Razmus Wiktor, Laguna Mariola
Institute of Psychology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
Front Psychol. 2018 May 28;9:791. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00791. eCollection 2018.
The study provides an insight into the indicators and dimensions of entrepreneurial success as evaluated from the external stockholders' perspective. As each firm is embedded in a network of relations with stakeholders (business partners), understanding how they evaluate entrepreneurial success is important. The initial qualitative study in the form of in-depth interviews allowed us to identify the indicators of entrepreneurial success that are identified by external stakeholders of micro-firms. In the quantitative study on 475 stakeholders of 57 micro-firms, we identified the dimensions of entrepreneurial success. Using a multilevel approach, we found six dimensions of entrepreneurial success at the individual stakeholder level and four dimensions at the firm level. The results show that stakeholders perceive entrepreneurial success in terms of many dimensions, not focusing solely on economic indicators. This knowledge may inform micro-firm management and the strategies employed by practitioners supporting entrepreneurs.
该研究从外部股东的角度深入探讨了创业成功的指标和维度。由于每个公司都嵌入在与利益相关者（商业伙伴）的关系网络中，了解他们如何评估创业成功至关重要。以深入访谈形式进行的初步定性研究使我们能够确定微型企业外部利益相关者所认定的创业成功指标。在对57家微型企业的475名利益相关者进行的定量研究中，我们确定了创业成功的维度。采用多层次方法，我们在个体利益相关者层面发现了创业成功的六个维度，在公司层面发现了四个维度。结果表明，利益相关者从多个维度来感知创业成功，而不仅仅关注经济指标。这些知识可为微型企业管理以及支持创业者的从业者所采用的策略提供参考。
