
Understanding Enterprise
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Written by leading experts with a combined wealth of research, teaching and consulting experience, this textbook will be an essential companion for undergraduate and postgraduate students of enterprise and small business. Policy makers and practitioners will also benefit from this comprehensive guide.
New to this Edition:
- Extensively revised to take into account the latest thinking and research, with updated content and examples throughout
- Updated coverage of the impact and failings of comparative government policies
- Enhanced pedagogical features to engage students and enliven their learning experience
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Ken O'Neill is Professor Emeritus at the University of Ulster, a former President of the International Council for Small Business (ICSB), a member of the Steering Committee of the International Small Business Congress (ISBC), a former President of the UK's Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE), and is a Director of The Genesis Initiative. In 2005 he became the first person to receive The Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion - Lifetime Achievement Award. He has also co-written Understanding the Social Economy and the Third Sector (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009) with Simon Bridge and Brendan Murtagh.
Content
1. Introduction Understanding Enterprise
2. A Brief History of Enterprise Understanding
3. Enterprise and Entrepreneurship: Their Meanings and Variations
4. Enterprise and Entrepreneurship: Understanding Their Nature
5. Small Businesses: Their Characteristics and Variety
6. Small Businesses: Understanding their Dynamics
7. Social Enterprise and the Third Sector
PART II: CHALLENGES TO THE TRADITIONAL VIEW
8. Rethinking Small Business
9. Rethinking Entrepreneurship
10. Enterprise and Life
11. Becoming an Entrepreneur
12. Running a Small Business
13. Social Capital and the Enterprise Mix
PART III: ENTERPRISE POLICY AND GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
14. Why Governments Intervene: The Aims of Enterprise Policy
15. Enterprise Policy: Approaches and Delivery Methods
16. Does the Policy Work?
17. What Might Work?
18. The Impact of Change.
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