ChenSandyCBusinessEntrepreneurialMotivesCharacteristics.pdf

Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/zc77ss03z

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Creator	Chen, Sandy C. Elston, Julie Ann
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to gain information about the characteristics of small restaurant owners in China. The data for the study were hand-collected by survey questionnaires in four cities across three provinces in China. We found three main results. First, small restaurant entrepreneurs were characterized by one of three distinct motives in that they were autonomy seekers, family protectors, or profit seekers. Second, their funding sources were predominantly private rather than institutional. And third, the entrepreneurial business was the main source of the family’s income. These findings have implications for development programs, financing, and education in developing China’s restaurant industry. This study appears to be the first to investigate empirically entrepreneurial activity among small business owners in the Chinese restaurant industry. Keywords: entrepreneurship, restaurant industry, small businesses in China
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