The entrepreneurship: some reflections from a review approach

Abstract

Usually, the elements constituting entrepreneurship are analyzed separately, which can make interested parties to lose the holistic vision characterizing it. This paper aims to propose analytical elements that can help to broaden the discussion and to lay foundations for subsequent empirical studies strengthening the state of the art on the subject. A documental review technique was used, centered around six conceptual elements tied to entrepreneurship --from the personal level (characteristics of the entrepreneur, leadership, personality, relational capital) to the structural one (corporate entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial ecosystem). The results highlight the relationships between the above mentioned elements and entrepreneurship to show the way they influence the work of the entrepreneur as well as the effect of relational capital upon new individual enterprises and companies. Some lines of research are proposed, mainly on the relation between leadership and the success of ventures in specific regions.