The Search for Entrepreneurship

Finding More Questions Than Answers

Business & Finance, Career Planning & Job Hunting, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship & Small Business
Cover of the book The Search for Entrepreneurship by Simon Bridge, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Simon Bridge ISBN: 9781351868990
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: December 8, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Simon Bridge
ISBN: 9781351868990
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: December 8, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Since the 1980s, governments have often sought to encourage entrepreneurship on the assumption that it creates small businesses which are the primary drivers of job creation. Largely because of this assumption, entrepreneurship has become a valid subject for academic research attracting extensive funding.

Yet despite this explosion of scholarship, there is no accepted model of how entrepreneurship operates or even a commonly accepted definition of what it is. Simon Bridge posits that this is because entrepreneurship has been studied as if it were a deterministic science, based on the false assumption that it exists as a specific discrete identifiable phenomenon operating in accordance with consistent, predictable ‘rules’.

This challenging book contends that this misdirected search has produced more questions than answers. Accepting that entrepreneurship as we have conceived it does not exist could lead to new and valuable insights into what the different forms of entrepreneurship are and how they might be influenced. Scholars, advanced students and policy makers will find this a thought-provoking insight into the myths and misconceptions of ‘entrepreneurship’.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Since the 1980s, governments have often sought to encourage entrepreneurship on the assumption that it creates small businesses which are the primary drivers of job creation. Largely because of this assumption, entrepreneurship has become a valid subject for academic research attracting extensive funding.

Yet despite this explosion of scholarship, there is no accepted model of how entrepreneurship operates or even a commonly accepted definition of what it is. Simon Bridge posits that this is because entrepreneurship has been studied as if it were a deterministic science, based on the false assumption that it exists as a specific discrete identifiable phenomenon operating in accordance with consistent, predictable ‘rules’.

This challenging book contends that this misdirected search has produced more questions than answers. Accepting that entrepreneurship as we have conceived it does not exist could lead to new and valuable insights into what the different forms of entrepreneurship are and how they might be influenced. Scholars, advanced students and policy makers will find this a thought-provoking insight into the myths and misconceptions of ‘entrepreneurship’.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Jacob Neusner on Religion by Simon Bridge
Cover of the book Victorian Women Poets by Simon Bridge
Cover of the book British Strategy and War Aims 1914-1916 (RLE First World War) by Simon Bridge
Cover of the book World Nuclear Power by Simon Bridge
Cover of the book Managing Human Resources in the Middle-East by Simon Bridge
Cover of the book Echnology Assessment in Software Applications by Simon Bridge
Cover of the book Gifted and Talented Children 4-11 by Simon Bridge
Cover of the book Armed Conflicts in South Asia 2010 by Simon Bridge
Cover of the book Vital Signs by Simon Bridge
Cover of the book Changing Face of Money by Simon Bridge
Cover of the book Pathways to Data by Simon Bridge
Cover of the book Alternative Globalizations by Simon Bridge
Cover of the book Historical Materialism by Simon Bridge
Cover of the book Nelle Carceri di G.B.Piranesi by Simon Bridge
Cover of the book Taiwan in Transformation 1895-2005 by Simon Bridge
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy