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