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The influence of business knowledge and work experience, as antecedents to entrepreneurial success
Thesis (PhD (Entrepreneurship))--University of Pretoria, 2005.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27470 The influence of business knowledge and work experience, as antecedents to entrepreneurial success Van Vuuren, Jurie Jansen genhinge5@global.co.za Barreira, Jose Celestino Dias Entrepreneurial success Work experience Business knowledge UCTD Thesis (PhD (Entrepreneurship))--University of Pretoria, 2005. This study investigated the role of business knowledge and work experience, as antecedents towards explaining entrepreneurial success. The encouragement of entrepreneurial activities has been recommended as a way to stimulate economic growth. On of the most critical issues facing developing countries is to understand where entrepreneurs originate from and what characteristics are relevant to their success. Although entrepreneurs act as catalysts of economic activity for the entire economy many of them fail. Most entrepreneurs often start a new venture ignorant of many key dimensions of running their businesses and must obtain the necessary information if they are to survive. Entrepreneurial competency, largely acquired on an individual basis, consists of a combination of skills, knowledge and resources that distinguish an entrepreneur from his or her competitors. This research study reviewed the two constructs namely entrepreneurial business knowledge and work experience, from the available literature and through scientific empirical research reported their effects on entrepreneurial success. Entrepreneurial business knowledge refers to the ascribe roles for managerial expertise in entrepreneurial success and entails, to varying degrees marketing, financial management/book-keeping, self-supervision, and, if applicable, the supervision of paid employees or unpaid family workers, among other activities. Experience refers to the knowledge or ability of an individual gained due to circumstances in a particular job, organisation, or industry. Some researchers have indicated that a lack of business knowledge and/or business experience hinders firm growth and entrepreneurial success. Despite some of the significant findings, a large amount of the variance in business knowledge and work experience remained unexplained. This unexplained variance, however, was consistent with other investigations. There was tentative evidence to support the role of business knowledge and work experience, as entrepreneurial success antecedents. However the evidence was not conclusive and further in depth research would have to done in order to reach a conclusive finding. Copyright 2004, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. Please cite as follows: Barreira, JCD 2004, The influence of business knowledge and work experience, as antecedents to entrepreneurial success, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08232004-100614 / > Business Management unrestricted 2013-09-07T11:34:41Z 2004-09-15 2013-09-07T11:34:41Z 2004-05-08 2005-09-15 2004-08-23 Thesis Barreira, J 2004, The influence of business knowledge and work experience, as antecedents to entrepreneurial success, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27470 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27470 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08232004-100614/ © 2004, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Entrepreneurial success Work experience Business knowledge UCTD The influence of business knowledge and work experience, as antecedents to entrepreneurial success |
| title | The influence of business knowledge and work experience, as antecedents to entrepreneurial success |
| title_full | The influence of business knowledge and work experience, as antecedents to entrepreneurial success |
| title_fullStr | The influence of business knowledge and work experience, as antecedents to entrepreneurial success |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of business knowledge and work experience, as antecedents to entrepreneurial success |
| title_short | The influence of business knowledge and work experience, as antecedents to entrepreneurial success |
| title_sort | influence of business knowledge and work experience as antecedents to entrepreneurial success |
| topic | Entrepreneurial success Work experience Business knowledge UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27470 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08232004-100614/ |