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Entrepreneurial Mindset and SMEs’ Sustainability

Authors : Ramo Palalić, Azra Branković, Azra Bičo

Published in: Organizational Mindset of Entrepreneurship

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The chapter aims to describe an entrepreneurial climate in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The study is based on a qualitative approach, using interviews for data collection. It portrays the path way how the entrepreneurial mindset is created in SMEs. Each part of the path is elaborated in the way how this mindset is understood, established, and maintained throughout the entrepreneurial cycle. Interviewees are business owners or CEOs of SMEs who are competent to elaborate answers for asked questions. Results show that entrepreneurial mindset and spirit are created out of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) dimensions along with the internal marketing and networking. Contribution and other implications are further discussed.

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Title: Entrepreneurial Mindset and SMEs’ Sustainability
Authors: Ramo Palalić
Azra Branković
Azra Bičo
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Organizational Mindset of Entrepreneurship
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-36950-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-36951-4

Copyright Year: 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36951-4_4