Author(s): Darkhan Orynbassarov, Ibrahim Keles, Nurettin Can
This study as a concept paper embraces to identify entrepreneurial motives of students, which represent different cultural environments. The population consists of undergraduate students, who study business administration, from one university Kyrgyzstan and one university from Nigeria. This paper sight sees entrepreneurial intentions and their backgrounds as a comparative study among university students concerning Entrepreneurial Motive Questionnaire. The authors analysed the collected data by SPSSwin16 software and presented the findings comparatively. The findings show that recognition and family businesses motivate both Nigerian and Kyrgyz students.