[ Série d’obstacles à la création d’une entreprise par les jeunes dans un pays en développement : Le cas de jeunes diplômés congolais ]
Volume 32, Issue 4, May 2021, Pages 457–470
Jean Kahuisa Makina1
1 Doctorant en Projets, spécialité Gestion entrepreneuriale, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana, Campeche, Mexico
Original language: French
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This research aims to identify a series of possible obstacles to the entrepreneurship of young Congolese graduates from their entrepreneurial paths. For this type of study, it was necessary to seek information from the subjects concerned by the in-depth interview method. Thus, we have chosen to use the qualitative method and to conduct semi-structured interviews with thirteen young graduates with varied entrepreneurial backgrounds, in order to understand the series of obstacles when setting up their businesses. The results show that the path to entrepreneurship for young Congolese graduates is strewn with obstacles. They face a series of obstacles (individual, environmental and project-related) before starting a business, giving up or getting stuck in their creative projects. Their entrepreneurial journeys are marked by an accumulation of obstacles (from 4 to 9 types of obstacles cited in this study). The nature of these obstacles differs according to the individual, the environment and the entrepreneurial projects. However, certain obstacles, such as: the lack of financial capital, the difficult access to financing, to credit and the lack of professional experience, are specific to this category of entrepreneurs, namely young graduates. The originality of this study is based on the field analyzed, namely the developing countries, specifically the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country less studied on the entrepreneurial level, and on its operational aim the development of entrepreneurship and the realization of entrepreneurial projects of young Congolese graduates.
Author Keywords: Obstacles to entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship barriers, youth entrepreneurship, young Congolese graduate, business creation, series of obstacles, developing countries, entrepreneurial path.
Volume 32, Issue 4, May 2021, Pages 457–470
Jean Kahuisa Makina1
1 Doctorant en Projets, spécialité Gestion entrepreneuriale, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana, Campeche, Mexico
Original language: French
Copyright © 2021 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
This research aims to identify a series of possible obstacles to the entrepreneurship of young Congolese graduates from their entrepreneurial paths. For this type of study, it was necessary to seek information from the subjects concerned by the in-depth interview method. Thus, we have chosen to use the qualitative method and to conduct semi-structured interviews with thirteen young graduates with varied entrepreneurial backgrounds, in order to understand the series of obstacles when setting up their businesses. The results show that the path to entrepreneurship for young Congolese graduates is strewn with obstacles. They face a series of obstacles (individual, environmental and project-related) before starting a business, giving up or getting stuck in their creative projects. Their entrepreneurial journeys are marked by an accumulation of obstacles (from 4 to 9 types of obstacles cited in this study). The nature of these obstacles differs according to the individual, the environment and the entrepreneurial projects. However, certain obstacles, such as: the lack of financial capital, the difficult access to financing, to credit and the lack of professional experience, are specific to this category of entrepreneurs, namely young graduates. The originality of this study is based on the field analyzed, namely the developing countries, specifically the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country less studied on the entrepreneurial level, and on its operational aim the development of entrepreneurship and the realization of entrepreneurial projects of young Congolese graduates.
Author Keywords: Obstacles to entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship barriers, youth entrepreneurship, young Congolese graduate, business creation, series of obstacles, developing countries, entrepreneurial path.
Abstract: (french)
Cette recherche vise à recenser une série d'obstacles éventuels à l'entrepreneuriat des jeunes diplômés congolais à partir de leurs parcours entrepreneuriaux. Pour ce type d'étude, il était nécessaire d'aller chercher les informations auprès des sujets concernés par la méthode des entrevues en profondeur. Ainsi, nous avons choisi d’employer la méthode qualitative et de mener des entretiens semi directifs auprès de treize jeunes diplômés aux parcours entrepreneuriaux variés, afin de comprendre la série de freins lors de la création de leurs entreprises. Les résultats montrent que le chemin vers l’entrepreneuriat des jeunes diplômés congolais est semé d’obstacles. Ces derniers affrontent une série d’obstacles (individuels, environnementaux et liés au projet) avant de créer leur entreprise, d’abandonner ou de se bloquer dans leurs projets de création. Leurs parcours entrepreneuriaux sont marqués par un cumul d’obstacles (de 4 à 9 types d’obstacles cités dans cette étude). La nature de ces freins diffère selon les individus, l’environnement et les projets entrepreneuriaux. Mais, certains freins, tels que: le manque de capital financier, l’accès difficile au financement, au crédit et le manque d’expérience professionnelle, sont spécifiques à cette catégorie d’entrepreneurs, à savoir les jeunes diplômés. L’originalité de cette étude repose sur terrain analysé, à savoir les pays en développement, précisément la République démocratique du Congo, un pays moins étudié sur le plan entrepreneurial, et sur sa visée opérationnelle le développement de l'entrepreneuriat et la concrétisation des projets entrepreneuriaux de jeunes congolais.
Author Keywords: Obstacles à l’entrepreneuriat, freins à l’entrepreneuriat, entrepreneuriat des jeunes, jeune diplômé congolais, création d’entreprise, série d’obstacles, pays en développement, parcours entrepreneurial.
How to Cite this Article
Jean Kahuisa Makina, “A series of obstacles to starting a business for young people in a developing country: The case of young Congolese graduates,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 457–470, May 2021.
