Learning mode of small business owners in Belgium

Annick Willem and Herman van Den Broeck

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2009, vol. 7, issue 1, 92-106

Abstract: The aim of the paper is to explore the learning mode of small business owners from a theoretical stance and based on empirical evidence. We distinguish between the required learning mode, the actual learning mode and the supported learning mode. Data were collected using the focus group method in a very heterogeneous sample of Belgian small business owners. The results indicate several gaps between the required, actual and supported learning modes, of which many are due to unawareness of learning needs and lack of reflective learning among small business owners. The data also indicate, among others, that solutions to fill learning gaps proposed in the literature are not applicable to all owners, e.g., not all owners are able to learn through networks.

Keywords: Belgium; learning capability; learning modes; learning gaps; learning process; learning support; reflective learning; research paper; small business owners; focus groups; entrepreneurship. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=21611 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:7:y:2009:i:1:p:92-106

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sarah Parker ().