Title: Understanding the entrepreneur in the growth process: a review and theory

Authors: Jerome A. Katz, Susan Peters

Addresses: Cook School of Business, Saint Louis University, 3674 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri 63108, USA. Cook School of Business, Saint Louis University, 3674 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri 63108, USA

Abstract: This paper looks at risk, uncertainty and growth among entrepreneurs, providing a brief review of nearly 40 years of research, and pointing out some of the differences in how researchers and entrepreneurs have looked at these key issues. The goal of this paper is to describe an integrated or holistic way of considering the complex interaction of risk, uncertainty and growth in the entrepreneurial process, and point up some useful areas for further work by researchers, policy-makers, and those who support entrepreneurs in the field.

Keywords: risk; uncertainty; growth; ambition; entrepreneurs; entrepreneurial behaviour.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2001.000462

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2001 Vol.1 No.3/4, pp.366-380

Published online: 16 Jul 2003 *

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