• 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