Entrepreneurship category: 8703 books
Entrepreneurship in Family Business
Cases from China
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
This book presents an excellent analysis of how a family business is different from other forms of organization and especially its peculiarities in relation to entrepreneurship. Focusing on small and medium-sized second-generation Chinese family businesses this book provides an in-depth analysis...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
While private, for-profit businesses have typically been the most experienced with entrepreneurship, the study of public sector business models is coming to the forefront of entrepreneurial discussions. This shift has allowed researchers and practitioners to expand on their knowledge of positive business...
International Entrepreneurship
Innovative Solutions for a Fragile Planet
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2009
Despite the accelerating pace of globalization, it is impossible to ignore the marginalization of the developing world, as billions of people continue to slip deeper into poverty. While many theories, policies, and practices have been proposed to help redress the disparities between the "haves"...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Entrepreneurship in Small Island States and Territories is the first publication to consider the ‘creative’ side of enterprise in small island states and territories. Rather than playing out as remote, vulnerable and dependent backwaters of neo-colonialism, the world’s small island states and...
Youth Entrepreneurship
From Job Search to Business Ownership and Self-Sufficiency
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
The challenges and opportunities facing the Nigerian youths demand rethinking of new ways of doing things. Youth unemployment and underemployment are at a record high. More than ever, the Nigerian youths are in dire need of finding other avenues to explore in pursuit of life endeavors. Youth employment,...
by R. Lee Harris
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2012
I think there must be a business book for everyone in America. And there are countless books about entrepreneurship. But this isn’t a book about business or entrepreneurship. No, this is a book about life. It’s about how to lead a rich, full and happy life as an entrepreneur. After all, isn’t that...
by Lidia Varbanova
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
International Entrepreneurship in the Arts focuses on teaching students, artists, and arts managers specific strategies for expanding creative ventures that are already successful domestically to an international audience. Varbanova’s accessible writing outlines a systematic theoretical framework...
Female Immigrant Entrepreneurs
The Economic and Social Impact of a Global Phenomenon
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
A third of the world's entrepreneurial activity is driven by women. With the mass movement of people now commonplace, the role of female entrepreneurs in immigrant communities has become an increasingly important component of the world economy, its productivity, and the struggle against poverty. Throwing...
The Aspiring Entrepreneurship Scholar
Strategies and Advice for a Successful Academic Career
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2016
This book offers helpful insight and advice on how doctoral students and junior faculty can succeed as an entrepreneurship scholar. It invites them to think entrepreneurially to identify research opportunities, manage the publication process, achieve excellence in the classroom, secure a faculty position,...
by Gerard McElwee
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
The term "entrepreneurship" has usually been associated with private sector activities. The term has appeared frequently in public sector literature, with scholars challenged to find new multi-disciplinary frameworks. This collection contributes to the debate due to a confusing array of...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
This book seeks to widen perspectives on entrepreneurship by drawing attention to the diverse and partly new forms of entrepreneurial practice in Africa since the 1990s. Contrary to widespread assertions, figures of success have been regularly observed in Africa since pre-colonial times. The contributions...
Entrepreneurship and Institutions
The Causes and Consequences of Institutional Asymmetry
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Entrepreneurship does not occur in a vacuum. The institutions which provide the framework for economic activity matter. As countries around the world strive for economic growth, this book examines how institutional arrangements are critical in fostering entrepreneurship. Through 12 case studies drawn...
Entrepreneurial Universities
Exploring the Academic and Innovative Dimensions of Entrepreneurship in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016
This book analyses the importance of the entrepreneurial university, specifically in relation to the creation of entrepreneurial ideas and attitudes in students and entrepreneurial initiatives in academic institutions. The aim of the editors and contributing authors is to provide the reader with a...
Economic Development and Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies
Issues, Obstacles and Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
This book contributes to a better understanding of entrepreneurship in transition economies. Current literature reflects the more traditional schools of thought on entrepreneurship, which are influenced by the Western perspective, and fail to fully address the scenario in transition economies. There...