Assessing the Factors that Influence Entrepreneurship in Nigeria
The purpose of the paper is to examine factors influencing entrepreneurship both at individual and aggregate level. The approach for data collection has been broken down in two in order to address the differences in using different levels of analysis. At the individual level, survey has been us...
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| author | Abubakar, S. Garba Shazali, Abu Mansor Fariastuti, Djafar |
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| description | The purpose of the paper is to examine factors influencing
entrepreneurship both at individual and aggregate level.
The approach for data collection has been broken
down in two in order to address the differences in using
different levels of analysis. At the individual level, survey
has been used to collect data. Ordinary lease square
method was employed in estimating the coefficients of
the variables in the model. While at the aggregate level,
time series data were collected from various official
sources. Vector autoregressive (VAR) framework was
adopted to systematically capture the rich dynamic
in multiple time series. Start-up capital and gender
were found to be statistically significant in influencing
entrepreneurship at individual level. It is also evident
that most of the entrepreneurs are driven by opportunity
to start up business. The result at the aggregate level
shows that there is long run relationship among the
variables. The positive influence of unemployment on
entrepreneurship is an indication of the presence of
necessity entrepreneurship. Poverty and economic
growth influenced entrepreneurship negatively. Therefore,
the paper reveals the presence of both necessity and
opportunity entrepreneurship in the country. There is
paucity of studies on this area that integrate individual
and aggregate level. Therefore, the paper attempts to fill
this research gap and to provide holistic information on
entrepreneurship in Nigeria context. |
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| spelling | unimas-179592017-10-11T01:01:37Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17959/ Assessing the Factors that Influence Entrepreneurship in Nigeria Abubakar, S. Garba Shazali, Abu Mansor Fariastuti, Djafar H Social Sciences (General) The purpose of the paper is to examine factors influencing entrepreneurship both at individual and aggregate level. The approach for data collection has been broken down in two in order to address the differences in using different levels of analysis. At the individual level, survey has been used to collect data. Ordinary lease square method was employed in estimating the coefficients of the variables in the model. While at the aggregate level, time series data were collected from various official sources. Vector autoregressive (VAR) framework was adopted to systematically capture the rich dynamic in multiple time series. Start-up capital and gender were found to be statistically significant in influencing entrepreneurship at individual level. It is also evident that most of the entrepreneurs are driven by opportunity to start up business. The result at the aggregate level shows that there is long run relationship among the variables. The positive influence of unemployment on entrepreneurship is an indication of the presence of necessity entrepreneurship. Poverty and economic growth influenced entrepreneurship negatively. Therefore, the paper reveals the presence of both necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship in the country. There is paucity of studies on this area that integrate individual and aggregate level. Therefore, the paper attempts to fill this research gap and to provide holistic information on entrepreneurship in Nigeria context. Publishingindia.com 2013 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17959/1/a8908eb3264a5cd0a7eb52b3bfc4c543.pdf Abubakar, S. Garba and Shazali, Abu Mansor and Fariastuti, Djafar (2013) Assessing the Factors that Influence Entrepreneurship in Nigeria. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Management, 2 (3). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2277-6850 http://www.publishingindia.com/jem/50/assessing-the-factors-that-influence-entrepreneurship-in-nigeria/256/1913/ |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) Abubakar, S. Garba Shazali, Abu Mansor Fariastuti, Djafar Assessing the Factors that Influence Entrepreneurship in Nigeria |
| title | Assessing the Factors that Influence Entrepreneurship in Nigeria |
| title_full | Assessing the Factors that Influence Entrepreneurship in Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the Factors that Influence Entrepreneurship in Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the Factors that Influence Entrepreneurship in Nigeria |
| title_short | Assessing the Factors that Influence Entrepreneurship in Nigeria |
| title_sort | assessing the factors that influence entrepreneurship in nigeria |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) |
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