Pub Date : 2023-02-28DOI: 10.1108/jstpm-08-2022-0140
Yvonne Lee, Wei-Lee Lim, Ho Sai Eng
Purpose This paper aims to analyse the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) and UTAUT2 constructs used in research on information and communication technology (ICT) adoption and use among micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in non-organisation for economic co-operation and development (OECD) countries. It also investigates the areas of ICT adoption along the value chain in studies using these constructs. Design/methodology/approach Systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted, where 910 studies were retrieved manually in five academic databases. Forty-eight studies were finalised after four filtration levels. Findings Majority of the studies were published within the past six years, and 85.42% were studies in the form of journal papers. UTAUT constructs more researched compared to UTAUT2 constructs. More than half of the studies investigated ICT application in value chain boundaries, while 16 studies were organisation-wide studies. Research limitations/implications With developments in MSMEs’ technology, the UTAUT2 model must be expanded to internal company operations including finance and infrastructure maintenance. To boost competitiveness and productivity, non-OECD authorities should focus on the cost and user-centric characteristics of MSMEs’ technology adoption. Originality/value Although SLRs on UTAUT and UTAUT2 constructs have been attempted previously, this study contributes to the body of knowledge by focusing analysis on the application of those constructs on MSMEs in non-OECD countries and also by situating ICT adoption along the value chain of enterprises.
{"title":"A systematic review of UTAUT2 constructs’ analysis among MSMEs in non-OECD countries","authors":"Yvonne Lee, Wei-Lee Lim, Ho Sai Eng","doi":"10.1108/jstpm-08-2022-0140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jstpm-08-2022-0140","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose This paper aims to analyse the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) and UTAUT2 constructs used in research on information and communication technology (ICT) adoption and use among micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in non-organisation for economic co-operation and development (OECD) countries. It also investigates the areas of ICT adoption along the value chain in studies using these constructs. Design/methodology/approach Systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted, where 910 studies were retrieved manually in five academic databases. Forty-eight studies were finalised after four filtration levels. Findings Majority of the studies were published within the past six years, and 85.42% were studies in the form of journal papers. UTAUT constructs more researched compared to UTAUT2 constructs. More than half of the studies investigated ICT application in value chain boundaries, while 16 studies were organisation-wide studies. Research limitations/implications With developments in MSMEs’ technology, the UTAUT2 model must be expanded to internal company operations including finance and infrastructure maintenance. To boost competitiveness and productivity, non-OECD authorities should focus on the cost and user-centric characteristics of MSMEs’ technology adoption. Originality/value Although SLRs on UTAUT and UTAUT2 constructs have been attempted previously, this study contributes to the body of knowledge by focusing analysis on the application of those constructs on MSMEs in non-OECD countries and also by situating ICT adoption along the value chain of enterprises.","PeriodicalId":45751,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44229062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-27DOI: 10.1108/jstpm-03-2022-0046
Sohana Wadud Ahmad, Winai Wongsurawat
Purpose This study aims to investigate whether the introduction of innovative financial products increases welfare for low-income households working in the manufacturing sector. Specifically, the authors measure the impact of mobile financial services (MFSs) on economic opportunities and wellbeing of garment factory workers in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on Amartya Sen’s Capabilities Approach. Close to 400 textile factory workers were interviewed about their experience using Bangladesh’s most popular MFS, and how their household welfare has changed over time. Results were tabulated and analyzed with simple statistical tools. Findings While there remains an abundance of friction in the system, financial innovation still assisted low-income households in savings, and expedited and secured their fund transfers. The introduction of the new technology, especially when it is made mandatory, seems to have disempowered married women by reducing their financial independence from their husbands. Originality/value This study should help policy makers and international bodies in their efforts to design and support the inclusive growth of mobile financial technology.
