JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Year:2020 | Volume:13 | Issue:3|Papers Count:8

In the last decade, we have encountered a new type of start-up companies which have used high digital technologies to provide innovative services in the financial industry. The purpose of this reseach was to answer this question what are the point of views of venture capitalists when making decisions in the first stage of investing in startups in Iran? This research is applied in terms of purpose, qualitative in terms of data collection. In-depth interview and observation data were analyzed and interpreted through the grounded theory methodology. For collecting data, 17 venture capital managers in the field of financial technology services who had at least once a history of investing in start-ups, targeted as a statistical population. The results showed that there were two main types, including investors with a strategic perspective and with a financial perspective, and each group can be divided into three subtype with different viewpoints and criteria in the field of investment in financial technology, which need to be considered by start-ups.

One of the main goals of using entrepreneurial coaching in small and medium-sized businesses is staff growth and development of the company. The purpose of this study was to identify the outcomes of applying entrepreneurial coaching in the growth and development of small and medium-sized pharmaceutical businesses. The study was a semi-structured interview with a qualitative approach and data collection tool. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 key coaching practitioners and coded by content analysis method. Findings indicate that the benefits of employing entrepreneurial coaching for small and medium-sized businesses include individual benefits such as self-awareness, knowledge and skills, ability, self-esteem, personal development and commitment and responsibility and organizational benefits such as creating new companies, improving and developing. Products and services are the successor to the formation of a climate of knowledge-sharing.

Despite rural access to communication and information technology in the last two decades, there has been a decline in the rural population. The use of cyberspace seems essential for the development of rural business and e-marketing has the potential to provide a wide range of employment opportunities. In this regard, the present study was carried out with a practical purpose, using a qualitative method (the Delphi technique) in order to determine the strategies and challenges related to the establishment of a rural e-marketing system. The Delphi panel included 26 university professors and government-based experts from academic institutions and government agencies across the country. The research process, which started in September 2019 and continued to April of the following year, encompassed three stages with a combination of traditional (the first round) and electronic (the second and third rounds) Delphi. Data was collected through questionnaires; the first-round questionnaire was used as the basis for the questionnaires of the second and third rounds. As regards establishing a marketing system, eight strategies (related to marketing mix and marketing organization) and four types of challenge (economic, social, legal, and technological) were brought to light. The experts’ consensuses was that the organizational structure of the system would have to be non-governmental and provide tourism services, handicrafts, crops, and dried fruits simultaneously; use a public-private postal system; and apply a sales model called the transaction service model. Finally, considering the Covid-19 crisis, the findings were discussed and some suggestions were made.

The growth and development of entrepreneurship and startups are one of the requirements of economic development. Launching emerging startups by creative and entrepreneurial youth determines their role in the economic future of countries. Meanwhile, the popularity of computer games has led many young people to devote a significant portion of their time to this activity in variable hours of the day. Considering the nature of games, it is estimated that their role in creativity and entrepreneurial intention is significant. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of computer game addiction on creativity and entrepreneurial intentions. This research has an applied purpose and descriptive-survey approach. The statistical population of the study is 410 gamers in Yazd in the age range of 25-18 years. In order to collect information, a questionnaire with a five-point Likert scale was used. Findings show that there is no significant relationship between gamers' extreme interest in computer games with the emergence of creativity and entrepreneurial intentions. Studies have also shown that the preference of games and failure to time management are the main components of computer game addiction, and systematicity and commitment to work are apparent signs of creative and risky games.

Innovations based on information technology and its applications have become the main drivers of organizational performance improvement, economic growth and social change. Despite significant growth in this area, the importance of complementary factors such as corporate entrepreneurship in increasing the impact of technological innovation on organizational performance has not yet received much attention. This study develops and tests a framework in which the nature of the relationship between ICT use and organizational performance in small and medium-sized enterprises has been examined. This research is a survey in terms of the type of descriptive research and an applied research in terms of purpose. Considering Ahvaz Industrial Town No. 1 as a statistical population, a total of 210 were considered as samples and their information was collected through a questionnaire. Smart PLS software was used to analyse the proposed relationships with a focus on the importance of the mediating impact of organizational entrepreneurship and innovation. Multi-group analysis investigated the effect of the level of information technology use on the confirmation model and confirmed 9 hypotheses out of a total of 16 hypotheses. Research variables have predicted and reflected a total of 52% of performance changes. The results, while confirming the model, confirm the need for a proper information and communication system in companies.

Under the environmental uncertainty and ambiguity and the dangers of environmental changes, stability and sustainability of knowledge-based companies are considered essential issues. Identifying the factors which create long term value and sustainability for these corporates can ensure corporates stability and sustainability. So far, the current study pursues two purposes: first, evaluating the role of entrepreneurial marketing, creating shared value and the Style of entrepreneurial leadership in knowledge-based corporates sustainability, and second, studying the role of the moderating effect of strategic renewal in creating shared value and corporates sustainability. In terms of the purpose the study is a developmental-applied research and is correlation-descriptive in nature. The statistical population is composed of knowledge-based corporates type II introduced by science and technology vice-presidency and have been operating at least for three years. The sample is composed of 223 corporates which are selected by available sampling method. The data collected using researcher-made questionnaire and its reliability is confirms by Cronbach's alpha (0. 91). The data analysis was done applying structural equation modeling by Smart-PLS 2. 0. The results show that the entrepreneurial marketing and creating shared value have positive and significant influence on the knowledge-based corporates sustainability (the confidence level is 95%). Entrepreneurial marketing, method of leadership and strategic renewal also with the confidence level equal to 95%, affect creating shared value. The variable strategic renewal positively moderates the relationship between creating shared value and corporates sustainability.

The study tried to identify the dimensions of the market-industry construct and assess their effect on the success of commercialization. Due to the lack of relevant theoretical underpinning and the lack of necessary tools to measure these dimensions, the study has employed a mixed (qualitative-quantitative) method approach. In the qualitative part, the thematic analysis method is used to identify market-industry dimensions and in the quantitative part, partial least squares method is used to assess the impact of them on commercialization success. In qualitative section, interview with 14 incumbents who deeply engaged in the two successful commercialization projects were considered as research sample and in quantitative section the survey on 51 nanotechnology projects has done. The research found three market dimensions including market structure, market size and market readiness. The model to high extent explained commercialization success. The results showed that market readiness and market size have the greatest impact on commercialization success, and market structure did not have a significant impact on it. Exploring the thematic network of market and simultaneously assessing the effect of market dimensions on commercialization is one of the most important values of the study especially in developing context. The main limitation of the study is the low number and diversity of the sample in quantitative part.

In recent decade entrepreneurial behavior at not for profit organizations-that priority of social purpose and forbidden profit distribution are their distinguishing characteristics of their economic counterparts-is considered by actioners and researchers and the concept of “ organizational social entrepreneurship” is developed to assess the phenomenon. Purpose of this paper is to help to explain the social intrapreneurship. To reach this, present study explores the relationship between social entrepreneurial orientation and social entrepreneurial performance and the mediating role of cooperative management structure and social organizational role models in the relationship. To do this, at the first stage we conceptualized the social entrepreneurial orientation and developed questionaries’ to measure it. Next we applied multiple variable regressions with hierarchical strategy exploring the relationship between variables among active, established formal NFPs in Tehran city. taking organizational level of analysis, we use managerial perception approach. Results indicate that social entrepreneurial orientation that defined as having innovation, proactive and risk management subject to social value creation have significant relationship with social intrapreneurship performance. In addition, in presence of cooperative management structure and social organizational role models the relationship is been reinforced