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Apps' powerful testament tells us how injustice was manifested and how lessons still fail to be learned.' —David Lammy MP\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'For the last few years, Peter Apps has been writing \u003cstrong\u003ethe most important reportage on the most important disaster in this country since Hillsborough\u003c\/strong\u003e. Here, he makes clear how this atrocity was easily preventable. \u003cem\u003eShow Me the Bodies\u003c\/em\u003e also reveals just how little those responsible, from the construction industry to the government, have learned. Whatever the courts eventually decide, \u003cstrong\u003ethis book deserves to be widely read\u003c\/strong\u003e so that the rest of us can finally hold them to account.' —Owen Hatherley, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Ministry of Nostalgia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eShow Me the Bodies \u003c\/em\u003eis \u003cstrong\u003ea staggering achievement\u003c\/strong\u003e,\u003cstrong\u003e both a testament to the victims, the bereaved and the community of Grenfell and a painstaking, forensic investigation into the causes of the crime itself\u003c\/strong\u003e. Yet it is also an unflinching portrait of UKplc: a divided, deregulated, privatized and neglected kingdom where profit for the few always triumphs over the health, safety and lives of the many, where the victims are always left voiceless, and where the dead never find justice or peace. 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Offering a fresh perspective on entrepreneurship as a means of upward social mobility and rooted in research, the book explores the issue in three ways. Firstly, it pays special attention to the nexus between the entrepreneur, resources, institutions, opportunities, necessities, and the environment for drawing a comprehensive picture of how individuals could use entrepreneurship for successful upward social mobility in a changing world. Secondly, it emphasizes the peculiar challenges that female entrepreneurs face, how those challenges can be overcome, and how female entrepreneurship may be a route to women’s socio-economic advancement. Thirdly, it highlights the challenges faced by ethnic minority business owners and how such ethnic minority businesses could thrive amid institutional voids as well as direct and indirect forms of discrimination. 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Entrepreneurship has justified this dominant position especially in the twenty first century by lifting millions of people out of poverty and improving living standards in many emerging countries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEntrepreneurship has also proven to be more effective at plummeting poverty rates than well thought out government policies meant to lift people out of poverty, and even better than programmes promulgated by international organisations like the International Labour Organisation, World Bank, World Trade Organisation, and International Monetary Fund. The chapter will also highlight how social entrepreneurship can drive social innovation and transformation in various fields including education, health, environment and enterprise development, while alleviating poverty. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 2\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Returns to Occupations: Entrepreneurship vs Paid Work\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  This chapter examines the pecuniary and non-pecuniary returns to occupational choice. It will draw on the latest research that have used quantile regressions to reveal the existence of a welfare hierarchy in occupations. The empirical analysis suggests that across the welfare distribution, entrepreneurs who employ others have the highest returns in terms of income and consumption, while those entrepreneurs who work for themselves, that is, self-employed individuals, have slightly lower returns than the salaried employees. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  However, entrepreneurship in any form entails higher returns than casual labour and unemployment, and an escape from poverty. Given these insights, it is pertinent to that individuals know of this income scale as they make their decisions. This chapter will be dedicated to helping individuals realise how to maximise their returns from entrepreneurship given their human and social capital. The chapter will also shed light on the non-monetary rewards to entrepreneurship and how to appreciate and secure them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  Chapter 3\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePathways to Successful Entrepreneurship in Developed Countries\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  When it comes to entrepreneurship, there are many pathways. The entrepreneurial spirit is an attitude and perspective inclined to seek out opportunities for economic or lifestyle reasons, and in many cases for both. Developed countries have more formal and informal institutions that support entrepreneurs compared to developing countries and this is one reason why start-ups in developed countries have higher success rates, and why enterprises from such countries tend to have more of a global impact. While individuals in many developed countries often report very high intentions to start-up businesses, many do not follow through and despite the various support for start-ups in those countries, there are significant regional disparities in start-up rates and some barriers to growth. In addition, High Value Entrepreneurship in terms of employment and growth is inconsistent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis chapter will introduce pathways through which entrepreneurship allows individuals in developed countries to escape poverty while creating higher value businesses. It will be a guide for would-be and practicing entrepreneurs and policy makers in developed countries in helping them to navigate the institutional environments in their countries. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 4\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePathways to Successful Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEntrepreneurship in developing countries is made more difficult because of the institutional voids in such countries. “Institutional voids” result in the higher transaction costs commonly found in emerging markets representing the geographical regions of Africa, East, South and Western Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. These voids relate to political and economic systems, trade policies, and product, labour, and capital markets and denote the absence of specialised intermediaries, regulatory systems, and contract enforcement mechanisms. Institutional voids make the transaction costs of doing business higher for both market exchange and for new firm entry. