Relationships between entrepreneurship, creativity and design : implications for entrepreneurship theory and practice

Firms benefit from processes and practices which develop new enterprises, new products, new ways of working and new business models. Entrepreneurship and innovation make significant contributions to the success of firms and both notions are often linked directly or indirectly to notions of creativity and more recently design (Drucker, 1985; Kelley, 2001; Nystrom, 1993). This theoretical paper investigates the processes involved in entrepreneurship, creativity and design and looks for similarities, differences and overlaps of these separate characteristics and the relationships between. The purpose of investigating these relationships is to identify the ways that firms use to create value, directly and indirectly for the benefit of the firm and for the benefit of their customers, and to further develop processes which may enhance and sharpen entrepreneurship, creating implications for entrepreneurship theory and practice.