Entrepreneur Essay: Is entrepreneurship genetic or can it be learned? Introduction This essay is about whether entrepreneurship can be learned or whether it is in built in someone’s character. I will explore this by using economic‚ entrepreneurial‚ as well as a recent Wall Street Journal article entitle‚ ‘Can Entrepreneurship be taught?’ “It is well established that‚ while only a small proportion of all entrepreneurial firms grow rapidly‚ this small minority delivers a disproportional
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Contents Introduction 3 Social Entrepreneurship 3 For-Profit and Not–For–Profit Explained 5 Can Social Enterprises Be Profit Making Organizations? 6 Benefits of a For-Profit Structure 9 Challenges of a For-Profit Structure 10 Conclusion 11 References 13 Introduction The idea of building a commercially profitable business that has a social cause at the core of its mission is gaining in popularity‚ especially as the need for innovation and sustainability within this sector
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Question 1: Is the business scalable? What challenges and limitations does it have? The analysis of scalability of Alison Barnard’s business will lead toward the discussion of challenges and limitations. The first challenge that Alison faces is the maintenance of the store as Bygrave and Zacharakis (2010) stated that " Alison wondered how that might impact her ability to replicate her concept"– she cannot keep playing every staff member role in the business(p.80). In addition‚ trying to keep
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Entrepreneurship education is said to be a globally acknowledged programme of study which seeks to provide learners with the knowledge‚ skills and motivation to encourage entrepreneurial success in different levels of education (Koko & Ikpesu‚ 2009). It is the training of individuals to understand and develop key entrepreneurial attributes‚ skills and behaviours. Skills such as creativity‚ innovativeness‚ quick decision-making and risk-taking have being identified as relevant to those who have an
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Abstract - “Entrepreneurship is defined as the ability of an individual to master the new trending business options which have an outcome “. This paper deals with the challenges which are faced by Indian Entrepreneurs in starting up financing of new emerging trends. Growing up in terms of business in case of any developing nations is a quite difficult task where they face a financial stop at some point or the other. There are various barriers that are a major cause which stops the growth of the Indian
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Ontario K1N 6N5‚ and 1 HEC Montreal‚ 3000 Côte-Sainte-Catherine Road‚ Montreal‚ Quebec H3T 2A7‚ Canada Email: benamar@telfer.uottawa.ca‚ claude.francoeur@hec.ca‚ taieb.2.hafsi@hec.ca‚ real.labelle@hec.ca This study investigates the joint effect of corporate ownership and board of directors’ diversity configurations on the success of strategic merger and acquisition (M&A) decisions. Board diversity is defined as the extent to which its demographic diversity as measured by the culture‚ nationality‚ gender
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201 Corporate Governance: An International Review‚ 2013‚ 21(3): 201–224 Does “Good” Corporate Governance Help in a Crisis? The Impact of Country- and Firm-Level Governance Mechanisms in the European Financial Crisis Marc van Essen*‚ Peter-Jan Engelen‚ and Michael Carney ABSTRACT Manuscript Type: Empirical Research Question/Issue: We examine the effects of firm- and country-level “good” corporate governance prescriptions on firm performance before and during the recent financial crisis
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WINTER 2014 V O L . 5 5 N O. 2 Rewriting the Playbook for Corporate Partnerships By F. Asís Martínez-Jerez Please note that gray areas reflect artwork that has been intentionally removed. The substantive content of the article appears as originally published. REPRINT NUMBER 55221 S T R AT E G I C P A R T N E R S H I P S Rewriting the Playbook for Corporate Partnerships In fast-changing markets‚ some companies are developing more flexible‚ adaptive strategic partnerships
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shareholders lose their investments‚ and societies lose key parts of their economic infrastructure‚ have you noticed that it often appears that the senior directors involved walk away with a clear conscience and they seem to be unaffected by the corporate collapses they have created. They present themselves as glibly unbothered by the chaos around them‚ unconcerned about those who have lost their jobs‚ savings and investments‚ and lacking any regrets about what they have done. Some of these individuals
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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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