Research Anthology on Small Business Strategies for Success and Survival | 2021
Entrepreneurship, Start Up, and Corporate Entrepreneurship in the Renewable Energy Industry
Abstract
Economic growth, development and grow in living standards as prosperity are associated with entrepreneurship. This chapter defines entrepreneurship as thinking and acting through a process oriented approach which starts with opportunity identification and includes the complete life-cycle of an enterprise. It should also give an overview of the entrepreneur and its main distinctive characteristics. Sustainable entrepreneur, ecopreneur, bioneer, entrepreneurial ecosystem are other specific entrepreneurship concepts that are analyzed and are close related to the renewable energy field. Last but not least the corporate entrepreneurship and its core element corporate venturing are analyzed. The main objective of this chapter is to understand what entrepreneurship and corporate entrepreneurship are and how an entrepreneur can contribute to society development in general, and to the promotion of renewable energy in particular.