Entrepreneurship
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- | {{Template}} | + | {{Template}}An '''entrepreneur''' (a [[loanword]] from [[French language|French]] introduced and first defined by the Irish economist [[Richard Cantillon]]) is a person who undertakes and operates a new [[enterprise]] or [[venture]] and assumes some accountability for the inherent risks. A female entrepreneur is sometimes referred to as an '''entrepreneuse'''. |
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+ | The newly and modern view on '''entrepreneurial talent''' is a person who takes the risks involved to undertake a business venture. In doing so, they are said to efficiently and effectively use the three main [[factors of production]]. That is '''land''' (natural resources), '''labour''' (human input into production using available resources) and '''capital''' (any type of equipment used in production i.e. machinery). A business that can efficiently manage this and in the long-run hopefully expand (future prospects of larger firms and businesses), will become successful. | ||
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+ | [[Entrepreneurship]] is often difficult, as many new ventures fail. In the context of the creation of for-profit enterprises, entrepreneur is often synonymous with ''founder''. Most commonly, the term entrepreneur applies to someone who creates [[system]] to offer a product or service in order to obtain certain [[profit]]. Business entrepreneurs often have strong beliefs about a market opportunity and are willing to accept a high level of personal, professional or financial [[risk]] to pursue that [[opportunity]]. Business entrepreneurs are viewed as fundamentally important in the [[capitalism|capitalistic]] society. Some distinguish business entrepreneurs as either "[[political entrepreneur]]s" or "market entrepreneurs." | ||
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The newly and modern view on entrepreneurial talent is a person who takes the risks involved to undertake a business venture. In doing so, they are said to efficiently and effectively use the three main factors of production. That is land (natural resources), labour (human input into production using available resources) and capital (any type of equipment used in production i.e. machinery). A business that can efficiently manage this and in the long-run hopefully expand (future prospects of larger firms and businesses), will become successful.
Entrepreneurship is often difficult, as many new ventures fail. In the context of the creation of for-profit enterprises, entrepreneur is often synonymous with founder. Most commonly, the term entrepreneur applies to someone who creates system to offer a product or service in order to obtain certain profit. Business entrepreneurs often have strong beliefs about a market opportunity and are willing to accept a high level of personal, professional or financial risk to pursue that opportunity. Business entrepreneurs are viewed as fundamentally important in the capitalistic society. Some distinguish business entrepreneurs as either "political entrepreneurs" or "market entrepreneurs."