Copreneurs' Coping Strategies For Work-Family Conflict,
2018
Walden University
Copreneurs' Coping Strategies For Work-Family Conflict, Eunice Peregrino-Dartey
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Family businesses including copreneurships have a high failure rate. Copreneurs experience work-family conflict (WFC), which can have a negative effect on business sustainability. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies that copreneurs used in managing WFC to achieve business sustainability for longer than 10 years. Three copreneurs from 3 copreneurial businesses located in the Greater Accra region of Ghana, who have employed effective strategies to cope with WFC to achieve business sustainability longer than 10 years, participated in the study. The WFC model for business/marriage partners (copreneurs) and the reciprocal coping model served as the …
Success Factors Of Entrepreneurship In Emerging Rural Economies,
2018
Walden University
Success Factors Of Entrepreneurship In Emerging Rural Economies, Sultan Tahir Mehmood
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
One factor of the leadership stratagem is to account for the core values, operations, and growth of the organization. The purpose of this case study was to ascertain the financial strategies small business leaders incorporate to help ensure growth of small businesses. The conceptual framework of Schumpeter's innovation and entrepreneurship theory and the Grameen model were included to drive the scope and analysis of this study. A purposive sample of 8 leaders from successful small businesses in Islamabad contributed to a focus group session; 4 out of these participants originated from the finance and management department and 4 represented sales …
Strategies To Sustain Small And Medium-Size Manufacturing Enterprises In Jamaica,
2018
Walden University
Strategies To Sustain Small And Medium-Size Manufacturing Enterprises In Jamaica, Hugh Anthony Blake
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Jamaica's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have a high failure rate. In 2016, the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) recorded Jamaica's SME start-up rate at 4.06% and the discontinuance rate at 9%. The purpose of this qualitative descriptive multiple case study was to explore the strategies some Jamaican SME owners used to achieve business sustainability in the manufacturing sector for longer than 5 years of operation. The conceptual framework used was the entrepreneurship theory, which provided insights into business sustainability. A purposive sample of 5 owners of SMEs who had achieved business sustainability in the manufacturing sector for longer than 5 …
Strategies Of Minority Female Technology Entrepreneurs To Obtain Venture Capital Funding,
2018
Walden University
Strategies Of Minority Female Technology Entrepreneurs To Obtain Venture Capital Funding, Tamu Petra Browne
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Less than 1% of minority women receive venture capital funding for technology enterprises. The purpose of the multiple case study was to explore the strategies used by Black female entrepreneurs to obtain venture capital funding for their technology businesses in the United States. The conceptual framework for the study was the social network theory of entrepreneurship. Data were collected through semistructured interviews with 5 Black female entrepreneurs who founded technology ventures in the United States. Journaling before and after each interview aided the methodological triangulation, which ensured validation. Yin's data analysis process was used, and the data were reviewed, codes …
Skills That Small Business Owners Use To Succeed Beyond 5 Years,
2018
Walden University
Skills That Small Business Owners Use To Succeed Beyond 5 Years, Shelly Gerig
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Small businesses in the United States have a high failure rate, with 50% failing within 5 years. Small businesses also account for 99.7% of U.S. firms and provide 48.0% of employees in the private sector, or 57 million out of 118 million employees. From 1992 to 2013, small firms were responsible for 63% of new jobs generated. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore the skills small business owners (SBOs) used to achieve sustainability beyond 5 years in a purposefully selected area of Central Florida. The conceptual framework of human capital theory served to focus this …
Strategies To Sustain Small Businesses Beyond 5 Years,
2018
Walden University
Strategies To Sustain Small Businesses Beyond 5 Years, Kayaso Cosmas Wani
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
According to the U.S. Small Business Association, the failure rates for small businesses in 2014 were as high as 50% to 80% within the first 5 years of establishment. The purpose for this multiple case study was to explore the strategies that small business owners have used to sustain their businesses beyond 5 years. Guided by entrepreneurship theory as the conceptual framework, and a purposive sampling method, this qualitative case study used semistructured interviews with 3 successful, small, ethnic grocery business owners in Anchorage, AK to better understand small business strategies for survival. Member checking and triangulation with field notes, …
Entrepreneurship Growth During A Recessionary Period,
2018
Walden University
Entrepreneurship Growth During A Recessionary Period, Ralph Ndubuisi Igwedibie
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Small business entrepreneurs in the United States often struggled or went out of business during the recession of 2007-2009. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the strategies entrepreneurs needed to grow their businesses during a recessionary period. The conceptual framework for the study was effectuation theory. The population consisted of small business entrepreneurs whose businesses survived the recession of 2007-2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. Data were gathered through semistructured interviews with 20 participants. Data organization and thematic analysis involved coding interview data and using software to categorize themes and subthemes. Major themes that emerged from the study included …
Strategies For Building And Retaining A Productive Multilevel Marketing Downline,
2018
Walden University
Strategies For Building And Retaining A Productive Multilevel Marketing Downline, Ranelli Williams
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Most multilevel marketers lose money and quit within the first year of operations because of a lack of effective strategies for building and retaining a productive downline. The purpose of this multiple case study was to apply Cantillon's entrepreneurship theory to explore strategies used by 3 multilevel marketers from 3 different multilevel marketing companies with operations based in New York. Participant selection was purposeful and based on the number of years the participants had been in multilevel marketing and their generated income. Data collection occurred through semistructured interviews with open-ended questions of the participants and a review of company training …
Strategies For Improving Technology Startup Capital,
2018
Walden University
Strategies For Improving Technology Startup Capital, Inibehe Eno-Adams
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Funding is one of the most critical resources high potential technology startup (HPTS) ventures need to achieve success. Some startup founders lack access to capital, a critical resource for HPTS founders to create value for customers and capture value for their organizations. Capital constraints can hinder business performance, endanger growth and the ability to grow and scale into the global markets. This multiple case study explored the strategies HPTS firms used to access capital to grow and scale into global markets. Mishra's venture capital investment model and Blank's customer development model served as the conceptual framework for this study. Data …
Small Business Profitability Strategies In The Music Recording Industry,
2018
Walden University
Small Business Profitability Strategies In The Music Recording Industry, Jeanelle Lemol Murray-Noel
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
With the rise of digital technologies, consumers can stream music content, which has made it more difficult for music companies to be profitable. Small business owners in the music recording industry in the West Indies have found this trend particularly challenging, affecting their profitability. This multiple case study explored the adoption of disruptive technologies by small business owners in the music recording industry to increase profitability. The research population included 5 small business owners in the music recording industry in the West Indies who successfully adapted to the changes in the industry's business model and whose businesses are profitable. Christensen's …
Barriers To Women Leadership Of Small And Medium Enterprises In Nigeria,
2018
Walden University
Barriers To Women Leadership Of Small And Medium Enterprises In Nigeria, Roseline Iruoma Ojinta
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Management literature lacks a deeper understanding of barriers to Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) leadership among women entrepreneurs in Nigeria focusing on women leaders' daily business experiences, their agency, and their entrepreneurial context. Women in Nigeria seeking promotion to leadership roles in SMEs continue to look for answers on how to surmount the multiple barriers hampering their leadership aspirations. To address this need, this study was designed to explore how women entrepreneurs in Nigeria describe barriers to SME leadership through narratives about their daily business experiences, their agency, and their entrepreneurial context. The women's entrepreneurial development in Nigeria, the Nigerian …
