Obstacles of the Development of Innovative Business Ideas: A Survey on Students of Entrepreneurship Education

Year 2017, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 120 - 135, 26.12.2017

Engin Özgül , Nuray Turan Mustafa Yaşar Tınar

https://doi.org/10.31006/gipad.364570

Abstract

One of the most important conditions for the sustainable entrepreneurship process is to develop high potential innovative business ideas. The excess of these obstacles encountered at the beginning of the entrepreneurship process negatively affects the formation of qualified enterprises. In the study, the relationship between obstacles of business idea development, innovative levels of individuals, entrepreneurial competence, intention and potentials were examined. In the study of individuals graduating from the Entrepreneurship Academy of Dokuz Eylül University, entrepreneurship obstacles were collected in five different groups. According to the analysis results, there is a non-linear relationship between business idea obstacles and entrepreneurial potential, competence and intention and individual innovation level. According to this, it was found that the obstacle perception is the highest within the people who have moderate entrepreneurship intention and potential the groups with low intention and potential do not care about obstacles; the groups with highest intention and potential have lowest obstacle perception. Furthermore, it was stated that entrepreneurship intention, competence and innovation level were the significant predictors of entrepreneurship potential.

Keywords

Entrepreneurship, Business Idea Obstacles, Individual Innovativeness

Yenilikçi İş Fikri Geliştirme Engelleri: Girişimcilik Eğitimi Alan Öğrenciler Üzerine Bir Araştırma

Abstract

Sürdürülebilir
girişimcilik süreci için en önemli koşullardan birisi yüksek potansiyeli olan
yenilikçi iş fikirleri geliştirmektir. Girişimcilik sürecinin başında
karşılaşılan bu engellerin fazlalığı, nitelikli girişimlerin oluşmasını olumsuz
etkilemektedir. Çalışmada, iş fikri geliştirme engellerinin, bireylerin
yenilikçi düzeyleri, girişimcilik yetenek ve potansiyelleri arasındaki
ilişkiler incelenmiştir. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Girişimcilik Akademisi’nden
mezun olan bireyler üzerinde yapılan çalışmada, iş fikri engelleri beş farklı
grupta toplanmıştır. Analiz sonuçlarına göre, iş fikri engelleri ile
girişimcilik potansiyeli, yetkinliği ve niyeti ile bireyin yenilikçilik düzeyi
arasında doğrusal olmayan bir ilişki saptanmıştır. Buna göre, girişimcilik niyeti
ve potansiyeli orta düzeyde olan bireylerin iş fikri engel algısının en yüksek
olduğu; niyet ve potansiyeli düşük bireylerin bu engelleri fazla önemsemediği;
niyet ve potansiyeli yüksek bireylerin ise engel algılarının en düşük düzeyde
gerçekleştiği ortaya konmuştur. Ayrıca, girişimcilik niyeti, yetkinliği ve
bireyin yenilikçilik düzeyinin, bireyin girişimcilik potansiyelini saptamada
anlamlı değişkenler olduğu saptanmıştır.

Keywords

Girişimcilik, İş Fikri Engelleri, Bireysel Yenilikçilik

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