The Origin And Evolution Of New Businesses

Author : Amar V. Bhide
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2003-10-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198030102

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The Origin and Evolution of New Businesses by Amar V. Bhide Pdf

What is this mysterious activity we call entrepreneurship? Does success require special traits and skills or just luck? Can large companies follow their example? What role does venture capital play? In a field dominated by anecdote and folklore, this landmark study integrates more than ten years of intensive research and modern theories of business and economics. The result is a comprehensive framework for understanding entrepreneurship that provides new and penetrating insights. Examining hundreds of successful ventures, the author finds that the typical business has humble, improvised origins. Well-planned start-ups, backed by substantial venture capital, are exceptional. Entrepreneurs like Bill Gates and Sam Walton initially pursue small, uncertain opportunities, without much capital, market research, or breakthrough technologies. Coping with ambiguity and surprises, face-to-face selling, and making do with second-tier employees is more important than foresight, deal-making, or recruiting top-notch teams. Transforming improvised start-ups into noteworthy enterprises requires a radical shift, from "opportunistic adaptation" in niche markets to the pursuit of ambitious strategies. This requires traits such as ambition and risk-taking that are initially unimportant. Mature corporations have to pursue entrepreneurial activity in a much more disciplined way. Companies like Intel and Merck focus their resources on large-scale initiatives that scrappy entrepreneurs cannot undertake. Their success requires carefully chosen bets, meticulous planning, and the smooth coordination of many employees rather than the talents of a driven few. This clearly and concisely written book is essential for anyone who wants to start a business, for the entrepreneur or executive who wants to grow a company, and for the scholar who wants to understand this crucial economic activity.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Entrepreneurship
ISBN : 1602567174

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The Origin and Evolution of New Businesses by Anonim Pdf

Author : Henry Cornelius Klassen
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781552380093

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A Business History of Alberta by Henry Cornelius Klassen Pdf

Klassen looks at the role businesses have played in the economic, political, and social development of the province since the earliest European traders. Relying heavily on analysis and case studies, he considers the birth of business firms and the subsequent effects they have had on broader political and cultural matters. Canadian card order number: C99-910550-7. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Author : Tom Nicholas
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780674988002

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VC by Tom Nicholas Pdf

From nineteenth-century whaling to a multitude of firms pursuing entrepreneurial finance today, venture finance reflects a deep-seated tradition in the deployment of risk capital in the United States. Tom Nicholas’s history of the venture capital industry offers a roller coaster ride through America’s ongoing pursuit of financial gain.

Author : Israel Drori,Shmuel Ellis,Zur Shapira
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780804783996

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The Evolution of a New Industry by Israel Drori,Shmuel Ellis,Zur Shapira Pdf

The Evolution of a New Industry traces the emergence and growth of the Israeli hi-tech sector to provide a new understanding of industry evolution. In the case of Israel, the authors reveal how the hi-tech sector built an entrepreneurial culture with a capacity to disseminate intergenerational knowledge of how to found new ventures, as well as an intricate network of support for new firms. Following the evolution of this industry from embryonic to mature, Israel Drori, Shmuel Ellis, and Zur Shapira develop a genealogical approach that relies on looking at the sector in the way that one might consider a family tree. The principles of this genealogical analysis enable them to draw attention to the dynamics of industry evolution, while relating the effects of the parent companies' initial conditions to their respective corporate genealogies and imprinting potential. The text suggests that genealogical evolution is a key mechanism for understanding the rate and extent of founding new organizations, comparable to factors such as opportunity structures, capabilities, and geographic clusters.

Author : Eric D. Beinhocker
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 157851777X

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The Origin of Wealth by Eric D. Beinhocker Pdf

Beinhocker has written this work in order to introduce a broad audience to what he believes is a revolutionary new paradigm in economics and its implications for our understanding of the creation of wealth. He describes how the growing field of complexity theory allows for evolutionary understanding of wealth creation, in which business designs co-evolve with the evolution of technologies and organizational innovations. In addition to giving his audience a tour of this field of complexity economics, he discusses its implications for real-world issues of business.

Author : Amar Bhide
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:704539314

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The Origin and Evolution of New Businesses by Amar Bhide Pdf

Author : Claudia Bird Schoonhoven,Elaine Romanelli
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0804737908

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The Entrepreneurship Dynamic by Claudia Bird Schoonhoven,Elaine Romanelli Pdf

New organizations do not emerge full blown from the idiosyncratic minds of individual entrepreneurs. Their ideas for new organizations, their ability to acquire capital and other essential resources, and their likelihood of survival as entrepreneurs derive from the contexts in which they live and work. The Entrepreneurship Dynamic explores the conditions that prompt the founding of large numbers of new organizations or entirely new industries, and the effects on existing industries, economies, and societies.

Author : María Vázquez-Fariñas,Pedro Pablo Ortúñez-Goicolea,Mariano Castro-Valdivia
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030613181

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Companies and Entrepreneurs in the History of Spain by María Vázquez-Fariñas,Pedro Pablo Ortúñez-Goicolea,Mariano Castro-Valdivia Pdf

This book analyses the economic history of the company and entrepreneurship in Spain from the 15th century to the present. It evaluates the economic theory, the formation of the figure of the entrepreneur, as well as the structure of the companies. This exploration of the businessmen in Spain over several centuries is something that has not been done until now. Joining the great Spanish historiographical debate about the existence or not of entrepreneurship, the book brings together research in very different historical contexts and junctures. It presents a selection of cases of companies and entrepreneurs from Spain, from different sectors, regions and periods, from boom to crisis, from the wine businessman to the railway sector, from private banking to the pioneers of the Spanish travel agency business. It will be of interest to academics and students in economic history, business and management history, as well as researchers in entrepreneurship & small business management.

