Impact of Entrepreneurship Support on Entrepreneurship Performance: A Sequential Exploratory Study
Entrepreneurship support is undoubtedly necessary but often fails to meet expectations. To investigate the reasons behind this, a sequential exploratory methodology, with both qualitative and quantitative data, was used in this research. Within the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem (EE) paradigm, a concept...
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| description | Entrepreneurship support is undoubtedly necessary but often fails to meet expectations. To investigate the reasons behind this, a sequential exploratory methodology, with both qualitative and quantitative data, was used in this research. Within the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem (EE) paradigm, a conceptual model linking the macro environment, support system, support received, and entrepreneurship performance was developed based on qualitative data from 56 entrepreneurs’ responses and three in-depth interviews in Study 1. Then empirical data from a survey of 244 entrepreneurs was used to validate the model in Study 2. The findings identified two reasons for the ineffectiveness of entrepreneurship policies. One is the constraint imposed by the macro environment, which presents significant challenges for improvement, and the other arises from the policies themselves, which are improvable and require targeted attention. The research reminds policymakers to consider not only the quantity of support but also its quality. Our study refines the EE Microfoundation theory, particularly the causal and mediating mechanisms linking entrepreneurs to their EE. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-befaf5702e784592a02c0516858070cc2025-01-24T13:15:20ZengMDPI AGAdministrative Sciences2076-33872025-01-011511610.3390/admsci15010016Impact of Entrepreneurship Support on Entrepreneurship Performance: A Sequential Exploratory StudyRui Xiong0Hongyi Sun1Department of Systems Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, ChinaDepartment of Systems Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, ChinaEntrepreneurship support is undoubtedly necessary but often fails to meet expectations. To investigate the reasons behind this, a sequential exploratory methodology, with both qualitative and quantitative data, was used in this research. Within the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem (EE) paradigm, a conceptual model linking the macro environment, support system, support received, and entrepreneurship performance was developed based on qualitative data from 56 entrepreneurs’ responses and three in-depth interviews in Study 1. Then empirical data from a survey of 244 entrepreneurs was used to validate the model in Study 2. The findings identified two reasons for the ineffectiveness of entrepreneurship policies. One is the constraint imposed by the macro environment, which presents significant challenges for improvement, and the other arises from the policies themselves, which are improvable and require targeted attention. The research reminds policymakers to consider not only the quantity of support but also its quality. Our study refines the EE Microfoundation theory, particularly the causal and mediating mechanisms linking entrepreneurs to their EE.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/15/1/16entrepreneurship supportsequential exploratory studyentrepreneurship ecosystem microfoundationentrepreneurship policy quality |
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| title | Impact of Entrepreneurship Support on Entrepreneurship Performance: A Sequential Exploratory Study |
| title_full | Impact of Entrepreneurship Support on Entrepreneurship Performance: A Sequential Exploratory Study |
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| title_short | Impact of Entrepreneurship Support on Entrepreneurship Performance: A Sequential Exploratory Study |
| title_sort | impact of entrepreneurship support on entrepreneurship performance a sequential exploratory study |
| topic | entrepreneurship support sequential exploratory study entrepreneurship ecosystem microfoundation entrepreneurship policy quality |
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