Entrepreneurial motives and characteristics: An analysis of small restaurant owners
Entrepreneurial motives and characteristics: An analysis of small restaurant owners
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ijhm.2013.07.002
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发表时间：
2013-12-01
影响因子：
11.7
通讯作者：
Elston, Julie Ann
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作者：
Chen, Sandy C.;Elston, Julie Ann
本研究的目的是为了了解中国小餐馆老板的特点。该研究的数据是在中国三个省的四个城市通过调查问卷手工收集的。我们发现了三个主要结果。首先，小餐馆企业家的特点是三种不同的动机之一，即他们是自主寻求者，家庭保护者或利润寻求者。其次，它们的资金来源主要是私人而非机构。第三，创业是家庭收入的主要来源。这些发现对发展中国餐饮业的发展计划、融资和教育具有启示意义。这项研究似乎是第一次对中国餐饮业小企业主的创业活动进行实证调查。Elsevier Ltd.出版。
The purpose of this study was to gain information about the characteristics of small restaurant owners in China. The data for the study were hand-collected by survey questionnaires in four cities across three provinces in China. We found three main results. First, small restaurant entrepreneurs were characterized by one of three distinct motives in that they were autonomy seekers, family protectors, or profit seekers. Second, their funding sources were predominantly private rather than institutional. And third, the entrepreneurial business was the main source of the family's income. These findings have implications for development programs, financing, and education in developing China's restaurant industry. This study appears to be the first to investigate empirically entrepreneurial activity among small business owners in the Chinese restaurant industry. Published by Elsevier Ltd.