That encompasses the spirit of entrepreneurship. The word “entrepreneur‟ is derived from the French verb “enterprendre‟ which means “to undertake”. The use of the term dates back to 1723 when Richard Cantillon coined it. Cantillon defined the term as a person who pays a certain price for a product and resells it at an uncertain price: "making decisions about obtaining and using the resources while consequently admitting the risk of enterprise.” Now the term has evolved and has taken several meanings
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Subject : Entrepreneurship and Business Planning (EntrepHRM) Definition of Entrepreneurship * The art of science of innovation and risk-taking for profit in business. * The practice of starting new organizations or revitalizing mature organizations, particularly new businesses generally in response to identified opportunities. * It came from the root word “entrepreneur” * French word means “entreprendre” which means undertake Common Themes in Definitions of Entrepreneurship * Individual
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21st century KSAs alongside research and data on entrepreneurial competencies reveals a meaningful overlap between the two. This overlap can be developed into a useful heuristic to determine appropriate outcomes for assessment of undergraduate entrepreneurship programs. Sample outcomes and program assessment processes are illustrated and discussed. INTRODUCTION As the “new” economy of the 21st century continues to develop around knowledge, service, and information based activities, a company’s
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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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What is Technopreneurship? A word Technopreneurship is from the two words namely Technology and Entrepreneurship. To further understand what is Technopreneurship is all about; we should first understand what is technology and entrepreneurship. In Wikipedia, technology is defined as the making, modification, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems, methods of organization, in order to solve a problem, improve a preexisting solution to a problem, achieve a goal or
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MCSER-CEMAS-Sapienza University of Rome Vol 2 No 5 July 2013 Challenges and Prospects of Entrepreneurship in Nigeria Okezie A. Ihugba Alex Odii Asoluka C. Njoku Department of Economics, Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri-Imo State, Nigeria Doi:10.5901/ajis.2012.v2n5p25 Abtsract The success of generating income for majority of rural and urban dwellers with no formal paid employment highly depends on Entrepreneurship. They are the backbone of economic development all over the world and play important
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>cases A GEM of a Study >Abstract The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Entrepreneurial Assessment, a joint project of The Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at Babson College and The London Business School, has undertaken a long-term, large-scale project to prove the causal links between a government’s economic policies and initiatives, the resulting entrepreneurial activity and subsequent economic growth. This case describes multiplestage research, including thousands of interviews
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at www.emeraldinsight.com/1756-6266.htm Situating the subject: gender and entrepreneurship in international contexts Fidelma Ashe University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, UK, and Gender and entrepreneurship 185 Lorna Treanor Royal Veterinary College, University of London, London, UK Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer a perspective to further the understanding of gender entrepreneurship. This paper considers the situatedness of the gendered entrepreneur within diverse
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vision anything is possible. It is this conviction to take a risk to follow your dreams that is at the core of entrepreneurship. Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines entrepreneurship as "the of organization, management, and assumption the risks of a business or enterprise." Yet, this definition makes entrepreneurship seem like a set of actions instead of a mindset. In my opinion, entrepreneurship is not a prescribed set of actions. Following the beaten path does not make one entrepreneurial. Actually,
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