Sep
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2011
Individual Entrepreneurship
Individual: Inside the Mind of The Entrepreneur
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Entrepreneurship $161.04 Entrepreneurship |
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The Psychology of Entrepreneurship $105.98 Entrepreneurship is essential for international social and economic well-being, as new ventures are the dominant source of job creation, market innovation, and economic growth in many societies. In this book, a noted group of researchers use findings, methods, and theories of modern psychology as the basis for gaining important, new insights into entrepreneurship-and into the hearts and minds of the talented, passionate professionals who create new business ventures. The Psychology of Entrepreneurship, a volume in the SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series, is the first book written about the psychology of entrepreneurship, and includes over 60 research questions to guide industrial organizational psychology, organizational behavior, and entrepreneurship research about entrepreneurs. It seeks to answer questions such as, how and why do some people, but not others, recognize opportunities, decide to start new ventures, and organize successful, rapidly growing new ventures? Some topics addressed include: methods to help researchers explore the domain of entrepreneurship research; the entire process of starting a new business; characteristics of the individual entrepreneur; the history of entrepreneurship education; the cross-cultural effects of entrepreneurship; and the viewpoints of seasoned psychologists who analyze current entrepreneurship research methods. This book will appeal to teachers, students, and researchers in the areas of industrial organizational psychology, organizational behavior, entrepreneurship, and management. |
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Tourism and Entrepreneurship $34.99 Tourism and Entrepreneurship: International Perspectives provides an innovative, interdisciplinary approach. This book takes as its central theme the role of entrepreneurship in the context of regional, local and national tourism development. By engaging with top academics in both tourism and entrepreneurship this book delivers a cohesive, interdisciplinary examination of the most recent developments in both tourism and entrepreneurship. Several key themes are explored and articulated through the following concepts and issues: tourism, innovation and entrepreneurship; the role and nature of individual and collective entrepreneurship in different contexts; the role of tourism in responding to development opportunities created by global forces; and finally, issues associated with tourism strategies and policies. Divided into four parts, the book reflects on the most relevant areas of tourism entrepreneurship: * Understanding the conceptual basis of tourism entrepreneurship * Creative use of entrepreneurship and processes of social innovation * Tourism entrepreneurship mediating the global-local divide * Sectoral strategies and policy issues of tourism entrepreneurship Tourism and Entrepreneurship: International Perspective: * Explains the impact of tourism entrepreneurship on places and overall regional and destination development * Examines the role of the public sector in facilitating the need for sustainable tourism development * Examines the effects and implications of funding schemes and support programmes * Takes the owner, manager and entrepreneur as the starting point of analysis to explore specific issues * Allows practitioners and policy-makers to explore practical applications and best practice of theory through a diverse range of international case studies * Contributed to by an international team of leading scholars in tourism and entrepreneurship This book is a unique combination of theory, case studies and discussion highlighting the importance of entrepreneurial tourism activity for economic success. It is essential reading for students and researchers in both tourism and entrepreneurship. *Provides an understanding and analysis of entrepreneurship within tourism in a format which students can access and use easily. *International contributor team with case studies to match – from Uganda and Serbia to Slovenia and Australasia. * Highlights major issues that can encourage, or impede, entrepreneurial activity within a tourism context – and how vital it can be to the economies of many countries and regions |
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Researching Entrepreneurship $120.98 Entrepreneurship is a phenomenon of tremendous societal importance. It is also an elusive phenomenon, and researching entrepreneurship is therefore fun, fascinatinga "and frustrating at times. In Researching Entrepreneurship, one of the most highly recognized entrepreneurship scholars shares in a personal and readable way his rich experience and ideas on how entrepreneurship can or should be researched. After a comprehensive treatment of entrepreneurship as societal phenomenon and scholarly domain, the core chapters of the book discuss design, sampling, operationalization and analysis issues on several levels of analysis: individual, venture, firm, industry, region and nation. The author provides numerous examples of problems and solutions from real research projects, as well as experienced-based suggestions for further improvements in future work. The book is targeted primarily at doctoral students and other (relative) newcomers to the field of entrepreneurship