Entrepreneurship / Start-ups Books

Book SynopsisThis book outlines a conceptual framework within which strategizing by firms takes place in the same conditions of turbulence that are found in the real economy. The framework accomodates strategizing around issues of innovation, networks formation, entrepreneurship, extension of value chains, and other phenomena that do not fit easily into conventional equilibrium-based settings.Trade Review"There has been a growing rebellion, both among economists and analysts of business strategy, against the static view of the competitive process contained in neoclassical economics, and movement towards the very different picture of the competitive environment within which firms operate put forth by Joseph Schumpeter and developed in modern economic evolutionary theory. This fine book places firms squarely within an environment marked by Schumpeterian competition, and develops the implications regarding business strategies that can work in such a context. This reorientation of theorizing about business strategy is much needed, and very well done." -- Richard R. Nelson * Columbia University *"[T]his is a book that should be read by anyone who seeks to contribute to the theory of the firm. Mathews' efforts to retain the valuable ideas and constructs of economic, strategic management, and entrepreneurship theory, and to incorporate them into a realistic and usable framework, are admirable. The sweeping scope of his framework will allow individual scholars to see and understand how their research fits into the evolving theory of the firm and where their scholarly efforts should be directed in the future. Both economists and organizational theorists will learn a great deal from this refreshing work." -- Academy of Management Review"I have no doubt that Strategizing, Disequilibrium, and Profit will become a classic in the field of strategic management, industrial organization, managerial economics, evolutionary economics, and business studies. I strongly recommend it to colleagues, researchers, students, and practitioners who continue to be fascinated by today's global world of economic change and firm dynamics." * Environment and Planning A *"Unlike most books on the theory of the firm, this one takes reality into account. Mathews has researched the semiconductor and other leading-edge industries, studied both small and large entrepreneurial firms, and analyzed trade agreements between nations. His accumulated wisdom is woven into a simple yet elegant framework, and his arguments for firm strategizing under conditions of disequilibrium are compelling. Both economists and organizational scholars will learn a great deal from this refreshing work." -- Charles Snow * Penn State University *Table of ContentsContents Preface Acknowledgments List of abbreviations List of Charts 1. Introduction Strategizing vs. economizing; Outline of chapters 2. Capitalism is not and never can be a stationary system The Schumpeterian schema and dynamic competition vs. a comparative static framework: Structure, Conduct, Performance; Applications in a test case: the Flat Panel Display industry 3. Entrepreneurial profits can only be earned in disequilibrium The Knightian theory of profits; Strategic opportunities and earning profits in disequilibrium; Why Knightian profits vanish at perfectly competitive equilibrium 4. Rents vs. profits as strategizing goals Ricardian and monopoly rents - and their inadequacies as goals for strategizing; Organizational, managerial and entrepreneurial rents as illusory goals for firms 5. Strategizing is carried out by resource-based firms The Penrosean firm as vehicle for strategizing; Fundamental strategic categories of the firm: Resources, activities and routines; Strategic goals associated with resources: complementarities; with activities: increasing returns; and with routines: learning by doing 6. No firm is an island: Strategizing in networks The firm with its multiple connections; Resources, activities and routines at the network level, and strategic goals associated with them 7. The economy as a whole: Entrepreneurial, industrial and evolutionary dynamics The Schumpeterian notion of the economy as a whole, linking strategizing via entrepreneurial dynamics to industrial dynamics and evolutionary dynamics 8. Strategizing in disequilibrium: Comparative static vs. dynamic frameworks The workings of the framework as a totality; Generation of an Activities-based view of strategizing, a Resources-based view, and a Routines-based view (or Dynamic capabilities perspective), in both comparative static and dynamic settings 9. Towards a unified theory of management The advantages for management of adopting a consistent disequilibrium framework - not least in developing a platform for the unification of the functional disciplines of management Appendix. Entrepreneurship and economics: A case of shocking neglect References Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisA Rising Tide: Financing Strategies for Women-Owned Firms is a "must read" for current and aspiring women entrepreneurs who want to learn more about the financial tools and techniques that will help them to launch, develop, and grow their firms.Trade Review"This book makes an important contribution in encouraging more women to consider starting a new venture. For those who take the leap, it provides a great deal of advice and numerous suggestions that will help them avoid the many pitfalls that await the unwary and inexperienced."—John Watson, The University of Western Australia"A lucid discussion of financing women's entrepreneurial ventures! The authors are able to translate much of the esoteric research into usable advice. Readers will likely learn as much in their second read as they do in their first."—John R. Becker-Blease, Oregon State University

Read more less

Book SynopsisA Rising Tide: Financing Strategies for Women-Owned Firms is a "must read" for current and aspiring women entrepreneurs who want to learn more about the financial tools and techniques that will help them to launch, develop, and grow their firms.Trade Review"This book makes an important contribution in encouraging more women to consider starting a new venture. For those who take the leap, it provides a great deal of advice and numerous suggestions that will help them avoid the many pitfalls that await the unwary and inexperienced."—John Watson, The University of Western Australia"A lucid discussion of financing women's entrepreneurial ventures! The authors are able to translate much of the esoteric research into usable advice. Readers will likely learn as much in their second read as they do in their first."—John R. Becker-Blease, Oregon State University

Read more less

Book SynopsisWith a focus on a diverse group of Latino entrepreneurs in the Houston area, Valdez explores how class, gender, race, and ethnicity shape Latino entrepreneurs' capacity to succeed in business in the United States.Trade Review"The New Entrepreneurs by Zulema Valdez makes important contributions to exploring these issues, exploring the interconnections between migration, race, labor, gender, and entrepreneurship. . . The research shows that many of those who are most committed to the American dream of entrepreneurship are exactly those who are most excluded from its full realization." -- Radhakrishnan * Contexts *"In a persuasive use of an intersectional framework, Valdez reveals how privilege and disadvantage are reproduced for business owners, finding evidence of cumulative advantage and disadvantage in entrepreneurs' goals and motivations . . . Valdez's robust ethnographic approach . . . prompts her to remix some long-established sociological approaches so that she can account for how the intersecting dynamics of race, ethnicity, class, and gender shape embedded opportunities for success which, when realized, shape entrepreneurs' very understandings of the success they experience." -- Ivy Ken"Drawing on a series of compelling interviews conducted in Houston—a major but under-studied area of immigrant settlement—Valdez addresses the importance of race, gender and class in the creation and functioning of immigrant businesses. Focusing on working class migrants, this creative study contributes much to our understanding Latino self-employment." -- Steven J. Gold * Michigan State University *"In this richly textured and engaging book, Valdez presents us with a fresh and nuanced look at entrepreneurship and a new angle from which to gauge how ethnicity and race matter in shaping people's lives. The embedded market framework she has developed is cutting edge and has great potential to inform future work. Valdez succeeds in debunking myths about 'cultural explanations' in favor of a lens that incorporates structure and agency to demonstrate how differences in social positions lead to divergent life chances." -- Cecilia Menjivar, Professor of Sociology * Arizona State University *"[R]eaders will benefit from how this book contributes to our knowledge of Latinos, a rapidly growing population . . . [and] serves as an important prompt for new longitudinal work on businesses . . . laudable." -- Alfonso Morales

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book provides one of the first economic analysis of Hispanic entrepreneurship in the first decade of the 2000s.Trade Review"This volume offers perhaps the first comprehensive, multidisciplinary analysis of the current state of Hispanic entrepreneurship in the U.S. . . . [Hispanic Entrepreneurs in the 2000s] would make an excellent reference on the shelf on the shelves of policy makers, practitioners, and academics interested in minority business development . . . Highly recommended. All readership levels."—B. P. Corrie, CHOICE"Davila and Mora tell us a cohesive economic story about Hispanic entrepreneurs, making an important contribution to the literature. They draw together data from disparate sources and provide an extensive analysis of micro data, a great resource for anyone interested in the topic."—Robert W. Fairlie , University of California, Santa Cruz"This book provides a wider purview of a market segment that is little understood, but of great importance. Not only does it have implications for policymaking, to which small business research is essential. It is also a testament to the importance of data collection that makes landmark studies like this possible." —Barbara J. Robles, Coauthor of The Color of WealthTable of Contents Hispanic Entrepreneurs in the 2000s: An Economic Profile and Policy Implications Author(s): Alberto Dávila and Marie T. Mora This book provides an in-depth economic and policy analysis of Hispanic entrepreneurs in the first decade of the 2000s. This book captures a flavor of issues related to the business cycle, economic outcomes (such as employment, sales, and contributions to tax coffers), socio-demographic characteristics, access to financial capital, the use and importance of digital technology, and public procurement and other policies affecting Hispanic business owners in the early 2000s. One distinguishing feature of this book is that it provides a comprehensive empirical analysis of many of these issues for specific Hispanic populations, such as men versus women, immigrants versus natives, and across Hispanic sub-groups (Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Salvadorans). The first decade of the 2000s witnessed the dramatic growth in the Hispanic population and the intensification of their entrepreneurial tendencies. If these demographic changes continue as the 2000s unfold, Hispanic entrepreneurship will become an increasingly vital component of American job creation and to the economic direction of the nation. 1 A Macro View of Hispanic Self-Employment in the 2000s Chapter abstract: This chapter provides an overview of the changing entrepreneurial tendencies among the Hispanic population in the first decade of the 2000s, which sets the stage for more detailed topics discussed later in the book. In particular, the chapter points out that the growing size of the Hispanic population as well as rising self-employment rates explain the recent growth in in the number of Hispanic-owned businesses. This chapter also presents information on the heterogeneity of the Hispanic population by highlighting the differences that existed across regions, industries, and ethnic subgroups. In addition, the chapter makes note of the importance of the business cycle when studying Hispanic entrepreneurship. 2 Entrepreneurial Earnings of Hispanics in the 2000s Chapter abstract: This chapter first outlines the self-employment "push-pull" framework and provides insight into the impact of an increasing entrepreneurial base on the talent and skills of Hispanic entrepreneurs. As part of the discussion, the chapter includes an analysis of the sales and profits of Hispanic-owned firms, as well as changes in the relative earnings of self-employed Hispanics during the first decade of the 2000s (particularly before and after the Great Recession). The issue of how entrepreneurial earnings changed for the largest Hispanic ethnic subgroups and for workers in the construction industry versus other industries is also explored. 3 Hispanic Immigrant Entrepreneurs Chapter abstract: This chapter highlights that a large part of the story behind Hispanic entrepreneurship in the 2000s involved Hispanic immigrants. As part of the discussion, the chapter points out that Hispanic-immigrant entrepreneurs added significant value to the U.S. economy in first decade of the 2000s. It also analyzes the differences in sales between firms owned by foreign-born and U.S.-born Hispanics as well as how demographic characteristics (including ethnic origin, industry distributions, and the geographic concentrations of self-employed Hispanic immigrants) changed in the first decade of the 2000s. Issues related to self-selection are further considered, as are the contributions of Hispanic-immigrant-owned businesses to government coffers. 4 Education and Hispanic Entrepreneurs Chapter abstract: Given their relatively low educational attainment, and given the recent increase in the number of Hispanic-owned businesses, the extent to which education matters for the business and earnings outcomes of Hispanic entrepreneurs has increasingly important implications for the future development of the United States. This chapter thus analyzes the relationship of education to sales of Hispanic-owned businesses, taking business owners' birthplace into account. The chapter further analyzes how the relationship between education and the earnings of Hispanic entrepreneurs changed during the Great Recession, including across the distribution of earnings, across Hispanic subgroups, and between natives and immigrants. The chapter concludes with an investigation into how education is related to entry into the self-employment sector. 5 Hispanic Female Entrepreneurs Chapter abstract: Given that one-third of all Hispanic-owned businesses are owned by women, this chapter focuses on gender-related differences in business outcomes and self-employment earnings among Hispanic entrepreneurs. Hispanic female entrepreneurs appear to be at a relative disadvantage compared to their male counterparts with respect to a variety of outcomes (including sales, the likelihood of having paid-employees, the likelihood of being a microentrepreneur, and earnings). Nevertheless, through additional comparisons between foreign-born and U.S.-born entrepreneurs, the chapter points to the presence of stronger self-employment "pull" versus "push" conditions for female Hispanic natives than for immigrants. The chapter concludes with a discussion of policy implications. 6 Strategic Issues for Hispanic Entrepreneurs—Credit Access Chapter abstract: This chapter addresses how Hispanic entrepreneurs fared with regards to accessing credit in the first decade of the 2000s. Hispanic entrepreneurs were more likely than their non-Hispanic counterparts to report the inability to acquire the financial capital they needed to expand or improve their operations; they also appeared to face other credit-access barriers in the form of relatively small loan amounts and high interest rates. In addition to considering the role of discrimination, this chapter discusses how these findings could relate to cultural forces, including how Hispanics seem to be relatively conservative in their credit demands and less likely to trust traditional methods of financing, such as bank loans. 7 Strategic Issues for Hispanic Entrepreneurs—Technology Usage Chapter abstract: This chapter explores whether Hispanic entrepreneurs use digital technology differently than their non-Hispanic counterparts. It also analyzes whether the usage of such technology related to business outcomes between Hispanic- and non-Hispanic-owned small firms. The findings are mixed. One dataset indicates the presence of a digital divide between Hispanic and non-Hispanic entrepreneurs with respect to having a website and conducting e-commerce, although differences in observable characteristics explained a considerable portion of this gap. However, an alternative dataset suggests that the digital divide that existed between Hispanic- and non-Hispanic-owned small businesses in the late 1990s had vanished by the mid-2000s. 8 Current Policy Issues for Hispanic Entrepreneurs Chapter abstract: This chapter addresses a variety of policy issues pertaining to Hispanic entrepreneurship. It begins with a cursory data analysis that suggests the existence of potential untapped opportunities for Hispanic entrepreneurs because they either lack awareness about existing programs or are reluctant to use them. The chapter then discusses issues that have shaped (and might continue to shape) Hispanic entrepreneurship, from public policy and private-sector perspectives to changing demographic trends across the country. The chapter also provides a critical assessment of policy-related issues facing Hispanic entrepreneurs, such as those pertaining to government procurement, firm size, credit access (such as the "SBA 7(a)" loan program); education, immigration (including the "EB-5" visa program), and statistical discrimination. 9 In Closing Chapter abstract: This chapter provides a summary of many of the key issues pertaining to Hispanic entrepreneurship raised throughout the book, including the business cycle, economic outcomes, socio-demographic characteristics, access to financial and physical capital, and policy and conceptual issues that Hispanic business owners faced in the first decade of this millennium. As discussed throughout the book, that decade witnessed dramatic growth in the Hispanic population and the intensification of entrepreneurial tendencies among Hispanics. If these demographic changes continue, Hispanic entrepreneurship will become an increasingly vital component of American job creation and the economic direction of the nation.

Read more less

Book SynopsisMore than Money provides innovators and entrepreneurs with strategies for eradicating poverty in developed and developing countries. Author Paul Godfrey shows how five types of interrelated capital—institutional, human, social, organizational, and physical—can be harnessed to create not just economic value, but also social wellbeing.Trade Review"More than Money provides the readers with one of the most complete lists of the ideas, incentives, and leadership skills needed to enhance personal and social flourishing. Putting them into practice will help eliminate poverty one person at a time." -- Alejandro Chafuen * FORBES *"A fascinating exploration into the definition of self-reliance and capital as they relate to and influence poverty. Godfrey's argument on the multi-faceted nature of poverty provides thought-provoking considerations for philanthropists and social innovators who seek systemic poverty elimination." -- Jessamyn Lau, Program Leader * Peery Foundation *"We can't change the world if we don't first understand it. Godfrey strikes a keen balance between acknowledging the complexity of poverty while pointing to thoughtful solutions. This book is essential reading for those who want their results to be as good as their intentions." -- Joseph Grenny * co-author of Influencer and Crucial Conversations *"Although others have added social capital to the discussion of poverty, Paul Godfrey's innovative five-fold treatment goes well beyond existing theories to provide a remarkably well-grounded framework for future work. This is a highly effective analytical tool for addressing problems of poverty and development. More than Money expands the realm of the discussion beyond mere symptoms by effectively focusing on the dynamic root causes of poverty." -- Wade Channell, Senior Legal Reform Advisor * U.S. Agency for International Development *

Read more less

Book SynopsisMore than Money provides innovators and entrepreneurs with strategies for eradicating poverty in developed and developing countries. Author Paul Godfrey shows how five types of interrelated capital—institutional, human, social, organizational, and physical—can be harnessed to create not just economic value, but also social wellbeing.Trade Review"More than Money provides the readers with one of the most complete lists of the ideas, incentives, and leadership skills needed to enhance personal and social flourishing. Putting them into practice will help eliminate poverty one person at a time." -- Alejandro Chafuen * FORBES *"A fascinating exploration into the definition of self-reliance and capital as they relate to and influence poverty. Godfrey's argument on the multi-faceted nature of poverty provides thought-provoking considerations for philanthropists and social innovators who seek systemic poverty elimination." -- Jessamyn Lau, Program Leader * Peery Foundation *"We can't change the world if we don't first understand it. Godfrey strikes a keen balance between acknowledging the complexity of poverty while pointing to thoughtful solutions. This book is essential reading for those who want their results to be as good as their intentions." -- Joseph Grenny * co-author of Influencer and Crucial Conversations *"Although others have added social capital to the discussion of poverty, Paul Godfrey's innovative five-fold treatment goes well beyond existing theories to provide a remarkably well-grounded framework for future work. This is a highly effective analytical tool for addressing problems of poverty and development. More than Money expands the realm of the discussion beyond mere symptoms by effectively focusing on the dynamic root causes of poverty." -- Wade Channell, Senior Legal Reform Advisor * U.S. Agency for International Development *

Read more less

Book SynopsisTrade Review"Coauthors Orser and Elliott utilize four decades of research to examine the key ingredients that are necessary for women business owners to successfully compete in the marketplace. They also look at the hurdles women have to overcome to change people's perceptions and obtain the resources they need . . . Highly recommended."—P. G. Kishel, CHOICE"Feminine Capital is an essential read for anyone who wants to grow a business or a national economy. It explains why and how we must work together to unleash the full potential of women entrepreneurs as economic engines for sustainable and inclusive prosperity."—Elizabeth A. Vazquez,CEO & Co-Founder,WEConnect International"I highly recommend Feminine Capital, a comprehensive discussion of the state of women-led businesses today. With its engaging and interactive approach, the book will appeal to young women seeking start-up guidance, academics, and professionals guiding business growth. Its focus on business innovation, exporting, and access to capital will unlock the exploding power of today's women entrepreneurs."—Marsha Firestone, Founder & President, Women Presidents' Organization"There is a growing recognition of the powerful role that women entrepreneurs play in contributing to inclusive prosperity. Feminine Capital is a must-read for those who want to understand the new economic landscape. It not only challenges the stereotypes about women-owned businesses, but also offers pragmatic advice on the range of issues confronting entrepreneurs. An indispensable book."— Melanne Verveer, former US Ambassador for Global Women's Issues"This is a book whose time has come. The authors' guidance is spot on; it provides a good blend of touchstone references and new research; and the tools for teaching will serve women well, whether in the classroom or in the office."—Julie R. Weeks, President and CEO, Womenable"Feminine Capital covers an incredible amount of territory. It not only tells women entrepreneurs what they should consider in building and strengthening their businesses, but why."—Patricia G. Greene, Babson College, Co-Founder, Diana Project, and National Academic Director, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses"The authors do a masterful job synthesizing feminist and entrepreneurship theories to show how gender in venture creation plays out. Using deep case studies, they show how feminine capital can become a conscious and deliberate resource. Well researched and appropriate for policy makers, educator, and practitioner alike."—Candida G. Brush, Babson College and co-author of Clearing"This book provides fresh insight into how the intersection between entrepreneurship and feminism is evolving...A thoroughly enjoyable read giving excellent insight and real-life examples into how feminine capital is creating positivity within entrepreneurship."—Leonora Mary Lynch, Gender and EntrepreneurshipTable of ContentsContents and AbstractsIntroduction chapter abstractThe Introduction sets the stage for the book. Feminine capital is defined and positioned within the broader landscape of women's entrepreneurship. The reader is taken on a brief journey to Wolfville, Nova Scotia, a small town in Atlantic Canada, to meet seven feminist entrepreneurs, the women of Wolfville who served as the unexpected source of motivation for this book. All had founded business or social ventures; all spoke about the need for social change. Their commitment to equity through enterprise was inspiring. The chapter then moves forward by outlining the framework of the book, providing a preview of the chapters ahead. It concludes with additional observations by the authors that led to the writing of this book. 1Reframing entrepreneurship chapter abstractChapter 1 debunks misperceptions about female entrepreneurs and explains how expert thinking has contributed to the invisibility of feminine capital. The pervasive nature of stereotypes is discussed and how these unconscious biases help to explain why females are less likely than males to consider venture creation as a career option. The chapter opens with the introduction of five women whose stories are followed throughout the book. After becoming acquainted with these entrepreneurial heroines, readers step back in time to understand how early stereotypes continue to influence the ways in which entrepreneurs are portrayed by academics and the media. Different theoretical perspectives are briefly introduced: neo-classical economics, feminist criticism, liberal, social and entrepreneurial feminism. 2Intention, success and identity chapter abstractChapter 2 gets to the heart of feminine capital by exploring how being female can influence entrepreneurial identity, a building block for enterprise creation. The entrepreneurial identity gap is exposed and discussed. The Entrepreneurial Identity Framework illustrates how identity, success and intention interact as individuals weigh the trade-offs associated with venture creation. This information helps business owners map out how perceptions of success and intention are reflected in their entrepreneurial identity. 3Getting to go chapter abstractChapter 3 describes pathways to venture creation and how women entrepreneurs are 'getting to go.' Motivated by the desire for change—themselves, families and others—women are launching enterprises that align personal values with market opportunities. Readers are presented with four theoretical models: planned strategy, effectuation, family embeddedness and organizational creation. These are illustrated through inspirational stories. The chapter content is then summarized through a gendered matrix of venture creation. Exemplars for each quadrant are provided and this helps to merge theory with practice. 4Enterprise growth chapter abstractChapter 4 explores why some enterprises grow and others do not. Four research-based explanations are presented. Strategies that align founders' expectations with performance are described. A key asset of many successful enterprises is the business model. Innovative business models that fuel enterprise growth are illustrated through three case studies. Many of the enterprises that women start are radically different from traditional, profit-focused ventures. This information can help to broaden the reader's vision of venture creation and guide investment decisions. Learning aids provide tips on defining a suitable growth strategy that fits the reader's business objectives and values. 5Social capital chapter abstractChapter 5 explores the gendered nature of social relationships—the who, what and why of social capital. Readers are introduced to a framework of social capital, centered around the foundational element of trust. Scenarios, reflections and learning aids provide practical advice on building trust and value-added relationships. Research-based insights are provided about the gendered nature and configuration of social networks. Readers are prompted to think about the characteristics of their own social networks so that they can manage their social capital in a strategic way. Different sources of social capital are introduced, including advisory boards, industry and professional associations, informal networks, mentors and friends and family. Special attention is devoted to mentors, because mentoring is a highly effective source of entrepreneurial know-how. Best practices in developing healthy mentoring/protégé relationships are discussed. 6Money matters chapter abstractChapter 6 presents a snapshot of the sources of capital available to aspiring entrepreneurs and how being female is associated with preferences for sources of capital and with success at obtaining financing. Innovative small firm financing strategies are discussed. Four popular myths about money matters are debunked. Diagnostics are then provided to assist readers in assessing their fiscal literacy. Upon completion, readers can match their entrepreneurial intentions with the appropriate types of financial capital. Strategies to increase women entrepreneurs' access to capital are then presented. 7Power in policy chapter abstractChapter 7 describes why it is important for business owners to engage in policymaking and how policies can be used to better support women's entrepreneurship. Scenarios illustrate the implications of gender bias in entrepreneurship policy and programming. These challenges lead to a discussion about gender-based interventions including the relative merits and limitations of mainstream and female-focused small business programming. 8Never underestimate the underestimated woman chapter abstractChapter 8 summarizes the key themes of the book by revisiting feminine capital and entrepreneurial feminism—the foundational concepts advanced in the book—to explain how women's entrepreneurship is changing the ways we think about wealth and power. The paths and outcomes of venture creation are rarely predictable. This is exemplified by the entrepreneurial heroines who are re-introduced in the chapter. Each has sought different goals, faced different challenges, employed different strategies and realized different outcomes. The book closes with a broader discussion about strategies to propel women's entrepreneurship forward.

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

Book SynopsisFrom Social Movement to Moral Market tells the story of the Circuit Riders, a group of activists who helped nonprofit organizations to cross the digital divide, as a way of examining how grassroots movements lay the groundwork for the formation of new markets.Trade Review"McInerney presents a rich qualitative case study that follows the emergence of a market for non-profit technology consulting services . . . This book is written for a sociological audience, for which it builds a valuable theoretical bridge between political and economic sociology by adopting the lens of contemporary social movement theory to explore activists' role in shaping new market opportunities . . . McInerney's account provides a number of novel insights that should prove inspirational to scholars approaching this subject from diverse disciplines."—Mary-Hunter McDonnell, Administrative Science Quarterly"From Social Movement to Moral Market opens the black box of how social movements shape and are shaped by economic institutions . . . The book is a timely addition to current scholarship at the intersection of organizations and social movements that examines important questions about how social values are infused into and alter markets . . .There is much to love about this book. In particular, it is a compelling and rich narrative about the emergence of social enterprise from a social movement and it raises a number of questions that can be an impetus to further research . . . Academic researchers interested in the dynamic relationship between movements and markets will no doubt find this book valuable."—Shon Hiatt and Jake Grandy, Organization Studies"From Social Movement to Moral Market offers a great analysis of how values shape economic institutions, looking at what happens to a market when movement activists enter and try to change it. A strong contribution to the vibrant field of economic sociology."—Fabio Rojas, Indiana University and author of From Black Power to Black Studies: How a Radical Social Movement Became an Academic Discipline"This is an exceptionally engaging account of how the visible hands of activists power the creation of markets. It suggests that the very success of activists in imbuing markets with their values also presages their demise and, thereby, presents an important lesson for all economic sociologists."—Hayagreeva Rao, Atholl McBean Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University"Paul-Brian McInerney demonstrates how market activists resolve the tensions between the demands of the market and the values and morals that give meaning and authenticity to their work. This highly original book serves as a valuable bridge between social movement theory, economic sociology, and technology studies."—Brayden King, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern UniversityTable of Contents From Social Movement to Moral Market: How the Circuit Riders Sparked an IT Revolution and Created a Technology Market Author(s): Paul-Brian McInerney What happens when social movement ideals meet market principles? Based on a three-year ethnography of a technology movement, this book shows how social movements make and shape markets. To illustrate how movements shape markets this book tells the story of the "Circuit Riders," a group of social justice activists dedicated to sparking a technology revolution among grassroots and nonprofit organizations. The movement enrolled and mobilized many activists, growing 10,000 strong in just a few years. But market forces soon derailed the revolution. With the support of multinational corporations, a new organization recognized a nascent market in the wake of the Circuit Rider movement. Called NPower, this social enterprise combined social values, like helping nonprofit organizations and market practices, like charging fees for service and developing complex performance metrics. NPower experienced nearly instant success tapping foundation funding and corporate support to forge a market for technology services in the nonprofit sector. Even in decline, the Circuit Riders continued to shape the market they inadvertently created. By mobilizing open source technologies and offering low-cost technology to those in need, the Circuit Riders became a necessary check on otherwise unfettered market forces. 1 The Circuit Rider Mounts: Establishing Worth and the Birth of a Social Movement Chapter abstract: This chapter discusses the inauspicious roots of the Circuit Rider movement, explaining how early adherents mobilized others by convincing them of the worth of information technology in the nonprofit sector. Mobilization was accomplished through the development and articulation of accounts, i.e., stories about the role of information technology for social change and how to deliver it to nonprofit and grassroots organizations. The movement grew as the Circuit Rider model became established as the movement began to develop a collective identity to mobilize new adherents. As the movement grew, the collective identity expanded to include new actors, who did not meet the original criteria for Circuit Riders. This created a collective identity problem for them as they attempted to balance the need to grow with the need to maintain an authentic definition of their movement. This chapter shows how social movements' appeals to idealism enable mobilization while constraining future movement activities. 2 Organizing for Change: Conferences, Meetings, and the Configuration of Fields Chapter abstract: This chapter discusses the growth of the movement and how decisions about how to organize and construct a collective identity produced unintended consequences that would change the movement's direction dramatically. To spread their accounts of Circuit Riding, leaders put together two sets of meetings: the Riders Roundups, which were designed to articulate a collective identity for the movement in order to enroll new members, and the National Strategy for Nonprofit Technology, which targeted foundations and was intended to secure resources for the movement's growth as well as to institutionalize Circuit Riding. The two sets of meetings highlight a tension in the development of organizational fields between forces of stabilization and those of change. However, their organizing strategy created opportunities for a challenger to gain foothold in the field and led to the conventionalization of a set of practices different from those espoused by the Circuit Riders. 3 Institutional Entrepreneurs Build a Bridge: Connecting Movements and Markets through Social Enterprise Chapter abstract: This chapter describes the rise of a challenger organization, called NPower, that took advantage of transformations in the Circuit Rider social movement to rise in prominence. NPower combined some of the Circuit Riders' social values with market values of technology entrepreneurs into a hybrid organizational form: the social enterprise. The result attracted funding from for-profit companies such as Microsoft as well as other large for-profit technology firms. Materially, these resources allowed NPower to grow rapidly and eventually gain national prominence. Symbolically, the support of for-profit firms provided a different basis for moral legitimacy in the nonprofit technology assistance field, moving the account of worth away from the larger social good and into more narrowly defined economic goods, such as efficiency gains. 4 Walking the Values Tightrope: The Moral Ambivalence of Social Enterprise Chapter abstract: This chapter explains how NPower worked to institutionalize their entrepreneurial approach to nonprofit technology by expanding and replicating their model nationally. This chapter illustrates how organizations translate existing models to local environments while maintaining enough similarity to the original as to be recognizable as such. Here, I present data from a longitudinal organizational ethnography at the NPower office in New York, the first and arguably most successful affiliate of the NPower national expansion. This chapter explains moral ambivalence, the tension created by the entrepreneurial strategy of combining social and economic values. Moral ambivalence forces hybrid organizations, like social enterprises, to appeal to multiple stakeholders simultaneously expanding moral legitimacy. However, such a strategy also makes the organization vulnerable to moral legitimacy challenges from other actors, in this case members of the Circuit Rider movement. 5 The Circuit Riders Respond: Conventions of Coordination as Movements React to Markets Chapter abstract: This chapter shows how competition among groups shapes moral markets. It explains how the Circuit Riders engaged with the new dominant actor in nonprofit technology assistance, NPower. Through successive interactions, new conventions of coordination reduced the uncertainty of interacting in the nonprofit technology assistance market. In response to NPower's growing dominance, some in the Circuit Rider movement mobilized around an alternative platform, free/open source software. The strategy was an attempt to reassert the founding values of the Circuit Rider movement as articulated in technology. Ultimately, the Circuit Riders had limited success in splitting the technology services market. This chapter illustrates how, once institutionalized, organizational forms and practices like social enterprise are difficult to challenge, but also how social movements can create alternative niches for consumers who share their social values. 6 Patterns Worth Noting: Markets Out of Movements Chapter abstract: This chapter draws conclusions about the relationship between social movements and markets, while exploring the practical consequences of the Circuit Riders and nonprofit technology assistance organizations. Theoretically, this chapter explains the process by which accounts become conventions, or soft institutions. In the soft institutions stage, conventions are more easily challenged by alternative accounts. The result is contention in organizational fields over the "rules of the game." Such contention is resolved when actors in the field accept a set of "rules" as appropriate. For moral markets, the "rules of the game" or institutions, are developed through these processes of contention. This chapter outlines how contention over institutions, especially battles over moral legitimacy, imbues markets with moral codes as well as rules of social action. Practically, this chapter demonstrates the positive and negative outcomes of the transformation of the Circuit Riders into a market for technology assistance in the nonprofit sector. Introduction Chapter abstract: This chapter explains how social movements can create moral markets out of their activities and the ambivalence that arises out of such outcomes. When social movements create and shape markets, they attempt to imbue such markets with social values they consider important, such as environmentalism or social justice. But which values eventually take hold? And how? This chapter addresses these questions by explaining three important actions in the creation of markets and movements alike. Establishing worth entails getting actors to recognize the value of one's endeavors. Organizing creates stable relationships and meanings and channels the efforts of others toward achieving collective goals. Coordination is about figuring out appropriate modes of orientation toward other actors.

