Exploring Motivation and Technological Innovation in Chinese Start-up

ISBN-13: 9783330038592 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 92 str.

Chen Sheng; Felicia Poon

Opis

In this research, the focus of entrepreneurial behaviours was at their start-up stage, these types of entrepreneurs are distinctively known as "Start-up entrepreneur". In recent research pertaining to entrepreneurship, there are gaps in the knowledge regarding the relationship between entrepreneurship and innovation, particularly between the motivations of start-up entrepreneurs and technological innovation. Based on a sample of 152 Chinese start-up entrepreneurs, this study adopted a post-positivist approach and through an exploration of appropriate ontological, epistemological and methodological philosophies, it sought to discover and develop a model linking motivations of start-up entrepreneurs and two types of innovation behaviours. Following an extensive literature review utilising qualitative methods, a research model was developed around eight hypotheses and a questionnaire with 26 items was distributed for data collection. Results from this study would allow the would-be entrepreneur to be better-informed on what it will take to increase the likelihood of entrepreneurial success as ways of social and economic development.

O autorze

Dr. Chen Sheng holds a Ph.D in Strategy & Project Management from SKEMA Business School, France. He also obtained MSc and MBA. Research interests include Management and Innovation. Ms. Felicia Poon holds a MSc in Developmental Psychology. She is a Psychology Lecturer and specializes in the area of Interpersonal Relationships and Social Behaviors.