Enterprise, entrepreneurship and small business

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Title:

Enterprise, entrepreneurship and small business

Author:

Down, Simon, 1962-

ISBN:

9781412910125

9781412908849

Personal Author:

Down, Simon, 1962-

Publication Information:

London : SAGE, 2010.

Physical Description:

xiv, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Studying enterprise: what, where, when, who and how? -- Entrepreneuring: firms, organisations, and the entrepreneur -- Entrepreneuring: explanations of the entrepreneurial self -- Managing smaller/entrepreneurial enterprises -- Working in smaller/entrepreneurial enterprises -- Entrepreneuring in the corporate environment -- Reflecting on practice: finance, marketing and networking, strategy and growth -- Economic contexts of enterprise -- Social contexts of enterprise: cultural centrality, diversity and marginality -- Political contexts of enterprise: governments and smaller enterprise.

Subject Term:

Entrepreneurship.

Small business.

New business enterprises.

Copies:

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Summary

`A thoughtful and reflective account of "enterprise", offering meaningful and contextualized knowledge to students at all levels, written in a style that is as engaging as it is informative - and peppered with unobtrusive dry wit′ - Professor Sara Carter, OBE, Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Strathclyde

Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Small Business is an exciting new text for all students of business. Broad and inquisitive in its intellectual outlook, this provocative but accessible textbook covers core themes and topics in the study of enterprise, as well as looking at subjects that are often ignored, from criminal entrepreneurs and the demise of Enron, to ′entre-tainment′ and ethnic and indigenous entrepreneurship.

Along the way, the reader will find an interactive exploration not only of the processes of entrepreneuring, of managing small enterprises, or of the implications of working in an entrepreneurial corporation - he or she will also be challenged to consider enterprise in its social, economic, political and moral contexts. This textbook moves beyond the narrow, prescriptive focus on the ′how′ employed by other textbooks, and places equal emphasis on the ′why′ - all the time considering the role of enterprise, entrepreneurship and small business in the world we live in.

Supported by lively case studies, real-life examples and a concept guide of key terms, this text is ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students on any course with an emphasis on enterprise and entrepreneurship.