Entrepreneurial Revolution Research Articles

Star Wars

Why have entrepreneurs been so much in the news? What attempts have made to cope with the entrepreneurial revolution?

Entrepreneurial Revolution for the African Third World: The Case of Ghana

ABSTRACT The current economic crisis in the predominantly poor countries of Sub-Saharan Africa has increasingly raised doubts about the aptness of development theory, the relevance of foreign politico-economic ideologies and the prudence and effectuality of post-independence policies in these countries. In this paper, the author acknowledges the pragmatism of a human-focused economic strategy. He stresses the urgency for an entrepreneurial revolution—the means of creating a climate congenial and sensitive to the overriding human want for expression, creativity and involvement as well as for the maximum exploitation and development of available resources—to achieve rapid economic recovery, growth and development. While experiences in the Ghanaian political economy are examined in some detail, the practical implications of this approach for Ghana are also analysed.

Project planning in Soviet R&D

Science in the USSR has not escaped the general commitment of the authorities to centralized planning. But they have long been dissatisfied with the degree of de facto decentralization and isolation from production of the traditional science planning process, as well as the lack of flexibility of an institution-based system. This article examines the recent response to these problems — comprehensive goal-oriented programme methods of science planning and management, apparently derived from both Soviet and US defence R&D management. The problems of the approach are revelaed, primarily in terms of the excessive bureaucratization of science involved and the continuing isolation of R&D from production. The article concludes by speculating on the significance of the ‘entrepreneurial revolution’ in Western R&D for the Soviet system.