Analysis of the Causes and Results of the Entrepreneur Failure - Case Study at A Private University in Baghdad

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is a source of unique opportunities with competitive value. One of the requirements of growth and innovation for entrepreneurship is to study the failures and learn from its results. A study sought to analyze the causes and results of the entrepreneurial failure in Al-Rafidain College, one of the leading colleges in Baghdad. The reasons that led to the decline of its leading position among the competitors and how it reflected the process of learning from the results of this failure. The data was collected through interviews with the (10) decision makers and entrepreneurs at the College by the checklist that included a set of questions to analyze these interviews and the answers of the questions to identify the strengths and weaknesses and analyze the performance gap. The main results of the study were the understanding of the senior management in the College the importance of identifying the causes of the entrepreneurial failure and focus on the success factors to continue the entrepreneurship occupied by the college and the competition of other colleges.