Improving Entrepreneurial Competency in Low-Income Segments: The Impact of Entrepreneurial Development Agents

René Díaz-Pichardo (), Nicolás Gutiérrez () and Juan Arriaga-Múzquiz ()
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René Díaz-Pichardo: Groupe ESC Troyes
Nicolás Gutiérrez: Universidad de las Américas Puebla
Juan Arriaga-Múzquiz: EGADE Business School-Tecnológico de Monterrey

Chapter Chapter 10 in Social Entrepreneurship, 2014, pp 221-237 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Micro-enterprises, with fewer than ten employees, are responsible for most new jobs in emerging economies. Unfortunately, low-income entrepreneurs frequently lack enough entrepreneurial competency to survive and expand. The research presented in this chapter aims to evaluate the importance of entrepreneurial development agencies at the base of the pyramid. Structural equation modelling with survey data from enterprises participating in an entrepreneurship education process in Mexico provides evidence of the positive and significant impact of entrepreneurial development agencies on performance, with the mediating effect of market-product innovation and market orientation.

Keywords: Contextual Factor; Market Orientation; Entrepreneurial Orientation; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-01396-1_10

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