Entrepreneurs Sustainable Development

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Acknowledgement

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Abstract

The research aims to focus on affecting the entrepreneurs' sustainable development provided by the various entrepreneurial activities in Egypt, what are the motivating factors to their growth, continuity & how to maintain them. Despite recent Egyptian economic growth over the past years, living conditions for the average Egyptian citizens have not improved. Poverty and unemployment figures were on the rise together with annual inflation which continued and the public sector wage raises could not match.

In these circumstances, the need for the social entreprenuership rises so that the skills of the entrprenuers may be utilized for developing the businesses as well as the community. Entrepreneurs are high in motivation and, because their roots are in the community, they have a commitment to the community that can be strengthened if the community actively works to facilitate their chances for a successful enterprise. The study at hand conducts the qualitative method of research and investigates various cases to evaluate the subject of entreprenuers sustainable development. The cases are used to emphasise on the motives driving such entrepreneur to undertake such projects, the sources of funding, the challanges they face and their interaction with the government & the drivers for their activities.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

ABSTRACTIV

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Background1

Keywords2

Research Objectives2

Research Questions2

Layout of the study3

Chapter I: Introduction3

Chapter II: Review of Literature3

Chapter III: Methodology3

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW4

Entrepreneurship4

Social Entrepreneurs5

Entrepreneurial sustainable development6

Conclusion16

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY18

Research Design18

Research Instrument18

Data Collection Method18

Setting and Participants19

Limitations19

REFERENCES20



CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

This chapter will provide the background, objectives and the layout of the entire dissertation. It will focus upon the aims, objectives and the research questions that will be studied in the research.

Background

The foundation model of the entrepreneurs performing in the sustainable development is absolutely simple. It comprises of certain elements including the assessment, understanding and interpretation of the social, economic and environmental problems. In doing so, the “Sustainable development” agendas and policies are socially constructed (Carland, Hoy & Carland, 1988). The institutionalization of sustainable development pertains to the adoption of sustainable development concepts and the implementation of those concepts in legislation, policies, plans, programs and projects. Agenda setting and the structure of enabling legislation are likely to have a strong influence on institutionalization. In the agenda setting process, political actors and other members of civil society interact to define problems and craft solutions (Bechard & Toulouse, 1991).

The concept of the entrepreneur has been developed from principles and business, economic and psychological perspective. The psychological perspective of entrprenuership can be viewed in terms of cognitive variables, motivational variables, and social variables (Gilad, ...