Promoting Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries: Policy Challenges T RECENT ENTHUSIASM OF DONORS, DEVELOPMENT agencies and governments for promoting entrepreneurship as a route to development is perplexing. Entrepreneurs, called “heroes” by The Economist (14 March, 2009), appear upon closer scrutiny to be rather irrelevant and even impotent in many developing countries. Three decades ago, Na...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of entrepreneurship on organizational outcomes agricultural extension in the context of agricultural sustainable development. this paper aimed to identify the key dimensions of entrepreneurship and determine how these dimensions influence the outcomes of agricultural extension organizations in the context of agricultural sustainable dev...

Promoting Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries: Policy Challenges T RECENT ENTHUSIASM OF DONORS, DEVELOPMENT agencies and governments for promoting entrepreneurship as a route to development is perplexing. Entrepreneurs, called “heroes” by The Economist (14 March, 2009), appear upon closer scrutiny to be rather irrelevant and even impotent in many developing countries. Three decades ago, Na...

In a study of Sungai Petani industrial companies, it was observed that while knowledge management offers cost savings, the real value is in more forward-looking managers that are technological entrepreneurs working in adaptive organizational environments. These managers are fundamental drivers of the technological innovation process. Their activities will create new resource combinations to mak...

The value of networks as integral part of the explanation of entrepreneurial success is widely acknowledged. However, the network perspective lacks specification of the various dimensions of a network and their impact on the early development of a venture. We make a distinction between a Schumpeterian start-up pursuing a radical innovation and a Kirznerian venture on basis of an incremental inn...

Recent work links entrepreneurship to the economic theory of firm using the Knightian concept of entrepreneurship as judgment. When judgment is complementary to other assets, and these assets or their services are traded in well-functioning markets, it makes sense for entrepreneurs to hire labor and own assets. The entrepreneur’s role, then, is to arrange or organize the human and capital asset...

Background – Organizational entrepreneurship is one of the solutions used to maintain existence and sustainability an organization oriented towards community empowerment in Indonesia. Aim This study aims analyze effect human resource competence using Spencer model on organizational entrepreneurship. Design / methodology approach The research respondents were all 35 female partners at BUANA. Col...