Conference paper
A preliminary study of entrepreneurial development in Singapore and Australia
26th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (Perth, Western Australia, 05/12/2012–07/12/2012)
2012
Abstract
Our study attempts to examine differences in the entrepreneurial development between Singapore and Australia. We focus on both external social-cultural environment for entrepreneurs and internal entrepreneurial characteristics of individuals in these two countries. The results of our study show that from the external perspective, there is a relatively less favorable social-cultural climate to encourage people to have their own businesses in Singapore, which is reflected by the lower social status of entrepreneurs, and the less desirability of creating ventures as a career choice in Singapore than in Australia. However, there is more media publicity for successful entrepreneur stories in Singapore. From the internal perspective, Singaporeans generally have lower self-evaluated skills related to starting new businesses than Australians, as well as a lower sense of entrepreneurial opportunities and lower tolerance for failure.
Details
- Title
- A preliminary study of entrepreneurial development in Singapore and Australia
- Authors/Creators
- F. Huang (Author/Creator)J. Rice (Author/Creator)
- Conference
- 26th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (Perth, Western Australia, 05/12/2012–07/12/2012)
- Identifiers
- 991005541553407891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
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