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Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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This chapter examines some of the psychological and social trait theories of entrepreneurship as well as environmental factors likely to trigger enterprising behaviour. Also examined are the roles of creativity and achievement drive, plus concepts for evaluating individual entrepreneurial traits. The chapter also overviews the concept of entrepreneurial orientation.

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  1. University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia

    Tim Mazzarol

  2. Burgundy School of Business, Dijon, France

    Sophie Reboud

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Mazzarol, T., Reboud, S. (2020). The Entrepreneur. In: Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Springer Texts in Business and Economics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9412-6_2

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