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Baumol has argued that entrepreneurship can be either productive or unproductive. [15] Unproductive entrepreneurs may pursue economic rents or crime. Societies differ significantly in how they allocate entrepreneurial activities between the two forms of entrepreneurship, depending on the 'rules of the game' such as the laws in each society.
Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value in ways that generally entail beyond the minimal amount of risk (assumed by a traditional business), and potentially involving values besides simply economic ones.
The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (formerly National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship), also referred to as NFTE (pronounced Nifty), is an international nonprofit organization providing entrepreneurship training and educational programs to middle and high school students, college students, and adults. Much of NFTE's work focuses ...
Quipper raised £400K in its seed round from Atomico in 2011 [1] and $3.6m (£2.3m) of Series A funding from Globis Capital Partners, Atomico, and Benesse in 2012. [2] The company then received funding amounting to US$5.8 million from Atomico, Benesse Holdings, and Globis in 2015 before it was acquired 100% by the Japanese corporation Recruit Holdings for $39m in late 2015.
Entrepreneurship education sets to provide students with the knowledge, skills and motivation to encourage entrepreneurial success in a variety of settings. Variations of entrepreneurship education are offered at all levels of schooling from primary or secondary schools through graduate university programs.
EY Entrepreneur Of The Year, previously known as Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards is an annual award program sponsored by Ernst & Young in recognition of entrepreneurship. Founded in 1986 in Milwaukee as a single award, the program now runs in all 50 U.S. states and in more than 60 countries.
Entrepreneurial leadership is (as per Roebuck's definition) "organizing a group of people to achieve a common goal using proactive entrepreneurial behavior by optimising risk, innovating to take advantage of opportunities, taking personal responsibility and managing change within a dynamic environment for the benefit of [an] organisation".
Entrepreneur is an American magazine and website that carries news stories about entrepreneurship, small business management, and business. First published in 1977. [2] [3] it is published by Entrepreneur Media Inc., headquartered in Irvine, California. [4] The magazine publishes 10 issues annually, available through subscription and on newsstands.