Influencing Factors of Entrepreneurial Development in Indonesia

SMEs have a significant influence for economic growth in developing countries. Most of SMEs started as family businesses. Many successful entrepreneurs come from family business background. Therefore, information about the business types and how family members support the business can be a consideration for future entrepreneurs to build their own business empire. The purpose of this paper is to identify the characteristics, attributes and growth orientations of Indonesian entrepreneurs, including the roles and contributions of family toward SME. The data used for this study collected from questionnaires, with family business entrepreneurs as the respondents. The factors collected in the questionnaires are the drivers of being entrepreneurs and a combination of demographic information and detail related to characteristics and business orientations. The output of this study is the information on entrepreneur motivation, the influence of family member participation on the business growth, and other factors that might influence the SME family business success.