Posts Tagged ‘Why Study Entrepreneurship’
Why Study Entrepreneurship
Why study entrepreneurship? What are the current phenomena in the field of management that must be addressed?
One reason for studying Entrepreneurship is because it constitutes, in many respects, the fatorchave economic development. Among the current phenomena in the field of Administration could be more detailed I can mention, first, the complex web of relations between entrepreneur and stakeholders of the company in light of a multi-stakeholder theory of the firm. A second phenomenon that can be mentioned is the relationship between ownership and control, or rather between the strategy and the behaviors of entrepreneurs, managers and shareholders and investors (also in light of globalization of financial markets and their effects, as of the stock options of directors). Other phenomena are the relationship between strategy and organizational structure, marketing strategy and relations with consumers in the global market, the study of the value chain, the relationship between economic growth and environmental preservation, which is assumed in the concept of sustainable development .
What is the current state of debate on the Entrepreneurship and Management in Italy? What are the most important Italian authors?
In Italy there are interesting researchers and scholars of business organizations as Bonazzi, Butera, Gherardi and Grandori, and industrial relations, as Ferrarotti, Baglioni, Cella and Regina. Entrepreneurship scholars are less numerous, but have produced some very interesting analysis. I can quote the researchers Pagani, Gallina and Chiesi. On the situation of the current debate Entrepreneurship in Italy, we are progressing well. Along with Antonio Chiesi and a guiding me, Dalla Chiesa, performed the most comprehensive empirical research on Italian entrepreneurs published so far, with Title I Imprenditoria grandi italiani (Milano: Feltrinelli, 1981). With Chiesi, Maraffi Lanzalaco and I published an analysis of the political representation of Italian entrepreneurs.