Entrepreneurship and paths to business ownership

摘要: Alternative paths to ownership are examined, including starting, purchasing or inheriting a firm, as well being promoted brought in by existing owners. It is hypothesized that these involve different ‘degrees of entrepreneurship’, which will be reflected the profiles owner-managers who have followed each path. Data on 1756 used test hypotheses relating path to: entrepreneurs' background characteristics; motivations and attitudes; previous careers, incubator organizations processes starting.