Abstract
This study aims to analyze socio-intercultural entrepreneurship as a capability building and development framework. The analysis departs from the assumption that entrepreneurship is a cultural embedded concept, although the intercultural category used in entrepreneurial studies has not been founded on a conceptual, theoretical, and empirical basis. Based on this existing research gap, the literature addresses the main issues of socio-intercultural entrepreneurship focusing on capability building and development in a situational context and is also environment-oriented. The methodology used are exploratory and analytical tools. Socio-intercultural entrepreneurship competence is highly related to be situational context and environment-dependent on awareness and understanding of cultural differences.
TopRelevance Of The Study
Global and international organizations, companies, firms and people working across diverse cultures require to overcome cultural bias and preconceptions by promoting socio socio-intercultural entrepreneurial management that is adaptable and open minded to new situational contexts and environments, situations and individuals, to live, work, communicate and learn together. Dissimilar cultures around the shrinking world are influencing each other and leading to sources of synergies but also of conflicts which require the implementation of an socio-intercultural entrepreneurial capabilities, competences and skills.
Socio-intercultural entrepreneurial competence in a borderless world becomes crucial for the diversity in global business projects and ventures, which requires to develop competencies and skills to interact socio-interculturality and understand the diverse cultural backgrounds of individuals. However, socio socio-intercultural entrepreneurship is beyond sociocultural diversity initiatives.
Socio-intercultural entrepreneurial practices facilitate the understanding and use of cultural backgrounds of individuals to achieve innovation and creativity in decision making as the ultimate competitive advantage in any type of situational context and environment. The socio socio-intercultural entrepreneurial practices at the workplace aims at building its policies and individual identity based on the recognition that socio cultural diversity is the source and resource for economic growth, social development and environmental sustainability.
The continuous transformation of organizations leads to motivational processes of individuals who have initiative and develop creative attitudes to create and innovate based on technological advances. The strong achievement motivation of entrepreneurs contributes to explain they commitment for entrepreneurship.
Key Terms in this Chapter
Entrepreneurial Profile: The traits and personal characteristics of an entrepreneur considered as a person who detects a business opportunity and who organizes several resources to be able to operate one or more companies, assuming certain economic risks.
Capability Building: Process of developing and reinforcing the skills, instincts, aptitudes, processes and resources that organizations and communities require to survive, adapt, and excel in a rapidly changing world.
Intercultural: From different cultures or related to them.
Interculturality: It refers to the presence and equitable interaction of diverse cultures and the possibility of generating shared cultural expressions.
Socio-Intercultural: It is an event that notices the intimate relationship between nature, society and culture. The deep relationship between man and nature is an observable evidence that turns the human effort to adapt into a cultural work.
Entrepreneurship: Starting an activity that requires effort or work or has some importance or scope.
Development: Action and effect of developing or developing.