|
 |
Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students
January 12-16, 2003 - Monterey, Ca, USA
| Editors: |
Eleanor Baum, Cooper Union, USA
Carl McHargue, University of Tennessee, USA |
The articles for these proceedings are not peer-reviewed.
|
<Previous article
|
Next article>
|
Attributes of Entrepreneurs: Personality Versus Perspective
Caron H. St. John, Clemson University
ABSTRACT:
This presentation will address the general conference topic: what are the attributes
of successful entrepreneurs? The presentation will begin with a brief history of the
term - Entrepreneur, including its evolution from a descriptor of farmers in the
1800s who faced price-uncertainty when planting crops each season -- to the 20th
century definition of an entrepreneur as the instigator of the creative destruction
that brings about fundamental industry change. The presentation will briefly
review the large body of research that has investigated entrepreneurial personalities
-- and conclude with the key point that successful entrepreneurs and successful
managers do not differ in personality, but they do differ in perspective. These
differences in perspective are very real, can be addressed in the classroom, and can
serve as the basis for curriculum development. The presentation will conclude with
a discussion of the entrepreneurial process -- the process of moving inventions to the
market place as innovations. The elements of the entrepreneurial process will be
discussed, showing the key role that an entrepreneurial perspective can play in
laying a foundation for success.
Caron H. St. John, "Attributes of Entrepreneurs: Personality Versus Perspective" in "Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineering Students", Eleanor Baum and Carl McHargue
Eds, ECI
Symposium Series, Volume P2 (2003). http://services.bepress.com/eci/teaching/7
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
