109 research outputs found
The role of Entrepreneurial Quality in Equity Crowdfunding success: An explorative analysis of Italian platforms.
HOW DO MILLENNIALS FORESEE THE CAR OF THE FUTURE AND THE FUTURE OF THE CAR? EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM AN OPEN INNOVATION PROCESS PROMOTED BY A MULTINATIONAL COMPANY
Senior Entrepreneurship: The Unrevealed Driver for Social Innovation
From a political and economic perspective, senior entrepreneurship seems to be the response to the demographic consequences of the aging workforce in Europe. Several policies and strategies by the European Union (EU) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) promote senior entrepreneurship by creating a favorable environment and frameworks. This article examines the role of senior entrepreneurship as a social innovation understood as a response to unmet needs of population aging in the area of economic activity. In this paper draws on qualitative interviews with 6 experts and 4 senior entrepreneurs (as part of a larger research project) in Poland in addition to the analysis of reports and evaluations of incubator projects. Findings highlight the importance of other factors than financial sustainability of senior entrepreneurship: (1) social connectedness as a means against social isolation, (2) personal self-confidence leading to social and psychological empowerment of the entrepreneurs, and (3) skills, knowledge, and experience that are also strengthening their human capital in the job market. Economic sustainability of the businesses established is not the primary goal in these undertakings. The article suggests that due to the three factors before mentioned that the notion of social innovation in senior entrepreneurship might best be understood as improving the well-being and quality of life of the entrepreneurs themselves. Senior entrepreneurship can be an adequate response to the challenges of the aging population. However, due to the low rates of unemployment, the idea of becoming a senior entrepreneur appears a little tempting
The localization of corporate museums in the cities: Some hints from a qualitative analysis
Entrepreneurship Trajectories: investigating the development of dynamic capabilities and the trend of random inefficiency by designing country-specific prescriptive models
The influence of sustainable entrepreneurship culture on start-up expectations: A comparative analysis (L'influenza della cultura dell'imprenditorialità sostenibile sulle aspettative di fare impresa: un'analisi comparata)
Economic and social development generated by innovative startups: does heterogeneity persist across Italian macro-regions?
What’s new in the launching of start-ups? Features and implications of laboratory experiments
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