Entrepreneurship

As yet, little is understood about how the knowledge-based economy differs from the old, traditional economy. Digesting up-to-date, cross-disciplinary thinking, this significant volume provides an account of the transformation of advanced economies._x000D_..

Contextual Embeddedness of Women’s Entrepreneurship brings together a range of research that provides powerful insights into the influences and restraints within a diverse set of gendered contexts including in which female entrepreneurs around the world operate their businesses. _x005F_x000D_ _x005F..

_x005F_x000D_ Corporate Entrepreneurship leads readers through an overview of real-life corporate entrepreneurship; the aims, organizational models, implementation and results. Covering theoretical perspectives, empirical findings and practical concerns, the book also switches between the perspectiv..

This book contributes to the theorization of CSR by presenting the meaning of CSR in a clear and distinct manner, giving the ongoing CSR debate a new direction anchored on a firm economic philosophy. It reinforces the view of firms as social institutions as well as economic actors, establishing CSR ..

Critical Perspectives on Entrepreneurship questions the accepted norms and dominant assumptions of entrepreneurship scholarship. It explores how entrepreneurship study tends to privilege certain forms of economic action, while implying other more collective forms of organization and exchange are som..

Cultural Values and Entrepreneurship aims to broaden and deepen our understanding of which elements of ‘culture’ influence, or are influenced by, entrepreneurial activity. It asks ‘how’ and ‘why’ cultural practices, and underlying values and norms, matter in entrepreneurial action, in order to more ..

Cultural Values and Entrepreneurship aims to broaden and deepen our understanding of which elements of ‘culture’ influence, or are influenced by, entrepreneurial activity. It asks ‘how’ and ‘why’ cultural practices, and underlying values and norms, matter in entrepreneurial action, in order to more ..

The idea of the ‘enterprise culture’ has been much vaunted over the last few decades: the growth of self-employment and small business ownership has been an important feature of the restructuring of the British economy. This collection, which was first published in 1991, presents a critical analysis..

Supported by extensive research and field-testing, this book presents a concise, problem-solving approach to developing a unique business concept. Step-by-step guidelines provide research-supported and field-tested methods for developing successful business concepts...

The EU has fewer young leading innovators, especially in high R&D intensity sectors, a key weakness in an increasingly knowledge-based economy. This volume explores the creation, origins and processes of innovation systems and institutions that can address this. Vital reading for academics, research..

This book adopts a holistic view to assess the impact of market socialism upon evolving economic enterprises and their ownership forms and provides a comparative perspective on organizational development and management systems...

Presents readers with an introduction to the various dimensions of entrepreneurship and market innovation. This book focuses on enterprising behaviour. It contains: case studies and 'pause and reflect' situations for the entrepreneur to deliberate on the information they have before making their dec..