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Book SynopsisAttaining the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal of Quality Education focuses on Sustainable Development Goal number four (SDG4): Quality Education for All. Examining family businesses in Australia, USA, Austria and Algeria, each case study presents a unique perspective from their respective country, analysing how SDG4 translates into ensuring inclusive, equitable quality education, and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all. The case studies presented generate insights and key takeaways into the role of family businesses in providing quality education for all. The United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 Goals pledged by 193 nations in 2015 which would help engender an improved, fairer, and more sustainable world – one in which ‘no one is left behind’. The SDGs are a call to action, to develop innovative solutions to the most complex, societal, and environmental global challenges. In Family Businesses on a Mission, series editors Naomi Birdthistle and Rob Hales bring together international case studies to illustrate how family businesses can attain the UN 2030 SDGs. Accessible to those working in the field beyond academia – such as family business practitioners, family business owners, government and policymakers, members of NGOs, business associations and philanthropic centres – the book series equally appeals to those with a general interest in entrepreneurship and business. Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Sustainable Development Goals - SDG#4 Quality Education; Rob Hales and Naomi Birdthistle Chapter 2. Family businesses and their contribution to the world; Naomi Birdthistle and Rob Hales Chapter 3. USA – 4th Street Market, Santa Ana, California: Urban Renewal and Sustainable Change in Education; Patrick Fuery and Kelli Fuery Chapter 4. ALGERIA – Likoul: Quality education for all; Sofiane Baba, Amina I. Wazoumi, and Samuel Bradley Chapter 5. Austria – HOLLU: Quality education and life-long learning of employees; Anita Zehrer, Simon Meinschad, and Bernd Kirschner Chapter 6. AUSTRALIA – When Family Businesses Solve Social Problems - The Case of the McPherson Family; Tafadzwa Leroy Machirori

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Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to innovate? What skills are needed? What thought processes are involved? Answers to these questions can be found in the real-life stories of Agents of Innovation. Louis Jacques Filion and chapter co-authors Rico J. Baldegger, Candido Borges, Fernando Dolabela, Joëlle Hafsi and Francine Richer, present six fascinating case histories of three different types of agents of innovation: entrepreneurs, who create new products or services, facilitators, or process innovators, who help entrepreneurs to develop their enterprises, and intrapreneurs, who innovate within the organizations that employ them. In the second part of Agents of Innovation, a set of exercises guide readers as they develop their own innovative thinking process. Valuable to researchers, students, and those about to branch out into the world of business, Agents of Innovation informs many different disciplines, and in particular strategy – the sister discipline of entrepreneurship as far as the implementation of innovation is concerned.Table of ContentsForeword; Yves Pigneur Section 1. Entrepreneurs Chapter 1. Coco Chanel: Building an Empire - Chanel in Three Acts; Francine Richer and Louis Jacques Filion Chapter 2. Alain Bouchard, Couche-Tard/ Circle K, Conquering the World of Convenience Stores; Joëlle Hafsi and Louis Jacques Filion Section 2. Facilitators Chapter 3. Réal Plourde, Couche-Tard/Circle K and Entrepreneurial Facilitation; Joëlle Hafsi and Louis Jacques Filion Chapter 4. From Softimage to Microsoft and then to Inno-Centre: Pierre Nelis and Entrepreneurial Facilitation; Joëlle Hafsi and Louis Jacques Filion Section 3. Intrapreneurs Chapter 5. Elmar Mock, From the Swatch to Creaholic: Inventor, Intrapreneur and Entrepreneur; Louis Jacques Filion and Rico J. Baldegger Chapter 6. Emerson de Almeida and the Creation of Fundação Dom Cabral: Leading a Brazilian Revolution in Executive Education; Cândido Borges, Fernando Dolabela, and Louis Jacques Filion Section 4 Chapter 7. Lessons for Innovationists and Aspiring Agents of Innovation; Louis Jacques Filion

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Book SynopsisEverything you need to know about growing and selling a business: the opportunities, the pitfalls, advice to avoid, advice to seek, how to succeed and break free from today's struggles, who to trust and how to achieve your dreams. Chris Averill, successful entrepreneur, has been through it all and knows the inside tricks. In this time of crisis, his blueprint is the one all budding entrepreneurs need to read.; Over 50 practical tips from Chris and other successful business owners on how to get your business ready for sale, who to sell to and how to make the most money from the sale.; "I commend this volume to anyone embarking on a startup, or those who work with entrepreneurs. It is a wart and all, first-person tale of how to grow a company and make a fortune - and what to do afterwards!" - Luke JohnsonTrade Review"Build Sell Retire is inspiring. It offers a refreshingly candid look at starting, running and selling a successful business. Author Chris Averill writes witty and honest anecdotes about how he built his company. He doesn't shy away from sharing what went wrong along the way. Averill includes valuable lessons on how to rebound from setbacks with humour and heart." - Jill Martin Wrenn, Journalist;

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Book SynopsisThis book is based on the premise that being good is just not good enough in today's competitive environment. For hotel owners and managers who want to achieve lasting business success through a root and branch review of key processes, How To Run a Great Hotel is a 'must read'. It will serve as a personal business consultant for the hotel professional, probing and testing their thinking across four critical themes which are proven to drive excellence. The content focuses less on day-to-day operations and more on big picture concerns such as strategy development, enhancing leadership skills, engaging employees and attaining customer focus, all of which are central to building a great hotel. Without clear direction in these important areas to guide activities, ongoing daily effort can be counterproductive. It's easy for hoteliers to lose sight of their goals when, engulfed by operational demands, they are often forced to just do rather than to think about what they are doing. This book provides the reader with an opportunity to step back and take a fresh look at their hotel, no matter where it currently lies in its life cycle. The purpose of the book is to get them to question what it is they are doing, why they are doing it and to offer guidance on how they can make it even better. The book is easy to read, practical, and action oriented. It will help the reader to define clear plans with measurable goals for improved personal and business performance.Contents: Acknowledgements; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Theme 1 - Define Direction; Chapter 1. What is a strategic map and how can it help you to achieve excellence?; Chapter 2. How can you create a strategic map for your hotel?; Chapter 3. How can you measure the impact of your strategic map over time?; Theme 2 - Lead to Suceed; Chapter 4. What does leading people actually involve?; Chapter 5. How can you improve leadership effectiveness at your hotel?; Chapter 6. How can you measure leadership effectiveness over time?; Theme 3 - Engage Your Employees; Chapter 7. What does engaging your employees actually involve?; Chapter 8. What can you do to more fully engage your employees?; 9. How can you measure employee engagement levels over time?; Theme 4 - Captivate your customers; Chapter 10. What is SERVICEPLUSONE and why is it important?; Chapter 11. How can you attain SERVICEPLUSONE at your hotel?; Chapter 12. How can you measure the impact of SERVICEPLUSONE over time?; Make it Happen; Theme 1 - Define Direction; Theme 2 - Lead to Suceed; Theme 3 - Engage Your Employees; Theme 4 - Captivate Your Customers; Looking ahead; Tools and Resources; Index.Trade Review'Easy to read, practical and amusing.' Essentially Catering 'Supports experienced and aspiring hotel professional by providing a jargo free and user-friendly guide which translates the theory of excellence into practice in a meaningful way.' www.ehotelier.com. 'A book that anyone in a senior management role should read, and then re-read. You may find it difficult to set aside the time to read the book, but I urge you to. You will find yourself snorting when he hits the nails on the head regarding issues that we all face.' www.caterersearch.com.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Theme 1 - Define Direction; Chapter 1. What is a strategic map and how can it help you to achieve excellence?; Chapter 2. How can you create a strategic map for your hotel?; Chapter 3. How can you measure the impact of your strategic map over time?; Theme 2 - Lead to Suceed; Chapter 4. What does leading people actually involve?; Chapter 5. How can you improve leadership effectiveness at your hotel?; Chapter 6. How can you measure leadership effectiveness over time?; Theme 3 - Engage Your Employees; Chapter 7. What does engaging your employees actually involve?; Chapter 8. What can you do to more fully engage your employees?; 9. How can you measure employee engagement levels over time?; Theme 4 - Captivate your customers; Chapter 10. What is SERVICEPLUSONE and why is it important?; Chapter 11. How can you attain SERVICEPLUSONE at your hotel?; Chapter 12. How can you measure the impact of SERVICEPLUSONE over time?; Make it Happen; Theme 1 - Define Direction; Theme 2 - Lead to Suceed; Theme 3 - Engage Your Employees; Theme 4 - Captivate Your Customers; Looking ahead; Tools and Resources; Index.

