Entrepreneurial Initiatives versus Entrepreneurial Skills in South-Eastern Romania

The social and economic growth of a country depends decisively of entrepreneurial activity. But what triggers entrepreneurship? Why do some individuals become entrepreneur? What skills do they need? This paper highlights the intention to develop a new business in Bucharest – Ilfov region in Romania and the skills considered necessary to do that. We present an analysis of the sample according to age, sex or level of education as well as a statistical analysis that measure different aspects of the intention to develop a new business like time horizon, legal status, opportunities or difficulties encountered.