Entrepreneurship Readiness in Turkey: Profiles from Istanbul-Kayseri-Van Provinces

Entrepreneurship Readiness in Turkey: Profiles from Istanbul-Kayseri-Van Provinces

Leyla Tulunay, Semra Güney, M. Kemal Öktem
ISBN13: 9781466647312|ISBN10: 1466647310|EISBN13: 9781466647329
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4731-2.ch020
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Tulunay, Leyla, et al. "Entrepreneurship Readiness in Turkey: Profiles from Istanbul-Kayseri-Van Provinces." Effective Human Resources Management in Small and Medium Enterprises: Global Perspectives, edited by Carolina Machado and Pedro Melo, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 415-426. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4731-2.ch020

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Tulunay, L., Güney, S., & Öktem, M. K. (2014). Entrepreneurship Readiness in Turkey: Profiles from Istanbul-Kayseri-Van Provinces. In C. Machado & P. Melo (Eds.), Effective Human Resources Management in Small and Medium Enterprises: Global Perspectives (pp. 415-426). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4731-2.ch020

Chicago

Tulunay, Leyla, Semra Güney, and M. Kemal Öktem. "Entrepreneurship Readiness in Turkey: Profiles from Istanbul-Kayseri-Van Provinces." In Effective Human Resources Management in Small and Medium Enterprises: Global Perspectives, edited by Carolina Machado and Pedro Melo, 415-426. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4731-2.ch020

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Abstract

The target group of the study is composed of the entrepreneurs having business in manufacturing and services in Istanbul (Marmara Region), Kayseri (Central Anatolia Region), and Van (Eastern Anatolia Region), Turkey. Istanbul is a first degree developed city, Kayseri is a second degree developed city, and Van is a fifth degree developed city. A questionnaire having three parts was developed to collect data for the study. The first part of the questionnaire was about the factors influencing the decisions of establishment of a new business, the second part was about the personality characteristics, and the third part was about the demographic features of the entrepreneurs. One-hundred-seventy-eight questionnaires were collected from the companies in the targeted regions, and their results are analyzed statistically.

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