TY - JOUR
T1 - The entrepreneurial wide boy. A modern morality tale
AU - Frith, Kirk
AU - McElwee, Gerard
PY - 2008/3/3
Y1 - 2008/3/3
N2 - Within the field of entrepreneurship, the implicit assumption is that the activities of entrepreneurial individuals promote overall economic prosperity. The entrepreneur is characterised as the visible hand of the market process who, by engaging in the pursuit of entrepreneurial profits, inadvertently improves the economic welfare of others. Recognition of the importance of entrepreneurship to modern economies, coupled with a post-modern culture of individualism, has resulted in the promotion of enterprise and entrepreneurship at both academic and policy levels. Incorporating the entrepreneurial intentions literature, this paper argues that the broad promotion of enterprise and entrepreneurship may, however, lead to consequences or outcomes that are not consonant with the intended aim of wider social prosperity.
AB - Within the field of entrepreneurship, the implicit assumption is that the activities of entrepreneurial individuals promote overall economic prosperity. The entrepreneur is characterised as the visible hand of the market process who, by engaging in the pursuit of entrepreneurial profits, inadvertently improves the economic welfare of others. Recognition of the importance of entrepreneurship to modern economies, coupled with a post-modern culture of individualism, has resulted in the promotion of enterprise and entrepreneurship at both academic and policy levels. Incorporating the entrepreneurial intentions literature, this paper argues that the broad promotion of enterprise and entrepreneurship may, however, lead to consequences or outcomes that are not consonant with the intended aim of wider social prosperity.
KW - Desirability feasibility
KW - Entrepreneurial intentions
KW - Moral progress
KW - Social capital
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=40549127463&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1504/IJESB.2008.017391
DO - 10.1504/IJESB.2008.017391
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:40549127463
VL - 6
SP - 80
EP - 93
JO - International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business
JF - International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business
SN - 1476-1297
IS - 1
ER -