Action and action-regulation in entrepreneurship: Evaluating a student training for promoting entrepreneurship

MM Gielnik, M Frese, A Kahara-Kawuki… - … Learning & Education, 2015 - journals.aom.org
Action plays a central role in entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education. Based on
action regulation theory, we developed an action-based entrepreneurship training. The …

Increasing personal initiative in small business managers or owners leads to entrepreneurial success: A theory-based controlled randomized field intervention for …

ME Glaub, M Frese, S Fischer… - Academy of Management …, 2014 - journals.aom.org
We seek to contribute to evidence-based teaching for management by providing an example
of translating a theory into an evidence-based intervention by developing action principles; …

A temporal analysis of how entrepreneurial goal intentions, positive fantasies, and action planning affect starting a new venture and when the effects wear off

MM Gielnik, S Barabas, M Frese… - Journal of Business …, 2014 - Elsevier
The road from intentions to actions and new venture creation is long. So far, the literature
has provided insights into action-regulatory factors that contribute to new venture creation …

Beyond necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship: motivations and aspirations of young entrepreneurs in Uganda

T Langevang, R Namatovu… - International …, 2012 - liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
Enhancing the private sector, and especially entrepreneurship, has become a key feature of
development policy in recent years. In many African countries, entrepreneurship is promoted …

Entrepreneurial Motivation in Developing Countries: What Does' Necessity'and'Opportunity'Entrepreneurship Really Mean?

P Rosa, SS Kodithuwakku… - Babson College …, 2006 - papers.ssrn.com
The paper examines the relationship between the state of necessity and entrepreneurial
activity, through qualitative case studies from Uganda and Sri Lanka, and a survey of 1006 …

The context of social capital: A comparison of rural and urban entrepreneurs in Uganda

G Rooks, K Klyver… - … theory and Practice, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Classical network theory states that social networks are a form of capital because they
provide access to resources. In this article, we propose that network effects differ between …

Unpacking the personal initiative–performance relationship: A multi‐group analysis of innovation by Ugandan rural and urban entrepreneurs

G Rooks, A Sserwanga, M Frese - Applied Psychology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This article considers determinants of innovative performance of entrepreneurs in
developing countries. Innovation is viewed from a personal initiative perspective. We …

Entrepreneurship studies

P Rosa, DD Caulkins - A companion to organizational …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter reviews the past and present contribution of social anthropology to mainstream
entrepreneurship research since it took off as an important business discipline in the 1980s …

[PDF][PDF] Firm capabilities, entrepreneurial competency and performance of Ugandan SMEs

E Abaho, S Aarakit, JM Ntayi, M Kisubi - Business Management Review, 2016 - zbw.eu
This paper is based on a study that examined the relationship between the firms'
capabilities, entrepreneurial competency and performance of Small and Medium Enterprises …

[PDF][PDF] Towards enhancing business survival and growth rates in ldcs: an exploratory study of the drivers of business failure among SMES in Kampala-Uganda

S Nangoli, DD Turinawe, GM Kituyi… - International Journal of …, 2013 - academia.edu
Existing studies indicate that the survival and growth of small and Medium Size Enterprises
(SMEs) significantly accounts for the economic performance of LDCs like Uganda. However …