Hasil untuk "Small and medium-sized businesses, artisans, handicrafts, trades"

Patricia Driscoll, Anastasia Miller, Pamela Baker

PurposeThis study examines the gendered barriers faced by female entrepreneurs in the US healthcare sector, especially in securing investment and scaling ventures. Although women are increasingly active in healthcare, they remain underrepresented in leadership due to systemic bias, investor homophily and gendered perceptions of risk and financial competence.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative approach was used, involving in-depth interviews with 19 female healthcare entrepreneurs seeking external funding. Thematic analysis identified common challenges and strategies used to navigate financing barriers.FindingsWomen face heightened investor skepticism, prevention-focused questioning, and limited access to follow-on funding. Capital is often allocated based on perceived potential – favoring men – while women must show proven results. Many avoid external funding, preferring bootstrapping to maintain control and avoid bias. While networking and confidence-building help, deeper structural changes in how investments are evaluated are needed.Research limitations/implicationsFindings are based on a small, non-random sample. Future research should use larger, more representative data and mixed methods to explore how these dynamics unfold across sectors. Further study should examine how intersecting identities like race and class influence women’s access to entrepreneurial capital.Originality/valueThis study adds to gender and management research by focusing on the financial hurdles specific to women in healthcare entrepreneurship – a sector with high female participation but low leadership and investment equity. It also highlights the roles of imposter syndrome and internalized perceptions of competence in shaping women's funding decisions.

Rachel Skaggs, Molly Jo Burke, Kuo Guo et al.

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly shifted the context of artistic and creative work, forcing individuals to adapt to wide-reaching changes in the way they operated in both work and life. Relying on interviews with data from 66 U.S.-based arts graduates, this article speaks to needs in sustaining creative life and work after the first year of the pandemic. Interviewees related that their needs for a sustainable creative work and life were primarily that they needed the social and physical distancing restrictions of the pandemic to end, more time and capacity to be creative, and monetary support. Ultimately, we argue that the changing context of the pandemic required substantial entrepreneurial ability toward being adaptable, superseding capacity for creativity during the first year of the pandemic. Our findings reflect that when arts entrepreneurs’ self-structured careers required new or intensified effort toward non-arts aspects of their work, their feelings of, or capacity for, creativity may be diminished.

Younggeun Lee, Andres Felipe Cortes, Anthony Di Benedetto et al.

Yu-Yu Chang, Wei-Shiun Chang, Ahmad Fadhil

PurposeEntrepreneurship education is widely regarded as a fundamental means of fostering individuals' entrepreneurial intentions. In this paper, we delve into a distinctive empirical context: the integration of entrepreneurship education within Indonesia’s nationwide higher education system since 2010. Our goal is to investigate how prior participation in mandatory entrepreneurship training by company employees influences their inclination to leave their current employment and initiate a new business.Design/methodology/approachWe employed structural equation modeling to analyze empirical data (n = 337) collected from full-time Indonesian employees in established companies.FindingsOur findings indicate that previous engagement in entrepreneurship education predicts employees' entrepreneurial intentions, leading to reduced commitment to their current careers and an increased likelihood of having intentions to pursue new ventures. By comparing two groups of participants, our results suggest that government-mandated entrepreneurship education in Indonesia has a more substantial impact on employees' entrepreneurial intentions and turnover intentions.Originality/valueThis study, based on a unique sample from Indonesia, explores the entrepreneurial entry of organizational employees and the long-term effects of entrepreneurship education.

Yohana Sesabo, Mushumbusi Kato, Emmanuel James Chao

This study examines the impact of coupled open innovation and dynamic capabilities processes on innovation performance. A Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) analysis on data from surveying a quota sample of 213 Tanzanian Micro and Small Furniture Industries (MSFIs) reveals that dynamic capabilities form sequential processes mediating the significantly positive effect of coupled open innovation on innovation performance. These findings underscore the synergy between dynamic capabilities and open innovation perspectives, emphasizing the importance for micro and small business managers and policymakers to cultivate complementary sets of dynamic capabilities for the effective realization of innovation performance

María del Carmen López Taravilla, Montserrat Manzaneque-Lizano, Jesús Fernando Santos-Peñalver et al.

