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Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Ownership & organization of enterprises > Entrepreneurship
This insightful book introduces a range of innovative strategies
for collecting contemporary textual documentary evidence. Featuring
insightful vignettes, it comprises a critical guide to the various
challenges of collecting documents to realize each of those
strategies. Bill Lee explains how the epistemological and
ontological assumptions of the researcher may influence their
choice of a research strategy for surveys, comparative case
studies, critical narratives and constitutive discourses when
collecting documents. The book offers examples of published studies
in the different branches of management and considers the strengths
and weaknesses of grounding research studies in the collection of
documentary evidence. Providing step-by-step guidance for the
operationalization of a chosen research strategy for collecting
documents, it also builds a crucial list of different repositories
of documents that might be employed in research. This cutting-edge
book presents useful guidance and illuminating insights for
business and management students of all levels hoping to improve
their use of documents in dissertations and research projects. It
will also be useful for researchers utilizing documentary evidence
for the first time.
If you are looking for the intersection of past practices, current
thinking, and future insights into the ever-expanding world of
Entrepreneurship education, then you will want to read and explore
the third volume of the Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and
Pedagogy. Prepared under the auspices of the United States
Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), this
compendium covers a broad range of scholarly, practical, and
thoughtful perspectives on a compelling range of entrepreneurship
education issues. The third volume spans topics ranging from
innovative practices in facilitating entrepreneurship teaching and
learning inside and outside the classroom, learning innovation,
model programs, to the latest research from top programs and
thoughts leaders in Entrepreneurship. Moreover, the third volume
builds on those previous as it continues to investigate critical
issues in designing, implementing and assessing experiential
learning techniques in the field of entrepreneurship. This updated
volume provides insights and challenges in the development of
entrepreneurship education for students, educators, mentors,
community leaders, and more. Annals of Entrepreneurship Education
and Pedagogy - 2018 is a must-have book for any entrepreneurship
professor, scholar or program director dedicated to advancing
entrepreneurship education in the U.S. and around the world.
Contributors include: S. Ahluwalia, N. Alabduljader, S. Alpi, B.
Aulet, C. Bandera, S.H. Barr, L. Bercot, T. Best, C. Bodnar, C.
Brush, K. Byrd, J.C. Carr, B.J. Cowden, P. Dickson, M. Dominik, K.
Ellborg, A. Eminet, Y.J. English, G. Gonzalez, B. Graham, L.
Gundry, A. Hargadon, J. Hart, G. Hertz, T.R. Holcomb, B. Honig, A.
Huang-Saad, J.A. Katz, E. Koester, S. Kogelen, P. Kreiser, A.
Kukreti, Y. Lee, J. Libarkin, E. Liguori, R.V. Mahto, C.H.
Matthews, W. McDowell, T.L. Michaelis, P. Mitra, K. Passerini, L.
Pittaway, J.M. Pollack, K. Pon, R.S. Ramani, J. Reid, L. Ross, Y.
Rubin, N. Sebra, S. Sen, L. Sheats, P. Shekhar, B.R. Smith, G.T.
Solomon, S. Solomon, S. Terjesen, S.W. Thiel, B. Thomsen, O. Voula,
M.K. Ward, A.H. Wrede, L.J. Zane, Y. Zhang, A. Zimbroff
This pioneering work explores both the theory and practice of
business and technology incubation and acceleration over the past
six decades as an approach to new venture creation and development.
With a global scope, the Handbook examines incubation concepts,
models, and mechanisms, providing a research-based analytical
foundation from which to understand the emerging role of modern
incubators, accelerators, science parks, and related support tools
in building modern entrepreneurship ecosystems for promoting
targeted economic development. Featuring contributions from
internationally renowned scholars and practitioners, the Handbook
covers four major themes: understanding incubation and
acceleration; incubation mechanisms and entrepreneurship ecosystem
development; national and regional incubation policy studies; and
incubation practice and assessment. Chapters investigate the
expanding importance of newer models and novel modes of new venture
support such as smart launching through focused training,
mentoring, and financing. This Handbook will help to equip policy
makers, facility and program managers, investors, and entrepreneurs
with the knowledge to handle support for future business and
technology ventures more confidently and effectively. It also
provides a deeper understanding of the incubation approach for
researchers and scholars of entrepreneurship, innovation, and
economic development.
Recognizing how the lines between digital and traditional forms of
entrepreneurship are blurring, this forward-thinking book combines
digital technology and entrepreneurship perspectives to advance
knowledge on this paradigm-shifting typology of entrepreneurship.
Kisito Futonge Nzembayie and Anthony Paul Buckley explore how in
the digital age, the micro-level activities of digital
entrepreneurs in new venture creation continue to digitally
transform and disrupt economic systems at macro-levels. As digital
entrepreneurship and other typologies of entrepreneurship in the
digital age become increasingly conceptually fuzzy, the book sets
out to define the digital entrepreneurship domain; what it is and
why it is distinctive and disruptive. It concludes by offering a
pragmatic framework for digital entrepreneurship implementation and
demonstrates how the authors have put this into practice in their
own work. Placing digital entrepreneurship in its conceptual and
historical context, the book provides a clear understanding of the
mechanisms driving the digital entrepreneurial process and
practical tools to help nurture and develop new digital ventures.
It will be valuable reading for business scholars and students
interested in the role of technology in their field. Business
managers and practitioners will also benefit from the book's
guidelines and analytical tools.
Build an iconic shopping experience that your customers love-and a
work environment that your employees love being a part of-using
this blueprint from Trader Joe's visionary founder, Joe Coulombe.
Infuse your organization with a distinct personality and culture
that draws customers in a way that simply competing on price
cannot. Joe Coulombe founded what would become Trader Joe's in the
late 1960s and helped shape it into the beloved, quirky food chain
it is today. Realizing early on that he could not compete and win
by playing the same game his bigger competitors were playing, he
decided to build a store for educated people of somewhat modest
means. He brought in unusual products from around the world and
promoted them in the Fearless Flyer, providing customers with
background on how they were sourced and their nutritional value. He
also gave the stores a tiki theme to reinforce the exotic trader
ship concept with employees wearing Hawaiian shirts. In this way,
Joe laid down a blueprint for other business owners to follow to
build their own unique shopping experience that customers love, and
a work environment that employees love being a part of. In Becoming
Trader Joe, Joe shares the lessons he learned by challenging the
status quo and rethinking the way a business operates. He shows
readers of all types: How moving from a pure analytical approach to
a more creative, problem-solving approach can drive innovation. How
finding an affluent niche of passionate customers can be a better
strategy than competing on price and volume. How questioning all
aspects of the way you do business leads to powerful results. How
to build a business around your values and identity.
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