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Entrepreneurial orientation has become one of the most established and researched constructs in the entrepreneurship literature. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A general commonality among past conceptualizations of EO is the inclusion of innovativeness , proactiveness , and risk-taking as core defining aspects or dimensions of the orientation.
Spigel [8] suggests that ecosystems require cultural attributes (a culture of entrepreneurship and histories of successful entrepreneurship), social attributes that are accessed through social ties (worker talent, investment capital, social networks, and entrepreneurial mentors) and material attributes grounded in a specific places (government ...
While the loan from French of the English-language word "entrepreneur" dates to 1762, [35] the word "entrepreneurism" dates from 1902 [36] and the term "entrepreneurship" also first appeared in 1902. [37] According to Schumpeter, an entrepreneur is willing and able to convert a new idea or invention into a successful innovation. [38]
Ecopreneurship is a term coined to represent the process of principles of entrepreneurship being applied to create businesses that solve environmental problems or operate sustainably. The term began to be widely used in the 1990s, and it is otherwise referred to as "environmental entrepreneurship."
Creative entrepreneurship is the practice of setting up a business – or becoming self-employed - in one of the creative industries.The focus of the creative entrepreneur differs from that of the typical business entrepreneur or, indeed, the social entrepreneur in that they are concerned first and foremost with the creation and exploitation of creative or intellectual capital.
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.
GES 2016. The Global Entrepreneurship Summit is an annual event organized by the federal government of the United States, in partnership with foreign government hosts.The summit originated from an event organized by the Obama Administration called the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, [1] which was held in April 2010 in Washington, D.C.
The terms social entrepreneur and social entrepreneurship were used first in the literature in 1953 by H. Bowen in his book Social Responsibilities of the Businessman. [42] The terms came into widespread use in the 1980s and 1990s, promoted by Bill Drayton, [43] Charles Leadbeater, and others. [44]