This new collection provides a much needed retrospective view of the key academic work published in this area. The papers here highlight the importance of studying entrepreneurship from a wide range of perspectives, including research that derives from economics, history, sociology, psychology and from different business disciplinary bases such as marketing, finance and strategy. The overall focus in this set is on "entrepreneurial" activity, rather than specifically small or family-owned business and favours research articles over those that deal purely with practice.
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Provides research-based answers to questions surrounding entrepreneurship, including why some entrepreneurs succeed and what strategies contribute to the profitability of new businesses.
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This book offers a new appraisal of quality competition, of selling effort, and of the fundamental weakness of contemporary welfare economics.
Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation is an invaluable resource for social entrepreneurs and innovators looking for new ideas and insight into what really works - and what doesn't.
The book consists of fourteen chapters covering all aspects of venture creation and management—from writing a business plan, to financing, people management, marketing, and social impact measurement.
Not everyone has it in oneself to be an entrepreneur. The majority of start-ups worldwide need to declare bankruptcy after a short time. The art here is to assure the survival of the business and to guarantee its expanding.
3 The QUB Spin - out Experience The qualitative evidence used here to illustrate the QUB spin - out business activity is drawn from a range of interviews I have conducted with knowledge economy players in Belfast and Northern Ireland .