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Aim.<\/strong>\u00a0The aim of this paper is to examine the importance of the entrepreneurial epigonism for the development of entrepreneurial activity, as well as to substantiate the fundamental difference between it and the economic imitation.<\/p>\r\n

Tasks<\/strong>. The main objectives of this paper are to conceptualize the phenomenon of entrepreneurial epigonism for economic growth and development, to justify its importance for the development of entrepreneurial competencies, and to substantiate that imitation serves as a constraint for the development of innovation.<\/p>\r\n

Methods<\/strong>. The methodological basis of the paper is a transdisciplinary approach that combines achievements in the \ufb01eld of cognitive sciences, ethics, linguistics, organizational theory, and economic disciplines.<\/p>\r\n

Results<\/strong>. This article analyzes the meaning of the imitation phenomenon, contrasted with the entrepreneurial epigonism. Having some similar features (e.g. the lack of the unique idea),<\/em> these types of activities are based on the opposite motives. Imitation is the copying \/ borrowing of other people\u2019s ideas; it pursues exclusively economic goals and hinders the development of innovations, thereby economic development itself. While the entrepreneurial epigonism, which is driven by the need of initiators (epigones)<\/em> for self-realization, on the contrary, stimulates the process of the economic development, since it implies the disclosure of the creative potential of economic agents, having as its goal the development and dissemination of an innovative idea. The article proposes a new concept of the \u201centrepreneurial epigonism\u201d, which is understood as an activity, which is aimed at obtaining economic bene\ufb01ts, and as a result of which the process of development of the creative component of an innovative idea or its improvement occurs. That is, the epigone, not being an independent creator of an innovative idea, acts as its successor, thereby contributing to its further improvement and development.<\/p>\r\n

Conclusions<\/strong>. Imitation is an impersonal phenomenon that has become so widespread due to the development of \u201cthe mass\u201d as a product of globalization, which can be called a sign of modern civilization.\u00a0That is why imitation has become a macroeconomic concept, while epigonism as a concept refers to the instrumental apparatus of the theory of entrepreneurship. Further studies of the phenomenon of entrepreneurial epigonism should focus on the creative element in the process of implementing an economic activity. It is a promising direction for the development of entrepreneurial competencies.<\/p>\r\n

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Imitation,\u00a0innovation,\u00a0entrepreneurial epigone,\u00a0creativity,\u00a0entrepreneurial epigonism,\u00a0theory of entrepreneurship.<\/em><\/p>\r\n

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Aim.\u00a0The aim of this paper is to examine the importance of the entrepreneurial epigonism for the development of entrepreneurial activity, as well as to substantiate the fundamental difference between it and the economic imitation. Tasks. 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