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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ICMSS.2009.5303646
