Understanding the older entrepreneur: Comparing Third Age and Prime Age entrepreneurs in Finland

Artikel

This paper responds to the need for more data on the topical issue of older entrepreneurship by comparing Third Age (50+ years) and Prime Age (20-49 years) entrepreneurs in Finland. The data comprises responses from 839 small firms which were established 2000-2006. The fact that 16 % of these firms were founded by individuals aged 50 or over indicates that older entrepreneurship is not a marginal issue, even though the start-up rate in the Third Age population was found to be slightly less than half of that in the Prime Age cohort. Further, the findings point to the need for more empirical, especially qualitative, research on issues related to the social and cultural perceptions of old age and gender as well as different "pull" motivations leading to entrepreneurship at an older age, which were found to clearly dominate over "push" motives in this context.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: International Journal of Business Science & Applied Management (IJBSAM) ; ISSN: 1753-0296 ; Volume: 3 ; Year: 2008 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 3-13 ; s.l.: International Journal of Business Science & Applied Management

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Management
• Thema: entrepreneurship ; third age ; older entrepreneur ; ageing ; Finland

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Kautonen, Teemu
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): International Journal of Business Science & Applied Management
• (wo): s.l.
• (wann): 2008

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/190597
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