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Entreprenörskap: Entreprenörers finansiella kompetens och drivande av företag
Halmstad University, School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability.
Halmstad University, School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability.
2022 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

The purpose of the study is to depict experienced entrepreneurs' financial literacy and gain an understanding of how effectuation and causation interact with their way of running companies. To achieve this, the empirical material will be based on interviews with entrepreneurs who have run companies for at least ten years. 

The study has been based on an abductive research and on a qualitative research method. To answer the question “How do entrepreneurs, who have been active for at least ten years and run SMEs, perceive their financial literacy and how can their behavior be linked to effectuation and causation?” and thus fulfill the purpose of this study, previous research has been collected within the subject and presented under the theoretical framework. Furthermore, semi-structured interviews were conducted on questions based on the theoretical framework. The respondents are six entrepreneurs who have run companies for at least ten years. 

The result of the study shows that the level of the financial literacy does not affect if the entrepreneurs consider effectuation or causation in the running of their company. However, it is noticed that financial education can have an impact on the logic that the entrepreneurs apply. It turns out that regardless of the logic the entrepreneurs use, there are several working paths to the same goal, a successful company. 

Abstract [sv]

Syfte: Studiens syfte är att beskriva erfarna entreprenörers finansiella kompetens och få en förståelse för hur logikerna effectuation och causation interagerar med deras sätt att driva företag. För att uppnå detta kommer det empiriska materialet baseras på djupgående intervjuer med entreprenörer som drivit verksamhet i minst tio år.

Metod: Studien har baserats på en abduktiv forskningsansats utefter en kvalitativ undersökningsmetod. För att besvara frågeställningen och därmed uppfylla studiens syfte har tidigare forskning samlats in inom ämnet och presenterats under den teoretiska referensramen. Vidare har semistrukturerade intervjuer genomförts utifrån frågor med utgångspunkt i den teoretiska referensramen. De tillfrågade respondenterna är sex entreprenörer som drivit företag i minst tio år.

Slutsats: Studiens resultat visar att nivån på den finansiella kompetensen inte påverkar om entreprenörer utgår ifrån effectuation eller causation vid drivandet av företag. Det konstateras dock att ekonomisk utbildning kan ha en inverkan på vilken logik som entreprenörer tillämpar. Det framkommer att oavsett vilken logik entreprenörer använder så finns det flera fungerande vägar till samma mål, det vill säga ett framgångsrikt företag.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 69
Keywords [en]
Entrepreneurship, financial literacy, effectuation, causation
Keywords [sv]
Entreprenörskap, finansiell kompetens, effectuation, causation
National Category
Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-47593OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-47593DiVA, id: diva2:1682716
Subject / course
Business
Educational program
Business Administration and Economics Programme, 180 credits
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Available from: 2022-07-12 Created: 2022-07-11 Last updated: 2022-07-12Bibliographically approved

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