The Hidden Enterprise Culture

Author : Colin C. Williams
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781847201881

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The Hidden Enterprise Culture by Colin C. Williams Pdf

This book will be an excellent primer for policy makers wishing to understand the nature and contradictory significance of the underground economy and needing to design suitably subtle policy responses to it. Roger Lee, Growth and Change The Hidden Enterprise Culture is a top pick for any economist or academician interested in this field, as well as for any underground entrepreneur who wants to make their enterprise lawful with the fewest possible legal complications. Midwest Book Review Strongly recommended for policy makers and students of business. Global Business Review Portraying how entrepreneurs often start out conducting some or all of their trade on an off-the-books basis and how many continue to do so once they become established, this book provides the first detailed account of the vast and ubiquitous hidden enterprise culture existing in the interstices of western economies. Until now, the role of the underground economy in enterprise creation, entrepreneurship and small business development has been largely ignored despite its widespread prevalence and importance. In contrast to much of the previous literature that views the underground economy as low-paid, exploitative sweatshop work that should be deterred, this book takes a fresh, more positive perspective that considers the underground economy as a hidden enterprise culture. Colin C. Williams prescribes the means by which western governments can best harness this hidden culture of enterprise. He outlines detailed policy initiatives that seek to assist business ventures in setting up on a formal footing, and aim to encourage underground enterprises and entrepreneurs to make the transition into the realm of legitimacy. This book provides a lucid guide as to how the hidden culture of enterprise can be brought into the open. As such, it will prove invaluable to a wide-ranging audience including scholars and students of business studies, entrepreneurship, management, economics and regional science.

Author : Alan Southern
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136731501

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Enterprise, Deprivation and Social Exclusion by Alan Southern Pdf

There is little doubt that in recent years, enterprise has been considered an essential approach in the alleviation of deprivation existing in the developed world. The assumption is that area-based initiatives provide a means by which enterprise can include all members of society in mainstream social and economic activities. The rationale behind Enterprise, Deprivation and Social Exclusion is to critically challenge the notion that enterprise can address the complexity behind deprivation and social exclusion by demonstrating UK and North American examples. We see how enterprise has come to be regarded as a means by which poverty can be reduced and new opportunities can be opened up to support individuals. However, the authors here seek to give a greater appreciation to the structural roots of deprivation and pose questions about whether or not enterprise might actually exacerbate structures of social and economic exclusion. What if enterprise actually maintains differences between types of community and keeps individuals entrenched in certain ways of thinking? The contributions in this edited collection will offer a distinct opportunity in respect of both theoretical and empirical advancement. The authors hale from both sides of the Atlantic and form an inter-disciplinary group to provide complementary perspectives in this field.

Author : Russell Keat,Nicholas Abercrombie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Economic history
ISBN : 0203721586

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Enterprise Culture by Russell Keat,Nicholas Abercrombie Pdf

Author : Jacalyn Carol Sherriton,James L. Stern
Publisher : Amacom Books
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0814403247

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Corporate Culture, Team Culture by Jacalyn Carol Sherriton,James L. Stern Pdf

Corporate Culture/Team Culture is the first book to address in depth the issue of changing the organizational culture to support team effectiveness. It also presents a practical, proven model for achieving such transformation, and illustrates the process with three extended case studies and numerous additional examples of the model in action. To create high-performing teams, the authors say, we must first acknowledge that teamwork doesn't come naturally. While individuals and organizations are trained to pay lip service to the value of working together, this approach actually clashes with cultures that reward "looking out for number 1." Add in the turf battles that still smolder in most workplaces - especially in companies that have recently merged or downsized - and teams can become powder kegs. Yet, as the book's examples reveal, teaming is a vital way to structure work and meet today's business challenges. Whether your organization is fine-tuning its team efforts or just starting out, Corporate Culture/Team Culture shows you how to succeed by tackling cultural issues from the ground up.

Author : Maarten van Ham,Darja Reuschke,Reinout Kleinhans,Colin Mason,Stephen Syrett
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781785367243

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Entrepreneurial Neighbourhoods by Maarten van Ham,Darja Reuschke,Reinout Kleinhans,Colin Mason,Stephen Syrett Pdf

Despite the growing evidence on the importance of the neighbourhood, entrepreneurship studies have largely neglected the role of neighbourhoods. This book addresses the nexus between entrepreneurship, neighbourhoods and communities, confirming not only the importance of ‘the local’ in entrepreneurship, but also filling huge gaps in the knowledge base regarding this tripartite relationship.

Author : Arnis Sauka,Friedrich Schneider
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781784719883

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Entrepreneurship and the Shadow Economy by Arnis Sauka,Friedrich Schneider Pdf

The shadow economy has become the focus of policy makers around the world. This timely book explores the relationship between entrepreneurship and the shadow economy by reviewing how to measure, explain and tackle this hidden enterprise culture. The editors bring together leading authorities in the field to examine existing methods to measure the shadow economy, explore entrepreneurship and shadow economy practices in various contexts, and provide policy suggestions for decreasing the shadow economy. It concludes by encouraging further research in this ever-growing field.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ScholarlyEditions
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464968266

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Issues in Entrepreneurship and Small Business: 2011 Edition by Anonim Pdf

Issues in Entrepreneurship and Small Business: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Entrepreneurship and Small Business. The editors have built Issues in Entrepreneurship and Small Business: 2011 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Entrepreneurship and Small Business in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Entrepreneurship and Small Business: 2011 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Author : Colin C. Williams
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781782546047

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Confronting the Shadow Economy by Colin C. Williams Pdf

Beginning with a review of the extent of undeclared work, the author discusses the discrepancies between regions and the potential impacts of the economic crisis, comparing the nature of the potential solutions available with those actually adopted. Th

Author : Gerard McElwee,Robert Smith
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781784415518

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Exploring Criminal and Illegal Enterprise by Gerard McElwee,Robert Smith Pdf

This book examines the illegal behaviour of entrepreneurs and discusses how criminal entrepreneurs acquire information, learn from their entrepreneurial experiences, and utilize acquired knowledge to develop their organizations.

Author : Isabelle Mrugalla
Publisher : diplom.de
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783842813830

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Cultural Differences as a Hidden Hurdle to Successful Business by Isabelle Mrugalla Pdf

Inhaltsangabe:Introduction: The main effect of globalisation over recent decades has been the development of the world as a united market place. Through multinational companies, globally accepted management styles or organisational structures the impression might be given that there are hardly big differences in the way people do business all over the world. However, the variety of human cultures makes it impossible to believe that there is a uniform theory corresponding to all cultures on earth or assimilating their way of doing business. Misunderstandings while doing business or even failure of business relationships are, despite ever increasing market transparency, part of every day business life. It is less frequently the consequence of economic discrepancies but more often hidden cultural incompatibilities that can cause problems between two or more parties. Even between countries that have maintained business relationships for many years, as is the case between Germany and Spain, the problem of cultural differences is unfortunately present and moreover underestimated. For Germany, the European export champion, Spain has been for at least a decade one of the top export destinations. Also German companies located in Spain contributed 8% to that country s G.D.P. for 2010. Those big subsidiaries originated from a successful attempt to do business with a different culture and yet, to a greater or lesser extent, still face this difficulty every day. This applies equally to enterprises that are pure exporters, those having production plants, distribution or sales departments in the respective country. Helping businesses avoid the potential obstacles arising from cultural differences through sensitivity and understanding would improve working relationships and smoothen the path toward economic growth. Hit hard by the European economic crisis, Spain had and still has to suffer economic cutbacks. Since Germany is the second largest destination for Spanish exports it needs to maintain this presence in Germany. As the head of Spanish government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and the German chancellor Angela Merkel pointed out on the German-Hispanic summit conference on 2nd of February 2011 in Madrid, there is still a lot of potential that can be exploited when both parties are pro-active. Looking at the above mentioned facts it is evident that both countries need each other. Besides creating a common political base, it is essential for their [...]

Author : Malcolm Cross,Geoff Payne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351167543

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Work and the Enterprise Culture by Malcolm Cross,Geoff Payne Pdf

Work and Enterprise Culture examines the world of work in the light of the major changes that have occurred over the last decade. In particular, the book focuses on what is understood by the term the ‘enterprise culture’ and considers what impact, if any, this concept has on traditional work practices. A major feature of the book is that the essays also address questions of equal opportunity on grounds of gender and race, and examine the effects of the coming of the ‘enterprise culture’ has had on these concerns.

Author : Simon Sagmeister
Publisher : Campus Verlag
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783593438153

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Business Culture Design (englische Ausgabe) by Simon Sagmeister Pdf

Although culture is what gives companies the ability to survive, it is often addressed only after problems have emerged. While it is true that corporate culture cannot be put into numbers, it can be visualized and modeled using the author's Culture Map. The values underlying all corporate cultures are represented in seven colors which combine to form individual patterns. The Culture Map can be used as a basis for successful change and innovation processes, mergers, and integrations. When managers and employees see where they are trying to go, it enables them to take the appropriate decisions and actions. "This is the perfect (work-)book for those who want to know what makes their organization tick and who want to actively sculpt its success." Carina Kontio, Handelsblatt "An extensive introduction to the topic of corporate culture with vivid case studies and graphics. Very attractive design and great visual transfer." acquisa

Author : Jeremi Brewer,Stephen W. Gibson
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781781956182

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Necessity Entrepreneurs by Jeremi Brewer,Stephen W. Gibson Pdf

Necessity entrepreneurs are individuals in developing countries who start small enterprises out of necessity. While they range from street sellers to educated hopefuls with little access to formal employment, the one thing that unites them is the need

Author : Erika Kraemer-Mbula,Sacha Wunsch-Vincent
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107157545

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The Informal Economy in Developing Nations by Erika Kraemer-Mbula,Sacha Wunsch-Vincent Pdf

This pioneering study offers a conceptual model and rich empirical evidence to help researchers and policy-makers understand informal innovation in developing countries.

Author : Reem Khamis Hamdan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Educational technology
ISBN : 9789819969098

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Information and Communication Technology in Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Sustainable and Equal Opportunity by Reem Khamis Hamdan Pdf

Zusammenfassung: This book provide an in-depth analysis of current development concerning ICTs with reference to vocational education and training. It presents best and innovative ICT-based solutions implemented in education and explores controversial topics such as challenges and opportunities. It discusses the role of ICT, vocational education and training in women empowerment. It also examines digital learning, vocational education and sustainable operations. Information and communication technologies have created new opportunities along with new challenges, putting profound and urgent implications on vocational education and training (VET). Nowadays, we must think broadly and make the right choices about VET using innovation and digitalization to boost the quality of vocational education and training, enable the upskilling and reskilling of adults, and enhance the employability of learners. The potential and the impact of ICTs in vocational education and training have yet to be fully exploited, leading to an emerging direction of research. This book helps readers to understand the idea of business education and education governance in a digital age. It is of interest to practitioners, administrators, researchers, teachers, teacher educators and students.