Girişimcilik ve Ekonomik Kalkınma

Year 2006, Issue: 11, 85 - 99, 01.06.2006

E. Esra Karadeniz

Abstract

Bu makale, küçük ve orta ölçekli firmalarda girişimciliğin önemini ve girişimciliğin
ekonomik gelişme sürecindeki önemi tartışılacaktır. Girişimcilik, ekonomik
büyümeyi saglayan önemli faktörlerden biri olarak düşünülmektedir. Girişimciler üretim
süreçlerinde ve/veya yeni ürünlerle pazara girerek önemli yenilikler yapabilirler.
Küçük işletmeler, girişimciliğin kaynağı olarak değerlendirilirler. İstihdam olanaklarının,
gelir düzeyinin artmasına ve yenilikçiliğe katkıda bulunarak, rekabet gücünün
gelişmesini sağlayabilirler.
Schumpeter girişimcileri genellikle küçük işletmelerde bulunurlar. Ekonomik geliş-
meye en azından dört alanda katkıda bulunurlar: küçük işletmeler girişimcidirler,
onlar önemli yenilikçi faaliyetlerin kaynağıdırlar ve teknolojiyi geliştirme sürecinde
önemli rolleri vardır, onlar sanayileşmeye katkıda bulunurlar ve son yıllarda yeni
yaratılan mesleklerin oluşumunda önemli katkıları vardır.

Keywords

Girişimcilik, Ekonomik Kalkınma, Küçük İşletmeler

Entrepreneurship and Economic Development

Abstract

This article examines the importance of the entrepreneurship in the economic development and explains the relationship between small firms and entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is generally recognized to be one of the important factors in economic growth. Entrepreneurs may introduce important innovations by entering markets with new products and/or production processes. Small businesses are considered a vehicle for entrepreneurship and a source of employment and income and contribute to innovative and competitive power. Schumpeterian entrepreneurs are found mostly in small firms. They make at least four main contributions to the economic development: they are entrepreneurs, they are the source of substantial innovative activity and play significant roles in the process of technological modifications, and they encourage industrial development, and constitute an important share of the newly created jobs in recent years

Keywords

Entrepreneurship, Economic Development, Small Firms

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