JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Year:2016 | Volume:9 | Issue:3 |Papers Count:11

The agricultural sector was affected by climate change more than every other sectors, because it is close to nature. In other words, the effects of climate change were been on the farmers’ livelihood. Farmers need to entrepreneurial changes for adaptation to climate change in their livelihood. Hence, investigation of farmers’ entrepreneurial behavior in response to climate change was the main purpose in this study. Kamfiruz and kor sections (6843 households) were been the study population. Morgan's table was used to determine the sample size, selected 364 head of households in the survey and stratified sampling with probability proportionate was sampling method. The farmers were classified into two categories based on the selected entrepreneurial behavior and did not select it for adaptation to climate change. Then, two categories compared with decision tree (by SPSS19) based on independent variables: Perception of climate change, vulnerability, social integration, age and area of the land owned. 109, out of 364, respondents revealed entrepreneurial behavior facing climate change. The results were shown entrepreneurial behavior as an adaptation behavior among farmers and included livestock, technical and service jobs. At the end, rural entrepreneurship development by relevant organizations and local people was suggested for adaptation to climate change.

Entrepreneurs use decision heuristics in lots of their business-related decisions. One of the most important heuristics is affect heuristic which is of paramount importance in entrepreneurs’ decision making. Also, entrepreneurial marketing behavior is one of the most important entrepreneurial characteristics which is influenced by entrepreneurial mindset, decision making and thought. The paper’ s main goal is to identify main the positive consequences of affect heuristic in entrepreneurs’ marketing behavior. According to our results which are based on qualitative content analysis and careful coding of the data gathered from interviewing 20 Iranian nascent techno-entrepreneurs stationed in Tehran province, increase in the tempo of decision making, increase in risk-taking propensity, surviving and remaining in the market, and increase in the propensity to innovation are the main positive consequences of affect heuristic in entrepreneurial marketing behavior.

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational identity with organizational entrepreneurship among the faculty members of Tabriz University. Among the influential factors on organizational entrepreneurship, transformational leadership and organizational identity were two variables that were considered. An applied, descriptive, and correlational study was undertaken. Statistical population included all the faculty members of Tabriz University (N=700), among them 248 individuals were selected by stratified random sampling. The data were collected through standard questionnaires of transformational leadership (Barnett et al., 2001), corporate identity (Ashforth & Miles, 1989), and entrepreneurship (Kordna̒ ij et al., 2007). Moreover, Pearson correlation and stepwise regression tests were used to analyze the data. The results of data analysis showed that there is a significant and positive relationship between transformational leadership style and entrepreneurship and also between organizational identification and entrepreneurship. The results of regression analysis showed that transformational leadership style and identity can significantly predict entrepreneurial behavior, and in general, entrepreneurship of members can be predicted from leadership and organizational identity (level of significance= %99). Therefore, application of transformational leadership style and organizational identity by managers will lead to an increase in entrepreneurship behavior of faculty members.

With the publication of the first book by Menger, the Austrian school was established in 1871. While different factors such as migration of the Austrian scholars to foreign countries and focus on market mechanisms against the ideas of down drift from crisis led to the decline of this school in 1930s, it reemerged in 1970s due to the same factors, too. The purposes in this research– by using library documents-are reflection on the general of, Austrian school and also comparing it with neoclassical school. As a result, the Austrian school is not regarded to be a total integration, but some principles such as methodological individualism, methodological mentalism, finalism, time structure of consumption and production and value theory are concentrated in this school and theoretical cohesion of the school comes from this point. While key scholars of conventional economics (especially neoclassic) were accustomed to reproducing static theories, neglecting the outcomes of interdisciplinary studies such as cognitive studies, the Austrian school thinkers became pioneers of using these ideas in practice.

Today's focus on marketing practices and activities of art-cultural business for growth and development of this business is of paramount importance. Because the current (entrepreneurial) marketing model do not explain the marketing activities of such a business. This paper aims to provide a systematic and conceptual model of entrepreneurial marketing activities in the artistic and cultural businesses based a Grounded Theory strategy. The research process was conducted in two phases, at the first stage, used the theoretical sampling method to carry out in-depth interviews with 20 art entrepreneurs, and at the second phase, through a focus group meeting (attended by 10 experts and professionals in the fields of entrepreneurship, marketing and economics, culture and art) the findings from the first phase were explored, extracted and validated. The results showed that cultural entrepreneurial orientation was known as core element of GT model. The other element of this model included: entrepreneurial attitudes and mindset as a casual factor; entrepreneurial marketing strategies and tactics as a strategies. Networking, entrepreneurial culture, structure, enteral marketing and human capital as context elements. Moreover, social factors, government, religion, media, environment, and university was known as the intervening factors; and finally cultural and economic value creation has been known as an outcome of model.

