We develop a subjectivist theory of entrepreneurship that focuses on individuals, their knowledge, resources and skills, and the processes of discovery and creativity, which constitute the heart of entrepreneurship. First, we establish the fundamental importance of subjectivity in entrepreneurial discovery and creativity that lead to economic change and to influencing organizational learning. S...

Today, innovation networks are economically and technologically accessible [VBE04]; however, managers and members of such organizations notice that success and performance are not automatically given. More to this, practitioners point out that the collaboration processes are the actual challenge in the management of a networked organization. This paper summarizes the results of a research proje...

The purpose of this article is to discuss core competencies that entrepreneurial health care leaders should acquire to ensure the survival and growth of US health care organizations. Three overlapping areas of core competencies are described: (1) health care system and environment competencies, (2) organization competencies, and (3) interpersonal competencies. This study offers insight into the...

Entrepreneurship allows nurses to design models of in-hospital nursing practice which would benefit patients, nurses, physicians, and the hospital. Article: There is a growing interest in nursing in designing professional practice models that "work," that is, models that promote benefit both to nurses and to the clients they serve. But devising hospital models of nursing practice that are satis...

This paper presents a case of incorporating Project-Based Learning (PBL) and EntrepreneuriallyMinded Learning (EML) to foster an entrepreneurial mindset in a freshman-level, introductory course in mechanical engineering within an ABET accredited program. The course is designed to teach the basic tools and skills of engineering such as graphics communication, solid modeling, and programming, wit...

Using the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics, we study if the problems of asymmetry and opacity of information, asset specificity, agency problem and signaling theory predict the financial structure at inception. Thus, we conduct a study in two steps. First, by analyzing the descriptive statistics, we find that novice entrepreneurs turn first to internal sources of finance. Then, they appl...

Submitted: Jun 11, 2013; Accepted: Jul 18, 2013; Published: Jul 28, 2013 Abstract: The availability and application of testing instruments for the measurement of process-skills, otherwise referred to as ‘work-skills’ or ‘technical operative skills’ has received little or no attention by stakeholders in Technical and Engineering Education despite widespread advocacy on practical skills acquisiti...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Entrepreneurship education Entrepreneurial intention Student entrepreneurship Technology entrepreneurship Theory of planned behavior TPB Academic research has shown that Entrepreneurship Education (EE) increases Entrepreneurial Intention (EI). However, this does not happen uniformly in all contexts, as specific contexts may require different EE action. In this pa...