Title: Risk propensity as entrepreneurial characteristic: the case of Slovenian students of business and economics studies

Authors: Lina Kaldana; Mitja Ruzzier

Addresses: Faculty of Management Koper, University of Primorska, Cankarjeva 5, 6104 Koper, Slovenia. ' Faculty of Management Koper, University of Primorska, Cankarjeva 5, 6104 Koper, Slovenia

Abstract: This paper discusses the psychological characteristics of entrepreneurs and focuses on the individuals propensity to risk-taking, considering that throughout the history of research on entrepreneurship, the latter has been defined as a key characteristic that determines the decision to establish a company. Following an overview of existing theories from the field under consideration, our research undertakes the identification of the presence of the indicated characteristic in the case of Slovenian students of business and economics studies with a view of identifying the entrepreneurial potential among them.

Keywords: entrepreneurs; entrepreneurial characteristics; risk propensity; entrepreneurial education; training; Slovenia; business studies; economics studies; psychological characteristics; psychology; risk-taking; decision making; company establishment; entrepreneurial potential; universities; higher education; business students; economics students; undergraduate students; postgraduate students; University of Primorska; Gea College of Entrepreneurship; University of Ljubljana; education management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2012.049347

International Journal of Management in Education, 2012 Vol.6 No.4, pp.363 - 381

Published online: 20 Dec 2014 *

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