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The Millers - A Story of Technological Endeavour and Industrial Success, 1870 - 2001 (Hardcover): Glyn Jones The Millers - A Story of Technological Endeavour and Industrial Success, 1870 - 2001 (Hardcover)
Glyn Jones
R681 Discovery Miles 6 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A clear and lively account of the machinery, innovation and personalities that have shaped the industry that provides the all-essential daily bread. Indispensible for anyone with an interest in industrial history. There is a wealth of literature on the traditional flour milling industry, much of it concerned with the charms of rural settings and ancient crafts, whereas the history of the dramatic changes in milling methods from the 1870s onwards has been somewhat neglected. Written by Glyn Jones, engineer and lecturer in technology, `The Millers' sets out to redress the balance and tells the story of the transformation of the flour milling industry by men of vision with enterprise and engineering skill, from the first experiments with roller mills before 1880 to the sleek, automated flour mills operating at the end of the twentieth century. It is a story of technological endeavour and industrial success. The innovations were revolutionary, with roller mills, purifiers and a variety of sifting and sorting machines replacing millstones and crude sieving equipment. Change was propelled by an increasing demand for white bread, and whiter flour could be produced by roller milling of hard foreign wheats, whereas traditional millstone methods were not suitable for the production of large quantities of branless flour. Henry Simon, who became the pioneering leader of the new field of milling engineering, installed his first roller plant in Manchester in 1878; by 1887 mills on the Simon system could produce enough flour to meet the requirements of 11 million people. The mass production of flour for our daily bread began in earnest. From 1904, the most forceful innovator among British millers was Joseph Rank, who commissioned Henry Simon Ltd to supply new plants at the main ports of Hull, London, Cardiff and Liverpool. The roles played by the other leading millers, many of which are still household names, are also included in this account. Despite the hugely impressive and far-reaching technological advances made by British millers and milling engineers, they have not received the credit they deserve. In truth, they replaced the traditional, basic form of the industry rapidly and effectively, and their inventions transformed milling in Britain and further afield. `The Millers' describes, in a clear and lively way, not only the changes in machinery and processing and the effects on the traditional industry, but the personalities who shaped the trade and the companies they ran, and the myths and legends which have surrounded them. Modern mills, rooted in British innovation and enterprise, are impressive in appearance and striking inside, with machinery that looks smart and is automatically controlled, processing wheat for a range of attractive foods and for the still essential daily bread.

Peace Entrepreneurs and Social Entrepreneurship - Life Stories from Israelis and Palestinians (Paperback): Amalya... Peace Entrepreneurs and Social Entrepreneurship - Life Stories from Israelis and Palestinians (Paperback)
Amalya Oliver-Lumerman, Tammar B. Zilber, Haneen S. Magadlah, Tammy Rubel-Lifschitz, Yosepha Tabib-Calif
R1,104 Discovery Miles 11 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This timely book comprises detailed personal narratives of entrepreneurs who have worked towards peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It begins by offering an innovative framework of analysis based on scientific knowledge about social entrepreneurs, defining 'peace entrepreneurship' and mapping its unique characteristics. It also explains the narrative methodology used, and provides a short history of the conflict in the region. The book focuses on 11 life stories of Israeli and Palestinian entrepreneurs who have strived for peace through social ventures. Chapters discuss the various forms of social activism that peace entrepreneurs have pursued, the challenges that they have faced and the motivations behind their ventures. The editors conclude by considering the similarities and differences across the stories, offering insights into what drives people to act as peace entrepreneurs and what sustains their activities in the face of ongoing conflict. Documenting rousing and inspirational life narratives, this book is crucial for scholars and researchers of social entrepreneurship who are searching for new avenues of inquiry into ventures in a conflict context. It will also provide motivational reading for other practitioners of peace entrepreneurship, as well as policymakers working with social entrepreneurs in conflict zones.

Innovation, Growth, and Succession in Asian Family Enterprises (Hardcover): Hung-bin Ding, Hsi-Mei Chung, Andy Yu, Phillip H.... Innovation, Growth, and Succession in Asian Family Enterprises (Hardcover)
Hung-bin Ding, Hsi-Mei Chung, Andy Yu, Phillip H. Phan
R3,184 Discovery Miles 31 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The scope and depth of family business research have been quickly expanding in the last two decades. The editors and contributors to this book present eight recent studies examining the impact of external or internal family conditions on the innovation, growth, and succession of family firms in Asia. By examining the influence of families on firm behaviors and decisions, researchers have been pushing the boundaries of this field. As researchers develop a better understanding of how families influence their businesses, the family conditions, including the properties and dynamics of families, have been found to play significant roles in the business decisions. In addition, globalization as a pressing issue has brought new opportunities and challenges to families and their businesses. This volume comprises diverse topics, including less commonly examined issues such as kinship, immigrant family enterprises, and family asset management. This book is a rich resource for researchers, students, and family business consultants.

