Enhancement of Competitiveness of Border Trade Entrepreneurs: Case Study of Su-Ngai Kolok Checkpoint, Narathiwat Province

This research aimed to analyze the enhancement of competitiveness among fruit and vegetable export entrepreneurs,with the case study of the Su-ngai Kolok checkpoint in Narathiwat Province.This research focused on three objectives:(1)examining how competitiveness is enhanced through government support and the development of border trade zones,(2)studying the supply chain dynamics,including strategic factors and opportunities in agricultural product management,and(3)developing a model for border trade to strengthen exporters’capabilities.The research employed qualitative methods,with data collected from 25 informants through interviews and employed descriptive methods.The research results revealed that:(1)government agencies play a crucial role in improving competitiveness by developing border economic zones and trade policies;additionally,(2)the research highlighted the importance of strategic partnerships,network building,and efficient logistics along the value chain;(3)the proposed Border Trade Model includes elements for instance government policy,partnerships,entrepreneurial potential,and transportation channels,aiming to enhance the overall efficiency and effectiveness of vegetable and fruit exporters in the region.

Influence of Reading Behavior of Entrepreneurs on Their Entrepreneurial Performance: Empirical Study of Chongqing

In the context of economic downward and industrial structural adjustment,cultural level of entrepreneurs exerts direct influence on entrepreneurial results,while reading behavior of entrepreneurs is closed connected with cultural level of entrepreneurs. Therefore,it is of utmost importance to analyze the relation between reading behavior and entrepreneurial performance. Based on the survey data of 200 enterprises in one- hour economic circle of Chongqing,this paper analyzed three dimensions of reading behavior of entrepreneurs: reading subjects,reading media,and reading environment. It analyzed the relation between these three indicators and entrepreneurial performance. It further divided entrepreneurial performance into survival performance and financial performance. Finally,it came up with following conclusions:( i) good reading exerts significantly positive effect on survival performance of entrepreneurial enterprises;( ii) suitable reading environment plays a positive role in financial performance of entrepreneurial enterprises.

Motives and Commitment of Entrepreneurs in Hospitality/Tourism Firms in Port Harcourt

This aim of this study is to provide both theoretical and empirical insights on entrepreneurs’ motives and commitments in the hospitality and tourism industry in Nigeria, using simple descriptive statistics and complemented with interviews. The study adopted an exploratory research methodology to explore the phenomena of motives and commitment, using descriptive statistics, particularly mea, and standard deviation to present the extent of occurrences in the study subject. The study is based on a sample of 120 entrepreneurs who are owners of small restaurants in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The results show that entrepreneurs in the hospitality industry are mostly motivated by family related factors such as family tradition, family situation, family line of business, and family prestige. Societal factors are more prominent in the list than both personal and income, financial considerations. The least considered factor that motivates a business start-up is finance or income. The results also suggest that although, entrepreneurs are highly committed to starting and growing their own businesses and are willing to do anything that will help achieve this objective including significant personal sacrifices, they are however, not willing to compromise their family lives.

Alibaba: Inspiring African Entrepreneurs

IN November 2017,I and a group of more than 20 other African entrepreneurs flew into Shanghai as guests of Alibaba,the global e-commerce company based in China.We were the first batch of applicants for the Alibaba eFounders Fellowship,a program designed by Alibaba to promote e-commerce around the world by exposing entrepreneurs to Alibaba’s extensive knowledge and experience with e-commerce in China.

Entrepreneurs' Ability of Specialized Farmer Cooperatives and Its Influencing Factors

In the context of alienation of cooperative development in China,the concept of cooperative entrepreneurs' ability was expounded based on the theory of entrepreneurial competence,and then factors restricting the development of cooperative entrepreneurs' ability in China were analyzed. Finally,some countermeasures were put forward.

Analysis of Managing Creativity for Entrepreneurs

In Indonesia, open unemployment until August 2011 was 7,700,086. Although this number has decreased compared with the number of unemployed in February 2011, which is 8,117,631, but the decline is not very significant. Unemployment occurs because labor forces are not absorbed into employment. One way to reduce unemployment is to open their own employment or become entrepreneurs. In fact, the government of Indonesia has made some efforts to the growth of new entrepreneurs, for example, by providing funding for student entrepreneurship program to a number of universities in Indonesia. However, efforts by the government are useless if there is no intention in the individual itself, and there are five factors driving intention in entrepreneurship, which invest, creativity, market opportunity, autonomy, status. Meanwhile, some researchers have conducted research about factor which driving the entrepreneurial intention. The result of that research shows that the most encouraging factor is the creativity. However, creativity must be managed properly in order to give optimal results This article wants to analyze the management of creativity among entrepreneurs in order to give optimal results. The research was conducted among young entrepreneurs, which are still a college student or had graduated from college. The total informants for this research are five informants from three private universities/colleges. This research used interview to collect data. This study attempted to process qualitative data obtained from interviews with young entrepreneurs. The result of this research is all of the respondents use some techniques to maintain and enhance creativity, such as ＂allow you to creative＂, ＂think out of the box＂, and ＂be persistent＂. From the findings of this study, it also can be seen that the young entrepreneurs are able to overcome the barriers to creativity, ＂believing that I am not creative＇

