 THE RISK MANAGEMENT OF THE ENTREPRENEUR: AN ECONOMIC-PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVEJournal of Enterprising Culture (JEC), 1994, vol. 02, issue 02, 735-751 Abstract: The risk management of the entrepreneur is an important factor that can explain the success or failure of a business venture. The problem of risk management is here approached from an economic-psychological perspective. In this study the risk management of entrepreneurs is compared. The entrepreneurs are divided into three subgroups; super-entrepreneurs, small business owner-managers, and failed entrepreneurs (who went bankrupt).In this study, some interesting results are found. There seems to be some differences in how the categories of entrepreneurs manage risk. An entrepreneur’s acceptance of uncertainty, ability to manage risk and perception of the situation are discussed in this paper. In general, the results show the super-entrepreneur as risk aversive and highly motivated, and the success of the business as attributable to this combination. The small business owner-manager prefers control to growth. The failed entrepreneur does not use the social network and has no buffer for problems. Date: 1994 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wsi:jecxxx:v:02:y:1994:i:02:n:s0218495894000239 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1142/S0218495894000239 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC) is currently edited by Teck-Meng Tan More articles in Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC) from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. |
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