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| Understanding the older entrepreneur | | Author(s) | Malcolm Small |
| Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 16, no 3, 2012 |
| Pages | pp 132-140 |
| Source | http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/jo... |
| Keywords | Companies ; Business formation ; Older people ; Retired persons. |
| Annotation | Older workers facing redundancy or retirement may decide to start and run their own business. The purpose of this paper was to gain insight into the prevalence of entrepreneurial activity amongst older people, and whether such activity may be an option for them to extend their working lives. An e-mail survey was distributed which included a series of questions relating to age and business activities. Older respondents (aged 55 years or over) were also asked to answer three or more open-ended questions in more depth. Over 1,200 responses to the survey were received. The findings showed that starting, running or continuing in individual business or entrepreneurial activity was surprisingly commonplace amongst the research sample, suggesting that there might be more older entrepreneurs amongst the population as a whole than might have previously been supposed. For those with the requisite skills and personal attributes, entrepreneurship in later life would appear to be a valid option for extending working lives. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121106001 A |
| Classmark | X2: WSR: B: BB6 |
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