Overcoming Challenges in Entrepreneurial and Innovative Endeavors

Year 2024, Volume: 19 Issue: 1, 1 - 11, 19.07.2024

Evrim Güneş Reşat Şekerdil

Abstract

Within the scope of this study, to explain the reasons for innovation and entrepreneurship barriers both inside and outside the organization; the situation of the entrepreneur has been tried to be explained through innovation management. The individual perception and individual behaviors of the entrepreneur have a definite effect on the establishment, organization and management of the company. Since these perceptions and behaviors affect both the staff and the company in overcoming innovation and entrepreneurship barriers, in the research section, innovation and entrepreneurship barriers were tried to be understood and revealed from the perspective of entrepreneurs. In future studies, it is important to understand how entrepreneurs produce solutions for innovation and entrepreneurship barriers and to examine which strategies they use or create. In this study, the necessity of addressing the obstacles in front of entrepreneurs and innovation in a single pot has emerged. Because if they are separated from each other, both their functions and their added value will decrease. Another reason for continuing the analysis in this way is; the acceptance of innovation as an indicator of the quality of entrepreneurial activities is the fact that an innovating enterprise also has organizational skills that enable it to be far ahead of its current competitors; more clearly, organizations and teams that can innovate are more valuable in terms of both process and output. In the light of these evaluations, understanding and solving innovation barriers increases the possibility of solving existing organizational problems. Because innovation takes place in organizations where there is consensus and negotiations. Findings regarding the difficulties and obstacles encountered in the entrepreneurship and innovation management have been compiled under 3 categories; Institutionalization - Commercial Difficulties - Personal Skills, in the most mentioned order; Barriers to Commercialization and Difficult Management (6), Difficulties in Marketing (5), Differences in Experience and Inexperience (4), Material Insufficiencies (4) were determined to be at the forefront. However, it is an important issue that should be noted that these problems are the difficulties encountered in business life in general. The reason for the business problems is the lack of effective cooperation and common policies between development agencies, KOSGEB (Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization), professional organizations and other stakeholders of commercial life, and therefore the problems are winding and entrenched. Because the general operating problems are still exist, it shows the fact that the effectiveness and efficiency of these mechanisms is low.

Keywords

Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Business

Thanks

Editör ve hakemlere teşekkür ederiz.

References

• AHMED, T., Chandran, V. G. R., & KLOBAS, J. E. (2017). Demographic differences in learner response to entrepreneurial education programmes in Pakistan. Educational Studies, 43(4), 464–483. doi:10.1080/03055698.2017.1293506
• AKTAŞ, E. (2018). İnovasyon Yönetimi ve İşletmelerde İnovasyon Yönetimine Yönelik Bir Araştırma (Yayınlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi). Okan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, İstanbul.
• ARAGON-SANCHEZ, A., BAIXAULI-SOLER, S. and CARRASCO-HERNANDEZ, A.J. (2017). A missing link: the behavioral mediators between resources and entrepreneurial intentions. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research,23(5), 752-768. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-06-2016-0172
• BAGWELL, S. (2018). From mixed embeddedness to transnational mixed embeddedness: An exploration of Vietnamese businesses in London. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 24 (1), 104-120. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-01-2017-0035
• BOUWER, L. Innovation Management Theory Evolution Map (April 7, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3222848 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3222848
• EKANEM, I. (2015). Entrepreneurial learning: gender differences. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 21(4), 557-577. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-08-2014-0146
• ESPINOZA-BENAVIDES, J., & DÍAZ, D. (2019). The entrepreneurial profile after failure. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research. 25(1): 1-18. doi:10.1108/ijebr-04-2018-0242ESTRADA-ROBLES, M., WILLIAMS, N. and VORLEY. T. (2020). Navigating institutional challenges in Mexico: The role of social capital in entrepreneurial families. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 26(1), 98-121. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-05-2017-0180
• HARRISON, A. (2015). Exploring Skills and Competencies for Innovators (September 10-13, 2015). 5th International Conference on Engaged Management Scholarship: Baltimore, Maryland. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2676333
• KÜSBECI, P. (2013). İşletmelerde İnovasyon Yönetimi ve İstanbul İlinde Sektörler Arası Ampirik Bir Çalışma (Yayınlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi). Beykent Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, İstanbul. MCADAM, R., MCCONVERY, T. and ARMSTRONG, G. (2004). Barriers to innovation within small firms in a peripheral location. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 10(3), 206-221. https://doi.org/10.1108/13552550410536780
• MEYER, J. W. and ROWAN, B. (1977). Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony. American Journal of Sociology, 83(2), 340–363. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2778293
• NGUYEN, B. (2019). Is a bit more experience bad? The role of entrepreneurial experience on investment rate. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 25(6), 1166-1187. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-06-2018-0375 OECD and Eurostat (2005). Oslo Kılavuzu: Yenilik Verilerinin Toplanması ve Yorumlanması İçin İlkeler, 3. Baskı, Ankara: Tübitak Yayınları.
• SALERNO, M. S., GOMES, L., SILVA, D., BAGNO, R. and LARA, S. (2015). Innovation processes: Which process for which project? Technovation, 35, 59-70. 10.1016/j.technovation.2014.07.012.
• SANCHEZ, A., LAGO, A., FERRAS, X. and RIBERA, J. (2011). Innovation Management Practices, Strategic Adaptation, and Business Results: Evidence from the Electronics Industry. Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, 6(2), 14-39.
• SANRI, H. (2011). Yönetim Fonksiyonları Bağlamında İnovasyon Yönetimi: Türkiye Mobilya Endüstrisinde İnovasyon Yönetimi Sürecinin İncelenmesi ve Bir Model Önerisi Yayınlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi). Atatürk Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Erzurum.
• SILVA, D.S., GHEZZI, A., AGUIAR, R.B.d., CORTIMIGLIA, M.N. and ten CATEN, C.S. (2020). Lean Startup, Agile Methodologies and Customer Development for business model innovation: A systematic review and research agenda. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 26(4), 595-628. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-07-2019-0425 SINGH SANDHU, M., FAHMI SIDIQUE, S. and RIAZ, S. (2011). Entrepreneurship barriers and entrepreneurial inclination among Malaysian postgraduate students. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 17(4), 428-449. https://doi.org/10.1108/13552551111139656
• ŞEKERDIL, R. (2016). İç Girişimcilik Eğilimlerinin Sosyal İnovasyon Üzerine Etkisi: İzmir İlinde Özel Banka Çalışanlarına Yönelik Bir Araştırma (Yayınlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi). İzmir Katip Çelebi Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, İzmir.
• URBAN, B. and GALAWE, J. (2020). The mediating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between moral judgement, empathy and social opportunity recognition in South Africa. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 26(2), 349- 372. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-05-2019-0271
• WANG, J., LI, Y. and LONG, D. (2019). Gender gap in entrepreneurial growth ambition: The role of culturally contingent perceptions of the institutional environment in China. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 25(6), 1283-1307. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-04-2018-0248
• YILMAZ, T. (2010). Küçük ve Orta Ölçekli İmalat İşletmelerinde Yenilik (İnovasyon) Yönetimi: İzmir İli Örneği (Yayınlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi). Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, İzmir.