Approaches to Entrepreneurship Flashcards
What are the two basic schools of thought that shape the profile of an entrepreneur?
Behaviourist
Economist
The roles of an entrepreneur from economist perspective, are based on certain roles…
Arbitrageur
Innovator
Risk Bearer
Co-ordinator of scarce resources
Kirzner
Key ability is ‘creative alertness’
Schumpter
Innovator
Knight
Risk Taker
Casson
Organiser of resources
Socio-behavioural approaches recognise…
the importance of the environment and influence of culture on individuals
The discovery perspective suggests….
That entrepreneurs perceive opportunities which exist as a result of inefficiencies in the allocation of resources or imperfections in a market
The creative perspective suggests…
That opportunities are created by actions, reactions and enactments of entrepreneurs