EVOLUTION OF CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP: FROM MARKET ORIGINS TO INCLUSIVE SOCIETY

Abstract

The article considers the genesis of conceptual approaches to the definition of entrepreneurship from the period of emergence of market relations to the present. Features of transformation of business activity in the conditions of inclusive economy are reflected. The aim is to systematize theoretical approaches of clarification of the nature of entrepreneurship and determine the essence of inclusive economy as a form of application of entrepreneurial skills. Method. The key provisions of the classical heritage of philosophy, political economy, business theory and the system of scientific management serve as the methodological basis. The following methods were used during reserach: dialectics, analysis and synthesis, generalization, comparison and systematization. Results. The conducted research helped to organize scientific approaches to the conceptual understanding of the content of entrepreneurship and to clarify the subtleties of its modern transformation by usage of appropriate methodological tools. It is of practical importance for systematization of the views of economists on the nature of entrepreneurship from the age of formation of market relations to the present. This will stimulate the activization of research programs geared towards revelation of the patterns of formation of inclusive economy in Ukraine as a novel business environment.