Table 2 Reasons and obstacles for business start-up
From: Entrepreneurial intentions and entrepreneurship education to University students in Portugal
Reasons | Obstacles | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Possibility to develop my own ideas | 5.9438 | Lack of start-up capital | 6.1938 |
To create something by my own (to achieve personal patrimony) | 5.9063 | Difficulty in obtaining financing | 5.9750 |
Searching of new challenges | 5.7125 | Too high risk | 5.7000 |
To carry out a personal dream | 5.5438 | Unfavourable economic climate | 5.2875 |
To invest in personal patrimony | 5.5063 | Tax burden | 5.1313 |
Economic independence | 5.4375 | Fear to fail | 4.9688 |
To get a fair compensation in relation with my work | 5.3688 | To control annual income in relation with the profit | 4.9000 |
To earn more money in comparison with the money earned as a employee | 5.3250 | Good job expectations as an employee | 4.8688 |
Personal independence (freedom of decision and action) | 5.2750 | Lack of business knowledge and knowledge of potential clients | 4.7563 |
To run a company | 5.2250 | Lack of guaranteed minimum wage | 4.5375 |
Impossibility o difficulty to find an appropriate job | 4.8563 | High responsibility | 4.3250 |
To get prestige, status or reputation | 4.7063 | Lack of innovative ideas | 4.0563 |
Dissatisfaction with a previous job | 4.0938 | Lack of family and friends’ support | 3.4125 |
Family tradition | 3.2625 | Have to work a lot of hours | 3.3188 |