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Full-Text Articles in Business
Factors That Predict Hispanic/Latino Entrepreneurs' Intentions To Use Thirteen Entrepreneurial Behaviors, Rosanna Saladin-Subero
Factors That Predict Hispanic/Latino Entrepreneurs' Intentions To Use Thirteen Entrepreneurial Behaviors, Rosanna Saladin-Subero
All Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to determine what attitudinal, normative, and control beliefs most significantly predicted Hispanic business owners' intentions to engage in 13 entrepreneurial behaviors. In 2011, Hispanic business owners from five cities in Greenville Country, South Carolina were invited to participate. Only owners of for-profit business that had been in operation for a year or more participated. Seventy four Hispanic business owners were interviewed or completed an online survey.
Aizen's Theory of Planned Behavior (1980, 1991, 2002a, 2002b, 2006) was used as the framework for constructing a survey to examine stated intentions, and concomitant attitudes, norms, and …
Identifying Local Entrepreneurship Development System Policy In Rural Areas And How Local Context Shapes Entrepreneurship Policy Formation, Stacey Wright Mccullough
Identifying Local Entrepreneurship Development System Policy In Rural Areas And How Local Context Shapes Entrepreneurship Policy Formation, Stacey Wright Mccullough
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
As rural communities struggle to maintain a sustainable economic base in today's global economy, many are exploring strategies to encourage entrepreneurial development. The purpose of this study was to better understand how local public policy is being be used to support the creation of entrepreneurship development systems in rural communities and how local context shapes entrepreneurship public policy formation. In phase one of the study, a survey and analysis of documents available on the Internet were used to identify county and municipal policy actions associated with entrepreneurial development in 16 counties in North Carolina. In the second study phase, two …
Experience, Effectuation, And Something Good : Does The Use Of Effectuation Lead To Positive Outcomes?, Thomas E. Nelson
Experience, Effectuation, And Something Good : Does The Use Of Effectuation Lead To Positive Outcomes?, Thomas E. Nelson
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The theory of effectuation is ascending in entrepreneurship education. Hundreds of articles have been written on the topic. Many textbooks mention the theory, and one college level textbook teaches entrepreneurship entirely from an effectual perspective. Given its acceptance, the natural assumption is that effectuation is somehow 'good.' That is, there is some unique benefit that an entrepreneur gains from using effectuation. This dissertation examines the concept of effectuation, and its value to entrepreneurship. It seeks to determine if entrepreneurs who use effectual logic outperform entrepreneurs who don't. Four hundred and fifty entrepreneurs across three states are surveyed to determine if …
Feasibility Analysis Of A Microbrewery, Dylan Warren Snyder
Feasibility Analysis Of A Microbrewery, Dylan Warren Snyder
Agribusiness
No abstract provided.
Women Empowerment And Community Development Through Ecotourism, Katherine S. Barry
Women Empowerment And Community Development Through Ecotourism, Katherine S. Barry
Capstone Collection
Eco-tourism is generically and broadly considered to be a trendy topic for the privileged traveler to obtain an “authentic cultural experience”. This paper aims to disprove common misperceptions and present failures the system has created. Eco-tourism is an over-exploited and under-utilized tool in the field of sustainable development. Many resorts and “cultural” tours dominant, while local people suffer economically, social and environmentally. However, in the far-reaches of the Kakamega rainforest, there is group that is filling the environmental, social and economic gap in the field of sustainable tourism. They are the Isecheno Women’s Conservation Group, empowering and educating women to …
A Business Plan For A Successful Family-Run Restaurant In Heber City, Utah, Brittany M. Bringhurst
A Business Plan For A Successful Family-Run Restaurant In Heber City, Utah, Brittany M. Bringhurst
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Business plans are considered to be an important, “even crucial,” part of opening any business (Lange, Mollov, Pearlmutter, Singh, & Bygrave, 2007). Because of a gap in the literature directed toward successful business plan strategies specific to the family-run restaurant sector, this paper is going to consider the available information regarding family-run businesses in general and apply them to the restaurant industry.
Social Media Helps Small Businesses, Nicholas J. Oxborrow
Social Media Helps Small Businesses, Nicholas J. Oxborrow
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Beemer and Shook (2009) explain that developing customers one at a time is the only way. There are no short cuts to this. Traditionally, a small business would develop their relationships by going from door-to-door to raise awareness and grow their brand. How fast they achieved this depended on the budget and time available to their business. Traditionally, large businesses had the power of reaching their markets through huge advertising budget, which small companies could not match.
In today’s business environment, social media has become a new marketing tool that is available to all businesses, that instantly develops relationships with …
Viral Online Content And The College Market Using Ratemyprofessors.Com And Howstheliving.Com As Case Studies, Aeron L. Glover
Viral Online Content And The College Market Using Ratemyprofessors.Com And Howstheliving.Com As Case Studies, Aeron L. Glover
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
No abstract provided.
