DocumentCode
2143347
Title
The Micro Mechanism of Entrepreneurial Decision Making: Causal Model Validation
Author
Miao, Qin ; Yu, Chen
Author_Institution
Inst. of Human Resource Manage., Zhejiang SciTech Univ., Hangzhou, China
fYear
2009
fDate
20-22 Sept. 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
According to 277 entrepreneurial questionnaires, this article testified the causal model of micro mechanism on the entrepreneurial decision making. The result of structural equation modeling indicated entrepreneurial alertness and prior knowledge were the direct factor to the entrepreneurial opportunity recognition. They influenced the entrepreneurial decision via the variables of opportunity recognition. Thus, opportunity recognition played a mediating role in the full model.
Keywords
causality; decision making; innovation management; knowledge management; risk management; causal model validation; entrepreneurial alertness; entrepreneurial decision making; entrepreneurial knowledge; entrepreneurial opportunity recognition; structural equation modeling; Character recognition; Decision making; Equations; Human resource management; Investments; Profitability; Sampling methods; Sufficient conditions; Target recognition; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Management and Service Science, 2009. MASS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location
Wuhan
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4638-4
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-4639-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICMSS.2009.5303646
Filename
5303646
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