the purpose followed in this study was to investigate entrepreneurial characteristics prevailent among the students of university college of agriculture, university of tehran carried out through a descriptive-survey method. the research population consisted of students of the university college of agriculture, university of tehran from among whom 123 were selected through stratified random samp...

While official measures of business dynamism have seen a long-term decline, early-stage venture financing of new companies has reached levels not observed since the late 1990s, resulting in a sharp debate about the state of American entrepreneurship. Building on Guzman and Stern (2015a; 2015b), this paper offers new evidence to inform this debate by estimating measures of entrepreneurial qualit...

What are the most effective ways of educating today ́s young SME managers and entrepreneurs? How can a formal tertiary education institution become a good supporter and partner in developing the most important entrepreneurial skills for managing modern SMEs in the environment of global competition? In today’s world of constant hunting down for innovation it is getting obvious that learning and d...

Entrepreneurs in high technology industries often have prior experience at incumbent firms, but we know little about how knowledge obtained at the prior employer impacts entrepreneurial performance. Drawing on previous work from management, economics, and organizational sociology, I assess the impact of prior industry experience on entrepreneurial performance and innovation in medical device st...

in the present-day world, a combination of organizational entrepreneurship and individual entrepreneurship will result in the competitive advantages. survival in a very competitive environment will trigger organizations to focus on creativity, innovation, risk-taking and pioneering by employees as well as in structure and trends. this paper studies the employees' entrepreneurial attitude (...

No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system. By drawing on two unique data sets – the Forum's Global Competitiveness Index and Global Entrepreneurship Monitor's assessment of entrepreneurial activity – the report takes a nuanced stance on the prevalence and type...