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SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEXTBOOK
TEXTBOOK
Growing Your Business
Entrepreneurship
A Handbook for Ambitious Owner-Managers
Theory & Context
Gerard Burke, Liz Clarke, Paul Barrow and David Molian, all at Cranfield University School of Management, UK
Carole Howorth, Lancaster University, UK and Paul Westhead, University of Nottingham, UK
Growing Your Business helps owner/managers develop growth strategies for their businesses by providing frameworks, ideas, inspiration and hands-on assignments. Its contents are a distillation of the authors’ knowledge and experience, which has successfully helped hundreds of owner/managers to grow and develop their businesses and themselves over the last twenty years. Filled with case studies and examples of businesses involved with the world-renowned Business Growth and Development Programme (BGP) at the Cranfield School of Management, this book covers all industry sectors and includes high profile names such as Karan Bilimoria of Cobra Beer, Angus Thirlwell of Hotel Chocolat and Lara Morgan of Pacific Direct. As well as being an ideal text for courses and modules in small business development and business growth at undergraduate and MBA levels, this book also stands on its own as an invaluable ’workbook’ that enables any owner/manager to develop their own growth strategy and take their business to the next level. Selected Contents: Introduction Section 1: Where are you Now? 1. Your Business and its Market 2. Are you in Good Financial Health? 3. Diagnosing the Management of your Organization 4. Now, Let’s Talk about You! 5. Where are you Now?: Bringing it all Together Section 2: Where are you Going? 6. What do you Want? 7. What does the Business have to do to Enable you to Achieve What you Want? Section 3: How do you Get There? 8. What is your Growth Strategy? 9. How do you Further Enhance your Distinctiveness? 10. Can you Develop a Balanced Management Team? 11. How do you Manage the Changes? 12. How do you Fund Growth? 13. What Will your Role be in the Future? 14. Acquistions, Mergers, Joint Ventures and Divestments 15. What are your Options for Realising Value? 16. Writing up your Plans
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Entrepreneurship is one of the fastest growing subject areas in the business and management area with an increasing number of specialist MBAs and Masters courses being developed. Providing a theoretical underpinning to entrepreneurship, this textbook, authored by two leading academics in the field, gives an overview of the context and theory of entrepreneurship, and illustrates the progress and development of the field. Student-friendly, with a wealth of pedaogogical features, plenty of boxed examples, five recurring in-depth case studies, and an accompanying lecturer support website, this book illustrates the development of ideas through the life of real-life entrepreneurial ventures drawn from a variety of countries. Selected Contents: 1. Introduction: Overview of the Field of Entrepreneurship 2. New Firms and Entrepreneurship 3. The Entrepreneurial Process: Economic Theories 4. The Entrepreneurial Process: Non-Economic Theories 5. The Entrepreneurial Process 6. Organizational Forms Selected by Entrepreneurs 7. Organization Development: Conceptual Models 8. Organization Development: Resources 9. Types of Entrepreneurs 10. Linking Entrepreneurship with the External Environment 11. Outcomes from the Entrepreneurial Process. Conclusions and Themes for Further Research December 2008: 246x174: 304pp Hb: 978-0-415-40535-5: £85.00 Pb: 978-0-415-40536-2: £26.99 • AVAILABLE AS AN INSPECTION COPY
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Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development
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Jay Mitra, University of Essex, UK The first definitive text on entrepreneurship and innovation management, this book examines both large and small businesses, and other organizations concerned with the creation and development of new products, services and new management strategies. Its distinctiveness stems from its wide, inclusive focus, its use of international case studies and its ability to emphasize the symbiotic relationship between innovation, organizational learning, and entrepreneurship in different types of organizations. This book introduces and explains the value of entrepreneurship and innovation for business and regional economic development and firmly establishes the link between entrepreneurship, innovation and learning in business and economic regeneration, and the contributory factors for their success. In addition it supports postgraduate teaching and research through explanations and the provision of empirical evidence, whilst introducing original ideas, empirical concepts and practical examples on the subject. Selected Contents: 1. Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2. Theories of Entrepreneurship and Innovation 3. Contexts for Entrepreneurship and Innovation 4. Organization Learning, Entrepreneurship and Innovation 5. Creativity in Entrepreneurship and Innovation 6. Technology, Entrepreneurship and Innovation 7. Entrepreneurship Research, Education and Training 8. New Venture Finance, Entrepreneurship and Innovation 9. The Wider Context for Learning, Innovation and Regional Economic Development September 2008: 246x174: 320pp Hb: 978-0-415-40515-7: £85.00 Pb: 978-0-415-40516-4: £26.99 • AVAILABLE AS AN INSPECTION COPY