This study investigates the behavioral patterns of Small and Medium-Sized Family Firms (SMFFs) in terms of translating intellectual capital efficiency into economic performance while considering their geographical location. The findings underscore the paramount importance of effective intellectual capital management in driving business performance, particularly for SMFFs, drawing upon the knowledge-based perspective. In line with behavioral theory, this study also provides empirical evidence demonstrating that SMFFs located in rural areas adeptly navigate locational challenges by effectively translating their Added Value Intellectual Coefficient (VAIC) into sustainable performance, thereby outperforming their urban counterparts. This phenomenon, referred to as SMFF heterogeneity, can be attributed to their profound emotional connection and deep-rooted bonds with their local communities, intensifying their commitment to the regional milieu. Consequently, their success becomes intricately linked with the spatial context they inhabit. In this regard, this research offers significant practical and theoretical contributions to the understanding of SMFFs, shedding light on the interplay between intellectual capital, geographic location, and sustainable performance in the intricate landscape of family firms

Olaf Kuhlke, Diane Ragsdale, E. Andrew Taylor

Entrepreneurship, at its essence, involves the discovery of new means-ends relationships (Shane and Venkataraman 2000). Arts entrepreneurship infuses both means and ends with creative, expressive, and aesthetic practice (Essig 2015). So, this twelfth volume of Artivate follows a similar impulse. With this volume, Artivate explores multiple means to achieve its intended ends. Our leadership team now comprises three new coeditors eager to combine their time, attention, advocacy, and networks to this important next chapter. In addition, with Volume 12 Artivate is transitioning to a rolling-publication basis. Rather than anchoring our releases in two full issues, we will now publish articles throughout the academic year as they are available. These innovations in our means are all intended to sharpen and amplify our long-standing ends: to disseminate new thinking and perspectives on arts entrepreneurship theory, practice, and pedagogy. We hope these changes inspire new conversations across the community and that new and established authors will trust their work with us.

Kaisu Tuominiemi, Scott Benzenberg

Art programs at the university level are often designed in a studio-based model where the curriculum objective is “high-levels of disciplinary expertise” (Hong, Essig, & Bridgstock, 2012). These programs graduate artists who, while highly proficient in creation and performance, must navigate a career market which is limited and highly competitive.  This studio model is shifting. Many arts programs at the university level are now beginning to incorporate courses which help artists as they navigate the business of the art world, but these types of interventions still neglect opportunities to fully harness artistic skillsets of art students. Arts Entrepreneurship is an emerging discipline in post-secondary education. This discipline aims address the needs of the artist while also recognizing the unique habits of mind the artist might bring into enterprise. The scope of this discipline extends beyond studio practices by considering and measuring the impact of an artists’ work. “The unique mission of arts programs and therefore a unique of arts entrepreneurship education and a defining aspect of its signature pedagogy is the practice of making art work in and for the real world” (Hong, Essig, & Bridgstock, 2012). In this discipline, artists extend the scope of their “work” beyond creation and towards practices which can future sustain an artistic venture. Arts Entrepreneurship therefore seeks to graduate artists who are able to consider and measure the scope of external impacts. The proposal here seeks to address the need of graduates in art education to pursue meaningful employment while also generating new potentials the artist’s role in wider society.

Ricardo Teruel-Gutiérrez

Sustainability in recent years has gained momentum as a business model, given the challenges facing the economy and society. Small and medium‐sized hotel companies have begun to apply new management systems based on sustainability, seeking a dual objective, on the one hand to differentiate themselves from their competition and reach growing market niches, on the other hand to have a more efficient and less polluting business model. When implementing this sustainable management, they also face challenges in its application, such as its lack of regulation by institutions and large investments in innovation. We will carry out an OLS model to identify the internal elements that characterize ecological hotels, and these management systems are being effective for SMEs in Barcelona (Spain)

