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Entrepreneur - änˌtrəprənûrˈ [Fr.,=one who undertakes], person who assumes the organization, management, and risks of a business enterprise. It was first used as a technical economic term by the 18th-century economist Richard Cantillon. To the classical economist of the late 18th cent. the term meant an employer in the character of one


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    Entrepreneurship and Dynamic Capitalism: The Economics of Business Firm Formation and Growth » Read Now

    by Bruce A. Kirchhoff. 218 pgs.

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    Kirchhoff blends economics, business, and governemnt policy to demonstrate that entrepreneurship's role in business formation and growth energizes and maintains the viability of capitalism. Entrepreneurs convert new ideas into marketable products and services and use these to grab market shares from...
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    Growing New Ventures, Creating New Jobs: Principles & Practices of Successful Business Incubation » Read Now

    by Mark P. Rice, Jana B. Matthews. 156 pgs.

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    Well managed business incubators with programs and services that help their client companies grow are important mechanisms for economic development in America. Although the number of business incubators in the United States has grown from 10 to 500 in the last 15 years, the success of these...
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    Lessons from the Edge: Survival Skills for Starting and Growing a Company » Read Now

    by Jeff Dennis, Peter Economy, Jana Matthews. 269 pgs.

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    Entrepreneurs often struggle with many aspects of business: planning and financing company growth, creating a company vision, recruiting, leading, and managing people, as well as personal costs. In Lessons from the Edge, more than 50 business owners and entrepreneurs offer a wealth of real-life...
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    Marketing and Entrepreneurship: Research Ideas and Opportunities » Read Now

    by Gerald E. Hills. 332 pgs.

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    The book begins with a rich collection of five articles on the nature of entrepreneurship and its relationship to marketing. This may be the single best array of definitional perspectives ever written, in part because leading contributors to the debate have returned to the task. The second section...
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    Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Practice and Principles » Read Now

    by Peter F. Drucker. 277 pgs.

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    ...INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP -ii- PETER F. DRUCKER INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Practice and Principles 1817...INNOVATOR AND ENTREPRENEUR INNOVATION AND...
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    MIT and the Rise of Entrepreneurial Science » Read Now

    by Henry Etzkowitz. 182 pgs.

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    Henry Etkowitz's study considers the transformation of the role of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in society as an expanded one involving economic and social development as well as teaching and research.
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    Entrepreneurship Education: Current Developments, Future Directions » Read Now

    by Calvin A. Kent. 300 pgs.

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    This volume surveys and reports on the latest developments in entrepreneurship education at the university, secondary, and elementary levels. The contributors explore what works and what doesn't, suggest ways to improve current programs, and propose solutions for areas not adequately covered by...
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    Public Entrepreneurs: Agents for Change in American Government » Read Now

    by Michael Mintrom, Mark Schneider, Paul Teske. 263 pgs.

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    Seizing opportunities, inventing new products, transforming markets - entrepreneurs are an important and well-documented part of the private sector landscape. Do they have counterparts in the public sphere? Mark Schneider, Paul Teske, and Michael Mintrom argue that they do, and test their argument...
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    Entrepreneurship and the Privatizing of Government » Read Now

    by Calvin A. Kent. 218 pgs.

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    "The chapters in this anthology combine discussion of two currently hot' topics in public administration--privatization and entrepreneurship. . . . Perhaps the most attractive aspect of this book is that it is not merely an unbridled emotional paean to privatization and entrepreneurship but an...
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    Reinventing Government: How the Entrepreneurial Spirit is Transforming the Public Sector » Read Now

    by David Osborne, Ted Gaebler. 412 pgs.

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    ...productivity--United States. 4. Entrepreneurship--United States. I. Gaebler, Ted...attended a university symposium on entrepreneurship at which a number of...
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    Entrepreneurship and Public Policy: Can Government Stimulate Business Startups? » Read Now

    by Benjamin W. Mokry. 162 pgs.

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    "This book takes a close look at the contribution of small firms to the U.S. economy and at the contrasts between traditional development policies and those often recommended to help the small enterprise. The book offers systematic guidelines that will assist economic developers, policy makers, and...
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    Exceptional Entrepreneurial Women: Strategies for Success » Read Now

    by Russel R. Taylor. 182 pgs.

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    "Russel Taylor captures the entrepreneurial essence and risk-taking instincts that set apart the 15 women he has picked to profile in this highly enjoyable book. Executives of both sexes will find unique explanations of the success achieved by these dynamic ladies. Read it. You'll like it. And...
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    Soul Food: 52 Principles of Black Entrepreneurial Success » Read Now

    by Robert L. Wallace. 246 pgs.

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    Based on fifty-two uplifting true stories told by black and minority business owners, Soul Food shares real-life accounts and lessons and offers principles and strategies that are invaluable for both emerging and experienced entrepreneurs. Packed with humor, inspiration, and instruction, the book...
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    Managerial Behavior, Entrepreneurial Style, and Small Firm Performance, in Journal of Small Business Management » Read Now

    by Eugene Sadler-Smith, Yve Hampson, Ian Chaston, Beryl Badger. 21 pgs.

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    ...field of small business management/entrepreneurship and its relationship to general management...how this relates to the concept of entrepreneurship and to firm...
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    Disclosing New Worlds: Entrepreneurship, Democratic Action, and the Cultivation of Solidarity » Read Now

    by Charles Spinosa, Fernando Flores, Hubert L. Dreyfus. 236 pgs.

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    Disclosing New Worlds calls for a recovery of a way of being that has always characterized human life at its best. The book argues that human beings are at their best not when they are engaged in abstract reflection, but when they are intensely involved in changing the taken-for-granted, everyday...

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