High-Tech Entrepreneurship Managing Innovation, Variety and Uncertainty Edited by Michel Bernasconi, CERAM Sophia Antonopolis, France, Simon Harris, Stirling University, UK and Mette Moensted, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark High-tech businesses form a crucial part of entrepreneurial activity – in some ways presenting very typical examples of entrepreneurship, yet in others representing quite different challenges. The uncertainty in innovation and advanced technology makes it difficult to use conventional economic planning models, and also means that the management skills used in this area must be more responsive to issues of risk, uncertainty and evaluation than in conventional business opportunities. Specifically focusing on the mix of theory and practice needed to accurately inform students, the key topics covered include: • uncertainty and innovation • entrepreneurial finance • marketing technological innovations • high-tech incubation management. Including case studies to give practical insights into genuine business examples, this comprehensive book has a distinctly ‘real-world’ focus throughout. Edited by a multi-national team, it draws together leading writers and researchers from across Europe, making it a must-read for all those involved in advanced entrepreneurship with specific interests in high-tech startups. 2006: 234x156: 312pp Hb: 978-0-415-38058-4: £80.00 Pb: 978-0-415-38059-1: £25.99
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SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP The Triple Helix
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University-Industry-Government Innovation in Action
The Economics of Small Firms
Henry Etzkowitz, University of Newcastle Business School, UK
Peter Johnson, Durham University, UK
An Introduction
A triple helix of university-industrygovernment interactions is the key to innovation in increasingly knowledge-based societies. As the creation, dissemination, and utilization of knowledge moves from the periphery to the centre of industrial production and governance, the concept of innovation, in product and process, is itself being transformed. In its place is a new sense of ’innovation in innovation’ - the restructuring and enhancement of the organizational arrangements and incentives that foster innovation. This triple helix intersection of relatively independent institutional spheres generates hybrid organizations such as technology transfer offices in universities, firms, and government research labs and business and financial support institutions such as angel networks and venture capital for new technology-based firms that are increasingly developing around the world. The Triple Helix describes this new innovation model and assists students, researchers, and policy makers in addressing such questions as: How do we enhance the role of universities in regional economic and social development? How can governments, at all levels, encourage citizens to take an active role in promoting innovation in innovation and, conversely, how can citizens so encourage their governments? How can firms collaborate with each other and with universities and government to become more innovative? What are the key elements and challenges to reaching these goals? Selected Contents: 1. The Triple Helix 2. The Entrepreneurial University 3. The Innovation State 4. The Triple Helix Firm 5. Counter-Cyclical Venture Capital 6. The Regional Innovation Environment 7. Incubation of Innovation 8. Triple Helix Landscape 9. Conclusion: The Endless Transition February 2008: 6x9: 176pp Hb: 978-0-415-96450-0: £95.00 Pb: 978-0-415-96451-7: £18.99 eBook: 978-0-203-92960-5
Student-friendly and international in scope and relevance, this book provides an accessible introduction to the economics of small business for those with little knowledge of economics. Economics, alongside other disciplines and interacting with them, has some important insights to offer and it is in this context that The Economics of Small Firms examines the formation, survival, growth and financing of small businesses, spatial variations in business formation, the economic role of small businesses, and key policy issues. This informative text is an essential purchase for anybody studying business and management who is eager for an easy-to-use and engaging overview of economics, entrepreneurship and small business. Selected Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Why Study Small Firms? 3. The Entrepreneurial Function 4. Setting Up in Business 5. Variations in Formation Activity 6. Survival and Growth 7. The Economic Role of Small Firms 8. Finance 9. Issues in Policy 10. Some Implications for Small Business Management 2007: 234x156: 176pp Hb: 978-0-415-39337-9: £80.00 Pb: 978-0-415-39338-6: £23.99 • AVAILABLE AS AN INSPECTION COPY
The Economics and Management of Small Business An International Perspective Graham Bannock This book provides an international perspective on small business, and includes many useful pedagogical features such as questions for discussion, international case studies and empirical research. 2005: 256pp Hb: 978-0-415-33666-6: £90.00 Pb: 978-0-415-33667-3: £31.99
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A Guide to The Companies Act 2006
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Saleem Sheikh
The Companies Act 2006
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A Commentary on the New Legal Regime William Rees, Barrister at Law, UK
An easy to use guide to the Companies Act 2006 and packed full of helpful features, this book provides detailed commentary on the new Companies Act. Offering a chapter by chapter analysis of the legal and practical implications of the Act, the author traces the background to the act, considering the various Consultation Documents and White Papers issued by the Government, the proposals for company law reform and their culmination in the Company Law Reform Act.
This book provides a comprehensive exposition of the new Companies Act. It explains the CA 2006 regime as a whole, including a number of the Regulations made under it and with reference to some Regulations still in draft form at the time of writing. August 2008: 234x156: 750pp Hb: 978-0-415-44246-6: £65.00
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Critical Company Law Lorraine Talbot, London Metropolitan University, UK Multi-disciplinary in approach, this comprehensive volume examines English company law from both a socio-legal and black letter perspective.
It contains: • helpful checklists for the busy practitioner • section by section commentary • useful appendices of materials and extracts on an accompanying Companion Website. This is an invaluable and handy resource for undergraduate students and practitioners studying or working in business and company law. January 2008: 234x156: 1432pp Pb: 978-0-415-42107-2: £49.95
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Bourne on Company Law Nicholas Bourne, Conservative Leader, Welsh Assembly, UK Fully revised and including the new Company Law Reform Act, this accessible textbook with its own Companion Website, featuring a range of pedagogical material, is written specifically for undergraduate students new to the study of company law. 2007: 234x156: 368pp Pb: 978-1-84568-031-2: £25.95 • AVAILABLE AS AN INSPECTION COPY
Using a contextual and critical framework, drawing on the influence of American law and legal scholarship and a case study of mutual building societies’ march to the market and corporate identity, this book argues that modern company law is shaped by economics, ideology and existing law and that the state of the law at any one time is determined by the constantly shifting dynamic between them. Scrutinizing the Companies Act 2006 in detail and tracing the history of the fundamental principles of company law, Talbot explores: • the doctrine of separate corporate personality • directors’ duties • minority protection and the doctrine of ultra vires. Invigorating this much studied area, uncovering the social factors that continue to inform it and the political nature of the law itself, this textbook is an invaluable resource for all those studying company law. Selected Contents: 1. An Introduction to the Company Form 2. The Doctrine of Separate Corporate Personality 3. The Historical Emergence of the Doctrine of Separate Corporate Personality 4. The Company Constitution 5. A Director’s Fiduciary Duties 6. The Governance of Corporations 7. Building Societies: A Case Study 8. Conclusion 2007: 234x156: 400pp Pb: 978-0-415-42542-1: £28.99 • AVAILABLE AS AN INSPECTION COPY
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Routledge Studies in Small Business
Small Business in Britain
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New Labour and Entrepreneurship
David Storey, University of Warwick, UK
Timothy May, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK and John McHugh, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
There is a growing polarization in the international economy for companies to become either transnational corporations or small businesses. This dualism means the experience of the small business is quite different to that of a large corporation. The life of a small business is often shorter, riskier and more entwined with the personality of the entrepreneur.
Focusing on the nature of policy and the policy-making process, this book explores the small business policies the Labour Government has pursued since 1997 and on how they have been constructed and implemented.
