Entrepreneurship Books

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11. Entrepreneurship

    A Global Perspective

    By Stephen Roper

    Series: Routledge-ISBE Masters in Entrepreneurship

    Entrepreneurs exist in every country but the nature and level of entrepreneurial activity differs remarkably. Why is this? What shapes the level of entrepreneurial activity in each country? What defines entrepreneurial activity? As more and more teaching and research into entrepreneurship reflects...

    Published September 3rd 2012 by Routledge
12. Introduction to the Music Industry: An Entrepreneurial Approach

    By Catherine Fitterman Radbill

    Introduction to the Music Industry: An Entrepreneurial Approach is an introductory textbook that offers a fresh look at one of the fastest-changing businesses in the world today. Emphasizing the importance of entrepreneurial thinking for the music industry, this textbook engages college-level...

    Published August 23rd 2012 by Routledge
13. Female Entrepreneurship and the New Venture Creation

    An International Overview

    By Dafna Kariv

    Women represent the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs today. Despite the enormous economic contributions of this group, female entrepreneurship remains under-explored and inadequately covered in academic literature. Female Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation aims to address this gap by...

    Published August 21st 2012 by Routledge
14. International Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises

    Edited by Niina Nummela

    Series: Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy

    The majority of SMEs are operating in a networked business environment, and these networks extend beyond national and cultural boundaries. Within these networks, growth takes various routes and forms. Instead of linear, positive growth, international growth is often more cyclical, including periods...

    Published July 26th 2012 by Routledge
15. Community-based Entrepreneurship and Rural Development

    Creating Favourable Conditions for Small Businesses in Central Europe

    By Matthias Fink, Stephan Loidl, Richard Lang

    Series: Regions and Cities

    How can municipalities in Central Europe create favourable conditions for local business? What and how can municipalities learn from each other? How can each individual in the local area contribute? And what requirements have to be met before know-how can successfully be transferred on a communal...

    Published July 19th 2012 by Routledge
16. Innovation and Entrepreneurial Networks in Europe

    Edited by Paloma Fernández Pérez, Mary Rose

    Series: Routledge International Studies in Business History

    The entrepreneur is involved in the dance of two questions – what is needed and what is possible. The interplay of these two questions is an ongoing process and innovation varies internationally and regionally, depending on differing legal and policy systems, variations in the development of...

    Published June 30th 2012 by Routledge
17. The Classic Drucker Collection

    By Peter Drucker

    Peter Drucker was one of the pre-eminent management thinkers of the 20th Century and this set contains six of his books that are widely considered to be classics. The six books are: The Effective Executive - Where Drucker ranges widely through the annals of business and government to...

    Published June 29th 2012 by Routledge
18. Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development in Post-Socialist Economies

    By David Smallbone, Friederike Welter

    Series: Routledge Studies in Small Business

    This book examines entrepreneurship and small business in Russia and key countries of Eastern Europe, showing how far small businesses have developed, and discusses how far 'market reforms' and a market mentality have been taken up by ordinary people in the real everyday economy. For each of the...

    Published June 13th 2012 by Routledge
19. High-Technology Entrepreneurship

    By Ray Oakey

    With the global economy in a precarious position, nurturing new entrepreneurial high-technology firms is likely to comprise a key component of any policy to encourage economic growth, both in developed and developing countries. Recent high-technology ventures – such as retailing in the music...

    Published May 31st 2012 by Routledge
20. The Economics of Social Responsibility

    The World of Social Enterprises

    Edited by Carlo Borzaga, Leonardo Becchetti

    Series: Routledge Advances in Social Economics

    This book offers a rethinking of the burgeoning research on not-for-profit organizations and socially responsible economics. Adopting a comparative approach, the chapters explore and reinterpret the impact of social enterprises on the provision of general-interest services, work integration,...

    Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge