Prioritizing of Entrepreneurial Behavior of Sports Equipment Manufacturing Companies
محورهای موضوعی : Sport psychology
1 - Department of Accounting, Da.C., Islamic Azad University, Damghan, Iran
کلید واژه: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship benefits, Entrepreneurial behavior, FAHP,
چکیده مقاله :
The purpose of this research is to realize how organizations have been sustaining their growth through applying entrepreneurial behavior factors. Regarding the thematic nature of research model, experts’ opinion in Sports equipment manufacturing companies, companies in sports equipment manufacturing companies have been examined in current study included: 1- Nike sportswear company 2- Puma sportswear company 3- Adidas sportswear manufacturing company have been brought for this research as statistic population. Numbers of experts participating in the study were 30 persons who were interested in improving discussion. The main tools used for gathering the data in this study were company records and questionnaire. The results obtained from fuzzy AHP method in order to the development of entrepreneurial behavior indicate that Nike Sportswear Company is more important than Adidas sportswear manufacturing company and Puma Sportswear Company. The results obtained from fuzzy AHP method according to the entrepreneurial behavior factors indicate that structural factors are more important than underlying factors and behavior factors. According to the structural factors scale, it is concluded that entrepreneur organization structure is more important than other factors.
The purpose of this research is to realize how organizations have been sustaining their growth through applying entrepreneurial behavior factors. Regarding the thematic nature of research model, experts’ opinion in Sports equipment manufacturing companies, companies in sports equipment manufacturing companies have been examined in current study included: 1- Nike sportswear company 2- Puma sportswear company 3- Adidas sportswear manufacturing company have been brought for this research as statistic population. Numbers of experts participating in the study were 30 persons who were interested in improving discussion. The main tools used for gathering the data in this study were company records and questionnaire. The results obtained from fuzzy AHP method in order to the development of entrepreneurial behavior indicate that Nike Sportswear Company is more important than Adidas sportswear manufacturing company and Puma Sportswear Company. The results obtained from fuzzy AHP method according to the entrepreneurial behavior factors indicate that structural factors are more important than underlying factors and behavior factors. According to the structural factors scale, it is concluded that entrepreneur organization structure is more important than other factors.
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