Fundamental Determinants of Entrepreneurial Behaviour [electronic resource] / by Christian Willi Scheiner.

Fundamental Determinants of Entrepreneurial Behaviour -- Gender-related Differences in the Founding Intention -- Gender-related Differences in Goals and Performance Evaluation? -- Students' Attitude towards Entrepreneurship: Does Gender Matter? -- Entrepreneurship Education in the United Kingdom and Germany -- Foundation and Development Support for Business Start-ups and Small Enterprises in Germany -- Concluding Remarks.

In recent years the perspective on entrepreneurship research moved from the question ǣwhat is an entrepreneurǥ to the question ǣwhat influences people to develop entrepreneurial behaviourǥ respectively ǣwhat are the antecedents of entrepreneurial behaviourǥ. Christian Willi Scheiner examines selected fundamental determinants of entrepreneurial behaviour. For the analysis it was essential to study influencing and determining factors before the decision is made to found a business. Therefore, not entrepreneurs but students were chosen as study samples.