Creator: R. Duane Ireland
Edition: 2
Publication date: 2006-07-11
Dewey code: 658.003
List Price: $160.00
Price: $123.62
Review The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management, Entrepreneurship (Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Management) / Wiley-Blackwell:This new volume in the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management volume set: The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship, especially commissioned for the second edition from editors Michael A. Hitt and R. Duane Ireland, charts the key concepts and frameworks in the expanding field of Entrepreneurship. A brand new, state-of-the-art volume in the growing field of Entrepreneurship; Features 90 important entrepreneurship concepts written by 110 international contributors; Charts the key concepts and frameworks of the field, covering: 'creative destruction'; competitive dynamics; real options; social capital; corporate entrepreneurship; risk management; franchising; succession planning; location effects; spinoffs; and product innovation.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2001-10-26
Dewey code: 658.05
List Price: $200.00
Price: $146.00
Review eBusiness and Workplace Redesign / Routledge:As the growth in teleworking, 'virtual teams', and 'virtual enterprises' has shown, the economic landscape is increasingly characterized by an ability to work across spatial and organizational boundaries. Only with this redesign of working methods and business processes can the promise of the digital age be delivered. This book draws upon an international, multi-disciplinary team of contributors to present the most recent academic research on the subject of e-commerce.
Creator: Colette Henry
Publication date: 2008-02-26
Dewey code: 658.421
List Price: $115.00
Price: $114.99
Review Entrepreneurship in the Creative Industries: An International Perspective / Edward Elgar Publishing:The Creative Industries represent a vital, exciting and rapidly changing field of activity; one that is now recognised as a key growth sector in the knowledge-based economy. However, there is still a general lack of understanding of what is meant by the term 'Creative Industry', and interestingly, to date, the creative sector has not been the subject of concerted academic research. Thus, this timely book aims to inform academics, policy makers, support agencies and creative entrepreneurs about current priority issues on the Creative Industries research agenda, and platforms some of the key challenges yet to be addressed. Leading academics deal with a range of issues within the Creative Industries across different countries and contexts and the book provides valuable insights into the creative entrepreneurial process from an international perspective.
Creator: Alan McKinlay
Publication date: 1996-05
Dewey code: 331.11094
List Price: $130.00
Price: $129.99
Review Management, Labour and Industrial Politics in Modern Europe: The Quest for Productivity Growth During the Twentieth Century / Edward Elgar Publishing:
Creator: Timothy J. Gluckman
Publication date: 2003-06
Dewey code: 338.040951
List Price: $116.00
Price: $115.97
Review Private Entrepreneurs in China and Vietnam: Social and Political Functioning of Strategic Groups (China Studies, 4) / Brill Academic Publishers:With this book, Thomas Heberer has written the first in-depth analysis of "entrepreneurs" in China and Vietnam. Key question raised is the role played by entrepreneurs in the process of the recent astonishing political and economic change. Based on a survey among several hundreds of these entrepreneurs, the author convincingly argues that this strategic group has a strong desire for a true say in political decision making. As a body, a strategic group, they have indeed through various means come to exercise an important function in political development and change. It so becomes clear that over the past decades private entrepreneurs have grown into a primary leading, definitely distinct social group in terms of income and social status with considerable influence on all levels of society.
Creator: Michael Lounsbury
Publication date: 2007-04-23
Dewey code: 302.35
List Price: $120.00
Price: $116.00
Review The Sociology of Entrepreneurship, Volume 25 (Research in the Sociology of Organizations) (Research in the Sociology of Organizations) (Research in the Sociology of Organizations) / JAI Press:This volume takes stock of entrepreneurship research within organizational sociology, critically examining the theoretical presuppositions of the field and situating extant research within the sociological canon. The contributors to this volume exemplify how the disciplinary lens of sociology provides a systematic foundation to understand the context, process, and effects of entrepreneurial activity. Topics explored include entry into entrepreneurship, immigrant entrepreneurship and enclaves, academic entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurialism related to new organizational forms. The breadth and depth of the research offered by the esteemed scholars that have contributed to this volume highlight the progressive nature of sociological research on entrepreneurship. Taken as a whole, the volume points the way towards a more comprehensive framework for the development of the sociology of entrepreneurship. *Research in the Sociology of Organizations is an international series *It is especially concerned with specifying the unique contributions of sociological theories and research techniques to the analysis of organizations*Each volume aims to foster debate and dialogue about the value of new theories and research to the field of organizational sociology as well as the growing international community of organizational scholars.
