Family Structure and Entrepreneurship: An Indian Case

Ramu, G. N.

doi:10.3138/jcfs.4.2.239

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“…This may result from knowing other entrepreneurs or having encouraging family members who serve as role models (ibid. ); various studies across cultures have demonstrated that a supportive extended family has a positive effect on entrepreneurial activities (Ramu, 1973).…”

Section: Characteristics Of Entrepreneursmentioning

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Entrepreneurial Orientation among the Youth of India

Levenburg

Schwarz

2008

The Journal of Entrepreneurship

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Expanding the level of entrepreneurial activity within all nations is an increasingly important political and economic goal, especially for developing countries. Literature suggests that culture, education and environment play key roles, yet these attributes vary greatly across nations. This study explores the level of interest in entrepreneurship among what may be India's next generation of entrepreneurs, namely undergraduate business students, and draws comparisons with students enrolled in the US. Despite a combination of social structures and cultural values within India that historically constrained entrepreneurship, a number of efforts in recent years seem to have significantly shifted the national mindset regarding entrepreneurship, particularly among India's youth who were found to demonstrate a significantly higher level of interest in starting new ventures than their US counterparts.

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Section: Characteristics Of Entrepreneursmentioning

confidence: 99%

Entrepreneurial Orientation among the Youth of India

Levenburg

Schwarz

2008

The Journal of Entrepreneurship

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“…Families and businesses have often been considered as naturally distinct entities, whereas we argue that they are inseparably entangled. The contention that the large family size hinders entrepreneurship has proven false as the family partnerships, and the value of family solidarity has been found positively related to entrepreneurship (Ramu, 1973). “The long‐term changes in family composition have implications for the emergence of new business opportunities, opportunity recognition, business start‐up decisions, and the resource mobilization process” (Aldricha & Cliff, 2003).…”

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The risk‐seeking propensity of Indian entrepreneurs: A study using GEM data

Mor

Madan²,

Chhikara

2020

Strategic Change

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The risk-seeking propensity of total early-stage entrepreneurial activities paves the way for further business-related activities as risk plunging attitude leads to the creation of innovative business models, whereas risk aversion hampers new explorations. Skill, operational social entrepreneurial activities, and family size are the crucial factors influencing the risk-seeking abilities of the total early-stage entrepreneurs in India.Entrepreneurs involved in operational social entrepreneurial activities are likely to be more risk plungers as compared to commercial entrepreneurs. The promotion of social entrepreneurship by incentivizing and equipping the youth with the requisite skills and knowledge is the need of the hour for raising the risk-seeking propensity. K E Y W O R D S operational social entrepreneurial activity (OSEA), risk-aversion, risk-seeking propensity, total early-stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA)

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“…As a result, this function is, to a larger extent, supplied by the institution of the extended family. In Asia for example, extended families have been used as networks to support entrepreneurial activities (see Jack, 2005;Ramu, 2013). The extended family system of Tanzanians of Indian origin also seem to support this argument.…”

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Barriers to Business Start-up among Tanzanian University Graduates: Evidence from the University of Dar-es-salaam

Katundu

Gabagambi

2016

Global Business Review

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This article assesses barriers to business start-ups among university graduates by drawing evidence from the University of Dar-es-salaam. A cross-sectional research design was used with a sample comprising 308 graduates and 10 key informants. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire and key informant interview checklist and were analysed using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) whereby confirmatory factor analysis was performed using Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS) and the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software. Pearson’s chi-square was used to test whether graduates who had not studied entrepreneurship and those who had studied entrepreneurship reported different start-up barriers. It was found that inappropriate teaching methods, lack of business experience, deficiencies in the university programmes, commitments on extended families and bureaucratic tendencies had greater contribution to hindering business start-ups. It was concluded that entrepreneurship study influenced the way graduates perceived the barriers; it was observed that graduates who studied entrepreneurship reported different start-up barriers from those reported by their counterparts. The results were statistically significant at p-value < 0.05. Higher learning institutions should adopt competent based curricula in order to impart necessary business skills to students and use the business apprenticeship approach while students are still on studies.

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Family Structure and Entrepreneurship: An Indian Case

Cited by 8 publications

References 5 publications

Entrepreneurial Orientation among the Youth of India

Entrepreneurial Orientation among the Youth of India

The risk‐seeking propensity of Indian entrepreneurs: A study using GEM data

Barriers to Business Start-up among Tanzanian University Graduates: Evidence from the University of Dar-es-salaam

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