The focus of this study was to examine the past educational experiences women entrepreneurs had that related to the operation of their businesses in an incubator setting. The study also examined educational needs not adequately addressed for women entrepreneurs in this setting. Data were gathered by participant interview methods using a qualitative research approach. Twenty subjects were selected for individual interviews. They were located through personal contact upon recommendation of the managers or executive directors of business incubator facilities. Interview questions addressed business, computer, oral and written communication, and general educational experiences related to their businesses as well as perceived educational needs. In addition, eight incubator managers where the subjects' businesses were located were also interviewed to determine their perceptions of the entrepreneurs' educational needs. Demographic information was obtained from the subjects as to age, previous business experience, educational experiences, degrees earned, professional certification, and other education. Their previous occupations as related to their present business enterprises were also obtained. Taped responses to the interview questions were transcribed, verified, and examined for similarities and differences. A profile of the 20 female entrepreneurs who had their businesses located in a business incubator facility emerged. They had a mean age of 43 years, had worked for a number of years before making the decision to go into their own businesses, and had diverse educational backgrounds ranging from high school graduation through the Ph.D. degree. Their business experiences varied widely. A common concern of the 20 subjects interviewed was lack of computer knowledge and experience. This concern surfaced regardless of prior course work completed. Also, development of additional accounting, communication, and marketing skills emerged as educational needs. Course structure of available courses was a concern. Courses offered on an intensive basis were needed. Further, the interviewees felt that considerable time could be saved by having course work and seminars taught on-site at the incubator facility. Coursework geared to small businesses so that the material and information obtained would have a direct application to their endeavors was desired. In addition, having a computer center within the incubator facility was identified as needed by the female entrepreneurs. / Ed. D.

Yes / ‘Digital Era Governance’ (DEG) enables electronic networked processes for integrated, holistic public sector delivery through the adoption of contemporary digital technologies. Our study, based within the States of California and Nevada (USA), investigates the logics embedded in DEG and the critical issues involved for transformational change. We draw upon the concept of ‘enactment’ as a lens to provide insights into relevant theoretical issues. These are operationalised through an enhanced Technology Enactment Framework (TEF) to consider reforms to explore the new DEG environment and, specifically, the role of the CIO and e-government policies. Our findings reveal how public sector CIOs adopt the role of an ‘institutional entrepreneur’, who demonstrate a series of initiatives augmented through identified behaviours relating to proactive community mobilisation (leadership, member focus) and legitimisation (discourse, success stories). Furthermore, the characterisation of entrepreneurial enactment appears to be extremely beneficial to the transformation to DEG within any contemporary public sector context.

Cette thèse est une contribution au débat sur l’entrepreneuriat comme levier économique et social pour le développement des pays du Sud. L’objectif de cette thèse est de déterminer plus particulièrement le comportement de l’entrepreneur malgache des zones franches textiles et spécifier son management interculturel.Cette thèse, caractérisée par une approche multidisciplinaire, est structurée en trois parties.La première partie présente une revue de la littérature afin d’appréhender l’état actuel des recherches sur l’entrepreneur dans les pays du Sud et introduit la notion de management interculturel. La seconde partie s’articule d’une part autour des origines et des évolutions du cluster textile à Madagascar et d’autre part autour de la prégnance de la culture malgache dans le comportement des entrepreneurs des zones franches textiles. Enfin la dernière partie de cette thèse s’attelle aux analyses empiriques de récits de vie des entrepreneurs. Cette partie propose une typologie des entrepreneurs dans les entreprises franches textiles à Madagascar, à partir de l’analyse interprétative des récits de vie. / This Ph.D. is a contribution to the recent debates on the role of entrepreneurship in developing countries. The main issue of the thesis is to determine entrepreneurs’ behavior through intercultural management. This work is applied to the Madagascar’s free zone entrepreneurs. In this thesis, we use multidisciplinary methodology in order to understand how Madagascar’s entrepreneurs develop their activities. The first chapter of the thesis presents the state of the art of recent research on entrepreneurship in developing countries. The second chapter analyses the origins and evolutions of the textile cluster of Madagascar and introduces the role of cultural elements. Finally, the third chapter reproduces some “fragments” from these entrepreneurs’ interviews. This chapter delivers a typology for the entrepreneurs of Madagascar’s textile free zone.

