Effects of learning, networking and innovation adoption on successful entrepreneurs in Central Java, Indonesia

• Main Authors: Setyawati, Sri Murni, Mohd Shariff, Mohd Noor, Saud, Mohammad Basir
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centre for Promoting Ideas 2011
• Subjects: HB Economic Theory
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/9539/1/19.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/9539/; http://ijbssnet.com/journals/Vol._2_No._5_[Special_Issue_-_March_2011]/19.pdf

This paper aims to test models of learning, networking, and innovation adoption on successful entrepreneurs in Central Java, Indonesia. The study was dependent on a survey conducted on 580 subjects using a random sampling technique. Structural Equation Model (SEM) was used to analyse the data. The results showed that learning and networking have a significant effect on innovation adoption. Consequently, innovation adoption significantly affects the success of the entrepreneurs.Based on the findings, implications to practice are offered.