The Lean Product Lifecycle - A Playbook For Making Products People Want (Paperback): Tendayi Viki, Craig Strong, Sonja... The Lean Product Lifecycle - A Playbook For Making Products People Want (Paperback)
Tendayi Viki, Craig Strong, Sonja Kresojevic
R527 R466 Discovery Miles 4 660 Save R61 (12%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Lean Product Lifecycle is a playbook that provides frameworks, methods and tools to develop innovative new products and business models, while managing your core portfolio.

Follow the 6 key phases of a product’s life - idea, explore, validate, grow, sustain and retire – and discover how to develop products according to their life stage and ensure the right investment for each. For each stage there is a step-by-step guide of product development best practices using examples and case studies from several companies and start-ups.

Using the tools and templates in this book, you’ll be able to:

- Take a new product from idea to scale within a market.

- Understand the difference between executing on products that are already successful in the market and searching for profitable business models for new products.

- Use the right tools and methods for validating new products ideas and business models.

- Understand how to manage mature products and retire old products using lean innovation principles.

Discover how lessons from lean start-ups can transform your business.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Sport Management (Hardcover): Vanessa Ratten Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Sport Management (Hardcover)
Vanessa Ratten
R2,811 Discovery Miles 28 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This timely book takes both a practical and academic perspective of innovation in sport management, exploring the role of entrepreneurship in sport. With its interdisciplinary approach, it provides a holistic overview of the ways in which sport is both innovative and entrepreneurial. Expert contributors examine how technological advances, scientific approaches, digitalization and tournament design shape, or are shaped by, entrepreneurial ventures in sport management. Chapters also discuss the implications of the coronavirus pandemic for the sports industry, analysing how sport entities and managers have had to be innovative in order to adapt to the new market and unpredictable societal conditions created by the pandemic. The book reflects on the importance of innovation for sport management, highlighting the need for futuristic thinking as sports organisations try to develop better practices. Offering practical examples of entrepreneurship in sport, this book will be a useful resource for scholars and students of sports, sport management and management education. It will also be beneficial for sports practitioners and managers focusing on organisational innovation and how to navigate crises.

Cases on Digital Entrepreneurship - How Digital Technologies are Transforming the Entrepreneurial Process in Existing... Cases on Digital Entrepreneurship - How Digital Technologies are Transforming the Entrepreneurial Process in Existing Businesses and Start-ups (Hardcover)
Luca Iandoli, Carmine Gibaldi
R3,359 Discovery Miles 33 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

How are digital technologies changing the creation of new ventures? What are the critical skills for entrepreneurs in the digital age? How does digitalization change product design and communication with customers? How can small businesses in non-digital industries overcome the digital divide? This book helps answer these questions through real-world case studies and lessons learnt from the perspectives of real entrepreneurs in various industries, countries and types of business. Each case has abundant materials to support learning and reflection, including: discussion questions and assignments to stretch students decision-making simulations rich and detailed teaching notes to help enliven your teaching. Highlighting how entrepreneurship is changing in the digital age, this book will be an excellent resource for teachers and students of entrepreneurship, innovation management, new venture creation, marketing and strategy.

Family Business Case Studies Across the World - Succession and Governance in a Disruptive Era (Paperback): Jeremy Cheng, Luis... Family Business Case Studies Across the World - Succession and Governance in a Disruptive Era (Paperback)
Jeremy Cheng, Luis Diaz-Matajira, Nupur P. Bang, Rodrigo Basco, Andrea Calabro, …
R1,073 Discovery Miles 10 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book presents a unique collection of case studies from across the globe to create a comprehensive understanding of how family firms can respond to future disruptions. Each case contains learning notes with objectives, discussion questions and suggested readings to facilitate learner understanding and engagement with the topic. Cases on topics such as global succession and governance practices will aid strategic decision-making capabilities in family businesses and will also benefit practitioners in these areas. Diverse in terms of generational involvement, demographic groups, cultural aspects, institutional settings and industries, the cases range from founder-led SMEs to multi-generational family conglomerates in 18 countries spanning over four continents. In addition to identifying successful practices, this book offers unconventional wisdom on the impact of family feuds, sudden death, divorce and multiple marriages on family businesses. It concludes by exposing new understandings on succession and the unique role played by rising-generation leaders in this disruptive era. Informed by the common research paradigm of the Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practice (STEP) Project Global Consortium, this book will provide a practical learning experience for advanced students and scholars of family business, family entrepreneurship, and strategic management studies.

Entrepreneurial skills (Paperback): S. Dhliwayo, N.M. Mmako, S. Radiepere, R. Shambare Entrepreneurial skills (Paperback)
S. Dhliwayo, N.M. Mmako, S. Radiepere, R. Shambare
R554 Discovery Miles 5 540 Ships in 7 - 10 working days

Entrepreneurs build businesses to fulfil dreams for themselves, their families, their employees and their community. Their business lives therefore have an impact on a wide range of people. Entrepreneurial skills focuses on the essential concepts and skills needed to grow and manage a business successfully. Entrepreneurial skills presents current, relevant content in unique and interesting ways. It draws from real-world examples to introduce the reality of the entrepreneurial life so that the reader will better understand his or her motivations for starting a business and avoid distorted concepts about what is required to be an effective business owner. Entrepreneurial skills will equip undergraduates at universities and universities of technology as well as practising entrepreneurs to deal with the challenges and develop the necessary skills for running a business.

How to Teach Entrepreneurship (Paperback): Colin Jones How to Teach Entrepreneurship (Paperback)
Colin Jones
R1,007 Discovery Miles 10 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Just how should we teach entrepreneurship? This important book provides many of the answers to this challenging question. In developing the first signature pedagogy for entrepreneurship education, Colin Jones unites the contexts of enterprise and education at the intersection of scholarship, transformational learning and student engagement. Good teaching for entrepreneurship is shown to emerge both from the educator and the students' interest. For the educator, a process of scholarly leading is required to support student interest - from the alternate perspective, students require a willingness to welcome uncertainty and challenge the existing boundaries to effectively develop a capacity for self-negotiated action. A key guide for all entrepreneurship lecturers and tutors, written for all teaching contexts, this book will challenge you to teach 'who you are', as well as what you know.

Amazon Unbound - Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire (Paperback): Brad Stone Amazon Unbound - Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire (Paperback)
Brad Stone
R518 R488 Discovery Miles 4 880 Save R30 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Women's Entrepreneurship Policy - A Global Perspective (Hardcover): Colette Henry, Susan Coleman, Kate V. Lewis Women's Entrepreneurship Policy - A Global Perspective (Hardcover)
Colette Henry, Susan Coleman, Kate V. Lewis
R3,207 Discovery Miles 32 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Bringing together scholars from around the world, this book provides extensive coverage of the academic literature and research on women's entrepreneurship policy. Featuring contributions from members of the Global Women's Entrepreneurship Policy Research Network, the book explores and critiques contemporary policy instruments while also pointing toward potential policy solutions. Chapters aim to deepen understanding of women's entrepreneurship policy and raise awareness among policy makers, programme managers and academics of the dangers associated with gender-blind entrepreneurship policies. The book concludes that 'one size fits all' policies that ignore the gender dimension do not support women entrepreneurs effectively. Research-based and international in approach, Women's Entrepreneurship Policy will be a useful guide for academics and advanced students in the areas of entrepreneurship, gender and management, diversity and management, and international business. It will also be beneficial for policy makers and those involved in designing and delivering women's entrepreneurship programmes.

Hearing Grasshoppers Jump - The Story of Raymond Ackerman (Paperback, New ed): Raymond Ackerman, Denise Prichard Hearing Grasshoppers Jump - The Story of Raymond Ackerman (Paperback, New ed)
Raymond Ackerman, Denise Prichard
R375 R352 Discovery Miles 3 520 Save R23 (6%) In Stock

'Hearing grasshoppers jump' - or keeping one's ear so close to the ground that one can detect the slightest movement - is one of the nuggets of practical wisdom that have guided Raymond Ackerman throughout his life and career. As this lively and immensely readable story makes clear, he is a man of enormous energy and passion, often in the public spotlight, always on the move, yet at the same time a private, reflective person, who has kept a detailed daily diary for most of his life and who takes the time to listen, to keep his ear to the ground and so seize the opportunities when they present themselves. And what opportunities they have been.

