Jolanda HesselsB,C Veronique SchutjensA Mirjam van PraagD Ingrid VerheulE Utrecht University; B EIM Business and Policy Research, Zoetermeer; C Erasmus School of Economics, Rotterdam; D Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Amsterdam; E Rotterdam School of Economics; all in the Netherlands. A Tinbergen Institute is the graduate school and research institute in economics of Erasmus University Rotterdam, the University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam. More TI discussion papers
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Entrepreneurship Some Important Distinctions Jerr Boschee and Jim McClurg In this short article the authors outline the four key distinctions that differentiate non-profit social entrepreneurial organisations from other types of charitable non-profit organisations who claim to be making use of social entrepreneurial approaches. Towards a Better Understanding of Social Entrepreneurship Some Important Distinctions Jerr Boschee and Jim McClurg Contents: • Introduction • Four Key
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Academic Roots: The Past and Present of Entrepreneurial Marketing Dr. Gerald E. Hills Turner Chair and Professor of Entrepreneurship Bradley University 1501 West Bradley Avenue, Peoria, IL 61625 E-mail: hills.gerald@gmail.com Claes M. Hultman, PhD Professor of Business Administration Swedish Business School Orebro University SE-701 82 OREBRO, Sweden Phone: +46-19303522 Fax: +46-19332546 E-mail: claes.hultman@oru.se Dr. Hills holds the Turner Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship at Bradley University
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Entrepreneurial Leadership Hillary Wright The Business Enterprise – BUS 508 Instructor Dr. Jennifer Fleming April 22, 2011 Introduction In the ever-changing world that we live in today, it is important now more than ever for organizations to not only have the best product or service but also to diversify the dynamics of their organization through increased innovation and competitiveness. To be successful in this new age of business, business leaders must emerge ready to lead organizations
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Business Economics University of Zurich Spring semester 2008 Chapter 1: Introduction to Entrepreneurship Table of Contents I. II. Introduction to Entrepreneurship p p Changing Demographics of Entrepreneurs III. Entrepreneurship’s Importance IV. The Entrepreneurial Process University of Zurich ISU – Institute for Strategy and Business Economics Ulrich Kaiser A primer in Entrepreneurship Spring semester 2008 2 1 I. A. 1. 2. 3. Introduction to Entrepreneurship What is Entrepreneurship?
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Running head: LEADERSHIP Leadership Contemporary Business 508 Professor Posluns 2012 Leadership Entrepreneurial Leadership can be very interesting. Trying to understand what makes people do the things that they do. Finding out how they became so successful. Was it on purpose or was it pure luck. When people do the things that make them happy it does not feel like work. They will do what is passionate to them and when they look up, they are successful, admired, and highly respected
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Entrepreneurial Leadership can be very interesting. Trying to understand what makes people do the things that they do. Finding out how they became so successful. Was it on purpose or was it pure luck. When people do the things that make them happy it does not feel like work. They will do what is passionate to them and when they look up, they are successful, admired, and highly respected. Dame Anita Roddick is a pure example of passion pays off Dame Anita Roddick took her love for the environment
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A Systematic Approach to Writing and Rating Entrepreneurial Business Plans KEVIN HINDLE AND BRENT MAINPRIZE KEVIN HINDLE is a professor of entrepreneurship at the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology. Melbourne, Australia. khindle@swin.edu.au BRENT MAINPRIZE is the core professor of entrepreneurship in the Faculty of Management at Royal Roads University in British Columbia, Canada. brent.inainprize@royalroads.ca T here is
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productivity and greater yield". In this time, entrepreneurship was given the meaning of "creating values"(Dees, 1998). In 1911, “entrepreneur as innovator” was put forward by Schumpeter. In his theory, entrepreneurship nearly the same as innovation is thought to be a critical factor in the promotion of economic development. This theory was unceasingly completed by Schumpeter. Through the process of “disruptive innovation” (Schumpeter, 1942), entrepreneurs create economic opportunities and obtain economic
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^ Academy oi Management Review 2000, Vol. 25, No. 1, 217-22G. NOTE THE PROMISE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A . FIELD OF RESEARCH SCOTT SHANE University of Maryland S. VENKATARAMAN tiniversity of Virginia To date, the phenomenon of entrepreneurship has lacked a conceptual framework. In this note we draw upon previous research conducted in the different social science disciplines and applied fields of business to create a conceptual framework for the field. With this framework we explain a set
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