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International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences

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ISSN: 2222-6990

Decision Making of Entrepreneurs in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises(SMEs)

Mohammad Fotouhi Ardakani, Razieh Khojasteh Avorgani

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i3/8933

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It is obvious that making decisions is the major element of entrepreneurships activities and its inseparable component, and it shows itself in entrepreneur behavior. This research focused on personal factors analysis and the characteristics of an affective decision on entrepreneurs decisions of small and medium-sized enterprises(SMEs). In collecting data in order to investigate the history of the research and the review of the literature, library sources are used, and the choices are assessed with distributing questioner and applying field method. For precise recognition of each choice the data were analyzed applying SPSS22 and AMOS programs. The results show that among personal factors only the information has a significant effect on entrepreneurs decisions.

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In-Text Citation: (Ardakani & Avorgani, 2021)
To Cite this Article: Ardakani, M. F., & Avorgani, R. K. (2021). Decision Making of Entrepreneurs in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises(SMEs). International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(3), 1412–1424.