Factors Deterring Entrepreneurial Intent of Sri Lankan IT Professionals

Despite the wealth of human capital and despite the institutional support for seeding and mentoring nascent entrepreneurs, there are but a dismal number of IT professionals venturing in to setting up IT based start-ups. As majority of the IT companies in the country target the IT outsourcing market, this represents a significant loss of opportunity for the industry to innovate and achieve sustainable growth without the dependence on the opportunities created by foreign companies.

The following questionnaire is part of a MBA research on the intentions among Sri Lankan IT professionals to setting up their own IT related businesses. The goal of the study is to identify the segment of the IT workforce that is inclined to take up such ventures and to determine which deterrents need to be eliminated in order to encourage more of such entrepreneurs.

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If you meet all of the following criteria, please do take part in this research by filling out the above questionnaire. It will also be highly appreciated if you could refer your friends and colleagues who match the same criteria to the questionnaire.

• A Sri Lankan under the age of 40
• Employed in an IT company as an IT professional

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