Entrepreneurial Motives as a Differentiating Factor in Innovativeness
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Entrepreneurial Motives as a Differentiating Factor in Innovativeness
Original language description
Research background: SME character determines that entrepreneur´s personality plays a significant role in their management. For this reason it is necessary to consider the personality as a whole including his/her motives for entrepreneurship. Purpose of the article: The aim of this article is to examine the relationship between entrepreneurial motives and innovativeness in the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) sector in the Czech Republic. Methodology/methods: We have analyzed the data collected in 2015 from 1141 SMEs from 14 regions of the Czech Republic. For the purpose of this article we focused on the motives for doing business, which were analyzed on the part of the whole sample including two selected groups of respondents. The first group (330 respondents) consisted of entrepreneurs who featured money as the most important motive for starting up a business and the second group (251 respondents) consisted of entrepreneurs who featured mission as the main reason for starting up a business. Findings & Value added: We have revealed statistically significant differences in innovativeness between the entrepreneurs motivated by money and the entrepreneurs motivated by mission. Regardless of the entrepreneurial motives vast majority of entrepreneurs consider the innovativeness to be important for their company.
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
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OECD FORD branch
50204 - Business and management
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
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Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Article name in the collection
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Applied Economics Contemporary Issues in Economy: Entrepreneurship and Management
ISBN
978-83-65605-07-8
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e-ISSN
neuvedeno
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
147-156
Publisher name
Nicolaus Copernicus University
Place of publication
Torun
Event location
Toruń
Event date
Jun 22, 2017
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
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