Read more less

Book SynopsisWhat is now called JCPenney, a fixture of suburban shopping malls, started out as a small-town Main Street store that fused its founder's interests in agriculture, retail business, religion, and philanthropy. This book brings to light the little-known agrarian roots of an American department store chain.Trade ReviewMany American entrepreneurs have obsessed over how to make good use of their wealth. . . . For James Cash Penney, the obsession was farming. As David Delbert Kruger shows, . . . the famed merchant's devotion to his rural roots brought not just commercial success but also meaning in life. . . . [This is] a memorable portrait of an extraordinary capitalist."" - Wall Street Journal

Read more less

Book SynopsisIn the booming early years of the 20th century, few entrepreneurs rivaled Carl Fisher (1874-1939) for sheer energy and imagination. This definitive biography of Fisher, abundantly illustrated and written in an engaging style, captures the headiness of the period.Trade ReviewThe definitive biography of one of the most energetic, versatile entrepreneurs of the early 20th century. In masterminding the development of the Indianapolis Speedway and Miami Beach, Fisher played a major role in teaching adult Americans how to play." - James Crooks, University of North Florida

Read more less

a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

Read more less

Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction ix What is an algorithm? xi Why do algorithms matter? xiv How to get the most from this book xvii 1. Mind over money 3 1. Mindset is fundamental 5 2. Education is crucial 10 3. Understand the broader picture of trading 12 4. Be patient 14 2. School was an education 19 A beacon of decency 21 Out of the fire and into the firing line 22 Expelled for conforming 25 3. Boxing clever 29 The ancient art of the old one-two 32 Box clever and learn 44 4. Trading fate for fortune 47 Taking my second chance 49 Attracted to wealth and enlightened by a liar 51 Buying stock with my bursary 54 5. My call to duty 61 Pursuing any passion unleashes ability 64 Pursuing my call to duty 67 I died a thousand times 70 6. Trust travels 75 Actions speak louder than words 77 What other people think does matter 80 The young entrepreneur 82 Never judge a person by their tracksuit 84 Redline Specialist Cars 86 7. My word is my bond 89 From angry to focused and finding my feet 91 Who is Samuel Leach? 95 8. Finding the you-nique in you 101 Who are you? 103 Trading up your talents 106 How to make the change 108 9. Take risks but never gamble 115 Risk versus gambling 117 Risk profiles 118 Never take a punt on anything 120 Trade to win 122 Take risks patiently 124 10. The rebellious trader 129 Incidents and ethics 131 My own private war on oil 134 And giving to the poor … 137 Settling down and growing up 139 11. Leach Theory 143 Leach Theory 146 Step 1: Choose wisely 147 Step 2: Identify their traits 148 Step 3: Compare the key characteristics 156 Step 4: Make an implementation plan 158 Samuel’s Leach Theory Algorithm 161 12. Feeling uncomfortable 169 Growth lessons from a lobster 171 Looking for the uncomfortable 173 A practical tool for dealing with discomfort 175 Taking the plunge and coming up wealthy 179 Conclusion: Finding your algorithm 181 The Traders’ Challenge 183 Finding your algorithm 185 Index 187

Read more less

Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPrologue: Fulfilling the Promise of the Entrepreneur ix Why PR? xi Part One: Strategy 1 Chapter One: Introduction 2 Chapter Two: Which of the Four Villains Are You? 5 Chapter Three: What is the Attitude You Can Lead With? 13 Chapter Four: Should You Invest in Corporate Headshots? 20 Chapter Five: Why is What You Wear Important? 24 Chapter Six: The Key Considerations for Choosing a PR Agency 28 Chapter Seven: How to Be Seen as an Authority in Your Industry? 34 Chapter Eight: How You Could be Speaking Out? 41 Chapter Nine: Who is Your Secret Army? 46 Chapter Ten: What is ‘Repurposing Content?’ 55 Chapter Eleven: When to Use Your Passion to Promote Yourself? 63 Chapter Twelve: Are You Losing 31% of Sales? 67 Chapter Thirteen: What is The Power of Authenticity? 72 Chapter Fourteen: What is Adjacent Marketing? 82 Chapter Fifteen: How to Talk Money With Investors? 89 Chapter Sixteen: How to Animate Your Audience, Not Your Slides? 95 Chapter Seventeen: LinkedIn Video Tips 101 Chapter Eighteen: You Can Overcome SEO Challenges 106 Chapter Nineteen: Can You Overcome Stage Fright? 114 Chapter Twenty: Do You Have What it Takes to Be a TEDx Speaker? 120 Chapter Twenty One: Self-Publishing 101: The Book Broad Explains Self-Publishing Success 125 Chapter Twenty Two: When Should You Use a Ghost Writer? 133 Chapter Twenty Three: Who Can Run Amazon Ads for You? 141 Chapter Twenty Four: What to Look For in a Virtual Events Platform? 150 Part Two: Tools 155 Chapter One: Introduction 156 Chapter Two: Advertising: Creating Consistency Across Franchise Networks 159 Chapter Three: Media: Bringing Good ‘CARMA’ to Your Sales Funnel Through Proper Measurement and Media Monitoring 166 Chapter Four: Text: Create Better Copy Faster — Without Losing Human Creativity — With This AI Copywriting Tool 172 Chapter Five: Text: AI-Powered Tool Increases Engagement By 12,000% 178 Chapter Six: Text: What if You Don’t Have Time to Write? 184 Chapter Seven: Text: Citation-Rich, SEO-Friendly Content Writer 191 Chapter Eight: Text: Predictive Text Writing Tool 198 Chapter Nine: Social: Mobilise Your Whole Team With Shared Content 205 Chapter Ten: Social: Blockchain-Powered Hashtag Service 212 Chapter Eleven: Social: Engaging the Team With Internal Social Recognition 218 Chapter Twelve: Social: How to Evaluate the Credibility of Content in the Digital Space? 223 Chapter Thirteen: Video: This Free Text-Based Video Editing Application Developed by 4 German Students is Worth Considering for Your Content Production 232 Chapter Fourteen: Video: The Powerpoint of Online Video Creation 237 Chapter Fifteen: Video: ‘Gather Voices’ to Make a Compelling Story 246 Chapter Sixteen: Customer Service: Better Insights From Customer Feedback 251 Chapter Seventeen: Customer Service: AI Software to Analyse Sentiment of Digital Content 257 Part Three: Cases 265 Chapter One: Introduction 266 Chapter Two: Shangri-La and Other Stories 268 Chapter Three: World Rowing and W WF’s Kaufe River Project in Zambia Aims to Provide Clean Water and Help Hone African Rowers 277 Chapter Four: Rolls-Royce is Driving Their PR With Video in Asia 281 Chapter Five: What is the Benefit of Giving Back? 287 Chapter Six: When is a Newswire Service Good for PR? 292 Chapter Seven: Indian Film Festival for Kidz Reaches the World 300 Chapter Eight: How Foreign Brands Can Compete With 60 Million Online Merchants in China? 308 Chapter Nine: Travelling Through the US in an RV, This Entrepreneur Will Take You on a Journey to Financial Freedom 312 Chapter Ten: Why is There no More Kimchi for Korean Media, Instead it’s KakaoTalk and Naver Search? 321 Chapter Eleven: Why a Podcast Could Be Part of Your Strategy? 325 Chapter Twelve: Building an Entrepreneur Ecosystem 330 Conclusion 337 About the Author 339 Guest Directory 340 Bibliography 345 Index 347