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe first types of institutional voids are those that hinder market functioning, typically due to the lack of intermediaries and weakly developed capital, labour, and product markets. However, such voids in turn offer opportunities for (highly skilled) entrepreneurs to create businesses, bridging these voids.  The second type of institutional voids hampers not just the functioning of markets but also their development in the first place. When constitutional-level provisions are not enforced, the rules of exchange are uncertain, and market development stalls. Entrepreneurs in emerging economies deal with these two types of institutional voids by relying on informal institutions, especially social networks.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe third type of institutional void refers to those that impede market participation. Because institutional arrangements are either absent or weak, they prevent individuals and firms from participating in market exchange in the first place. Examples include the lack of physical infrastructure that prevents individuals from being able to travel to marketplaces, and the presence of informal institutions that exclude women from partaking in economic activity. Such voids are widespread in the least developed countries, but they also exist for rural entrepreneurs and for entire segments of society in thriving emerging market economies such as India. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe fourth type of institutional void occurs where there is a demand for social entrepreneurs, and this type encourages individuals to take steps to create social enterprises, but hampers the creation of operating social enterprises in the absence of supportive informal institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis chapter will introduce pathways through which entrepreneurship allows individuals in developing countries to escape poverty while creating superior value businesses. It will be a guide for would-be and practicing entrepreneurs and policy makers in developing countries in helping them to navigate the institutional voids in their countries.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 5\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFemale Entrepreneurship\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eOn average, women are less likely to start businesses than men for a complex variety of reasons. Standard explanations for the lower likelihood of female entrepreneurship include personal characteristics, human capital, and barriers related to prejudice concerning access to resources. For example, in terms of personal characteristics, women tend to exhibit lower entrepreneurial self-efficacy and higher fear of failure than men, both closely associated with business creation. Women, especially in developing countries, often have lower levels of human capital in terms of education; and there are often more constraints for them in accessing financial capital. These differences not only hamper the development of entrepreneurial skills and confidence, they are also perpetuated by the fact that there are fewer entrepreneurial role models for women. Across economies, women are burdened by an inequitable share of global poverty and one strategy to address these gaps is to aim for the economic empowerment of women through entrepreneurship. \u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFemale entrepreneurship is particularly important for creating jobs that are intrinsically suited for women, given the socio-economic conditions that they face. Such jobs could better align with the human and social capital that women have, provide novel solutions to female issues, and help women achieve a better work-life balance. Many female entrepreneurs also report higher incomes compared to their paid worker counterparts and in addition, they have the ability to use their unused talents while fully expressing themselves. This chapter will explore how more women can escape the barriers to venture creation to establish sustainable business ventures and secure the economic and noneconomic benefits of entrepreneurship. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 6\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEthnic Entrepreneurship\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEntrepreneurship is an important route out of poverty for ethnic minority individuals, particularly for foreign-born migrants and recent arrivals in developed countries. Early-stage entrepreneurial activity among ethnic minority individuals is twice that of the local population in many countries. Ethnic minority entrepreneurs (EMEs) in countries have been responsible for innovative businesses; but they usually face significant challenges, including the lack of financial and social capital, an unfamiliarity with regulations and the host country’s labour market, poor management and communication skills, and the liability of outsidership. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThus, while ethnic minority individuals are already a socio-economically disadvantaged group, ethnic entrepreneurs are in an even more precarious situation. EMEs are traditionally associated with low skilled, lower growth and hence low return sectors such as retailing, restaurants, fast-food provision, and personal services. This chapter will examine the challenges faced by ethnic minority individuals who want to go into entrepreneurship and how those challenges can be overcome. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 7\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis chapter will highlight how contemporary issues including the internet of things, COVID-19, climate change and globalisation have changed the entrepreneurial landscape. It will address the threats to entrepreneurship in developed countries highlighted by the death of many high street giants and will also show how these issues create opportunities for individuals wishing to create business enterprises focused on these social issues. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 7\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  Conclusion\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis final chapter will conclude the pivot by discussing and summarising all the insights gained from the textbook. It will also point readers towards new directions. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  The author has contributed to the United Nations Encyclopaedia of Sustainable development goals and the contents and experience will help with this project.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e·         Olarewaju, T. Olarewaju, T. (2020). 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