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Social recognition has a significant impact with a p value of
0.048 and a B-value of 0.072.

The multiple regression analysis of the return on sales in year 1
shows, that the motivational structure of entrepreneur on the
business surviving success is significant. In addition to that, the
social recognition as well as the desire for independence in the
first year are significant.

3.2 Year 2

For the second year after the company was founded, the
motivational factors have a small impact on the business
surviving success with an R Square 0.009 and an R of 0.094.

Model Summary

Model

R Square

Adjusted R

Square

Std. Error of
the Estimate

,094

,009

-,031

,43418

Table 7: Model Summary of the multiple regression analysis
between the motivational structure of the entrepreneur and the
business surviving success in year 2

Analyzing the significance of the model, there is no significant
relationship between the motivational structure and the business
surviving success. The p-value is 0.926 and significant higher
than the 0.05.

ANOVA

Model

Sum of

Squares

Mean

Square

Sig.

Regression

,167

,042

,222

,926

Residual

18,663

,189

Total

18,830

103

Table 8: ANOVA of the multiple regression analysis between the
motivational structure of the entrepreneur and the business
surviving success in year 2

The coefficients of the model show, that there is no significant
relationship between one of the motivational factors. The
relationship for ‘financial rewards’ and ‘social recognition’ have
a negative influence on the business surviving success.

Coefficients

Model

Unstandardized

Coefficients

Standardized

Coefficients

Std.

Erro

Beta

Sig.

(Constant)

1,258

,043

29,539

000

Need for

achievement

,025

,047

,060

,544

,588

Financial

reward

-,039

,048

-,092

-,815

,417

Social

recognition

,012

,047

,028

,254

,800

Impendence

-,003

,046

-,007

-,069

,945

Table 9: Analysis of the coefficients of the multiple regression
analysis between the motivational structure of the entrepreneur
and the business surviving success in year 2

3.3 Year 3

In the third year after founding the company, the influence of the
motivational structure on the business surviving success
increases, compared to the influence in year 2. The R square
increased to 0.069 and R of 0.264.

Model Summary

Model

R Square

Adjusted R

Square

Std. Error of
the Estimate

,264

,069

,032

,74455

Table 10: Model summary of the multiple regression analysis
between the motivational structure of the entrepreneur and the
business surviving success in year 3

The significance of the model between the business surviving
success and the motivational structure of the entrepreneur is
0.126. The significance is higher than in year 2, but higher than
in year 1.

ANOVA

Model

Sum of
Squares

Mean
Square

Sig.

Regression

4,099

1,025

1,849

,126

Residual

54,881

,554

Total

58,980

103

Table 11: ANOVA results of the multiple regression analysis
between the motivational structure of the entrepreneur and the
business surviving success in year 3

Analyzing the coefficients of the models shows, that there is a
significant factor. The impact of the motivational factor
‘independence’ is significant with a p-value of 0.026.

Coefficients

Model

Unstandardized

Coefficients

Standardized

Coefficients

Std.

Error

Beta

Sig.

(Constant)

1,267

,073

17,349

000

Need for

achievement

,048

,080

,064

,602

,549

Financial

reward

-,130

,083

-,172

-1,572

,119

Social

recognition

,183

,081

,242

2,262

,026

Impendence

-,040

,078

-,053

-,512

,610

Table 12: Analysis of the coefficients of the multiple regression
analysis between the motivational structure of the entrepreneur
and the business surviving success in year 3

The other three factors are not significant. The factors ‘financial
reward’ and ‘independence’ have a negative influence on the
business surviving success.

4. Discussion

The results of the analysis show, that there is an influence
between the motivational structure of entrepreneurs and the
business surviving success. The relationship is significant
between the geometric mean of the return on sales over three
years and the motivational structure, as well as the return on
sales in the first year and the motivational factors. This indicates
a strong influence of the motivation on the financial indicators of
business surviving success. In both cases, almost 10% of the
business surviving success is explained by the motivation.
Considering all factors which potentially have an influence on
the entrepreneurship, 10% can be considered as a high share.
Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the motivation of
entrepreneurs in detail.

Comparing the significance of the first year with the second and
third year, it can be concluded that the influence is higher in the
beginning of the entrepreneurship. This can be explained by the
fact, that in the first year it is more likely that the entrepreneur
works by himself without employees. This increases the
influence of the entrepreneur on the founded company.

Analyzing the different motivational factors shows, that the
desire for independence has a significant relationship between
the geometric mean of the return on sales over 3 years.
Furthermore, the desire for independence is significant in the
first year after the company was founded. This shows, that the
motivational factor ‘independence’ has a high influence on the
business surviving success. The second motivational factor,
which has a significant influence on the business surviving
success, is the desire for social recognition. It influences the
return on sales in the first year after the company was founded as
well as on the third year. No significant relationship can be
identified in the second year as well as on the geometric mean of
the return on sales.

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