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11 Paradoxes of Entrepreneurial Thinking: why entrepreneurship can hardly be taught

Open Innovation EU

Whereas Schumpeter describes an entrepreneur as disequilibrative – destroying the pre-existing stage of the equilibrium ((Kirzner, 1999) – Kirzner chooses to describe the role of the entrepreneur as more equilibrative – entrepreneurs systematically displace disruptive conditions in order to create stabilized market conditions (Kirzner, 1999).

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When innovation led to a reversal of fortunes

hackerearth

Even though the Mac business was picking up, it was only in 2001, with the release of the iPOD (now retired) disrupting the digital music market, did Apple start soaring. Disruption just wasn’t working for the Billund-based company. It is a story of disruptive innovation. Source: [link]. He stabilized the business.

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The Future is Human. The Decisive Key is YOU.

Planview

About Professor John Amaechi Professor Amaechi OBE is a respected organizational psychologist and the Leadership Transformation Expert at APS Intelligence LTD , the consultancy he founded in 2006. He also suggests ERGs reframe themselves as entities composed of individuals with multiple perspectives.