Dans un contexte où la création d’entreprises, l’innovation et le développement de territoires innovants sont une préoccupation des politiques publiques aussi bien territoriales que nationales, la question de leur articulation reste en débat. Dans la littérature, de nombreux travaux étudient soit la contribution de l’investissement en capital à l’émergence des clusters et à leur développement soit la contribution de l’entrepreneur au développement économique d’un territoire. La relation entre ces acteurs associés à l’innovation et au territoire est rarement étudiée. Cette thèse a pour objectif de montrer qu’investisseur en capital et entrepreneur sont deux éléments essentiels du fonctionnement des territoires innovants et qu’il existe un lien à double sens entre ces acteurs et le territoire. Les territoires innovants favorisent la présence de l’entrepreneur et de l’investisseur et le bon fonctionnement de leur relation ; en retour les entrepreneurs associés aux investisseurs, génèrent des externalités positives pour le territoire et enrichissent la base de connaissances de celui-ci. Nous étudions la relation entrepreneur investisseur sous l’angle d’un duo qui produit des ressources pour le territoire, appelé le « duo entrepreneur investisseur en capital » définit comme l’ensemble des interactions, la mise en relation et l’apprentissage mutuel entre investisseurs et entrepreneurs. Pour aller au-delà de la contribution du duo au développement économique sous l’angle de la création d’entreprises, la thèse analyse la contribution du duo au capital savoir territorial défini comme l’ensemble des informations et connaissances scientifiques et techniques produites, acquises, combinées et systématisées par les entreprises et les institutions locales pour être utilisées dans un processus de création de valeur et selon un projet territorial défini. Les approches mobilisées pour construire le cadre théorique s’intègrent dans les théories économiques et managériales de l’entrepreneur, de l’innovation et du territoire. L’analyse empirique se base sur les pôles de compétitivité de Lyon Grenoble Chambéry (PCLGC) ; le choix des pôles est justifié par une analyse statistique. Elle a donné lieu à la construction d’une base de données quantitatives qui regroupe des informations consolidées sur les 172 nouvelles entreprises des sept pôles, sur les processus d’innovation et sur le financement en capital de ces entreprises. L’analyse se fonde également sur la réalisation de 2 enquêtes qualitatives auprès de 15 entrepreneurs et de 12 investisseurs en capital. L’analyse quantitative montre que le processus de transformation de la connaissance en entreprises par les entrepreneurs fonctionne au sein des PCLGC. Les investisseurs en capital sont présents auprès des nouvelles entreprises des pôles et permettent la transformation de la connaissance en entreprises. Les pôles favorisent la mise en relation des entrepreneurs et des investisseurs. La relation entre entrepreneur et investisseur est fondée sur l’intérêt financier, la confiance, et la recherche du succès de l’entreprise. Elle base son fonctionnement sur des processus de mise en réseau, d’apprentissages et d’interactions. Les entrepreneurs et les investisseurs mettent en commun des connaissances et produisent des connaissances scientifiques et techniques codifiées mesurées par les brevets et des connaissances tacites. Notre travail montre l’avantage que peuvent avoir les investisseurs à se regrouper de manière formelle et informelle, et l’importance de créer des synergies locales entre les entrepreneurs. Concernant les politiques publiques, la thèse montre l’intérêt pour les acteurs publics de favoriser l’ensemble des actions permettant la mise en relation et les collaborations entre les investisseurs en capital et les entrepreneurs dans les territoires des pôles de compétitivité en vue de remplir l’objectif de faire des pôles « des usines à produits ». / In a context where new firms, innovation and the development of innovative region are a main concern of both national and regional public policies, the question of their articulation remains in debate. In the literature, many papers study either the contribution of venture capital to the emergence of clusters and their development or the contribution of the entrepreneur to the economic development of a territory. The relationship between these actors associated with innovation and the territory is rarely studied. The main objective of this thesis is to show that the venture capitalist and the entrepreneur are two essential elements of the functioning of innovative territories; and that there is a two-way relationship between these actors and the territory. Namely, innovative territories are favorable to the presence of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists and to the well-functioning of their relationship. In return, entrepreneurs associated with venture capitalists in a duo generate positive externalities for the territory and enrich the knowledge base of the territory. In this thesis, we study the venture capitalist-entrepreneur relationship from the point of view of a duo that produces resources for the territory, called the "venture capitalist-entrepreneur duo" that we define as the set of interactions, networking and mutual learning between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. To go beyond the duo's contribution to economic development in term of firms' creation. We analyse the duo's contribution to territorial knowledge capital, which is defined as the knowledge base produced, possessed and used by the set of local enterprises and institutions. The approaches mobilized to build the theoretical framework of the thesis are integrated in the economic and managerial theories of the entrepreneur, the innovation and the territory. The empirical analysis is based on the competitiveness clusters of Lyon Grenoble Chambéry (LGC). The choice of the competitiveness clusters has been justified by a statistical analysis. A quantitative database has been built for this purpose. It brings together consolidated information on 172 new firms in the seven clusters concerned, on the innovation processes and on the venture capital financing of these firms. The analysis is also based on the completion of two qualitative surveys within 15 entrepreneurs and 12 venture capitalists. The quantitative analysis shows that the process of transforming knowledge into firms by entrepreneurs works within LGC's competitiveness clusters. Venture capitalists are very active among entrepreneurs in the clusters and enable the transformation of knowledge into new firms. The clusters promote the linking of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. The relastionship between entrepreneur and venture capitalist is based on the financial interest, the trust, and the search for the success of the firms. It bases its functioning on networking, learning and interactions. Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists share knowledge. Entrepreneurs and VCs produce codified scientific and technical knowledge as measured by patents and tacit knowledge that provides a local knowledge base on venture capital and creates tools to improve the relationship functioning. The thesis shows the advantage that venture capitalists may have in syndicating formally and informally, and the importance of creating local synergies between entrepreneurs. With regard to public policies, the thesis shows the interest for public actors to promote all the actions allowing the connections and the collaborations between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs in the clusters of competitiveness with a view to fulfill the objective of not only producing knowledges but also products.

L’aquaculture des ormeaux (Haliotis spp.) fournit un bon cas étude des défis techniques, sociaux et environnementaux concernant l'introduction d’organismes marins nouvellement domestiqués sur le marché. En effet, l'élevage de l'ormeau a débuté au Japon au cours des années 1960 et, d'après la FAO (2012), est aujourd'hui l'une des industries aquacoles les plus dynamiques dans le monde. Pourtant, toutes les tentatives n'ont pas connues le même succès. Cette dissertation vise à comprendre les facteurs qui ont permis ou entravé le succès environnemental, social et technique de l’halioticulture, en mettant l'accent sur la France. Plus précisément, nous examinons trois grandes catégories de facteurs qui peuvent expliquer son évolution: - L'importance des facteurs socio-écologiques dans la gestion de la ressource en ormeaux - Les facteurs socioculturels qui étayent le statut de l'ormeau en tant que ressource éligible pour l'aquaculture. - Le rôle de la science dans l'industrialisation de l'élevage d'ormeaux. / Abalone aquaculture (Haliotis spp.) or halioticulture provides a good case study of the technical, social and environmental challenges of introducing newly domesticated marine organisms into the market. Abalone farming began in Japan in the 1960s and, according to FAO (2012), is now one of the most dynamic aquaculture industries in the world. Yet all attempts have not met with the same success. This essay aims to understand the factors that have allowed or hindered the environmental, social and technical success of halioticulture, with an emphasis on France.More specifically, we examine three main categories of factors that may explain its evolution:- The importance of socio-ecological factors in the management of abalone resource.- Socio-cultural factors that support the status of the abalone as an eligible resource for aquaculture.- The role of science in the industrialization of abalone farming.