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis path-breaking book gathers `best practices’ advice from the masters about how to achieve excellence in entrepreneurship research, how to create an outstanding research career and how to avoid the pitfalls that can sidetrack emerging scholars.Trade Review‘A fascinating attempt to make more explicit the tacit knowledge of leading researchers, journal editors and others. . . Useful index, and relevant for a wide range of management related researchers.’ -- Long Range PlanningTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction 1. In Search of Entrepreneurship Research Excellence: A Person–environment Fit Approach Ronald K. Mitchell, Keith H. Brigham, H. Jackson Walker and Richard N. Dino Keynote Contributors 2. Mindful Scholarship Howard E. Aldrich 3. The Missing Conversation Jay B. Barney 4. Entrepreneurship Research and the Maturation of the Field Michael A. Hitt 5. Challenges we Face as Entrepreneurship Scholars Publishing in Top Journals R. Duane Ireland 6. Entrepreneurship Research: Past, Present and Future Patricia P. McDougall 7. Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Opportunity: Made as Well as Found Sankaran Venkataraman 8. Emerging Themes in Entrepreneurship Research: Editors’ Keynote 2010 Keynote Editors: Candida Brush (ET&P) Michael A. Hitt (SEJ) R. Duane Ireland (AMJ) Dean A. Shepherd (JBV) Mike Wright (JMS) Moderator: Ronald K. Mitchell Comments editor: G. Thomas Lumpkin Editor/Author Session Contributors 9. Academy of Management Journal Editor: R. Duane Ireland Authors: Tom Elfring and Keith M. Hmieleski Moderators: Ronald K. Mitchell and Michael H. Lubatkin Comments Editor: G. Thomas Lumpkin 10. Academy of Management Review Associate Editor: Mason A. Carpenter Authors: Melissa S. Cardon, Jeffery S. McMullen and Dean A. Shepherd Moderators: Ronald K. Mitchell and John F. (Jack) Veiga Comments Editor: G. Thomas Lumpkin 11. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice Editor: Candida Brush Author: Jon C. Carr Moderators: Ronald K. Mitchell and John F. (Jack) Veiga Comments Editor: G. Thomas Lumpkin 12. Journal of Applied Psychology Associate Editor: Jing Zhou Author: Maw-Der Foo Moderators: Ronald K. Mitchell and John E. Mathieu Comments Editor: G. Thomas Lumpkin 13. Journal of Business Venturing Associate Editor: Phillip Phan Authors: Dimo Dimov and William Forster Moderators: Ronald K. Mitchell and John E. Mathieu Comments Editor: G. Thomas Lumpkin 14. Journal of Management Editor: Talya N. Bauer Authors: Hao Zhao, Scott E. Seibert and G. Thomas Lumpkin Moderators: Ronald K. Mitchell and Lucy Gilson Comments Editor: Richard N. Dino 15. Journal of Management Studies Associate Editor: Andrew C. Corbett Authors: J. Michael Haynie, Dean A. Shepherd, Jeffery S. McMullen and James O. Fiet Moderators: Ronald K. Mitchell and Michael Lubatkin Comments Editor: G. Thomas Lumpkin 16. Organization Science Editor: Pamela S. Tolbert Author: Wesley D. Sine Moderators: Ronald K. Mitchell and Lucy Gilson Comments Editor: G. Thomas Lumpkin 17. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal Editor: Michael A. Hitt Authors: Yasemin Y. Kor and Jeffrey J. Reuer Moderators: Ronald K. Mitchell and Elaine Mosakowski Comments Editor: G. Thomas Lumpkin 18. Strategic Management Journal Associate Editor: Joseph T. Mahoney Authors: Elaine Mosakowski and Anne Parmigiani Moderators: Ronald K. Mitchell and Dimo Dimov Comments Editor: G. Thomas Lumpkin Appendices: Conference Context A. Setting the Stage Richard N. Dino, P. Christopher Earley and Ronald K. Mitchell B. Building Your Publishing Career Ronald K. Mitchell C. Worldwide Reach Richard N. Dino D. Where to from Here? Richard N. Dino Exhibits: Background Information Exhibit I. Journal Mission Excerpts Exhibit II. 2009 Conference Schedule in Order of Occurrence References Contributor and Reference Index Subject Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book historicizes entrepreneurship research, its primary thesis being `history matters’.Trade Review’Landstrom and Lohrke's edited collection is an important and timely contribution to the literature on entrepreneurship research. Prior history-orientated titles mainly provide a “nice-to-know” orientation into the developments and landmarks in the history of scholarly conceptualization of entrepreneurial phenomena. This volume, however, also provides very useful accounts of relatively more recent disciplinary and contextual origins and developments of some of the core theoretical and methodological tools that empirical entrepreneurship researchers use today. The book is essential reading for research students and other new entrants to the world of entrepreneurship research.’ -- Per Davidsson, Queensland University of Technology, Australia‘A major contribution to historical research in entrepreneurship. History is a vital link to our understanding of this critical activity, a link that is no longer missing. It is arguable that history provides us the richest body of information that will enable us to understand what entrepreneurs can contribute to social welfare and what is lost from misdirection of their efforts. This book provides an abundance of such important insights.’ -- William J. Baumol, New York University and Princeton University, US‘As a subject of intellectual endeavour, the field of entrepreneurship is booming. This new book presents a significant contribution to our understanding of entrepreneurship by demonstrating the relevance of historical perspectives. Hans Landström and Franz Lohrke have drawn together an influential group of authors who provide an impressive and highly readable series of chapters spanning the historical roots of entrepreneurship research. This is a must read for serious students of entrepreneurship. The contributions should help us avoid reinventing the wheel as well as stimulate future breakthroughs in our theoretical and empirical understanding of the phenomenon of entrepreneurship.’ -- Robert Blackburn, International Small Business Journal‘I am delighted to see what a fine job Hans Landström and Franz Lohrke have done in giving us an historical perspective on the development of empirical research into entrepreneurship. They have recruited a stellar cast of authors and organized their contributions such that it is easy to grasp the intellectual roots of our profession. I believe that graduate students, junior scholars, and even seasoned veterans will benefit from understanding where our “big ideas” come from, so that they may set their own work in historical context. I highly recommend this volume.’ -- Howard Aldrich, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. History Matters in Entrepreneurship Research Franz Lohrke and Hans Landström PART I: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A RESEARCH FIELD 2. Entrepreneurship Research: A History of Scholarly Migration Hans Landström and Mats Benner 3. Entrepreneurship Research: Research Communities and Knowledge Platforms Hans Landström and Olle Persson PART II: INTELLECTUAL ROOTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH Opportunity Recognition 4. Environmental Uncertainty and Firm-level Entrepreneurship Lou Marino, Patrick Kreiser and Anthony Robinson 5. Entrepreneurial Alertness and Opportunity Discovery: Origins, Attributes, Critique Nicolai J. Foss and Peter G. Klein 6. Opportunity Recognition: Evolving Theoretical Perspectives Robert A. Baron 7. The Historical Roots of Entrepreneurial Orientation Research Verona P. Edmond and Johan Wiklund Opportunity Evaluation 8. On the Relevance of Decision-making in Entrepreneurial Decision-making Saras D. Sarasvathy and Henrik Berglund Opportunity Exploitation 9. Only the Good Die Young? A Review of Liability of Newness and Related New Venture Mortality Research Brian Nagy and Franz Lohrke 10. Entrepreneurial Groups Martin Ruef 11. Governance Theory: Origins and Implications for Researching Boards and Governance in Entrepreneurial Firms Jonas Gabrielsson and Morten Huse 12. The Historical Roots of Socio Network Theory in Entrepreneurship Research Sarah Jack and Mary Rose Integrative Works 13. The Psychology of Entrepreneurs: A Self-regulation Perspective Alan R. Johnson and Frédéric Delmar 14. Social Entrepreneurship: A Historical Review and Research Agenda Todd W. Moss, G.T. Lumpkin and Jeremy C. Short PART III: ECONOMIC HISTORY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH 15. Historical Reasoning and the Development of Entrepreneurship Theory R. Daniel Wadhwani 16. Culture, Opportunity and Entrepreneurship in Economic History: The Case of Britain in the Twentieth Century Andrew Godley 17. Industrial Renewal and Entrepreneurship in Sweden: A Structural Cycle Explanation Hans Landström and Lennart Schön 18. Entrepreneurial Capitalism in East Asia: How History Matters David Ahlstrom and Linda C. Wang Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis informative Handbook examines successful women small business owners in both developed and emergent countries around the globe and, in particular, focuses on women entrepreneur success stories.Trade ReviewThis title is a welcome addition to the study of women entrepreneurs and small-business owners, a field that has received little scholarly attention. Given the growth of women-owned businesses around the world, it is a timely publication for scholars and students of international business and entrepreneurship. Policymakers interested in women's small-business ownership, as well as potential or actual women business owners, should also read this book.' --Melissa Guy, Feminist Collections'This collection on successful women entrepreneurs is timely. Entrepreneurship and small business creation and management are vital to tackle the current worldwide economic recession. Various stakeholders - policy-makers, academics, budding entrepreneurs - will find this book of interest. A number of country-level initiatives that serve to support women s entrepreneurship are offered that can work almost anywhere. The focus on successful women entrepreneurs is valuable in showing that women can do it and how they achieved their successes. Readers will find the women's voices reported here to be inspirational.' --Ronald J. Burke, York University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Sandra L. Fielden and Marilyn J. Davidson 2. Australia Glenice Wood 3. Brazil Andrea E. Smith- Hunter 4. Canada Karen D. Hughes 5. China Jonathan M. Scott, Javed Hussain, Richard T. Harrison and Cindy Millman 6. Denmark Suna Løwe Nielsen, Kim Klyver and Majbritt Rostgaard Evald 7. Fiji Gurmeet Singh, Raghuvar Dutt Pathak and Rafia Naz 8. India Tanuja Agarwala 9. Lebanon Dima Jamali and Yusuf Sidani 10. New Zealand Marianne Tremaine and Kate Lewis 11. Pakistan Jawad Syed 12. Portugal Christina Reis 13. Russia Anna Shuvalova 14. South Africa Babita Mathur-Helm 15. Turkey Mine Karataş-Özkan, Gözde İnal and Mustafa F. Özbilgin 16. United Arab Emirates Nnamdi O. Madichie 17. United Kingdom Susan Marlow and Maura McAdam 18. United States of America Mary C. Mattis and Leslie Levin Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisWritten by leading authors, this engaging and topical book demonstrates the importance of entrepreneurship research at a time of turbulent environments as well as highlighting the most recent developments in the field.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Norris Krueger Preface Introduction: Becoming an Entrepreneur and Developing Entrepreneurial Behaviour Paula Kyrö, Odd Jarl Borch, Alain Fayolle and Elisabet Ljunggren PART I: THE PROCESS OF BECOMING AND LEARNING TO BECOME AN ENTREPRENEUR 1. Does Education Matter? The Characteristics and Performance of Businesses Started by Recent University Graduates Colin Mason, Stephen Tagg and Sara Carter 2. Temporal Stability of Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Longitudinal Study Francisco Liñán, Juan C. Rodríguez-Cohard and Joaquín Guzmán 3. Meta Processes of Entrepreneurial and Enterprising Learning: The Dialogue between Cognitive, Conative and Affective Constructs Paula Kyrö, Jaana Seikkula-Leino and Jarkko Mylläri 4. Entrepreneurial Opportunity Identification: The Case of Skype Technologies Rok Stritar and Mateja Drnovšek PART II: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A SOCIAL PROCESS OF BECOMING ENTREPRENEURIAL 5. Heuristic Method: Insights into a Conceptual Understanding of Women’s Entrepreneurship and Social Capital Iiris Aaltio, Paula Kyrö and Elisabeth Sundin 6. Entrepreneurs’ Social Capital Enhancing Performance and Venture Advancement Hannes Ottósson and Thomas Schøtt 7. Structuring the Field of Social Entrepreneurship: A Transatlantic Comparative Approach Sophie Bacq and Frank Janssen PART III: THE PROCESS OF CREATING AND DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEURIAL ORGANIZATIONS 8. Mapping Internationalization Paths of Technology-based SMEs: Cases of Estonian ICT and Biotechnology Companies Kalev Kaarna and Tõnis Mets 9. Exploring Firm Growth as a Process of Creation Tuija Mainela, Vesa Puhakka and Sakari Sipola 10. The Influence of Organizational Characteristics on Intentions of Employees Towards Corporate Entrepreneurship Olga Belousova Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis book examines a range of issues, including the significance of human resource management (HRM) practices to small business success, the management of work hours and work stressors, work and family issues, succession planning, employee recruitment and selection, and managing staff.Trade Review’Cooper and Burke have provided us with fourteen excellent chapters that help fill our knowledge gap regarding the role of human resource management policies and practices in small- and medium-sized enterprises. Cooper and Burke provide an excellent overview chapter that describes the need, importance and scope of the topic and this is followed by thirteen well-orchestrated chapters contributed by international experts. This is a superb book for graduate and undergraduate students in human resource management worldwide, most of whom will end up working in small- and medium-sized enterprises.’ -- Randall S. Schuler, Rutgers University, US’There is no doubt that this volume will deliver considerable value to the reader - be s/he a small entrepreneur, manager, student or teacher. . . It arouses sufficient interest of the reader in underscoring the saliency of people management for competitive advantage even in smaller enterprises.’ -- Debi S. Saini, Vision - the Journal of Business Perspectives’It is a compilation of excellent research, which is a hallmark of the Edward Elgar Publications. . . The book has sound business and economic alignment, excellent diagrammatic representation and case studies and above all, as a book written by academics, is excellently referenced. If HR practitioners are interested in staying abreast of global trends and wish to read material from excellent researchers around the world, they could do a lot worse than consider this book.’ -- Geoffrey N. De Lacy, Australian Human Resource Institute JournalTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Overview of the Book Ronald J. Burke 2. Human Resource Management in Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises: Benefits and Challenges Ronald J. Burke PART II: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS EFFECTIVENESS 3. The Role of Human Capital Factors in Small Business Performance and Success Gary J. Castrogiovanni 4. Alternative Systems of Human Resources Practices and Performance in Small Entrepreneurial Organizations Christopher J. Collins 5. The Human Resource Practices of Small Businesses: An Examination of Performance Implications Andreas Rauch 6. On Learning in High-Performing Small and Medium-sized Businesses and the Relationship to HR Practices Timothy L. Pett and James A. Wolff PART III: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS CHALLENGES 7. Legal Issues Facing Small Businesses and their Owners Michael Troilo and Brad Carson 8. Health and Safety in Small Businesses Sharon Clarke PART IV: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGES 9. Addressing Personal and Family Transitions in Small Businesses: Effective Human Resource Management Practices Kyle Fuschetti and Jeffrey M. Pollack 10. The Challenges for Female Small Business Owners and Managers: A Consideration of the Veterinary Profession Colette Henry, Lorna Treanor and Sarah Baillie 11. Who’s Minding the Kids? Work and Family Issues Among Owners of Small Business Enterprises in Ireland Eileen Drew and Anne Laure Humbert 12. Entrepreneurial Satisfaction: Job Stressors, Coping and Well-being Among Small Business Owner Managers Magnus George and Eleanor Hamilton PART V: IMPROVING HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN SMALL BUSINESSES 13. A Comprehensive Approach to Promoting Justice in SMEs Andrew Noblet and Denise Jepsen 14. E-coaching for Women Small Business Owners and Managers Carianne Hunt and Sandra Fielden 15. WestJet Airlines Ltd: A Case Study of a Successful Business that Highlights HRM and Strategy Gerard H. Seijts Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook provides an empirically rigorous overview of the latest research advances on social entrepreneurship, entrepreneurs and enterprises. It incorporates seventeen original chapters on definitions, concepts, contexts and strategy, including a critical overview and an agenda for future research in social entrepreneurship.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Social Entrepreneurship: A Multicultural and Multidimensional Perspective Alain Fayolle and Harry Matlay PART I: A CONCEPTUAL AND DEFINITIONAL PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2. Social Entrepreneurship: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead Johanna Mair 3. Essay of Clarifications and Definitions of the Related Concepts of Social Enterprise, Social Entrepreneur and Social Entrepreneurship François Brouard and Sophie Larivet 4. Concepts and Realities of Social Enterprise: A European Perspective Jacques Defourny 5. Socially Constructed Opportunities in Social Entrepreneurship: A Structuration Model Giovany Cajaiba-Santana PART II: A CONTEXTUAL PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP 6. Social Entrepreneurship in France: Organizational and Relational Issues Martine Hlady Rispal and Jerome Boncler 7. Sustainable Transborder Business Cooperation in the European Regions: The Importance of Social Entrepreneurship Raymond Saner and Lichia Yiu 8. The Intertwining of Social, Commercial and Public Entrepreneurship Elisabeth Sundin and Malin Tillmar 9. The Promise of Social Franchising as a Model to Achieve Social Goals Thierry Volery and Valerie Hackl 10. Social Entrepreneurs’ Actions in Networks Chantal Hervieux and Marie-France B. Turcotte PART III: A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP 11. Social Entrepreneurs in Non-Profit Organizations: Innovation and Dilemmas Patrick Valéau 12. Innovating for Social Impact: Is Bricolage the Catalyst for Change? Jill Kickul, Mark D. Griffiths and Lisa Gundry 13. A Community-wide Framework for Encouraging Social Entrepreneurship Using the Pipeline of Entrepreneurs and Enterprises Model Thomas S. Lyons and Gregg A. Lichtenstein 14. Considering Social Capital in the Context of Social Entrepreneurship Paul Myers and Teresa Nelson 15. Social Entrepreneurs and Earned Income Opportunities: The Dilemma of Earned Income Pursuit Brett R. Smith, Christopher E. Stevens and Terri F. Barr 16. Ending Essay: Sociality and Economy in Social Entrepreneurship Daniel Hjorth 17. Conclusions, Recommendations and an Agenda for Future Research in Social Entrepreneurship Harry Matlay and Alain Fayolle Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis much-needed book draws together Howard Aldrichâs key contribution to entrepreneurship research over recent decades.Trade Review'Howard Aldrich. . . has been a significant factor in the growing interest in the application of evolutionary approaches to the study of entrepreneurship. . . A collection of his papers, accessible at one place, will naturally be of great interest to researchers and scholars of entrepreneurship. . . the book presents a valuable collection that should provide scholars with a sound base for further research in the application of evolutionary theories to the study of entrepreneurship.' --Vijaya Sherry Chand, The Journal of Entrepreneurship'[T]he collection represents an archive of pioneering pieces that have shaped today's rhetoric in the entrepreneurship space. . . To have a collection that maps the evolution of evolutionary theory, as well as present the genesis of entrepreneurial ventures as social entities, is both useful and practical for any reader.' --J.B. Craig, Academy of Management Learning and EducationTable of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I INTRODUCTION 1. ‘Who Wants to be an Evolutionary Theorist?, Journal of Management Inquiry, 10 (2), 2001, 115–27 PART II THEORY 2. ‘Ethnicity and Entrepreneurship’, Annual Review of Sociology, 16, 1990, 111–35 (with R. Waldinger) 3. ‘The Accidental Entrepreneur: Campbellian Antinomies and Organizational Foundings’, in Joel A.C. Baum and Bill McKelvey (eds), Variations in Organization Science: Essays in Honor of Donald T. Campbell, 1999, 19–33 (with A.L. Kenworthy) 4. ‘Lost in Space, Out of Time: Why and How We Should Study Organizations Comparatively’, in Brayden King, Teppo Felin and David Whetten (eds), Studying Differences Between Organizations: Comparative Approaches to Organizational Research, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 26, 2009, 21–44 5. ‘Beam Me Up, Scott(ie)! Institutional Theorists’ Struggles with the Emergent Nature of Entrepreneurship’, in Wesley D. Sine and Robert J. David (eds), Institutions and Entrepreneurship, Research in the Sociology of Work, 21, 2010, 329–64 PART III SOCIAL NETWORKS 6. ‘Entrepreneurship Through Social Networks’, in Donald Sexton and Raymond Smilor (eds), The Art and Science of Entrepreneurship, 1986, 3–23 (with C. Zimmer) 7. ‘Personal and Extended Networks are Central to the Entrepreneurial Process’, Journal of Business Venturing, 6 (5), 1991, 305–13 (with P. Dubini) 8. ‘Strong Ties, Weak Ties, and Strangers: Do Women Owners Differ from Men in Their Use of Networking to Obtain Assistance?’, in Sue Birley and Ian MacMillan (eds), Entrepreneurship in a Global Context, 1997, 1–25 (with A.B. Elam and P.R. Reese) 9. ‘The Structure of Founding Teams: Homophily, Strong Ties, and Isolation Among U.S. Entrepreneurs’, American Sociological Review, 68 (2), 2003, 195–222 (with M. Ruef and N.M. Carter) 10. ‘Mixing or Matching? The Influence of Voluntary Associations on the Occupational Diversity and Density of Small Business Owners’ Networks’, Work & Occupations, 33 (1), 2006, 42–72 (with A.E. Davis and L.A. Renzulli) 11. ‘Small Worlds, Infinite Possibilities? How Social Networks Affect Entrepreneurial Team Formation and Search’, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 1 (1), 2007, 147–65 (with P.H. Kim) PART IV STRATEGY 12. ‘Even Dwarfs Started Small: Liabilities of Age and Size and Their Strategic Implications’ in Barry Staw and L.L. Cummings (eds), Research in Organizational Behavior, 8, 1986, 165–98 (with E.R. Auster) 13. ‘Resources, Environmental Change, and Survival: Asymmetric Paths of Young Independent and Subsidiary Organizations’, Strategic Management Journal, 32 (5), 2011, 486–509 (with S.W. Bradley, D.A. Shepherd and J. Wiklund) 14. ‘Fools Rush In? The Institutional Context of Industry Creation’, Academy of Management Review, 19 (4), 1994, 645–70 (with C.M. Fiol) 15. ‘The Second Ecology: Creation and Evolution of Organizational Communities’, in Barry Staw and L.L. Cummings (eds), Research in Organizational Behavior, 20, 1998, 267–301 (with C.S. Hunt) 16. ‘Acquiring Competence at a Distance: Application Service Providers as a Hybrid Organizational Form’, The Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 1 (1), 2003, 103–19 (with A. Fortune) PART V GENDER AND FAMILY 17. ‘Invisible Entrepreneurs: The Neglect of Women Business Owners by Mass Media and Scholarly Journals in the USA’, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 9 (3), 1997, 221–38 (with T. Baker and N. Liou) 18. ‘Family Matters: Gender, Networks, and Entrepreneurial Outcomes’, Social Forces, 79 (2), 2000, 523–46 (with L.A. Renzulli and J. Moody) 19. ‘The Pervasive Effects of Family on Entrepreneurship: Toward a Family Embeddedness Perspective’, Journal of Business Venturing, 18 (5), 2003, 573–96 (with J.E. Cliff) PART VI STRATIFICATION AND INEQUALITY 20. ‘Passing on Privilege: Resources Provided by Self-employed Parents to Their Self-employed Children’, in Kevin Leicht (ed), Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 16, 1998, 291–318 (with L.A. Renzulli and N. Langton) 21. ‘A Life Course Perspective on Occupational Inheritance: Self-employed Parents and Their Children’, in Martin Ruef and Michael Lounsbury (eds), The Sociology of Entrepreneurship, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 25, 2007, 33–82 (with P.H. Kim) 22. ‘Access (Not) Denied: The Impact of Financial, Human, and Cultural Capital on Entrepreneurial Entry in the United States’, Small Business Economics, 27, 2006, 5–22 (with P.H. Kim and L.A. Keister) 23. ‘Entrepreneurship and Inequality’, in Lisa A. Keister (ed), Entrepreneurship: Research in the Sociology of Work, 15, 2005, 3–31 (with S. Lippmann and A. Davis) PART VII CONCLUSION 24. Conclusions and Further Reflections

