The Centre acts in an entrepreneurial role to bring new resources into economic research and make it more productive and innovative.

This entrepreneurial public role didn't require that he be a nice guy, and he wasn't.

In some ways, he said, his responsibilities at Kendall College have been more like his entrepreneurial roles.

It follows that anyone is a potential entrepreneur, since the purely entrepreneurial role presupposes no special initial good fortune in the form of valuable assets.

In searching out these opportunities and exploiting them the producer is thus performing the entrepreneurial role in the market process.

Producers also often take on a wider entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, and negotiations.

Herd has undertaken an entrepreneurial role and is owner of several small companies.

Ms. Reed-Crisp said her organization includes about 250,000 women in middle to upper management, entrepreneurial roles and the professions.

"I would like a more entrepreneurial role," Mr. Middelhoff said in a telephone interview.

It is important for universities to take on an entrepreneurial role, thus facilitating interaction between research and industry.