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Antecedents of entrepreneurial processes of causation and opportunity recognition in building material retail trade in Nigeria


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Makama, Adamu Ado and Abdul, Mohani B. and Sambasivan, Murali and Raja Yusof, Raja Nerina (2016) Antecedents of entrepreneurial processes of causation and opportunity recognition in building material retail trade in Nigeria. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 7 (3). pp. 66-70. ISSN 2039-9340; ESSN: 2039-2117

Abstract

Entrepreneurial opportunity has been a highly contentious construct among entrepreneurial scholars. Some argue that opportunity is objective - it exists independent of entrepreneurs and it can be exploited through the causation process (consistent with opportunity as discovery) which is based on rational decision model. Some argue that opportunity cannot exist independent of entrepreneurs. The basic objective of this study is to conduct a quantitative study to examine the antecedents of causation and study the impact of causation on opportunity recognition. The antecedents examined in this study are: entrepreneur’s education, entrepreneur’s special education, entrepreneur’s personality traits, and entrepreneur’s management skills. The population for this study was Nigerian entrepreneurs dealing in building materials. A questionnaire was designed and sent to 1,950 Entrepreneurs in the Building Material Industry Trade. Results of the study indicate that (1) the antecedents influence causation process and (2) causation process influences entrepreneur’s ability to recognize opportunities.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Economics and Management
Putra Business School
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n3p66
Publisher: Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research
Keywords: Causation; Antecedents; Opportunity recognition; Nigeria
Depositing User: Mohd Hafiz Che Mahasan
Date Deposited: 13 Aug 2018 07:45
Last Modified: 13 Aug 2018 07:45
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55070
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