Transformational Leadership： The Emerging Leadership Style of Successful Entrepreneurs

This research was conducted to identify the emerging leadership style being practiced by successful entrepreneurs and the leadership behavior they frequently applied. Since, leadership style and behavior has a huge influence to the success of the entrepreneur＇s enterprise. One hundred and fifty （150） successful entrepreneurs was the respondent of this study and they were survey and interviewed about their actual leadership style and practices. The research design was qualitative-descriptive type of research with the use of the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire 5X （MLQ 5X） as the survey instrument to collect data regarding leadership styles of successful entrepreneurs. An interview guide questions was likewise utilized for validating the result of the study. An in-depth semi-structured interview was also conducted to 30 entrepreneurs from the 150 respondents. Findings of the study revealed that a successful entrepreneur exhibits a noticeably higher inclination toward transformational leadership and they consistently rated themselves higher in inspirational motivation for their leadership behavior. Therefore, the emerging leadership style of successful entrepreneurs is the transformational leadership and the leadership behavior that they frequently use is the inspirational motivation. Furthermore, the aimed of this study is to explore practices of transformational leadership behavior of successful entrepreneurs from entrepreneur＇s perspective.

Successful Entrepreneurs： Its Leadership Style and Actual Practices

Entrepreneurs are facing pressures related to sustainability, quality assurance, and the ability to meet client expectations. Such pressures require effective leadership to lead, change, and improve enterprise performance in order to meet the demand for current and future business. Many of the new changes that are occurring in business today are transformational. They are driven by the environment and client need. The entrepreneur may not know the exact outcome at first, because it emerges throughout the process. It requires a fundamental change in their mindset and organizational culture, and requires continual course corrections to the change process. This research was conducted to help the aspiring entrepreneurs to develop and improve their leadership style. One hundred and fifty successful Bicolano entrepreneurs were surveyed and interviewed about their actual leadership styles and practices and this was the basis for developing a leadership program for aspiring or future entrepreneurs. Transformational leadership was the leadership style fairly often use of the successful entrepreneurs and this is characterized as being optimist about future of their business, enthusiastic about what needs to be accomplished, articulate a compelling vision of the future and expresses confidence that goals will be achieved.

A Study into the Wealth of Successful Technology Entrepreneurs in the UK

This paper describes an academic study into the wealth of successful technology entrepreneurs in the United Kingdom.Here we are concerned with the dimensions of wealth in terms of its measurement.The methodology used involved three stages to determine the nature of the wealth involved.Initial sources(predominantly literature)and further sources(mainly business information)were considered in stage one to understand the measurement of the wealth of successful technology entrepreneurs.Analysis and synthesis of data undertaken in stage two determined the net wealth for technology entrepreneurs in different areas of activity.The nature and importance of the measurement of the wealth of technology entrepreneurs were examined in stage three to formulate conclusions.The research question investigated“what is the average net wealth of successful technology entrepreneurs in the United Kingdom?”The contribution of the study is to bring together findings of the research in terms of the measurement of the wealth of successful technology entrepreneurs.

Traps Confronting O2O Entrepreneurs

O2O industry is surging in 2015,while 020 companies face fiercer competition.Though those startups got several rounds of financing,they still need to solve different problems one by one and move on.1Vicious competitionHunter poaching bears the brunt to become the most severe challenge for O2O entrepreneurs.

Household Electrical Entrepreneurs on WTO Entry

ChinaisdeterminedtoentertheWTObeforetheendoftheyeaLandtothisendhasmadegreatconcessions,includingopeningthetelecommunications,banking,insuranceandagricultUresectors.InAPril,PremierZhuRongjivisitedtheUnitedStates,andduringthevisit,theBilateralAgricultu...

Pooling Wisdom and Strength, Promoting Win-Win Cooperation——Keynote Speech at the Chinese-German Small and Medium-sized Entrepreneurs Dialogue

In this warm spring season, I am happy to join all of you for the Chinese-German Small and Medium-sized Entrepreneurs (SME) Dialogue jointly sponsored by CAFIU and the Adenauer Foundation of Germany. We all know that the past year of 2012 was the 40 th anniversary of the establishing of