Paula San-Martín, Ana Fernandez-Laviada, Andrea Pérez

El análisis de la literatura especializada en la educación empresarial permite ver las dudas existentes en torno a su validez y la dificultad de comparación y generalización de los resultados obtenidos por las investigaciones previas sobre esta educación, al no existir un consenso en su definición y terminología. Por tanto, el objetivo de este trabajo es establecer y delimitar una definición que integre las diferentes perspectivas existentes en la literatura previa y se consiga, de este modo, un lenguaje unificado que contribuya a definir programas formativos que alcancen los objetivos deseados, aumenten las intenciones empresariales y mejoren las competencias empresariales

Gabriel Lozano-Reina, Gregorio Sánchez Marín

La gestión de recursos humanos ha sido tradicionalmente estudiada en el ámbito de las grandes empresas. Sin embargo, en los últimos años hay un gran interés en caracterizar a las microempresas, pequeñas y medianas empresas (pyme), en analizar cómo las prácticas de recursos humanos son implementadas en ellas, y en verificar cuál es el impacto de dichas prácticas en los resultados de la empresa. En este sentido, a partir de una muestra de 1136 pyme españolas, nuestro objetivo es verificar cómo es la implementación de prácticas de recursos humanos en este contexto y, en particular, explorar la orientación de dichas políticas hacia el modelo AMO (habilidad, motivación, oportunidad). Los resultados ponen de manifiesto que los factores contingentes que mayor impacto tienen en el desarrollo de las prácticas de recursos humanos son la antigüedad de la empresa, la naturaleza de su control empresarial y la formación del gerente. Además, se evidencia que las empresas tienen mayor rendimiento cuando sus prácticas de recursos humanos se orientan hacia el modelo AMO

Boumediene Ramdani, Ahmed Binsaif, Elias Boukrami

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to review and synthesise the recent advancements in the business model literature and explore how firms approach business model innovation. Design/methodology/approach – A systematic review of business model innovation literature was carried out by analysing 219 papers published between 2010 and 2016. Findings – Evidence reviewed suggests that rather than taking either an evolutionary process of continuous revision, adaptation and fine-tuning of the existing business model or a revolutionary process of replacing the existing business model, firms can explore alternative business models through experimentation, open and disruptive innovations. It was also found that changing business models encompasses modifying a single element, altering multiple elements simultaneously and/or changing the interactions between elements in four areas of innovation: value proposition, operational value, human capital and financial value. Research limitations/implications – Although this review highlights the different avenues to business model innovation, the mechanisms by which firms can change their business models and the external factors associated with such change remain unexplored. Practical implications – The business model innovation framework can be used by practitioners as a “navigation map” to determine where and how to change their existing business models. Originality/value – Because conflicting approaches exist in the literature on how firms change their business models, the review synthesises these approaches and provides a clear guidance as to the ways through which business model innovation can be undertaken.

Jorge Rangel-Magdaleno

Los estudios sobre competitividad en Pymes destacan algunos factores principales que la afecta. Dada la frecuencia de aparición de la innovación y las finanzas entre estos factores, se han considerado para la realización de este estudio. Por su parte, la industria manufacturera, históricamente ha sido uno de los sectores económicos de mayor importancia en el Estado de Aguascalientes. Debido a ello, este trabajo de investigación trata sobre el impacto de la innovación y las finanzas en la competitividad de las Pymes manufactureras de esta entidad federativa. Para lo anterior, se aplicaron 206 encuestas dirigidas a los responsables de la administración de este tipo de organizaciones empresariales. Con los datos obtenidos se llevaron a cabo análisis de fiabilidad y validez de las escalas de los distintos bloques de reactivos utilizados, así como un análisis de regresión múltiple con la finalidad de evaluar la correlación entre las variables utilizadas. Los resultados obtenidos brindan evidencia empírica de que la innovación y las finanzas son factores que afectan significativamente en la competitividad de las empresas sujetas a estudio.

Sherrie Human, Thomas Clark, Charles H. Matthews et al.

