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Amanda Collins - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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developing entrepreneurship in west yorkshire west yorkshire universities partnership and Business start up leeds met
Journal of Education and Training, 2003Co-Authors: Martyn Robertson, Amanda CollinsAbstract:West Yorkshire universities together with Yorkshire Forward, the Regional Development Agency (RDA) for Yorkshire and Humberside, are collaborating on a graduate entrepreneurship programme. This paper outlines the national and regional context for the role of entrepreneurial education in producing new Business and a climate in which creativity and innovation may thrive.
Martyn Robertson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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developing entrepreneurship in west yorkshire west yorkshire universities partnership and Business start up leeds met
Journal of Education and Training, 2003Co-Authors: Martyn Robertson, Amanda CollinsAbstract:West Yorkshire universities together with Yorkshire Forward, the Regional Development Agency (RDA) for Yorkshire and Humberside, are collaborating on a graduate entrepreneurship programme. This paper outlines the national and regional context for the role of entrepreneurial education in producing new Business and a climate in which creativity and innovation may thrive.
Mark N.k. Saunders - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Professionalization of the Business Start-up process
Strategic Change, 2005Co-Authors: Richard Beresford, Mark N.k. SaundersAbstract:* The UK has no shortage of Business Start-ups: the Small Business Service estimated that at the start of 2003 there were 4.0 million active enterprises and of these, approximately 99% were classified as small (0–49 employees). The Bank of England (2004) estimate that during 2003 there were 465?000 Start-ups, an increase of 19% on 2002. Average survival rates for Businesses (1992–2001) indicate that more than half fail within three years of formation. Further, there is a general agreement that for micro Businesses the failure rate is higher, one-third failing within the first year. * Much of this failure has been blamed on a lack of Business and management skills amongst owner managers. These people often describe themselves by their technical discipline rather than as a Business person or manager, and tend to have an unwillingness to engage with training providers. It is suggested that this unwillingness is symptomatic of a culture of self-deception, which pervades the sector. This is despite 77% of owner managers believing their own Business management capabilities to be the most important factor for Business survival and growth. * Where Business and management training has been taken up, its impact has proven sub-optimal, with little evidence of benefit perceived by owner managers. To this extent providers could be viewed as complicit in the maintenance of a culture of fire fighting within micro firms. * This paper discusses an alternative training programme?—?Sustainability Support for Small Business (S3). This provides help to new Businesses over a four-month pre-Start-up period and the first three years of operations. The programme addresses participants' short-term, immediate Business needs by focusing on key Business documents and facilitating reflection on the part of the owner manager, developing a more professional approach to Start-up. This programme was trialled throughout 2003 using a cohort of 147 micro Businesses. Subsequent evaluation revealed a one-year Business survival rate of 86%. The programme received a 95% approval rating from participants in their post-programme evaluation. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Peter Makin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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barriers encountered during micro and small Business start up in north west england
Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 2000Co-Authors: Sandra L Fielden, Marilyn J Davidson, Peter MakinAbstract:The success or failure of a new Business is often dependent on overcoming a series of potential barriers, eg securing sufficient financial backing, adequate and appropriate guidance and training etc. Yet, in light of the substantial growth rate of micro and small Businesses, there has been little research into the experiences of potential and new Business owners during the start‐up of such enterprises. To date there has been no systematic study of this group in the UK, and many questions remain unanswered. This study of micro and small Business during the initialisation and formation of new venture creation (eg pre‐start‐up, 0‐6 months and 6‐12 months∥ sought to answer some of those questions. It identifies the needs of new Business owners, the barriers they encounter, and the strategies they use to overcome those obstacles. The findings indicate that financial difficulties and the attitudes of banks towards new Business owners are the main barriers to successful enterprise creation, with mentors and more specific advice cited as the assistance regarded as affording the greatest benefit to potential and new Business owners. In addition, small and micro Business owners are going out of Business, or are unable to fulfil their potential, because they are denied access to those factors that promote success.
Joachim Merz - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Business Start-up How to Become an Entrepreneur, How to Become a Professional?
1999Co-Authors: Joachim MerzAbstract:In our study: "How to become an entrepreneur, how to become a professional?" We would like to present, after a brief empirical presentation of the development of the entrepreneurs and professions in Germany, a manual on how to reach entrepreneurial or professional self-employment. We would like to offer information and advise in the form of a practical overview about ideas, planning, realisation and management of a Business Start-up. In addition we would like to provide an address-list of relevant institutions and helpful internet-links.