entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship has made a resurgence, in recent years, as a viable career option for many people.

Increasingly, women managers are choosing to "opt out" when corporations fail to meet their professional needs.

The entrepreneurial spirit alive and well in the U.S., according to findings from a new nationwide study, revealing that 47% of U.S. adults have taken initial steps toward starting their own business or supplementing their income.

In a world where ideas drive economies, it is no wonder that innovation and entrepreneurship are often seen as inseparable bedfellows.

Fully one in ten adults in the United States today is an entrepreneur. This phenomenon is by no means restricted to North America. The leading country for entrepreneurship is Brazil with one in eight adults an entrepreneur. Australia is not far behind the U.S. with one in twelve. These countries - Brazil, the United States and Australia - lead the way. Contrast, for example, Germany (one in 25), the United Kingdom (one in 33), Finland and Sweden (one in 50) and Ireland and Japan (less than one in 100). (Source: Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2000.)