Key Competencies for Entrepreneurship

摘要

Nowadays the entrepreneurship capacity determines the competitiveness of an organization. Therefore entrepreneurs are considered as a vital resource. The objective of this study is to establish which are the key individual competencies that determine whether or not a person is an entrepreneur. We have conducted a review of the literature dealing with entrepreneurship to obtain a set of entrepreneurship related individual competencies. Then using the Delphi method we have obtained reliable consensus from a selection of entrepreneurs about the importance of each individual competence that is considered to be linked to entrepreneurship. The study shows the key competencies at individual level that should be developed for becoming an entrepreneur. Competencies that enable the employees to become an entrepreneur have been identified. It can be useful for any company committed to entrepreneurship and it can also be useful for any educational institution committed to the development of entrepreneurship competencies among its students.