Factors Contributing to Business Failure and Eventual Exit among Selected Tutorial Service Centers
Ma Louise Gena D. Crisologo | Emilina R. Sarreal | Manuel R. Tanpoco
Discipline: Management
Abstract:
Business failure and exit are concomitants of business discontinuance which must be extensively studied as businesses such as
tutorial centers can experience unfavorable events. This paper
investigated the internal (i.e., owner/founder orientations) and
external (i.e., compliance with government policies) antecedents
leading to business failure and the eventual exit in the shadow
education industry in 2013, particularly of Philippine privately
owned tutorial centers which are divided into non-registered
and registered services. Using the multiple case study approach,
empirical findings showed that business failure is primarily
caused by internal factors specifically the owner/founder orientations, while non-compliance with government regulations is
secondary. The owner/founder orientations were comprised of
motivation, characteristics/behavior, skill managerial deficiencies, capabilities, and financial knowledge shortcomings. Nonregistered tutorial centers asserted that only skill/managerial
deficiencies and capabilities lead to failure while registered tutorial services perceived all as reasons for business failure. Not
complying with government policies can affect more the registered tutorial services than the non-registered centers. Business
exit was chosen by all the owners of tutorial centers as a viable
option in case of business failure. Future studies can consider obtaining more participants and comprehensively investigating tutorial centers from different countries to enrich cross-country
research in shadow education.
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