• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.95-103
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• 2022

This study aimed to find the mediating impact of entrepreneurial education during COVID-19 on entrepreneurial intention among university students from major cities of Pakistan. Majority of businesses shifted to online from offline mode as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. This created a great opportunity for university students to become entrepreneurs without much investment during COVID-19. Primary data for this study was collected with the help of an adopted questionnaire from previous studies. An online survey was considered appropriate due to the COVID-19 situation in the country. The number of data samples collected from the major cities of Pakistan was 460. The research hypothesis was tested with the help of SmartPLS by using least square structural equation modeling. Findings revealed there is full mediation of entrepreneurial education during COVID-19 between the self-efficacy, subjective norms, and attitude towards entrepreneurship for entrepreneurial intention during COVID-19 among university students. Therefore, the research confirmed the application of the theory of planned behavior among university students in Pakistan with regards to factors such as self-efficacy, subjective norms, attitude towards entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial intention. The present study also concludes that all students regardless of their area of study such as Business and Engineering look forward to become entrepreneurs during COVID-19. The students opting for entrepreneurship had either formal or informal entrepreneurial education during COVID-19.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권8호
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• pp.407-417
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• 2020

Entrepreneurship has become an important topic for governments to shape and influence the quantity and quality of entrepreneurship and improve policy toward the entrepreneurial economy. This study investigates the factors affecting the entrepreneurial decision of nascent entrepreneurs belonging to Generation Y in Vietnam. A mixed-method including both qualitative and quantitative methodologies was utilized. A focus group was carried out with 11 participants for exploring, reviewing, and testing content validity of constructs and measurement items. The conceptual model and hypotheses were developed using data collected by a questionnaire survey. The cross-sectional survey method was applied. A sample of 221 respondents was constituted, by both electronic and paper surveys with non-probability and convenience sampling techniques. SmartPLS 3 software was employed to analyze the data collected. The results show that nine factors were affecting the entrepreneurial decision of nascent entrepreneurs belonging to Generation Y in Vietnam, including entrepreneurial education, family background, entrepreneurial ecosystem, perceived behavioral control, social valuation, perceived opportunity, attitude, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and entrepreneurial intention. The findings show the importance of entrepreneurial education, social value, and ecosystems. Therefore, in order to promote successful entrepreneurship, it is necessary to strengthen entrepreneurship education and have a strategy for the improvement of the entrepreneurship ecosystem.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.145-153
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• 2014

성공하려는 욕망이 있다는 것과 실패에 대한 두려움이 있다는 것은 창업의도를 설명하는 중요한 요인이 될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 시도이론에서 시도의도에 영향을 미치는 요인으로 제시한 시도 성공에 대한 태도와 시도 실패에 대한 태도 2가지를 창업시도에 대한 태도로 보고, 이에 영향을 미치는 긍정적 인지편향에 대해 살펴보았다. 자기고양 편향과 낙관주의 편향 그리고 통제착각 편향이 대표적인 긍정적 인지편향들이다. 본 연구에서는 이들 세 가지 편향들이 창업시도 성공과 실패에 대한 태도와 창업의도에 미치는 영향을 경로분석을 통해 구체적으로 살펴보았다. 연구결과, 자기고양 편향과 낙관주의 편향은 창업시도 성공에 대한 태도에는 영향을 미치지 않고 창업시도 실패에 대한 태도에 부(-)의 영향을 미치는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 통제착각 편향은 창업시도 실패에는 영향을 미치지 않고 창업시도 성공에 대한 태도에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 가설과 마찬가지로 창업시도 성공에 대한 태도는 창업의도에 정(+)의 영향을, 창업시도 실패에 대한 태도는 창업의도에 부(-)의 영향을 미치는 사실을 확인할 수 있었다. 이러한 연구결과를 바탕으로 연구의 시사점과 한계점을 제시하였다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.235-248
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• 2019

This study empirically analyzes how the career orientation factors of startup entrepreneurs affect entrepreneurial satisfaction as well as business sustainability. We propose directions for startup sustainability and development. Based on previous research, we defined the career orientation of entrepreneurs through the five orientation factors of security, autonomy, technical competence, managerial competence, and entrepreneurial creativity. We constructed a research model to determine whether these factors have a causal relationship with entrepreneurial satisfaction or business sustainability through the medium of organizational entrepreneurship. We surveyed startups in Korea using a questionnaire and collected and analyzed a total of 282 points of survey data. The analysis results demonstrated that the entrepreneurial creativity and managerial competence of the members of a startup can play an important role within entrepreneurial satisfaction and business sustainability. Both autonomy and technical competence exhibited no effect on entrepreneurial satisfaction and business sustainability through the medium of entrepreneurship, while security showed a negative effect. In order to improve entrepreneurial satisfaction and achieve business sustainability, we confirmed that it was more important for startups to consider the creativity and business management competences of entrepreneurs rather than pursue business security or have a technology-oriented attitude.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.381-389
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• 2021

The study examines differences in entrepreneurial intentions and its antecedents across countries and cultures. This study uses Ajzen's Theory of Planned Behaviour to compare the entrepreneurial intention of two diverse countries: Saudi Arabia and India. The study uses the non-parametric Mann Whitney U test and Structural Equation Modeling to analyze a sample of university students of the two countries. The study finds significant differences among the students of these two countries. The result indicates that entrepreneurial intention is higher in Indian students than their counterparts in Saudi Arabia. The result further indicates that attitude and perceived behavioral control explains entrepreneurial intention in both the countries. However, social norms are significant in explaining entrepreneurial intention only in India and not in Saudi Arabia. The findings of this study suggest that entrepreneurship has higher social approval in India when compared to Saudi Arabia. Social norms impact entrepreneurial intentions differently for India and Saudi Arabia. The study attributes the results to the differences in per capita income and socio-cultural norms in both countries. This study is one of the few that have explored cross-country entrepreneurial attributes as it addresses the research gap in terms of comparing entrepreneurial intentions of India and Saudi Arabia.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.399-407
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• 2020

The paper examines social entrepreneurial intention through outcome expectations. The proposed model incorporates outcome expectations from social cognitive career theory and theory of planned behaviors. The study also introduces a scale for outcome expectations in social entrepreneurship, including solving social problems, innovation, family tradition of social involvement, meaning in life, prestige and social recognition, competitive and favorite job and wealth. A survey of 279 students was conducted through face-to-face structured interviews. The confirm factor analysis and technique of structural equation modeling were used to explore relationships among latent constructs. Research results show that the outcomes impact only through three determinants of theory of planned behavior and do not have significant impact to social entrepreneurial intention. It suggests that outcome expectations may be a flexible factor. Individual outcome expectations can shift to motivations when facing favorable conditions such as family support, government support, etc. The findings suggest that the ability to predict social entrepreneurial intention of attitude toward behavior, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control. The proposed model in this study contributes importantly to the emerging literature on entrepreneurial intention, particularly to social entrepreneurial intention. This study is also the first quantitative study to measure the impact of outcome expectations on social entrepreneurial intention.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.147-156
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• 2022

The study aims to identify factors that influence university and college students' entrepreneurial intentions in Vietnam's Mekong Delta region. The study examines entrepreneurship mindset, subjective norm, capital sources, concept development assistance, personality qualities, and perceived behavioral control of university support for a student's entrepreneurial aim. The research was conducted according to the quantitative method. The data was collected through an online survey with a sample size of 611 students from 19 universities and colleges in the Mekong Delta region. The methods that test the scale, including Cronbach Alpha Test, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), are used to consider the correlation between the influence factors. The results of SEM analysis show that there are five main factors affecting students' entrepreneurial intention with decreasing level of influence, including the source of capital, perceived behavioral control, business development support, entrepreneurial attitude, and educational support. Besides, the results indicate that the subjective norm, personality traits, and concept development support have no impact on the intention of students toward entrepreneurship. The research also reveals that the entrepreneurial intention of students at universities and colleges has a positive relationship and is significantly affected by capital source and perceived behavioral control.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권11호
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• pp.469-477
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• 2020

The main objective of this paper is to examine the applicability of Linan and Chen's entrepreneurial intention model (EIM) in predicting the entrepreneurial intention. EIM is an adaptation of the Theory of Planned Behavior that focuses on entrepreneurial intention and hypothesizing slightly different patterns of relationship with regards to subjective norms. The model also includes human capital and demographic factors. Snowball sampling method was used to collect data using the entrepreneurial intention questionnaire (EIQ) through several social media platforms. The survey indicates that the overall entrepreneurial intention of Saudi students is high (mean = 5.41). Eight out of the seventeen hypothesized relationships were found to be significant. Among the demographic variables, gender-personal attitude was significant whereas self employment experience and years of business education were found to be significantly related with perceived behavioral control. The statistical analysis using partial least square structural equation modelling validated the model. All the three antecedents of entrepreneurial intention were significantly related with entrepreneurial intention. The results of this study will help policy makers to get deep understanding into the phenomenon of entrepreneurship among Saudi university students and thereby develop a conducive environment. This study also validates the entrepreneurial intention model in a different cultural context.

• 경영과정보연구
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.233-247
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• 2014

본 연구의 목적은 창업을 위한 시장이 확대되고 정부의 지원이 증가하고 있는 시점에서 미래 잠재적 전문 경영인인 대학생들의 창업에 대한 의지에 미치는 요소들에 대해 고찰하고자 하였다. 첫째, 대학교육요소(창업교육, 모의투자대회개최)가 학생들의 창업의지에 미치는 영향에 대해 살펴보고자 한다. 둘째, 대학교육요소가 학생들의 학습태도에 미치는 영향에 대해 살펴보고자 하였다. 셋째, 대학교육요소가 학생들의 자존감에 미치는 영향에 대해 살펴보고자 하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 대학교육요소(창업교육, 모의투자대회개최)에 따라, 대학생들의 창업의지에 차이가 있다는 점이다. 둘째, 대학교육요소에 따라, 대학생들의 학습태도에 차이가 있다는 점이다. 마지막으로, 대학교육요소에 따라, 대학생들의 자존감에 차이가 있다는 점이다. 본 연구의 시사점은, 대학교육요소(창업교육, 모의투자대회개최)가 학생들의 창업의지, 학습태도, 자존감에 영향을 미친다는 것을 다각적으로 밝혀냈다는 점이다. 따라서, 대학의 교육방법이, 학생들에게 창업동기부여와 창업의지를 높이는 효과 그리고 창업인재의 발굴과 대학생에 게 맞는 창업모델을 제시할 수 있어 대학별로 차별화된 대학의 창업문화가 활성화되어야 한다는 측면에서 학문적이고 실무적인 시사점을 얻을 수 있었다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.335-346
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• 2022

Elderly entrepreneurship is becoming increasingly important as a response to the impact of the aging population and the resulting demand on government support systems, as well as a means of ensuring long-term economic and social development. The purpose of this study is to investigate the elderly's entrepreneurial intentions in the hotel and tourism sector in Ma'anshan City, Eastern China. The researcher used an online survey of older people aged 50 to 64 in a tourism destination that is approaching an aging society stage to see if the Theory of Planned Behavior can explain the entrepreneurial ambitions of the elderly in the hospitality and tourism industry. There were 391 questionnaires gathered in all, 367 of which were valid. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and regression analysis. The study reveals that personal attitudes toward entrepreneurial behavior and perceived behavior control are highly influenced by societal norms. It also shows that personal attitude and perceived behavior control are antecedents of the elderly's entrepreneurial intent in this particular industry. This research adds to the research on geriatric entrepreneurship in hospitality and tourism, as well as human resource development for seniors in China, helping to alleviate the country's aging demographic concerns.