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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 2 Some indicators to measure expectations

From: Defining entrepreneurial success to improve guidance services: a study with a comprehensive database from Andalusia

Types

Indicators

Authors

Expectations in context

Mean values at the commencement of their activity in companies in their business segment (such as: economic profitability, financial profitability, asset turnover, indebtedness, summary of contextual expectations, etc.)

Padilla-Martínez et al. (2017)

Business prospects and employment for the following year

Padilla-Martínez et al. (2017)

Aims

Achievement of the entrepreneur’s objectives

Ucbasaran et al. (2001); Ramos et al. (2010); Ballester and Fernández (2016); Sánchez et al. (2016)

Satisfaction or valuation

Of employees

Camisón (2001)

Of clients

Covin and Slevin (1990); Luk (1996)

Of the company owner with the results

Luk (1996); González (2003); Maehr and Sjogren (1971); Khan et al. (2021)

Of the company owner with growth in sales

Luk (1996); González (2003)

Of the company owner with the growth of the workforce

Camisón (1997); Camisón (2001); González (2003)

  1. Source: own elaboration