Entrepreneurial and innovative competences, are they the same?

Santandreu-Mascarell, Cristina; Garzón, Dolores; Knörr, Helena

doi:10.1108/md-11-2012-0792

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“…Jena & Sahoo, 2014;Mitchelmore & Rowley, 2010, 2013Taatila, 2010) after testing in educational settings. While studies have recognised the connection between entrepreneurship and innovation (Becherer & Maurer, 1999;Bergh et al, 2011;Bunk, 1994;Szerb, 2003), we found that innovation and entrepreneurship were also linked (Bjornali & Støren, 2012;Cerinšek & Dolinšek, 2009;Chell & Athayde, 2011;Edwards-Schachter et al, 2015;Gundry, Ofstein, & Kickul, 2014;Kasule et al, 2015;Santandreu-Mascarell et al, 2013;Waychal et al, 2011). The fifth area for further research is the different competences in each phase of the innovation process (Standing et al, 2016).…”

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“…Self-esteem affects performance, behaviour and attitudes at work because it influences self-perceptions of confidence, worthiness, competence and capabilities. Santandreu-Mascarell et al (2013) emphasise the importance of independence and self-confidence, which both indicate the ambition for autonomy from rules or control by others. According to Cerinšek and Dolinšek (2009), the development of innovation is associated with significant risk and uncertainty.…”

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Individual Innovation Competence: A Systematic Review and Future Research Agenda

Hero

Lindfors

Taatila

2017

IJHE

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Learning for innovation is a central element in European policymaking in developing higher education. Students often learn in project settings together with work organizations developing new solutions, products and services. These authentic creative, social and collaborative settings offer an attractive learning environment. The aim of this study was to determine the factors involved in individual innovation competence to be able to design, tutor and assess the pedagogical processes where authentic open-ended tasks are being solved transforming novel ideas into usable products or services. After defining the extraction criteria using a limited sample of articles, a bias-assessed systematic review was conducted of empirical research articles published in 2006-2015. Twenty-eight journal articles were ultimately included in the review. Despite the volume of academic literature in this field, comparatively few studies providing findings addressing the review objectives could be found. There was, however a reasonable weight of research evidence to support the result. The findings suggest that personal characteristics, such as flexibility, achievement orientation, motivation and engagement, self-esteem and self-management, future orientation, creative thinking skills, social skills, project management skills, and content knowledge and making skills can be needed in collaborative innovation process. These findings have implications for pedagogical innovation processes and for competency-based assessment.

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Individual Innovation Competence: A Systematic Review and Future Research Agenda

Hero

Lindfors

Taatila

2017

IJHE

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“…This has been approached through two broad themes, with the first focusing on personality trait profiling of the entrepreneur and known as the trait approach (E Chell 1986;Entrialgo et al 2001;Andreas Rauch andFrese 2007a, 2007b), while the other is focused on the competencies of the individual entrepreneur and known as the competency approach (Elizabeth Chell 2013;Santandreu-Mascarell et al 2013;Tan and Tan 2012;Thongpoon et al 2012). These two approaches are discussed further below.…”

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A Cross-cultural Assessment of the Competency Needs of Women Operating in the Context of SMMEs in South Africa

B.N.O¹

2017

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences

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“…This has been approached through two broad themes. The first is the trait approach, which focuses on personality trait profiling of the entrepreneur (Entrialgo et al 2001;Rauch and Frese 2007), and the second is the competency approach, which is focused on the competencies of the individual entrepreneur (Chell 2013;Santandreu-Mascarell, Garzon & Knorr 2013;Tan & Tan 2012;Thongpoon, Ahmad & Yahya 2012). The focus of this paper is the competency approach and it is discussed further below.…”

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Women entrepreneurship in South Africa: Understanding the role of competencies in business success

Irene

2017

SAJESBM

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Background and aim: Environmental factors alone cannot determine the success of small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs) and female entrepreneurs; there is a need to closely examine the internal factors that also contribute to business success. This is necessary because, despite the considerable government support and support of bodies interested in promoting gender equality in all areas (business included), 20% of female-owned businesses still fail annually. Consequently, even though, according to a report from the Department of Trade and Industry in South Africa, millions of Rands have been allocated to support female-owned SMMEs by way of government funding, training, grants and consultative support services, the failure rates of these female-owned businesses remain high. The main reason for this can be that over-dependence on these incentives often weakens rather than strengthens female entrepreneurs’ ability to manage their businesses and reduces their competitiveness by laying emphasis on external, contextual factors rather than internal, competence variables for success. Researchers in the past have suggested that focusing on the internal factors, especially the ‘people issues’ facing the entrepreneurs (in this case female entrepreneurs), may give the business a better chance of success.Design/methodology/approach: A ‘mixed-method’ approach, conducted in two parts, was adopted for this study and appropriate tools and techniques were used to collect and analyse the data drawn from a sample of female entrepreneurs in South Africa. The study applies culturally instantiated facets of the debate on gender entrepreneurship as part of a detailed and empirically sophisticated consideration of the status of female entrepreneurship within South Africa. The qualitative aspect utilised semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions. The quantitative aspect utilised survey questionnaires developed from the findings of the qualitative study.Results: All participants agreed that entrepreneurial competencies are vital for business success. The study also makes a clear distinction between the traits approach and competencies approach in understanding business success. Arguably, the competency variable is viewed and appreciated differently by female entrepreneurs in South Africa. The findings also showed some cultural variations in the application of entrepreneurial competencies among the four dominant racial groups in South Africa.Conclusion: This study offers a comprehensive analysis of the competency variable in understanding the factors that influence business success in the context of South African female entrepreneurs. It provides a basis for an agenda for focus on training and development of the entrepreneurial competencies of female entrepreneurs in South Africa.

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Entrepreneurial and innovative competences, are they the same?

Cited by 43 publications

References 35 publications

Individual Innovation Competence: A Systematic Review and Future Research Agenda

Individual Innovation Competence: A Systematic Review and Future Research Agenda

A Cross-cultural Assessment of the Competency Needs of Women Operating in the Context of SMMEs in South Africa

Women entrepreneurship in South Africa: Understanding the role of competencies in business success

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