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Book SynopsisToo many start-ups don't make the grade - what makes a successful business take off?Starting a new business is exciting, but there are many traps for the unwary. Some would-be entrepreneurs stick so firmly to their step-by-step guides that they don't see what's really going on. Others become so obsessed with potential problems they lose sight of the bigger picture. What they really need, according to serial entrepreneur Norm Brodsky, is a mindset that will help them to stay focussed on the real goals and grab opportunities whenever they arise. He calls it 'the knack'. It's helped him to build eight phenomenally successful companies, and in this book he uses stories of real companies facing real challenges to show you how to develop it too.Trade ReviewEncouraging, succinct and informative, this is an excellent guide for anyone looking to dive into a new business or expand an existing one * Publishers Weekly *

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Book SynopsisMost businesses are run by owners who love what they do, only to find it soon becomes a millstone around their neck. Running their business just isn't fun anymore: a chore, not a pleasure; stressful, instead of fun; standing still treading water, instead of growing income and profit. They're desperate to get out of the rut, increase sales to customers, grow profits, reduce their stress levels and get their life back. 'The Grown-Up Business' is a step-by-step program for business owners to help them build rhythm, consistency and momentum in their company. It introduces the reader to the Grown-Up Business Model, a route map to prosperous and sustainable growth. The chapters describe what needs to be done at each stage of growth. It details the What and Why, shows through case studies and examples the Why, and concludes with detailed, structured and tested How to's. Too many business owners are overworked, stressed, lost, confused, lonely or just plain exhausted! 'The Grown-Up Business' sets out a clear pathway for them to rediscover the passion, fun and profit within their business, and how to get their life back.Trade Review"If you operate a business, buy this book today. Not tomorrow. Today." -Sam Carpenter, author of 'Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less'.

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Book SynopsisGlenn Armstrong, `The Millionaire Maker’, is probably the only man in the UK who has helped 71 people (and counting) become property millionaires through his tried and tested strategy developed over the past decade. Glenn’s desire to share his success and create a legion of potential property competitors is both unusual and impressive. Glenn Armstrong guides his mentees through a specific programme that helps them go from £0 to hundreds of thousands, and then to become a millionaire in five years... You don’t need to be rich to become a property millionaire! Glenn Armstrong is a self-taught property guru, and succeeding through his own mistakes has helped him identify what works and what doesn't when it comes to the property business. Incredibly, he's happy to share these secrets to success with anyone who will listen, pay attention, and work hard. Glenn's love of teaching is clear, and he writes as he talks - without pretension or smarm. He is no-nonsense and straight to the point. Glenn's new book – You Too Can Become A Property Millionaire - is just one more piece in his legacy jigsaw. He wants to share all he has learned and pass it on to the property investors and developers of the future. His new book is packed full of incredible pearls of wisdom for any budding entrepreneur - not just for those interested in property. Glenn shares inspiring stories about his entrepreneurial career over the decades, from setting up a video rental empire in his 20s to becoming a cabbie after he lost his first million and rather than `just’ waiting for the work to come to him, he put in an extra 30 hours per week to buy a car to hire out to fellow cabbies on an ingenious rent-to-buy scheme. Glenn offers time management tips, motivation, and ideas for success that are applicable for all entrepreneurs. He is really open about what has worked for him, as well as the hurdles he’s had to jump over. Never settling for the status quo, Glenn always seeks to be more creative and innovative, to earn more, succeed, thrive and not just survive in business. Glenn Armstrong is a brilliant example of how anyone with drive, motivation and who is fearless of proper hard graft, can succeed in today's competitive business world!

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Book SynopsisStaring at a screen? Thinking hard? Lacking insights? Struggling to generate ideas? It’s a familiar story in a world where work demands us to deliver more, with less. And you’re probably working on a business challenge right now. Successful problem solving, strategic thinking, insight discovery and idea generation needs structure. But so many people in business (who should know better) approach the design and delivery of creative projects both big and small in a linear, dull and predictable fashion. This is NOT the way. Strategy needs to be facilitated. It’s not enough to run a hot bath and hope for eureka breakthroughs. Innovation teams demand inspiration. Something PowerPoints will never deliver. And creativity needs to be role-modelled. Following process alone will only get you so far. You’re holding the anti-manual (a rule-breaking guidebook) for the mavericks, pioneers, mavens and creative sherpas striving to challenge the status quo. If new thinking is something you find motivating and exciting, then this book is for you. THIS IS NOT THE WAY is a valuable dip-in-and-out source of stimulus, stories, tricks, tools and tips to create wonder and magic in the broken world of work.

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Book SynopsisThis study reflects leadership development is a multilevel multi-context self-learning longitudinal journey embedded in a social learning environment with nine influential factors: parents, teamwork sport activities, teachers, role models, mentors/coaches, community-based networks (social factors); self-learning, experimentation, self-reflection (self factors). These findings of the book are based on a longitudinal qualitative study of interviewing 100 SME’s business owners and leaders attending a British leadership development framework and an international communication and leadership programme.

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Book SynopsisSteve Case, cofounder of America Online and Revolution and New York Times bestselling author of The Third Wave, shows how entrepreneurs across the country are building groundbreaking companies, renewing communities, and creating new jobs—in the process reimagining the American landscape and bringing people together around a shared future.In 2014, Steve Case launched Revolution’s Rise of the Rest, an initiative to accelerate the growth of tech startups across the country. Rise of the Rest is based on a simple idea: cities can be renewed and rise again if they develop a vibrant startup culture. A visionary entrepreneur himself, Case believes that great entrepreneurs can be found anywhere, and can thrive with the proper support and investment. In fact, they’re key to the American DNA. After all, America itself was a startup. It struggled to get going and almost didn’t make it. Today it’s the leader of the free world, in part because it has the world’s largest economy—a testament to several generations of pioneering entrepreneurs. But America needs help keeping its promises, as it is harder today for innovators who live outside the major tech hubs. For most of the past decade, seventy-five percent of venture capital has gone to just three states—California, New York, and Massachusetts—while the forty-seven states making up the rest of the country have been forced to share the remaining twenty-five percent. And it’s even harder for some people no matter where they live. Less than ten percent of venture capital currently goes to female founders, and less than one percent to Black founders. Since new companies—startups—are responsible for net new job creation, it is essential that entrepreneurs everywhere have the opportunity to start and scale companies. Rise of the Rest is about leveling the playing field for everybody, and in the process creating opportunity and jobs for the people and places that have been left behind. This book tells that story and provides a hopeful perspective on the future of America. In The Rise of the Rest: How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places are Building the New American Dream, Case takes readers on an exhilarating journey into the startup communities that are transforming cities nationwide. Rise of the Rest’s signature road trips, on a big red tour bus, have created significant local and national buzz and spotlighted communities large and small that have committed to a new tech-enabled future. Along the way, Case introduces readers to dozens of entrepreneurs whose inspirational stories of struggle and achievement match the most iconic examples of American invention. To date, Case has traveled to forty-three cities on his Rise of the Rest bus tour and has been featured on 60 Minutes, and in The New York Times, USA TODAY, Fast Company, and The Wall Street Journal. With dedicated venture funds, backed by an iconic group of investors, executives, and entrepreneurs including Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, Meg Whitman, John Doerr, Sara Blakely, and Ray Dalio, Rise of the Rest also invests in the most promising high-growth startups located anywhere in the US outside of Silicon Valley, New York City, and Boston. The fund has invested in more than 175 companies across more than eighty cities, including: Phoenix, Chattanooga, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Louisville, Baltimore, Columbus, St. Louis, Green Bay, Madison, Buffalo, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Miami, Dallas, Salt Lake City, Omaha, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Nashville, Indianapolis, New Orleans, and dozens of others.Trade Review“An iconic entrepreneur shows how a new generation of American business leaders is taking shape in the vibrant cities of the heartland. . . . Inspiring stories from unexpected places showing that the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and kicking.” —Kirkus Reviews “It seems that if we can light an entrepreneurial fire under the rest of the country, we can have broader prosperity. Perhaps Mr. Case will provide the spark.” —Wall Street Journal “I’ve spent my life telling stories about America, and the role of pioneers cannot be overestimated. A new chapter in America’s story is now being written in cities all across the nation, as a new generation of innovators build new companies and help rebuild communities. Steve’s book tells those riveting stories, and gives us hope for America’s future.” —Ken Burns, award-winning documentary filmmaker and CEO of Florentine Films “The Rise of the Rest is a vivid and eye-opening look at the surprising acts of innovation and reinvention that are often left out of the media’s spotlight. Steve Case captures the incredible stories of entrepreneurs from all walks of life who are redefining the American dream.” —Tory Burch, executive chairman and chief creative officer, Tory Burch LLC; founder, Tory Burch Foundation “In The Rise of the Rest, Steve Case takes us behind the scenes in cities across the country, where a new generation of innovative companies are being born and thriving. Through his up-close stories of startup founders, investors, policymakers, and business leaders, Case unveils a vision of a more inclusive America, where Silicon Valley no longer has a monopoly on innovation.” —Ray Dalio, cofounder of Bridgewater Associates and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Principles “Steve Case played a pivotal role in getting America online, but his efforts over the last decade to create opportunity for more people in more places will be his most important legacy. I’ve seen firsthand the power of Rise of the Rest to empower entrepreneurs, revitalize communities and bring people together. This captivating book will give you hope for the future of America.” —José Andrés, chef and founder of World Central Kitchen “Although I represent Silicon Valley in the U.S. Congress, I’ve long believed that we need to democratize innovation so we are creating tech jobs in dozens of cities, not just a few. Nobody in America has been a more visible and tireless advocate for this than Steve Case, and The Rise of the Rest illustrates an exciting and optimistic path forward for a more inclusive and united America.” —Ro Khanna, member of Congress from Silicon Valley “Steve Case, one of America’s most successful entrepreneurs, has spent much of the past decade supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs, in dozens of cities all across the country. The Rise of the Rest is a must read, as it provides a hopeful and optimistic view of America’s future.” —David Rubenstein, cofounder of the Carlyle GroupPRAISE FOR THE THIRD WAVE: “In The Third Wave, Steve Case has drafted a compelling roadmap for the future—one that can help us make sense of the technological changes reshaping our economy and the world. A fascinating read.” —Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO and founder of LeanIn.Org “I've been waiting to read Steve's story and I wasn't disappointed. His business career is straight out of Horatio Alger and carries important lessons for all entrepreneurs.” —Warren Buffett, CEO, Berkshire Hathaway “We are at the beginning of the next industrial revolution where the combination of software and industrial machines is building the foundation for a new wave of innovation. With clarity and passion, Steve provides a manifesto for the future of innovation and entrepreneurship. It's a must read from a visionary leader for entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and anyone trying to succeed during the Third Wave." —Jeff Immelt, former Chairman and CEO, GE “The Third Wave is essential reading for leaders in business and government, as well as for anybody trying to make sense of our rapidly changing world. I’ve worked with Steve for two decades, and I've always been impressed with his intellect and captivated by his insights. If you read this book, you will be, too.” —General Colin Powell, former Secretary of State (and former AOL board member) “Steve Case made history when he created America Online and introduced the Internet to the world. Steve's startup story is captivating, and chock full of important insights and lessons. But this is not a book about the past; it’s a bold and compelling vision for what’s coming next. The Third Wave is required reading for every entrepreneur.” —Brad Feld, co-founder, TechStars and Foundry Group, author of Startup Life “A true visionary, Steve Case understood years ago the tectonic shifts that were to occur in society, fueled by technology and acted with purpose and passion. Case’s book, The Third Wave, clarifies for leaders the decisions necessary to thrive in a future increasingly disrupted by accelerating knowledge-creation and sharing.” —Alvin and Heidi Toffler, authors of the original The Third Wave “The Third Wave is an indispensable book for understanding the history of the Internet and preparing for what's next. Entrepreneurs looking to build truly transformational businesses should listen closely to Steve Case's insightful advice.” —Brian Chesky, Co-founder and CEO, Airbnb “An extraordinarily frank and incisive book from an extraordinary business leader. All budding entrepreneurs, and all who care about the future, should read The Third Wave and heed the lessons as well as the insights.” —David Rubenstein, Co-founderand Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group “What’s new and noteworthy here is Case’s effort to draw a connection between his own history and an impending era of change. Moreover, he’s particularly thoughtful on the subject of how digital innovation and existing regulatory regimes will need to work together in the coming decades. . . . There’s little doubt that Case’s insights have value.” —Jon Gertner, The Washington Post “Case believes the third wave, which is only just beginning, will have far more impact as the internet transforms real world sectors such as healthcare, education, transport and energy. He shows how existing technologies can be deployed far more smartly rather than assuming that we will see further heroic breakthroughs.” —Financial Times

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Book SynopsisThe great majority of startups fail, and most entrepreneurs who have succeeded have had to bounce back from serious mistakes. Entrepreneurs fumble key interactions because they don’t know how to handle the negotiation challenges that almost always arise. They mistakenly believe that deals are about money when they are much more complicated than that.This book presents entrepreneurship as a series of interactions between founders, partners, potential partners, investors and others at various stages of the entrepreneurial process - from seed to exit. There are plenty of authors offering ‘tips’ on how to succeed as an entrepreneur, but no one else scrutinizes the negotiation mistakes that successful entrepreneurs talk about with the authors.As Dinnar and Susskind show, learning to handle emotions, manage uncertainty, cope with technical complexity and build long-term relationships are equally or even more important. This book spotlights eight big mistakes that entrepreneurs often make and shows how most can be prevented with some forethought. It includes interviews with high-profile entrepreneurs about their own mistakes. It also covers gender biases, cultural challenges, and when to employ agents to negotiate on your behalf.Aspiring and experienced entrepreneurs should pay attention to the negotiation errors that even the most successful entrepreneurs commonly make.Trade Review“‘Entrepreneurial Negotiation’ provides you great tools and mindset guidance to start considering negotiations as an opportunity, rather than a threat. ... it allows you to criticize your current negotiation attitude and identify your gaps to become a great negotiator.” (Alexandre Azevedo, The Traction Stage, thetractionstage.com, October 16, 2019)Table of Contents1. Entrepreneurship: The Good, the Bad and the TerribleGood: When Co-founders Get StartedBad: When Angels Sing and Investors DanceTerrible: When Dogs-Eat-DogsHow to Use this BookSomething Better: An Alternative Good Ending2. The Entrepreneurial World The Entrepreneurship Process in Stages: from Seed to ExitEntrepreneurs Who Can Negotiate Can Make Things HappenA Map of the Entrepreneurial Galaxy Create Disruption, Thrive on Change, and AdaptInnovation Does Not Mean Reinventing Every WheelNegotiation is a Vitally Important Entrepreneurial Skill3. When Entrepreneurs NegotiateEntrepreneurs Must Take RisksWhat Made You Successful, Can Get You in Big TroubleEntrepreneurial Negotiation Can be LearnedNegotiate Better and Become a Better LeaderThe 8 Most Dangerous Mistakes That Entrepreneurs MakeHow to Use the Recorded Cases That Follow 4. Listen to Real Entrepreneurs Describe their MistakesListen to Real Entrepreneurs Describe their MistakesCase A - Illai Self-Centered Seed Stage PitchCase B - Ailis Overly Optimistic Seed Stage Non-InvestmentCase C - Vinayak Winning at Competing First Term SheetsCase D - Barbara Compromising for Quicker Growth Stage HiringCase E - Stephen Alone and Not Prepared to Sell the CompanyCase F - Dip Haggling to Extend the RunwayCase G - Ben Intuitive Shift of the Revenue GrowthCase H - Petra & Peter Non-Emotional Selling of their CompanyReflections on the Eight Cases5. The Entrepreneurial Galaxy Reimagined: Prevent, Detect and Respond to Your MistakesEntrepreneurship As a Series of NegotiationsNegotiating with Different Categories of PlayersPrevent Mistakes Before They OccurDetect Mistakes As You Make ThemReflect on Mistakes After Each Negotiation is OverOvercoming Biases and Challenges of Culture and GenderUsing Agents to Negotiate on Your Behalf6. Know Your Entrepreneurial Self Know Your Negotiating SelfDealing with the Most Dangerous MistakesDevelop The Skills You NeedKeep Reflecting on Your Personal Theory of PracticeContinue to ImproveSoar with Your StrengthsDevelop and Support your TeamHelp Spread The Word!Appendix – Theory of Practice Tools and Templates

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the historical, current and future prospects of women’s entrepreneurial activities in the former Yugoslavia, a region that is currently in a process of transition from socialism to a free-market economy. Each chapter presents the past, present and future of female entrepreneurship for each individual country. Some of the questions that the book answers include: Have women been historically and culturally ignored, marginalized, or systematically forbidden to run their own businesses? What are the status quo and future prospects for this group? And, is the investment climate conducive to women-owned businesses? The book provides an extensive overview of female entrepreneurship, its promotion and development, the role of the state, and other key factors that shape the female entrepreneurship ecosystem. Readers will gain an overall perspective on the essential issues and challenges to women’s entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial initiatives and innovation, policy structures and institutional support to female entrepreneurship in the region.Table of ContentsContents Chapter 1 – Women’s Entrepreneurship in Former Yugoslavia: An Introduction Emil Knezović, RamoPalalić , Léo-Paul Dana Chapter 2 -Women’s Entrepreneurship in Bosnia and Herzegovina Ramo Palalić , Emil Knezović, AzraBranković, AzraBičo Chapter 3 - Women’s Entrepreneurship in Croatia MihaelaMikić , Maja Has CHAPTER 4 - Women’s Entrepreneurship in Kosovo Nora Sadiku-Dushi, VelandRamadani, Dianne H.B Welsh and Ramo Palalić Chapter 5 - Women’s Entrepreneurship in Montenegro BobanMelovic, Vladimir Djurisic Chapter 6 - Women’s Entrepreneurship in North Macedonia VelandRamadani, EsraMemili, Léo-Paul Dana and VisarRamadani Chapter 7 - Women’s Entrepreneurship in Serbia Maja IvanovićĐukić, SašaPetković Chapter8 - Women’s Entrepreneurship in Slovenia Jasna Auer Antoncic, BostjanAntoncic, Robert D. Hisrich CHAPTER 9 Women’s Entrepreneurship in Former Yugoslavia: Toward The FutureRamo Palalić, Léo-Paul Dana, Emil Knezović

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Book SynopsisHuawei Goes Global provides a much-needed, comprehensive, and scholarly examination of the business environment and the striving global operations of China’s technology giant. With theoretical research, case studies, data analysis, and empirical studies, this two-volume work tells a fascinating story of internationalization in an emerging economy. As one of the most powerful Chinese companies in the global economy, the largest global telecommunications-equipment producer and a leading consumer-electronics manufacturer, Huawei is a great example of the globalization of the Chinese enterprises in the twenty-first century. In Volume I, scholars critically examine the rise of Huawei as a Chinese global enterprise from the political economy and public policy perspectives, as well as Huawei’s development strategies, innovations, and talent management. In Volume II, multiple authors carefully study the growth of Huawei from regional and geopolitical perspectives, and its corporate communication and crisis management. Within the framework of the trade conflicts between China and the US, controversies over economic sanctions, intellectual-property disputes, and espionage and cyber security concerns, this groundbreaking work makes an important contribution to both academic literature and the ongoing public discourse on Huawei.Volume II is available here: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030475635Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Market Entry Strategies of Huawei in Germany and the Russian Federation from a Network Theory Perspective Mario Glowik 2. Huawei’s Growth Strategies and Challenges in Russia Tatyana Tsukanova 3. Huawei in Central and Eastern Europe: Strategic Partner or Potential Threat? Ágnes Szunomár, Joanna Karas and Lulia Monica Oehier-Sincai 4. Crouching Tiger in a Transition Economy: Development of Huawei’s Operations in Poland Krzysztof Klincewicz, Laura Zoboli, Magdalena Marczewska 5. Huawei in Canada: Doing Business in the Midst of Game of Thrones Hadi Chapardar, William Wei and Houssam Chamseddine 6. Huawei-Mexico: Between the Construction of Upgrading and the Uncertainty Caused Jorge Carrillo & Jordy Micheli 7. Partners in Development: Latin America Provides Space for Growth Miguel Pérez Ludeña 8. Exemplar Partner or Controversial Outsider? Huawei’s Strategic Engagement in Oceania Jake Lin 9. Huawei’s Carrier Business in Southeast Asia Serina Al Haddad and Sheryll Namingit 10. Huawei Goes to India: Can the Dragon and the Elephant Marry? Deepraj Mukherjee 11. Assessing the Impact of the Huawei Brand on the Information Communication Technology infrastructure of Ghana Kwame Ohene Djan and Wilberforce Owusu-Ansah 12. Huawei’s Linkages with Local Firms in Tanzania: Idiosyncratic Benefits and Risks Deusdedit Rwehumbiza Part V. Huawei’s Crisis Management, Branding, and Corporate Communication 13. Red Teaming: Huawei's Organizational Leaning Strategies Sunny Li Sun and Chongyang Zhou 14. Untangling Legitimacy Complexity: Huawei's Engagement with Government and Media Lei Li and Sunny Li Sun 15. Framing National Security Concerns in Mobile Telecommunication Infrastructure Debates: A Text Mining Study of Huawei Kenneth C. C. Yang and Yowei Kang 16. Image of Ren Zhengfei: Model Entrepreneur or Representative of State Power Matthias Niedenführ 17. Final Reflections – Connectivity, Innovation, Transformation, and Global Challenges Christoph Lattemann, Ilan Alon and Wenxian Zhang

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an extensive overview of family business-related topics such as context and uniqueness, lifecycle and ownership configurations, conflict management, corporate governance, succession challenges, internationalization, innovation, and socioemotional wealth. Each chapter features clear learning objectives, key concepts and terminology, and dedicated case studies to demonstrate the main messages. The book not only considers the day-to-day dynamics in family businesses, but also places substantial emphasis on the entrepreneurial skills needed for these businesses to survive and thrive, today and tomorrow. In addition, it elaborates and discusses a number of best practice examples, which offer valuable guidance not only for scholars, but also for students who wish to study these challenges.Table of ContentsNature of Family Business.- Governance in the Family Businesses.- Strategic Management in Family Businesses.- Innovation in Family Businesses.- Succession and Family Businesses Longevity.- Socioemotional Wealth in Family Businesses.- Human Resource Management in Family Business.- Conflict Management in Family Businesses.- Internationalization of Family Businesses.- Case Study 1 - The New York Times Company - The Evolution of a Publicly-traded Family Firm via Changes in Corporate Governance and Strategies.- Case Study 2 - Merdeka College International Communication Bridge (ICB) - Founder's Succession Concerns.- Case Study 3 - Ugarak Product - Preserving Socioemotional Wealth in the Family Business.- Case Study 4 - QCamel: A Journey Full of Ethical Farming.

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the economic history of the company and entrepreneurship in Spain from the 15th century to the present. It evaluates the economic theory, the formation of the figure of the entrepreneur, as well as the structure of the companies. This exploration of the businessmen in Spain over several centuries is something that has not been done until now. Joining the great Spanish historiographical debate about the existence or not of entrepreneurship, the book brings together research in very different historical contexts and junctures. It presents a selection of cases of companies and entrepreneurs from Spain, from different sectors, regions and periods, from boom to crisis, from the wine businessman to the railway sector, from private banking to the pioneers of the Spanish travel agency business. It will be of interest to academics and students in economic history, business and management history, as well as researchers in entrepreneurship & small business management.Table of Contents1. The historical evolution of the theory of the entrepreneur; Mariano Castro Valdivia. University of Jaen.- 2. How to do business in Castile: trade and financial companies (15th-16th centuries); David Carvajal. University of Valladolid.- 3. Simón Ruiz: a great entrepreneur in 16th-century Europe; Hilario Casado. University of Valladolid.- 4. Jakob Fugger, an early modern capitalist; Agustín González-Enciso. University of Navarre.- 5. Speculation and collusion in northern Castile in the mid-19th century; Rafael Barquín-Gil. UNED.- 6. Wine businessmen in Cadiz in the 19th century: Pedro Lacave Miramont; María Vázquez-Fariñas. University of Jaen.- 7. The commercialization of the Sociedad Azucarera Antequerana´s production (1890-1906); Mercedes Fernández-Paradas. University of Malaga Francisco José García-Ariza. University of Malaga.- 8. Private banking in the nineteenth century: merchants-bankers, banking houses and large national banks: the case of the province of Jaén (1800-1936); María José Vargas-Machuca. University of Jaen.- 9. Public services in Spain: the role of water supply companies; Juan Manuel Matés-Barco. University of Jaen.- 10. The railway sector in Spain in the long term; Pedro Pablo Ortúñez-Goicolea. University of Valladolid Miguel Muñoz Rubio. Spanish Railways Foundation.- 11. The pioneers of the Spanish travel agency business before mass tourism; Carlos Larrinaga. University of Granada.- 12. The path to success, the main explanations of the case of Mapfre; Leonardo Caruana de las Cagigas. University of Granada.- 13. Spanish businesses and the negotiations for Spain’s entry into the European Economic Community; Jorge Lafuente del Cano. University of Valladolid.- 14. The automotive equipment and components industry of Castilla y León in the global automobile market: Lingotes Especiales group; Pablo Alonso. University of Valladolid Pedro Pablo Ortúñez-Goicolea. University of Valladolid.

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Book Synopsis“It stretches no point to suggest that creativity, innovation and risk-taking will decide our future societal prosperity. We cannot spread those values too widely, so having taught engineering faculty in their first book, these authors now aim to boost the spirit across all disciplines. What a great success for all of us if they succeed.” – Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., president of Purdue University and former governor of Indiana Despite the relevancy of the entrepreneurial mindset for all career paths, only a small percentage of the higher education student population takes part in entrepreneurially-minded learning opportunities. This gap can be attributed to several factors. From a program perspective, many degrees are already at credit capacity which allows limited room in the existing curriculum to add new courses. From a student perspective, entrepreneurship education is thus positioned as optional and requires extra time (and in some cases tuition) to do so. Finally, from an educator perspective, the majority of faculty members across the university have not been trained in entrepreneurship and may not know where to start.Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset Across the University: An Integrative Approach overcomes these challenges by providing higher education faculty with a toolkit, including tips and strategies, to integrate the entrepreneurial mindset into existing courses regardless of discipline. The book is broken into three core parts: Motivation: The importance of the entrepreneurial mindset for all students is established; Design: The Entrepreneurial Mindset Teaching Blueprint is introduced as a tool for integrating entrepreneurially-minded curricular learning experiences within existing courses; Application: Example entrepreneurially-minded curriculum from across the university are provided. By integrating the entrepreneurial mindset across the curriculum, students from all disciplinary backgrounds will be better prepared to enter the workforce, solve complex social issues, and leverage entrepreneurial thinking in their everyday lives. This book is meant for educators who want to make an impact and truly prepare graduates for the real world.Table of ContentsWhat is the Entrepreneurial Mindset and Why is It Needed?.- What Are the Current Approaches to Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset and What Are the Gaps With Current Approaches?.- How Can Faculty, Students, and Administration Benefit From Integrating the Entrepreneurial Mindset Into All Disciplines?.- What is the Entrepreneurial Mindset Toolkit and Why is It Needed?.- Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset Through Value Identification.- Overview and Importance of Value Identification.- How to Teach the EM Through Value Identification Using Everyday Life Lessons.- How to Teach the EM Through Value Identification Using Classroom Topics.- Overview and Importance of Developing EM Skill Sets and Capabilities.- How to Teach the EM Through Skill Development Using Everyday Life Lessons.- How to Teach the EM Through Skill Development Using Classroom Topics.- Overview and Importance of Building a EM Supportive Environment.- How to Teach the EM Through Ecosystem Cultivation Using Everyday Life Lessons.- How to Teach the EM Through Ecosystem Cultivation Using Classroom Topics.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents scholarly reflections on women's entrepreneurial propensity and on women's entrepreneurship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Contributing to a country's innovativeness and competitiveness, women entrepreneurs also promote healthy social and economic growth and act as mentors and role models for younger women. However, the low involvement of women in STEM, which begins at education, affects the share of women entrepreneurs in these fields. The authors address these issues and highlight the output of research studies by bringing together both global and country-specific evidence. Researchers and policymakers interested in advancing women's entrepreneurship, especially in STEM, will particularly benefit from this book.Table of ContentsUnderstanding the entrepreneurial intention of women in STEM fields.- Individual factors explaining women entrepreneurship in STEM fields.- Analysis of the European Women entrepreneurship in STEM fields.- Women High Tech Entrepreneurship in India.- Public policies and private efforts to increase women entrepreneurship in STEM field.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook identifies and critically explores the new business landscape through the lens of design thinking and contemporary industry practice, bridging the divide between the design and business domains. The book outlines the evolution of design thinking and the relationship between business and design, as well as provides in-depth studies of design thinking in turbulent business contexts, that includes the themes of sustainability, branding and organisational innovation. At its core, it articulates that design thinking is vital to establishing dynamic interdisciplinary thinking models that lead to organizational innovation. Featuring case studies and learning tasks, the book presents design thinking for readers as an organisational philosophy as opposed to a simple problem-solving tool. Table of Contents1 Introduction.1.1 Introduction.1.2 Background to Design Thinking for new Business Contexts.1.3 Structure of Content.1.4 Using the Book: A Reader’s Guide.2 Evolution of the Relationship Between Design and Business Activities.2.1 Introduction.2.2 Design Thinking and Design[ing].2.3 Design Thinking and Business Planning Activities.2.4 Design Thinking and Business Strategy.2.5 Design Thinking in SMES.References.3 Crossing Boundaries: Design into Business and Management.3.1 Introduction.3.2 Design for Business: The Critical Imperative.3.3 Teaching Design in Design Schools.3.4 Teaching Business Management in Business Schools.3.5 Academia and Industry: Design Alliances.References.4 Organisational Complexity and Change by Design.4.1 Introduction.4.2 Managing Complexity and the Organisation.4.3 Managing Uncertainty in Unpredictable Times.4.4 Organisational Change Management.4.5 A Designerly Approach to Organisational Change.References.5 Business Thinking Through Design.5.1 Introduction.5.2 Economic Systems that Shape Business Environments.5.3 New Economic Systems Reshaping the Business Environment.5.4 Types of Organisations.5.5 Business Structures.5.6 Business Composition.5.7 Design Thinking: Tensions and Challenges.References.6 Design Thinking for Sustainable Futures.6.1 Introduction.6.2 Mission Impossible?.6.3 Sustainable Futures.6.4 Corporate Social Responsibility.6.5 Social Enterprises—A Hybrid Business Model.References.7 Design Thinking for Branding.7.1 Introduction.7.2 Brand Audit, Consumer Ethnography, and Design Thinking.7.3 Identifying Branding Problems and/or Opportunities.7.4 Design Thinking and the Development of Branding Strategies.References.8 Design Thinking: Practice and Applications.8.1 Introduction.8.2 Design Processes, Methods and Tools.8.3 Case Example 1: Hitachi ABB Power Grids.8.4 Case Example 2: Maas Global.8.5 Understanding the Student Learning Experience Through a Design Methods Approach.References.9 Design Directions and Future Trajectories.9.1 Introduction.9.2 Design Influences and Contested Territories.9.3 Democratic Design.9.4 Data and Design.9.5 Design Directions in an Era of Uncertainty.References.10 Summary.10.1 The Design Nexus: Reflections and Reorganisation.10.2 Design Values.10.3 Design Commonwealth.10.4 Design Perspectives.10.5 Design Transformations.10.6 Design Futures.10.7 Final Reflections.

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Book SynopsisThe 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic have made the authorities to increasingly turn inward and use ethnocentrism, protectionism, and top-down approaches to guide policy on trade, competition, and industrial development. The continuing aftereffects of such policies range from the rise and seeming success of authoritarian states, rise of populist and protectionist trends, and evolving academic agendas inspiring the reemergence of top-down industrial policies across the world. This open access edited volume contains contributions from over 30 scholars with expertise in economics, innovation, management, and economic history. The chapters offer unique theoretical and empirical contributions discussing topics such as how industrial policies affect risk, incentives, and information for investments. They also address the policy perspectives on new technologies such as AI and its implications for market entry, the role for independent entrepreneurship in increasingly regulated markets, and whether governments should focus on market interventions or institutional capacity-building. Questioning the Entrepreneurial State initiates a much sought-after debate on the notion of an Entrepreneurial State. It discusses the dangers of top-down approaches to industrial policy, examines lessons from such approaches for future policy design, and calls attention to the progress of open and contestable markets in a sound economy and society. “Creative destruction, innovation and entrepreneurship are at the core of economic growth. The government has a clear role, to provide the basic fabric of a dynamic society, but industrial policy and state-owned companies are the boulevard of broken dreams and unrealized visions. This important message is convincingly stated in Questioning the Entrepreneurial State.” Anders Borg, former Minister of Finance, Sweden “Misreading the dynamism of American entrepreneurship, European intellectuals and policy makers have embraced a dangerous fantasy: catching up requires constructing an entrepreneurial state. This book provides a vital antidote: The entrepreneur comes first: The state may support. It cannot lead.”Amar Bhidé, Thomas Schmidheiny Professor of International Business, Tufts University “This important new book subjects the emergence of the entrepreneurial state, which reflects a shift in the locus of entrepreneurship from the individual to the public sector, to the scrutiny of rigorous analysis. The resulting concerns, flaws and biases inherent in the entrepreneurial state exposed are both alarming and sobering. The skill and scholarly craftsmanship brought to bear in this crucial analysis is evident throughout the book, along with the even, but ultimately consequential thinking of the authors. A must read for researchers and thought leaders in business and policy." David Audtretsch, Distinguished Professor, Ameritech Chair of Economic Development, Indiana UniversityTrade Review“All three books provide important guideposts for organizing collective effort to develop the kinds of technologies needed to address the most important global problems of the twenty-first century. The academic credentials and scholarly perspectives of the contributors infuse Wennberg and Sandstro¨m’s edited volume with an analytical tone and comparative institutional lens that are very welcome in the conversation regarding how public policymakers should identify opportunities for encouraging innovation.” (Anita M. McGahan, Administrative Science Quarterly, October 31, 2023)“The book is written for both academics and policymakers, and it is written clearly without an assumption that readers possess a strong foundation of economic training. … Questioning the Entrepreneurial State is an excellent edited volume comprising thought provoking concerns about the viability of an entrepreneurial state. … After reading this edited volume, readers will learn not just the entrepreneurial state and criticisms, but will learn about a variety of topics on institutions, ecosystems, sustainability, and politics related to entrepreneurship and innovation.” (Christopher John Boudreaux, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Vol. 32, 2022)Table of ContentsPart I: Introductory Chapter.- Introduction.- Part II: The Entrepreneurial State: Theoretical Perspectives.- The Entrepreneurial State and the Platform Economy.- An Effectual Analysis of Markets and States.- The Entrepreneurial State: An Ownership Competence Perspective.- Innovation Without Entrepreneurship: The Pipe Dream of Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy.- Part III: The Entrepreneurial State, Entrepreneurial Universities, and Startups.- Building Local Innovation Support Systems: Theory and Practice.- Reducing Higher Education Bureaucracy and Reclaiming the Entrepreneurial University.- Cultural Ideals in the Entrepreneurship Industry.- Evaluating Evaluations of Innovation Policy: Exploring Reliability, Methods, and Conflicts of Interest.- Do Targeted R&D Grants toward SMEs Increase Employment and Demand for High Human Capital Workers?.- Part IV: The Entrepreneurial State and Sustainability Transitions.- Third-Generation Innovation Policy: System Transformation or Reinforcing Business as Usual?.- Less from More: China Built Wind Power, but Gained Little Electricity.- The Failures of the Entrepreneurial State: Subsidies to Renewable Energies in Europe.- Directionality in Innovation Policy and the Ongoing Failure of Green Deals: Evidence from Biogas, Bio-ethanol, and Fossil-Free Steel.- Part V: From the Entrepreneurial State Towards Evidence-Based Innovation Policy.- Policy Instruments for High-Growth Enterprises.- Public-Steering and Private-Performing Sectors: Success and Failures in the Swedish Finance, Telecoms, and City Planning Sectors.- The Digital Platform Economy and the Entrepreneurial State: A European Dilemma.- Collaborative Innovation Blocs and Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy: An Ecosystem Perspective.

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Book SynopsisThis book pursues an interdisciplinary approach to studying family firms as a particular type of business strongly embedded in the territories in which they are located. Featuring an in-depth analysis of original research, the book employs both theoretical and empirical approaches to explore family firms and their relationships with their home territories. The book shows that family firms have unique bonds with their local areas, and these bonds profoundly shape their decision-making and outcomes.The book addresses two research questions, namely, how the connections between family firms and their home territories originate and develop, and how they influence firms’ economic performance and their corporate social responsibility initiatives. Uniquely, it seeks to develop an integrated framework that brings together family firms, local contexts, and places while also presenting new empirical evidence of relevance to scholars, managers, and policymakers alike. In addition, the book responds to the need for a greater understanding of what anchors entrepreneurial families to their home territories and the conditioning effect of local roots on such firms’ behavior.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Defining and Understanding the Family Firm.- The Spatial Dimension of Firm’s Economic Activity.- Firms in Territories: the Local Roots of Family Firms.- Family Firms, Corporate Social Responsibility and Place-Based Enterprises.- Unveiling the Origins of Local Roots: A Case Study in the Chianti Classico Wine Cluster.- The Role of Local Roots on the Economic Performance and Corporate Social Responsibility of Family Firms: a Quantitative Analysis.- Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis book examines how entrepreneurship can be used as a tool to escape poverty. With relevance for both SDG 1: ‘No Poverty,’ and SDG 8: ‘Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all,’ it pays special attention to women and minority ethnic groups. Offering a fresh perspective on entrepreneurship as a means of upward social mobility and rooted in research, the book explores the issue in three ways. Firstly, it pays special attention to the nexus between the entrepreneur, resources, institutions, opportunities, necessities, and the environment for drawing a comprehensive picture of how individuals could use entrepreneurship for successful upward social mobility in a changing world. Secondly, it emphasizes the peculiar challenges that female entrepreneurs face, how those challenges can be overcome, and how female entrepreneurship may be a route to women’s socio-economic advancement. Thirdly, it highlights the challenges faced by ethnic minority business owners and how such ethnic minority businesses could thrive amid institutional voids as well as direct and indirect forms of discrimination. Based on the latest research from developed and developing countries, the book offers compelling insights for sustaining entrepreneurial ventures in an evolving world.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Why Entrepreneurship? Entrepreneurship is the greatest tool in the hands of mankind to reduce poverty and increase global prosperity. Entrepreneurship has the ability to improve standards of living and create wealth, not only for the entrepreneurs but also for related businesses, and the society at large. The capitalist school of thought identifies entrepreneurship as the factor of production that organises other factors of production into productive activities. Entrepreneurship has justified this dominant position especially in the twenty first century by lifting millions of people out of poverty and improving living standards in many emerging countries. Entrepreneurship has also proven to be more effective at plummeting poverty rates than well thought out government policies meant to lift people out of poverty, and even better than programmes promulgated by international organisations like the International Labour Organisation, World Bank, World Trade Organisation, and International Monetary Fund. The chapter will also highlight how social entrepreneurship can drive social innovation and transformation in various fields including education, health, environment and enterprise development, while alleviating poverty. Chapter 2 The Returns to Occupations: Entrepreneurship vs Paid Work This chapter examines the pecuniary and non-pecuniary returns to occupational choice. It will draw on the latest research that have used quantile regressions to reveal the existence of a welfare hierarchy in occupations. The empirical analysis suggests that across the welfare distribution, entrepreneurs who employ others have the highest returns in terms of income and consumption, while those entrepreneurs who work for themselves, that is, self-employed individuals, have slightly lower returns than the salaried employees. However, entrepreneurship in any form entails higher returns than casual labour and unemployment, and an escape from poverty. Given these insights, it is pertinent to that individuals know of this income scale as they make their decisions. This chapter will be dedicated to helping individuals realise how to maximise their returns from entrepreneurship given their human and social capital. The chapter will also shed light on the non-monetary rewards to entrepreneurship and how to appreciate and secure them. Chapter 3 Pathways to Successful Entrepreneurship in Developed Countries When it comes to entrepreneurship, there are many pathways. The entrepreneurial spirit is an attitude and perspective inclined to seek out opportunities for economic or lifestyle reasons, and in many cases for both. Developed countries have more formal and informal institutions that support entrepreneurs compared to developing countries and this is one reason why start-ups in developed countries have higher success rates, and why enterprises from such countries tend to have more of a global impact. While individuals in many developed countries often report very high intentions to start-up businesses, many do not follow through and despite the various support for start-ups in those countries, there are significant regional disparities in start-up rates and some barriers to growth. In addition, High Value Entrepreneurship in terms of employment and growth is inconsistent. This chapter will introduce pathways through which entrepreneurship allows individuals in developed countries to escape poverty while creating higher value businesses. It will be a guide for would-be and practicing entrepreneurs and policy makers in developed countries in helping them to navigate the institutional environments in their countries. Chapter 4 Pathways to Successful Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries Entrepreneurship in developing countries is made more difficult because of the institutional voids in such countries. “Institutional voids” result in the higher transaction costs commonly found in emerging markets representing the geographical regions of Africa, East, South and Western Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. These voids relate to political and economic systems, trade policies, and product, labour, and capital markets and denote the absence of specialised intermediaries, regulatory systems, and contract enforcement mechanisms. Institutional voids make the transaction costs of doing business higher for both market exchange and for new firm entry. The first types of institutional voids are those that hinder market functioning, typically due to the lack of intermediaries and weakly developed capital, labour, and product markets. However, such voids in turn offer opportunities for (highly skilled) entrepreneurs to create businesses, bridging these voids. The second type of institutional voids hampers not just the functioning of markets but also their development in the first place. When constitutional-level provisions are not enforced, the rules of exchange are uncertain, and market development stalls. Entrepreneurs in emerging economies deal with these two types of institutional voids by relying on informal institutions, especially social networks. The third type of institutional void refers to those that impede market participation. Because institutional arrangements are either absent or weak, they prevent individuals and firms from participating in market exchange in the first place. Examples include the lack of physical infrastructure that prevents individuals from being able to travel to marketplaces, and the presence of informal institutions that exclude women from partaking in economic activity. Such voids are widespread in the least developed countries, but they also exist for rural entrepreneurs and for entire segments of society in thriving emerging market economies such as India. The fourth type of institutional void occurs where there is a demand for social entrepreneurs, and this type encourages individuals to take steps to create social enterprises, but hampers the creation of operating social enterprises in the absence of supportive informal institutions. This chapter will introduce pathways through which entrepreneurship allows individuals in developing countries to escape poverty while creating superior value businesses. It will be a guide for would-be and practicing entrepreneurs and policy makers in developing countries in helping them to navigate the institutional voids in their countries. Chapter 5 Female Entrepreneurship On average, women are less likely to start businesses than men for a complex variety of reasons. Standard explanations for the lower likelihood of female entrepreneurship include personal characteristics, human capital, and barriers related to prejudice concerning access to resources. For example, in terms of personal characteristics, women tend to exhibit lower entrepreneurial self-efficacy and higher fear of failure than men, both closely associated with business creation. Women, especially in developing countries, often have lower levels of human capital in terms of education; and there are often more constraints for them in accessing financial capital. These differences not only hamper the development of entrepreneurial skills and confidence, they are also perpetuated by the fact that there are fewer entrepreneurial role models for women. Across economies, women are burdened by an inequitable share of global poverty and one strategy to address these gaps is to aim for the economic empowerment of women through entrepreneurship. Female entrepreneurship is particularly important for creating jobs that are intrinsically suited for women, given the socio-economic conditions that they face. Such jobs could better align with the human and social capital that women have, provide novel solutions to female issues, and help women achieve a better work-life balance. Many female entrepreneurs also report higher incomes compared to their paid worker counterparts and in addition, they have the ability to use their unused talents while fully expressing themselves. This chapter will explore how more women can escape the barriers to venture creation to establish sustainable business ventures and secure the economic and noneconomic benefits of entrepreneurship. Chapter 6 Ethnic Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship is an important route out of poverty for ethnic minority individuals, particularly for foreign-born migrants and recent arrivals in developed countries. Early-stage entrepreneurial activity among ethnic minority individuals is twice that of the local population in many countries. Ethnic minority entrepreneurs (EMEs) in countries have been responsible for innovative businesses; but they usually face significant challenges, including the lack of financial and social capital, an unfamiliarity with regulations and the host country’s labour market, poor management and communication skills, and the liability of outsidership. Thus, while ethnic minority individuals are already a socio-economically disadvantaged group, ethnic entrepreneurs are in an even more precarious situation. EMEs are traditionally associated with low skilled, lower growth and hence low return sectors such as retailing, restaurants, fast-food provision, and personal services. This chapter will examine the challenges faced by ethnic minority individuals who want to go into entrepreneurship and how those challenges can be overcome. Chapter 7 Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship This chapter will highlight how contemporary issues including the internet of things, COVID-19, climate change and globalisation have changed the entrepreneurial landscape. It will address the threats to entrepreneurship in developed countries highlighted by the death of many high street giants and will also show how these issues create opportunities for individuals wishing to create business enterprises focused on these social issues. Chapter 7 Conclusion This final chapter will conclude the pivot by discussing and summarising all the insights gained from the textbook. It will also point readers towards new directions. The author has contributed to the United Nations Encyclopaedia of Sustainable development goals and the contents and experience will help with this project. · Olarewaju, T. Olarewaju, T. (2020). Ethnic Poverty: Causes, Implications, and Solutions; Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: No Poverty, Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69625-6_124-1 · Olarewaju, T. Fernando, J. (2020). Gender Inequality and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries; Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71058-7_92-1 · Olarewaju, T. Olushola, F. (2020). Migrant Entrepreneurship Under Institutional Voids; Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Springer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71058-7_93-1

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Book Synopsis Even though the number of working women has steadily increased over the last few years, women are still significantly under-represented in STEM activities (i.e. mathematics, informatics, science and technology). In order to eliminate this under-representation, numerous education policies and corporate initiatives, particularly in the recent past, have been aimed at increasing women's enthusiasm for STEM activities and professions. According to the latest surveys, however, it is clear that these efforts have not yet led to the desired success. Compared to their male counterparts, women continue to do fewer STEM activities. One possible reason for this is that relatively little is yet known about the concrete impact of the above education policies on working with innovation and technology: What are the gender differences between women and men? Is it enough to recognize these differences, or should these differences ideally not only be recognized, but also treated appropriately or even encouraged? This anthology deals with current topics in technology and innovation management against the background of these and other gender-relevant aspects. Empirical analyses and experiments in collaboration with companies from various sectors provide a sound scientific basis on which new results and findings are presented: How do women and men deal with creativity and competition? How are technologies applied and how can differences in access to technology be deduced? Answers to these and other questions help decision-makers in politics and business to proactively use the differences between women and men to motivate women to work in the STEM field and to strengthen them by acknowledging existing differences.

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Book SynopsisMany countries and regions face unprecedented social and environmental crises and disruptive events whose impact can no longer be ignored. Sustainable entrepreneurs offer new solutions to these problems that involve replacing the current linear economies by circular systems. Sustainable entrepreneurs generate new sustainable products, services, and production processes, with new sustainable business models that simultaneously balance ecological, social and economic goals, which result in sustainable welfare for current and for future generations. The DeGruyter Handbook of Sustainable Entrepreneurship Research studies the causes and consequences of sustainable entrepreneurship, the new standard of doing business and designing public policy, as reflected in the growth of sustainable entrepreneurship start-up ventures and the increasing integration of sustainability in small- and medium-sized enterprises as well as in incumbent corporations. It explores five main themes, each presenting state-of-the-art thinking: foundations, leadership, innovation, business models, performance and impact. Each section consists of four chapters that, taken together, offer in-depth perspectives, take stock of current situations and propose new avenues for future research. The handbook offers a coherent and systemic perspective for sustainable start-ups and for incumbent firms and governments aiming for transitions. It will also be of interest to scholars and postgraduate students interested in sustainable entrepreneurship.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Foundations of Sustainable Entrepreneurship Field Evolution Research Paradigms Teaching Paradigms Consultancy Paradigms Part 2: Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Leadership Values, Norms and Traits Opportunity Recognition Process Start-up Process Incumbent Transitions Part 3: Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation Teams and Processes Degrees of Innovation Tools and Technology Policy Part 4: Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Business Models Sustainable Value Solutions for Sustainability Multi Stakeholder Engagement Long Term Perspectives Part 5: Sustainable Entrepreneurship Performance and Impact Triple Bottom Line Performance Performance Management Regional Sustainable Development Ecosystems

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Book SynopsisPresenting 17 tools developed through rigorous design science research, this book bridges the relevance gap within network management. In so doing, it proposes a novel system-framework and establishes a path towards a networks-as-practice view on inter-organizational relationships. The systems-framework builds on three institutionalized business practices: Networks-as-coordinated social systems, Networks-as-knowledge-creating platforms, and Networks-as-value-generating entities. Through these tools, Towards Relational Business Practices intends to propose a new managerial praxis and provoke new and improved frameworks and models for network management. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Part 1: Introduction to Part 1- Viewing Networks as Social Systems.- Chapter 2: Stakeholder Identification, Salience, and Strategic Mindset Analysis.- Chapter 3: Leading Human Values in Complex Environments.- Chapter 4: Making Sense of Network Dynamics through Network Picturing.- Chapter 5: Functional Contracting for Network Creation and Governance.- Chapter 6: Boundary Spanning and the Art of Persuasion.- Part 2: Introduction to Part 2: Knowledge Integration in Networks.- Chapter 7: Expert Knowledge Integration - A Systematic Approach for Multi-stakeholder Innovation.- Chapter 8: Third Party Supported Benchmarking for Reciprocal Learning.- Chapter 9: Value Proposition Co-development.- Chapter 10: Relational Factors as Part of Network Relationship Evaluation.- Chapter 11: Increasing Supplier-buyer Fit in Global Project Business - A Cognitive Ergonomics-based Approach.- Part 3: An Introduction to Part 3 - Moving Toward Mutual Benefits and Increased Total Value.- Chapter 12.- Life Cycle Cost Calculations as the Means for Value Communication in Networks.- Chapter 13: The Service Configurator - How to Optimally Split Project Scopes.- Chapter 14: The Value-based Sales Approach - Design Process, Tools and Needed Capabilities to Create A Solution.- Chapter 15: Value Co-creation Analysis in Customer-Supplier Network Relationships.- Chapter 16: Value Curve as a Multipurpose Tool - From Self-assessment to Forming Collaborative Networks.- Chapter 17: A Framework for Ecosystemic Strategizing and Change.- Chapter 18: Network Performance Management: Measurement, Scorecard, and Boundary Processes.- Chapter 19: Concluding Remarks- Managerial Tools in Networks-as-Practice Perspective.

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Book SynopsisIt is of central importance for companies to be innovative. To maximize their innovation potential, companies often rely on formal systems and processes for innovation management. It has been shown that such attempts have the side effect of inhibiting a number of valuable innovations. Some employees proceed informally and smuggle their innovations past formal barriers. Stephan Eicher analyses the interaction between bootleggers and their management. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, he answers three primary research questions. What is the current state of research on bootlegging in R&D? How do bootleggers overcome illegitimacy upon disclosing their covert projects to decision-makers? How do different management styles and approaches affect the incidence of bootlegging? The results of this research paint a vivid picture of the relationship between covert innovation projects and the official management world of companies.Table of ContentsWhat the literature tells us about bootlegging in R&D.- How bootleg researchers uncover their underground innovation projects.- The relationship between bootlegging and management practices.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book builds on the European Union’s (EU) Horizon 2020 project ‘Financial and Institutional Reforms for an Entrepreneurial Society’ (FIRES). The authors outline how Europe can move towards more inclusive, innovative and sustainable growth through reforms that will rekindle its entrepreneurial spirit. Based on decades of research and countless discussions with stakeholders, the book also features the FIRES project’s full list of policy interventions and institutional reforms that can help policymakers make that agenda a reality.Trade Review“The causal relationships behind the emergence of entrepreneurship in regions and nations are hard to identify and replicate. A reasonable entrepreneurship policy is therefore one based on economic theory and available evidence, coupled with a holistic approach that takes into account the specific situation of each region or country and which avoids one-size-fits-all recommendations. For such an entrepreneurship policy, The Entrepreneurial Society should be mandatory reading.” (Karl Wennberg, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Vol. 30, 2020)Table of ContentsIntroduction: Why Entrepreneurship?.- Entrepreneurship, the Rule of Law, and Protection of Property Rights.- Taxation and Entrepreneurship.- Savings, Finance, and Capital for Entrepreneurial Ventures.- Labor Markets and Social Security in the Entrepreneurial Society.- Contestable Markets for Entry and Exit.- Mobilizing Human Capital for Entrepreneurship.- Making Entrepreneurship Policy or Entrepreneurial Policymaking

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Book SynopsisExperienced base jumpers and other extreme sports athletes have one unwritten rule: self-knowledge. The way you think and the choices you make determine who you are and who you will become. If you know yourself, you will dare to take risks, to go your own way and to change. This rule goes for professionals who aim for high performances too. If you want your performances to have a positive drive, you first have to get to know yourself. Dare to Jump helps you to overcome your fears and gives you three power skills with which you can become the best version of yourself. Someone with a boundless mind-set, a sharp focus and a great amount of trust. You learn why focus is the new IQ, how to train yourself to enter the right flow, and how you build the level of trust within your team.

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Book SynopsisThis book shows how strategic management can be practiced in the context of flexibility. It discusses strategic formulation and implementation perspectives and practices, including vision and mission, general environment analysis, industry analysis, competitive advantage, resource and capability view, generic strategies, business level strategy, corporate level strategy, international strategy, change and turnaround, strategic implementation, and strategic controls, as well as flexibility embedded in these concepts. It can be used as a primary textbook for managerial programs for executives, and as a supplementary case textbook for core MBA courses. Exploring “Strategic Formulation” and “Strategic Implementation” concepts from a flexibility perspective, it is also an excellent companion to leading strategic management textbooks.Table of Contents1. Adani Group2. American Express3. Barbeque Nation4. DHL5. Essar Oil6. Federal Express7. Google India8. Lemon Tree9. Marriott Hotels10. National Stock Exchange of India11. National Thermal Power Corporation12. ONGC13. Punjab National Bank14. State Bank of India15. Tata Power

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Book SynopsisIn Life Is Long, Cherie Soyoung Pae Kloss challenges the notion that life is short and that we are bound by the career choices we make in our twenties. Contrary to popular belief, life isn''t short: it''s long. Too long to be stuck in a predictable, challenge-free rut. Too long to feel trapped by your own success. There''s no reason for the career choices you made in your twenties to dictate what you do ten, twenty, or thirty years later.Kloss, a successful entrepreneur and former CEO who has reinvented herself multiple times across diverse industries, shares her insights and experiences to guide readers through the process of career reinvention. Drawing from her own journey as a social worker, teacher, anesthetist, TV producer, and tech entrepreneur, Kloss presents a practical and actionable manual for women who yearn for something more but don''t know where to begin.Life Is Long is filled with optimism and encouragement, empowering readers to embrace change and explore new passions. Kloss breaks down the reinvention process into four phases: Discovery, Preparation, Education, and Achievement. She provides strategies for overcoming fears, building confidence, and navigating the challenges that come with career transitions.Through personal anecdotes and wisdom gained from her unconventional path, Kloss demonstrates that life is big, interesting, and complex, with an infinite capacity for change. She invites readers to step out of their comfort zones, break free from routines, and embark on a journey of personal and professional growth.Life Is Long is not just a book; it''s a guidebook for those ready to embrace the joys of developing new interests, following new passions, and renewing themselves. Kloss''s message is clear: you have the power to reinvent yourself and create a life that is fulfilling, exciting, and true to who you are, no matter your age or background.

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Book SynopsisForbes contributor Amy Shoenthal’s revolutionary strategies for working through life’s inevitable setbacks, supported by research and personal stories from today’s most prolific founders, leaders, and experts. How do you know if you’re going through a setback? And once you realise you’re in one, how do you work through it? Some of the world’s most prominent leaders attribute their setbacks to the reason they found success. Their lowest moments paved the way for their creative rebirth. Through the four phases of The Setback Cycle—Establish, Embrace, Explore, and Emerge—Amy Shoenthal guides readers on how to make sense of their experiences, gain clarity on what comes next, and move confidently into future endeavours. That framework, developed through research and conversations with scholars, psychologists, neuroscientists, and executive coaches is supported through the deeply personal stories of founders and l

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Book SynopsisConflicts in business families â how culture and family history influence conflicts and their management

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