ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET OF INDIGENOUS IGBO ENTREPRENEURS: CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS

Authors

  • Chidiebere Victor Adim
  • Ada Fidelia Subai Amadi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47672/ije.496

Keywords:

Igbo Entrepreneurial Mind set, Igbo Apprenticeship

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the entrepreneurial mind set of indigenous Igbo entrepreneurs: Critical success factors. The study is largely conceptual and adopted a review of literature. From the review of extant literature, it found that Igbo entrepreneurs are visionary, enthusiastic and result driven. The Igbos are risk-takers and intelligent entrepreneurs, who are committed in totality to economic activities as their lineage hobby. More so, for the Igbos, entrepreneurial success is not just a choice but a must. These goes to show that it is in the nature of the Igbos to also embrace viable alternatives. Individualism in the Igbo world is an understanding conspicuous in property ownership, acquisitions, productions, exchange of goods and services. This shows that both in traditional and modern Igbo world, much focus are on the economic prospects of the individual within the context of the community

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Author Biographies

Chidiebere Victor Adim

  

Doctoral Candidate: Department of Management,

Faculty of Management Sciences,

 Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo,

PMB 5080, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

 

 

Ada Fidelia Subai Amadi

 

Doctoral Candidate: Department of Management, Faculty of Management Sciences,

Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo,

PMB 5080, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

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2020-04-28

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Adim, C. V., & Amadi, A. F. S. (2020). ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET OF INDIGENOUS IGBO ENTREPRENEURS: CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS. International Journal of Entrepreneurship, 4(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.47672/ije.496

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