RESEARCH

PROJECT
A culture of entrepreneurship: nature or nurture?
Aziza Barek
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UT THE PROJECT

● definition of entrepreneurship, and no agreement

about the precise traits and behaviors that
characterize entrepreneurial leaders.

● The findings are conflicting and opinions are

divided in the nature Vs. nurture debate, but
according to a new study by New York University
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and
Human Development — both actually play a part
in entrepreneurial success.
 INTRODUCTION

1- ENTREPRENEUR 2- THREE THINKERS

word entrepreneur comes
from the French verb Joseph Schumpeter, Frank
“entreprendre” Knight, and Israel Kirzner.

3-ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS 4-OPPORTUNITIES
HIGH RISK
Their innovated
They drive change by
product/service increases net
introducing/innovating
national product and per
business
capita income in the country
 OVERVIEW
1. Creativity/ Innovation

2. Vision and Passion

3. Adventurous/ Risk taker

4. Decisive/ Persistent

5. Motivated
Entrepreneurial leaders
6. Resilient
characterized by several
7. Leader traits and behaviors

8. Competitive spirit

9. Future Oriented

10.Optimistic
• business entrepreneurs LITERATURE REVIEW (A)
are born and the trade
insight is hereditarily
(layman’s terms ) 50-50
• Nurture Intensive commitme
nt
business people are
20% nature and
created over time, 80% support
encounter and learning
• still not clear as to what 80% nature
and 20%
exceedingly impacts an nurture
business visionary
• combination among all
and involvement since it
fair can’t be fair nature
or sustain that gives birth
 LITERATURE REVIEW (B)

No ‘entrepreneurial gene’
01 To date, analysts have not found
exclusively mindful for yielding
an “entrepreneurial personality”

Our personality
the complex gene-environment interaction
02 makes these characteristics are
communicated is impacted by the
environment

Common identity
03 the identity characteristics of
entrepreneurs have found the taking after
fundamental characteristics.
 LITERATURE REVIEW (B)

Locus of control Chance taking propensity Flexibility

 exterior strengths are dependable  Seek for unsafe  Being adaptable
of chance to victory wanders
 feel more mindful sufficient to adjust to the
 They regularly commend
 dangers business current significant
themselves for their triumphs, and visionaries take are environment
fault themselves for their failure. calculated
 conclusion

Entrepreneurs Debate Entrepreneurship

introduces change to the the origin of entrepreneur lifeblood of functioning
economy or businesses is by nature or nurture is market economics
never ending
THANK YOU
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