Empreendedorismo por oportunidade ou necessidade: um estudo de caso com os Microempreendedores Individuais (MEI) da cidade de São Pedro do Piauí

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is of fundamental importance for achieving the economic development of a country. Brazil stands out in the entrepreneurship index compared to other countries in the world, being considered a leader according to research. The general objective of the work is to understand the factors that lead individual microentrepreneurs in the municipality of São Pedro do Piauí to undertake, presenting the definitions of entrepreneurship by opportunity and by necessity. The results were analyzed through a questionnaire made to local micro-entrepreneurs in order to demonstrate the importance of this research, bringing with it new knowledge about entrepreneurship, in addition to understanding in which circumstances the city's entrepreneurs launched their businesses and the factors that are necessary. for your success. It was concluded from the data that the profile of the Individual Microentrepreneur of São Pedro do Piauí is mostly woman, who undertook by necessity, aged between 18 to 45 years and having only high school