TY  - JOUR
T1  - An Empirical Examination of the Effect of Entrepreneurs Biological Makeup on the Firm Performance
AU - Minai, Sobri Mohd AU - Lucky, Esuh Ossai-Igwe AU - Rahman, Hamzah Addul 
JO  - International Business Management
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
SP  - 127
EP  - 134
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5250
DO  - ibm.2013.127.134
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2013.127.134
KW  - Entrepreneurs
KW  -biological makeup
KW  -business exposure
KW  -childhood experience
KW  -firm performance
AB  - In an attempt to investigate how entrepreneurs biological 
  makeup contributes to the firm performance, a cross-sectional study of questionnaire 
  survey research design was conducted and data was generated from 182 entrepreneurs 
  of small firms in both manufacturing and service industries in Lagos, Nigeria. 
  The questionnaires were distributed through drop-off and pick up procedure of 
  data collection. Overall, the findings indicate that there is a significant 
  relationship between entrepreneurs biological makeup and firm performance. However 
  at the dimensional level, the results show that family background, childhood 
  experience, friend influence and relative influence were not significantly related 
  to firm performance while it was indicated that entrepreneurs early business 
  exposure significantly affect firm performance. Based on the findings, it is 
  concluded that entrepreneurs biological makeup as well as early business exposure 
  is important in achieving firm performance. It is hoped that the findings of 
  this study would be beneficial to researchers, entrepreneurs, business-owners 
  as well as policy makers in government.
ER  -