In this series case-studies and the latest research are used to reveal the regional, national and international role of the small business. NEW
Information Technology and Competitive Advantage in Small Firms
August 2008: 234x156: 256pp Hb: 978-0-415-36489-8: £75.00
The Formation and Development of Small Business
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Issues and Evidence Peter Johnson, Durham University, UK
Brian Webb, Queen’s University Belfast, UK and Frank Schlemmer Does IT matter? This book argues that even as IT hardware, software, data and associated processes are becoming more of a commodity, it has never been more important to manage IT as a strategic asset. This book identifies, explains and critically evaluates current research in this area. The role of IT as an endogenous technology is discussed and it is argued that how we define IT determines, not only how we study it but also how we use it and benefit from it. Selected Contents: 1. Introduction 2. IT and Economic Theory 3. IT and Management Theory 4. IT and the Creation of Ricardian Rents 5. IT and the Creation of Schumpeterian Rents 6. Conclusions July 2008: 216x138: 160pp Hb: 978-0-415-41799-0: £65.00
Managing Knowledge and the Small Firm
Selected Contents: Introduction 1. The Small Business Groups 2. The Government and Small Business Policy-Making 3. The Parliamentary and Political Context 4. Small Businesses and Multi-Level Governance 5 & 6. Policies and Policy-Making 7. Whither Small Businesses Under New Labour?
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Colin Gray, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK Offering a new understanding of familiar material, this new volume looks at small businesses from a knowledge perspective, exploring how knowledge management can affect both the behaviour and performance of small businesses. Selected Contents: 1. Introduction: Knowing the Small Firm 2. Genesis 3. Transformation 4. Product Success 5. Performance 6. Learning from Experience
Here Peter Johnson has put together a collection of his groundbreaking research. Now in one volume for the first time, it will be of great interest to those in every area of business and economics. Selected Contents: 1. Introduction Part 1: Business Formation 2. The Founders of New Manufacturing Firms: A Note on the Size of their ‘Incubator’ Plants with D.G. Cathcart 3. Firm Formation in Manufacturing Industry with J. Creedy 4. How Good are the UK VAT Registration Data at Measuring Firm Births? with C. Conway Part 2: Regional Issues 5. New Manufacturing Firms and Regional Development: Some Evidence from the Northern Region with D.G. Cathcart 6. Spatial Variations in the Determinants and Effects of Firm Births and Deaths with S. Parker 7. Differences in Regional Firm Formation Rates: A Decomposition Analysis Part 3: Employment 8. Unemployment and SelfEmployment: A Survey 9. New Firms and Employment Creation with R.B.Thomas 10. Employment Change in the Small Establishment Sector in UK Manufacturing Part 4: Growth and Development 11. How Good are Small Firms at Predicting Employment? with J. Ashworth and C. Conway 12 Small Business Growth in the Short Run with C. Conway and P. Kattuman 13. The Size-Age-Growth Relationship in Not-for-Profit Tourist Attractions: Evidence from UK Museums Part 5: Policy 14. Government Policies towards Business Formation: An Economic Appraisal of a Training Scheme with R.B. Thomas 15. Targeting Firm Births and Economic Regeneration in a Lagging Region 16. Some Reflections April 2008: 234x156: 256pp Hb: 978-0-415-39409-3: £70.00
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Routledge Studies in Small Business continued...
