Caracterizacion de emprendedores en colombia. un estudio del impacto de la educacion emprendedora derivado del global entrepreneurship monitor (gem) colombia 2009 - 2011 (extension).

The findings of this research project will contribute to the understanding of the entrepreneurship phenomenon in Colombia identifying the differences of the two types of entrepreneurs, classified by the origin of the entrepreneurial iniciative: entrepreneurs by opportunity and entrepreneurs by necessity. This research will analyse the national data sets reported by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) on the 2006, 2007and 2008 and2009 editions. The dimensions to study to characterise the Colombian entrepreneur are the human capital, the different financial resources that made possible the start-up. Human capital analysis is based on Davidsson and Honing (2003) proposal that measures the explicit and implicit knowledge¸ and on the motivational factors (Filion, 1997; Gibb and Scott,1986) that influence the entrepreneurial development. This characterization is based also on the reported access to financial resources as a determinant factor on the idea consolidation of the entrepreneurial initiative, from the “peking order” analysis perspective.