The impact of innovation on the success of entrepreneurial enterprises in incubators at king Hussein business park

Other Title(s)

أثر الابتكار في نجاح المشروعات الريادية في حاضنات الأعمال في مجمع الملك حسين للأعمال

Dissertant

Badandi, Usamah Ahmad Id

Thesis advisor

Jawad, Shawqi Naji

University

Amman Arab University

Faculty

College of Business

Department

Department of Management and Business Administration

University Country

Jordan

Degree

Master

Degree Date

2018

English Abstract

The study aimed at examining the impact of innovation on the success of entrepreneurial enterprises in incubators at King Hussein Business Park (KHBP).

The study used the descriptive analytical approach to describe the characteristics of the variables and statistical analysis to test the study hypotheses.

The target population of this study composed of (30) entrepreneurial enterprises in incubators at KHBP.

The analysis unit consisted of owners, managers, and assistants of managers of the entrepreneurial enterprises with a total of (82).

The entire population was chosen and surveyed to investigate the impact of innovation on the success of entrepreneurial enterprises.

Data and information were collected through a questionnaire developed by the researcher.

(82) questionnaires were distributed to the owners, managers and assistants of managers.

Only (69) questionnaires were collected representing almost 84 % response rate, but (68) were analyzed.

The study employed certain statistical techniques to identify the sample characteristics and test hypotheses such as: Correlation Coefficient, Cornbach's Alpha, and Multiple Linear Regression.

The findings of the current study indicate that innovation with its all dimensions (association of ideas, experimenting, networking) as a whole plays a vital role in the success of entrepreneurial enterprises (growth, learning and goal attainment) in business incubators at KHBP.

Moreover, (association of ideas) is the most influential dimension on the success of entrepreneurial enterprises in general.

(Networking) comes second in terms of influence on the success of these entrepreneurial enterprises.

However, (experimenting) has a negative impact on the success of entrepreneurial enterprises in general and on (growth) in particular.

Accordingly, the study proposed the following recommendations: 1.

Business incubators should hold training courses for entrepreneurial enterprises' owners, managers and assistants of mangers to improve their innovation skills.

2.

Owners, manager, and assistants of managers should not attempt to expand their activities in the first years of their business.

3.

Business incubators should train entrepreneurial enterprises' owners, managers and assistants on how to experiment new things in order to avoid losses and failure of their businesses.

Main Subjects

Business Administration

Topics

• Entrepreneurship
• Business incubators
• Scientific innovations
• Jordan

No. of Pages

119

Table of Contents

• APA
• MLA
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Language

English

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-935282