In order to solve problems entrepreneurs are seeking new ways of behaving, while most managers use logical thinking, directly related to established processes.
An article in Nacion.com reports that "... A research team of neuroscientists and academics from business schools in Italy and Switzerland have used an fMRI to capture images of the brains of entrepreneurs and managers who performed a task consisting in the search for alternative approaches to solve a problem, something scholars call 'exploration'. "
True entrepreneurs are like the pirates of the seventeenth century, for whom the possibility of making a fortune was the excuse for adventure.
The risks of the sea pirates were very high. The chances of drowning, hanging or pierced by a sword, were much higher than those of becoming rich. There is no doubt that living with 100 other pirates in a small boat should not be very comfortable, even for the captain.
Should you join the millions of people every year who take the plunge and start their first ventures?
Daniel Isenberg, in an article in Harvard Business Review, tells us: “I've learned in my own years as an entrepreneur — and now an entrepreneurship professor — that there is a gut level ‘fit’ for people who are potential entrepreneurs”.
So he developed a 20 yes-or-no question test to conclude if you have the traits of a born entrepreneur.
The real, effective integration of Central America lies more in the hands of businesses than governments.
Deep into their own political agendas, which many times reflect only short term party interests, Central American governments have so far been unable to develop an integration process that is not only indispensable, but also unavoidable.
Integration is indispensable, as it is the only way to overcome underdevelopment barriers through a better use of human and material resources. It is also unavoidable, as Central American corporations are pushing beyond national borders, looking for lower costs through economies of scale and productive chaining from Guatemala to Panama.