Entrepreneurship
- Los Angeles ; London ; New Delhi ; Singapore ; Washington DC ; Melbourne SAGE, 2021
- xviii, 276 p. 25 cm.
a contemporary & global approach
Includes case studies, bibliographical references and index. TOC:-- Chapter 1: Entrepreneurship: A Contemporary Approach-- Chapter 2: Entrepreneurship Practice: A Global Perspective-- Chapter 3: Diversity and Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship-- Chapter 4: Social entrepreneurship: Methods of, and challenges in, catalysing positive social change-- Chapter 5: Resources for Entrepreneurship-- Chapter 6: Finance for Entrepreneurship-- Chapter 7: Innovation and Entrepreneurship-- Chapter 8: Corporate Entrepreneurship-- Chapter 9: Ethics and sustainability in business / for entrepreneurship-- Chapter 10: Internationalization and Entrepreneurship-- Chapter 11: Business Models and Entrepreneurship-- Case study 1.1: YBI Business Volunteer Mentoring programme at Fundación Impulsar, Argentina-- Case study 1.2: Moira-- Case study 1.3: Simon Dyer and the 2C Light Company-- Case study 2.1: A technology-based venture - HAILIAO-- Case study 3.1: Entrepreneurs' perspectives - opportunities and the community niche market-- Case study 3.2: Ethnic market and ethnic offering - Two examples of female migrant entrepreneurs-- Case study 3.3a: Serving the niche market-- Case study 3.3b: Strategy-- Case study 4.1: East Street Arts - Making space for artists-- Case study 4.2: Music Fusion - Preventing youth crime through music-- Case study 4.3: Social entrepreneurship in action - as told by Sasibai Kimisof Earth Heir-- Case study 4.4: Biji-biji - Sustainable living for all-- Case study 5.1: YBI Business voluntary mentoring research-- Case study 6.1: Rockit-- Case study 6.2: Angel investment and exit case study - GreenButton-- Case study 6.3: The experience of DEEBEES - A Nigerian growth-oriented SME-- Case study 6.4: AceOn Technology-- Case study 7.1: Innovation in the service industry-- Case study 7.2: Design thinking - A human-centric approach to innovation-- Case study 7.3: Innovation from many sources-- Case study 7.4: Blockchain technology and the problem with diffusion-- Case study 8.1: Nurse-run practice in public health care-- Case study 8.2: A financial company (with a current business focus on financing and insurance)-- Case study 8.3: A telecommunications company-- Case study 8.4: New innovations and changes needed to perform in a rapidly changin environment - Bank C-- Case study 9.1: Gudrun Sjödén-- Case study 9.2: Faber-Castell AG (FC), Stein, Germany-- Case study 9.3: Localise West Midlands (LWM), UK-- Case study 9.4: Conygree Farm, The Costwolds, UK-- Case study 10.1: 'Natural well-being' - Harvia saunas, Finland-- Case study 10.2: Mlesna teas, Sri Lanka-- Case study 11.1: Medico-- Case study 11.2: Ohamadike Farms Limited--
Written by a team of leading international scholars, this new book treats entrepreneurship as an ever-evolving social phenomenon, and explores the recent trends that impact it, such as: ; digitisation; ; disruptive technologies; ; the rise of the 'gig' economy and; ; the growing importance of community-based and social entrepreneurship. ; Including a mixture of case studies, examples, consideration of policy issues and exercises, this text provides practical perspectives of Entrepreneurship in support of key theory, while discussion questions, suggested reading and assignments help situate and test understanding.