Entrepreneurial Motivation of Young Human Resources

Abstract

Recent years have seen the rise of importance of entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurs and start-ups have been engines of world economic growth. Japan also has paid great attention to entrepreneurship and various policies have been discussed to enhance realization of entrepreneurship. However, there should be a lack on the discussion, which is entrepreneurial motivation of young human resources. Therefore, this article focuses on college and graduate students and investigates their motivation as entrepreneurs. The analyses show the three findings. First, the entrepreneurial disposition of Japanese students are weaker than that of U.S., China, India, Spain and Belgium. Second, Japanese students' motivations for startup business compared to other countries are weak on aspects of leadership and independence, but strong on aspects of social contribution. Third, Japanese students consider their lacks of business skills and knowledge as major risks and barriers to business startup.