Footnote:
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments March 30, 2007 erstellt
Description:
Inspired by Schumpeter's seminal depiction of the entrepreneur, this paper recasts this heroic portrait in a more rigorous theoretical framework, leveraging a model of individual value preferences by Schwartz. The entrepreneurial spirit, it is argued, consists of particular value preferences: most importantly high openness-to-change and also high self-enhancement. These hypotheses are consistent with extant empirical evidence. The upshot of this theory - especially when the stability of cultural value orientations is taken into account - is that individual propensities to engage in new venture creation may not be very susceptible to policy measures. Looking specifically at legal measures, this paper considers measures that could be narrowly targeted to promoting entrepreneurship by making entrepreneurs even more highly motivated than what they appear to be. Recent research indicates, however, that theoretical and empirical issues, which must be resolved before such measures could be employed with confidence, are intractable at this point