This December marks Ron Huss’s 20th anniversary working in the Office of Technology Management. Huss has been managing the office since 2000, and in 2008, he was promoted to Associate Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer, where he provides leadership of Penn State’s vast intellectual-property assets, which comprises thousands of patents, patent applications, copyrights, and other IP. Huss earned his bachelor of arts degree in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin and a…
As an entrepreneur, it is imperative to choose the right form of ownership before starting a business. Every business has different needs so it makes sense that each business differs in which form of ownership it chooses. I think this is important to learn and assess because of tax and liability issues. An entrepreneur starting their first business needs to take the form of ownership into high consideration because of the liabilities and expenses that are incurred depending in the form of…
2. Discuss what “ethical entrepreneurship” might mean in the modern world. Explain. Be as thorough as possible. When discussing entrepreneurship, it is common that people talk about how it is an economic phenomenon that has progressed throughout history at a rapid pace. Since it is a complex topic that is made up of many types of entrepreneurs, it is easy to get trapped into addressing the economic importance of entrepreneurship. However, society has been missing one of the most significant…
1 Introduction Entrepreneurship is a vital aspect of success in today’s business environment it allows for new concepts and ideas to be discovered and consequently finding new solutions for addressing future business problems therefore creating opportunities. Innovation is essential for economic growth innovations and inventions are the backbone of entrepreneurship which in turn creates new value by dedicating patience and perseverance assuming that with the associated risks and receiving the…
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary delineates an entrepreneur as, “a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money.” Self-confidence is a characteristic conversed in numerous articles about entrepreneurship, such as “The Sure Thing,” by Malcolm Gladwell and “Epic Fails of the Startup World,” by James Suroweicki. To put it another way, without self-confidence, a person would not be comprehended as more of an occupational proprietor than an mogul, as they would not be…
increase efforts to incorporate innovation and entrepreneurship is rising. In order to do this specific requirements must be followed. The firm must use ongoing environmental monitoring. An entrepreneurial climate must be created and maintained. When entrepreneurial behavior occurs it must be encouraged. A strong emphasis of customer and or stakeholder focus must occur. Each of these requirements are important to increasing innovation and entrepreneurship in their own ways and have…
The main difference is that it has structure aimed at reduceing risk. Effectual entrepreneurship lacks structure and is therefore very risky. On the contrary, a hypothesis-driven approach utilizes a 7-step framework aimed at optimizing the use of a startup’s scarce resources. Company’s this approach are known as lean startups. “Entrepreneurs…
overseas. In your essay discuss how your subject has contributed to the definition of entrepreneurship through their personality, activities, achievements and venture / harvesting behavior. Your response should be more of a discussion of the meaning of entrepreneurship than a biographical account of your subject. See below Rubic for marking details. struggle, rejection, commitment and creativity. Entrepreneurship is usually referred to the development of business that originated from nothing…
In the previous chapter; the scope and rationale for this study was highlighted and the objective, research questions and hypotheses based on the conceptual framework where put forward. In this chapter, effort is made to extensively review previous and related research work premised on the study variables namely – entrepreneurial education (predictor), and venture creation (criterion). The theories related to these variables are examined within the context of the organizational embeddedness…
different countries. Qualitative secondary data involves the use of already produced data to create new social scientific and/or methodological understandings (Irwin, 2013). 2. Literature Review 2.1 Social Entrepreneurship Even though there are different opinions and views on what entrepreneurship is, many notions of the concept transcend purely economic transactions, and at the most fundamental level it manifests in the capability of the entrepreneur to spot opportunities, and to bring those…