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Identifying Knowledge, Skills and Abilities of Successful Entrepreneurs

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Becoming an Entrepreneur

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There are a lot of significant functions for society and economy young enterprises are accountable for. Schumpeter (1950) named economic growth, innovation, and creative destruction. Therefore, the entrepreneur, the founder of a young enterprise, is an important object of entrepreneurship research (Rauch & Frese, 2007; Zhao & Seibert, 2006). Questions like whether there are specific skills, knowledge, attitudes, personality traits, or dispositions that distinguish entrepreneurs from other people or that support their success guided entrepreneurship research (Lang-von Wins, 2004; Walter & Walter, 2009).

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  1. Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany

    Susanne Weber

  2. University of Fribourg, Switzerland

    Fritz K. Oser

  3. Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany

    Frank Achtenhagen

  4. Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany

    Michael Fretschner

  5. Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany

    Sandra Trost

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Hofmuth, M. (2014). Identifying Knowledge, Skills and Abilities of Successful Entrepreneurs. In: Weber, S., Oser, F.K., Achtenhagen, F., Fretschner, M., Trost, S. (eds) Becoming an Entrepreneur. Professional and Vet Learning. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-596-0_4

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