Business Exits And Reentry: Demand And Supply Explanations Of Entrepreneur Career Choices, Sharon Alicia Simmons
Business Exits And Reentry: Demand And Supply Explanations Of Entrepreneur Career Choices, Sharon Alicia Simmons
Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises - Dissertations
This dissertation is a compilation thesis consisting of three research studies on the normative and personal expectations that influence entrepreneurial engagement subsequent to business exits. Collectively, the three studies provide insights into how and when variances between performance expectations and actual business outcomes shift the demand and supply of different groups of experienced entrepreneurs. On the demand side, I theorize and empirically examine variances in acts and modes of entrepreneurial engagement that correlate to informal (stigma of business failure, masculine norms) and formal (regulatory environment) institutional contexts. On the supply side, I develop propositions about cognitive aspects of business exits …
To Leave Or To Stay? The Decision Context, Self-Images, And Owner-Managers' Persistence Decisions, Fei Zhu
To Leave Or To Stay? The Decision Context, Self-Images, And Owner-Managers' Persistence Decisions, Fei Zhu
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Underperforming ventures are those whose performance falls short of the owner-manager’s expectations for a long period of time but whose future is not a clear failure. Persistence decisions about underperforming ventures are influenced by the environment and individual characteristics. Previous research leaves two research gaps. First, our knowledge about which and how individual characteristics may affect owner-managers’ persistence decisions is still limited. Furthermore, owner-managers assume multiple roles in society and have opportunities to imagine a different future. Their decisions thus are affected by role demands and perceptions of the future. The growing interest in contextualizing entrepreneurship suggests the importance of …
A Business Plan For Grass Fed Restaurant, Joshua Schonfeld
A Business Plan For Grass Fed Restaurant, Joshua Schonfeld
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
This paper will present a business plan for a grass fed steakhouse concept in Chicago. After having spent the past year researching the grass fed meat market, meeting with grass fed farmers and looking for restaurant locations in three different markets (Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago) it has become apparent that Chicago is going to be the best market for this type of concept. In the restaurant industry, contacts and word of mouth are two huge players in success in the restaurant business and this is definitely a connection that the partners have in Chicago.
Why grass fed? As …
Social Entrepreneurship In Egypt: Turning Revolutionary Ambition Into Tangible Results, Chris C. Blackwood
Social Entrepreneurship In Egypt: Turning Revolutionary Ambition Into Tangible Results, Chris C. Blackwood
Capstone Collection
Social Entrepreneurship in Egypt: Turning Revolutionary Ambition into Tangible Results is a research paper that seeks to provide a model for sustainable social entrepreneurship (SE) development in Egypt and the surrounding Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The research consists of two primary areas: 1) the field of SE as a whole, along with traits shared by successful social enterprises, and 2) the modern Egyptian context, and the integration of best SE practices in the country and surrounding region during the modern revolutionary era. This is a paper that focuses on social change, and thus several social change theories …
San Luis Obispo Entrepreneur's Market: Translating The Successful Aspects Of Slo's Farmer's Market Into A Model For A Talent Marketplace, Emily Swift
Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies
Details design elements of a physical space created for the purpose of economic and community development, where the guiding principles of design enable self-organizing sustainable systems for developing commerce, enterprise, business, and talent to work streams. The primary assumption is that if individuals in the community know their talent and are able to connect that talent to work with passion, meaning, and purpose, the community will thrive.
Estimated Sales And Investment Costs To Produce And Retail Gelato In The Petaluma Area, Katherine Camozzi
Estimated Sales And Investment Costs To Produce And Retail Gelato In The Petaluma Area, Katherine Camozzi
Agribusiness
Recent events in the California dairy have left many dairy producers with high feed costs, low profits, and low (sometimes negative) margins. Some producers have transitioned to producing value-added or artisanal dairy products to help increase the revenues earned from farm milk, particularly in Sonoma County. Because limited research exists on the business opportunities in response to a rapidly growing market for value-added products, this project explores the feasibility of starting a gelato production and retail business in the Petaluma area. To assess business feasibility, a consumer survey was created to estimate the percent of residents and non-residents who would …
Fear Of Asking: Factors That Inhibit Latinos In Seeking And Obtaining Credit For Small Business, Brenda Hernandez
Fear Of Asking: Factors That Inhibit Latinos In Seeking And Obtaining Credit For Small Business, Brenda Hernandez
Honors Thesis Program in the College of Management
Latino owned businesses and any minority business in general are important for the economy of the United States. They generate money that helps the economy grow and work. In the fiscal year of 2010, the Minority Business Development Agency of the United States Department of Commerce created 6,397 new jobs and helped minority owned businesses obtained almost 4 billion in contracts and capital. The numbers are record highs for the MBDA and it shows that minority businesses are growing now more than they were ever before. While the number is growing, the number of minority owned businesses is still small …
Africa: The Next Frontier, Jack A. Parker
Africa: The Next Frontier, Jack A. Parker
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
No abstract provided.
