Entrepreneurship - Born, Made and Educated

Edited by Thierry Burger-Helmchen, ISBN 978-953-51-0210-6, 350 pages, Publisher: InTech, Chapters published March 14, 2012 under CC BY 3.0 license
DOI: 10.5772/2649
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Entrepreneurship has a tremendous impact on the economic development of a country. As can be expected, many public policies foster the development of self- entrepreneurship in times of unemployment, praise the creation of firms and con- sider the willingness to start new ventures as a sign of good fortune. Are those behaviours inherent to a human being, to his genetic code, his psychology or can students, younger children or even adults be taught to become entrepreneurs? What should be the position of universities, of policy makers and how much does it matter for a country? This book presents several articles, following different research approaches to answer those difficult questions. The researchers explore in particular the psychology of entrepreneurship, the role of academia and the macroeconomic impact of entrepreneurship.

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• Chapter 1  The Psychology of Entrepreneurshipby Melek Kalkan and Canani Kaygusuz
• Chapter 2  Entrepreneurial Intentions: The Role of the Cognitive Variablesby José C. Sánchez
• Chapter 3  Do External Factors Influence Students' Entrepreneurial Inclination? An Evidence Based Approachby Ishfaq Ahmed, Muhammad Musarrat Nawaz and Muhammad Ramzan
• Chapter 4  Reflections on Eco-Preneurshipby Alan E. Singer
• Chapter 5  The Effect of an Entrepreneurial Training Programme on Entrepreneurial Traits and Intention of Secondary Studentsby Ricardo Gouveia Rodrigues, Anabela Dinis, Arminda do Paço, João Ferreira and Mário Raposo
• Chapter 6  Academic Entrepreneurship and Financial Problems: The Capital Structure of the University Spin-Offsby David Rodeiro, Sara Fernández, Milagros Vivel and María Jesús Rodríguez
• Chapter 7  Entrepreneurship Education and Pupils' Attitudes Towards Entrepreneursby Vegard Johansen, Tuva Schanke and Tommy Høyvarde Clausen
• Chapter 8  Entrepreneurship, University Research, and Growth: European North vs. Southby Panagiotis E. Petrakis
• Chapter 9  Academic Entrepreneurship: What Changes When Scientists Become Academic Entrepreneurs?by Igor Prodan and Alenka Slavec
• Chapter 10  University's Entrepreneurship Education: Creating Meaningful Impression for New Generationby Muhammad Nizam Zainuddin
• Chapter 11  Critical Development Paths of University Spinoff Venturesby Philip Bowe and Rory O’Shea
• Chapter 12  Fostering Entrepreneurship by Developing a New Learning Environment Within a Finnish University of Applied Sciencesby Pasi Juvonen
• Chapter 13  Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: Macroeconomic Analysis and Effects of Social Capital in the EUby Marta Portela, Emilia Vázquez-Rozas, Isabel Neira and Elvira Viera
• Chapter 14  Types of Entrepreneurial Action and Societal Provision for the Future: An Inquiryby John Brätland
• Chapter 15  Examining the Bidirectional Relationship Between Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: Is Entrepreneurship Endogenous?by Maribel N. Mojica-Howell, Wesley L. Whittaker, Tesfa G. Gebremedhin and Peter V. Schaeffer
• Chapter 16  Entrepreneurs' Resilience Measurementby Nor Aishah Buang