industry in the Netherlands Taeke Tuinstra1, Johan Mekkes2, Hiske Koldijk3 1 Doctor of Social Sciences Member of Research Chair Entrepreneurship & Risk Finance NHL University of Applied Sciences P.O. Box 1080, 8900 CB Leeuwarden, The Netherlands E-mail: t.tuinstra@nhl.nl; tel.: +3158 2511 637 2 Doctor of Social Sciences Head of Research Chair Entrepreneurship & Risk Finance NHL University of Applied Sciences P.O. Box 1080, 8900 CB Leeuwarden, The Netherlands E-mail: j.mekkes@nhl.nl; tel.:
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Challenges and Prospects of Entrepreneurship in Nigeria 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 role for employment, Income and societal changes, particularly in transition economies like Nigeria. This paper is concerned with the nature and the extent to which entrepreneurship in Nigeria has been developed
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partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship SY 2014-2015 i Biographical Sketch The first researcher was born on January 5, 1993 and was named Eldon A. Zeta. He studied in San Isidro Elementary School in Princess Urduja, Narra, Palawan. He pursued his high school life in Princess Urduja National High School. He is now currently taking up Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship at PSU-Narra CCRD. He is a second year student and currently a Student
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In the next decade most Industries and Technologies will accelerate with the common buying of things. 2. What role does entrepreneurship play in the economy? Who stands to gain from the success of individual entrepreneurs? How do other parties benefit? Entrepreneurship plays a somewhat big thing for the economy. The employees of the entrepreneurship are the ones that gain from the success of the individual entrepreneurs. Other parties benefit by this, is because they get to take
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Since the 1960s to date, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have been given due recognitions especially in the developed nations for playing very important roles towards fostering accelerated economic growth, development and stability within several economies (Yitzhaki, 2006). They make-up the largest proportion of businesses all over the world and play tremendous roles in employment generation, provision of goods and services, creating
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Hybrid Theory/Philosophy of Entrepreneurial Leadership With changes in society’s, economies, and the widespread growth of technology, entrepreneurship and leadership have both grown to take on many different definitions over the past century. Economists and behaviorists have conducted numerous studies and researches over the past fifteen years, and new definitions of entrepreneurial leadership have been formed. They include characteristics such as; innovators, risk takers, transformational, visionaries
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Entrepreneurship versus Intrapreneurship1 Veronica MAIER2 Cristiana POP ZENOVIA Abstract This paper provides a review of theoretical studies on the concepts of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship, pinpointing the similarities and differences between them. Entrepreneurship continues to thrive in almost all corners of the world. Entrepreneurs are reshaping the business environment, creating a world in which their companies play an important role in the vitality of the global economy. But
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(Paper) ISSN 2222-2839 (Online) Vol 4, No.8, 2012 www.iiste.org The Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Development: The Nigerian Perspective Dr. Mrs Ann Ogbo AGU CHIDIEBERE NWACHUKWU Dept. Of management, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus. PMB 011 *E mail of the correspondence author: annogbo@yahoo.com brightchidi@yahoo.com Abstract The aim of the paper is to develop and analyse the contributions of entrepreneurship in the economic development through SME development in Nigeria. A total of 100
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Esplana (2013) cited that the estimated total demand of honey in the Philippines per year is about 370 to 535 tons and only about 150 tons are produced locally which come from four species of bees namely: Apis cerana (alig), Apis dorsata (ayukan), Tetragunola spp. (stingless bees, lukot or lukotan) and the Apis mellifera (foreign/European bee). According to the National Apiculture Research Training and Development Institute (NARTDI), in 2004, there were 434 beekeepers in the country but in 2012
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SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP When I was a kid, I could have been what people would now call a social entrepreneur or socialpreneur. A lot of people would have fallen into this category. To help your school or church or youth group, you may have sold chocolate bars door-to-door. People bought them, even if they didn't like chocolate; because they knew the money would go to support a worthy cause. Both the seller and purchaser are examples of social consciousness in action. Now my own
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