Creator: Phedon Nicolaides
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1993-01-08
Dewey code: 338.94
List Price: $124.50
Price: $124.50
Review Industrial Policy in the European Community:A Necessary Response to Economic Integration? / Springer:As global corporate rivarly intensifies there is rising cncern about the state of industries that have to compete with foreign firms, often suspected of being aided by their governments with the aim to dominate world markets. In the European Community, in particular, many industrialists believe that the completion of the Single Market will make them even more vulnerable to foreign competition. The essays compiled in this book re-examine the arguments for industrial policy. They go beyond the sterile and doctrinaire debate on whether the government should intervene in the economy. Rather, they ask what kind of industrial policy national governments and the European Community should pursue in the light of the increasing openness of their economies, expanding global corporate alliances and faster technological obsolescence. These essays have a distinct policy orientation. They review the latest theoretical developments in order to identify the relevant policy paramters and draw conclusions on what the aim and instruments of industrial policy should be.
Creator: Feng Li
Publication date: 2007-03-31
Dewey code: 381.142
List Price: $165.00
Price: $115.25
Review Social Implications and Challenges of E-Business / IGI Global:The rapid development of the Internet and e-business has created not only lucrative economic opportunities, but also significant social challenges, with profound implications for individuals, communities and for our society as a whole. However, the social implications and challenges of e-business are still inadequately researched and poorly understood today. Social Implications and Challenges of E-Business explores the profound social implications and challenges of e-business, investigates how the rapid development of the Internet and e-business shapes, and is shaped, by various social forces; and highlights the enormous difficulties and challenges involved in applying e-business technologies and principles in public services and other non-business activities.
Publication date: 1991-12
Price: $110.00
Review Profitable Legal Aid / Hyperion Books:
Creator: Michael M. Beyerlein;Susan Beyerlein;Douglas Johnson
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2001-12-10
Dewey code: 338
List Price: $119.00
Price: $115.40
Review Virtual Teams (Advances in Interdisciplinary Studies of Work Teams) (Advances in Interdisciplinary Studies of Work Teams) / JAI Press:Effective knowledge work depends on bringing people together to form a team with the right mix of expertise for the project or problem on hand. Increasingly, that mix can only be created by finding people who are geographically dispersed across sites of the company or across several companies. These virtual teams typically work by linking through electronic tools, such as the telephone, fax, email, NetMeeting, Lotus Notes, and other web-based communication systems. Recent research suggests that these teams have all of the challenges of face-to-face teams in addition to others, such as the limitations of technology, cultural differences, and multiple supervisors. The papers included in this volume identify some of the problems and some of the solutions to these kinds of problems, but most importantly, in a dynamic field such as virtual teams, the papers provide a framework for thinking about such problems and a collection of ideas that can form a foundation for advancing both research and practice in the field. Much of the literature on virtual teams focuses on the technology. The technology is an enabler, but it does not seem to have advanced far enough to make electronic communications as effective as face-to-face meetings. Like other teams, virtual teams consist of human beings and they have interpersonal and identity needs that must be met to optimize their ability to work and to collaborate. So, issues such as member solidarity, cooperation and unity of actions and values become special concerns. Such issues are addressed in this volume with the hope that this work will provide a foundation for moving ahead in this field toward more effective virtual teams.
Publication date: 2008-08-30
Dewey code: 338.04072
List Price: $115.00
Price: $114.99
Review The Entrepreneurship Research Challenge / Edward Elgar Publishing:Entrepreneurship is an emerging, dynamic and to a considerable extent, unpredictable phenomenon and thus, makes for a challenging research subject. In this book, one of the most experienced empiricists in this field has collected some of his most important ideas on how improved conceptualization and research design can make this challenge more manageable. Per Davidsson addresses questions such as: What precisely is entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship research? What unique contribution can it make compared with research in other fields? Conversely, how can scholars with different disciplinary backgrounds best contribute to the study of entrepreneurship? What does the emergent and highly diverse nature of entrepreneurship imply for research design? And what is required from entrepreneurship researchers - and practitioners - in order for the research to make strong contributions to business and policy practice? This comprehensive, in-depth account of how the emergence of new entrepreneurial activity can be studied will be warmly welcomed by researchers and academics in the areas of entrepreneurship, innovation and methodology and research design.