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis insightful volume presents a collection of innovative works by two of the leading researchers of firm growth. Further, the studies investigate the drivers of firm growth and take a critical look at the effects, such as under what circumstances high growth is associated with high profitability.Trade Review‘This collection of articles by an internationally recognized team of authors is a welcome addition to the literature on firm growth. The authors, singly and together, have previously made important contributions with regard to frameworks for understanding growth, as well as cutting-edge empirical research on the actual growth process. In this volume, the authors bring previous research up-to-date, providing a critical look at what has been published in the last decade and offering new theoretically informed insights in how and why firms grow.’ -- Howard Aldrich, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Per Davidsson and Johan Wiklund PART I: EXPLAINING WHY AND HOW MUCH FIRMS GROW 1. Building an Integrative Model of Small Business Growth Johan Wiklund, Holger Patzelt and Dean A. Shepherd 2. Aspiring for, and Achieving Growth: The Moderating Role of Resources and Opportunities Johan Wiklund and Dean A. Shepherd 3. The Effect of Small Business Managers’ Growth Motivation on Firm Growth: A Longitudinal Study Frédéric Delmar and Johan Wiklund PART II: CHANGING THE FIRM GROWTH RESEARCH AGENDA 4. Are We Comparing Apples with Apples or Apples with Oranges? Appropriateness of Knowledge Accumulation Across Growth Studies Dean A. Shepherd and Johan Wiklund 5. Advancing Firm Growth Research: A Focus on Growth Mode Instead of Growth Rate Alexander McKelvie and Johan Wiklund 6. Towards an Integrative Framework for Future Research on Small Firm Growth Per Davidsson, Leona Achtenhagen and Lucia Naldi PART III: A CRITICAL LOOK AT THE GROWTH–PROFIT RELATIONSHIP 7. Growing Profitable or Growing from Profits: Putting the Horse in Front of the Cart? Per Davidsson, Paul Steffens and Jason Fitzsimmons 8. Performance Configurations Over Time: Implications for Growth-and Profit-oriented Strategies Paul Steffens, Per Davidsson and Jason Fitzsimmons PART IV: THEORY-DRIVEN RESEARCH ON SPECIFIC FORMS OF GROWTH 9. Asset Specificity and Behavioral Uncertainty as Moderators of the Sales Growth–Employment Growth Relationship in Emerging Ventures Gaylen N. Chandler, Alexander McKelvie and Per Davidsson 10. Organic and Acquisitive Growth: Re‐examining, Testing and Extending Penrose’s Growth Theory Andy Lockett, Johan Wiklund, Per Davidsson and Sourafel Girma Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis timely book sets social entrepreneurship in a historical context, from its philanthropic beginnings in the Victorian era to the present day, against the backdrop of contemporary global capitalism.Trade Review'. . . this anthology contains much of what social workers and social pedagogues need to know about the rich perspectives of social entrepreneurship.' -- Niels Rosendal Jensen, European Journal of Social Work'. . . the book is a welcome and timely contribution to improving the understanding of social entrepreneurship and the work of social entrepreneurs. The text provides an excellent critical analysis of the dominant economic discourse surrounding social entrepreneurship.' -- Bob Doherty, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and ResearchTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Voices, Preconditions, Contexts Rafael Ziegler PART I: VOICES 2. Return the Lost Water Back to the Continents Michal Kravcik 3. Taking Responsibility: Breaking Away from Hate and Violence Judy Korn 4. Not About the Number of Seats in Parliament: Education for Democracy and its Places Krzysztof Stanowski 5. We Call it Work Philipp Albers and Holm Friebe PART II: PRECONDITIONS 6. Schumpeter’s Full Model of Entrepreneurship: Economic, Non-Economic and Social Entrepreneurship Richard Swedberg 7. The Culture of Management: Self-Interest, Empathy and Emotional Control Eva Illouz 8. Forgotten Antecedents: Entrepreneurship, Ideology and History Rob Boddice PART III: CONTEXTS 9. New Heroes, Old Theories? Toward a Sociological Perspective on Social Entrepreneurship Ion Bogdan Vasi 10. Social Entrepreneurship in the UK: From Rhetoric to Reality? Paola Grenier 11. Entrepreneurship, Sociality and Art: Re-imagining the Public Daniel Hjorth 12. Hope for Sustainable Development: How Social Entrepreneurs Make it Happen Christian Seelos and Johanna Mair Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis timely book presents contemporary research on the key role of entrepreneurship in firm growth and development strategies. The contributors reveal that a high level of entrepreneurial activity contributes to economic growth, innovative activities, competition, job creation and local development.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Thomas M. Cooney 1. Introduction: Entrepreneurship, Growth and Economic Development Mário Raposo, David Smallbone, Károly Balaton and Lilla Hortoványi 2. Are Firm Growth and Performance the Same or Different Concepts in Empirical Entrepreneurship Studies? An Analysis of the Dependent and Independent Variables Niklas Kiviluoto, Malin Brännback and Alan Carsrud 3. Developing and Testing a Typology of Growth Strategies of Entrepreneurial IT Service Firms Olivier Witmeur and Alain Fayolle 4. Understanding the Start-up Funding Process in Venture Capital-backed and Non-venture Capital-backed Firms Teresa Hogan and Elaine Hutson 5. A New Approach to Testing the Effects of Entrepreneurship Education Among Secondary School Pupils Jan Lepoutre, Wouter Van den Berghe, Olivier Tilleuil and Hans Crijns 6. Effects of Regional Human Capital Structure on Business Entry: A Comparison of Independent Start-ups and New Subsidiaries in Different Industries Kenta Ikeuchi and Hiroyuki Okamuro 7. Cross-border Cooperation between Enterprises as a Form of International Entrepreneurship David Smallbone, Mirela Xheneti and Friederike Welter 8. The Entrepreneurship Potential within Swiss Regions: A Comparison Based on Cluster Analysis Katharina Becker, Franz Kronthaler and Kerstin Wagner 9. A Theoretical Model of Competitiveness and its Application in the Hungarian SME Sector László Szerb and József Ulbert 10. The Emergence of a Knowledge-intensive Industry: A Study of the RFID Industry David Finn and Colm O’Gorman 11. Toward a Hermeneutical Methodology for Entrepreneurship Research in a Radical Subjectivist Paradigm Christoph Streb and Vishal Gupta Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook provides an essential analysis of new venture creation research. They reveal a strong sense of both the `state-of-the-art’ (what has and has not been done in new venture creation research) and the `state-of-the-could-be’ (future directions the field should take to improve knowledge).Table of ContentsContents: PART I: SETTING THE AGENDA 1. New Venture Creation Research: From Established Perspectives to New Horizons Kevin Hindle and Kim Klyver 2. Mapping the Landscape of New Venture Creation Research Kevin Hindle and Dhafar Al-Shanfari 3. Who’s Asking the Right Question? Patterns and Diversity in the Literature of New Venture Creation Hans Landström and Fredrik Åström 4. Re-imagining The Achieving Society William B. Gartner PART II: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES 5. Gender and New Venture Creation Siri Terjesen, Amanda Elam and Candida G. Brush 6. Transgressive Knowledge Creation in Entrepreneurship Deborah Blackman and Miguel Imas 7. What Does the Economic Literature Contribute to Understanding New Venture Creation? John Legge 8. Modelling the Innovative New Venturing Process in Terms of Dialectical Systemic Thinking Matjaž Mulej and Miroslav Rebernik 9. Social Networks and New Venture Creation: The Dark Side of Networks Kim Klyver, Majbritt Rostgaard Evald and Kevin Hindle 10. Entrepreneurial Commitment and New Venture Creation: A Conceptual Exploration Alain Fayolle, Olivier Basso and Erno T. Tornikoski PART III: DATA AND MEASUREMENT 11. Are We There Yet? Measurement Challenges in Studying New Ventures Phillip H. Kim and Howard E. Aldrich 12. The New Venture Mortality Myth Jonathan Levie, Gavin Don and Benoît Leleux 13. Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence (CAUSEE): Design, Data Collection and Descriptive Results Per Davidsson, Paul Steffens and Scott Gordon PART IV: NVC THROUGH CONTEXTUAL LENSES 14. Cultural Context as a Moderator of Private Entrepreneurship Investment Behaviour Fredric Kropp, Noel J. Lindsay and Gary Hancock 15. Perceptual Differences and Perceptual Problems in Providing Government Support for New Venture Creation Malin Brännback, Alan L. Carsrud and Jerome A. Katz 16. Entrepreneurship Education and New Venture Creation: A Comprehensive Approach Torben Bager 17. Managing NVC Research in the Institutional Context: An Academic Administrator’s Perspective Patricia G. Greene 18. Creative Artists and Entrepreneurship Jon Sundbo 19. Post-Soviet Societies and New Venture Creation Friederike Welter and David Smallbone Appendix: Distinguishing Entrepreneurship from New Venture Creation Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis path-breaking Handbook analyses the foundations, social desirability, institutions and geography of innovation and entrepreneurship.Trade Review'An essential read for the students of entrepreneurship and for those who wish to pursue an entrepreneurial career in the near future. This handbook can be considered to be a reference point in seeking knowledge about how various aspects of the environment affect the whole dynamics of innovation and therefore entrepreneurship, and how innovation can manifest itself in various forms of social good and social evil.' -- The International Journal of Entrepreneurship & InnovationTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: THE SOCIAL DESIRABILITY OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 1. Invention and Social Entrepreneurship: Social Good and Social Evil William J. Baumol 2. Between Useful and Useless Innovation: The Entrepreneurial Role Israel M. Kirzner 3. Entrepreneurship and Rent-Seeking Behavior Marcus Dejardin 4. Who Values the Status of the Entrepreneur? Mirjam van Praag PART II: INSTITUTIONS, INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 5. Industrial Policy, Entrepreneurship and Growth Philippe Aghion 6. The Role of Patents and Licenses in Securing External Finance for Innovation Dietmar Harhoff 7. Entry Regulation and Firm Entry: Evidence from German Reunification Susanne Prantl 8. Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda 9. The New Argonauts and the Rise of Venture Capital in the ‘Periphery’ AnnaLee Saxenian and Charles F. Sabel 10. Institutional Impact on the Outreach and Profitability of Microfinance Organizations Kathy Fogel, Kevin Lee and William McCumber PART III: KNOWLEDGE, KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS, THE GEOGRAPHY OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND GROWTH 11. Innovation in Cities: Classical and Random Urban Growth Models Gilles Duranton 12. Knowledge Spillovers and the Geography of Innovation – Revisited: A 20 Years’ Perspective on the Field on Geography of Innovation Maryann P. Feldman and Gil Avnimelech 13. Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth: Interdependencies, Irregularities and Regularities Pontus Braunerhjelm 14. New Knowledge: The Driving Force of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Bo Carlsson 15. Innovation, Entrepreneurship and the Search for Knowledge Spillovers Zoltan J. Acs 16. Knowledge Spillover Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth David B. Audretsch and Max Keilbach PART IV: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 17. Startup Firms from Research in US Universities Richard A. Jensen 18. Universities as Research Partners: Entrepreneurial Explorations and Exploitations Albert N. Link and Charles W. Wessner 19. The Rise of University Technology Transfer and Academic Entrepreneurship: Managerial and Policy Implications Donald S. Siegel 20. The Innovator’s Decision: Entrepreneurship versus Technology Transfer Daniel F. Spulber 21. What Do Scientists Think About Commercialization Activities? Werner Bönte PART V: FIRMS AND INNOVATION 22. Small Firms and Innovation Simon C. Parker 23. Start-ups in Innovative Industries: Causes and Effects Michael Fritsch 24. Innovation and the Evolution of Industries: A Tale of Incentives, Knowledge and Needs Uwe Cantner and Marco Guerzoni 25. How Do Young Innovative Companies Innovate? Gabriele Pellegrino, Mariacristina Piva and Marco Vivarelli 26. Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Institutions Erik Stam and Bart Nooteboom 27. The Propensity to Patent an Innovation Comparing Entrepreneurial with Routinized Innovators Alfred Kleinknecht and Gerben van der Panne 28. Business–Public Research Collaborations, Entrepreneurship and Market Orientation: Impact on Innovativeness in Regional Clusters Andreas Eisingerich and Tobias Kretschmer PART VI: THE MAKING OF THE ENTREPRENEUR 29. The Genetics of Entrepreneurship Nicos Nicolaou and Scott Shane 30. Entrepreneurship Education Oliver Falck, Robert Gold and Stephan Heblich Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis comprehensive reference work, written by some of the most eminent academics in the field, contains entries on numerous aspects of entrepreneurship.Trade Review'This is an excellent reference book for academics, public policy planners and practitioners wanting to know more about the vast area of entrepreneurship. . . The World Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship is a great reference work for people who want to know more about the deeper aspects of entrepreneurship and who can critically analyse its various elements. Léo-Paul Dana, the editor, has done a tremendous job. The book is a timely addition to the entrepreneurship literature. . . this volume provides an excellent starting point for students, faculty, policy makers and practitioners to realize the importance of an entrepreneurial mindset.' --Vanessa Ratten, Entrepreneurship and Innovation 'This comprehensive reference work features entries on numerous aspects of entrepreneurship, written by well-qualified academics from around the world. . . Readers will appreciate the contributors' explanations of the application of entrepreneurship in a variety of complex environments.' --P. Judy Li, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Robert Blackburn Preface 1. Business Angels Colin M. Mason 2. Chinese Clan Entrepreneurship David Leong 3. Configuration Approach in Entrepreneurship Research Rainer Harms and Sascha Kraus 4. Criminal Entrepreneurship Petter Gottschalk 5. Defining the Entrepreneur Louis Jacques Filion 6. Economics and Entrepreneurship William J. Baumol 7. Employee Start-ups Andreas Koch 8. Entrepreneurial Decision-making Jean Bonnet, Pascal Cussy and Thomas Brau 9. Entrepreneurial Desirability Yvon Gasse 10. Entrepreneurial Orientation Thomas H. Hawver and Jeffrey M. Pollack 11. Entrepreneurship Education Alain Fayolle 12. Entrepreneurship in the Ethnic Ownership Economy Ivan H. Light 13. Entrepreneurship Policy David B. Audretsch 14. Environment for Entrepreneurship Jean J. Obrecht 15. Ethics and Entrepreneurship Alan E. Singer 16. Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship Léo-Paul Dana and Michael Morris 17. Evolution of Entrepreneurship: Toward Stewardship-based Economics Raymond W.Y. Kao, Rowland R. Kao and Kenneth R. Kao 18. Exit Karl Wennberg 19. Family Business Sascha Kraus and Rainer Harms 20. Feasibility of Entrepreneurship Yvon Gasse 21. Geographic Proximity in Entrepreneurship Udo Staber 22. Global Entrepreneurship and Transnationalism Ivan H. Light 23. Historical Context of Entrepreneurship Mark Casson 24. Hotelier Entrepreneur Kirk Frith 25. Howard Hughes Teresa E. Dana 26. The Hudson’s Bay Company Lynn Ferguson 27. Implicit Theories of Entrepreneurship Jeffrey M. Pollack 28. Indigenous Entrepreneurship as a Function of Cultural Perceptions of Opportunity Léo-Paul Dana and Robert Brent Anderson 29. Interdependent Innovation Adam M. Kleinbaum 30. Intermediated Internationalization Theory Zoltan J. Acs and Siri Terjesen 31. International Entrepreneurship Benjamin M. Oviatt, Vladislav R. Maksimov and Patricia P. McDougall 32. Internationalization of European Entrepreneurs Léo-Paul Dana, Isa Welpe, Vanessa Ratten and Mary Han 33. Involuntary Entrepreneurship Teemu Kautonen, Simon Down, Friederike Welter, Kai Althoff, Jenni Palmroos, Susanne Kolb and Pekka Vainio 34. Islam and Entrepreneurship Wafica Ali Ghoul 35. Learning Business Planning P. Kyrö and M. Niemi 36. Mature-age Entrepreneurship Paull C. Weber and Michael T. Schaper 37. Pastoralism as a Form of Entrepreneurship A. Allan Degen 38. Process Yvon Gasse 39. A Quantum-holographic Approach to the Psychophysiology of Intuitive Action Raymond Trevor Bradley and Dana Tomasino 40. Regional Context of Entrepreneurship Dieter Bögenhold and Uwe Fachinger 41. Religion as an Explanatory Variable for Entrepreneurship Léo-Paul Dana 42. Rural Entrepreneurship Gerard McElwee and Andrew Atherton 43. Schumpeter, Creative Destruction and Entrepreneurship Dieter Bögenhold 44. Self-efficacy Jeffrey M. Pollack 45. Signalling Uschi Backes-Gellner and Arndt Werner 46. Simulation Games Christian Lendner and Jutta Huebscher 47. Small Island Entrepreneurship Godfrey Baldacchino 48. Social Entrepreneurship Ana Maria Peredo 49. Strategy and Entrepreneurship Robert T. Hamilton 50. Teams Leon Schjoedt and Sascha Kraus 51. Ten Percenters: Fast-growth Middle-market Firms in Britain David Storey 52. Territorial Entrepreneurship Pierre-André Julien 53. Third-world Entrepreneurship Peter Kilby 54. Trust and Entrepreneurship Friederike Welter 55. Venture Capital Jeffrey M. Pollack and Thomas H. Hawver Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisTopics include the regional determinants of new business formation, the effects of start-ups on growth, the role of globalization for regional entrepreneurship, the effect of national and regional framework conditions, as well as the role of universities as incubators of innovative new firms.Trade Review'Entrepreneurship can have powerful effects on local as well as national economies. The chapters in this edited volume, authored by well known experts in their fields, explore various aspects of entrepreneurship and regional development. The book provides an illuminating overview of the current state of knowledge while also sharing with the reader several new findings and insights on issues as diverse as globalization, regional employment growth, nascent entrepreneurs, gazelles, labor productivity, government regulations and university entrepreneurship. It is recommended reading for anyone interested in these topics.'- Simon C. Parker, The University of Western Ontario, Canada 'There is substantial evidence regarding the considerable regional variation in business creation. Michael Fritsch has done a fine job of assembling the most recent analyses of the best scholars on the regional factors affecting firm creation and the consequences. It is essential reading for any scholar or policy analyst seeking a state of the art overview of the current empirical status of research on this important topic.'- Paul D. Reynolds, George Washington University, US 'This Handbook examines the contribution of the entrepreneur and related processes to regional economic development. The recognition that the indirect entrepreneurial effects on development are more significant than on the direct is an important and under girding conclusion. And further, that entrepreneurial driven effects are often not felt immediately but in some cases only across decades as illustrated by the over two decade incubation of the entrepreneurial culture in the Silicon Valley which only later resulted in it becoming the dominant icon of scientific and technology regional development that it is today.'- Roger Stough, George Mason University, US 'This volume fills an important gap in the research literature on entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is a localized phenomenon and all too many studies disregard this fact. Thus, the regional economic milieu is a critical factor determining both the volume and type of entrepreneurship but also the effects of entrepreneurship in terms of value added growth, employment growth, etc. The contributions in this book by a number of leading scientists in the field provide an excellent overview and understanding of the prerequisites for and the role of entrepreneurship in regional growth and development.' --- Charlie Karlsson, Jonkoping University, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Role of New Businesses in Regional Development: Introduction and Overview Michael Fritsch 2. Globalization, Entrepreneurship, and the Region David B. Audretsch, Isabel Grilo and A. Roy Thurik 3. Regional Determinants of Entrepreneurial Activities – Theories and Empirical Evidence Rolf Sternberg 4. The Effect of New Business Formation on Regional Employment: Empirical Evidence, Interpretation, and Avenues for Further Research Michael Fritsch 5. Entrepreneurship, Urbanization Economies, and Productivity of European Regions Niels Bosma 6. High-Impact Firms: Gazelles Revisited Zoltan J. Acs 7. Firm Growth, Institutions, and Structural Transformation Magnus Henrekson and Dan Johansson 8. Inadvertent Infrastructure and Regional Entrepreneurship Policy Maryann P. Feldman, Lauren Lanahan and Jennifer M. Miller 9. Universities, Entrepreneurship, and Local Economic Development Thomas Åstebro and Navid Bazzazian Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis indispensable Handbook offers a fresh look at entrepreneurship research, addressing what we already know, and what we still need to know, in the field.Trade ReviewThe burgeoning of interest in entrepreneurship in society has been accompanied by an increase in the scientific base of the field. This Handbook with contributions from world-class researchers, not only reflects this trend but also contributes to the field by pushing forward its intellectual and scientific roots. It groups the contributions into four perspectives and draws upon a broad disciplinary base. Alain Fayolle has edited a very stimulating work that should be read by all those seriously interested in entrepreneurship. --- Robert Blackburn, Kingston University, UK and Editor, International Small Business JournalTable of ContentsContents: 1. What We Know and What We Need to Know in the Field of Entrepreneurship Alain Fayolle PART I: REDESIGNING ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH 2. Organizing Entrepreneurship (Research) William B. Gartner 3. A History of Entrepreneurship Research Hans Landström 4. Entrepreneurship: Theory, Art, and/or Practice? Bengt Johannisson 5. The Landscape of Qualitative Methods in Entrepreneurship: A European Perspective Helle Neergaard PART II: CROSSING THE FIELDS 6. Exploring the Intersection of Gender, Feminism and Entrepreneurship Colette Henry and Susan Marlow 7. Entrepreneurship Education Benson Honig and Bruce Martin 8. Culture and Entrepreneurship: Empirical Evidence for Direct and Indirect Effects James Hayton and Gabriella Cacciotti 9. Family Entrepreneurship: What We Know, What We Need to Know Lucie Bégin and Alain Fayolle PART III: EMBEDDING KNOWLEDGE IN (INSIGHTFUL) CONCEPTS AND DOMAINS 10. Entrepreneurial Orientation: Disposition and Behaviour Brian S. Anderson and Jeffrey G. Covin 11. A Review of Effectuation Stuart Read and Sharon Dolmans 12. Psychology of Entrepreneurial Behavior Kelly G. Shaver 13. Entrepreneurial Finance Mike Wright and Philippe Desbrières PART IV: (RE) EXPLORING (NEW) RESEARCH TOPICS 14. Researching Rural Enterprise Gerard McElwee and Robert Smith 15. Business Incubation and Incubator Mechanisms Sarfraz Mian 16. Illegal Rural Enterprise Gerard McElwee, Robert Smith and Peter Somerville 17. Revisiting Entrepreneurship Research from a Decision Making Perspective Saulo Dubard Barbosa Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisBuilding on a variety of contrasting perspectives, this book focuses on the connection between university spin-offs and regional economic development. It aptly captures the diverse range of concepts relating to the main participants in the process of university spin-offs, reflecting on their roles and how these may have changed.Trade Review‘In this timely and important book, the author brings the full weight of her erudition to bear on the spatial and economic implications of academic entrepreneurship. She systematically explains the formation of university spinoff companies and their role in the commercialization of university technology and wealth creation across the globe. This book is a “must read” for scholars of innovation and entrepreneurship and government officials who formulate and implement public policies relating to innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic development.’ -- Donald Siegel, Arizona State University, US‘Helen Lawton-Smith’s incisive analysis of the economic, political, social and geographical perspectives by which university spin-offs have been studied provides deep insights into their potential contribution to positive regional development. The Geography of Academic Entrepreneurship is a must-read for academics, researchers, doctoral students and policy-makers interested in the interdependencies between university spin-offs and the region.’ -- Claire Leitch, Lancaster University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Defining spin-offs and data collection 3. Academic and student entrepreneurs 4. Universities, technology transfer offices, institutional structures and spin-offs 5. What university spin-offs do 6. Growth trajectories, life-cycle issues, survival and the region 7. Spin-off firms and the region 8. Conclusions and policy implications References Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisWhile creativity and entrepreneurship may appear to be unlikely allies, they are increasingly intersecting to produce economic and social value in new and exciting ways.Trade ReviewIn recent years, we've seen a proliferation of "support tools" for thinking, decision-making, learning, creativity, collaboration, and performance. Creativity and Entrepreneurship launches discussions toward a much-needed synthesis. Wake Forest University's implementation of entrepreneurship theory and action beyond and despite disciplinary borders provides a richly networked context to foment the discussions. The provocative essays in this collection will cast a new a set of tools to make us sing and help us thrive. --Carol Strohecker, UNC School of the Arts, Winston-Salem State University and the Center for for Design InnovationThis is a timely book that establishes the imperative for advancing creativity and entrepreneurship in the 21st century, not just for economic development, but more importantly, for social and moral growth. The book demonstrates the transformative possibilities of embedding creative practice and interdisciplinary exploration in our schools, businesses, and communities. But, the authors also acknowledge the institutional challenges and constraints that often stand in the way of creative entrepreneurs. With a clarion call for better research and more sophisticated theories, Creativity and Entrepreneurship suggests we might be able to make radical changes in some of our most crucial public arenas - education, medicine, politics and more. --Steven J. Tepper, Vanderbilt UniversityCreativity and Entrepreneurship speaks to an experiment in which we are all today participating - in academia, in research, in commercial enterprise and in culture. Moving beyond traditional borders, sometimes because we must and other times simply because we can, we have the chance to learn, to discover, and occasionally to reinvent the world. We have not quite created a language for all of this, a perfectly rational way of articulating what it means to think and act and collaborate beyond borders, and that may be worth a little celebration. Certainly it makes this book that Lynn Book and David Phillips have brought to us, fresh, original, and absolutely worth reading. --David Edwards, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Lynn Book and David P. Phillips PART I: REIMAGINING HIGHER EDUCATION: CREATIVE EXPERIMENTS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING 1. Creativity in the Liberal Arts Lynn Book 2. Academic Intellectual Entrepreneurs Liora Bresler 3. Natural History Meets Personal History Heidi LaMoreaux 4. Social Entrepreneurship as Change Agent in the Academy David P. Phillips PART II: DISCIPLINARY IMMIGRANTS: STRATEGIES IN CREATIVE PROCESS AND PRACTICE 5. Worldplay as Creative Practice and Educational Strategy Michele Root-Bernstein 6. Sharing Creativity through the Mirror Neuron System Glenna Batson 7. How to Make an Entrepreneur Carolyn D. Roark, Kevin Daum and Mary Abrahams 8. Success and Failure on Innovative Group Projects Beth Altringer 9. Interdisciplinarity, Critical Inquiry and the Art/Science Interface Andrew S. Yang PART III: PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND THE DUTY OF IMAGINATION 10. Teaching Interdisciplinarity, Creativity and Innovation in Business Communication for a Global Marketplace Marilyn S. Sarow and Bonnye E. Stuart 11. Overcoming Obstacles to Creativity in Geographically Fragmented Environments Dwayne W. Godwin, Walter Wiggins, Satoru Hayasaka, Paul Laurienti and Jennifer Stapleton-Kotloski 12. Creative Citizenry in the Age of Information and Communication Technologies Musetta Durkee 13. The Empathy Imperative Lyndon Rego and Philipp Essl 14. Training the Next Generation of Social Entrepreneurs Scott Sherman Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisThis much-needed book draws together Howard Aldrichâs key contribution to entrepreneurship research over recent decades.Trade Review'Howard Aldrich. . . has been a significant factor in the growing interest in the application of evolutionary approaches to the study of entrepreneurship. . . A collection of his papers, accessible at one place, will naturally be of great interest to researchers and scholars of entrepreneurship. . . the book presents a valuable collection that should provide scholars with a sound base for further research in the application of evolutionary theories to the study of entrepreneurship.' --Vijaya Sherry Chand, The Journal of Entrepreneurship'[T]he collection represents an archive of pioneering pieces that have shaped today's rhetoric in the entrepreneurship space. . . To have a collection that maps the evolution of evolutionary theory, as well as present the genesis of entrepreneurial ventures as social entities, is both useful and practical for any reader.' --J.B. Craig, Academy of Management Learning and EducationTable of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I INTRODUCTION 1. ‘Who Wants to be an Evolutionary Theorist?, Journal of Management Inquiry, 10 (2), 2001, 115–27 PART II THEORY 2. ‘Ethnicity and Entrepreneurship’, Annual Review of Sociology, 16, 1990, 111–35 (with R. Waldinger) 3. ‘The Accidental Entrepreneur: Campbellian Antinomies and Organizational Foundings’, in Joel A.C. Baum and Bill McKelvey (eds), Variations in Organization Science: Essays in Honor of Donald T. Campbell, 1999, 19–33 (with A.L. Kenworthy) 4. ‘Lost in Space, Out of Time: Why and How We Should Study Organizations Comparatively’, in Brayden King, Teppo Felin and David Whetten (eds), Studying Differences Between Organizations: Comparative Approaches to Organizational Research, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 26, 2009, 21–44 5. ‘Beam Me Up, Scott(ie)! Institutional Theorists’ Struggles with the Emergent Nature of Entrepreneurship’, in Wesley D. Sine and Robert J. David (eds), Institutions and Entrepreneurship, Research in the Sociology of Work, 21, 2010, 329–64 PART III SOCIAL NETWORKS 6. ‘Entrepreneurship Through Social Networks’, in Donald Sexton and Raymond Smilor (eds), The Art and Science of Entrepreneurship, 1986, 3–23 (with C. Zimmer) 7. ‘Personal and Extended Networks are Central to the Entrepreneurial Process’, Journal of Business Venturing, 6 (5), 1991, 305–13 (with P. Dubini) 8. ‘Strong Ties, Weak Ties, and Strangers: Do Women Owners Differ from Men in Their Use of Networking to Obtain Assistance?’, in Sue Birley and Ian MacMillan (eds), Entrepreneurship in a Global Context, 1997, 1–25 (with A.B. Elam and P.R. Reese) 9. ‘The Structure of Founding Teams: Homophily, Strong Ties, and Isolation Among U.S. Entrepreneurs’, American Sociological Review, 68 (2), 2003, 195–222 (with M. Ruef and N.M. Carter) 10. ‘Mixing or Matching? The Influence of Voluntary Associations on the Occupational Diversity and Density of Small Business Owners’ Networks’, Work & Occupations, 33 (1), 2006, 42–72 (with A.E. Davis and L.A. Renzulli) 11. ‘Small Worlds, Infinite Possibilities? How Social Networks Affect Entrepreneurial Team Formation and Search’, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 1 (1), 2007, 147–65 (with P.H. Kim) PART IV STRATEGY 12. ‘Even Dwarfs Started Small: Liabilities of Age and Size and Their Strategic Implications’ in Barry Staw and L.L. Cummings (eds), Research in Organizational Behavior, 8, 1986, 165–98 (with E.R. Auster) 13. ‘Resources, Environmental Change, and Survival: Asymmetric Paths of Young Independent and Subsidiary Organizations’, Strategic Management Journal, 32 (5), 2011, 486–509 (with S.W. Bradley, D.A. Shepherd and J. Wiklund) 14. ‘Fools Rush In? The Institutional Context of Industry Creation’, Academy of Management Review, 19 (4), 1994, 645–70 (with C.M. Fiol) 15. ‘The Second Ecology: Creation and Evolution of Organizational Communities’, in Barry Staw and L.L. Cummings (eds), Research in Organizational Behavior, 20, 1998, 267–301 (with C.S. Hunt) 16. ‘Acquiring Competence at a Distance: Application Service Providers as a Hybrid Organizational Form’, The Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 1 (1), 2003, 103–19 (with A. Fortune) PART V GENDER AND FAMILY 17. ‘Invisible Entrepreneurs: The Neglect of Women Business Owners by Mass Media and Scholarly Journals in the USA’, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 9 (3), 1997, 221–38 (with T. Baker and N. Liou) 18. ‘Family Matters: Gender, Networks, and Entrepreneurial Outcomes’, Social Forces, 79 (2), 2000, 523–46 (with L.A. Renzulli and J. Moody) 19. ‘The Pervasive Effects of Family on Entrepreneurship: Toward a Family Embeddedness Perspective’, Journal of Business Venturing, 18 (5), 2003, 573–96 (with J.E. Cliff) PART VI STRATIFICATION AND INEQUALITY 20. ‘Passing on Privilege: Resources Provided by Self-employed Parents to Their Self-employed Children’, in Kevin Leicht (ed), Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 16, 1998, 291–318 (with L.A. Renzulli and N. Langton) 21. ‘A Life Course Perspective on Occupational Inheritance: Self-employed Parents and Their Children’, in Martin Ruef and Michael Lounsbury (eds), The Sociology of Entrepreneurship, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 25, 2007, 33–82 (with P.H. Kim) 22. ‘Access (Not) Denied: The Impact of Financial, Human, and Cultural Capital on Entrepreneurial Entry in the United States’, Small Business Economics, 27, 2006, 5–22 (with P.H. Kim and L.A. Keister) 23. ‘Entrepreneurship and Inequality’, in Lisa A. Keister (ed), Entrepreneurship: Research in the Sociology of Work, 15, 2005, 3–31 (with S. Lippmann and A. Davis) PART VII CONCLUSION 24. Conclusions and Further Reflections