Cette thèse repose sur des analyses théoriques qui viennent expliciter les constats et résultats de recherche issus du terrain. Il s'agit de présenter les dynamiques actuelles du travail et de tracer le lien, entre le sens et le vécu du travail. Le déplacement d'une conception collective à une appréhension très individuelle du métier conduit à penser l'émergence d'un nouveau modèle de travailleur, entrepreneur de lui-même. Le champ des mondes des métiers du social est présenté comme exemplaire, sorte de laboratoire pour l'analyse de ces mutations. La méthodologie mise en oeuvre sur trois terrains distincts mais articulés dans cette recherche est essentiellement qualitative ; elle donne ainsi l'opportunité de retranscrire les paroles des acteurs dans ce champ spécifique où la relation est primordiale. L'ancrage théorique et méthodologique de cette thèse permet de penser l'intérêt de ce détour par le sens pour concevoir de nouvelles pratiques de gestion des ressources humaines qui ré-attestent la centralité et la valeur du travail tant pour l'individu que pour l'organisation. Des facteurs clés décisifs pour la conduite des activités sont mis en évidence et structurés autour de deux grandes orientations managériales : la réintroduction du dialogue dans les collectifs de travail inspirée par la méthode de la prospective des métiers,-la mise en oeuvre d'un management par le sens en construisant les coopérations au sein des métiers et des organisations, c’est-à-dire là où se condense le travail. / The research is based on theoretical analyses which come to clarify field reports and search results. It presents the current dynamics of work and marks out the link between the meaning and the real-life experience of work. The shift from a collective conception to a very individual apprehension of the profession leads to think of the emergence of a new model of worker, entrepreneur of himself. The field of the social sector profession world is presented as an example, a sort of laboratory for the analysis of the transformations. The implemented methodology on three different but articulated grounds here, is essentially qualitative; thus giving the opportunity to retranscribe the words of the actors in this specific field where the relation is essential. The theoretical and methodological anchoring of this thesis allows to conceive the interest of the detour by the meaning of work so as to conceive new practices of human resource management which re-give evidence of the centrality and value of work both for the individual and for the organization. Decisive key factors for the conduct of activities are highlighted and structured around two large managerial orientations: The reintroduction of the dialogue in working collectives inspired by the planning for trades method, The implementation of meaning-oriented management by building cooperation within professions and organizations, that is where work condenses.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-02T21:42:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Alexandre Borges.pdf: 853599 bytes, checksum: 38f58431495391cc7bc347df8e0be854 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-12-10 / Entrepreneurship has been currently discussed in both academic and corporate worlds. However, an entrepreneur s behavior, choices and forming aspects are issues which have just started been debated in the academia. This way, such dissertation will be discussing these points and the entrepreneur s career itself. In order to explore such topic, a data collection tool was developed aimed at classifying graduate students at Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (FAAP) in the following categories: (1) internal entrepreneurs; (2) tendency to internal entrepreneurs; (3) tendency to external entrepreneurs; and (4) external entrepreneurs. The result of this dissertation shows the validity of the data collection tool as well as a ranking of the entrepreneurial tendency of respondents demonstrating a higher numbers of students with external and internal especially entrepreneurial tendency.(AU) / O empreendedorismo tem sido um tema recorrente no mundo corporativo e acadêmico. Porém, o comportamento, as escolhas e os aspectos que formam o empreendedor ainda são questões emergentes na universidade. Desse modo, o objetivo dessa dissertação é discutir esses pontos e avançar sobre questões referentes às escolhas profissionais ao longo de uma carreira empreendedora. Para isso, foi desenvolvida uma régua de classificação que posicionou os estudantes de pós-graduação da Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado nas seguintes categorias: (1) empreendedores internos; (2) tendência a empreendedor interno; (3) tendência a empreendedor externo; e (4) empreendedor externo. O resultado dessa dissertação é a validação desta régua bem como uma classificação da tendência empreendedora dos pesquisados, destacando-se alunos com tendência empreendedora externa e interna respectivamente.(AU)