The Evolving Firm in the Evolving Context
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Coordinating Competences Päivi Oinas, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland
The Foundations of Small Business Enterprise An Entrepreneurial Analysis of Small Firm Inception and Growth Gavin Reid, University of St Andrews, UK In this extended and novel entrepreneurial analysis of small firm inception and growth, a leading authority in the field develops a new kind of ‘micro-micro’ analysis, applying rigorous methods from economics, accounting and finance to gain a deeper understanding of micro-firms, examining performance, hierarchy, capital structure, monitoring and control, flexibility, innovation, and information systems. 2006: 234x156: 432pp Hb: 978-0-415-33877-6: £90.00 eBook: 978-0-203-44843-4
Selected Contents: 1. Introduction 2. The Firm in a Resource-Based Perspective 3. The Externally Connected Firm 4. Resources 5. Resource Relatedness and Learning 6. Resources and Activity-Specific Relations 7. Resource Relatedness and Proximity 8. Coevolution in Multiple Contexts 9. Types of Firm 10. Concluding Discussion August 2008: 234x156: 256pp Hb: 978-0-415-33966-7: £65.00
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The Institutional Dynamics of Innovation
A Strategic Entrepreneurship Perspective Shameen Prashantham, University of Glasgow, UK Drawing on empirical case study research carried out in the Bangalore software industry, this book explores the role of network relationships in the internationalization of small knowledge-intensive firms. Selected Contents: Part 1: Conceptual Underpinings 1. Resourceful Internationalization 2. Networks and Internationalization 3. Knowledge and Internationalization 4. Technology and Internationalization Part 2: Exploratory Findings 5. The Indian Software Industry 6. Local Networks and Internationalization 7. Foreign Networks and Internationalization 8. The Internet and Internationalization Part 3: Future Directions 9. MNC Social Capital 10. Future Research Directions 2007: 234x156: 192pp Hb: 978-0-415-43177-4: £70.00 eBook: 978-0-203-94052-5
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This volume offers a broad social scientific view of ’the firm’ and will prove to be an outstanding contribution to evolutionary political economy, economic geography and business economics as a whole.
Embedded Entrepreneurship
The Internationalization of Small Firms
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Alexander Ebner, University of Erfurt, Germany Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition This book reconstructs the theory of entrepreneurship from an institutionalist perspective, providing a fresh account of current theorising on entrepreneurship, specifically addressing Schumpeterian and Neo-Schumpeterian thought. Selected Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Entrepreneurship in Economic Thought: An Intellectual History 3. The Schumpeterian Perspective: Novelty, Leadership, and Historicity 4. Neo-Austrian Contributions: Knowledge, Alertness and Discovery 5. The Evolutionary Challenge: Routines, Cognition and Variety 6. Beyond Growth and Development: Microfoundations of Economic Change 7. Neo-Schumpeterian Variations: Collective Entrepreneurship and Systems of Innovation 8. Innovation, Coordination, and the Paradigmatic Character of Entrepreneurship: A New Approach 9. Embedded Entrepreneurship: Policy Implications 10. Conclusion December 2008: 234x156: 288pp Hb: 978-0-415-45976-1: £75.00
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SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Entrepreneurship and Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden, Börje Johansson, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden and Roger Stough, George Mason University, USA
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Street Entrepreneurs People, Place, & Politics in Local and Global Perspective Edited by John Cross, Kent State University, USA and Alfonso Morales, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition
Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
In this book, the authors argue that there are analytically distinct forms of entrepreneurship. They provide a contemporary overview of current research and summarise the policy conclusions that can be drawn.
Filling the gap in the available literature, in this book the editors use international case studies to explore street vending and informal economies which continue to be, especially in developing countries, a vital economic driver.
