THE CHANGING PROFILE OF ENTREPRENEURS IN THE KNOWLEDGE AGE


Omur G. A.

ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCES-SIYASAL BILGILER FAKULTESI DERGISI, sa.55, ss.55-65, 2016 (ESCI) identifier

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Entrepreneurs translate different and creative ideas into products and services for meeting customers demands or creating new demands through information and communication technologies as being independent of geographic distance. At the information age, entrepreneurs are combining the atomic world and the bits world on the basis of digitalization while creating new ideas or products. Therefore developments in the information and communication technologies and globalization are changing entrepreneur profile. The study will examine how globalization, developments of information technologies, virtuality and digitalization affect entrepreneur profile in the information age.