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The role of investors in developing academic spin offs: The biotech sector in South Africa 投资者在发展学术衍生企业中的作用：南非的生物技术部门

The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Pub Date : 2023-11-28 DOI: 10.4102/sajesbm.v15i1.738

Øystein S. Høvig S. Høvig, Inger B. Pettersen, Adolph C. Neethling, Brandon Paschal, R. E. Taxt

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Formation of ties through action learning: A case from a multicultural entrepreneurship camp 通过行动学习建立联系：来自多元文化创业营的一个案例

The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Pub Date : 2023-11-28 DOI: 10.4102/sajesbm.v15i1.679

K-Y Chan, E. Van der Lingen, Maryse M. H. Chappin

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Profiling Norwegian business students considering studying abroad through credit mobility 考虑通过信贷流动性出国留学的挪威商科学生概况

The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI: 10.4102/sajesbm.v15i1.667

B. Åmo, June B. Doornich

{"title":"Profiling Norwegian business students considering studying abroad through credit mobility","authors":"B. Åmo, June B. Doornich","doi":"10.4102/sajesbm.v15i1.667","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/sajesbm.v15i1.667","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Governments want students to gain an international learning experience by taking part of their study abroad through credit mobility. Only a few students are interested to take up this call to study abroad.Aim: We study students’ motivation for partaking in credit mobility and whether students’ preferences for studying abroad can be profiled according to their motivation and socio-demographic characteristics. This study sheds light on the motivational and constraining factors that students consider when deciding to take part in their study abroad or not.Setting: We study Norwegian business bachelor students in their 2nd year, at the time they need to take a decision for partaking in credit mobility.Methods: This is a quantitative study applying principal correspondence analysis based on survey data collected among 2nd-year business bachelor students at a business school.Results: The results show that students perceive that different countries or regions provide different benefits and drawbacks related to a credit mobility study situation.Conclusion: Students consider their living situation, the safety and utility of the study to stay abroad, the benefit of alternative use of time, the extent to which the student views this as academically possible, and whether it is possible and wise to study abroad in a given country.Contribution: We report students’ preferences when selecting the host country for their potential credit mobility study. These inputs could inform credit mobility offerings, allowing the supply and demand of where and how students want to study abroad, to be met in a better way.","PeriodicalId":274251,"journal":{"name":"The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125507108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Investigating tensions experienced by decision-makers during a business rescue event 调查决策者在商业救援活动中所经历的紧张情绪

The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI: 10.4102/sajesbm.v15i1.714

Andria C. Du Toit, Marius Pretorius

{"title":"Investigating tensions experienced by decision-makers during a business rescue event","authors":"Andria C. Du Toit, Marius Pretorius","doi":"10.4102/sajesbm.v15i1.714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/sajesbm.v15i1.714","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Practice has shown that decision-makers experience various tensions during a business rescue event, which adds to the complexity of their decision-making. Even though business rescue has been operational for more than a decade, decision-makers require training and development beyond the scope of the legal and finance realms to cope with the related tensions.Aim: This study endeavoured to report on the tensions experienced by decision-makers, classify them into puzzles, dilemmas, trade-offs and/or paradoxes, and to identify practical responses to the most commonly experienced tensions.Setting: The study was conducted in South Africa and made use of decision-makers in the field of business rescue.Methods: An interpretative phenomenological analysis was completed using 12 exceptionally experienced decision-makers. A multi-method approach was employed using in-depth interviews and follow-up questionnaires, validated with the literature after the completion of a pre-test.Results: Findings reported 16 major tensions, consisting of one puzzle, two dilemmas, four trade-offs and nine paradoxes with appropriate responses used in practice by participants.Conclusion: Significant findings include the differentiation in response to tensions based on the level of sophistication of stakeholders involved, the implementation of a team approach to decision-making and the use of empathy to decrease tension.Contribution: An insider’s perspective is provided into tensions experienced during a business rescue event, which may assist in the training of novice decision-makers. Participants used anecdotal evidence to verbalise their approaches and/or strategies to managing tension, which can be dissected and used to collate shared practice among decision-makers.","PeriodicalId":274251,"journal":{"name":"The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131462689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Students’ entrepreneurial learning through an internship abroad: A cross-cultural experience 学生海外创业实习的跨文化学习

The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Pub Date : 2023-08-24 DOI: 10.4102/sajesbm.v15i1.678

Inger B. Pettersen, E. Kubberød, E. Van der Lingen, A. Neethling

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Designing internships: Student demographics and student motivation 设计实习:学生人口统计和学生动机

The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Pub Date : 2023-07-25 DOI: 10.4102/sajesbm.v15i1.650

B. Åmo

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The influence of entrepreneurial bricolage and design thinking on opportunity development 创业拼贴与设计思维对机会发展的影响

The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Pub Date : 2023-06-29 DOI: 10.4102/sajesbm.v15i1.631

Lindie Schuld, Cornelia M. Joynt, A. Antonites

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Factors of market-driven strategies and access to finance effect on SMEs competitive performance in Lesotho 市场驱动战略和融资渠道因素对莱索托中小企业竞争绩效的影响

The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Pub Date : 2023-06-15 DOI: 10.4102/sajesbm.v15i1.663

Edes Osakpamwan D. Amadasun, A. Mutezo

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New venture idea incubation: A micro-process view 创业创意孵化:微过程视角

The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Pub Date : 2023-05-26 DOI: 10.4102/sajesbm.v15i1.594

Nyasha O. Mugadza, Kerri L. Myers

{"title":"New venture idea incubation: A micro-process view","authors":"Nyasha O. Mugadza, Kerri L. Myers","doi":"10.4102/sajesbm.v15i1.594","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/sajesbm.v15i1.594","url":null,"abstract":"Background: In pursuit of new venture idea incubation, motivated entrepreneurs must simultaneously commit to an idea and develop the capacity to translate this commitment into a new venture concept. However, it is not clear how experienced entrepreneurs navigate this complex process. In this study, key phases and competencies emerge from a deep understanding of the lived experience of entrepreneurs engaged in the opportunity development process.Aim: By leaning on empirical insight from seasoned entrepreneurs, this study examines the iterative character of new venture idea incubation. The research conceptualises the lived experience of key constructs and relationships in the new venture idea incubation process.Setting: The primary research was conducted in Johannesburg in South Africa.Methods: Longitudinal, triangulated data from purposively selected cases enabled patterning of idea incubation processes. Computer-aided data analysis (CAQDAS) was used to code inductively and deductively to illuminate activations and sequences.Results: This incubation period was shown to be one in which venture ideas evolve into elementary venture concepts. The data enabled development of a framework that exemplifies this process of incubation.Conclusion: The findings extend the existing theory by describing the micro-processes that are involved in new venture idea incubation. The findings also clarify the distinction between new venture idea incubation and new venture opportunity evaluation, a distinction that has not previously been evident.Contribution: The study contributes by exposing a micro-level view of the new venture idea incubation process that is enacted by entrepreneurs to frame an elementary venture concept. ","PeriodicalId":274251,"journal":{"name":"The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management","volume":"103 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124031163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Challenges faced by small, medium and micro enterprises in Gauteng: A case for entrepreneurial leadership as an essential tool for success 豪登省中小微企业面临的挑战:创业领导力作为成功必备工具的案例

The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Pub Date : 2023-03-03 DOI: 10.4102/sajesbm.v15i1.591

T. Mhlongo, P. Daya

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