Ethical Perceptions of Entrepreneurial Tricks

As new ventures are difficult to start, entrepreneurs sometimes use creative techniques (tricks) to overcome this. In a web-based questionnaire, 192 respondents from the Czech Republic, United States, and Canada used a Likert scale for evaluation of five short cases of entrepreneurial tricks, stated...

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Published inICSB World Conference Proceedings p. 1
Main Authors Pivoda, Miroslav, Mosher, Dan, Hoy, Frank, McNicol, Jason P
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington International Council for Small Business (ICSB) 01.01.2008
Subjects
Business ethics
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Gender
International comparisons
Likert scale
Perceptions
Questionnaires
Strategic management
Students
Studies
Canada
Czech Republic
United States > US
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Summary:As new ventures are difficult to start, entrepreneurs sometimes use creative techniques (tricks) to overcome this. In a web-based questionnaire, 192 respondents from the Czech Republic, United States, and Canada used a Likert scale for evaluation of five short cases of entrepreneurial tricks, stated their perceptions of necessity and limits of the trick usage, and expectations of the business ethics education. Our findings showed that entrepreneurs as well as students appreciate entrepreneurial creativity, although some tricks are ethically questionable. Also, we found surprisingly unrealistic expectations of students about the practical impact of the business ethics teaching. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]