Authors
- Harold D. Stolovitch
- Erica J. Keeps
Dewey code: 370
List Price: $150.00
Price: $115.65
Review Front-End Analysis and Return on Investment Toolkit (Learning and Performance Toolkit Series) / Pfeiffer:Front-End Analysis and Return on Investment Toolkit is a comprehensive collection of guidelines, job aids, rich examples and tips that give you the information needed to create performance interventions that will deliver the desired results. By using this vital resource you will be able to analyze training requests on the front end, measure worth and ROI in learning, and performance on the back end, and Identify the business need underlying the request. Clarify the desired performance outcomes. Systematically investigate and describe the current performance state. Characterize the gap between current and desired performance in terms of magnitude, value, and urgency. Identify the array of factors affecting the gap. Select appropriate, economical, feasible, and acceptable performance interventions that deliver desired results.
Creator: Patrick Barwise
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1997-09-30
Dewey code: 658.4012
List Price: $115.00
Price: $115.00
Review Strategic Decisions / Springer:Over the past ten years, there has been growing interest in the process of strategic decision-making among both managers and researchers. Strategic decisions are important for five main reasons: They are large-scale, risky and hard to reverse; they are a bridge between deliberate and emerging strategies; they can be a major source of organizational learning; they play an important part in the development of individual managers and they cut accross functions and academic disciplines. Strategic Decisions summarizes the current state of the art in research on strategic decision-making, with chapters prepared by leading strategy researchers. The editors also present implications for current application and proposed directions for future research.
Creator: S. Sen
Publication date: 2001-04
Dewey code: 330.959
List Price: $165.00
Price: $115.30
Review Finance, Governance and Economic Performance in Pacific and South East Asia / Edward Elgar Publishing:This title focuses on key aspects of government policy, financial systems and their link to the economic miracle in Pacific and South East Asia. It examines the success of governance in the deregulation of markets and recovering from the economic crises which have affected the financial progress of the Asian economies. The book includes contributions on financial market openings in developing vountries; the impact of FDI on the economic growth of the ASEAN economies; governance, human capital, labour and endogenous growth in Asia Pacific; and lessons from the financial crisis as well as an overview of finance, development and growth.
Edition: 2
Publication date: 2009-01-12
Dewey code: 338
List Price: $124.00
Price: $115.57
Review Entrepreneurship: Starting and Operating a Small Business (2nd Edition) / Prentice Hall:Written by an award-winning expert demystifies the process of starting a business by presenting difficult economic, financial and business concepts in a manner easily understood by beginners. This book addresses the demands of integrating workplace relevant activities to meet academic standards. Placing an emphasis on developing business plans, it can be used as a professional resource for anyone looking to start their own business. An excellent resource for anyone looking to start their own small business!.
Creator: David Levi-Faur
Publication date: 2004-07-01
Dewey code: 382.3
List Price: $128.24
Price: $122.62
Review The Politics Of Regulation: Institutions and Regulatory Reforms for the Age of Governance (The Crc Series on Competition, Regulation and Development) / Edward Elgar Publishing:This book suggests that the scope and breadth of regulatory reforms since the mid-1980s and particularly during the 1990s, are so striking that they necessitate a reappraisal of current approaches to the study of the politics of regulation. The authors call for the adoption of different and fresh perspectives to examine this area. The contributors to this volume analyse how regulatory regimes that were once peculiar to the US and a few industries have, in recent years, come to define the best practice of governance over the world capitalist economy and over numerous social and economic sectors. They go on to suggest various explanations for the expansion of regulatory institutions, addressing some of the most critical problems and offering new methodological techniques to enable further study. The contributions also provide distinct cross-national and cross-sectoral comparative approaches, and emphasise the changes in the economic and social context of regulation and the implications of these developments on the rise of the regulatory state. These changes, together with the general advance in the study of regulation, undoubtedly demand a re-evaluation of the theory of regulation, its methodologies and scope of application. This book is a perceptive investigation of recent evolutions in the manner and extent of governance through regulation. Scholars and students of comparative politics, public policy, regulation theory, institutional economics and political sociology will find it to be essential reading. It will also prove a valuable source of reference for those working or dealing with regulatory authorities and for business managers in private industries and services operating under a regulatory framework.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1997-03-14
Dewey code: 338.04
List Price: $170.00
Price: $115.00
Review Entrepreneurship in a Global Context (International Business and the World Economy, 5) / Routledge:This collection presents selected papers from the Fourth Annual Global Conference on Entrepreneurial Research, held in 1994 at INSEAD, France. Covering a wide selection of themes, methodological approaches and organization types, the papers cover all aspects of current entrepreneurship theory in economics, organizational sociology, marketing, leadership and finance. Other issues discussed include gender and networking, strategies in entrepreneurial growth, job satisfaction and franchising. Case studies highlight specific examples of entrepreneurship around the world, including the reform of state-owned enterprises in China and Vietnam, regional business creation in Quebec and the Italian tannery industry. Contributors include: Howard Aldrich, Amanda Elam Brickman, William Bygrave, Richard N. Cardozo, Paul Severn, Anne Sickels, Gilles Roy, Rita Gunther McGrath, Steven Spinelli, Benoit Leleux, S. Venkataraman, Luc Vallee.
