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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Firm Entrepreneurship and Measures of Firm Entrepreneurship Activity The main hypothesis of the economic theory of entrepreneurship is that in the economy firm entrepreneurship contributes to production through the combination of the existing productive factors. Innovation and firm entrepreneurship are found to have positive economic effects mainly in terms of employment opportunities‚ taxation revenues and economic output. The measurements of these positive effects provide the basis of international
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Agriculture is Business. The call is clear and strong‚ reflecting Malaysia’s aspiration to turn agriculture into the third engine of growth and to make the country self-sufficient in food by 2010. This programme adopted by successful agropreneurs in the process of transformation from farmer to agropreneur is the creation of more added values to the products in terms of improvement in nutritional contents and taste. The transformation process is set to modernize and create
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suggest that the “American Dream” is not attainable for all. But to me the term “American Dream” stays unchanged: all people can succeed through hard work‚ and all people have the potential to live happy and successful lives. And in my mind‚ the entrepreneurship is one of the most famous way to achieve this “American Dream”. Steven BUYERS who is the founder and owner of EnergyLogic –a fast-growing company in Northern Colorado‚ appears to me as a very good example of this “American Dream” which is about
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Human beings obtain their physical traits clearly through heredity. A nice boy gets the delicate shape of his nose from his mother. However‚ the question is‚ "Where does this nice’ boy get his nice’ trait from?" In the battle of Nature versus Nurture’ in shaping an individual’s personality‚ nurture wins. Heredity is not the key factor in contributing to our personality. "People with high self-esteem and confidence get these traits not from their parents‚ but from their experiences." John Hoover
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in personality traits. The big five personality traits dimensions of personality that describe human personalities can also be described as the five factor model. The five factors are openness‚ conscientiousness‚ extraversion‚agreeableness‚ neuroticism. Openness is a trait that probably just about anyone can have .People who have this trait feature characteristics as imagination and insight also ted to have a high range in interest in somethings. I think I have this trait and fit in it completely
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THE MEANING OF CULTURE There is a huge dilemma about the uneven geographic dispersion of entrepreneurship and innovation. According to (Mitra‚ 2012)‚ approximately 550 thousand small businesses were created in the USA every month in the period between 1996 and 2004. Many brands‚ world-famous companies‚ such as Walmart‚ Google‚ Facebook‚ Ford‚ etc.‚ were created in the US and remain leading firms in their industries for decades to come. The ease of employment structure‚ close relationships between
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Mikhail | |Student ID No.: |22025713 | |Unit Name: |Entrepreneurship in Tourism and Hospitality | |Unit Code: |MNG00427 | |Tutor’s name:
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3 Entrepreneurship similarities and differences The Entrepreneurs that I am comparing and contrasting are Elon Musk‚ Sir Richard Branson‚ and Jim Garlend. The difference in character traits between these men is rather easy to point out. Elon’s main goal was to change the world and had the ability to convince people he was going to do so. Richard was intrigued by adventure‚ and beating the system which led to his first experience behind bars for tax evasion. While Jims motivation was leaning towards
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Personal trait 8/15/10 There are five personal traits‚ they are openness‚ conscientious‚ extraversion‚ agreeableness‚ and neuroticism. Everybody has at least one of these traits in their personality. Openness personal trait is when someone is curiosity. These people use saying like “I have rich vocabulary” or saying like “I have vivid imagination.” These kind of people usually get low scores. So they use this sayings to make them feel better. Conscientious personal trait is when someone
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