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:53:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JoaoMO_DISSERT.pdf: 668942 bytes, checksum: f54d85b828cc53f2dae477cc05bc9551 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-09-10 / Entrepreneurs are individuals who can transform economic and social realities by promoting development, so it became important tools in generating externalities in regions where they operate. In Brazil, 59.9% of new ventures do not reach the fourth year of life, the mortality rate of new ventures is high. The causes of mortality are numerous, and within the behavioral aspects, one is the locus of control. This study determines the degree of association between internal locus of control and achieving business success of entrepreneurs in Rio Grande do Norte who participated in the workshop EMPRETEC. The approach that studies the behavior entrepreneurs agreed that there are psychological characteristics associated with a set of values, attitudes and needs that determine the behavior and induce the entrepreneur to achieve success. Among these features is the locus of control, a skill that individuals must identify in their actions, or lack of them, the causes of their successes and failures. The locus is external when the individual attributes to factors outside themselves as causes of their results, and is built in when you can identify the actions that led to success. We surveyed 223 entrepreneurs statewide who answered the questionnaire for assessing the scale of locus of control, selfassessment questionnaire of entrepreneurial characteristics of EMPRETEC and a questionnaire assessing the business success. 71.9% were identified as having success. Among the behavioral characteristics strongest in the group of entrepreneurs are setting goals and commitment. Was found for locus of control mean value of 7.35, confidence interval between 7.05 and 7.66. Showing that the locus of control group is predominantly internal. We also found a correlation between the locus and commitment, between setting goals and commitment; calculated risks and information search; search of information and commitment, and between commitment and independence and self confidence. Dependence was not identified among the set of features and business success, determining the absence of an ideal profile. However, logistic regression significant association was found indicating that the smaller the individual's locus of control increased the likelihood of it achieving business success / Os empreendedores s?o indiv?duos que podem transformar realidades econ?micas e sociais promovendo desenvolvimento, por isto tornaram-se pe?as importantes na gera??o de externalidades nas regi?es onde atuam. No Brasil 59,9% dos novos empreendimentos n?o chegam ao quarto ano de vida, esta taxa de mortalidade de novos empreendimentos ? alta. As causas a mortalidade s?o in?meras, e dentro dos aspectos comportamentais, uma delas ? o locus de controle. Este estudo determina o grau de associa??o entre o locus de controle interno e a obten??o de efetividade empresarial em empreendedores do Rio Grande do Norte que participaram do workshop EMPRETEC. A abordagem que estuda os comportamentos empreendedores preconiza que existem caracter?sticas psicol?gicas associadas a um conjunto de valores, atitudes e necessidades que determinam o comportamento e induzem o empreendedor ? obten??o de efetividade. Dentre estas caracter?sticas est? o locus de controle, capacidade que os indiv?duos t?m de identificar em suas a??es, ou na aus?ncia delas, as causas de seus sucessos e fracassos. O locus ? externo quando o indiv?duo atribui a fatores fora de si como causas de seus resultados, e ? interno quando consegue identificar dentro si as a??es que o conduziram ao sucesso. Foram pesquisados 223 empreendedores em todo estado que responderam o question?rio de avalia??o da escala do locus de controle, o question?rio de autoavalia??o das caracter?sticas empreendedoras do EMPRETEC e um question?rio de avalia??o da efetividade empresarial. 71,9% deles foram identificados como tendo efetividade. Dentre as caracter?sticas comportamentais mais fortes no grupo de empreendedores est?o o estabelecimento de metas e o comprometimento. Foi encontrado para o locus de controle o valor m?dio de 7,35, com intervalo de confian?a entre 7,05 e 7,66. Mostrando que o locus de controle do grupo ? predominantemente interno. Tamb?m foi encontrada correla??o entre o locus e comprometimento; entre estabelecimento de metas e comprometimento; correr riscos calculados e busca de informa??es; busca de informa??es e comprometimento; e entre o comprometimento e independ?ncia e autoconfian?a. N?o foi identificada depend?ncia entre o conjunto das caracter?sticas e a efetividade empresarial, determinando assim a n?o exist?ncia de um perfil ideal. No entanto, atrav?s de regress?o log?stica significante foi encontrada associa??o que indica que quanto menor o locus de controle do individuo maior a probabilidade dele alcan?ar a efetividade empresarial

