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Altering student preferences for takeover entrepreneurship: action research based on threshold theory

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  • Lex Van Teeffelen
  • Edwin Weesie
  • Lorraine M. Uhlaner

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This paper investigates whether students change their entrepreneurial entry preference if they are presented with different options. We propose that students' entry preferences are mediated by concepts proposed by threshold theory: choice options, opportunity costs and psychic income. This study is exploratory in nature, analysing 31 case studies. Though lacking a control group, enrolment in a six-week module on entry mode options by a group of third year undergraduate students resulted in some interesting changes - in particular, greater clarity in the entrepreneurial entry mode preference as well as a shift toward takeover options (including firm acquisition and family succession). Thematic analysis of students essays reveals that the perceived ability to act on such preferences may still be limited by opportunity costs (i.e., the higher need for financial capital) and a self-perceived lack of human capital (entrepreneurial or management experience).

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  • Lex Van Teeffelen & Edwin Weesie & Lorraine M. Uhlaner, 2014. "Altering student preferences for takeover entrepreneurship: action research based on threshold theory," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 23(4), pages 568-586.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:23:y:2014:i:4:p:568-586
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    1. Sanna Joensuu-Salo & Anmari Viljamaa & Elina Varamäki, 2021. "Understanding Business Takeover Intentions—The Role of Theory of Planned Behavior and Entrepreneurship Competence," Administrative Sciences, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-17, June.

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