t the individual characteristics required for success are ability, education, and a willingness to take risks (Kets de Vries, 1993, pp. 59 71). Risk taking is often said to be absent in the individual who seeks a career in a large corporation; however, in actual fact, it is simply the nature of the risks involved that are different. The following list of characteristics includes those that an owner manager of as family owned business firm, a small business owner, or an entrepreneur should possess. The fact that the same characteri
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