Read more less

Book SynopsisIn the constant challenge economies face to grow and adapt, entrepreneurship and innovation are considered key factors. This impressive book shows the complementary and decisive role that education, access to an efficient financial system, and regulation may have in creating an entrepreneurial society.Trade ReviewThe concept of the ''entrepreneurial economy'' stems from the widespread belief that entrepreneurship is perhaps the most important and scarcest input factor of modern highly developed economies. This has resulted in a multitude of studies on the drivers and consequences of entrepreneurship in its many manifestations. Less is known about how entrepreneurship interlinks with modern institutions and policy aims such as education, finance, regulation, and the struggle with crises. The present volume fills this gap in our understanding of the ''entrepreneurial economy''. It shows that the concept of the ''entrepreneurial economy'' is so broad that ''entrepreneurial society'' is the better term. - --Roy Thurik, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Toward the Entrepreneurial Society Jean Bonnet, Marcus Dejardin and Antonia Madrid-Guijarro PART I: ENTREPRENEURIAL MOTIVES, EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE 1. The Results of Education in University: Does it Foster Students’ Propensity Towards Entrepreneurial Careers? José Luis Vázquez, Ana Lanero, Pablo Gutiérrez and Maria Purificación García 2. Methodological Proposal for Determining Entrepreneurial Competencies from the Entrepreneurship Education Approach José A. Porras, Guadalupe Oliveras and Hernán P. Vigier 3. The Decision to Become an Entrepreneur: A Cognitive Perspective Alicia Rubio Bañón, Antonio Aragón Sánchez and Paula Sastre Vivaracho 4. Innovative Entrepreneurship as a Way to Meet Professional Dissatisfactions Jean Bonnet, Thomas Brau and Antonia Madrid-Guijarro PART II: ENTREPRENEURIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND INNOVATION 5. Does Innovation Contribute to Sustainability or Not? Luísa Carvalho and Teresa Costa 6. Barriers to Innovation in Mexican Manufacturing Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: An Empirical Study Gonzalo Maldonado Guzmán, María del Carmen Martínez Serna, Domingo García Pérez de Lema and Antonia Madrid-Guijarro 7. Uncertainty and Vertical Cooperation in R&D: The Case of Monopoly Mathilde Aubry 8. Which are the Determinant Factors for Manufacturing Firms to Undertake R&D Activities in Spain and the United Kingdom? Mariluz Mate-Sanchez-Val and Richard Harris 9. Creative Problem Solving Method in Organizational Innovation Fernando Cardoso Sousa, Ileana Pardal Monteiro and Antonio Juan Briones Peñalver PART III: ENTREPRENEURSHIP, FINANCE AND CRISIS 10. Venture Capital in Spain: An Analysis of Financial Contracts M. Camino Ramón-Llorens and Ginés Hernández-Cánovas 11. The Use of Banking Debt by New French Firms: The Lessons of Financial Theory Françoise Bastié, Sylvie Cieply and Pascal Cussy 12. Does the Regional Dimension Matter as Regards Finance and Entrepreneurship? Jean Bonnet, Sylvie Cieply and Marcus Dejardin 13. Obstacles Involved in the Business Creation Process and How They Have Evolved: The Case of the Region of Murcia Antonio García Sánchez and Andrés Sánchez Cerón 14. The Entrepreneurial Experience of Small and Medium Sized Firms in Times of Crisis: Empirical Evidence from Catalonia, Spain Pere Segarra, Eleni Papaoikonomou and Xiaoni Li PART IV: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND REGULATION 15. Under What Conditions Can a Regulation Become a Source of Entrepreneurial Opportunities? Amélie Jacquemin and Frank Janssen 16. How Diverse is Entrepreneurship? Observations on the Social Heterogeneity of Self-Employment in Germany Dieter Bögenhold and Uwe Fachinger 17. Employer Enterprises in Portugal: Size Distribution Dynamics Elsa de Morais Sarmento and Alcina Nunes 18. Business Demography Dynamics in Portugal: A Non-Parametric Survival Analysis Alcina Nunes and Elsa de Morais Sarmento 19. Understanding the Entrepreneurial Society: Some Concluding Comments on a Work in Progress Jean Bonnet, Marcus Dejardin, Antonia Madrid-Guijarro Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisAn insightful exploration of globalism, trade, and economics As the world grows increasingly connected, globalization becomes an increasingly complex paradigm to manage. Managing Globalization in the Age of Interdependence presents a complete study of globalization as both a phenomenon and a business model, and provides practical guidance for moving forward amidst economic uncertainty. Global trade is examined in the context of differing ideologies, varying strengths of leadership, different economic realities, as well as from the purely academic sense through a discussion about the convergence of the supply-side and the demand-side.

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book SynopsisTrade Review’A must-have for teachers of entrepreneurship. How insightful to see topics ranging from entrepreneurship in rural regions to entrepreneurship in MBA programs and special topics on ideation, service learning, and the arts as well as women entrepreneurs as “superwomen”. Finally, many will be delighted at the number of “best practices” articles connecting entrepreneurship education to film, social enterprise and various experiential platforms while concluding with the impact of COVID-19 on the field.’ -- Timothy S. Mescon, AACSB, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface: Entrepreneurship education: What is it we need to know? Charles H. Matthews, Eric W. Liguori, and Susana C. Santos PART I: LEADING EDGE RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES 1. What I have learned about teaching entrepreneurship: perspectives of five master educators Dan Cohen, Paul Jones, Jerry Katz, Jeff Pollack, and Rebecca White 2. Doctoral programs in entrepreneurship James Fiet 3. Spaces for entrepreneurship education: a new campus arms race? Luke Pittaway 4. Ideation techniques and applications to entrepreneurship Lee Zane and Andrew Zimbroff 5. Effectively introducing effectuation into the MBA curriculum Birton Cowden, Mark Hiatt, James Swaim, and Gregory Quinet 6. “Aha, so that’s how you see it!”: experiences of using a visual exercise when exploring students’ contemporary meaning of entrepreneurship Katarina Ellborg 7. A model to increase the impact of student consulting projects in rural communities Dennis Barber III, Michael Harris, and Sharon Paynter 8. Experience, knowledge and performance in entrepreneurship education: proposing a dynamic learning model Sílvia F. Costa and Arjan Frederiks 9. Entrepreneurial ecosystem builders: philanthropy, entrepreneurs, universities, and communities working together 10. Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Builders: Philanthropy, Entrepreneurs, Universities, and Communities Working Collaboratively Deborah Hoover 11. Impact of entrepreneurship education: a review of the past, overview of the present, and a glimpse of future trends Michela Loi and Alain Fayolle 12. Cross-campus entrepreneurship through a general education strategy Anthony Mendes, Jeffrey Hornsby, and Andrew Heise 13. Entrepreneurship education in Australia Alex Maritz, Colin Jones, Dennis Foley, Saskia De Klerk, Bronwyn Eager, Quan Nguyen 14. Donning their capes: women entrepreneurship students emerge as superwomen Sara Cochran 15. A service-learning approach to entrepreneurship education, student job creation, and new venture incubation Jeremy Woods and Peter M.W. Burley 16. Difference makers for college-readiness William Resisel and Robert Fanuzzi 17. The art of teaching arts entrepreneurship Caroline Vanevenhoven and Jeff Vanevenhoven PART II: MODEL UNIVERSITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMS 18. Florida State University Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship Susan Fiorito and Wendy Plant 19. The Georgetown University Entrepreneurship Initiative Jeff Reid 20. Iona College Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Christoph Winkler, Lendynette Pacheco-Jorge, and Jarlyne Batista Monzon 21. Millikin University Center for Entrepreneurship Julienne Shields 22. University of Missouri Kansas City Regnier Institute Jeff Hornsby, Anthony Mendes, and Andrew Heise PART III: BEST PRACTICE INNOVATIONS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM 23. Are you the one? a game for encouraging classroom diversity Shelby Solomon and Otis Solomon Jr. 24. Assume less, observe more: the toothbrush design challenge Doan Winkel, Justin Wilcox, and Federico Mammano 25. The small enterprise education & development (SEED) program Daniel Holland and Michael Glauser 26. What does entrepreneurship mean to you? using “implicit entrepreneurship theory” in the classroom William Gartner, Katarina Ellborg, and Tina Kiefer 27. Scale-up, scale-back: an experiential exercise in scaling James Hart 28. Entrepreneurship finance over coffee Pedro Tonhozi de Oliveira and Whitney Peake 29. Using interactive video vignettes to teach customer discovery Michael Dominik and Daniel Cliver 30. The technology commercialization academy: fueling student startups Bruce Teague and Yanxin Liu 31. Film as an experiential medium: entrepreneurship education through Door to Door Jeff Vanevenhoven, Josh Bendickson, Eric Liguori, and Andrew Bunoza 32. Developing a strategic (entrepreneurship) mindset in engineering graduates Robert Fleming 33. Entrepreneurship education and the arts: designing a commercial music production major and entrepreneurship minor Thomas Haines and Charles H. Matthews 34. Weaver’s Social Enterprise Directory: a tool for teaching social enterprise and entrepreneurship Rasheda Weaver, Maimouna Mbacke, and Katie Gallagher 35. Implementing data analytics into the entrepreneurship curriculum: a course overview Xaver Neumeyer 36. Rapidly responding to the COVID-19 pandemic impact on small businesses: the GetVirtual local business assistance course at UC Santa Cruz Nada Miljković and Robert D’Intino Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisTrade Review'Student-run ventures, such as found at Millikin University, may be the optimal way to teach developing entrepreneurship. As you will see in this book, students go beyond work in the classroom and gain first-hand knowledge of how to act entrepreneurially. This book offers clear insight into a myriad of student-run ventures and has the potential to influence the broader field of entrepreneurship education.' -- - James D. Hart, Southern Methodist University, US'Entrepreneurship in Action: The Power of Student-Run Ventures is a much-needed addition to the field of entrepreneurship education by giving concrete examples and steps of how to empower our students best to take the proverbial plunge into entrepreneurship.' -- - Christoph Winkler, Iona College, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword ix PART I CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES ON STUDENT-RUN VENTURES 1 Entrepreneurship in action: the power of the student-run venture 2 Mark Tonelli 2 Student-run ventures and interdisciplinary entrepreneurship education 7 Eric Liguori and Lee Zane 3 Creating a culture for student-run ventures 12 Julienne Shields 4 Role clarity in SRVs: students, faculty, and administrators 25 Julienne Shields, Eric Liguori, and Mark Tonelli 5 Student-run venture outcomes 35 Julienne Shields and Mark Tonelli 6 The Millikin University SRV model: frequently asked questions 42 Julienne Shields and Mark Tonelli 7 Reacting to crisis: how student-run ventures pivoted following the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic 53 Mark Tonelli PART II STUDENT-RUN VENTURE CASE SUMMARIES 8 Pipe Dreams Studio Theatre 63 Sara Theis 9 Art Circus 77 Dave Burdick 10 Blue Satellite Press 88 Stephen Frech 11 MU Performance Consulting 104 RJ Podeschi 12 Blue Connection Art Gallery 116 Kate Flemming 13 Arts Café 133 Mark Tonelli Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisTrade Review‘This book provides a thorough, scientific discussion of innovation and entrepreneurship, and then applies it in new and important ways to the healthcare industry. It will help both healthcare scholars and professionals to understand the ways in which the industry can and should be managed, to optimally deal with 21st century challenges.’ -- Killian J. McCarthy, University of Groningen, the Netherlands‘For anyone interested in engaging in change, leadership and creating value in health care, this book is a must read. Claudine Kearney provides a thoughtful, interesting focused innovative approach to a most relevant topic today how to implement innovative leadership and an organizational approach to better healthcare all over the world.’ -- Robert D. Hisrich, Kent State University, US‘This book distills today and tomorrow’s complex challenges into a practical decision-making framework that informs thinking about innovation and entrepreneurship in healthcare. I am particularly impressed by the range of insights spanning strategy, leadership, team management, challenges facing women, and human capital. The coverage is pragmatic and comprehensive, helping the reader to recognize and avoid their own common biases, and takes them by the hand to make better decisions. I highly recommend this book for all health care professionals!’ -- Donald Bergh, University of Denver, US‘Caring for the health and wellbeing of all is fundamental to human society – from the new-born to the person dying. Responding with compassion, courage and creativity to this challenge is becoming more pressing as we face global pandemics, aging populations, patterns of multiple morbidities and huge shortages worldwide in health and social care staff. This book is crammed with wisdom and insight about how we create the conditions to unleash the creativity, innovation and compassion of all those who work in health and social care.’ -- Michael West, CBE, Lancaster University, UK‘Look no further than this book if you are interested in learning more about leading change and creating new value within the field of healthcare. Dr. Claudine Kearney provides thoughtful, expert guidance into a vital and timely topic – the criticality of innovative leadership and an entrepreneurial orientation to improve healthcare outcomes around the world.’ -- William Wales, University at Albany, SUNY, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I MEANING AND NATURE OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN HEALTHCARE 1. Understanding creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship in healthcare PART II DEVELOPING INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN HEALTHCARE: A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE 2. Developing innovation in healthcare 3. Strategic perspective: integration of innovation and entrepreneurship in healthcare 4. Corporate entrepreneurship, well-being, resilience and positive psychology in healthcare PART III LEADING INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DESIGN THINKING IN HEALTHCARE 5. Leadership and its impact on innovation and entrepreneurship in healthcare 6. Innovation and entrepreneurship among individuals and teams in healthcare 7. Understanding and leading design thinking in healthcare PART IV MAKING IT ALL HAPPEN: A FUTURE-ORIENTED MINDSET 8. Women in leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship in healthcare 9 Human capital and the future impact of innovation and entrepreneurship on key stakeholders 10. The future of innovation and entrepreneurship in healthcare References Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisTrade Review'Based on 15 case studies of innovative business families from North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania, Dita and Sanjay Sharma have distilled practical lessons on how to establish and transform family businesses for long-term success in an ever changing business environment where sustainability issues are increasingly important. An excellent contribution to the world of family businesses.'/i> -- Thomas Schmidheiny and Dieter Spälti, Indian School of Business, India'We tend to celebrate family businesses for their dedication to their values and purpose. However, we cannot just assume that sustainable development strategies are in-built for family enterprises. They require vision and champions to have a real impact. Nothing is more inspiring than to see such strategies in action which is why you will thoroughly enjoy this book and its global case studies. It provides us with a much-needed foundation for this conversation both academically and practically.' -- Ramia El Agamy, Editor-in-Chief of Tharawat Magazine, Host of The Family Business Voice'This book is a treasure trove of inspiration and wisdom for any family interested in responsible ownership. Its breadth and depth of knowledge is quite extraordinary. Best practice from decades of experience is distilled between its covers.' -- Andrew Wates, Past Chairman, Wates Family Holdings, UK; Inaugural Chair, Polaris Committee, Family Business NetworkTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Pioneering business families committed to sustainable development 2 Pramodita Sharma and Sanjay Sharma PART II DESIGNED FOR SUSTAINABILITY 2 Sustainability comes naturally: Rocky Mountain Soap Company, a purpose-driven family business 52 Pramodita Sharma, Sanjay Sharma and Alexa Steiner 3 Supreme Creations and Wings of Hope: A symbiotic care of environment and society 76 Pramodita Sharma, Sanjay Sharma and Alyssa Schuetz 4 Biofilter: A Hungarian champion for the circular economy and stakeholder capitalism 99 Caroline Seow and Maria José Parada PART III TRANSFORMED FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 5 The evolution of a sustainable energy family business: The case of Thermax 125 Kavil Ramachandran and Yashodhara Basuthakur 6 Kemin Industries: A sustainable future in focus 151 Justin B. Craig and Gary Bowman 7 Social capital as a pathway to sustainability at State Garden 175 Pramodita Sharma and Rocki-Lee DeWitt 8 Griffith Foods: Nourishing the world 203 Stuart L. Hart 9 Royal Van Wijhe Coatings: Sustainability over four generations 234 Judith van Helvert and Rosemarie Steenbeek 10 GMA Garnet’s circular economy: Jebsen & Jessen’s leadership in environmental sustainability 252 Marta Widz and Vanina Farber 11 Tahbilk: A fifth-generation Australian family wine business’s journey to sustainability 277 Michael Browne, Chris Graves and Francesco Barbera PART IV INSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABILITY 12 The role of family values in institutional change toward sustainability in the Bordeaux wine industry 304 Sanjay Sharma, Tatiana Bouzdine-Chameeva and Joerg S. Hofstetter 13 The Wallenberg family of Sweden: Sustainable business development since 1856 336 Sarah Jack and Mattias Nordqvist Index

