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Entrepreneurship, innovation, and human flourishing

Henrekson, Magnus - In: Small Business Economics 43 (2014) 3, pp. 511-528

(Phelps <CitationRef CitationID="CR67">2013</CitationRef>) as inspiration to discuss innovation and entrepreneurship. The book … achieved through a purposeless quest for wealth and material consumption, but rather through adventure, entrepreneurship, and … entrepreneurship are not merely the keys to economic growth, but to life satisfaction as well. This essay discusses topics in …

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Interaction of business and academic culture in knowledge economy

In: Educational Studies (2010) 4, pp. 70-84

Cultural differences between the business community and the academia, the two major spheres of modern public life, are under scrutiny in this paper. In particular, specifics of their transformations under conditions of knowledge economy are addressed. A number of expert focused interviews have...

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Entrepreneurship and values in a democratic and pragmatic economics: commentary on 'A transactional view of entrepreneurship'

Shook, John - In: Journal of Economic Methodology 10 (2001) 2, pp. 181-190

Entrepreneurship cannot be explained by any economic theory that isolates innovation from ongoing social processes or …, innovation can be properly seen as productive value-creation. Entrepreneurship is democratic experimentation in the economic …

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THE VALUES OF ENTERPRISERS AND POTENTIAL ENTREPRENEURS IN THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT (English version)

STEFAN, BRUNO - In: Revista Romana de Sociologie 3-4 (2010), pp. 296-322

The study relies on a complex research project, financed by the European Union, which aimed at measuring, first of all, the training and managerial consultancy needs of entrepreneurs and of those who wish to start a business in the rural environment in the North-Eastern, Central and...

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Harmeling, Susan; Sarasvathy, Saras; Freeman, R. - In: Journal of Business Ethics 84 (2009) 3, pp. 341-365

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The Entrepreneurial Culture: Guiding Principles of the Self-Employed

Noseleit, Florian - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

What makes entrepreneurs different? Using a cross-country dataset, this paper explores essential parts of the value system of entrepreneurs in Western European countries by comparing value items of the self-employed to that of the non-self-employed. The self- employed rate values higher that aim...

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In the name of my parents: Entrepreneurship and the intergenerational transmission of values

Wyrwich, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Mounting empirical evidence shows that kids of self-employed parents are very likely to become entrepreneurs themselves. These findings are often attributed to the intergenerational transmission of parental norms and values. However, many papers in the field are not that explicit about parental...

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Creativity as an integral element of social capital and its role for economic performance

Westlund, Hans; Andersson, Martin; Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2013

influence on each other. We regard creativity as one of the sources of entrepreneurship and innovation (although creativity also … and values being distributed in them, social capital can promote entrepreneurship and innovation and thus economic growth …, but social capital can have an inhibiting effect on entrepreneurship and innovation. Social capital can contribute to …

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Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Human Flourishing

Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014

(Princeton University Press, 2013) as inspiration to discuss innovation and entrepreneurship. The book is laudable for its … quest for wealth and material consumption, but rather through adventure, entrepreneurship or creative endeavors. Weaknesses … regrettable given the importance of the book´s main message: Innovation and creative entrepreneurship are not merely the keys to …

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Summary of the international workshop on microfinance organised by the Banque de France on 8 July 2011

P. Loridant.; B. Raoult-Texier.; L. Jacolin.; J. Moulonguet. - In: Quarterly selection of articles - Bulletin de la Banque … (2011) 24, pp. 125-134

The Banque de France organised a symposium on microfinance in July 2011. Based on the experience of Southern countries, the participants stressed the usefulness of microfinance as an instrument for financial inclusion, economic development and poverty reduction. They proposed several avenues for...

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