Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development

Entrepreneurship Development: Who Creates Jobs?
Anukam Amaobi Isaac, Amaefule Iwu Anthony

Abstract
Entrepreneurship orientation (EO), is the constructive destruction of the over burdened economic status quo, (Schumpeter, 1961). The Nigerian economy cannot carry the responsibility of providing jobs for her teeming graduates alone. Therefore, entrepreneurship orientation through education as made compulsory in the Nigeria higher institutions is a remedial measure to the problem of unemployment. The substance of this paper is to appraise literatures on the essence of entrepreneurship and job creation opportunities, and outline the fifty-five (55), small business ideas any one can invest in with a mindset, small capital and show the prospects how to start. It is a conceptual paper and reviewed many related literatures.

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