Entrepreneurial skills: importance, evolution and emerging sub-themes. A literature review

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Entrepreneurial skills, Entrepreneurship, Documentary review, Research, State of the art, Social skills, Entrepreneurial skills in economics, Balanced skills

Abstract

Entrepreneurship has been in recent years a pillar for the world economy and in this understanding the present this article provides a conceptual basis that addresses the topic of skills and entrepreneurship. This study mainly analyses the concept of entrepreneurship and identifies some skills that are necessary for entrepreneurs who aim to achieve goals that are set from an early stage. The focus of this research in to conduct a literature review on the importance of the phenomenon of entrepreneurship, which is the central purpose of the article; in the same way emphasize about skills, since they become a relevant pillar within this context because they are a basis for addressing potential permanent problems and different magnitudes that arise through revolution processes. To comply with this structure, a consultation was made in Web of Science and subsequently a selection of the most important documents was made through the Tree of Science platform and, in the end, an analysis of perspectives or subtopics was carried out specifying entrepreneurial skills. Among the findings, it is found that the concept of entrepreneurs clarifies that the social skills of entrepreneurs are specific competencies that help the interaction and generation of personal contacts in a socio-productive way with other individuals. It is concluded that entrepreneurship or entrepreneurship are a method of human action.

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Carolina Ocampo Sanabria, Luis Amigó Catholic University

She is a professional in international business from the Luis Amigó Catholic University

Yurani López Espitia, Luis Amigó Catholic University

She is a Business Administrator from the National University of Manizales, a Master's in Human Talent Management from the University of Manizales and a Doctoral Student in Administration from the University of Manizales Position: Coordinator of the Business Administration and International Business programs at the Catholic University Luis Amigó, Manizales headquarters.

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Ocampo Sanabria, C., & López Espitia, Y. (2020). Entrepreneurial skills: importance, evolution and emerging sub-themes. A literature review. ECONÓMICAS CUC, 42(1), 189–207. https://doi.org/10.17981/econcuc.42.1.2021.Org.4

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