ABSTRACT This study extends the literature on the relevance of the Igbo Traditional Business School (ITBS) in building entrepreneurial potential and intention in an emerging African economy – Nigeria. Two key questions motivated the study: does the ITBS influence entrepreneurial potential and intention, and does entrepreneurial potential influence intention? Data were gathered from a purposive sample of 122 actual micro-entrepreneurs (welders) who passed through the ITBS. The results, based on Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA) in SPSS 23.0, suggest that the ITBS positively and significantly influences entrepreneurial potential and intention, and that perceived desirability, perceived feasibility and propensity to act are significant predictors of entrepreneurial intention. We recommend the formulation of policies to regulate and support the operations of ITBS and, that mentors under the ITBS should aim at inculcating skills that drive desirability, feasibility, propensity to act and entrepreneurial intention in the mentees, with emphasis on the advantages of owning an enterprise.

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探索伊博传统商学院在尼日利亚发展企业潜力和意图的相关性

摘要这项研究扩展了有关伊博传统商学院（ITBS）在建立非洲新兴经济体–尼日利亚的创业潜力和意图方面的意义的文献。该研究有两个关键问题：ITBS是否会影响创业潜力和意图，而创业潜力会影响意图吗？数据收集自通过ITBS的122位实际微型企业家（焊工）的目标样本。基于SPSS 23.0中的多元回归分析（MRA）的结果表明，ITBS积极且显着地影响了企业家的潜力和意图，并且感知的可取性，可行性和行动倾向是企业家意图的重要预测因子。