Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to argue that defining, measuring and developing skills are crucial to successful entrepreneurship and that being able to do so can help to build strong rural entrepreneurial ecosystems. Design/methodology/approach - The literature on entrepreneurship success and entrepreneurial skills is reviewed, and this knowledge is used to create and describe the Entrepreneurship Skill-building Framework (ESBF), which provides a scaffold for thinking about the identification, measurement and development of essential entrepreneurship skills. The same literature is used to develop a tool for effectuating the ESBF, called the Readiness Inventory for Successful Entrepreneurship (RISE), which assesses entrepreneurship skills using the communimetrics theory of measurement. Findings - Both the ESBF and the RISE are detailed, and they are applied to the successful development and maintenance of rural entrepreneurial ecosystems, with an example from practice. Specific implications for rural entrepreneurship-focused economic development are also discussed. Originality/value - The ESBF represents a new way of framing entrepreneurship skills and their development. The RISE is a skills assessment tool that is clinical, not predictive, utilizing an innovative theory of measurement. Together, they offer a fresh approach to thinking about the purpose and effective implementation of entrepreneurial ecosystems.

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农村生态系统中的企业家技能建设

目的-本文的目的是论证定义，衡量和发展技能对于成功的创业至关重要，并且能够做到这一点可以帮助建立强大的农村创业生态系统。设计/方法论/方法-审查有关创业成功和创业技能的文献，并将这些知识用于创建和描述创业技能建立框架（ESBF），该框架为思考，确定和衡量创业提供了一个支架基本的创业技能。使用相同的文献来开发一种用于实现ESBF的工具，称为成功企业家准备就绪清单（RISE），该工具使用通讯计量理论来评估企业家技能。调查结果-ESBF和RISE均已详细说明，并以实践为例，将其应用于成功发展和维护农村企业家生态系统。还讨论了以农村创业精神为重点的经济发展的具体含义。原创性/价值-ESBF代表了一种构筑企业家技能及其发展的新方法。RISE是一种技能评估工具，利用创新的测量理论，是一种临床而非预测性技能。它们共同提供了一种新方法来思考企业家生态系统的目的和有效实施。原创性/价值-ESBF代表了一种构筑企业家技能及其发展的新方法。RISE是一种技能评估工具，利用创新的测量理论，是一种临床而非预测性技能。它们共同提供了一种新方法来思考企业家生态系统的目的和有效实施。原创性/价值-ESBF代表了一种构筑企业家技能及其发展的新方法。RISE是一种技能评估工具，利用创新的测量理论，是一种临床而非预测性技能。它们共同提供了一种新方法来思考企业家生态系统的目的和有效实施。