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What Is Entrepreneurial Thinking

In: Handbuch Entrepreneurship

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  • Fritz Fleischmann

    (Babson College)

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This paper offers “ten theses on entrepreneurial thinking” to highlight personal, institutional, social, and methodological aspects that characterize an entrepreneurial approach to economic and social problem-solving. Ranging from the self-evident to the more challenging, the ten theses claim that entrepreneurial thinking (ET) is (or should be) characterized by the following attributes: 1. ET is hopeful thinking. 2. ET is melioristic thinking; it wants to make something better. 3. ET is holistic thinking, in the sense of connective thinking. 4. ET is action-oriented and team-oriented; it has a multiplier effect. 5. ET enables leadership, by embracing possibility. 6. ET is emancipatory thinking – a force against alienation. 7. ET is social and ethical thinking. 8. ET is heuristic and dialectical thinking; it rejects the hubris of certainties. 9. ET is utopian thinking. 10. ET is about connective problem-solving. Expanding beyond the confines of business and economics, ET can become a transformative force for the common good.

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  • Fritz Fleischmann, 2025. "What Is Entrepreneurial Thinking," Springer Books, in: Günter Faltin (ed.), Handbuch Entrepreneurship, edition 2, pages 39-53, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-658-48710-2_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-48710-2_2
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