Relatively few comparative studies have examined how perceptions across cultures might converge or diverge regarding careers in general and new venture careers in particular. Our research addresses this gap by providing a comparative study of career perceptions among undergraduate business students in three countries with different levels of experience with capitalism: Ukraine, South Korea, and the United States. Results suggest both surprising differences and interesting similarities between undergraduate students in the three countries with regard to how they perceive characteristics associated with entrepreneurial careers. Findings are discussed in the context of distinct differences and commonalities across cultures and implications for future research provided

Gregory B. Murphy, Robert Hill

Entrepreneurship researchers use various types of screening criteria to select samples for study. In that selecting these criteria is, in effect, choosing a definition or model of entrepreneurship, the consequences are immense and have had a direct impact on the generalizability of research and theory development in our field. The purpose of this study is to help entrepreneurship researchers better understand these consequences and, thereby, improve our understanding of entrepreneurial phenomenon. Four of the most commonly used screening criteria are included in this study: firm age, firm size, firm growth, and innovation. Based on a sample of 368 manufacturing firms, the results indicate that few firms fit all or even most of the considered screening criteria and independent-dependent variable relationships vary considerably by screening criteria selection.

Jeannette Oppedisano, Kenneth Laird

This article presents a pedagogical model that utilizes students as primary researchers in the identification, interviewing, and then reporting on women entrepreneurs as a major component of a multidisciplinary entrepreneurship course. The purpose of the course is to attract students who may not be familiar with the entrepreneurship concept itself, the role of women in such economic ventures, or the possibilities for people like themselves in such a career avenue. Students are exposed to the accomplishments of women entrepreneurs throughout U.S. history in the broad categories of agriculture and mining; construction; communication; manufacturing; service (both for profit and not-for-profit); transportation; and wholesale and retail trade. This content experience is then enhanced by the studentsʼ own direct interaction with and interviewing of women entrepreneurs. The implementation, potential outcomes, and possible adaptations of the course are described, and this transformational learning process model is illustrated.

Herbert Sherman, Long Island University Rowley

Stephen Hodgetts read the e-mail over and over again and still could hardly believe what he had read. He had just come back from his vacation, well rested and refreshed, and this e-mail had dampened his high enthusiasm. It took time to absorb such bad news and for Hodgetts to get over his incredulity.Yet in the end Hodgetts accepted the truth‐a deep, dark terrible truth that would not go away. Robert Davis, his business partner’s son, had confirmed in an e-mail his worst fears about their newest business partner, David Russ.Many thoughts were running through his mind simultaneously yet each screamed to be heard.“How could he and his partner Richard Davis have been so blind, so trusting?” “How could Russ not have heeded the advice of his business partner, Richard Davis, Russ’s former English professor?” And most important, “What was now going to happen to their new business?” Yet the one thought that continued to echo among them all was surprisingly a quote from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s beloved character, Sherlock Holmes: “But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.”

Audrey Gilmore, David Carson

This article advocates that networking is an inherent tool of marketing that is wholly compatible with entrepreneurial decision-making characteristics in relation to marketing activities in SMEs.

Dorothy G. Dologite, Robert J. Mockler, Marc E. Gartenfeld

This article describes a research project answering the question "Can advanced information systems, such as expert knowledge-based systems help in business strategy formulation?"

Kirk C. Heriot, Noel D. Campbell

Entrepreneurship has been widely recognized as having greatly influenced the United States. Its influence has especially been documented over the past 20 years. Paralleling our societal interest in entrepreneurship has been increasing interest in entrepreneurship education. While our interest in entrepreneurship education has grown considerably over the past two decades, this field of study continues to have critics both within and outside of schools and colleges of business (Kuratko 2004). In spite of these criticisms, some researchers suggest that the United States is still far ahead of other regions of the world in terms of entrepreneurial education (Solomon et al. 1998). Using entrepreneurship education in the United States as a point of departure, this article uses a case study to analyze the efforts of a private university in Bogota, Colombia, to create a new program in entrepreneurship. The Colombian Legislature passed Law 590 in July 2000 as a means to promote and develop entrepreneurship in the nation. Shortly thereafter a private university in Bogota started a new program in entrepreneurship. At the university's invitation, a small number of faculty from U.S. universities participated in the school's “kick-off” efforts. The paper offers analysis and recommendations based on five criteria: 1) What is taught, 2) Why it is taught, 3) How it is taught, 4) How well it works, and 5) Leadership support. In addition, rather than simply adopting a U.S. or European model of entrepreneurship education, the authors propose that they should develop a center that integrates lessons from other models with elements that are relevant to the local situation.