Raymond Ackerman, South Africa's most successful retailer, was born with retailing in his blood. His father, Gus, built up the Ackermans chain into a household name with great flair and determination. Raymond Ackerman himself made his mark early as the innovative head of the Checkers food chain, until that fateful day in 1966 when he was summarily dismissed by the old-guard management - a dismissal that has been described as 'the single greatest error in South African business'. It was also the beginning of Raymond Ackerman's greatest triumph, for that push led to the growth of the national Pick 'n Pay chain and to a story of phenomenal success.

This book is a personal account of a man whose private passions and values have animated a company and whose life has been so much more than mere business. Not everyone may agree with some of his stands or positions but no one can fail to appreciate the frankness and liveliness of his down-to-earth story or fail to be won over by his passionate, positive engagement with his country and with life

Teaching Entrepreneurship, Volume Two - A Practice-Based Approach (Paperback): Heidi M. Neck, Candida G. Brush, Patricia G.... Teaching Entrepreneurship, Volume Two - A Practice-Based Approach (Paperback)
Heidi M. Neck, Candida G. Brush, Patricia G. Greene
R1,301 Discovery Miles 13 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Building on the success of the first volume of Teaching Entrepreneurship, this second volume features new teaching exercises that are adaptable and can be used to teach online, face to face or in a hybrid environment. In addition, it expands on the five practices of entrepreneurship education: the practice of play, the practice of empathy, the practice of creation, the practice of experimentation, and the practice of reflection. This portfolio of practices leads to a holistic teaching approach designed to help students think and act more entrepreneurially under various degrees of uncertainty and across contexts. Here in Volume Two the editors and contributors demonstrate how the five practices are a framework for course development to help students make progress toward a more entrepreneurial way of thinking and develop the ability to find and create new opportunities with the courage to act on them. Educators trying to build entrepreneurship into their curriculum, from within and outside the business school, will find Teaching Entrepreneurship, Volume Two invaluable in developing experiential learning experiences.

Entrepreneurial Skills (Paperback, 2nd Edition): Entrepreneurial Skills (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
R554 Discovery Miles 5 540 In Stock

Entrepreneurs build businesses to fulfil dreams for themselves, their families, their employees and their community. Their business lives therefore have an impact on a wide range of people. Businesses do not grow and thrive merely on the strength of being a good opportunity, however. Entrepreneurs need creativity and innovation as well as leadership, management and networking abilities. Entrepreneurial skills focuses on the essential concepts and skills needed to grow and manage an entrepreneurial venture successfully.

Entrepreneurial skills presents current, relevant content in unique and interesting ways. It draws from real-world examples to introduce the reality of entrepreneurial life so that the reader will better understand his or her motivations for starting a business and avoid being disillusioned by distorted concepts about what is required to be a successful entrepreneur.

Contents include the following:

  • Opportunity recognition
  • Setting realistic goals and achieving them
  • Networking
  • Leadership and management
  • Creativity and innovation
  • Handling legal issues

Entrepreneurial skills will equip undergraduates at universities and universities of technology as well as practising entrepreneurs to deal with the challenges and develop the necessary skills set for running a business.

The Entrepreneurial Solution to Poverty and the Science of What is Possible (Hardcover): James O. Fiet The Entrepreneurial Solution to Poverty and the Science of What is Possible (Hardcover)
James O. Fiet
R2,984 Discovery Miles 29 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Engaging and accessible, The Entrepreneurial Solution to Poverty and the Science of What is Possible examines the systematic practice of poverty alleviation. Using the science of informational economics (IE), based on leveraging specific information, as well as decades' worth of experimental evidence, James Fiet demonstrates how poverty may be mitigated through entrepreneurial practices. This visionary book suggests a number of key practical methods by which poverty can be alleviated, even without resources or personal connections. Classifying IE as 'the science of what is possible', Fiet demonstrates how to substitute information - the lowest common denominator of what individuals already possess or can acquire - for resources. The book employs 30 years of experimental results as the basis for its entrepreneurial approach to poverty alleviation, inviting its readers to extend the science of what is possible and succeed regardless of their circumstances. Holding the potential to alter how work is approached and carried out in the area of poverty alleviation, the innovative ideas explored in this book will be of significant interest and inspiration to researchers and students, but also beyond academia to government agencies, foundations, and charities, as well as individuals and organizations invested in solving the problem of poverty.

