Empreendedorismo e capital humano no desenvolvimento local : o caso de Lajes – PE

Abstract

The aim of this dissertation was to identify the relationship and importance of human capital with entrepreneurship and its resulting importance to the creation of wealth and promotion of local development. The research was developed in Lajes, a rural community located in the municipality of Caruaru, in the state of Pernambuco, whose economic activities are now predominantly urban. Theoretical frameworks on non-agricultural activities were considered, namely those of Schumpeter. An analysis of the sources of the economic development process was also taken into account in relation to the entrepreneurship behavior of the community and policies and strategies for local development were also considered. This way, the basic research problem was posed as the productive activity of a rural community which was mainly agricultural and became transformed, by the influence of technology and innovation, in an entrepreneurship community, producing petty commodity products for the urban market, mainly textile final products. This community differentiation led to the creation of wealth and contributed to the improvement of its well being and the promotion of local development without, reference made, the apparatus of state policies.