extended abstract 1. introduction so far, different strategies have been proposed for rural development in different periods of time. based on international experiences and the current conditions in iran, this country needs to use a new approach to rural development. in this regard, rural entrepreneurship development strategy can be pointed out. there is a growing consensus that entrepreneurshi...

This article applies scientometric techniques to study the evolution of the field of entrepreneurship between 1990 and 2013. Using a combination of topic mapping, author and journal co-citation analyses, and overlay visualization of new and hot topics in the field, this article makes important contribution to the entrepreneurship research by identifying 46 topics in the 24-year history of entre...

This paper seeks to understand the psychological mechanisms which support the recognition of science and technology-based opportunities for new ventures. Opportunity recognition is viewed as a critical skill in venturing activities, but there is doubt about the mechanisms involved. The entrepreneurship literature contains a tradition of seeing opportunity recognition as a less than conscious pr...

Social media platforms are an indispensable part of entrepreneurship practices. They offer entrepreneurs a platform for business growth and brand development. However, little is known about the effect of social media use on identifying entrepreneurial opportunities. Utilizing social cognition theory, this research focuses on how certain factors—prior knowledge, alertness, and social media—may i...

The main part of our paper presents an analysis of women’s participation in the entrepreneurial process in the earliest stage – we were interested in gender differences with regard to the ability to create or start a new business. Our research is based on the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) project. The results of this analysis revealed that there are evident differences between male and ...

In the relevant literature, there has been a lack of discussion to focus particularly on the relationship between entrepreneurship and international trade. It is more restricted when one intends to seek an interaction between international trade and the indexes of the 3A approach of entrepreneurship, including entrepreneurial attitude, activities and aspirations which are collected from Global ...

the aim of this study was to analyze the components of social capital among agricultural students with emphasis on entrepreneurship. this survey was descriptive and correlational study. statistical population consisted of agricultural students in tarbiat modares university (n=468) which 181 student was selected as samples by bartlett table. samples were studied via using simple random sampling ...