Creator: Seleema Kauser
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2005-12-29
Dewey code: 338
List Price: $135.00
Price: $115.43
Review New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millennium IV (New Technology-Based Firms) / Elsevier Science:This eleventh volume derived from the Annual International High Technology Small Firms (HTSFs) Conference, and the edited book series of which it forms part, is a detailed testimony to the progress of academic research on this specialist, but highly important, area of industrial activity. In particular, research from this series is intended to provide a basis for new "evidence-based" government policy, although governments in many developed economies have often been seduced by "fads", in circumstances where policy solutions are crudely adopted without convincing evidence of their efficacy. None the less, it is most important for academics, although they may be occasionally ignored, to continue to pursue independent research of the type contained within this series in order to provide research-based policy options, and commentary on the quality of the current policy environment for HTSFs in different national contexts. As in the case of previous volumes in this series, the current collection of papers inform many issues important to policy as governments seek to promote HTSF formation and growth. In this volume individual papers are grouped into three main sections; these are "Theory", "Strategy" and "Clustering and Spin Off Firms". Regarding Theory, all five papers grouped under this heading are concerned, either with high technology entrepreneurship in general, or academic high technology small firm entrepreneurship in particular, with four of the five papers strongly focussed on academic entrepreneurial examples. The Strategy section is again comprised of five papers, which broadly explore how diverse business ideas are operationalised in terms of strategy. A long standing interest in academic spin-offs in this book series has been more recently re-invigorated by a sudden interest in clustering which, through the related topics of incubation, science park formation and sub-regional high technology clustering has prompted linked research on the formation and growth of HTSFs in specialist locations, mainly through spin off. In the final Clustering and Spin Off section, the four individual papers are either concerned with how "spin offs" can contribute to HTSF cluster growth in industrial districts, or in the environs of major core regional universities.
Creator: Kai-Ingo Voigt
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2004-10-07
Dewey code: 338
List Price: $129.00
Price: $115.53
Review Jahrbuch Entrepreneurship 2004/05: Gründungsforschung und Gründungsmanagement / Springer:Das Jahrbuch Entrepreneurship bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über den aktuellen Stand der Gründungsforschung in Deutschland. Es informiert ausführlich und kompetent über die wichtigsten Entwicklungen in Theorie und Praxis. Besondere Schwerpunkte bilden die Themen Entrepreneurship Education, Innovative Ansätze und Organisationsentwicklung im Gründungsmanagement und Internationale Aspekte der Unternehmensgründung. Das Jahrbuch ist interessant für Wissenschaftler und Dozenten in den Bereichen Entrepreneurship und Management sowie für Praktiker in Klein-, Mittel- und Großunternehmen.
Authors
- MCI Management Charter Initiative
Dewey code: 658
List Price: $115.00
Price: $115.00
Review The MCI Directory of Management Information (Management Charter Initiative) / Butterworth-Heinemann:This directory lists the leading UK providers of management development. It is an invaluable guide for any aspiring manager, HR director, trainer, adviser or consultant. Readers will find a wealth of information about the leading firms, schools, consultancies and trainers that are relevant to their needs. TECs, LECs, Business Links, HR departments and other advisers will all appreciate this comprehensive and accessible resource. MCI endorsementUp to date management information (including internet www sites of interest)Good value, comprehensive directory, with strong links to TECs, LECs and Business Links.
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