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This is a handbook for the cultural entrepreneur, offering some of the best examples on, practice, franchises, research, innovation and business opportunities in the cultural sector.The key theme is the contribution and possibilities of the cultural economy as a business, with a strong supporting subtext on innovative practice. The book illustrates the theme by providing multiple practice based and empirical examples from an international panel of expert & respected professionals.It can be read in part or in whole, as an abstract for a cultural entrepreneur, as a reference for an academic or in the context of planning and development for resilient and sustainable economic growth.

An illuminating account of Dong Mingzhu and Gree - China's leading female business leaders whose company Gree is an industry giant.

Entrepreneurship has exploded as a field of research, with impactful additions from a range of disciplines rendering the field a tricky one to traverse. The Routledge Companion to the Makers of Modern Entrepreneurship offers a comprehensive guide to entrepreneurship, providing an authoritative exploration of the key people and their ideas. This book tells the stories of the scholars who have set the standard and tone for thinking and analyzing entrepreneurship.

This new collection of readings delves into the latest issues and controversies in entrepreneurship. Each article provides deep, balanced and authoritative coverage and points to reliable resources for further study.

This Palgrave Pivot examines the essence of competence value in corporate and small business finance, offering empirical evidence to better understand financial practices within entrepreneurial settings.

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. Presenting rigorous and original research, this volume offers key insights into the historical, cultural, social, economic and political forces at play in the creation of world-class ICT innovations in Kenya.

Whether readers are preparing to become entrepreneurs or work in an established firm, Organizational Creativity will transform them into creative thinkers and leaders, ready to thrive in an era of innovation and change.

This book proposes a comprehensive analysis of the existing schools ofthought on technology-driven entrepreneurship to point out the process-based nature of this phenomenon. Thisbook provides a comprehensive view of "how" entrepreneurs and futureentrepreneurs learn and develop their business ventures in a wider environment.

Creating a Business is organized around a practical example and introduces those disciplines with which an entrepreneur will be faced such as management, marketing, legislation, and financial management are examined.

Social Finance brings together rapid advances in what used to be called socially responsible investment. For example, finance for green businesses, and to support economic development both in deprived areas and developing countries. This book is the first serious and comprehensive treatment of the phenomenon

Social entrepreneurship and social enterprises share the potential to make a difference for people and societies. The Nordic countries represent an interesting case. In this book the editors demonstrate how the leading narratives and discourses that has shaped the Nordic societies, also shape the narratives of social entrepreneur ship and social enterprises.

In Singapore, SMEs are a vital part of the economy, yet little is known of the many leaders whose vision, acumen and hard work have such a far reaching impact.In Leading Entrepreneurs and How They Succeed, several entrepreneurs, well recognised in their respective industries, provide a unique perspective on their business journeys ΓÇö the trials, tribulations and best practices that have contributed to their climb to the top. With several awards to their names, these successful business owners, proud members of the Enterprise 50 (E50) Association, share valuable insights and personal experiences about what success means to them.

Presents an overview of university-industry (U-I) collaboration in Sri Lanka by analysing responses to a survey of companies and universities on their U-I collaboration in 2007 and 2015.

In Singapore, SMEs are a vital part of the economy, yet little is known of the many leaders whose vision, acumen and hard work have such a far reaching impact.In Leading Entrepreneurs and How They Succeed, several entrepreneurs, well recognised in their respective industries, provide a unique perspective on their business journeys ΓÇö the trials, tribulations and best practices that have contributed to their climb to the top. With several awards to their names, these successful business owners, proud members of the Enterprise 50 (E50) Association, share valuable insights and personal experiences about what success means to them.

This volume of Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy is devoted to research aimed at understanding success and failure factors of mergers and acquisitions in entrepreneurial firms. Contributions are multidisciplinary and cross-cultural, and tackle key issues from a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives.

This book explores the gender dimension in technology commercialization through a collection of papers by internationally renowned scholars in the USA, Mexico and Europe.

Presenting 17 tools developed through rigorous design science research, this book bridges the relevance gap within network management. Through these tools, Towards Relational Business Practices intends to propose a new managerial praxis and provoke new and improved frameworks and models for network management.

This book, the fifth in the Actions and Insights series under the auspices of AIB-MENA, explores how various start-up models, whether private sector-led, private sector-incubated, or more traditional non-profit ventures, have built a business model and, in some cases, succeeded in scaling and internationalizing their businesses.

Drawing on theoretical research and empirical studies, this book examines how public governance can be transformed in order to enhance innovation. It scrutinizes the need for public sector reforms and analyzes how the gradual transition towards New Public Governance can stimulate the exploration and exploitation of new ideas.

First Published in 2001. This study explores the development of automobile insurance through the career of one of the industry's entrepreneurs, Samuel P. Black, Jr., and Erie Insurance, the company he helped build.

Marketing and management processes are especially intricate for the rural business setting due to the assortment of different business opportunities. This important textbook examines key issues, discusses strategies for growth and uses a mix of case studies and theoretical content across developed and developing countries.

Identities can potentially serve as powerful elements that both drive, and are shaped by, entrepreneurial actions. This book focuses on identity, identity formation, and identity work, highlighting the key features of contemporary research on entrepreneurial identity.

This book builds on a theoretical framework that addresses the topics of 'blue' (ocean-related) and 'green' (environment-related) entrepreneurship and innovation via a combination of insights from sustainability, policy, managerial, strategic, innovation and legal perspectives. Providing empirical casework as well as a conceptual and theoretical framework, the book takes an interdisciplinary and global approach to the emergent field of sustainable entrepreneurship.

This handbook explores the theme of managing inside China and consists of chapters that communicate the major managerial concepts within the context of Mainland China.