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ENTREPRENEURIAL INNOVATIVENESS AND PROFITABILITY OF STUDENTS’ START-UPS

Ogbari, M. E. and CHIMA, George Uzoma K. and Olokundun, Ayodele Maxwell and Kehinde, Busola and Edewor, Ogheneofejiro J. (2023) ENTREPRENEURIAL INNOVATIVENESS AND PROFITABILITY OF STUDENTS’ START-UPS. Nigerian Journal of Management Sciences, 24 (2a). pp. 301-307.

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Abstract

Job creation and fostering innovation targets to achieve decent work and economic growth (SDGs 8) and industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDGs 9). This study assessed the contribution of entrepreneurial innovativeness to profitability of Students start-up businesses. Descriptive research design was employed in the study. 120 selected post graduate and undergraduate students of Covenant University Ota, Nigeria were obtained through a simple random sampling technique. The result reveals that innovativeness embedded in competitive aggressiveness is a predominant predictor of profitability. The study recommends that start-up businesses that desire better business performance should adopt innovative entrepreneurial orientation and align it with basic aspects of their income generation and management activities to improve productivity and their corporate image in order to be better positioned.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: entrepreneurial innovativeness, competitiveness, business start-ups, profitability
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
Divisions: Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Management
Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
Depositing User: Patricia Nwokealisi
Date Deposited: 29 Apr 2024 11:36
Last Modified: 29 Apr 2024 11:36
URI: http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/17938

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