The aim of this research is to prioritize the key factors for implementation of idea virtual bank (IVB) in telecommunication industry. The current applied and descriptive research was conducted based on a survey. The population of this research consisted of all users of IVB and idea submitters to suggestion system of telecommunication industry in province of Razavi-Khorasan that 70 of them were selected as the research samples. Using Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP), seven key factors for implementation of IVB were compared and weighted based on their importance to implement IVB in telecommunication industry. Then, items of each key factor ranked using TOPSIS technique. Result showed that components such; “ encouraging and supportive of idea” , “ assessing method” and “ interaction and content milieu of IVB” were high ranking to implement IVB in telecommunication industry.

This qualitative study was conducted to identify the factors and barriers of entrepreneurship development from the perspective of Iranian entrepreneurs. In terms of purpose, this study is applied-developmental and it is performed via descriptive phenomenological method. Qualitative content analysis was used to collect the data. The study population comprised of recorded interviews with the entrepreneurs invited to the Payesh TV program – a combined economic program produced and broadcast on Channel 1, IRIB-during 2015. A total number of 21 interviews were selected purposefully and analyzed by qualitative phenomenological research. Data collection process was continued until theoretical data saturation was reached and efficacy threshold of accessibility was obtained. The results of study showed three classes of factors identified from the perspective of the entrepreneurs, including: 1-background factors (role model, prior experience, and individual characteristics), 2-inhibiting factors (financing, socio-cultural, and legal factors) and, 3-empowering factors (opportunity identification and recognition, knowledge and expertise, and access to social networks).

The purpose of this study is to identify and categorize the mentality of entrepreneurs towards entrepreneurial marketing. Q-methodology has been applied as a mixed method in this study. The participants (n=8) were top entrepreneurs of Semnan who were familiar with the topic. Given the appraisal and summarization of concourse, 96 short statements were selected as Q-phrases, and after a survey of experts, 43 Q-samples were chosen. Afterwards, the information was analyzed using factor analysis. Distribution analysis showed that 2 distinct subjective perspectives in entrepreneurial marketing in small & medium sized enterprises were identified by participants which explained 67. 491 percent of total variance. These 2 subjective perspectives were called as "Marketing Capabilities" and "Communications". The importance and priority of the identified factors were determined based on subjective perspectives. Finally, guidelines for the use of these factors have been suggested to be effective in entrepreneurial companies' success.

The exploitation of the academic sector research findings, and commercializing them is an important priority. The purpose of this research was to design a model for the commercialization of research findings of the Department of Electrical Engineering of Razi University of Kermanshah. The study was a fundamental research which was conducted by the use of a grounded theory approach. Research field included the faculty members of the Electrical Engineering Department of Razi University of Kermanshah, and the experts in the field of commercialization. Theoretical sampling approach was used. The number of participants in research by the use of theoretical saturation reached (21 individuals). The data were collected through deep interviews. Research results indicated 32 main issues that were drawn as a paradigmatic model. What is in the center of the paradigmatic model is ideation (Idea Generation). The main components of research commercialization findings in terms of participants, Included: technical-economic assessment of the plans, networking, and dynamic linkages. Redesigning the processes and mechanisms for confidence-building were also placed in the next step.

Research on ambidexterity is burgeoning, yet understanding of the antecedents and consequences of both activities remains rather unclear. The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of knowledge sharing on organizational ambidexterity (exploration and exploitation) as well as the mediating effect of mediating role of absorptive capacity. The research statistical population constitutes 97 pharmaceutical companies’ employer select available as the subjects. Data were collected via three standard questionnaires. In order to assess dimensions of organizational ambidexterity scale proposed by Kyrgidou & Petridou (2011), knowledge sharing scale was developed by Van den hoof & De ridder (2004), and absorptive capacity scale was developed by Zahra & George (2002), was employed. This study applies SmartPLS3 to investigate the research model. The results shows that knowledge sharing and absorptive capacity has positive effects on organizational ambidexterity. In addition, , this study reveals that absorptive capacity is not the mediating factor between knowledge sharing and organizational ambidexterity.