Characteristics and Role Demands of Entrepreneurship

1978 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffry A. Timmons
Keyword(s):  
Practical Interest ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
New Venture ◽  
New Venture Creation ◽  
Venture Creation ◽  
College Courses ◽  
Enterprise Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Role Demands

In the past decade interest in teaching and research on entrepreneurship has grown dramatically. More than one hundred universities now offer new venture creation and entrepreneurship courses that did not previously. Since 1973 we have seen nearly a dozen new books designed for college courses on the subject, the birth of the American Journal of Small Business, an International Symposium on Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (ISEED) and the emergence of numerous other activities, such as the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Interest Group. A continuing area of research and practical interest is the personality and make-up of the entrepreneur: who are they? what are they like? how do they differ? This article attempts to summarize much of the research done on the personal characteristics and role demands of entrepreneurship.

Much More Than Meets the Eye

2021 ◽  
pp. 61-91
Author(s):  
Alexandra França ◽  
Silja Frankenbach ◽  
Vanda Vereb ◽  
Alexandra Vilares ◽  
António Carrizo Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
New Venture ◽  
New Venture Creation ◽  
Venture Creation ◽  
Nascent Entrepreneurs ◽  
Sociological Perspective ◽  
Nascent Entrepreneurship ◽  
Creation Process ◽  
The Way

Nascent entrepreneurship plays an important role in the study of entrepreneurship. It has been studied from different angles, especially from the psychological and sociological perspective as nascent entrepreneurs have distinctive traits and competencies. Other important foci of research are the investigation of the environment in which nascent entrepreneurs operate, as well as the way both the identification and exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities have emerged. The main objective of this chapter is to address (1) the main individual characteristics that entrepreneurs have in common; (2) the environmental factors contributing to new venture creation; and (3) the steps in the creation process. The chapter departs from the fundamental process of nascent entrepreneurship, which is centered on opportunity recognition, evaluation, and exploitation, and is complemented by the way how contextual factors and personal characteristics and competencies influence the new venture creation process.

scholarly journals Ideation for New Ventures: The Reasonings-Outcomes Matrix, Models and Tools

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meir Russ
Keyword(s):  
New Ventures ◽  
New Product ◽  
New Venture ◽  
New Venture Creation ◽  
Venture Creation ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Research ◽  
First Time

The paper summarizes in a step by step ‘recipe’ format a model of developing new ideas (Ideation) that can be used to form a new venture or develop a new product. The proposed ‘recipes’ are widely used and can be applied in tandem with other prevalently available models or tools. The intention of the paper is also to serve as a resource for entrepreneurs and innovators, and the links and references munificently used in the paper are serving this purpose. The author has used the outline and the tools described here in numerous Ideation classes taught for over a decade in several countries around the world. The paper’s intention is not to conduct a systematic review on the subject of new venture creation or propose new research agenda (for that, see for example Shepherd et al., 2021). The purpose is to provide an effective and efficient set of tools, models and techniques that can assist the entrepreneur in her journey to create and achieve her dreams. One such tool is the matrix of Reasonings-Outcomes introduced here for the first time.

Perspectivas sobre o empreendedorismo tecnológico: Da ação empreendedora aos programas de apoio e dinâmica do ecossistema

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raoni Barros Bagno ◽  
Matheus Luiz Pontelo de Souza ◽  
Lin Chih Cheng ◽  
Adriana Ferreira de Faria ◽  
Jonathan Simões Freitas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Technology ◽  
New Venture ◽  
New Venture Creation ◽  
Venture Creation ◽  
Thought Processes ◽  
Technology Entrepreneurship ◽  
Technology Center ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Entrepreneurial Action ◽  
Level Of Analysis

The importance of technology entrepreneurship stems from its growing relevance for economic and social development. Managers, whether in companies, tech parks, or startup-related institutions, entrepreneurs, students, researches, public policymakers, among other agents, have got involved with the process of creating and developing new technology-based ventures. Such a dynamic is, however, complex and full of uncertainties. Further, the current literature is usually focused on a single level of analysis, bringing to the arena debates of interest of one or a few of these agents. This book offers a highly transversal approach, touching the subject from the perspective of diverse agents and stimulating an integrated and non-simplistic discussion, whether for students or experienced practitioners. The book marks the 25-year trajectory of the Núcleo de Tecnologia da Qualidade e da Inovação (Technology Center for Quality and Innovation - NTQI / UFMG). We bring the contribution of more than 20 NTQI collaborators, all of them specialists in Technology Entrepreneurship who made all efforts to combine academic rigor with the objectiveness and didactic to properly support practitioners, students, and researches in their involvement with this intricate and multifaced phenomenon. Therefore, the 18 chapters of this work offer diverse perspectives of technology entrepreneurship: from the entrepreneurial action and thought, processes, and methods for new venture creation, passing through the entrepreneurial ecosystems, tech parks, and the perspective of the incumbent companies. Whether for students or practitioners, a reference for an innovative and integrated discussion.

The Challenging Dynamics of Nascent Entrepreneurship

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra França ◽  
Alexandra Vilares ◽  
Silja Frankenbach ◽  
Vanda Vereb ◽  
António C. Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
New Venture ◽  
New Venture Creation ◽  
Venture Creation ◽  
Nascent Entrepreneurs ◽  
Central Process ◽  
Nascent Entrepreneurship ◽  
Creation Process ◽  
The Individual

Nascent entrepreneurship has long been studied from a variety of perspectives. A major stream of work by psychologists and sociologists suggests that nascent entrepreneurs have distinctive traits and competences. A second focus for research has been studying the environment in which nascent entrepreneurs operates. Recently, the identification and exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities has emerged as a third focus. In this paper we will address the following questions: (1) what are the individual characteristics of those individuals who are attracted to becoming an entrepreneur? (2) What are the environmental factors contributing to new venture creation? (3) What are the steps in the creation process? We will attempt to answer these three questions by arguing that the central process of nascent entrepreneurship is centred on opportunity recognition, evaluation and exploitation, and influenced by contextual factors (e.g. external knowledge) and personal characteristics and competences (e.g. internal knowledge).

An Estimated Model of New Venture Creation: Theories and Determinants in Tunisia

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (02) ◽  
pp. 161-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Islem Khefacha ◽  
L. Belkacem ◽  
F. Mansouri
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
New Venture ◽  
Venture Creation ◽  
Enterprise Development ◽  
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Social Demographic ◽  
The Relationship

The main purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between the new venture decision and a series of social, demographic, and cultural factors in Tunisia. Even though these factors have been the subject of several entrepreneurship studies, it is still difficult to identify which one impact significantly the decision to create a new enterprise. Data has been provided by the National Tunisian Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2010 Project, based on the analysis of a sample of 339 cases. Through the utilization of a logistical regression, the main findings of the study show that the interaction between the three factors "perceived opportunities", "network" and "knowing other entrepreneurs" increase significantly the probability to create a new venture, while the main effect of "knowing other entrepreneurs" has a negative impact. We discuss the implications of our results for policy-makers with useful information in designing and implementing policies to promote enterprise development.

Expertise, university infrastructure and approaches to new venture creation: assessing students who start businesses

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 912-944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Galina Shirokova ◽  
Oleksiy Osiyevskyy ◽  
Michael H. Morris ◽  
Karina Bogatyreva
Keyword(s):  
New Venture ◽  
New Venture Creation ◽  
Venture Creation
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