{"title":"Mobile financial services and household welfare in a developing economy: boon and bane","authors":"Sohana Wadud Ahmad, Winai Wongsurawat","doi":"10.1108/jstpm-03-2022-0046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jstpm-03-2022-0046","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000This study aims to investigate whether the introduction of innovative financial products increases welfare for low-income households working in the manufacturing sector. Specifically, the authors measure the impact of mobile financial services (MFSs) on economic opportunities and wellbeing of garment factory workers in Bangladesh.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000The study is based on Amartya Sen’s Capabilities Approach. Close to 400 textile factory workers were interviewed about their experience using Bangladesh’s most popular MFS, and how their household welfare has changed over time. Results were tabulated and analyzed with simple statistical tools.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000While there remains an abundance of friction in the system, financial innovation still assisted low-income households in savings, and expedited and secured their fund transfers. The introduction of the new technology, especially when it is made mandatory, seems to have disempowered married women by reducing their financial independence from their husbands.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000This study should help policy makers and international bodies in their efforts to design and support the inclusive growth of mobile financial technology.\u0000","PeriodicalId":45751,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46416546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Purpose The outcomes of public research institutions (PRIs), also known as research and development (R&D) institutions, in developing countries, including Indonesia, are still dubious. This study aims to measure the efficiency of R&D institutions using the case of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, with and without an assessment of the role of scientific publication. Design/methodology/approach A panel data envelopment analysis (DEA) model is used to estimate the research efficiency of Indonesian R&D institutions during the period 2016–2019 based on the relationship between intellectual property (IP), research budgets and number of active researchers. The Tobit model is subsequently applied to analyze the factors that affect efficiency. Findings The DEA analysis shows an average efficiency value of 0.361, implying that 42% of the decision-making units (DMUs) have above-average efficiency scores. When scientific publication is added as an output variable, the efficiency increases to an average of 0.545, resulting in 53% of the DMUs with above-average efficiency. Research limitations/implications The main implication is that scientific publications can increase the output of R&D institutions in Indonesia. This study recommends strengthening the research group establishment led by research professors along with setting acceptable high output targets. Researcher competence must be improved together with support for research collaboration among the different fields of science. Scientific publications should be considered part of IP measurement along with the type of mandate of each PRI. Practical implications This study offers a method of evaluation of research efficiency that can be applied to institutions outside Indonesia, thus furthering the dialogue on science and technology policy management. Originality/value This paper contributes to the literature by using a new and comprehensive method to measure research output – that of IP measurement, including new scientific publication. The implications provide action points for the governments to support R&D institutions and for research practitioners to augment research output.
{"title":"Measuring research efficiency and its determining factors for Indonesian R&D institutions: does scientific publication make a difference?","authors":"Finik Mutia Afriana, Khoirunurrofik Khoirunurrofik","doi":"10.1108/jstpm-04-2022-0076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jstpm-04-2022-0076","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000The outcomes of public research institutions (PRIs), also known as research and development (R&D) institutions, in developing countries, including Indonesia, are still dubious. This study aims to measure the efficiency of R&D institutions using the case of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, with and without an assessment of the role of scientific publication.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000A panel data envelopment analysis (DEA) model is used to estimate the research efficiency of Indonesian R&D institutions during the period 2016–2019 based on the relationship between intellectual property (IP), research budgets and number of active researchers. The Tobit model is subsequently applied to analyze the factors that affect efficiency.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000The DEA analysis shows an average efficiency value of 0.361, implying that 42% of the decision-making units (DMUs) have above-average efficiency scores. When scientific publication is added as an output variable, the efficiency increases to an average of 0.545, resulting in 53% of the DMUs with above-average efficiency.\u0000\u0000\u0000Research limitations/implications\u0000The main implication is that scientific publications can increase the output of R&D institutions in Indonesia. This study recommends strengthening the research group establishment led by research professors along with setting acceptable high output targets. Researcher competence must be improved together with support for research collaboration among the different fields of science. Scientific publications should be considered part of IP measurement along with the type of mandate of each PRI.\u0000\u0000\u0000Practical implications\u0000This study offers a method of evaluation of research efficiency that can be applied to institutions outside Indonesia, thus furthering the dialogue on science and technology policy management.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000This paper contributes to the literature by using a new and comprehensive method to measure research output – that of IP measurement, including new scientific publication. The implications provide action points for the governments to support R&D institutions and for research practitioners to augment research output.\u0000","PeriodicalId":45751,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43634443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-09DOI: 10.1108/jstpm-01-2023-191
P. Ordóñez de Pablos
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Pub Date : 2023-02-09DOI: 10.1108/jstpm-12-2021-0190
Nofie Iman
Purpose This study aims to explore the ways and contexts in which fintech firms are being developed, operated in the market and responds to competitive pressures and technological changes through isomorphism and decoupling mechanism. Design/methodology/approach How can new technology platform business successfully distinguish themselves from competitors while also ensuring that they are seen as legitimate and appropriate? This paper draws on a case study of fintech start-ups in Indonesia. Findings This study shows that managing market pressures for distinctiveness (customer-appealing) versus business pressures for profits (investor returns) drives firms’ quest for optimal distinctiveness. It is evident that fintech firms increase their control by consolidating themselves through their industrial association and by forming a close relationship with regulators. However, to escape the iron cage of the field, they increasingly control the coupling of profitability and compliance. Originality/value Through a qualitative-inductive approach, this study provides insights into technological development of platform business in the context of financial services and responsive movement towards cashless society.
