" Why Some Choose the Road to Entrepreneurship "

Biz Research 

" Why Some Choose the Road to Entrepreneurship " 

Research Fact 

Young people with a good balance of skills and social contacts – including school, business, family, and friend connections – are much more likely to aspire to become entrepreneurs than those with specialized skills and narrow sets of contacts (3.7 versus 1.9 on a 1-to-4 entrepreneurial-disposition scale).  

Method and sample size 
Drawing on data from more than 2,000 German young people, the researchers say that well-balanced individuals prefer entrepreneurship because they sense they would be more successful at it.

 Those with narrower sets of skills and contacts tend to prefer – and are better suited to – becoming employees.

Courtesy  : Research by Uschi Backes-Gellner of the University of Zurich in Switzerland and Petra Moog of the University of Siegen in Germany.