...Ram Nundanga Purpose This study provides valuable insights aimed at improving the understanding of the entrepreneurial motivation within rural artisanal clusters in emerging economies. Design/methodology/approach Primary data were collected from 126 rural carpentry entrepreneurs...

... because and despite the unique set of challenges they face. Design/methodology/approach We undertake a qualitative study focusing on IFE in the Indian context. Using the abilities–motivation–opportunity (AMO) framework as a theoretical lens, we interviewed 14 IFEs to gain insights...

...Peter John Kuvshinikov; Joseph Timothy Kuvshinikov Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the insights of founding entrepreneurs to understand what they consider as motivating factors in their decision to act upon entrepreneurial intentions. Using this information, the entrepreneurial...

.../value This conceptual paper gives a new direction to how collective entrepreneurial processes and outcomes can be understood. Self-determination theory and relationship-focused theory, in unison, can be useful in analyzing the role of intrinsic motivators, extrinsic motivators, and relationships during...

...Claudia Gomez; B. Yasanthi Perera; Judith Y. Wesinger; David H. Tobey Individuals' motivations as they relate to social capital involve a variable that is rarely, if ever, considered – that is, individual agency. Thus, this research contributes this perspective to the immigrant entrepreneurship...

... as the standard image of the small business owner‐manager. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Ethics Social responsibility Profit maximisation Motivation Small firms Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Volume 8, Number 2 Social responsibility, profit maximisation and the small firm owner...