research. However, taking a fresh, reflective perspective and looking beyond research conventions, it should provide potential for inspiration and food for thought also for experienced entrepreneurship researchers. Moreover, while the examples are taken from entrepreneurship research, the book provides a unique "experienced empirical researcher" (rather than "textbook method expert") treatment of issues that are of equal relevance across the social sciences. This goes for topics such as the role of theory; qualitative vs. quantitative research; validity checking; statistical inference, and replication. Per Davidsson is Professor in Entrepreneurship at Brisbane Graduate School of Management, QUT, Australia, and JAnkAping International Business School, Sweden. He is also Chair of the Research Committee of the Entrepreneurship Division of the (American) Academy of Management. |
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Entrepreneurship and Religion $40 This rich and detailed book makes a very timely contribution to extending our understanding of entrepreneurship in its social context. Using selected examples, the respected contributors show how the values developed in religious beliefs and practices shape entrepreneurship. For too long the entrepreneur has been characterized as an isolated, economically driven individual, thus ignoring how enterprise and entrepreneurs are products of their society, their culture and their religion. This innovative book discusses both entrepreneurship and religion, as well as indicating how the synthesis of beliefs and practices combine in entrepreneurial endeavors. It provides a conceptually useful way of framing the individualistic entrepreneur in his or her social and cultural context demonstrating how entrepreneurial agency operates within and through a variety of religious contexts. Illustrated with original photographs, this captivating book will be warmly welcomed by students and researchers with interests in entrepreneurship, sociology, religion, and cultural studies. Government policymakers in immigration will also find this book an invaluable read. |
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Institutions and Entrepreneurship $64.96 This volume examines how the institutional environment affects entrepreneurial organizations, and vice-versa. This approach to entrepreneurship shifts attention away from an individual perspective and looks at how institutions shape entrepreneurial opportunities and actions. Empirical contexts range from satellite radio to film to nuclear power. |
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Tourism And Entrepreneurship: International Perspectives $61.09 Tourism and Entrepreneurship: International Perspectives provides an innovative interdisciplinary approach. This book takes as its central theme the role of entrepreneurship in the context of regional local and national tourism development. By engaging with top academics in both tourism and entrepreneurship this book delivers a cohesive interdisciplinary examination of the most recent developments in both tourism and entrepreneurship. Several key themes are explored and articulated through the following concepts and issues: tourism innovation and entrepreneurship; the role and nature of individual and collective entrepreneurship in different contexts; the role of tourism in responding to development opportunities created by global forces; and finally issues associated with tourism strategies and policies. Divided into four parts the book reflects on the most relevant areas of tourism entrepreneurship: * Understanding the conceptual basis of tourism entrepreneurship * Creative use of entrepreneurship and processes of social innovation * Tourism entrepreneurship mediating the global-local divide * Sectoral strategies and policy issues of tourism entrepreneurship Tourism and Entrepreneurship: International Perspective: * Explains the impact of tourism entrepreneurship on places and overall regional and destination development * Examines the role of the public sector in facilitating the need for sustainable tourism development * Examines the effects and implications of funding schemes and support programmes * Takes the owner manager and entrepreneur as the starting point of analysis to explore specific issues * Allows practitioners and policy-makers to explore practical applications and best practice of theory through a diverse range of international case studies * Contributed to by an international team of leading scholars in tourism and entrepreneurship This book is a unique combination of theory case studies and discussion highlighting the importance of entrepreneurial tourism activity for economic success. It is essential reading for students and researchers in both tourism and entrepreneurship. *Provides an understanding and analysis of entrepreneurship within tourism in a format which students can access and use easily. *International contributor team with case studies to match – from Uganda and Serbia to Slovenia and Australasia. * Highlights major issues that can encourage or impede entrepreneurial activity within a tourism context – and how vital it can be to the economies of many countries and regions |
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21st Century Business Series: Entrepreneurship $21.57 Used – The 21ST CENTURY BUSINESS SERIES is an innovative instructional program providing instructors with the greatest flexibility to deliver business content using a modular format. Instructors can create their own business courses by combining several Learner Guides in the Series to form one-semester or two-semester courses. The individual Learner Guides can also be used as enhancements to more traditional business courses or to tailor new courses to meet emerging needs. The design and content |
