The role of Entrepreneurial Design in achieving Strategic Supremacy An exploratory study of the opinions of a sample of administrative leaders in a number of private educational institutions in Dohuk Governorate

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  • Adnan Ahmed Mohammed Business Administration, College of Management and Economics, Nawroz University, Kurdistan Region
  • Hikmat Rasheed Sultan Business Administration, College of Management and Economics, Nawroz University, Kurdistan Region

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25007/ajnu.v12n3a1539

Abstract

The study aims to identify the role of entrepreneurial design and through its dimensions (design thinking, entrepreneurial networks, and environmental design) in achieving strategic supremacy and through its dimensions of (circle of influence, competitive pressure, and competitive formation). In light of the objective, the problem was summarized by a set of questions, namely; Does the leadership of the educational institutions under study have knowledge of the concept of pioneering design and strategic supremacy? What is the nature of the correlation and influence relationship between entrepreneurial design and strategic supremacy in educational institutions, the study sample?

As a mechanism for this study to achieve its objectives, two main hypotheses and a number of sub-hypotheses were developed and the study adopted the inductive (descriptive and analytical) approach, the data was collected by electronic questionnaire and by application (Google Form), and distributed to a random sample of (50) people representing the administrative leaders in the educational institutions surveyed, and (45) questionnaires were returned. A questionnaire with a response rate of (90%). The data were statistically analyzed using the statistical package (SPSS: V. 25). The results of the study showed the existence of a significant correlation between the pioneering design and strategic supremacy at the total level of the responding sample, and the existence of a significant effect of the pioneering design on the strategic supremacy at the total level of the responding sample. .

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Design, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurial Networks, Strategic Supremacy.

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2023-08-19

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Mohammed, A. A., & Rasheed Sultan, H. (2023). The role of Entrepreneurial Design in achieving Strategic Supremacy An exploratory study of the opinions of a sample of administrative leaders in a number of private educational institutions in Dohuk Governorate. Academic Journal of Nawroz University, 12(3), 386–401. https://doi.org/10.25007/ajnu.v12n3a1539

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