<p>Redan i början av 1970-talet publicerades den första artikeln som menade att miljön skulle bli</p><p>ett ”vinnande koncept” för företag inom en snar framtid. Idag kan vi se att miljödebatten</p><p>sätter djupa spår i vårt konsumtionsmönster. När företagare väljer att inrikta sig på miljön</p><p>kliver entreprenören in i bilden och identifierar och upptäcker möjligheter på marknaden.</p><p>Fram till nyligen har forskningen inom miljöområdet bara fokuserat på hur man ska uppnå en</p><p>hållbar utveckling, och det är först på senare år som forskare har börjat utforska entreprenörer</p><p>inom området. Hittills har forskningen även fokuserat på etablerade entreprenörer och inte på</p><p>dem som befinner sig vid initieringen och utvecklandet av sitt företag, så kallade</p><p>entreprenörer i vardande. Om större fokus läggs på varför de väljer miljöinriktat företagande</p><p>kan man också försöka förstå hur man ska gå tillväga för att stimulera och uppmuntra denna</p><p>typ av företagande.</p><p>Utifrån denna bakgrund har vi utgått från följande problemformulering: ”Varför väljer</p><p>entreprenörer i vardande att inrikta sig på miljömedvetet företagande?”</p><p>Studien formades utifrån ett hermeneutiskt förhållningssätt med en växelverkan mellan</p><p>deduktiv och induktiv ansats. Undersökningens empiriska material bygger på sex intervjuer</p><p>med entreprenörer som är i startfasen eller utvecklingsfasen av miljöinriktade konsultföretag.</p><p>Vår förhoppning med uppsatsen är att öka förståelsen för problemet. Den teoretiska</p><p>referensramen syftar till att ge läsaren en bra grund att stå på inom entreprenörskap samt visa</p><p>olika motiv och drivkrafter för entreprenörer med miljöinriktning, så kallade ekoprenörer.</p><p>Analysen syftar till att diskutera och reflektera över den empiriska studien för att upptäcka</p><p>nya kunskaper och utveckla befintlig teori. Studien visar att respondenternas åsikter om miljö</p><p>och hållbar utveckling är en bidragande orsak till att entreprenörer i vardande väljer ett</p><p>miljömedvetet företagande. Detta avspeglar sig också i deras ekonomiska intressen som</p><p>befinner sig på den nivån att de endast vill gå runt med företaget. Respondenterna visade sig</p><p>ha varit verksamma inom en likartad verksamhet inom miljö och hållbar utveckling innan</p><p>initieringen av företaget. Detta bidrog till en hög kompetens och stort nätverk inom området</p><p>vilket bidragit till kunskap om kunder och efterfrågan. Studien observerar att regleringar,</p><p>lagar och förordningar styr verksamheten på ett indirekt sätt då deras kunder är de som måste</p><p>uppnå regleringar och policyer.</p>

Redan i början av 1970-talet publicerades den första artikeln som menade att miljön skulle bli ett ”vinnande koncept” för företag inom en snar framtid. Idag kan vi se att miljödebatten sätter djupa spår i vårt konsumtionsmönster. När företagare väljer att inrikta sig på miljön kliver entreprenören in i bilden och identifierar och upptäcker möjligheter på marknaden. Fram till nyligen har forskningen inom miljöområdet bara fokuserat på hur man ska uppnå en hållbar utveckling, och det är först på senare år som forskare har börjat utforska entreprenörer inom området. Hittills har forskningen även fokuserat på etablerade entreprenörer och inte på dem som befinner sig vid initieringen och utvecklandet av sitt företag, så kallade entreprenörer i vardande. Om större fokus läggs på varför de väljer miljöinriktat företagande kan man också försöka förstå hur man ska gå tillväga för att stimulera och uppmuntra denna typ av företagande. Utifrån denna bakgrund har vi utgått från följande problemformulering: ”Varför väljer entreprenörer i vardande att inrikta sig på miljömedvetet företagande?” Studien formades utifrån ett hermeneutiskt förhållningssätt med en växelverkan mellan deduktiv och induktiv ansats. Undersökningens empiriska material bygger på sex intervjuer med entreprenörer som är i startfasen eller utvecklingsfasen av miljöinriktade konsultföretag. Vår förhoppning med uppsatsen är att öka förståelsen för problemet. Den teoretiska referensramen syftar till att ge läsaren en bra grund att stå på inom entreprenörskap samt visa olika motiv och drivkrafter för entreprenörer med miljöinriktning, så kallade ekoprenörer. Analysen syftar till att diskutera och reflektera över den empiriska studien för att upptäcka nya kunskaper och utveckla befintlig teori. Studien visar att respondenternas åsikter om miljö och hållbar utveckling är en bidragande orsak till att entreprenörer i vardande väljer ett miljömedvetet företagande. Detta avspeglar sig också i deras ekonomiska intressen som befinner sig på den nivån att de endast vill gå runt med företaget. Respondenterna visade sig ha varit verksamma inom en likartad verksamhet inom miljö och hållbar utveckling innan initieringen av företaget. Detta bidrog till en hög kompetens och stort nätverk inom området vilket bidragit till kunskap om kunder och efterfrågan. Studien observerar att regleringar, lagar och förordningar styr verksamheten på ett indirekt sätt då deras kunder är de som måste uppnå regleringar och policyer.