Author : Tom Eisenmann
Publisher : Currency
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780593137024

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Why Startups Fail by Tom Eisenmann Pdf

If you want your startup to succeed, you need to understand why startups fail. “Whether you’re a first-time founder or looking to bring innovation into a corporate environment, Why Startups Fail is essential reading.”—Eric Ries, founder and CEO, LTSE, and New York Times bestselling author of The Lean Startup and The Startup Way Why do startups fail? That question caught Harvard Business School professor Tom Eisenmann by surprise when he realized he couldn’t answer it. So he launched a multiyear research project to find out. In Why Startups Fail, Eisenmann reveals his findings: six distinct patterns that account for the vast majority of startup failures. • Bad Bedfellows. Startup success is thought to rest largely on the founder’s talents and instincts. But the wrong team, investors, or partners can sink a venture just as quickly. • False Starts. In following the oft-cited advice to “fail fast” and to “launch before you’re ready,” founders risk wasting time and capital on the wrong solutions. • False Promises. Success with early adopters can be misleading and give founders unwarranted confidence to expand. • Speed Traps. Despite the pressure to “get big fast,” hypergrowth can spell disaster for even the most promising ventures. • Help Wanted. Rapidly scaling startups need lots of capital and talent, but they can make mistakes that leave them suddenly in short supply of both. • Cascading Miracles. Silicon Valley exhorts entrepreneurs to dream big. But the bigger the vision, the more things that can go wrong. Drawing on fascinating stories of ventures that failed to fulfill their early promise—from a home-furnishings retailer to a concierge dog-walking service, from a dating app to the inventor of a sophisticated social robot, from a fashion brand to a startup deploying a vast network of charging stations for electric vehicles—Eisenmann offers frameworks for detecting when a venture is vulnerable to these patterns, along with a wealth of strategies and tactics for avoiding them. A must-read for founders at any stage of their entrepreneurial journey, Why Startups Fail is not merely a guide to preventing failure but also a roadmap charting the path to startup success.

Author : Asli M. Colpan,Takashi Hikino
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198717973

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Business Groups in the West by Asli M. Colpan,Takashi Hikino Pdf

This volume aims to explore the evolution of large enterprises in today's developed economies in the West. It focuses on the economic institution of the business group and understanding the factors behind its rise, growth, resilience, and/or fall; its behavioural and organizational characteristics; and its contributions to economic development.

Author : Geoffrey Jones
Publisher : Cengage Learning Emea
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415093716

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The Evolution of International Business by Geoffrey Jones Pdf

Attempts to convey some of the complexities and dynamism of international business by examining its history, from the nineteenth century origins of internaional trade to the present day.

Author : Paloma Fernández Pérez,Andrea Lluch
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781785363153

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Evolution of Family Business by Paloma Fernández Pérez,Andrea Lluch Pdf

Family businesses are everywhere, but there is little information regarding their growth and development. This book is one of the few to analyse the identity and evolution of the largest family businesses in Latin America and Spain. With contributions from 20 scholars from 12 different countries, the book compares the relationship of families in business within their national economies, foreign capital, migration, and politics. The authors deny the existence of a ‘Latin type’ of family capitalism in their countries, and highlight diversity, and national and regional differences. This interdisciplinary book will be useful for students and scholars of economics, management, history, sociology, and anthropology. Politicians, family business consultants, family businesses, and international institutions will also benefit from insights within this book.

Author : Keith R. Mcfarland
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781458754882

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The Breakthrough Company by Keith R. Mcfarland Pdf

In The Breakthrough Company, Keith McFarland pinpoints how everyday companies become extraordinary, showing that luck is a negligible factor. Rather, breakthrough success turns out to be associated with a clearly identifiable set of strategies and skills that anyone in any business can emulate - from small startup to industry paragon. Encouraged by experts such as business legend Peter Drucker and Good to Great author Jim Collins to identify the drivers that enable a company to push past the entrepreneurial phase, McFarland spent five years building and analyzing the world's largest growth-company performance database and interviewing more than 1,500 growth-company executives on four continents. His goal was simple: to identify the secrets of breakthrough. This book is the result. Winnowing a study pool of more than 7,000 companies down to nine that have made the transition to major-player status, McFarland highlights real-world tools and myth-busting insights that can be used by anyone wanting his or her business to join this exclusive circle.

Author : Eric D. Beinhocker
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633695979

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The Origin of Wealth by Eric D. Beinhocker Pdf

Over 6.4 billion people participate in a $36.5 trillion global economy, designed and overseen by no one. How did this marvel of self-organized complexity evolve? How is wealth created within this system? And how can wealth be increased for the benefit of individuals, businesses, and society? In The Origin of Wealth, Eric D. Beinhocker argues that modern science provides a radical perspective on these age-old questions, with far-reaching implications. According to Beinhocker, wealth creation is the product of a simple but profoundly powerful evolutionary formula: differentiate, select, and amplify. In this view, the economy is a "complex adaptive system" in which physical technologies, social technologies, and business designs continuously interact to create novel products, new ideas, and increasing wealth. Taking readers on an entertaining journey through economic history, from the Stone Age to modern economy, Beinhocker explores how "complexity economics" provides provocative insights on issues ranging from creating adaptive organizations to the evolutionary workings of stock markets to new perspectives on government policies. A landmark book that shatters conventional economic theory, The Origin of Wealth will rewire our thinking about how we came to be here--and where we are going.