Examining the correlation between social networking websites, innovation, creativity and the verisimilitude of the successful entrepreneurship practice?

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Medimond S R L

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New media are characterized by their strong user focus. It is transform the idea of community and the way they perceive the other. It also used to give people more information about products and services to help them to feel both important and involved. Idea becomes increasingly fluid and changeable online. In this context, it is interesting to explore how we experience and perform these roles, and how new media shape our creativity and innovation. The purpose of involving in social media for entrepreneurs is quite creating new ideas by engaging individuals with others who they generate innovation and creative ideas in their profiles. This paper is based on the results of a survey of 100 entrepreneurs who engaged in Linkdin.com for starting up a new business during two weeks. It also explores the successful entrepreneurship practices for starting up new business depends on some factors which quite influence in entrepreneur's decision in entrepreneurship intentions in SNW. The findings reveal that Creativity and innovation at individual through social networking websites are achieved through curiosity in cyberspace, openness to experience, network attitude, flexibility, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation impact as well as cascade availability are all dimensions of successful entrepreneurship practice.

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International Conference on Entrepreneurship Education - A Priority for the Higher Education Institutions -- OCT 08-09, 2012 -- Bucharest, ROMANIA

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Innovation, creativity, Social networking websites, Successful entrepreneurship practice, Linkedin

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Entrepreneurship Education - A Priority For the Higher Education Institutions

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