It all started in 2003, in the south of France. I was in Nice studying French, in complete solitude, in one of those professional breaks that rarely appear in life, when you are moving from one job to another. One day, visiting the wonderful Roman ruins of Nice, I spent hours thinking on “what’s next?”. In this beautiful and inspiring place, I not only decided to start a Ph.D. but also to research about the thing that amazed me most since I was young: human behavior and human ability to build things, lead groups and assemble ideas.
I have been always interested in studying why some people have the ability to lead other people towards a personal or a collective objective. The emergence of entrepreneurs surrounding me in different regions of the planet caught my attention to this very specific type of leader. That was how I ended up reading more and more about the subject and getting enrolled in a top Ph.D. program at FGV-SP in 2006.
After years approaching this subject from two-sided perspective of Sociology and Economics, I came up with the specific interest on entrepreneurs acting in emerging economies, where market-oriented practices have arrived recently and obstacles to start new ventures varied in type and importance from those found in more developed and “Anglo-Saxonized” regions.
Therefore, the topics I like to research are the following:
- Entrepreneurship in emerging economies;
- Entrepreneurship in impoverished regions;
- Types and levels of incentives and obstacles to entrepreneurs.
If you are also interested in those issues, please, let me know and let’s talk about it.
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Newton Campos