{"title":"Idiosyncrasies, isomorphic pressures and decoupling in technology platform business","authors":"Nofie Iman","doi":"10.1108/jstpm-12-2021-0190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jstpm-12-2021-0190","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000This study aims to explore the ways and contexts in which fintech firms are being developed, operated in the market and responds to competitive pressures and technological changes through isomorphism and decoupling mechanism.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000How can new technology platform business successfully distinguish themselves from competitors while also ensuring that they are seen as legitimate and appropriate? This paper draws on a case study of fintech start-ups in Indonesia.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000This study shows that managing market pressures for distinctiveness (customer-appealing) versus business pressures for profits (investor returns) drives firms’ quest for optimal distinctiveness. It is evident that fintech firms increase their control by consolidating themselves through their industrial association and by forming a close relationship with regulators. However, to escape the iron cage of the field, they increasingly control the coupling of profitability and compliance.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000Through a qualitative-inductive approach, this study provides insights into technological development of platform business in the context of financial services and responsive movement towards cashless society.\u0000","PeriodicalId":45751,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43743709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-09DOI: 10.1108/jstpm-08-2022-0129
L. Tung, L. Hoang
Purpose Emerging economies have been highlighted as an important growth source of the global economy. However, this group of countries has not received enough academic attention yet. Therefore, this study aims to identify the impact of research and development (R&D) expenditure on economic growth in emerging economies. Design/methodology/approach The theoretical framework of the production function is applied to quantitatively analyse the impact of R&D expenditure on economic growth with a sample of 29 emerging economies in the period between 1996 and 2019. Findings The panel cointegration test confirms the existence of long-run cointegration relationships between economic growth and independent variables in these emerging economies. Besides, the estimated results show that the national R&D expenditure has positive effects on economic growth from both direct and interaction dimensions. This evidence has filled the empirical research gap in the R&D-growth nexus in the case of emerging economies. Finally, while gross capital and education have positive impacts on growth, corruption has a harmful effect on economic growth in these countries. Practical implications The results highlight that policymakers should enhance R&D expenditure and R&D activities as the key national development strategy. The investment in R&D not only helps emerging economies avoid the middle-income trap but also pushes these countries to successfully join the group of developed countries. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this research is among the first to examine the impact of R&D expenditure on economic growth with a homogeneous sample of emerging economies. The results are obviously helpful for policymakers to use R&D as the key development strategy for supporting economic growth in emerging economies in the future.
