A Proposal for a Standard With Innovation Management System

Table 6: Model summary H5
Table 7: H5-Coefficients a
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Model R R Square
Adjusted R
Square
Std. Error of the
Estimate
1 ,235 a ,055 ,043 ,382
a. Predictors: (Constant), ACR
Unstandardized Coefficients
Standardized
Coefficients
Model B Std. Error Beta t Sig.
(Constant) 1,530 ,156 9,808 ,000
Einfluss 2 ,110 ,051 ,235 2,144 ,035
a. Dependent Variable: DIS
Referring to figure 1 the results of this study are consolidated in figure 2.
Figure 2: Itemized community interdependency model for homosexual entrepreneurs
4. Discussion
The purpose of this study was to examine the role of the LGB community for business models and the
different degrees of commercial community relations of homosexual entrepreneurs. Prior research
has mostly examined the importance and relevance of sexual orientation for entrepreneurship in
general; we sought to go deeper and to explore the community relations of lesbian and gay
entrepreneurs, and the importance of such relations for entrepreneurial success. Working on an
explanatory model based on a “community as solidarity” approach, we have hypothesized and found
influences of perceived discrimination, business sectors, and “LGB climate” in general on the degree
of commercial-community relations, and, thus on the entrepreneurial outcome. In this sense,
community relatedness represents a major factor for entrepreneurial success for a significant part of
homosexual entrepreneurs. These research results are in contrast to those of prior studies, which
emphasize that sexual orientation and the LGB community, as well as the location of the enterprise
near to the LGB community, only have a marginal influence on the entrepreneurial success (see
Schindehutte et al 2005).
5. Future research
As these research results imply that community relations and the perceived LGBT climate by
homosexual entrepreneurs affect the entrepreneurial success, it may be of great interest what outing
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