Understanding Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Small Business

by Ken O'Neill (Author), Simon Bridge (Author), Stan Cromie (Author)

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  2003

  $3.24

  This volume provides a comprehensive and accessible guide to the key facts, ideas, theories and thinking about enterprise and entrepreneurship, this text considers their relationship to small businesses and discusses the methods that are taken to promote them.Outlining the importance of the small business sector and the activity of enterprise development, the authors discuss the meaning of enterprise, its perceived benefits and the cultural, economic and political influences which affect the behaviour of individuals and groups. They address the distinctive differences between small and large businesses and also consider business growth and corporate entrepreneurship. A special feature is the section they devote to the reasons, theories, methods and results of governmental intervention to promote the development of enterprise. Presented for students, policy makers and practitioners, this edition has been thoroughly updated throughout and includes new or expanded material on: gender and ethnicity issues; entrepreneurship and small business policy; social enterprise and the social economy; portfolio and part time working; intrapreneurship and corporate entrepreneurship; international comparative performance; the E- business sector and the new economy

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  Paperback
  2008

  $3.24

  This is an authoritative guide to entrepreneurship, and the policy that engenders and supports enterprising businesses. This is the revamped third edition covering a wider range of entrepreneurship-related issuesIt is written by an established and well-respected author team. This is a core text for modules on business and management degrees, as well as MBAs: The market is large.Key issues are given in-depth coverage, with a careful explanation of terminology and research. Unlike many books on enterprise, the text anchors itself on the policy that drives entrepreneurship. A new, user friendly design and a larger format allows for defined and developed pedagogy.A completely new Companion Website encourages students to engage with the issues outside of the classroom. This comprehensive guide to the key facts, ideas, and theories about enterprise and entrepreneurship considers their relation to small business and discusses measures taken to promote them. The authors outline the importance of the small business sector and consider the cultural, political and economic influences on business growth.