Search for dissertations about: "entrepreneurial enterprise"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the words entrepreneurial enterprise.

  1. 1. Developing Entrepreneurial Competencies - An Action-Based Approach and Classification in Education

    Author : Martin Lackéus; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; value creation; learning; venture creation; education; enterprise education; entrepreneurial competencies; Entrepreneurship education; emotional events; longitudinal case study;

    Abstract : A question within entrepreneurial education that never seems to go out of fashion is “Can entrepreneurship be taught?”. To address this question, this thesis adopts the view that becoming entrepreneurial requires direct experience, and explores how learning-by-doing can be put to use in entrepreneurial education through action-based approaches. READ MORE

  2. 2. Rewriting Entrepreneurship : Enterprise discourse and entrepreneurship in the case of re-organising ES

    Author : Daniel Hjort; Jannis Kallinikos; Växjö universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; entrepreneurship; enterprise; poststructuralism; discourse; governmentality; homo ludens; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : People at the formal organisation of ES were written as they tried to write a new script describing how the organising of their operations should become conducted. A project of re-organising the operations was initiated in a way rather typical for the 1990s: services were bought from a consulting agency, and the agency brought their tools for making ES into a proper company. READ MORE

  3. 3. Entrepreneurial identity formation-in-practice : Immigrant women entrepreneurs' lived practices and experiences within gender, ethnicity and class relations

    Author : Huriye Aygören; Mattias Nordqvist; Mustafa F. Ozbilgin; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This dissertation, comprising four appended papers, examines what entrepreneurs actually do in order to manage the intrinsic social complexity pertaining to relations of power and culture involved in entrepreneurial undertakings. The studies share the common interest in probing into the ways inwhich fundamental social divisions and conflicts, namely gender, ethnicity and class are inscribed into the entrepreneurs through the organization of difference (Ashcraft, 2012) and how these shape and are shaped by the identity construction processes of individual entrepreneurs. READ MORE

  4. 4. Reciprocal Engagement : A grounded theory of an interactive process of actions to establish, maintain, and develop an enterprise

    Author : Kristina Lindh; Bengt Gustavsson; David Carson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; reciprocal engagement; convincing manifestation; caring embrace; grounded theory; social interaction; interest creation; relationship developing; entrepreneurial marketing; not-for-profit organizations; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Abstract : Reciprocal engagement is a theory of a basic social process that addresses how an organization establishes, maintains, and develops its enterprise by focusing on strengthening its relationships with other actors. It rests on the rationale that one’s relationships are foremost dependent on how well one manages to engage others. READ MORE

  5. 5. What and How Students Perceive They Learn When Doing Mini-Companies in Upper Secondary School

    Author : Steven Hunter Lindqvist; Anders Arnqvist; Juvas Marianne Liljas; Michael Dal; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Junior Achievement Company Program; Junior Achievement Young Enterprise; Mini-company; Student Company; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship Education; Entrepreneurial Learning; Upper Secondary School; High School; Reflection; Skills; Competencies; Ung Företagsamhet; UF-företag; Entreprenörskap; Elevföretag; Entreprenörskaps Utbildning; Entreprenöriellt Lärande; Gymnasium; Reflektion; Förmågor; Kompetenser; Pedagogiskt arbete; Educational Work; Utbildning och lärande;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to gain more in-depth knowledge into what Swedish upper secondary school students perceive they learn, and the factors that students perceive affect learning, when they start and run mini-companies within the Junior Achievement Company Program.  The data is comprised of interviews with eleven students each of whom ran a mini-company with other students. READ MORE