Entrepreneurial passion plays an important role in entrepreneurship, but theoretical understanding of what it is and what it does is lacking. We build on fragmented and disparate extant work to conceptualize the nature of entrepreneurial passion associated with salient entrepreneurial role identities. We also theorize the mechanisms of the experience of entrepreneurial passion that provide coherence to goal-directed cognitions and behaviors during the pursuit of entrepreneurial effectiveness.
COBISS.SI-ID: 18567910
Policy makers are increasingly recognizing the catalytic role of academics’ spin-off companies in a national economy, which derives from their innovativeness that result in new value generation, and job creation. Although research on academics’ spin-off companies has been increasing, knowledge gaps exist as to the specific determinants and processes that characterize the emergence of academics’ entrepreneurial intentions that lead them to spin off companies. This research aims to fill this gap. Drawing from psychological and entrepreneurship research on intentionality, the authors propose a conceptual model of academics’ entrepreneurial intentions. They empirically test the model using structural equation modeling and a robust data set collected in two European academic settings to guide future research on this important topic.
COBISS.SI-ID: 19206886
The purpose of research was to evaluate the competitiveness of tourist destination by exploring the relationships between destination quality, visitor satisfaction and their behavioural intentions. The structural model was tested on a sample of 1,056 visitors at four destinations in Slovenia. The empirical validation indicates that destination attributes affect the perceived quality, which directly and indirectly (through satisfaction) positively influences visitors’ behavioural intentions. Based on our findings we draw some implications for successful marketing of tourist destination.
COBISS.SI-ID: 18588646
Achieving competitive advantage for any destination in times of rapid global change requires tourism stakeholders to have a clear understanding of tourism trends. The challenges are particularly acute for emerging destinations such as Slovenia. The paper discusses tools for measuring destination performance with particular focus on Importance Performance Analysis (IPA). The findings reveal there are a number of areas in which the Slovene tourism industry considers itself to be under performing in the implementation of strategies to eliminate drift. Relevant policy implications can be derived from the findings.
COBISS.SI-ID: 20062950
This paper analyses the willingness to pay for electricity generated from renewable energy sources in Slovenia. The results confirm that age, household income, education and environmental awareness play the most important role in explaining household attitudes to green electricity programmes. While the willingness to participate in green electricity programmes is influenced by education and environmental awareness, the willingness to pay for green electricity predominantly depends on household income. The expressed median willingness to pay is found to exceed the current level of mandatory charges for green electricity. Nevertheless, recent increases in final electricity prices might have already exhausted the capacity for additional voluntary contributions.
COBISS.SI-ID: 20874214