Opportunity Centred Entrepreneurship

Author : David Rae
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137474100

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Opportunity-Centred Entrepreneurship by David Rae Pdf

The second edition of this core textbook focuses on the practical elements of opportunity creation, recognition and exploitation. It aims not only to analyse what constitutes entrepreneurship but also enables readers to develop their own entrepreneurial skills. Taking a highly practical and accessible approach, this text connects the theory and practice of entrepreneurship in useful and insightful ways that can be applied in the real-world. This is a book that focuses on learning for, rather than about, enterprise. Written by a leading authority in the field, Opportunity-Centred Entrepreneurship will be essential reading for undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students taking courses such as enterprise, new venture creation, creativity and innovation, small business management and corporate entrepreneurship. It has also been designed to support practitioners who are seeking to develop their entrepreneurial skills, whether they are start-up entrepreneurs, career-changers, or managers focusing on innovation and business development. It does not require prior knowledge of other business subjects.

Author : Min Basadur,Michael Goldsby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317416579

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Design-Centered Entrepreneurship by Min Basadur,Michael Goldsby Pdf

Supported by extensive research and field-testing, Design-Centered Entrepreneurship presents a concise, problem-solving approach to developing a unique business concept. Step-by-step guidelines provide insight into exploring market problem spaces, uncovering overlooked opportunities, reframing customer problems, and creating business solutions. Basadur and Goldsby present students with a creative and practical approach to problem finding, perception, organizational culture, and ethics in the entrepreneurial field. Plenty of useful diagrams help to organize key concepts, making them easily accessible to readers. Drawing on methodologies from the design field, the book will help students of entrepreneurship fill in the missing piece that transforms opportunity recognition into a viable business concept. Additional support for students and instructors, including a virtual Creative Problem Solving Profile, can be found at www.basadurprofile.com/.

Author : David Rae
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-02-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1403941750

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Entrepreneurship by David Rae Pdf

This textconnects theory and practice in a whole new way. Other entrepreneurship texts are primarily research and theory oriented, and simply tack on real-world examples, while this book offers a stronger practical approach. It focuses on learning for rather than about enterprise. Theory is well covered, but the emphasis is on the individual as the entrepreneur and on creating and seizing entrepreneurial opportunities. Companion Website: http://www.palgrave.com/business/rae/

Author : K. Hockerts,J. Mair,J. Robinson
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 134930364X

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Values and Opportunities in Social Entrepreneurship by K. Hockerts,J. Mair,J. Robinson Pdf

Over the past few years social entrepreneurship has grown as a research field. In this 3rd volume in the series, contributions explore questions of values in social entrepreneurship as well as the identification and exploitation of social venturing opportunities.

Author : Nikolai Mouraviev,Alex Avramenko
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781789739879

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Entrepreneurship for Deprived Communities by Nikolai Mouraviev,Alex Avramenko Pdf

Using case studies and research-based narratives to investigate the barriers facing developing enterprises in deprived communities, this book provides a toolkit for small business professionals and local authorities to revitalise a community-centered enterprise culture and reinvigorate disadvantaged groups.

Author : Greg Clydesdale
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135276447

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Entrepreneurial Opportunity by Greg Clydesdale Pdf

Successfully starting a new business venture depends upon more than having a brilliant idea, getting funding, and getting the product or service to market. Entrepreneurs must also learn to read the market and understand the environments in which they must operate. Entrepreneurial Opportunity places the emphasis on reading and making the most of things that may be beyond the entrepreneur’s control, from defaulting contractors to the opening and closing of business niches. It also considers previously under-considered options, such as "the political entrepreneur." This long over-due text provides a far more realistic view of entrepreneurial opportunity and the importance of the business environment. Yet despite its realist stance, the book is decidedly optimistic, showing readers how markets evolve over time and present opportunities through that evolution. As Clydesdale states, "it’s not always fair out there," but this book captures the excitement of the market and its role in delivering opportunities. Drawing on a broad range of academic research, Entrepreneurial Opportunity is written in a manner that is accessible for students and practitioners, with examples and mini-cases from a variety of industries, including high technology, hospitality, and motion pictures.

Author : Gerard George,Adam J. Bock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521765077

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Models of Opportunity by Gerard George,Adam J. Bock Pdf

The time has come to overhaul what we know about entrepreneurship and business models. This book links scholarly research on business models and organisational design to the reality of building entrepreneurial firms. It provides actionable advice based on a deeper understanding of how business models function and change.

Author : Adam Lindgreen,Christine Vallaster,François Maon,Shumaila Yousafzai,Beatriz Palacios Florencio
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317047858

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Sustainable Entrepreneurship by Adam Lindgreen,Christine Vallaster,François Maon,Shumaila Yousafzai,Beatriz Palacios Florencio Pdf

The way organizations manage entrepreneurship has changed dramatically over the past decade. Today, organizations take account of economic issues, but they also adopt a broader perspective of their purpose including social and environmental issues (i.e. sustainability). Yet, despite its global spread, sustainable entrepreneurship remains an uncertain and poorly defined ambition with few absolutes. This book reaffirms the important need to improve comprehension and explore the subtleties of how individuals, groups, and organizations can discover, create, and seize opportunities for blended value generation, by designing and operating sustainable ventures. It examines, in an interdisciplinary fashion and across sectoral and geographical boundaries, how entrepreneurial activities can be developed to be generally consistent with sustainable development goals, as well as by whom, for what reasons, and with what implications. The Editors comprehensively review key dimensions of the sustainable entrepreneurship phenomenon to establish an essential definition and up-to-date picture of the field. The 19 chapters cover 4 main topics: Understanding the intentions and motivations for sustainable entrepreneurship Fostering and enacting sustainability through entrepreneurial action Leading and inspiring sustainable entrepreneurial action Finding the contextually grounded implications of and challenges to sustainable entrepreneurship and blended value generation This book is an important resource for entrepreneurs and policy makers as well as students in the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainability.

Author : Bill Aulet
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118692288

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Disciplined Entrepreneurship by Bill Aulet Pdf

24 Steps to Success! Disciplined Entrepreneurship will change the way you think about starting a company. Many believe that entrepreneurship cannot be taught, but great entrepreneurs aren’t born with something special – they simply make great products. This book will show you how to create a successful startup through developing an innovative product. It breaks down the necessary processes into an integrated, comprehensive, and proven 24-step framework that any industrious person can learn and apply. You will learn: Why the “F” word – focus – is crucial to a startup’s success Common obstacles that entrepreneurs face – and how to overcome them How to use innovation to stand out in the crowd – it’s not just about technology Whether you’re a first-time or repeat entrepreneur, Disciplined Entrepreneurship gives you the tools you need to improve your odds of making a product people want. Author Bill Aulet is the managing director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship as well as a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management. For more please visit http://disciplinedentrepreneurship.com/

Author : Bill Bolton,John Thompson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136217913

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Entrepreneurs by Bill Bolton,John Thompson Pdf

If you have an interest in things entrepreneurial and wonder if you have what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur, then this book is written for you. Authors Bill Bolton and John Thompson offer a unique focus, seeing everything through the eyes of the entrepreneur. This refreshed third edition is split into two fascinating parts. Part I builds an understanding of the entrepreneur as a person based on the key factors of talent and temperament - a unique framework for understanding and exploiting entrepreneurial opportunities. The process of starting and growing a business and the infrastructure and environment in which the entrepreneur has to operate, are described in detail. Part II tells the stories of famous entrepreneurs including classic figures such as Henry Ford, through to social entrepreneurs and even anti-social entrepreneurs such as Al Capone! This insightful, empirically based, original take on the entrepreneur, and thereby entrepreneurship, provides students with a new and challenging way into the subject.

Author : Nils Nilsson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000373295

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The Entrepreneurial Process by Nils Nilsson Pdf

This book provides an understanding of ‘opportunity recognition’ as a catalyst and crux of the entrepreneurial process. Grounded in research, it introduces the key concepts at the heart of entrepreneurship theory and practice and demonstrates how entrepreneurship differs from management in language, priorities and practice. The book’s central framework is mapped around ‘seeing and seizing opportunities’, where the entrepreneur enters a situation, eventually sees an opportunity and takes it through a process of idea development into an actionable entrepreneurial initiative. This captures the book’s four core elements: person(s), environment, opportunity and process. The Entrepreneurial Process is unique in its explanation of how key concepts are related and how they can be applied practically to business models, plans and action. Case studies from real-life organizations, reflective questions and short exercises throughout encourage student learning and enable true engagement with the subject matter, building students’ entrepreneurial efficacy. A ‘one-stop shop’ of key theoretical perspectives on entrepreneurship, opportunity recognition and business modelling, this textbook is essential for undergraduate and postgraduate students on introductory entrepreneurship and enterprise courses. Its practical and applied nature also makes it suitable for MBA and executive education. Online resources include chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint slides and a test bank of questions.

Author : Stavros Sindakis,Panagiotis Theodorou
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781787145023

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Global Opportunities for Entrepreneurial Growth by Stavros Sindakis,Panagiotis Theodorou Pdf

This book investigates, compares, and contrasts the theoretical and practical elements of business concepts and models that are acclimated to the dynamic changes of our modern era. Furthermore, it describes and analyzes the current cooperative interactions among firms, and evaluates the contribution of knowledge dynamics in coopetition.

Author : Donald F. Kuratko
Publisher : South Western Educational Publishing
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Entrepreneurship
ISBN : 0324590865

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Introduction to Entrepreneurship by Donald F. Kuratko Pdf

Learn the true process of a successful entrepreneur with Introduction to Entrepreneurship, 8/e International Edition Presenting the most current thinking in this explosive field, this renowned entrepreneurship text provides a practical, step-by-step approach that makes learning easy. Using exercises and case presentations, you can apply your own ideas and develop useful entrepreneurial skills. Cases and examples found throughout the text present the new venture creations or corporate innovations that permeate the world economy today. This book will be your guide to understanding the entrepreneurial challenges of tomorrow.

Author : Bill Cummings
Publisher : Bill Cummings
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780999895115

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Starting Small and Making It Big by Bill Cummings Pdf

Author : Oluwaseun Kolade,David Rae,Demola Obembe,Kassa Woldesenbet Beta
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030758943

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The Palgrave Handbook of African Entrepreneurship by Oluwaseun Kolade,David Rae,Demola Obembe,Kassa Woldesenbet Beta Pdf

This comprehensive handbook offers a state-of-the-art guide to new frontiers of African entrepreneurship. Written from a Pan-African perspective by a cast of international authors, the book addresses the rapid modernisation and evolution of African entrepreneurship and business practices. It maps new developments in entrepreneurial ecosystems, technology and digital entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship in conflict zones, and gender and diversity issues. It proposes new models for entrepreneurial financing and explores the contrast between entrepreneurship in high-technology urban centers with peripheral rural districts and conflict zones. Bringing together empirical insights and case studies from countries across Africa, the Handbook illuminates regional and contextual differences and shares theoretical and practical insights which inform policy and practice. It is an ideal guide for researchers and students working on international business, entrepreneurship and emerging economies. It will also inform policymakers in developing context-informed entrepreneurial policies and initiatives in Africa.