An Analysis Of Redeeming Hope Ministries, Elizabeth Tiller
An Analysis Of Redeeming Hope Ministries, Elizabeth Tiller
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
No abstract provided.
Everyday Creativity Without Group Brainstorming, Erik Op Ten Berg
Everyday Creativity Without Group Brainstorming, Erik Op Ten Berg
Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects
This Master’s project focuses on different ways to nurture everyday creativity at the work place apart from the well-known “scheduled” brainstorm sessions. The project covers an extensive literature review and the description of three concrete products as an outcome. The finished project includes the design of a two-hour workshop, a one-day training course, and a ten-step coaching program, all about “everyday creativity at work”. Workshops and coaching program are based on the Torrance Incubation Model (Torrance & Safter, 1990). They will assist companies and individuals in applying their creative potential with more impact on a daily basis, to ultimately improve …
Weak Signals In American History: Applying Historical Events To Present Decisions In Business, Taylor Diane Robinson
Weak Signals In American History: Applying Historical Events To Present Decisions In Business, Taylor Diane Robinson
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
No abstract provided.
Creating An Entrepreneurial Frame Of Mind., Robert F. Sinclair
Creating An Entrepreneurial Frame Of Mind., Robert F. Sinclair
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation is comprised of three essays that address the question: what specific cognitions lead to the formation of entrepreneurial intentions? Essay 1, "Explaining and Predicting Entrepreneurial Intentions," investigates currently theorized antecedents of entrepreneurial intentions to determine the degree to which they predict entrepreneurial intentions. Findings suggest that proximal cognitions such as feelings, desires, emotions, and attitudes predict intention formation, albeit limited to situations where entrepreneurial behavior is imminent. Additionally, distal cognitions, such as biases, heuristics, scripts and maps, although useful in explaining intentions, are of little predictive value except when predicting the distal intention to become an entrepreneur in …
3d – Personalized Statues Business Plan: Istatue, Junjie Li
3d – Personalized Statues Business Plan: Istatue, Junjie Li
Honors Capstone Projects - All
Opportunity Statement
As people in our current society are becoming more fashionable and self-expressive, the demand of products that can enhance uniqueness and demonstrate personality is increasing drastically. iStatue, with the introduction of 3D Personalized Statues, will provide a unique product with quality and satisfaction to its customers.
Business Concept & Product
iStatue will challenge market leaders Build-a Bear Workshop and American Girl with a personalized toy to satisfy customers’ unique needs. The sculpture is a personalized toy in which the face head of the statues are made based on the picture of customers and customers control over which the …
What Effect Do Corporate Governance Characteristics Have On Ceo Compensation In A Small Cap Firm?, Kiley Stauffer
What Effect Do Corporate Governance Characteristics Have On Ceo Compensation In A Small Cap Firm?, Kiley Stauffer
Business and Economics Honors Papers
Extensive research has been conducted to examine the effect that corporate governance structure has on CEO compensation. Past studies have focused primarily on larger corporations and have neglected smaller public firms. By shifting focus to small cap firms, this study hopes to find patterns between CEO compensation and specific corporate governance components. These include CEO duality, the presence of a dual founder CEO, and the level of equity ownership held by the CEO. Empirical evidence has suggested that CEO duality and increased ownership equity of a dual founder CEO may significantly impact CEO compensation.
Sustainability Of Mfis Through Governance Mechanisms: A Cross-Country Analysis Of Regulation On Outreach And Operational Self Sufficiency, Daniel Muwamba
Sustainability Of Mfis Through Governance Mechanisms: A Cross-Country Analysis Of Regulation On Outreach And Operational Self Sufficiency, Daniel Muwamba
Honors Thesis Program in the College of Management
Poverty is an age long problem that has been part of mankind ever since civilization and the fight against poverty is as old. There are many efforts to fight poverty of which microfinance is one. One theory to explain prevalence of poverty especially in the age of capitalism is that poor enterprising people cannot lift themselves out of poverty because they lack capital to develop their enterprises. Start up businesses and enterprises commonly start operations with credit support from financial institutions but there are prerequisites to attaining this credit and numerous poor individuals do not possess these prerequisites. Such individuals …
Microbrewing In The Us: An Overview Of The Microbrewery Industry And A Business Plan For Future Success, Kevin Lapoint
Microbrewing In The Us: An Overview Of The Microbrewery Industry And A Business Plan For Future Success, Kevin Lapoint
Honors Theses and Capstones
This thesis takes a look at the history of craft brewing, the current trends, and where the industry is going. It takes a look at a number of different business models in the market and analyzes their respective advantages and challenges. After viewing these models and trends it takes a look at what would be needed for a successful microbrewery to start in seacoast New Hampshire.