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21st Century Business Series: Entrepreneurship $28.09 Used – The 21ST CENTURY BUSINESS SERIES is an innovative instructional program providing instructors with the greatest flexibility to deliver business content using a modular format. Instructors can create their own business courses by combining several Learner Guides in the Series to form one-semester or two-semester courses. The individual Learner Guides can also be used as enhancements to more traditional business courses or to tailor new courses to meet emerging needs. The design and content |
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A General Theory of Entrepreneurship: The Individual-Opportunity Nexus $83.97 Used |
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A General Theory of Entrepreneurship: The Individual-Opportunity Nexus $50.57 New |
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A General Theory of Entrepreneurship: The Individual-Opportunity Nexus $50.57 Used |
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A General Theory of Entrepreneurship: The Individual-Opportunity Nexus $131.88 Used |
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A General Theory of Entrepreneurship: The Individual-Opportunity Nexus $28.38 Used |
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A General Theory of Entrepreneurship: The Individual-Opportunity Nexus $145.97 New |
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A General Theory of Entrepreneurship: The Individual-Opportunity Nexus $84.06 New |
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A General Theory of Entrepreneurship: The Individual-Opportunity Nexus $28.38 New |
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Airline Executives and Federal Regulation $53.58 This book is a collection of eight case studies of relationships between airline executives and federal regulatory agencies from the passage of the Air Commerce Act in 1926 to the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. By focusing on the lives and personalities of individual entrepreneurs, W. David Lewis and his contributors hope to explore the interaction between technology, government regulation, and entrepreneurship.Each essay in the book focuses on a particular airline executive, such as Eddie Rickenbacker, Robert Six, and Donald Nyrop. Lewis has been careful to give a variety of perspective: Airlines of various types are represented — large and small, scheduled and unscheduled. Some of the executives profiled were known for having adversative relationships with federal regulators, whereas others wholeheartedly accepted regulation and thrived under it.There have been public calls for a return to airline regulation, and Lewis thinks it is not inconceivable that regulation may ultimately return if problems continue and conditions deteriorate further. But, he say’s, it is well to remember that deregulation occurred because there were flaws in the regulatory system it replaced. This collection of essays — scholarly and well documented but written in a lively style suitable for specialists and nonspecialists alike — provides a long-range perspective on the issue of airline deregulation. |
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Airline Executives and Federal Regulation: Case Studies in American Enterprise from the Airmail Era to the Dawn of the Jet Age $34.97 Used – This book is a collection of eight case studies of relationships between airline executives and federal regulatory agencies from the passage of the Air Commerce Act in 1926 to the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. By focusing on the lives and personalities of individual entrepreneurs, W. David Lewis and his contributors hope to explore the interaction between technology, government regulation, and entrepreneurship.Each essay in the book focuses on a particular airline executive, such as E |
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Airline Executives and Federal Regulation: Case Studies in American Enterprise from the Airmail Era to the Dawn of the Jet Age $49.62 Used – This book is a collection of eight case studies of relationships between airline executives and federal regulatory agencies from the passage of the Air Commerce Act in 1926 to the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. By focusing on the lives and personalities of individual entrepreneurs, W. David Lewis and his contributors hope to explore the interaction between technology, government regulation, and entrepreneurship.Each essay in the book focuses on a particular airline executive, such as E |
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Anthropology and Migration $31.61 Brettell”s new book provides new insight into the processes of migration and transnationalism from an anthropological perspective. She analyzes macro and micro approaches to migration theory, utilizing her extensive fieldwork in Portugal and many other countries. Key issues she discusses include: immigrant incorporation vs. assimilation models; the impacts on individual, household and community as well as institutions and states; ethnic group composition; illegal immigration; city vs. suburban enclaves; ethnic entrepreneurship; the role of religion; men and women as migrants; and the use of oral histories in understanding immigration and the mediation of new social boundaries. This book will be indispensable to instructors and researchers in anthropology, race and ethnic studies, immigration studies, urban studies, sociology, and international relations. |
