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The Beneficial Differentiation within Entrepreneurship of Self-Employed, Business Owner and Entrepreneur
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Østergaard, Annemarie – Industry and Higher Education, 2019
This study explores the diversity among entrepreneurs to identify the innate factors behind the variation. The intention is to explain why some entrepreneurs prefer to be self-employed in one-person businesses, while others build enterprises with numerous employees. A factor analysis of the personality traits of active entrepreneurs reveals nine…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Self Employment, Personality Traits, Small Businesses