STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 3. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY 4. SCOPE OF THE STUDY 5. RESEARCH QUESTIONS 6. RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS 7. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 8. LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY 9. DEFINITION OF TERMS. REFERENCES CHAPTER TWO REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 MEANING AND CONCEPT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2.2 HISTROY OF ENTREPRENUERIAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA. 2.3 ECONOMIC EFFECT OF ENTREPRENUERSHIP IN NIGERIA. 2.4 IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT IN EBONYI STATE REFERENCES
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some developed countries with strong capability to absorb and implement new ideas, but also some emerging developing countries, are taking measures to inspire entrepreneurship and innovation with purposes of benefiting economic development from these competitive advantages (Stoneman, 1995; Zhao, 2001). It is universally held that entrepreneurship and innovation are complementary and their combination can efficiently contribute to economy performance (Grupp, 2001; Stoneman, 1995). During the transfer
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS A CASE OF A DEVELOPING COUNTRY Abstract This study revolve around the socio-economic structure of entrepreneurship, factors affecting the growth and development of enterprises and problems faced by them. For the purpose of data collection a sample of fifty small scale units was taken and a common schedule of structure questionnaire containing questions of various aspect of entrepreneurship was administered personally to the owner/managing director of each
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1 Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Development: An Overview Adam Szirmai, Wim Naudé, and Micheline Goedhuys 1.1 Purpose of the book Economic development requires sustainable and shared increases in per capita income accompanied by changes in the structural composition of an economy towards higher value added goods and more efficient production methods. Entrepreneurs can contribute to economic development by facilitating the reallocation of resources from less to more productive uses
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Entrepreneurship and Government Support Name: Evans Gwaro Institution: Kisii University Entrepreneurship and Government Support Introduction Economic development requires people who are willing to risk their resources to start and operate profit-oriented enterprises in a country. This is the sole responsibility of entrepreneurs. Some scholars argue that entrepreneurship can be given definitions from different viewpoints such as theoretical or operational perspectives. Ogbo and Nwachuku
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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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PLANNING AND PREPARATION 3 ENTREPRENEUR IN AN ORGANISATION 4 ENTREPRENEUR AS AN INDIVIDUAL 5 ENTREPRENEUR WITHIN THE SOCIETY 5 CONCLUSION 6 RECOMMENDATION 6 REFERENCES 7 ANNOTATED BIBILIOGRAPHY 8 APPENDIX 9 INTRODUCTION Various definitions have been given to the word entrepreneur, due to the changes and complexity of the world’s economic structure. Entrepreneurs have been cussed and discussed, declared to be social misfits and bastions of the private enterprise system. “An entrepreneur
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the following question: In the Schumpeterian approach to entrepreneurship, entrepreneurs are the creative economic actors who fashion new ventures by combining the factors of production in new and innovative ways. To what extent does this approach hold true for entrepreneurs in the early 21st century? The basic analysis method consists in finding similarities and differences between Schumpeter’s and modern day theories of entrepreneurship and establishing general patterns coming out of the comparative
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SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS: A CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISION Research Work International Doctorate in Entrepreneurship and Business Management Department of Business Economics & Administration Author: Elisabet Ferri elisabet.ferri@uab.cat Supervisor: David Urbano david.urbano@uab.cat September 2011 2 ABSTRACT Social entrepreneurship is a subject of growing interest for both academics and governments. However, from the quantitative approach, little is known about the environmental
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Shaping entrepreneurship at universities? A study in the Arab world. Overview: Entrepreneurship education has spread enormously during the last decades, and today entrepreneurship is taught to numerous pupils and students in various disciplines and at different levels of education. Policy makers around the world view entrepreneurship as a key competence to be fostered already at an early stage of education, and an increasing amount of resources are spent on various initiatives in the field. While
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