Crossing The Valley Of Death: A Multi-Sited, Multi-Level Ethnographic Study Of Growth Startups And Entrepreneurial Communities In Post-Industrial Detroit, Marlo Rencher
Wayne State University Dissertations
The intention of this research is to reveal the humanity of the startup experience for American growth companies. What is it about the growth entrepreneurship experience that has been hidden from view? Can we begin to articulate a holistic view of entrepreneurship--including those human universals and culture-bound particulars that must be successfully navigated?
This study is an ethnographic account of three Detroit-based entrepreneurial communities and the people within them. This research examines the sociocultural features of entrepreneurship on three levels. The first level of context for growth businesses to be studied is that of their entrepreneurial community. These communities have …
Effects Of Early Round Venture Capital Syndication On Ipo Exits In Europe And The United States, Rosabella M. Magat
Effects Of Early Round Venture Capital Syndication On Ipo Exits In Europe And The United States, Rosabella M. Magat
CMC Senior Theses
While the importance of venture capital (VC) can be highlighted by policy goals outlined in the 'Lisbon agenda', the European VC industry remains nascent in comparison to the more sophisticated VC market in the US. Researchers have identified key determinants that foster VC success on a broad level, and have often identified syndication as an important factor of success. This paper seeks to understand the role of syndication on the VC-backed company's success. I take a novel departure from past research in this area in three ways 1) I measure performance from the perspective of the portfolio company, rather than …
Battle For Control: How Venture Capitalists Affect The Development Of Businesses, Jeffery Neil Wacaster
Battle For Control: How Venture Capitalists Affect The Development Of Businesses, Jeffery Neil Wacaster
Honors Theses
In my new podcast series, I interview business leaders to determine the affect of venture capital on the entrepreneur. First, I interview a serial startup entrepreneur to find out the true nature of venture capital, how to go about getting it, and how it affects the creative process. Next, I interview a blogger who thinks that venture capital can be very detrimental to business startups, and get his perspective on related issues.
The interviewees:
1. Michah Baldiwn a) current CEO of Grahic.ly b) He and his team have raised over $350 million dollars of startup money
2. Peter Ireland a) …
An Evaluation Of Entrepreneurial Difficulties In Ireland Since The Economic Downturn Of 2008, Edward Keogh
An Evaluation Of Entrepreneurial Difficulties In Ireland Since The Economic Downturn Of 2008, Edward Keogh
Theses
This Research Study looks at the Irish entrepreneurial landscape in the aftermath of the collapse of the Celtic Tiger, particularly at the small businesses sector. This study also looks at what entrepreneurs think of the effectiveness of the current policies in Ireland in helping entrepreneurs and businesses to cope and survive the current recession. The study looks at people who lost their businesses during the collapse of the Celtic Tiger and asks the question 'Can these people be supported to start-up back into business again?’
A qualitative research approach was undertaken in this study using the semi-structured interview method to …
Corporate Adaptation: From Wholesale To Direct To Consumer Shipments, Gretchen A. C. Kroll
Corporate Adaptation: From Wholesale To Direct To Consumer Shipments, Gretchen A. C. Kroll
Theses and Graduate Projects
Technology has changed the way consumers' buy that has caused a shift in the traditional channels of distribution. This paper reviews the role of a giftware wholesaler and the feasibility of serving in the internet distribution by offering direct to consumer shipments. lt will identify and analyze benchmarks in fulfillment set by Amazon as well as review potential options by considering the margins of both the wholesaler and the virtual retailer. The research will conduct two experiments that connect the wholesaler in the new distribution by accommodating direct consumer shipments: 1. Engaging Amazon Corporation in selling the wholesalers product and …
An Exploratory Investigation Into Knowledge Management In Western Australian Knowledge-Intensive Small Businesses, Shukrullah Fassehi
An Exploratory Investigation Into Knowledge Management In Western Australian Knowledge-Intensive Small Businesses, Shukrullah Fassehi
Theses : Honours
From a knowledge management (KM) perspective, organisational effectiveness depends on the organisation’s capacity to effectively perform a range of processes that include identifying, acquiring, sharing, and storing valuable knowledge. The literature suggests that the growth of interest in the field of KM is largely centred on large organisations. Small businesses have not received much attention in the literature. This is surprising, given that small businesses (however defined) represent the majority of businesses in most countries and, as is the case in Australia, make a major contribution towards business activity, economic development and employment generation.
This study employed a qualitative exploratory …