Becoming an entrepreneur: A diversity of factors, types and pathways

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2016

Authors

Guerreiro, MDD (Author) Other; Caetano, A (Author) Other; Rodrigues, E (Author) Other; Barroso, M (Author) Other; Couto, AI (Author) FLUP

Journal

Title: Periodica Polytechnica, Social and Management Sciences

Vol. 24

Pages: 74-82

ISSN: 1416-3837

Publisher: Budapesti Muszaki es Gazdasagtudomanyi Egyetem/Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Indexing

Scopus - 1 Citation

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00K-JPD

DOI: 10.3311/ppso.8688

Abstract (EN): This paper is the result of a research focused on the study of entrepreneurial patterns, contexts and experiences. Its particular objectives are the analysis of the different pathways to become an entrepreneur. On the basis of in-depth interviews to women and men entrepreneurs about their individual trajectories, a typology of access to entrepreneurship is proposed. This categorisation expresses different combinations of social factors and places particular emphasis on the effects that gender and qualifications have on the decision to become selfemployed, without neglecting the importance of socioeconomic circumstances, interpersonal networks and family relationships.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific