purpose of this study is to formulate and test a developmental–contextual model of entrepreneurship that stresses the interplay between early personal characteristics and contextual influences in shaping the step into entrepreneurial activity. Based on the findings, there are certain characteristics that the entrepreneurs all share. Entrepreneurs are more likely to have father who was self-employed and during age 10, they showed a higher levels of self-esteem and has better social skills than most at that age. In the teen years, or specifically in age 16 they expressed higher commitment to work for themselves. Family socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with the academic attainment and social skills of the offspring and showed a positive direct association with entrepreneurship among daugh...

The effect of entrepreneur mentoring and its determinants in the Chinese context Song Xiao Ting, Liu Feng and Wang Qin The purpose of this research is to build a conceptual framework and use empirical analysis to explore the mentoring effect and its determinants, especially in the Chinese context . The data were collected from 172 young entrepreneurs which had been supported by Youth Business China, Mianyang Office since 2008. Based on the dynamic process of entrepreneurial mentoring, the key factors can be divided into three categories which are;             mentor quality,             mentoring ability             mentoring intention The variables related to the mentee’s factors include;             mentee’s trait             learning intention         ...

Issues and constraints perceived by young entrepreneurs of Pakistan Saad Aslam and S.A.F Hasnu H1: There exist a positive relationship between self-efficacy and entrepreneurship. H2: There exist a negative relationship between risk and entrepreneurship. H3: There exist a positive relationship between self achievement and entrepreneurship. H4: There exist a positive relationship between financial factors and entrepreneurship. H5: There exist a negative relationship between Pakistani environment and entrepreneurship. The research purpose is to find out intentions of business graduating students regarding launching their own business, and their own perception regarding issues and constraints entrepreneur would encounter after entering into entrepreneurial activities. Furthermore, it focuses to provide a general understanding regarding entrepreneurship. The study also argues unfriendly policies and environment for entrepreneurship slows down poverty reduction and ...

Industry choice by young entrepreneurs in different country  settings: The role human and financial capital Dmitri  Knatko, Galina Shirokova & Karina Bogatyreva   Efficiency-driven Country (EDC)                         Hungary  Mexico Estonia  Romania Russia  Argentina Brazil Colombia Poland Malaysia Innovation-driven Country (IDC) Austria Australia Belgium Canada Denmark England Spain Finland France Germany Greece Israel Italy Japan Luxembourg Netherlands Portugal Singapore Slovenia Switzerland United States      According to this paper, their study contributes to entrepreneurial entry research stream extending the understanding of entrepreneurial entry decision making nuances related to the individual access to resources and both industry and country-level contingencies. The level of human capital ...

Modelling Social Innovation for Young Entrepreneurs Living in the Marginalised Communities in Malaysia. Zainudin, A., Raja Suzana, R. K. and Zulazli, H Pertanika Journals Social Scienes and Humanities   Ideas  - Social entrepreneur begins social mission in the form of an idea   Prototyping and piloting  - Social entrepreneur may then pilot or prototype the ideation   Implementation  - Social entrepreneur establishes new form of venture such as a social enterprise or a new policy within an existing institution   Scaling  - Social entrepreneur finally scales up products/ services so as to develop new approach and new impact and becomes part of the norm This paper describes how to model the young entrepreneur's social innovation. Social innovation is been divided into two predictors which the first one is the elements of social innovation that can be grouped to three categories shown in figure above. The...