This study focuses on whether a mentor can facilitate the development of entrepreneurial self-efficacy particularly with regard to opportunity recognition (ESE-OR) for novice entrepreneurs and their level learning goal orientation (LGO) has moderating effect. Based sample 219 mentees longitudinal follow-up 106 these respondents, results show that mentoring supports ESE-OR, but only low LGO mentees. Furthermore, effect ESE-OR is ephemeral as it decreases once relationship ends. suggests need...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate how a career shock, like the COVID 19 pandemic, decreases entrepreneurial commitment (ECC). authors look at specific effect shock on stress and emotional exhaustion mediating commitment, organizational relational resources offset keep entrepreneurs committed their career. Design/methodology/approach This used two-wave sample 365 collected four months apart. initially recruited three after pandemic started, then later, tested these ideas...

Purpose Business model (BM) canvases have been used in educational institutions and business incubators for over a decade to assist students start-up entrepreneurs developing their projects. Given the urgency of tackling sustainability challenges, several tools emerged stimulate sustainable modeling (SBM). However, these are often too complex nonexperts or sustainability, thus insufficiently user-friendly contexts. This study aims address this pedagogical gap by describing design process...

The purpose of this study is to compare the entrepreneurial intentions university students in North Africa (Algeria) with those Canada and Europe (France Belgium), examine differences regard psychological, sociocultural economic factors influencing these intentions. Analyses on sample as a whole confirm relevancy theory planned behaviour (TPB) proposed by Ajzen (1991). When we differentiate among cultural groups, results were fairly similar for Canadian European students. However, no TPB...

Plusieurs travaux théoriques et empiriques portent aujourd'hui sur le thème de l'identification d'opportunités, une étape cruciale dans toute création d'entreprise. Parmi ces travaux, un nombre grandissant s'inscrit courant pensée nouveau, avançant l'idée que différents acteurs pourraient joindre leurs forces pour identifier collectivement des opportunités d'affaires, façon à supporter développement milieux concernés. En effet, on voit plus en émerger s'inscrivant collectif...

Purpose In the past years, several initiatives were implemented in South Africa to encourage entrepreneurship. this paper, we try answer question: what services African entrepreneurs want? order do so, offered by Enablis, a Canadian NGO whose purpose is entrepreneurship are analyzed.

La situation des femmes entrepreneures a beaucoup évolué au cours années et l'importance de soutenir l'activité n'est plus à démontrer. Plusieurs auteurs soulignent la nécessité d'adopter une approche différenciée compte tenu obstacles auxquels elles font face, lesquels nécessitent considérer leur contexte spécifique. À travers étude exploratoire menée en Afrique du Sud Rwanda, cet article porte sur l'adéquation entre les services soutien offerts aux réalité Sur base d'un modèle combinant le...

International development projects that support entrepreneurship face a number of challenges, not least because they need to integrate different paradigms. Based on the case study Canadian non-governmental organisation in South Africa, this paper provides an exploratory assessment these challenges and highlights four major factors affect success such international projects: transposing northern business model south; developing local roots adapting context; balancing allocation resources...

If creativity and innovation are viewed as assets in any business, they represent for some a key survival factor imposed by their industry on daily basis. In such context of continuous innovation, the pace is accelerated. This paper focuses how helps sustain new product development. We develop conceptual framework that highlights factors lead to development: information management, project integration two distinct processes innovation. Using video game industry, we then show this can clarify...

This research explores the complex mechanism leading to a subsequent entrepreneurship career choice (SECC), whether perceived as failure or not. It mobilizes theory of hope (via role optimism and grit) components planned behavior (attitude, subjective norms, self-efficacy). The study involved 48 previous entrepreneurs not currently in reentry process. A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis was used. Results reveal that entrepreneurial attitude forged through first-hand experience is...

Purpose Entrepreneurship education scholarship has been recently challenged to look at what goes on inside the entrepreneurship classroom assess students are really learning. Relying construction and analysis of a 3-h long set learning activities responsible entrepreneurship, this paper focuses conducted have learned, based Bloom's revised taxonomy educational objectives. Design/methodology/approach This builds pre-/post-intervention assessment around with 151 undergraduate students. Before...

Purpose A career in entrepreneurship is stressful, especially during the start-up phase. Training programs for these nascent entrepreneurs are designed to improve entrepreneurial competencies and, more generally generate learnings. Although learning outcomes can reduce stress, conditions under which this happen not fully understood. The study looks particularly at effect of learning, interaction with other participants and gender. Design/methodology/approach six-month three-wave longitudinal...

Entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) is a central concept for understanding the entrepreneurial process. Studies show that ESE differs between men and women. Does training have gender-specific effect on ESE? To answer this question, we followed 238 nascent entrepreneurs who received 330 hours of measured their level before training, six months after initial assessment, then 6 12 (final sample 42). We found gender had significant change throughout periods. Women lower levels than but...

L'entrepreneuriat contextualisé : quels enjeux, stratégies et modèles endogènes pour soutenir une diversité d'entrepreneurs au Nord comme Sud ?. An article from journal Revue internationale P.M.E. (Volume 30, Number 3-4, 2017, pp. 7-333), on Érudit.

La pandémie de Covid-19 a eu des conséquences sans précédent sur les PME, déclenchant le lancement d’une gamme programmes gouvernementaux divers, incluant une assistance financière, subventions salariales et reports paiement. Or, en plus d’affecter opérations la survie entreprises, fortes turbulences l’incertitude quant à l’avenir sont même stress vécu par entrepreneurs conséquent qualité leur sommeil, bien-être ainsi que résilience. Les soutiens ont-ils un effet positif ces indicateurs...