2006: 234x156: 392pp Hb: 978-0-415-70163-1: £90.00 eBook: 978-0-203-70000-6
Selected Contents: 1 Introduction: Locating Street Markets in the Modern/Postmodern World Part 1: Appropriating Space - Political and Social Regulation of Street Markets 2. Capitalism, Modernity and the ’Appropriate’ Use of Space 3. Redefining Rules: A Market for Public Space in Caracas, Venezuela 4. Legal Responses to Sidewalk Vending: The Case of Los Angeles, California 5. Street Vendors at the Border: From Political Spectacle to Bureaucratic Iron Cage? 6. Street Vending in Urban India: The Struggle for Recognition 7. The Conflict between Street Vendors and Local Authorities: The Case of Market Traders in Ankara, Turkey 8. Pirates on the High Streets: The Street as a Site of Local Resistance to Globalization Part 2: Making the Sale: Strategies, Survival and Embeddedness 9. Trust in Markets: Economies of Regard and Spaces of Contestation in Alternative Food Networks 10. Institutional Perspectives on Understanding Street Vendor Behaviour and Networks: Cases from Ghana 11. Embeddedness and Business Strategies among Santiago Chile’s Street and Flea Market Vendors 12. Spaces of Conflict and Camaraderie: The Contradictory Logics of a Postsocialist Flea Market 13. Adaptability and Survival: A Case Study of Street Vendor Responses to Famine Conditions in Ethiopia, 1999 14. The Dynamics of New Zealand’s Largest Street Market: The Otara Flea Market 15. Conclusion: Law, Deviance and Defining Vendors and Vending
Entry and Post-Entry Performance of Newborn Firms Marco Vivarelli, Universita Cattolicà del Sacro Cuore, Italy Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition Entry and Post-Entry Performance of Newborn Firms focuses on newborn firms, analyzing the determinants of entry, survival and post-entry performance. Selected Contents: 1. Introduction 2. The Birth of New Business Enterprises 3. Determinants of New-Firm Start-Ups in Italy 4. Start-Up Size and Industrial Dynamics 5. The Relationship betwen Size and Growth 6. Does Gibrat’s Law Hold Among Young Small Firms? 7. Is Subsidizing Entry an Optimal Policy? 8. The Link between Entry Decision and Post-Entry Performance 9. The Role of Innovation in the Post-Entry Performance of New Small Firms 10. Are all the Potential Entrepreneurs so Good? 11. Conclusions 2007: 234x156: 160pp Hb: 978-0-415-37981-6: £70.00 eBook: 978-0-203-93401-2
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Entrepreneurial Learning
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Conceptual Frameworks and Applications Edited by Richard T. Harrison, Queen’s University Belfast, UK and Claire M. Leitch, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK Series: Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship This book addresses the burgeoning interest in organizational learning and entrepreneurship, bringing together for the first time a collection of new papers dealing explicitly with entrepreneurial learning. Selected Contents: Preface: A Conversation Between Entrepreneurship and Organisational Learning Mark EasterbySmith Part 1: Introduction 1. Entrepreneurial Learning: A Review and Research Agenda Claire M. Leitch and Richard T. Harrison Part 2: Conceptual Approaches 2. Enhancing Entrepreneurial Learning Through Peripheral Vision Robert Chia 3. The Process of Entrepreneurial Learning: A Conceptual Framework Diamanto Politis 4. The Role and Management of Learning from Experience in an Entrepreneurial Context Joyce McHenry Part 3: Intra-Organisational Learning 5. The Role of Organisational Learning in the Opportunity Recognition Process Benyamin B. Lichtenstein and G.T. Lumpkin 6. Experiential Learning within the Process of Opportunity Identification and Exploitation Andrew C. Corbett 7. An Exploration of Knowledge Management Processes in Start-Up Firms in the High Technology Sector Olukemi O. Sawyerr and Jeanette W. Gilsdorf 8. Investment DecisionMaking in Small Manufacturing Firms: A Learning Approach Ignatius Ekanem and David Smallbone 9. Sharing of Tacit Knowledge Within Top Management Teams in Civic Entrepreneurship Patricia A. Rowe and Michael J. Christie Part 4: Inter-Organisational Learning 10. Entrepreneurial Knowledge Flows and New Venture Creation Paul N. Friga 11. Strategy Making, Organisational Learning and Performance in SMEs Edward Gonsalves and Colin Gray 12. Absorptive Capacity of Knowledge Intensive Business Services: The Case of Architectural and Engineering SMEs Jan Waalkens, René Jorna and Theo Postma 13. The Emergent Nature of Learning Networks Joakim Tell Part 5: Learning, Education and Development 14. Being Differently Abled: Learning Lessons from Dyslexic Entrepreneurs Robert Smith 15. Starting from Scratch: Understanding the Learning Outcomes of Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Education Sandra L. Fisher, Mary E. Graham and Marc Compeau January 2008: 234x156: 368pp Hb: 978-0-415-39416-1: £80.00
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Enterprise and Deprivation Small Business, Social Exclusion and Sustainable Communities
