The Determinants of Success in Entrepreneurship: A Study in the Urban Area of Ecuador

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The issues raised by the authors are topical and interesting for the reader. It can be a source of inspiration for both theorists and practitioners. It can be a starting point for further scientific research.

The title indicates the subject matter discussed in the text.

The abstract is well written, comprehensive and sufficiently concise.

The keywords are appropriate.

The introduction is well written, setting the topic in context. The authors must indicate the aim of the study and describe the structure of the text.

The authors have performed a critical and comprehensive review of the literature (64 references). It is relevant to the subject matter and current (half of the references were published in 2018 or later, including 14 publications issued in 2021-2023). The text contains one self-citations: Ayaviri, D.; Chucho, D.; Romero, M.; Quispe, G. Entrepreneurship and business cluster. A study in Chimborazo Province, Ecuador. Perspectivas, 2017, 40, 41-64.  

The authors reviewed the literature and previous studies. At the end of part "2. Related Studies” must provide the research hypothesis(s). The fact that a hypothesis has been put forward, the reader learns "by chance" by reading how it was verified (140-143). Authors should also identify major research gaps.

Part "3. Materials and Methods" needs to be developed. The authors must describe their research in more detail (among other things, what research tools were used, who and what were surveyed in these enterprises), characterize the surveyed enterprises and indicate what statistical tools were used to analyze the results obtained.

 

Part "4. Results” – the text from line 151 to 219 does not concern the results obtained but the methodology and should be moved there.

The authors must clearly state whether their hypothesis (or hypotheses if changes are made in the final version) has been verified positively or negatively.

The conclusions are correctly formulated, based on the results of the previous analyzes. However, it will be of great benefit for the text to supplement this part with further considerations.

The authors should indicate the implications of the research results and prospects for further research - this is not about further research and publications by the authors of the text.

The text should be refined in terms of language. The authors use semicolons (";") instead of periods (""."), which negatively affects the correctness and readability of the text.

Author Response

Dear Reviewer, please see the attached file.

Thank you so much

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

Materials and Methods: Line 132 The research assumes a qualitative and quantitative approach ...

Comment: For a quantitative approach 57 enterprises is too small. Better state a qualitative approach with some statistics. And in the conclusions you can point out that these results should be validated in the future with a bigger sample.

 

Conclusions: Line 330-332: ... his approach to this variable will be completed.

Comment: it is not clear at all what you mean (who is referred as his .... maybe you meant to say this). As the conclusions are very brief maybe you should extend them a little and make them clear and consistent.

Author Response

Dear Reviewer,

please see the attached file

Thank you so much

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf