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Book SynopsisBecome the leader your people need you to be. The transition from bootstrapping entrepreneur to effective leader is arduous, and very few can make the transition. This is what Grow was written to do—assist in that transformation. Grow, is focused on taking a business from the first day of cash flow to sustainability. It shows readers how to build their organization into one with • an environment that expects people to thrive, • a leader who meets the organization where it needs to be met, and • trust as a baseline for all relationships. The path set forth for readers in Grow will not only give business owners many options, but it will also put them in an incredibly strong position to cash out, if and when they decide to choose that option. This book was written to help readers reach the promised land of sustainability in their businesses.

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Book SynopsisCreating success-and avoiding failure-for small and medium-sized businesses has proven-over a sustained period-to be the direct result of the decisions and actions made by their leaders about the internal structures of these businesses. By focusing on building a strong core, business founders, owners, and executives have the power to ensure success, rather than falling prey to failure. The Structure of Success provides a simple framework-consisting of approaches, methodologies, and tools for assessing, determining, planning, and implementing decisions-for building the internal structural components of a business, and, specifically, focusing on the eight most important categories that have been shown to impact success and failure for small and medium-sized businesses.

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Book SynopsisIt all began with one small step. Game Changer is the story of how a twenty-three-year-old waiter from Seattle had the outrageous dream of beating industry giants Milton Bradley and Mattel at their own game. With no experience, Rob Angel used his guts, drive, and intuition to create one of the most beloved board games of all time: Pictionary. Rob did it his way. He produced the first 1,000 games by hand in his tiny one- bedroom apartment, disrupted the market by selling to nontraditional retail outlets, and did countless demonstrations at the bottom of the escalator at Nordstrom" "a store with no game department. Anything to succeed. Getting there wasn''t easy; Rob had to navigate his way through production mishaps, cash flow troubles, and countless copycats trying to scratch their way past Pictionary. Still, within three years, Pictionary became the bestselling board game in North America, and shortly after, the world. When Mattel acquired Pictionary in 2001, a staggering 38,000,000 games had been sold in 60 countries. In Game Changer, Rob shares the remarkable inside story of taking Pictionary from simple idea to iconic global brand by breaking rules and breaking records, never giving up or giving in, and working harder when most would walk away all while having the time of his life. Candid and compelling, Game Changer is as much a captivating memoir as it is a blueprint to personal and professional success.

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Book SynopsisThis book explains the global business management domain in the current scenario and it covers the latest concepts in business and technologies applied for their successful implementation. The growth of global corporations has led to the development of new business strategies by the applications of new technologies. The critical success factors of business management depend on the successful applications of information systems and information technologies. To achieve competitive advantages, business management is applying strategies from technological perspectives for various concepts such as customer relationship management, cost management, marketing management, etc. COMPETITIVE TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGIES IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT describes the applications and concept of IS in business management and presents the success stories of business. The book assesses competitive business management from an IS and IT perspective, examining business development policies linked to the profitability of global firms. The book covers comprehensive topics such as use of green technology in business processes, machine learning in business education, and artificial intelligence in the business sector. This book will drive readers to actively think through the most fundamental business concepts developed by IS and IT in the current competitive landscape and provides answers to questions such as: what are the new drivers of Business Management? and how do businesses apply IS and IT? The current Covid pandemic has caused serious financial loss to developing countries, and this book will help to explore new options of expanding markets for businesses by the applications of IS and IT.Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Applications of Decision Support Systems in CRM; Successful E-CRM by the Application of Management Information Systems; Applications of Green Information Technologies in Business Process Management; Consumer Behavior Appraisal for Health and Fitness Services; Economies of Scale for Security Applications in Business; Virtual Learning in Business Information Systems: A Case Study on Quality Matters Applications; Application of Data Management System in Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce; Applications of E-Learning Tools for Achieving Student Learning Outcomes for Business Programs; Emerging Technologies in Finance and Market: Applications of AI; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis practical guide to starting a new business skips the MBA and goes right to the nuts and bolts of building a successful, self-sustaining brand. In Grind, Michael J. McFall, co-CEO of BIGGBY COFFEE, helps readers identify the common-sense strategies they need to focus on to turn their start-up ideas into positive-cash flow businesses. Dispensing with the notion that potential business owners require a formal education, he outlines several fundamental areas of importance for them, keying in on hustle, self-evaluation, and commitment. Readers will be pleased to find that McFall avoids sophisticated and tedious descriptions of processes, theories, and regulations. In addition to his calls for ""personal due diligence,"" grit, and hard work, he goes into detail about crucial business drivers, speaking from his personal and professional experience and including examples of hits and misses. Filled with anecdotes, ideas, and calls to action, Grind provides the expertise new businesses need to perform well. Throughout the book, the author encourages readers with his positivity and stubborn enthusiasm, using an energetic, casual tone to preserve engagement (and entertainment). Having risen from an entry-level position at BIGGBY to his role as co-CEO, McFall speaks with the authority of hard-fought achievement-yet retains a down-to-earth approachability.

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Book SynopsisA Globe and Mail Top 100 SelectionLonglisted, National Business Book AwardA CBC New Brunswick Book List SelectionAs tech investors the world over search for elusive unicorns (start-ups valued at over $1 billion), acclaimed business journalist Gordon Pitts asks whether there can be a place for high-tech innovation and unicorn-like value creation outside of major urban centres, whether in Atlantic Canada, rust-belt New York, or Northern Ontario.Journeying back to the origins of Radian6 and Q1 Labs — two New Brunswick companies that sold for a combined $1 billion — in the basements and offices of a group of geeks and dreamers, Pitts tells a story of two remarkable companies and the legacies that continue to this day. But theirs was not a simple tale of overnight success; there were sellouts and firings, comebacks and vindication, and still unfulfilled promise.This is a story of high-tech value creation far from Silicon Valley, a story of the mythical unicorn in the woods. Are the stories of Radian6 and Q1 Labs outliers, rogue datapoints that should be discarded, or the foundation for a new knowledge economy outside of the mainstream?Trade Review"You can’t beat Gordon Pitts. No guff, straight-up, Pitts always gets to the guts of things and keeps the story moving. Unicorn in the Woods is an engrossing read for anyone interested in the future of Canadian innovation and the promise of a new age of prosperity for a part of the country looking to write a proud new chapter in its economic history." -- Howard Green, author of Railroader and founding anchor, Business News Network"From deals and development to the biographies of their creators, Unicorn in the Woods presents a series of events that educate readers not just about business development, but the kinds of relationships and vision that lead to extraordinary results." * Midwest Book Review *

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Book SynopsisScott Galloway is Professor of Marketing at NYU's Stern School of Business and a serial entrepreneur. He has founded nine companies, including Prophet, Red Envelope and L2. He is the bestselling author of The Four and The Algebra of Happiness and has served on the boards of directors of The New York Times Company, Urban Outfitters and UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. His Prof G and Pivot podcasts, No Mercy/No Malice blog, and Prof G YouTube channel reach millions. In 2020, Adweek named Pivot Business Podcast of the Year. In 2019, Scott founded Section4, an online education platform for working professionals where he teaches business strategy: section4.com.

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Book Synopsis'Kind, realistic and genuinely helpful' Observer 'Bravo on the publication of this witty, wise guide to solo working' Alice Lascelles 'Filled to the brim with advice . . . Such a brilliant book' Emma Gannon Whether by choice or circumstance, as a freelancer or a company employee working from home, more of us are becoming solo workers than ever before. But once you've made the leap, how to do you actually work well in isolation? And how can you thrive while working alone? Picking up where the freelancer bibles stop, Solo addresses what we gain but also miss when we shift from the structure of an office environment to the solitary confines of our homes or studios. Blending the latest research in psychology, economics and social science with guided self-examination and more than ten years of freelance experience, Rebecca Seal shows you how to stay resilient, productive and focused in a company of one. Practical and inspiring, she also explores the idea of meaningful work and helps you define your own success.Trade ReviewCould there be a more apt moment for a book about working on your own? ... Kind, realistic and genuinely helpful * Observer *Sound advice ... invaluable in years to come * Herald Scotland *Filled to the brim with advice . . . Such a brilliant book -- Emma GannonThe government should parachute a copy into every home both for those who are working solo and for everyone else (parents, children, clients, Universal Credit staff) who have to deal with solo workers ... Perfect book, perfect timing -- John Howkins, author of The Creative EconomyBravo on the publication of this witty, wise guide to solo working -- Alice LascellesSolo is the best book about work - not just solo work - I have ever read . . . and I've read a lot of books about work -- David Speed, co-presenter of The Creative Rebels podcastI'll be getting that book for Xmas ... A perfect read for me at the moment -- Gary Barlow, TwitterImprove your home working routine * Guardian *A timely topic * Fortune *

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Book SynopsisKick goals in your business or career and stay happy in the process - Find Your Yay shows you how to do both. There are so many wellness and business titles on the market, but not many which share the journey to happiness and fulfilment through running your own business or following your dreams. At least, not without collapsing in an overstressed heap. A well-known entrepreneur and Founder of Matcha Maiden green tea, Sarah started her first business after suffering from a case of complete adrenal exhaustion. As a young lawyer looking for a caffeine-free fix to supplement her serious coffee habit, she ordered ten kilos of tea from Japan by accident. Starting up a side hustle to shift the nine kilos she didn't need, Matcha Maiden was born. It's now a multi-million-dollar company with success in various markets. With no background in the area, business experience, family money or investment behind them, Sarah and her partner built Matcha Maiden from scratch. Here, Sarah shares how it can be done without losing your joy or sense of appreciation for the journey. Sharing practical tips and life advice to help you realize your own career and life dreams while staying grounded and well, Find Your Yay is your one-stop shop for achieving millennial success.Trade Review'One of the hardest workers you're likely to meet. As a big-hearted and generous entrepreneur, we'd be wise to take her advice.' - Emma Isaacs, Business Chicks'Like a best friend in your pocket... the essential go-to for every human in this modern, fast-paced world.' - Lisa Messenger, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Collective Hub

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Book SynopsisTHE ANTIRACIST BUSINESS BOOK is the business book for the modern world. Trudi Lebrón has spent the last decade working as a DEI and impact coach for businesses, non-profits, and entrepreneurs.And what she learned over that time was that making a lasting change wasn''t about fixingold systems; it was about building a new one. In this seminal work, Trudi lays out a plan for all businesses, leaders, entrepreneurs, and coaches to remix business, so that equity and impact become synonymous with profit and power.Trudi provides lessons on understanding the long-term impacts of living in a hyper-capitalist, post-colonial world (aka White People Sh*t) and an examination of the way we have viewed wealth (whether as an obsession or an obscenity). She will compel business owners and leaders to rethink how they do business.Trudi shares ways to create an antiracist business in a capitalist system, showing readers: How to make the shift from toxic capitalism to justice-based commerce - Trudi has spent years working with corporate leaders, online entrepreneurs, and mid-level managers on understanding how to build profitable businesses based on ethical transparency, justice-based leadership, and equitable business practices. She explains how justice can be found in a system that places profit above all else, re-imagining our economic systems not just in theory but in practice.How to move from the streets to the suites (-isms in business) - Trudi identifies the new form of leadership, which isn''t from above but is built from the trust, creativity, and community usually found in the streets. As younger generations demand a new world order, the old one is dying and is being replaced with something remarkably more dynamic, equitable, and wealth-generating for all.How to make friends with money - This is for all you activists in the back row. Money is not the devil. In fact, without embracing and creating wealth generation, antiracism will always struggle at the corners of the conversation. In this work, Trudi will help readers heal their business journey, inviting them to redefine and re-envision their relationship to wealth.Unlike any other book on the market,THE ANTIRACIST BUSINESS BOOKtakes an antiracist perspective. It applies it to how we are doing business-at the top, in the middle, and at the bottom, offering tools for advancement in how we work, earn, and lead. The wisdom inside this timely and essential book advocates for a new order of business that creates transparency, opportunity, and disruption. Businesses can no longer be successful while operating as tools of the status quo.

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Book SynopsisThere is no doubt that the proliferation of entrepreneurial activity is a current trend. Start-ups enable an effective transformation of knowledge, generating high added value to society. The objective of this book is to address the financing of the entrepreneurial process as a necessary element to articulate a solid business fabric, based on taking advantage of new opportunities. The book is structured in two parts. The first part takes as a reference the lack of financing in the entrepreneurship process and analyses different sources of financing available to entrepreneurs depending on the phase in which the project is located. The second part of the book analyses innovation and its links to the financing of start-ups, addressing the impact of emerging technologies and fintech services and the support of artificial intelligence. Finally, the book concludes with an examination of decentralized finance (DeFi), as an idea that is changing the financial world, giving rise to new financial paradigms.Table of ContentsPart I. Investment Cycles.- Chapter 1. Financing Rounds with Private Capital.- Chapter 2. Angel Investing Startups.- Chapter 3. Crowdfunding: Another Way of Financing My Business.- Chapter 4. A Prospective Analysis of the Advantages of Crowdlending to Startups.- Chapter 5. The Financing of Minority Entrepreneurial Efforts in the U.S..- Chapter 6. Bank Credit in Europe Between Two Crises: From the Great Recession to the COVID 19 Pandemic.- Part II. Startup Innovation.- Chapter 7. Emerging Technologies in Financing Startups.- Chapter 8. ICOs, IEOs and STOs: Token Sales as Innovative Formulas for Financing Start-ups.- Chapter 9. Financing Start-ups Through Artificial Intelligence.- Chapter 10. DeFi & Startups: Revolution in Finance.

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Book Synopsis​This book explores the timely issue of how small businesses, micro firms and entrepreneurs respond to crises. A largely overlooked area of research, the author posits that by better understanding crisis management in small and micro firms, we can help to protect these businesses from the potentially devastating effects of a crisis.Offering guidance for scholars and practitioners, including small business owners, to better understand the concept, limitations and considerations of crisis management - specifically in the small business context - the author demonstrates that there is no single solution for a small business to cope with a crisis. Drawing from the thematic findings, the author offers valuable recommendations on how small business owners can strategically plan for the future and better manage their capability when faced with a crisis.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Understanding crisis management in modern societies Chapter 2: Crisis management and Small businesses Chapter 3: COVID-19 and small businesses responsesChapter 4: Forward looking

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Book SynopsisThe Radical Innovation Playbook: A Practical Guide for Harnessing New, Novel or Game-Changing Breakthroughs The only guide you will need on creating, planning, and launching a radical innovation project. Innovation is a must if you want your company to adapt and overcome the market's rapid change in this highly competitive world. Innovation can drive growth and revenue, whatever the size of your business – whether a micro-company, SME, or multinational. But while the more commonly tried and tested incremental innovation can save time, costs and enable a company to be more sustainable, breakthrough and radical innovation (the creation of new, far-reaching, and novel ideas) can generate between two to five times as much revenue within the same period. The challenge is that breakthrough and radical innovation are hard: they require unique capabilities, structures, approaches, success metrics, and cultures to succeed. Launching radical projects without a strategic approach risks you burning through time and money without anything to show for it. The Radical Innovation Playbook is a practical, how-to-do-it manual with tested advice and guidance on planning, creating, and successfully launching new innovative business ideas. Authors Olga Kokshagina, an innovation practitioner, researcher, and advocate for open science and entrepreneurism and Allen Alexander, an Associate Professor with a focus on innovation and entrepreneurism, provide insight, practical solutions, and reusable business model canvases to show how to develop breakthrough and radical ideas while steering through the culture of the organisation to gain buy-in from peers as well as stakeholders. In this playbook, you will learn how to:Discover new innovative ideas and emerging market opportunities;Find evidence that your innovation idea has business viability;Make vital decisions about how to plan and design your innovation project;Generate alternatives to your proposition;Explore, collect and analyse information to influence and convince others;Identify, navigate, and embrace uncertainty;Engage with peers and stakeholders;Reflect on how your organisation supports ideation processes;Discover, explore and secure investment;Gain confidence and skills for a successful launch;Diversify into new markets and commercial channels;Build a business structure that enables innovation to grow;Inspire and support future generations to make an impact and achieve success. This book is for you if: You are a first-time innovator looking for guidance and help in understanding how to take your fledgling ideas forward; A CEO or senior manager looking to invest in and devise your next-generation corporate innovation portfolio; You need to tailor your organisational structure to explore and deliver successful innovations. The Radical Innovation Playbook is a practical guide, presented in striking colour, with downloadable worksheets and canvases to help you collect, analyse, plan and launch a successful breakthrough or radical innovation project. Events around the book Link to a De Gruyter Online Event in which the authors Olga Kokshagina and Allen Alexander together with John Bessant, University of Exeter Business School, and Carina Leue-Bensch, Lufthansa Systems, talk about their own experiences in creating environments and models for radical innovation:https://youtu.be/eTLhMi4rBqY

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents theoretical and empirical research on universities and their entrepreneurial ecosystems to better grasp the connections between universities and their surrounding environments and their engagement with sustainability. The book provides a better understanding of the entrepreneurial characteristics of universities. It examines the ways in which universities’ collaboration and participation in an ecosystem support business and industry transformation. It also investigates how universities function within the university/industry/government/third sector relationship nexus. The book enables the systematisation of the literature while simultaneously builds theory, empirically testing existing theories, and contributes towards a future research agenda geared towards sustainability. The book gathers contributions from varied geographical contexts providing an international perspective.

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Book Synopsis This research monograph answers the question how sustainability driven entrepreneurs (ecopreneurs) deliver their sustainability goals through their business practices. The research draws on data from 12 case studies set within the food industry. The analysis takes a firm level and a supply chain level perspective and provides insights to the interconnected nature of sustainability goals within and across firms. It provides theoretical propositions that show one approach of how to conduct business in a way that works for the planet and people in addition to shareholders. This presents an alternative understanding of organisational performance that builds the foundation for many avenues of future research into sustainable management. The research combines the remote areas of supply chain management and entrepreneurship at the intersection of sustainability. This novel approach and the insights from the business practice exploration, offer many avenues for further research beyond entrepreneurship and supply chain management. This book will be of interest to academics in management research and also to people with an academic background that work together with sustainability driven and/ or social entrepreneurs, who could benefit from the insights into how sustainability goals are delivered through business practices and the relevant trade-offs faced by ecopreneurs.

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Book SynopsisTo study the role of business incubators in the economic growth of India, it is imperative to understand whether or not incubators reduce the mortality of start-ups. Are incubators instrumental in providing an effective platform for accelerating the growth of start-ups? Do the existing incubators meet the expectations of start-ups? Are incubated start-ups able to attract funding from venture capitalists? These are only some of the questions that fall within the scope of this research. In this book, the authors explore the subject in-depth in an attempt to respond to them. For the purpose of this study, primary and secondary research data were used. In the context of American, European and Chinese incubator industries, this data was readily available. However, due to its nascent stage, there was not enough secondary data available in the context of the Indian incubation industry. Therefore, primary research was carried out. Thus, in order to design the research, structured interviews with the founders of start-ups and incubator managers were conducted. The findings of the study reveal that, despite the gaps between the offering of incubators and the expectations of start-ups, there is a positive impact of business incubators on job creation, wealth generation and the creation of intellectual property.

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Book SynopsisHow has "ethnic entrepreneurship" emerged and developed since the late eighties in Berlin? In his study, Baris Ülker answers this question by relying on the experiences of immigrants from Turkey. Most academic studies on "ethnic entrepreneurship" have focused either on the "most unitary" structure available in the "natural flow of history" or on the pre-given "cultural" characteristics of immigrants. This book instead sets historical ruptures, conditions of possibility and individual practices in context. It analyzes how human beings have been turned into "ethnic entrepreneurs" and explains the ways of governing the self and others in the neoliberal urban context.

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Book SynopsisCovers basics, venture life-cycle, opportunity identification, planning, start-up, growth, and harvesting, featuring Indian case studies, learning objectives, chapter questions, and profiles of leading entrepreneurs. Ideal for students and professionals in entrepreneurship, policy making, investing, or consulting, with a unique India-centric focus.

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Book SynopsisTop business consultants share secrets on launching and running a successful business, covering idea generation, opportunity assessment, competition analysis, risk evaluation, financial management, and more. Learn key entrepreneurship concepts and characteristics of successful businesses from experts worldwide.

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Book SynopsisThe purpose of this book is to demystify the causes of wealth and poverty like never before done. It is the seminal comprehensive presentation of the CDR index. The CDR index is a mathematical model that shows how capitalism (C), democracy (D) and rule of law (R) jointly with natural resources and geography explain almost all economic growth. As it turns out, capitalism, democracy, and rule of law are intangible policy variables that are at the disposal of all countries and explain almost all gross domestic production of tangible products and services. There is also a minor contribution from non-policy variables such as natural resources and geography. These are all that countries require at their disposal and choice in order to enjoy their desired standard of living. The CDR economic growth model is a new paradigm.

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Book SynopsisIn this note a short introduction to the project Employment Effects of Entrepreneurs is presented. First, we describe the purpose of the project; second, we present the background; third, we briefly describe the three papers that constitute the output of the project, and fourth, we discuss two important qualifications for the understanding of the contributions and results established in the project.

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Book SynopsisWe extend earlier analyses of the job creation of start-ups vs. established firms by taking into consideration the educational content of the jobs created and destroyed. We define education-specific measures of job creation and job destruction at the firm level, and we use these to construct a measure of surplus job creation defined as jobs created on top of any simultaneous destruction of similar jobs in incumbent firms in the same region and industry. Using Danish employer-employee data from 2002-7, which identify the start-ups and which cover almost the entire private sector, these measures allow us to provide a more nuanced assessment of the role of entrepreneurial firms in the job-creation process than previous studies. Our findings show that while start-ups are responsible for the entire overall net job creation, incumbents account for more than a third of net job creation within high-skilled jobs. Moreover, start-ups only create around half of the surplus jobs, and even less of the high-skilled surplus jobs. Finally, our approach allows us to characterize and identify differences across industries, educational groups and regions.

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Book SynopsisWhat are the characteristics of jobs in entrepreneurial firms as compared to jobs in incumbent firms? Even though this question has been addressed by many researchers before us, we provide new evidence to the field since we measure the entrepreneur as the organic new firm. In the literature, the majority of studies have focused on entrepreneurs as measured by small or new firms. By organic new firms, we mean new firms that are not the result of restructurings or organizing existing or additional activities in a formally new firm. Moreover, we distinguish entrepreneurial firms by different types and distinguish between growing and declining industry-region clusters. Our results differ from the findings in the existing literature. Specifically, we find that compared to incumbents, entrepreneurial firms have higher total factor productivity, are more skill intensive, and pay higher wages. The differences are more pronounced in growing clusters. Moreover, the results show important differences between different types of entrepreneurial firms. Specifically, spin-offs are found to enjoy the largest productivity advantage. The wage and skill premiums at the firm level disappear at the job level, as larger incumbents are both more skill intensive and pay higher wages than smaller incumbents.

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Book SynopsisWe study whether entrepreneurial spinoffs are important drivers of industry dynamics. More precisely, we investigate whether the quality of jobs in spinoff entrepreneurs are higher than for other entrepreneurs. We distinguish spinoff firms by different types and distinguish between growing and declining industry-region clusters. We find that spinoffs on average have higher wages, are more skill intensive, have higher sales per worker and are more productive than non-spinoff entrepreneurial firms. The differences are more pronounced in growing clusters. The results even hold when we control for worker heterogeneity and industry and region clusters characteristics. An important feature of the analysis is that we measure the entrepreneur as the organic new firm. By organic new firm, we mean new firms that are not the result of restructurings or organising existing or additional activities in a formally new firm.

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Book SynopsisThis book celebrates the man, his vision and the entrepreneur's zeal that made it all possible. Startups today will find it inspiring and a useful guide as they go about building the businesses of their dreams.

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Book SynopsisIn the twenty first century, what does it mean to be an Indian? In 2014, when Bhairavi Jani got into a car with three friends and drove 18,181 km across India,from the remote districts of Nagaland to the villages of Rann of Kutch and from the Kashmir Valley to the interiors of India's Deccan she was searching for the threads that weave the people of the world's largest democracy together. What she discovered from the many highways she took to swades form the beating heart of this book.

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Book Synopsis"India Uninc." by Prof. R. Vaidyanathan emphasizes the significance of small businesses in India's economy, advocating for a shift from big corporations to prioritize small entrepreneurs. It critiques policymakers' bias and offers valuable insights into the Indian economy and society.

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Book SynopsisAll business owners recognize that they will have to exit their business at some point. Yet few business owners give enough thought, let alone plan for, how they will sell their business. The Art of a Happy Exit helps entrepreneurs get prepared for all that selling their business entails. The book covers not just the outside game?positioning, prospecting, professional partners, negotiating, structuring and executing, but the critical inside game?the mental and emotional preparation needed even while retaining customers, employees and the business. It does this through the stories of fifteen entrepreneurs from India and the United States who've sold their businesses to varying degrees of happiness. Intended as a practical guide for entrepreneurs at any stage of the business life cycle.

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Book SynopsisBased on the ''theory formation of entrepreneurship'', as has been developed over the past few decades by political economists, sociologist and social-economic historians on the notion ''entrepreneurship'', this study will focus on how entrepreneurship in the Netherlands, specifically during ''Trade Capitalism'' (1350-1815), took shape and what its contribution has been to the period of ''Total Capitalism'' (as from the late 1980s). Three sub-periods during ''Trade Capitalism'' will be studied. The first sub-period runs from 1350 to 1580 and is considered to be the upbeat to the ''first modern economy'' in the world. In the second sub-period, running from 1580 to approximately 1670 (the so-called Dutch Golden Age), this first modern economy reached its absolute zenith. During the then following third sub-period, from 1670 to 1815, we see forms of economic stagnations and a gradual decline in trade in the Netherlands. Perpendicular to each of these three periods, four dimensions related to the functioning of entrepreneurship will be applied so as to assess the entrepreneur''s standing in practice. These are 1) identifying and making optimal use of ''opportunity conditions'', 2) institutional development in which government played an important role, 3) socio-cultural aspects affecting entrepreneurship, and 4) specific personal characteristics of the entrepreneur. All of these also provide insight into the entrepreneurship in the past and its contribution to the present-day Total Economy.

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Book SynopsisShould entrepreneurship be guided by morals or by turning a profit? This book explores this question and highlights the necessity for an immediate response to create a balance between the traditional and modern fast-moving economies, using the State of Qatar as an example.

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Book SynopsisMuch more personal than standard corporate histories, David Packard's The HP Way provides insights into managing and motivating people and inspiration for would–be entrepreneurs.

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Book SynopsisShows everyone how to awaken their inner entrepreneur by focusing on the four dimensions of the entrpreneurial personality: The Dreamer, The Thinker, The Performer and The Leader. This book is suitable for those ready to make their dreams a reality.Trade Review"E-MYTH training is a powerful tool and a core component of Allstate's agency growth strategy. E-Myth teaches Allstate consultants and agency owners how to grow as entrepreneurs while improving their quality of life in the process." -- Gary Briggs, field vice president, Allstate Insurance Company "No business author has touched me as deeply as Michael Gerber has." -- Jack Canfield, co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul bestselling series "The dean of small business gurus tells readers how to use the four dimensions of the entrepreneurial personality--dreamer, thinker, performer and leader--to inspire the vision and purpose to craft their own business narratives." -- Entrepreneur "For those who are stuck in a rut or looking to dig deep, this title makes for a solid, albeit esoteric, guidebook." -- SRQ: Sarasota's Premiere Magazine

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Book SynopsisThe founders of a respected Silicon Valley advisory firm study legendary category-creating companies and reveal a groundbreaking discipline called category design.Winning today isn’t about beating the competition at the old game. It’s about inventing a whole new game—defining a new market category, developing it, and dominating it over time. You can’t build a legendary company without building a legendary category. If you think that having the best product is all it takes to win, you’re going to lose.In this farsighted, pioneering guide, the founders of Silicon Valley advisory firm Play Bigger rely on data analysis and interviews to understand the inner workings of “category kings”— companies such as Amazon, Salesforce, Uber, and IKEA—that give us new ways of living, thinking or doing business, often solving problems we didn’t know we had.In Play Bigger, the authors assemble their findings to i

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Book SynopsisThis is a book about the formation, development, and success or failure of new high technology companies, focusing on those that grew under the auspices of entrepreneurs from MIT in Boston at the end of World War Two. Edward Roberts has conducted extensive empirical research on these firms for the past 25 years and has written widely on the subject. He is one of the acknowledged academic experts on entrepreneurship. This book is the culmination of his work and synthesizes his findings.Trade Review`One has only to look at a book such as Edward Roberts' Entrepreneurs in High Technology ... to see how much can be achieved.' Margaret Sharp, Times Higher Education Supplement'this is clearly the premiere work in the more specialized field of technological entrepreneurship ... Highly recommended for university and professional collections.' N. Gersony, Castleton State College, Choice Jan '92'Roberts reveals some striking similarities in the family backgrounds of the successful entrepreneurs. He also has gleaned what he considers valuable lessons for the founders of future startups.' The Boston Globe, 9/12/91`A major new book ... A gold mine of facts and data on both successful and unsuccessful start-up high-tech firms.' Journal of Product Innovation Management`A masterpiece in covering the complex aspects of entrepreneurship.' James M. Howell, The Howell Group'By focusing on firms in the greater Boston area, many of which have had links with the Massachusetts Insitute of Technology (MIT), this study provides support for all these variables, but identifies even more critical aspects of culture and attitude that have fostered a congenial business environment ... a mine of useful material for industrial historians interested in the role of entrepreneurship, especially where this is considered in a regional or high-technology setting.' Geoffrey Tweedale, University of Sheffield, Business History, Oct '92'his data and interests cover the last quarter-century and so provide a mine of useful material for industrial historians interested in the role of entreprenurship, especially where this is considered in a regional or high-technology setting' Geoffrey Tweedale, Business History, Vol. 34, No. 4, Oct '92