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Alan Southern, University of Liverpool, UK Series: Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship 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 this book is to critically challenge the notion that enterprise can address the complexity behind deprivation and social exclusion by demonstrating UK and North American examples. The contributions in this edited collection 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. February 2009: 234x156: 288pp Hb: 978-0-415-45815-3: £75.00
Competing for Knowledge Creating, Connecting, and Growing Robert Huggins, University of Sheffield, UK and Hiro Izushi, Aston University, UK Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition Focusing on the dynamics of the knowledge economy, this volume provides an overview of the knowledge creation capabilities of economies, an examination of their growth performance and a detailed analysis of how the creation and connection of knowledge is becoming the key means of growing productivity. Selected Contents: 1. Introduction 2. The Origin and Reality of the Knowledge-Based Economy 3. Knowledge-Based Capacity of Best Performing Regions 4. Networks and Clusters 5. Knowledge Clusters and their Evolution 6. Nurturing and Attracting Talent 7. Managing Network Capital and Innovation 8. But What About the Money?: Financing and Commercializing Knowledge 9. Conclusion 2007: 234x156: 240pp Hb: 978-0-415-37512-2: £80.00
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SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Female Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship and Organisation
Implications for Education, Training and Policy
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Nancy M. Carter, Vice President of Research, Catalyst Inc., Colette Henry, Barra O. Cinneide, and Kate Johnston, all at Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland
Politics, Passion, and Creation
Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies
Series: Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks
Based on a collection of research papers from international scholars, this book provides a superbly comprehensive analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing female entrepreneurs worldwide.
Following an explosion of interest in entrepreneurship this book provides a discussion of the historical, philosophical, conceptual and practical problems and challenges of relating organization and entrepreneurship.
2006: 234x156 Hb: 978-0-415-36317-4: £80.00 eBook: 978-0-203-01353-3
Selected Contents: 1. Entrepreneurship in Society: Entrepreneurship in Business 2. Organizations: From Bureaucracy to Self-Actualization 3. A Genealogy of the Entrepreneurship: Management Relationship 4. A Genealogy of Management in the Study of Organization 5. Entrepreneurship and Organization: Some Lines of Flight 6. Entrepreneurship as Organizational Creativity
The Entrepreneurial University
NEW Claire M. Leitch, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK, Richard T. Harrison, Queen’s University Belfast, UK and Geoff Gregson, University of Edinburgh, UK Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies This book provides a comprehensive review of the entrepreneurial university based on both a systematic examination of existing debates and the results of detailed new international research on key elements of the construct.
Daniel Hjorth, Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research Institute (ESBRI), Sweden
July 2008: 234x156: 288pp Hb: 978-0-415-42334-2: £65.00
The Political Economy of the Small Firm
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Charlie Dannreuther, University of Leeds, UK Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
Selected Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Perspectives 3. The Technology/Knowledge Transfer Agenda 4. Institutional Structures 5. Entrepreneurial Activities 6. Impacts and Outcomes 7. Conclusion: Whither the Entrepreneurial University?
Since the early 1970s the small firm has received considerable attention from economists and politicians in the UK and Europe. This book approaches the subject from a political science perspective.
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Entrepreneurship and Economic Progress Randall Holcombe, Florida State University, USA Series: Routledge Foundations of the Market Economy Entrepreneurship is the engine of economic progress, but mainstream economic models of economic growth tend to leave out the entrepreneurial elements of the economy. This book rectifies the problem. 2006: 234x156: 224pp Hb: 978-0-415-77090-3: £80.00 eBook: 978-0-203-96634-1
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RESEARCH SKILLS AND GENERAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
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Producing Management Knowledge
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Research as Practice Edited by Jan Löwstedt, Malardalen University, Sweden and Torbjörn Stjernberg, Gothenburg University, Sweden
Alan Berkeley Thomas, formerly of Manchester Business School, UK By its very nature, management is a multidisciplinary enterprise. Despite this, management research has tended to be organized around a number of discrete management disciplines with their own methodological outlooks. As a result, researchers in different fields often find it difficult to appreciate work outside their own area of specialization, so inhibiting muchneeded collaboration across disciplinary boundaries.