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Purpose The purpose of this review paper was identifying barriers to the use of telemedicine systems in primary health-care individual level among professionals. Design/methodology/approach This study used Scopus and PubMed databases for scientific records identification. A systematic review of the literature structured by PRISMA guidelines was conducted on 37 included papers published between 2009 and 2019. A qualitative approach was used to synthesize insights into using telemedicine by primary care professionals. Findings Three barriers were identified and classified: system quality, data quality and service quality barriers. System complexity in terms of usability, system unreliability, security and privacy concerns, lack of integration and inflexibility of systems-in-use are related to system quality. Data quality barriers are data inaccuracy, data timeliness issues, data conciseness concerns and lack of data uniqueness. Finally, service reliability concerns, lack of technical support and lack of user training have been categorized as service quality barriers. Originality/value This review identified and mapped emerging themes of barriers to the use of telemedicine systems. This paper also through a new conceptualization of telemedicine use from perspectives of the primary care professionals contributes to informatics literature and system usage practices.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-12DOI: 10.1108/jstpm-05-2022-0078
Seunghyun Lee
Purpose Korea’s Institute for Basic Science (IBS), the first research institute dedicated to basic science in Korea, started ten years ago as part of a science policy called the Science Belt. It is noteworthy that Korea, with a short history of basic science, established such a research institute exclusively for basic science within a short period of time and made it one of the representative institutions of basic science in Korea. This paper aims to uncover the impetuses and constraints surrounding the policy of Science Belt, centering on the IBS. Design/methodology/approach Kingdon’s stream theory is used to clarify the factors that acted as impetuses or constraints for the Science Belt. For the analysis, in-depth interviews with the active policy participants were conducted in addition to the thorough literature review. The interviews enabled an in-depth understanding of the underlying factors for the Science Belt and the actual procedures of the policy decision. Findings This study found that the most powerful impetus in the Science Belt policymaking process was the President and a small group composed of a few scientists who played a leading role in the political stream. The constraint of the Science Belt was that the participation of scientist experts and governmental officials, the so-called invisible participants of Kingdon, was insignificant. In particular, there was no system in place to select policy alternatives for basic science through discussion between scientists and governmental officials. Research limitations/implications The temporal scope of this study was limited to policy formation, that is, until the establishment of IBS. Therefore, future studies shall conduct a research on the implementation of the actual policy, IBS’s achievements and IBS’s impact of Korea’s basic science community. Originality/value This study applied both a theoretical framework and in-depth interviews along with the literature overview to understand a policymaking process from various angles.
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Pub Date : 2022-12-06DOI: 10.1108/jstpm-09-2021-0135
S. Câmara, Brenno Buarque, Glauco Paula Pinto, Thiago Vasconcelos Ribeiro, J. Soares
Purpose This study aims to evaluates a public policy program that finances projects for the development of innovative technological solutions. This paper analyzed the influence of human and social capital on the development of the projects, under the perspective of the policy’s effectiveness and efficiency. This specific policy adopted the funding model of economic subsidy by means of grants, which shows the significant engagement of the public sector in applying nonrefundable resources more directly through loans, assuming the role of an entrepreneurial state, according to Mazzucato (2011, 2018) and Tavani and Zamparelli (2020). Design/methodology/approach This is a quantitative-descriptive study, according to Marconi and Lakatos (2017). This study is descriptive, for presenting information on innovation projects funded by FUNCAP (Ceará Foundation for Support to Scientific and Technological Development). In addition, this study is quantitative, by establishing multivariate relationships among the variables that relate to human capital and social capital, which are relevant to technological and innovative development, and by introducing variables on technological evolution, proposed as measures of the program’s effectiveness (DTRL, MkTRL) and efficiency (ETRL). Findings This paper sought to contribute on public policies for innovation, more specifically on analyzing