Who wants to be an entrepreneur? : understanding the lack of local entrepreneurship in Singapore through a sociological lens.

This project explores the subject of entrepreneurship through a sociological lens; it seeks to identify the socio-political and cultural obstacles interplay that may have potentially stifled the growth of local entrepreneurship and contributed to the paucity of local entrepreneurs in Singapore. Desp...

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Main Author: Low, Raymond Wee Guan.
Other Authors: Zhou Wubiao
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/22674
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-226742019-12-10T11:33:19Z Who wants to be an entrepreneur? : understanding the lack of local entrepreneurship in Singapore through a sociological lens. Low, Raymond Wee Guan. Zhou Wubiao School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences This project explores the subject of entrepreneurship through a sociological lens; it seeks to identify the socio-political and cultural obstacles interplay that may have potentially stifled the growth of local entrepreneurship and contributed to the paucity of local entrepreneurs in Singapore. Despite the many government initiatives to promote entrepreneurship, coupled with experts’ view of Singapore as an excellent place for doing business due to its political stability, why is there still a dearth of local entrepreneurs in Singapore? The research findings suggest that the answer lies in the socio-political climate and cultural norms and values that exist in the Singapore society. This research aims to fill the void in entrepreneurship studies in Singapore through a sociological inquiry by focusing on social, political, and cultural factors, instead of the conventional economic ones, that could be used to explain for the phenomenon. Bachelor of Arts 2010-04-01T04:55:30Z 2010-04-01T04:55:30Z 2010 2010 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/22674 en Nanyang Technological University 30 p. application/pdf
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Low, Raymond Wee Guan.
Who wants to be an entrepreneur? : understanding the lack of local entrepreneurship in Singapore through a sociological lens.
description This project explores the subject of entrepreneurship through a sociological lens; it seeks to identify the socio-political and cultural obstacles interplay that may have potentially stifled the growth of local entrepreneurship and contributed to the paucity of local entrepreneurs in Singapore. Despite the many government initiatives to promote entrepreneurship, coupled with experts’ view of Singapore as an excellent place for doing business due to its political stability, why is there still a dearth of local entrepreneurs in Singapore? The research findings suggest that the answer lies in the socio-political climate and cultural norms and values that exist in the Singapore society. This research aims to fill the void in entrepreneurship studies in Singapore through a sociological inquiry by focusing on social, political, and cultural factors, instead of the conventional economic ones, that could be used to explain for the phenomenon.
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title Who wants to be an entrepreneur? : understanding the lack of local entrepreneurship in Singapore through a sociological lens.
title_short Who wants to be an entrepreneur? : understanding the lack of local entrepreneurship in Singapore through a sociological lens.
title_full Who wants to be an entrepreneur? : understanding the lack of local entrepreneurship in Singapore through a sociological lens.
title_fullStr Who wants to be an entrepreneur? : understanding the lack of local entrepreneurship in Singapore through a sociological lens.
title_full_unstemmed Who wants to be an entrepreneur? : understanding the lack of local entrepreneurship in Singapore through a sociological lens.
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