Providing readers with a unique insight into conducting research, this exciting book describes the thought and work processes of researchers as they complete their projects. Engaging and accessible it investigates all the key aspects of the topic and offers advice on how to conduct interviews, study the everyday life of an organization, and many other standard methods of conducting research. This is not a prescriptive methodology textbook, rather it explores how to approach, think and act in interaction with the empirical field. Comprehensive and accessible, this thought-provoking text shows readers how to develop management investigation skills, and will be invaluable for final year undergraduates, masters and PhD students. 2006: 234x156: 304pp Hb: 978-0-415-38438-4: £85.00 Pb: 978-0-415-38439-1: £27.99 • AVAILABLE AS AN INSPECTION COPY
Management has emerged as a major area of research that has attracted students in growing numbers. However, there are still relatively few texts that are tailored specifically to the needs and interests of management researchers. Together with its companion volume, Research Skills for Management Studies (Routledge, 2003), this book offers management students a challenging but accessible introduction to research methods and concepts, irrespective of their field of specialization. Selected Contents: 1. What Does it all Mean? 2. Science in Management Studies 3. Theory in Management Studies 4. Data in Management Studies 5. Validity in Management Studies 6. Significance in Management Studies 2006: 216x138: 224pp Hb: 978-0-415-34191-2: £70.00 Pb: 978-0-415-34192-9: £16.99 eBook: 978-0-203-48128-8 • AVAILABLE AS AN INSPECTION COPY
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Edited by Tudor Rickards, University of Manchester, UK, Susan Moger, University of Manchester, UK and Mark Runco, California State University, USA True creativity can be as hard to define as it is to achieve. A complex and compelling area of study, this volume draws from a variety of subject areas to explore how creativity can be better understood, and used, in a range of contexts. This book not only centres creativity in wider organizational theory, but also defines the conditions in which creativity can flourish, and assesses how the contemporary business environment impacts on creative solutions. This volume is an essential purchase for anyone with an interest in creativity from a business, psychological or design perspective. The editors and contributors, each specialists in their field, provide readers with an insightful and cuttingedge resource. The text grounds the concept of creativity in a sound theoretical framework, as well as drawing on practical examples to illustrate how important these ideas are to anyone affected by creative designs and decisions. Selected Contents: Section 1: Introduction Section 2: Design and Creativity Section 3: Managing Turbulence Section 4: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Section 5: Environmental Influences Section 6: Structural Interventions Section 7: Personal Characteristics Section 8: Knowledge Generation and Management Section 9: Meta-Concepts (Ideas on Ideas) Section 10: ’Square Pegs/Round Holes’ October 2008: 246x174: 456pp Hb: 978-0-415-77317-1: £75.00
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Understanding Business: Markets A Multidimensional Approach to the Market Economy Edited by Vivek Suneja, The Open University Business School, UK Series: Understanding Business How do markets work? This Reader introduces the student to the workings of the market, explaining both the reasons for its success and its shortcomings. Throughout, the text encourages a critical approach demonstrating the diversity of market economies. In particular it explores: • the social nature of market economies • the range of approaches to the study of the market: Marxist, Austrian, Keynesian and institutional economics are discussed as alternatives to the neo-classical mainstream • the differences between Anglo-American, European and Asian economic models • the historical development of markets • globalization: its extent and its impact • the costs and the benefits of markets. With chapters by Will Hutton, John Gray and Eric Hobsbawm, this Reader provides an excellent introduction to the topic. 2006: 246x189: 304pp Pb: 978-0-415-40501-0: £24.99 • AVAILABLE AS AN INSPECTION COPY
The Academy of Management Annals Volume 1 Edited by James P. Walsh, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA and Arthur P. Brief, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA This book is the inaugural volume of the new Academy of Management Annals which is a compendium of comprehensive and critical research written by top scholars of management and organizational studies. 2007: 6x9: 637pp Hb: 978-0-8058-6220-1: £45.00
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