The entrepreneurial society

Audretsch, David B.

doi:10.1007/s10961-008-9101-3

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“…Successful entrepreneurship as developmental outcome: A path model from a life span perspective of human development Against the backdrop of occupational risks related to the current rapid social and economic changes (Silbereisen & Chen, 2010), both social scientists and policy makers emphasize the important role of entrepreneurship (e.g., business foundation) for future careers (Audretsch, 2007;European Commission, 2006). However, experts are debating how to predict and to foster a person's successful entrepreneurship (Hisrich, Langan-Fox, & Grant, 2007;Shane, 2008).…”

Section: Successful Entrepreneurship As Developmental Outcomementioning

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Successful Entrepreneurship as Developmental Outcome

Obschonka

Silbereisen

Schmitt-Rodermund

2011

European Psychologist

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Applying a lifespan approach of human development, this study examined pathways to entrepreneurial success by analyzing retrospective and current data. Along the lines of McClelland’s ideas of early entrepreneurship development and Rauch and Frese’s Giessen-Amsterdam model on venture success, we investigated the roles of founders’ adolescent years (early role models, authoritative parenting, and early entrepreneurial competence), personality traits (Big Five pattern), and entrepreneurial skills and growth goals during venture creation. Findings were derived from structural equation modeling studying two comparable samples of founders (N = 531) and nascent founders (N = 100) from Germany. Across both samples, reports on age-appropriate entrepreneurial competence in adolescence and an entrepreneurial Big Five profile predicted entrepreneurial skills during venture creation, which in turn predicted founders’ setting of ambitious growth goals and entrepreneurial success. Early entrepreneurial competence was related to the availability of entrepreneurial role models and authoritative parenting during adolescence as well as to an entrepreneurial Big Five profile. In line with prospective reports on early precursors of entrepreneurship, the findings illuminate the development of entrepreneurship in general and entrepreneurial success in particular over the lifespan, especially with regard to factors relevant in the adolescent years and the interplay with personality across different developmental periods.

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Section: Successful Entrepreneurship As Developmental Outcomementioning

confidence: 99%

Successful Entrepreneurship as Developmental Outcome

Obschonka

Silbereisen

Schmitt-Rodermund

2011

European Psychologist

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“…In recent years, economists have come to recognize the input-completing and gap-filling capacities of entrepreneurial activity in innovation and growth, and the significant contribution of innovation and growth to prosperity and economic welfare (Acs and Armington 2006;Schramm 2006;Audretsch 2007). Therefore, while most developed countries are in the innovation-driven stage, most developing economies, including Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC countries), are in the efficiency-driven stage.…”

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Entrepreneurship, economic development and institutions

Ács¹,

2008

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This paper is an introduction to the special issue from the 3rd Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Research Conference held in Washington, D.C., in 2008. The paper has three objectives. First, to discuss the importance of the three stages of economic development, the factor-driven stage, the efficiency-driven stage and the innovation-driven stage. Second, to examine the empirical evidence on the relationship between stages of economic development and entrepreneurship. Third, to present a summary of the papers in the context of the theory.

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“…Investigating the mechanisms underlying the transition to new roles and organizations for people who go through disjunctive transitions like those often necessitated by trauma will enable scholars to more fully understand the degree to which such individuals are able to contribute to their community's and nation's economy (Audretsch 2007).…”

Section: Work Roles Organizational Identification and Disjunctive Tmentioning

confidence: 99%