Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition By Roger L. Martin & Sally Osberg Stanford Social Innovation Review Spring 2007 Copyright © 2007 by Leland Stanford Jr. University All Rights Reserved MUHAMMAD YUNUS Access to small loans has helped millions of people around the globe dramatically improve their lives and the economic health of their communities. The man behind this capitalist revolution is Muhammad Yunus‚ founder of Grameen Bank and father of microcredit. b y R
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Rural Entrepreneurship for Women: A Case for Wealth Creation by Africa’s Rural Poor amidst Global Financial and Economic Crises K M Baharul Islam1 Introduction: The growing emphasis on rural small and medium size entrepreneurship for economic development‚ especially in the context of poverty alleviation in developing countries has thrown up some major challenges for the commercial ventures led by women in global perspective. The position of women‚ even in the developing world‚ has been far from
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theories as derived by Smith‚ Ricardo‚ J.S. Mills‚ Walras‚ Marshall and Clark‚ in order to contrast and analyze Joseph A. Schumpeter’s theory of “creative destruction” that is a key feature of capitalism as we understand it today. The claim that this paper is aiming to raise is that despite the realism of classical competitive theory and Schumpeter’s “creative destruction”‚ they have been replaced by the neoclassical assumptions that competition remains in a stationary state. It is neoclassical thought
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STUDY GUIDE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP QUIZ #1` CHAPTERS 1-3 Chapter one Define what an entrepreneur is What is the difference between a product and a service? What is meant by Voluntary Exchange? Know the major reasons why people become Entrepreneurs Is the desire to make money the only reason to start a business? What are the main benefits and the costs (downside) of becoming an entrepreneur? Be prepared what is meant by cost/benefit analysis. Be able to define cost and benefits and how they
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1. Do you think Google will be able to maintain its entrepreneurial culture in spite of its recent growth and increased size? Why or why not? The book refers to entrepreneurship as identification‚ evaluation‚ and exploitation of opportunities. Entrepreneurship is defined by businessdictionary.com as the capacity and willingness to undertake conception‚ organization‚ and management of a productive venture with all attendant risks‚ while seeking profit as a reward. Entrepreneurial spirit is characterized
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The relationship between unemployment and entrepreneurship has been shrouded with ambiguity. On the one hand‚ one strand in the literature has found that unemployment stimulates entrepreneurial activity‚ which has been termed as a “refugee effect”. On the other hand‚ a very different strand in the literature has identified that higher levels of entrepreneurship reduce unemployment‚ or what has been termed as a “Schumpeter effect”. Taken together‚ these two relationships result in considerable ambiguities
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Gender‚ Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy‚ and Entrepreneurial Career Intentions: Implications for Entrepreneurship Education Christian Afful Moromoke Boboye Oxalis B. Garcia Eric Ostberg Angela Stevenson MGT600-0703A-01 Professor Donald L. Buresh Abstract Entrepreneurship is a source of innovation‚ job creation and vibrancy for local and regional {text:bookmark-start} Economies (McAlexander‚ Bates‚ & Nelson‚ 2009‚ p. 49) {text:bookmark-end} . Men and women have different Interests
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Sajjad1‚ *Haroon Shafi1‚ Aasim Munir Dad2 1Iqra university Islamabad campus 2University of Science and Technology (MUST) Mirpur Azad Kashmir‚ Pakistan *haroonshafi4@gmail.com Abstract: The main purpose of this study is to identify the role of entrepreneurship in Pakistan. After reviewing the literature‚ researchers identify those predictors who influence the entrepreneur’s intention with the help of socio cognitive model. National culture of a country influences the entrepreneur’s intention to start
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship are a major drive in the economy today. As what Peter Drucker wrote considering innovation and entrepreneurship 1985 the USA increase the employment force by 10 million‚ since there was an entrepreneurially inspired‚ innovative business culture. Virgin Group worked on the above term‚ that’s why Incorporating innovative ideas became a highly esteemed management goal. Virgin Group executives required their people to learn the innovation and entrepreneurship‚ as Peter Drucker
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Chapter 2 Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Profit focus vs Impact focus • A) organizations with no focus • B) organizations focused on achieving a purpose other than profit (old school not for profits) • C) organizations maximizing profits at the expense of other purposes (old school corporations) • D) organizations aligning purpose and profit maximization (new school entrepreneurs) Bottom of the Pyramid • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPnx6gLcfK 4&feature=related • http://www.youtube
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