Effect of Entrepreneur Network and Entrepreneur Self-efficacy on Subjective Performance

Keerti Prajapati and Saswata Narayan Biswas
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Keerti Prajapati: Keerti Prajapati is participant of the Fellow Programame in Rural Management
Saswata Narayan Biswas: Saswata Narayan Biswas is Professor at Institute of Rural Management, Anand, India

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, 2011, vol. 20, issue 2, 227-247

Abstract: The article presents results of a study on the impact of entrepreneurial demographic characteristics (age, experience and education), entrepreneurial network structure (size, density and centrality), entrepreneurial network types (competitive and supportive) and entrepreneurial self-efficacy on subjective performance. The sample consisted of 148 micro and small enterprises in a textile handicraft and handloom cluster in Kutch, Gujarat, India. Regression analysis results suggested that size, density, centrality, entrepreneur self-efficacy, competitive network and supportive network predicted subjective performance significantly and together they accounted for about 56 per cent of the variance in the dependent variable. However, the unique contribution of the demographic variables and supportive network was not significant. Results are explained in the light of the theory of social capital and the entrepreneur cognitive theory. The research has implications for policymaking, research and entrepreneurship training and education.

Keywords: entrepreneur network; entrepreneur self-efficacy; handicraft and hand-loom cluster; Kutch–Gujarat; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1177/097135571102000204

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