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Book SynopsisFew would deny the crucial role that entrepreneurs play in our increasingly global economy--but exactly what is this vital, yet loosely defined business force we call the entrepreneurial spirit? This landmark study is the first to examine analytically the nature of the opportunities that entrepreneurs pursue, the problems they face, the traits they require, and the social and economic contributions they make. Until recently, entrepreneurs have been largely ignored in modern economic theory. But at the dawn of a networked age, marked by the advent of e-business and the home office, there''s no question that entrepreneurs have recaptured the popular imagination. Studies now show that most men and women dream of starting their own businesses rather than rising through the corporate ranks. Yet in spite of increased attention by many of today''s leading business schools, entrepreneurship has remained largely a mystery, an apparantly intuitive sense of values possessed by certain individualTrade ReviewTruly fascinating ... I would wholeheartedly recommend this book. * Financial Adviser *The book is very useful for scholars and policy-makers who want to understand the crucial economic activity of starting and growing a business. * Urban Studies *Any future theorising about the role and nature of the entrepreneur must take account of this book. * Financial Times *The wealth of information contained in this book adds up to a very persuasive case and policy-makers (and all those interested in encouraging entrepreneurship) would do well to consider this book very carefully. * Community Affairs Briefing *This book will find a welcome reception from business schools that are focussing on courses in entrepreneurship and may also appeal to corporate executives who are trying too instill an entrepreneurial spirit in their employees. * Booklist *... the book is filled with useful and even startling insights based on exhaustive research." * The Standard (on-line) *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Introduction The Nature of Promising Start-ups 1: Endowments and Opportunities 2: Planning vs. Opportunisitc Adaptation 3: Securing Resources 4: Distinctive Qualities 5: Corporate Initiatives 6: VC-Backed Start-ups 7: Revolutionary and Ventures 8: Summary and Generalizations The Evolution of Fledgling Businesses 9: Missing Attributes 10: Existing Theories and Models 11: Critical tasks 12: Exceptional Qualities Societal Implications 13: Reexamining Schumpeter 14: Facilitating Conditions Conclusion Appendix 1: Background Information: 1989 INc. 500 Study Appendix 2: Partial List of Student Papers Written on Successful Entrepreneurs Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisEntrepreneurship has always been a key factor in economic growth, innovation, and the development of firms and businesses. More recently, new technologies, the waning of the ''old economy'', globalization, changing cultures and popular attitudes, and new policy stances have further highlighted the importance of entrepreneurship and enterprise. Entrepreneurship is now a dynamic and expanding area of research, teaching, and debate, but there has been no standard reference work which is suitable for both established scholars and new researchers. This book fills that gap. All the major aspects of entrepreneurship are covered, including: * the start-up and growth of firms, * financing and venture capital, * innovation, technology and marketing, * women entrepreneurs, * ethnic entrepreneurs, * migration, * small firm policy,* the economic and social history of entrepreneurship. This is a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art research in entrepreneurship, written by an international team oTrade Review...a valuable resource, not only for students but also for established researchers and educators seeking an entry-point to unfamiliar specialisms. * Entrepreneurship & Regional Development *Table of ContentsPART I: THEORY AND HISTORY; PART II: SMALL FIRMS; PART III: INNOVATION; PART IV: FINANCE; PART V: EMPLOYMENT, SELF-EMPLOYMENT AND BUY-OUTS; PART VI: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS; PART VII: SPATIAL AND INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS

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Book SynopsisAre entrepreneurs essentially the same everywhere? Are the processes of entrepreneurship similar? Or are they shaped by their environments? If so, how? We know a lot about national differences in management practices, corporate governance, and even innovation systems, but we know surprisingly little about national differences in entrepreneurship. Comparative Entrepreneurship compares processes of entrepreneurship in the UK and Japan, countries associated with liberal market economies and coordinated market economies respectively. Focusing on high tech manufacturing it identifies basic similarities and key differences. Similarities are found in approaches to opportunity and business creation, which are strikingly different from recent policy emphases in the UK and Japan, inspired by Silicon Valley (hence the entrepreneurs live in ''the shadow of Silicon Valley''). Differences - in the backgrounds of entrepreneurs, founding teams, attitudes to growth and risk, innovation, competitive advTable of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Comparative Entrepreneurship ; 2. Opportunity and Business Creation ; 3. Ties and Teams in Startup ; 4. Entrepreneurial Orientations and Business Objectives ; 5. Competitive Orientations and Growth Limitations ; 6. HRM, Leadership, and Culture ; 7. Inter-firm Collaboration ; 8. Entrepreneurship and Markets ; 9. Entrepreneurship and Time ; Appendix 1 Design, Methods, Analysis, and Interpretation ; Appendix 2 Factor Analysis Tables

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Book SynopsisHigh-Tech Ventures is for those who design, build, and market innovative products,people who are creating the high-tech world of the future. More specifically it is for all engineers, engineering managers, entrepreneurs, and intrapreneurs. Although engineers are responsible for identifying products and businesses that might benefit their company, all too often their suggestions are rejected. The products don''t fit within the current business, or they threaten the status quo. Thus, start-up companies are the main arena for innovation.Entrepreneurs who are considering starting up a company, or who are already doing so, can use this book to determine the health of their venture. With High-Tech Ventures they can systematically assess the exact stages of their company''s growth. They can compare their experiences to an ideal model, and sidestep,or eliminate,flaws early enough to save time, money, and even the company itself. High-Tech Ventures provides entrepreneurs with insight into tTable of Contents* Introduction: The Formation of High-Tech Companies * The People * The Business Plan: A Road Map and a Scorecard for the Future * Cash, Financeability, and Control * Technology and Engineering * The Technology Balance Sheet * Manufacturing * The Product * Marketing and Sales * The Bell-Mason Diagnostic * Case Studies * Technical Workstations: Heuristics from History * The Future

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