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Beyond Silken Robes: Profiles of Chinese Entrepreneurs in Singapore $6.27 Used – This text presents the profiles of seven Chinese entrepreneurs in Singapore. Highlighted are their immigrant backgrounds, entrepreneurial success, and the philanthropic ventures that have become proud hallmarks of these people.This book, however, takes the reader a step further beyond the life stories of special individuals. It also explores the different facets of Singapore entrepreneurship, from the private individual to the government, and how the immigrant legacy has become one of the |
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Beyond Silken Robes: Profiles of Chinese Entrepreneurs in Singapore $12.94 Used – This text presents the profiles of seven Chinese entrepreneurs in Singapore. Highlighted are their immigrant backgrounds, entrepreneurial success, and the philanthropic ventures that have become proud hallmarks of these people.This book, however, takes the reader a step further beyond the life stories of special individuals. It also explores the different facets of Singapore entrepreneurship, from the private individual to the government, and how the immigrant legacy has become one of the |
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Boom! $28.95 In The Greatest Generation, his landmark bestseller, Tom Brokaw eloquently evoked for America what it meant to come of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War. Now, in Boom!, one of America s premier journalists gives us an epic portrait of another defining era in America as he brings to life the tumultuous Sixties, a fault line in American history. The voices and stories of both famous people and ordinary citizens come together as Brokaw takes us on a memorable journey through a remarkable time, exploring how individual lives and the national mindset were affected by a controversial era and showing how the aftershocks of the Sixties continue to resound in our lives today. In the reflections of a generation, Brokaw also discovers lessons that might guide us in the years ahead. Boom! One minute it was Ike and the man in the grey flannel suit, and the next minute it was time to turn on, tune in, drop out. While Americans were walking on the moon, Americans were dying in Vietnam. Nothing was beyond question, and there were far fewer answers than before. Published as the fortieth anniversary of 1968 approaches, Boom! gives us what Brokaw sees as a virtual reunion of some members of the class of 68, offering wise and moving reflections and frank personal remembrances about people s lives during a time of high ideals and profound social, political, and individual change. What were the gains, what were the losses? Who were the winners, who were the losers? As they look back decades later, what do members of the Sixties generation think really mattered in that tumultuous time, and what will have meaning going forward? Race, war, politics, feminism, popular culture, and music are all explored here, and we learn from a wide range of people about their lives. Tom Brokaw explores how members of this generation have gone on to bring activism and a Sixties mindset into individual entrepreneurship today. We hear stories of h |
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Clothes and Your Appearance $112 Clothes and Your Appearance is designed to help students understand the importance of clothing in their lives. Students learn how personal values, attitudes, goals, needs, and characteristics affect individual clothing decisions. Information is covered on personal grooming, wardrobe planning, and buying and caring for clothes. Fashion terminology, textile fibers, fabrics, sewing equipment, and sewing construction are included.– Up-to-date with the latest information on sizing, pattern charts, colors, fabrics, manufacturing methods, computers, and over 300 new photos.– Includes information on the cultural and historical influences on clothing design.– Covers careers, leadership skills, employability skills, and entrepreneurship.– Chapters include Learning Objectives, To Know, To Review, and To Do sections to help students retain information. |
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Collective Entrepreneurship in a Globalizing Economy $20 Used – Corporate reengineering is approaching its limits, and constructive destruction has shifted from the broad industrial level to the level of individual firms. As a result, says Mourdoukoutas, a new business strategy and organization are needed, one he calls “collective entrepreneurship.” He sees the new firm as an enterprise without internal or external borders, one in which all its members share directly in the rewards of success and the punishments of failure. This is a challenging, prov |
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Collective Entrepreneurship in a Globalizing Economy $16.77 Used – Corporate reengineering is approaching its limits, and constructive destruction has shifted from the broad industrial level to the level of individual firms. As a result, says Mourdoukoutas, a new business strategy and organization are needed, one he calls “collective entrepreneurship.” He sees the new firm as an enterprise without internal or external borders, one in which all its members share directly in the rewards of success and the punishments of failure. This is a challenging, prov |
