An entrepreneur assumes the responsibility of organizing, managing, and bearing the risks of a business or enterprise. Their role is instrumental in driving innovation and economic growth in society.

Over 50 years ago, economist William Baumol noted that economics was a theory of the economy that left no place for entrepreneurship. Economic models, simply put, were “entrepreneur-less ...

They say that to succeed as an entrepreneur you have to believe in yourself. But as much or more depends on what you believe about yourself—specifically, what it means to you to be an entrepreneur.

In honor of Startup Month at Forbes.com, it’s time to make an important distinction about what, at bottom, a true entrepreneur is.. Why bother? Because it concerns the very engine of economic ...

Drawing on research in behavioral economics, in the sections that follow, we review three sets of possible interpretations for understanding the empirical facts related to the entry into, and ...