Generating Entrepreneurial Ideas for Business Development
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. The Concept of Entrepreneurship
2.2. Entrepreneurial Ideas
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Modified Delphi Technique (MDT)
3.2. Nominal Group Technique (NGT) and Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM)
4. Results
4.1. Indicator for the Entrepreneurial Ideas
4.2. Model Design and Development
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||||
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No | Indicator/Elements | M | Med | ROQ | Consensus Level | M | Med | ROQ | Consensus Level |
Entrepreneurial Ideas | |||||||||
1 | Obtain a variety of information (market, demand, competitors) as a basis in generating entrepreneurial ideas | l5 | 5 | 1 | High | 5 | 5 | 0.75 | High |
2 | Combine the existing knowledge with the acquired information | 5 | 5 | 0 | High | 5 | 5 | 0 | High |
3 | Conduct market research (examples: products, enterprises, imported goods, local materials, latest technology) | 5 | 5 | 1 | High | 5 | 5 | 0.75 | High |
4 | Evaluate and improve the existing entrepreneurial ideas | 5 | 4.5 | 1 | High | 5 | 5 | 1 | High |
Elements | Experts | Score | % | Results | Rank | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||||
Obtain a variety of information (market, demand, competitors) as a basis in generating entrepreneurial ideas | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 100 | Accepted | 1 |
Combine the existing knowledge with the acquired information | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 95.6 | Accepted | 3 |
Conduct market research (examples: products, enterprises, imported goods, local materials, latest technology) | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 97.8 | Accepted | 2 |
Evaluate and improve the existing entrepreneurial ideas | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 100 | Accepted | 1 |
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Ahmad, N.A.; Rasul, M.S.; Othman, N.; Jalaludin, N.A. Generating Entrepreneurial Ideas for Business Development. Sustainability 2022, 14, 4905. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14094905
Ahmad NA, Rasul MS, Othman N, Jalaludin NA. Generating Entrepreneurial Ideas for Business Development. Sustainability. 2022; 14(9):4905. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14094905
Chicago/Turabian StyleAhmad, Nurin Asyikin, Mohamad Sattar Rasul, Norasmah Othman, and Nur Atiqah Jalaludin. 2022. "Generating Entrepreneurial Ideas for Business Development" Sustainability 14, no. 9: 4905. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14094905
APA StyleAhmad, N. A., Rasul, M. S., Othman, N., & Jalaludin, N. A. (2022). Generating Entrepreneurial Ideas for Business Development. Sustainability, 14(9), 4905. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14094905