The Entrepreneurship- an Important Determinant for the Economic Development and Progress

The main objectives of this paper are: to highlight the important role of the entrepreneurship and of the entrepreneurs and also to identify the main characteristics of this field of study. The base of this research was the management literature that presents a variety of definitions, characteristics, risks, challenges and benefits of the entrepreneurship. The entrepreneurship is a science and an activity whose main character is the entrepreneur- a person often associated with the success, the professional fullfillment and also with the fortune. Considerating the result of this research, there was concluded that although this field presents some disadvantages and risks for the main actors involved, its benefits are not insignificant and it has an important contribution to progress, and also were identified the main aspects regarding the entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurs