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An (Abbreviated) Perspective on Entrepreneurship

By: Mitchell Weiss and Benjamin Henkes
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  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:2
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Abstract

Among the many competing definitions of entrepreneurship, the one adopted in “The Entrepreneurial Manager” at HBS was authored by Howard Stevenson in the 1980s and elaborated on in the decades since. Stevenson provided a managerial take on the term—he described entrepreneurship as a distinct approach to management. That approach is the subject of this brief note. The note provides his definition of entrepreneurship ("the pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources currently controlled") and six domains that differentiate entrepreneurial managers from administrative managers.

Keywords

Entrepreneurial Managers; Entrepreneurship

Citation

Weiss, Mitchell, and Benjamin Henkes. "An (Abbreviated) Perspective on Entrepreneurship." Harvard Business School Background Note 820-083, December 2019.

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Mitchell B. Weiss

Entrepreneurial Management
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