Les compétences entrepreneuriales et le processus entrepreneurial : une approche dynamique

Since about thirty years, the research devoted to the study of competencies saw a considerable development, in particular in management. However, in the field of entrepreneurship, the investigations dedicated to the entrepreneurial competencies' acquisition and development processes have little evolved these last years. The purpose of our study is to clarify some shade zones concerning the conceptualization of entrepreneurial competencies, within the framework of a processual approach. Specifically, we focus on the identification of the needed competencies by the entrepreneur throughout the process of venture creation. For this, we subscribe to the thesis of C. Bruyat (1993), and to the processual approach of A. Fayolle (2005), according to which the venture creation process is declined into three stages : release, entrepreneur's commitment and survival - development of the new project. We propose a cognitive approach allowing the enumeration of specific competencies required in each step of the entrepreneurial process.