Exploring the antecedents of entrepreneurship success in information technology firms in Nigeria

IF 1.2 Q4 MANAGEMENT Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI:10.1080/23322373.2021.1902210

Akinyele Okeremi, Kwasi Amoako-Gyampah, Livingstone Divine Caesar

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ABSTRACT We examine four antecedents of IT entrepreneurship success in Nigeria. Particularly, two of the investigated antecedents are general human capital factors (i.e., having experience with entrepreneurial parents and business training) and the other two (IT education and spirituality) are specific to IT entrepreneurship and the Nigerian context. In a quantitative study of 167 IT entrepreneurs in Nigeria, we found that the general factors are more important determinants of success among IT entrepreneurs in Nigeria than the specific ones. There is corroboration between our findings and the developed economy literature which provides ample evidence of a positive relationship between having experience with entrepreneurial parents and entrepreneurship success. Before our findings, limited knowledge existed on the complexity of this orthodoxy in developing markets such as Nigeria. Our result did not show any significant correlation between formal education in the IT field and IT entrepreneurial success. Our paper contributes to the discourse on the antecedents of entrepreneurship success by focusing on IT entrepreneurship from a developing country context. This is particularly critical when one considers the importance of IT entrepreneurship towards economic diversification in Nigeria. The unique theoretical contribution of our paper lies in its introduction of the specific antecedents (constructs), IT-education and spirituality, even though they were not found as significant determinants of entrepreneurship success in the Nigerian context. Our findings imply that national entrepreneurial policy should be tailored to exploit the inherent benefits of experience with entrepreneurial parents and effectively blend it with factors such as business school education and other forms of relevant training in the areas of social competence.

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探索尼日利亚信息技术公司创业成功的前因

摘要:我们研究了尼日利亚IT创业成功的四个先决条件。特别是，调查的两个前因是一般的人力资本因素(即，有创业父母的经验和商业培训)，另外两个(IT教育和精神)是专门针对IT创业和尼日利亚背景的。在对167名尼日利亚IT企业家的定量研究中，我们发现，在尼日利亚IT企业家中，一般因素比特定因素更重要。我们的发现与发达经济体的文献之间有确凿的证据，这些文献提供了充分的证据，证明拥有创业父母的经历与创业成功之间存在正相关关系。在我们的发现之前，人们对尼日利亚等发展中市场这种正统观念的复杂性了解有限。我们的结果并没有显示在IT领域的正规教育和IT创业成功之间有任何显著的相关性。我们的论文通过关注发展中国家背景下的IT创业，为创业成功的先决条件的论述做出了贡献。当人们考虑到IT创业对尼日利亚经济多样化的重要性时，这一点尤为重要。我们论文的独特理论贡献在于介绍了具体的先行词(结构)、信息技术教育和精神，尽管在尼日利亚的背景下，它们并没有被发现是创业成功的重要决定因素。我们的研究结果表明，国家创业政策应该量身定制，以利用创业父母的内在经验，并有效地将其与商学院教育和其他形式的社会能力领域相关培训等因素结合起来。

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Africa Journal of Management Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management

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期刊介绍： The beginning of the Twenty First Century has witnessed Africa’s rise and progress as one of the fastest growing and most promising regions of the world. At the same time, serious challenges remain. To sustain and speed up momentum, avoid reversal, and deal effectively with emerging challenges and opportunities, Africa needs better management scholarship, education and practice. The purpose of the Africa Journal of Management (AJOM) is to advance management theory, research, education, practice and service in Africa by promoting the production and dissemination of high quality and relevant manuscripts. AJOM is committed to publishing original, rigorous, scholarly empirical and theoretical research papers, which demonstrate clear understanding of the management literature and draw on Africa’s local indigenous knowledge, wisdom and current realities. As the first scholarly journal of the Africa Academy of Management (AFAM), AJOM gives voice to all those who are committed to advancing management scholarship, education and practice in or about Africa, for the benefit of all of Africa. AJOM welcomes manuscripts that develop, test, replicate or validate management theories, tools and methods with Africa as the starting point. The journal is open to a wide range of quality, evidence-based methodological approaches and methods that “link” “Western” management theories with Africa’s indigenous knowledge systems, methods and practice. We are particularly interested in manuscripts which address Africa’s most important development needs, challenges and opportunities as well as the big management questions of the day. We are interested in research papers which address issues of ethical conduct in different African settings.