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| Type | Working Paper |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Entrepreneurship as a non-profit-seeking activity |
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| Institution | University of Zurich |
| Series Name | Working paper series / Institute for Empirical Research in Economics |
| Number | No. 243 |
| ISSN | 1424-0459 |
| Date | 2006 |
| Abstract Text | It is typically assumed that people engage in entrepreneurship because there are profits to be made. In contrast to this view, this paper argues that entrepreneurship is more adequately characterized as a non-profit-seeking activity. Evidence from a broad range of authors and academic fields is discussed showing that entrepreneurship does quite generally not pay in monetary terms. Being an entrepreneur seems to be rather rewarding because it entails substantialnnon-monetary benefits, like greater autonomy, broader skill utilization, and the possibility to pursue one’s own ideas. It is shown how incorporating these non-monetary benefits intoneconomic models of entrepreneurship can lead to a better understanding of the phenomenon. |
| Official URL | http://www.econ.uzh.ch/wp.html |
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