This paper focuses on a set of factors related to the opportunity motivations of early-stage entrepreneurs, such as entrepreneur’s perceptions and socio-demographic factors. The research area of this paper includes: fear of failure, social networking, entrepreneur’s knowledge, skills and experience, and perception of business opportunity; and socio-demographic characteristics of entrepreneurs, such as the age, gender, level of education and household income. The data has been provided by Adult Population Survey, as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. The sample includes data collected in 2014, from 12,023 adults by interview methods, which implies valid answers of 692 early-stage entrepreneurs, i. e. a total of 415 early-stage entrepreneurs driven by opportunity motivation. The respondents are located in the Southeast Europe (SEE); and settled in six countries: Greece, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia. According to SPSS Statistics, the empirical research was processed using the Binomial Logistics Regression. Two hypotheses were set up to test the conceptual model. According to the theory and research results, the model consisted of determinants related to the opportunity motivations of early-stage entrepreneurs, has been developed. Motivation as a dependent variable has been measured by the TEA Opportunity index. Thus, the opportunity motivation is found to be related to the entrepreneur’s perception, and socio-demographics factors. Determinants such as the fear of failure and perception of business opportunity contribute to a higher likelihood in the modelling opportunity motivation. The age, gender, level of education and household income also contributed to the developed model. The lower and middle household income of entrepreneurs, secondary degree education, gender as a male, and the entrepreneurs’ age about 45-64 significantly added to the model prediction. Social networking and KSE's did not have a significant role on the entrepreneur's motivation according to the empirical results and the developed model. In addition to improving theoretical material from the field of entrepreneurship, the model also contributes to this work.

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与机会动机相关的一系列因素：来自SEE的早期企业家的分析

本文着重探讨与早期企业家机会动机相关的一系列因素，例如企业家的观念和社会人口因素。本文的研究领域包括：对失败的恐惧，社交网络，企业家的知识，技能和经验以及对商机的感知；企业家的社会人口特征，例如年龄，性别，受教育程度和家庭收入。该数据已由《成人创业调查》提供，该调查是《全球创业监测》的一部分。该样本包括2014年通过访谈方法从1,023名成年人那里收集的数据，这意味着有692位早期企业家的有效答案，即，由机会动机驱动的415位早期企业家。受访者位于东南欧（SEE）；并在六个国家定居：希腊，匈牙利，罗马尼亚，克罗地亚，波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那和斯洛文尼亚。根据SPSS Statistics，使用二项式物流回归对实证研究进行了处理。建立了两个假设以检验概念模型。根据理论和研究成果，建立了由与早期企业家机会动机相关的决定因素组成的模型。动机作为因变量已通过TEA机会指数进行了衡量。因此，发现机会动机与企业家的看法和社会人口统计学因素有关。诸如对失败的恐惧和对商业机会的感知之类的决定因素导致了建模机会动机的更高可能性。年龄，性别，受教育程度和家庭收入也有助于发展该模型。企业家的中下家庭收入，中等教育程度，男性性别以及企业家年龄在45-64之间显着增加了模型预测。根据实证结果和开发的模型，社交网络和KSE对企业家的动机没有显著作用。该模型除了改进企业家精神领域的理论资料外，还为这项工作做出了贡献。根据经验结果和发展模型，对企业家的动机没有显着影响。该模型除了改进企业家精神领域的理论资料外，还为这项工作做出了贡献。根据经验结果和发展模型，对企业家的动机没有显着影响。该模型除了改进企业家精神领域的理论资料外，还为这项工作做出了贡献。