Perceptions of entrepreneurship
The third millennium seems marked by a renewal of the entrepreneurial spirit, which affects all countries and all sectors of economic and social life: business start-ups or takeovers, associations and even public services. Let us refer to the words of Claude Allegre, French Minister of National Education and Research at the time, in an interview published in Les Echos, on 3 February 1998: ‘I want to instil an entrepreneurial spirit in the education system’ in an attempt to raise awareness of entrepreneurship within this institution. He also added, to clarify his vision: ‘The objective, which concerns higher education at large, is to get people used to creating companies while they’re young, and to invent new techniques. I would like more innovators, and fewer scholars.’