Exploring Entrepreneurship - Couverture souple

Blundel, Richard; Lockett, Nigel; Wang, Catherine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 147394807X ISBN 13 : 9781473948075

Editeur : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Professor Nigel Lockett is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Associate Dean for Engagement at Lancaster University Management School. He is a senior academic, serial entrepreneur and community leader. Before joining Lancaster University, he was Professor of Enterprise and Director of Enterprise Learning at the University of Leeds and previously worked at Bradford and Brunel universities. Nigel also has more than 25 years experience as a company director with a track record in managing start-up, joint venture and social enterprises.

Nigel is currently a member the Board of the Small Business Charter and a Fellow and past President of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. He has worked with many leaders of high growth firms on the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses programme and executives of global enterprises. Also, Nigel was past Chair of the Board of Trustees of Foundation, a charity committed to building 'inclusive communities where everyone matters' across the North of England by working with offenders, the homeless, women who are victims of domestic abuse and young people at risk.

His current research interests include knowledge exchange between universities and industry, academic entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial learning and the use of CRM technologies by SMEs. Nigel has published in international journal such as Business History, Information and Management, International Small Business Journal and Regional Studies. He also has a strong track record of obtaining research funding.

In 2015, Nigel was awarded a prestigious National Teaching Fellowship in recognition of this work in enterprise education. He is passionate about enterprise and the positive role it can play in achieving economic growth and social change.

Professor Catherine Wang is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy at Brunel Business School, Brunel University London. Previously, she was a Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Royal Holloway University of London, and a Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University. Prior to joining academia, she worked in industry in the UK and China, in the areas of small business support and consultancy, and international trade and investment.

 

Her expertise is in the areas of entrepreneurship, innovation and strategic management. In particular, she is interested in how firms can turn strategic and entrepreneurial resources into innovative outcomes and bottom-line performance, and how firms can learn from their success and failure in their entrepreneurial ventures. She has studied small and medium-sized enterprises, large corporations, social enterprises, ethnic minority firms, high-tech firms, and family businesses. She was a grant holder of two ESRC-funded projects on assessing UK and Chinese high-tech firms entrepreneurial and innovative capabilities, and entrepreneurship and growth potential of ethnic minority

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Exploring Entrepreneurship provides a detailed and critical analysis of the multiple types of entrepreneurship; with the aim of helping students to understand the practical skills and theoretical concepts needed to create their very own entrepreneurial venture.

Split into two parts, the book provides an even balance between theory and practice.

• Part 1 covers the practical activities involved in new entrepreneurial ventures
• Part 2 uses the latest research to explore entrepreneurship from different perspectives

The new Second Edition welcomes a new author, Catherine Wang, and also includes a collection of new case studies, student focus cases, and updated international examples. There are new chapters on Varieties of entrepreneurship and Reflections- Entrepreneurial learning, and a recommended reading section at the end of each chapter.

The book is complimented by a companion website featuring a range of tools and resources for instructors and students, including PowerPoint Slides, additional mini cases, seminar questions, guidance on new venture creation activities, test bank, SAGE journal articles, video links, revision tips, and an instructor s manual.

Suitable reading for students taking modules in Entrepreneurship or New venture creation.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2017
• ISBN 10: 147394807X
• ISBN 13: 9781473948075
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 480