variables that may affect the development of technological and innovative projects in knowledge-intensive companies. The authors studied capitals potentially important for these companies in the development of innovative projects. Specifically, the authors sought to understand the importance of human capital and how it reflects in technical and scientific knowledge of the project team and of social capital and how it reflects the connection and social relationship among different team members. The results presented that the degree of efficiency of the public funding program depends on how much the teams of the benefited projects have accumulated knowledge, skills and technical capacities – the so-called teams’ human capital. Research limitations/implications It is important to address the research sample as a research limitation, which had 72 responses obtained, from a submission rate of 284. Another study limitation is on the qualitative analysis of the topics addressed from the companies and policymakers perspectives, considering that the quantitative nature of the study does not allow for a deeper understanding of the qualitative perspective of the actors involved in the phenomenon studied. As recommendations for future studies, it is suggested to conduct qualitative studies on the aspects studied here. In this sense, it is possible to conduct case studies for specific companies, or policymakers, to clarify and deepen the relationships between the themes addressed here. Practical implications As for the practical implications of the research, both for managers of public fu
目的本研究旨在评估一项公共政策计划，该计划为创新技术解决方案的开发项目提供资金。本文从政策有效性和效率的角度分析了人力资本和社会资本对项目发展的影响。根据Mazzucato(2011, 2018)和Tavani and Zamparelli(2020)的研究，这一具体政策采用了通过赠款方式进行经济补贴的资助模式，这表明公共部门通过贷款更直接地参与了不可退还资源的应用，承担了创业国家的角色。设计/方法/方法根据Marconi和Lakatos(2017)的说法，这是一项定量描述性研究。本研究是描述性的，用于介绍由联合国科学技术发展支持基金会资助的创新项目的信息。此外，本研究是定量的，通过建立与技术和创新发展相关的人力资本和社会资本变量之间的多元关系，并通过引入技术演进变量，提出作为衡量项目有效性(DTRL, MkTRL)和效率(ETRL)的指标。本文试图为创新的公共政策做出贡献，更具体地说，是分析可能影响知识密集型公司技术和创新项目发展的变量。作者研究了资本对这些公司开发创新项目的潜在重要性。具体而言，作者试图了解人力资本的重要性，以及它如何反映在项目团队的技术和科学知识和社会资本中，以及它如何反映不同团队成员之间的联系和社会关系。结果表明，公共资助计划的效率程度取决于受益项目的团队积累了多少知识、技能和技术能力，即所谓的团队人力资本。研究限制/影响重要的是要将研究样本作为研究限制，该研究样本从284个提交率中获得了72个回复。另一项研究的局限性是从公司和政策制定者的角度对主题进行定性分析，考虑到研究的定量性质不允许更深入地了解所研究现象中涉及的行为者的定性视角。作为对未来研究的建议，建议对本文研究的方面进行定性研究。从这个意义上说，有可能对特定的公司或政策制定者进行案例研究，以澄清和深化这里所讨论的主题之间的关系。对于公共基金项目的管理者和公司管理者来说，研究的实际意义在于，与创新项目开发团队相关的人力资本的好处在处理技术开发项目的项目中是重要的。在实践中，这意味着所支持的项目团队成员的学术背景的人力资本越大，项目在利用所提供的资源开发其技术的过程中效率就越高(Ashford, 2000;Chen et al.， 2008;Lerro et al.， 2014)。结果表明，在促进项目的技术演进和使技术更接近市场方面，评估的创新资助计划取得了可接受的结果。其效率是最不利的结果，表明该方案需要着重改进这一具体方面。在被调查的项目中，需要提高的问题(效率- ETRL)是与受益项目团队的人力和社会资本存在重要关系的问题。因此，通过选择更多拥有高资本团队的项目，有可能达到公共政策的效率，在这种情况下，开发具有高技术和创新潜力的项目。独创性/价值研究结果强调需要在科学、技术和创新生态系统中以系统的方式设计和实施创新公共政策，为开发具有高技术和创新潜力的项目提供必要的技术基础设施和人力资本(Ergas, 1987;Audretsch and Link, 2012;Caloghirou et al.， 2015;Edler and Fagerberg, 2017;Silvio et al.， 2019)。
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Pub Date : 2022-12-05DOI: 10.1108/jstpm-12-2021-0188
B. Soomro, N. Abdelwahed, Naimatullah Shah
Purpose The current environment is unhelpful to female entrepreneurs, and they need to overcome numerous barriers when starting their own businesses. In this study, the researchers investigated the significant barriers that Pakistani female entrepreneurs require to overcome in this respect. Design/methodology/approach In this study, the researchers used a quantitative study and they used a questionnaire to survey the respondents and collect cross-sectional data. The researchers targeted female students who were undertaking bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in different Pakistani public and private sector universities. Accordingly, the researchers based this study’s findings on the usable samples received from 498 Pakistani female students. Findings The researchers used a structural equation model (SEM) in this study and its findings highlight that aversion to risk (ATR) has an insignificant impact on entrepreneurial inclinations (EI). In addition, fear of failure (FoF), lack of resources (LoR), aversion to hard work and stress (ASH) and the lack of social networking (LSN) have negative and insignificant effects on EI. The ATR factor has an insignificant effect on entrepreneurial success (ES), whereas FoF, LoR, ASH and LSN are negative and insignificant predictors of Pakistani female students’ ES. Practical implications This study’s findings may help Pakistani women to overcome the barriers to ES. In this respect, the researchers recommend that the Pakistan Government and policymakers develop significant strategies to provide the conducive business environment and to financially support Pakistani women to start their own businesses. Furthermore, this study’s findings contribute greatly to the vast amount of current literature and help to overcome the entrepreneurial conditions and barriers that potential entrepreneurs from advanced and developing countries experience frequently. Originality/value This study’s findings provide empirical evidence of EI and ES in Pakistan.
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