Books written by Mike Wright

The Oxford Handbook of Strategy Implementation

Bell Journal of Economics 10: 74–91. Holmstrom, B. (1982). “Moral Hazard in Teams.” Bell Journal of Economics 13(2): 324–340. Holmstrom, B., and Milgrom, ... In L. Werin and H. Wijkander (Eds.), Contract Economics (pp. 251–274).
The Oxford Handbook of Strategy Implementation

Whereas extant discussions of incentivizing agents under high uncertainty (e.g., Baker, Gibbons, & Murphy, 1994) suggest using subjective performance appraisals, empirical research finds that employees who are measured on their ...
Entrepreneurship: A Very Short Introduction

London, Thomson Learning. Storey, D., Keasey, K., Watson, R., and Wynarczyk, P. (1987). The Performance of Small ... Harlow: Pearson Education Limited. Zahra, S.A. (2007). Contextualizing Theory Building in Entrepreneurship Research.
Habitual Entrepreneurs

Pearson correlation Mean S.D. VIF 1 2 3 4 1. Age –0.49 9.2 1.33 1.00 2. Age2 85.44 118.85 1.19 –0.11 1.00 3. Gender 0.89 0.31 1.30 0.12 –0.02 1.00 4. Education 0.55 0.93 1.23 –0.08 –0.04 –0.10 1.00 5. Managerial HK 10.46 5.74 1.26 0.20 ...
The Logic of Mergers: The Competitive Market in Corporate Control in Theory and Practice

The Logic of Mergers: The Competitive Market in Corporate Control in Theory and Practice
Private Equity Demystified: An Explanatory Guide

... management team/employees who are shareholders and who will remain with or join (as applicable) the Target Group ... Principal transaction documents shall comprise the Share Purchase Agreement (incorporating a tax covenant) (SPA) ...
Management Buy-ins: Entrepreneurship, Active Investors, and Corporate Restructuring

... John Gilligan , Mara McNeill Sinclair , Michael Cumming , Clive McClintock , Lucinda Horler Webber , Tom Lamb , Chris Biggs and Elissa Armstrong , and Chris Ennew for her particular help on entrepreneurial typologies .
What They Didn't Teach You About the Civil War

In September 1861, Camp Douglas was built about four miles southeast of downtown Chicago. The area has long since been incorporated into Chicago. The site of Camp Douglas now is the site of the Robert Taylor Homes project, ...
What They Didn't Teach You About World War II

Douglas hoped to attend the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, but he couldn't get a political appointment. Instead, he competed for a presidential appointment, which entailed much work and study. He remembered, “I never worked harder ...
What They Didn't Teach You About the American Revolution

. . . This work will inform, amuse, and provide an interesting perspective on the Revolution.”—Booklist
Entrepreneurship: A Very Short Introduction

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly.
Student Start-ups: The New Landscape Of Academic Entrepreneurship

Little is known about the antecedents and consequences of these activities. Student Start-Ups: The New Landscape of Academic Entrepreneurship is the first book of its kind on student entrepreneurship.
City Under Siege: Richmond in the Civil War

Making use of diaries, letters, and newspaper accounts from the era, Wright brings readers face to face with the men and women who fought for the city, endured starvation, observed Lee's defeats and Grant's progress, and witnessed the ...
Management Buy-outs

Management Buy-outs
When the Music Stopped

Wright tells the tragic yet inspiring story of his young wife's battle with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease. Though she suffered greatly, she smiled to the end, and may have impacted more people in death than she did in life.
Academic Entrepreneurship in Europe

. . The authors should be applauded for taking the time to write and share their knowledge with us. This book will be welcomed by practising researchers. . .
Overthinking: A Complete Guide to Overcoming Overthinking. How to Stop Worrying and Reduce Anxiety. Declutter Your Mind and Build Successful...

And that's precisely what you'll find in this guide: a step-by-step path to freeing your mind from overthinking and training yourself to control your thoughts! ✓ What to expect from this book: * Simple strategies to dominate your thoughts ...
Private Equity Demystified: An Explanatory Guide

This book deals with risk capital provided for established firms outside the stock market, private equity, which has grown rapidly over the last three decades, yet is largely poorly understood.
Corporate Governance: Economic and Financial Issues

Topics covered include the role of institutional investors, the corporate board, the market for corporate control, management buy-outs and venture capital, regulation and auditing, and governance in the public sector
The Habitual Entrepreneur

One such difference is marked between experienced or habitual entrepreneurs and novices. This book, authored by established experts in the field, introduces and explores the habitual entrepreneur phenomenon.