Academics, policymakers, business people, members of civil society and individuals have all recognized the significant effect the activities of the private sector have on employees, customers, communities, the environment, competitors, business partners, investors, shareholders, governments and...

Motivational traits of prospective entrepreneurs is a vigorously researched topic and this chapter examines some of the most commonly suggested traits for entrepreneurs including risk-taking propensity; educational background of the entrepreneur and his/her parents; number of previous jobs and...

In order to study the role of entrepreneurs in creating new organizations it is necessary to understand how organizations come into existence and then identify the roles that the entrepreneur plays in that process, the activities that the entrepreneur might be engaged in during the process and...

This work provides an overview of several important concepts and themes relating to entrepreneurship including definitions and types of entrepreneurship such as ecopreneurship, social entrepreneurship, sustainable entrepreneurship and growth-oriented entrepreneurship; entrepreneurship in...