Honors Program
Honors in Business
Date of Award
12-2018
Thesis Professor(s)
John Whitmore
Thesis Professor Department
Management and Marketing
Thesis Reader(s)
Craig Turner, Matthew Tibbs
Abstract
This paper provides a systematic review of studies and opinions on the debate over whether entrepreneurs are born or made. Attention has been paid to reducing bias and locating as many credible sources as possible. Unfortunately, peer reviewed, quantitative studies and data on this topic seem to be lacking. Research on whether or not secondary, formal education is required in entrepreneurship and if so, the effects are also analyzed. After much review, information on both sides of the argument seems to be well founded and evenly split. An audience polled before and after an argument on the subject was also relatively even and any change in opinion was not statistically significant. The necessity of secondary education was also split depending on the goal. However, capital creation and financial success down the road are two areas in which the results are statistically significant and should be looked into further.
Publisher
East Tennessee State University
Document Type
Honors Thesis - Open Access
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Guillory, Adam, "Entrepreneurship and the Effects of Nature and Nurture" (2018). Undergraduate Honors Theses. Paper 822. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/822
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.