Leadership Skills To Sustain High-Tech Entrepreneurial Ventures,
2018
Walden University
Leadership Skills To Sustain High-Tech Entrepreneurial Ventures, Zoaib Z. Rangwala
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
High-tech (HT) innovation-oriented entrepreneurs start 35% more ventures and create 10% more jobs in the first 5 years of operation than the rest of the private sector and drive significant economic growth across all industries; however, more than 50% of the entrepreneurial HT ventures fail during the first 5 years of operations. Guided by the conceptual framework of transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this multicase study was to explore skills used by successful entrepreneurial leaders to sustain their HT ventures in Silicon Valley, California. Data collection was from 8 participants in semistructured 1-on-1 interviews and 3 participants in a …
Successful Strategies For The Survival Of Business Owners In Nigeria,
2018
Walden University
Successful Strategies For The Survival Of Business Owners In Nigeria, Ayodeji Akinso
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Small businesses remain the engine of growth in an economy such as Nigeria's economy. The objective of this study was to explore the high failure rate of small businesses during the first 5 years of business activities in Nigeria. The research design for this study was a multiple case study. The targeted population was small-scale entrepreneurs from 3 facilities in the soybean processing industries in Ibadan, Nigeria. The cognitive theory was the conceptual framework for the study. The data collection process was semistructured in-person interviews of 3 successful soy processing business owners. The data analysis process was conducted following the …
Family Businesses And Adaptation: A Dynamic Capabilities Approach,
2018
Edith Cowan University
Family Businesses And Adaptation: A Dynamic Capabilities Approach, Abel Duarte Alonso, Seng Kok, Michelle O'Shea
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
The main objective of this research was to propose a framework centred on the dynamic capabilities approach, and to be applied in the context of family businesses’ adaption to their changing business environment. Data were gathered through interviews with ten FBs operating in Western Australia. Based on the findings, the clusters of activities, sensing, seizing, and transforming emerged as key factors for firms’ adaptation, and were reinforced by firms’ open culture, signature processes, idiosyncratic knowledge, and valuable, rare, inimitable and non-substitutable attributes. Thus, the usefulness of the proposed framework was confirmed. Implications and future research opportunities are presented.
Survival Drivers Of Post-Incubated Start-Ups: The Effect Of Academic Governance,
2018
Edith Cowan University
Survival Drivers Of Post-Incubated Start-Ups: The Effect Of Academic Governance, Simone Scagnelli, Lorenzo Vasile, Mico Apostolov
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
Incubators, spin-offs, industrial networks and consortiums are some of the examples to build-up university–industry links in fostering innovation. University incubators are well known for supporting the growth of start-ups by providing knowledge and research, as well as, sustaining entrepreneurship by the direct involvement of their faculty. In this regard, the aim of this paper is to examine the influence of faculty members on the financial performance of a sample of new technology based firms which have been previously incubated by different Italian University Incubators. Essentially, the results on the presence of academic governance in relation to the financial performance of …
John Lee Hancock, The Founder (2016),
2017
University of Rhode Island
John Lee Hancock, The Founder (2016), Alejandro Hazera
Markets, Globalization & Development Review
No abstract provided.
Shoe Dog,
2017
Brigham Young University
Shoe Dog, Tanner Hafen 7058931
Marriott Student Review
A book review of Shoe Dog, by Phil Knight.
Nail It Then Scale It Book Review,
2017
Brigham Young University
Nail It Then Scale It Book Review, Jacob Thorpe
Marriott Student Review
Nail It Then Scale It highlights how entrepreneurs can deliberately work to create a successful and scalable business.
Forging The Link: Hispanic Community's Impact On U.S. Businesses,
2017
Brigham Young University
Forging The Link: Hispanic Community's Impact On U.S. Businesses, Hope Steele
Marriott Student Review
American businesses should forge a positive link with the Hispanic community.
Unsung Hero Of The Tanner--Alvan Williamson,
2017
Brigham Young University
Unsung Hero Of The Tanner--Alvan Williamson, Elisabeth J. Andersen
Marriott Student Review
Alvan Williamson is an unsung hero of the Tanner Building. This article will help you to get to know him better as an all-around amazing person as well.