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less

Book SynopsisTrade Review‘Cases are a slice of life that offer a mirror into the life and work of a family enterprise. As the world changes so deeply these cases help us understand the unique ways that families are responding to the current time of crisis and upheaval. Incredible stories!' -- Dennis Jaffe, BanyanGlobal Family Business Advisors‘This very impressive volume contains extraordinarily useful case studies that address key challenges that face family businesses today. The authors generously share their academic expertise and blend it with up to date stories based on real life experience from family businesses across the world. As an editor of the first STEP Project book published in 2010, I can highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in understanding successful family enterprising.’ -- Mattias Nordqvist, Stockholm School of Economics, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Pramodita Sharma xvii Foreword by Daniel Trimarchi xix About the STEP Project Global Consortium xxi Acknowledgments xxiii 1 Family firms across the world: succession and governance in a disruptive era 1 Nupur Pavan Bang, Georges Samara, Rodrigo Basco, Andrea Calabrò, Jeremy Cheng, Luis Díaz-Matajira and Albert E. James 2 Family business case learning: how to maximize learnings from this STEP project global casebook 10 Jeremy Cheng, Andrea Calabrò, Luis Díaz-Matajira, Nupur Pavan Bang, Rodrigo Basco, Albert E. James and Georges Samara PART I CONFLICTS, SUDDEN DEATH AND SUCCESSION 3 Aborted succession: we need both succession and retirement plans 21 Miruna Radu-Lefebvre and Ameline Bordas 4 Mending the fence before the family fell apart: succession in the Shampoo family 28 Kavil Ramachandran and Nupur Pavan Bang 5 The silence before the storm: intragenerational conflict for succession 37 Özlem Yildirim-Öktem and Irmak Erdogan 6 Lessons learned from being NextGen 47 Peter Klein and Stefan Prigge 7 Florax Group: when unintended succession leads to unfulfilled promises 55 Rosemarie Steenbeek, Judith van Helvert and Jolanda D.A. Knobel 8 Succession turnaround at the Avendorp Group: a true family tragedy 63 Daniël Agterhuis, Julian van den Akker and Judith van Helvert PART II GOVERNANCE FOR TRANSITION PLANNING 9 Valuing our values: family values driving business success 73 Eric Clinton and Stephen Browne 10 Time to hang up the boots? 82 María Jesús Hernández-Ortiz, Francisca Panadés-Zamora, Myriam Cano-Rubio and Manuel Carlos Vallejo-Martos 11 A woman at the helm: growth and succession at Inversora Lockey C.A. 90 Nunzia Auletta and Patricia Monteferrante PART III UNCONVENTIONAL WISDOM IN UNUSUAL TIMES 12 “Should I stay or should I go?”: Filipe de Botton’s dilemma 102 Alexandre Dias da Cunha and Remedios Hernández-Linares 13 Can I retire? An early successor’s dilemma 113 Dalal Alrubaishi 14 Which family prevails during divorce and succession? The Wagner Avila case 121 Luis Díaz-Matajira and Stefano Wagner 15 “Chemical reaction”: choosing a successor in a mosaic family 129 Elena Rozhdestvenskaya 16 Clease’s Auto: how a global pandemic allowed a family to maintain their family business legacy 138 Elizabeth Tetzlaff, Brittany Kraus and Albert E. James 17 The Ricci Durand family in the COVID-19 pandemic 144 Carmen Pachas Orihuela, Antonio Martínez Valdez and César Cáceres Dagnino PART IV RISING-GENERATION LEADERSHIP IN ONGOING DISRUPTIONS 18 Pineola Nurseries: family business succession under fire 153 Steve Gaklis 19 DC International: riding out of disruption as a third-generation successor 161 Marshall Jen, Jeremy Cheng, Kevin Au and Kelly Xing Chen 20 Am I ready for this? 169 Andrea “Ginny” Santiago 21 Universal Cement Corporation: doing “one thing at a time” in the crisis of multiple needs? 177 Yi-Chun Lu, You-Fong Wu and Hsi-Mei Chung 22 Conclusion: the lessons learned 184 Rodrigo Basco, Albert E. James, Nupur Pavan Bang, Andrea Calabrò, Jeremy Cheng, Luis Díaz-Matajira and Georges Samara Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAcclaim for the first edition:‘In the entrepreneurial world, it seems everyone talks about “thinking like an entrepreneur” and rarely, if ever, tries to define it. It might sound weird to say that we need to think more about thinking (entrepreneurially) but we do. This book offers a gentle nudge to thinking about entrepreneurial thinking in multiple directions. As someone who is hip deep in defining and measuring the entrepreneurial mindset and in applying that to assessing mindset change, it's fun to see a different spin!’ -- Norris Krueger, Entrepreneurship Northwest, US'The world of academic research in entrepreneurship is mostly unknown and inaccessible by those who actually practice entrepreneurship. In this essential reader, Dave Valliere bridges this researcher-doer gap and has made these valuable research ideas accessible to a lay audience and highlights what they mean. Essential reading for both entrepreneurs and students of entrepreneurship.' -- Steve Blank, Adjunct Professor, Stanford University and Senior Fellow, Columbia University, US, Author of The Four Steps to the Epiphany and The Startup Owner’s ManualTable of Contents1 Introduction to Entrepreneurial Thinking 2 Entrepreneurship in society 3 Why there are entrepreneurs 4 Who becomes an entrepreneur 5 Managing the risks 6 Making good decisions 7 Finding great opportunities 8 Spotting potential resources 9 Getting access to resources 10 Persuading others 11 Thinking differently Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAcclaim for the first edition:‘In the entrepreneurial world, it seems everyone talks about “thinking like an entrepreneur” and rarely, if ever, tries to define it. It might sound weird to say that we need to think more about thinking (entrepreneurially) but we do. This book offers a gentle nudge to thinking about entrepreneurial thinking in multiple directions. As someone who is hip deep in defining and measuring the entrepreneurial mindset and in applying that to assessing mindset change, it's fun to see a different spin!’ -- Norris Krueger, Entrepreneurship Northwest, US'The world of academic research in entrepreneurship is mostly unknown and inaccessible by those who actually practice entrepreneurship. In this essential reader, Dave Valliere bridges this researcher-doer gap and has made these valuable research ideas accessible to a lay audience and highlights what they mean. Essential reading for both entrepreneurs and students of entrepreneurship.' -- Steve Blank, Adjunct Professor, Stanford University and Senior Fellow, Columbia University, US, Author of The Four Steps to the Epiphany and The Startup Owner’s ManualTable of Contents1 Introduction to Entrepreneurial Thinking 2 Entrepreneurship in society 3 Why there are entrepreneurs 4 Who becomes an entrepreneur 5 Managing the risks 6 Making good decisions 7 Finding great opportunities 8 Spotting potential resources 9 Getting access to resources 10 Persuading others 11 Thinking differently Index

Read more less

Book SynopsisTrade Review‘Governments world-wide are seeking to encourage the growth of new ventures. Making this task harder is the fact that entrepreneurship is undoubtedly an “increasing returns” activity: the presence of nearby high-growth ventures increases the innovation and success of a new business. This volume presents a fascinating series of country-specific “case studies” that show the potential and challenges associated with growing entrepreneurial clusters.’ -- Josh Lerner, Harvard Business School, US‘Professor Jerome Engel has updated, expanded, and extended his Clusters of Innovation framework in this new book. There are fresh ideas about culture and behavior in these clusters. There are new regions included. And there is an extension to a non-geographic cluster built around a business model instead of a location. Anyone wishing to gain new insights into what makes the Silicon Valley cluster of innovation work will find this new volume an essential resource.’ -- Henry Chesbrough, University of California, Berkeley, US and Luiss University, Rome, Italy‘How do entrepreneurs, risk capital and corporate Innovation strategy come together to form an innovation cluster? Clusters of Innovation in the Age of Disruption provides a framework for understanding how this happens. This essential text updates the innovation cluster framework and provides a series of case studies on urban clusters and national strategies. Insightful, intuitive and intelligent – Clusters of Innovation in the Age of Disruption is a guide to creating value out of chaos.’ -- Steve Blank, Stanford University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xv David J. Teece Preface: Silicon Valley – a state of mind xx Jerome S. Engel 1 Introduction: Clusters of Innovation in the Age of Disruption 1 Jerome S. Engel PART I CLUSTERS OF INNOVATION: REFINING AND EXTENDING THE FRAMEWORK 2 Global Cluster of Innovation theory and practice in the 21st century: COI Components 13 Jerome S. Engel and Aline Figlioli 3 Global Cluster of Innovation theory and practice in the 21st century: COI Behaviors 35 Jerome S. Engel and Aline Figlioli 4 Major Corporations and Open Innovation: capturing value from disruptive innovation 81 Jerome S. Engel, Dickson Louie and David Charron 5 Business-model-led Clusters of Innovation: the case of Product Led Growth 115 Itxaso del Palacio PART II GLOBAL CASE STUDIES: REGIONAL AND URBAN CLUSTERS 6 The Munich high-tech region: development towards a leading European startup cluster 129 Helmut Schönenberger 7 The Oslo case: agile and adaptive responses to Covid-19 challenges by actors in local and globally extended health technology clusters 152 Per Ingvar Olsen and Morten H. Abrahamsen 8 Changing pathways: urban dynamics and governance at 22@Barcelona 181 Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway and Josep Miquel Piqué PART III GLOBAL CASE STUDIES: NATIONAL STRATEGIES 9 The development of Singapore’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem 206 Poh Kam Wong 10 State- and private-led Clusters of Innovation in China 245 Virginia Trigo and Chen Peng 11 Strategy for economic recovery from the COVID-19 disaster: Japan aims to become a startup nation again 269 Shigeo Kagami 12 Supporting innovation in India through a special Service Organization 292 Manav Subodh 13 Australian Sports Technologies Network: adding value through creating synergies 312 James Demetriou, Martin Schlegel and Danny Samson 14 Conditions for the implementation of a biotechnology Cluster of Innovation in Colombia: a benchmark of best practices with German clusters 341 Christian Bruszies and Carlos Scheel 15 The Brazilian innovation ecosystem takes off 425 Flavio Feferman PART IV CONCLUSION 16 Clusters of Innovation: lessons learned and final thoughts 420 Jerome S. Engel Index

Read more less

Book Synopsis

Read more less