Organizational Ethnography (Hardcover): Monika Kostera, Nancy Harding Organizational Ethnography (Hardcover)
Monika Kostera, Nancy Harding
R3,032 Discovery Miles 30 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Ethnography is at the heart of what researchers in management and organization studies do. This crucial book offers a robust and original overview of ''doing'' organizational ethnography, guiding readers through the essential qualitative methods for the study of organizations. Preparing students to enter the field with a confident outlook and a toolkit of skills, chapters present a series of action-learning projects to arm readers with practical exercises that will hone the abilities of the organizational ethnographer. Expert contributors offer crucial outlines into a variety of essential skills, including shadowing, autoethnography, interviews, media analysis and storytelling. The book concludes with a chapter by a doctoral student, providing unique insights into the development of the ethnographic understanding of organizational realities. Featuring useful exercises and an accessible style, this book is critical reading for PhD and Masters students in business administration and organizational theory, as well as social science students undertaking qualitative methodology programmes. It will also be useful for students on MBA courses in need of a humanistic approach to organizations.

The Entrepreneurial Scholar (Hardcover): Dimo Dimov The Entrepreneurial Scholar (Hardcover)
Dimo Dimov
R1,957 Discovery Miles 19 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

What does it mean to be an entrepreneurial scholar? Dimo Dimov draws on an eclectic range of philosophical ideas to investigate the study of entrepreneurs and makes the case for entrepreneurial scholarship to become more holistic, dynamic, and future oriented. This thought-provoking book argues that entrepreneurs seek to put knowledge in the service of the future, whereas scholars seek to put the future in the service of knowledge. Engaging with this tension, Dimov explores the relationship between the study of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurs who are studied. Creating a framework for entrepreneurial scholarship, this concise book highlights four distinct styles and approaches to the field: theoretical, integrative, craft and clinical. He invites reflection on the role and place of entrepreneurs in modern society, and puts the case that the entrepreneurial scholar should embrace interdisciplinarity as a way of engaging with entrepreneurship as a holistic experience, and draw on design science as a way of improving the art and skills of entrepreneurship. This innovative book will be a stimulating read for academics and students of entrepreneurship, and its accessible format will also appeal to reflective practitioners.

Clusters of Innovation in the Age of Disruption (Paperback): Jerome S. Engel Clusters of Innovation in the Age of Disruption (Paperback)
Jerome S. Engel
R1,393 Discovery Miles 13 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is about innovation ecosystems, Clusters of Innovation (COI) and the Global Networks of Clusters of Innovation (GNCOI) they naturally form. What is innovation and why is it important to us? Innovation is nothing less than the ability for constructive response and adaptation to change. The cause and catalyst for that change is frequently identified as technology and its unceasing pressure to improve on existing solutions and address unmet needs. The last decade has painfully demonstrated that exogenous environmental shocks are also sources of change that call for innovative responses, ranging from the obvious challenges such as global warming and Covid-19 to the more subtle social and political perturbations of our time. Entrepreneurs, in collaboration with venture investors and major corporations can create a flywheel of constructive engagement, a cluster of Innovation, that helps build the resiliency of our communities to adsorb and rebound from these shocks. The process is enhanced when actively supported by government, universities, and other elements of the ecosystem. This book provides the tools for understanding this value creation process and the means to enhance it, in both emerging and mature innovation ecosystems. This book provides a framework for understanding innovation in mature and emerging innovation ecosystems to a wide swath of professionals and academics, from senior executives of major corporations, government leaders, public policy makers, and consultants, to academics, researchers, and educators.

High Performance Management Strategies for Entrepreneurial Companies - Research Findings from Over 500 Firms (Hardcover, New):... High Performance Management Strategies for Entrepreneurial Companies - Research Findings from Over 500 Firms (Hardcover, New)
Rajeswarar S. Chaganti, Radha Chaganti, Stewart Malone
R2,757 Discovery Miles 27 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume fills a major gap in the literature by systematically and scientifically analyzing 500 small entrepreneurial firms and isolating the reasons for their successes and failures. The authors examine whether there are any laws of success and failure that are applicable to small and mid-size companies and identify profitable strategies in various industries and under differing industry conditions. Designed as a reference book for corporate executives, small business owners, and consultants, this book will also be extremely useful to graduate students interested in researching the application of strategic management concepts to entrepreneurial companies.

Following an introduction, the authors delineate the strategic profile of profitable small companies and examine the impact of competition on small firm profitability. Subsequent chapters assess profitable strategies in high-growth, mature, and declining industries; strategies for cyclical environments; profile start-up, buy-out, and family firms; consider the impact of organizational life-stage on small company strategy and performance; and discuss how to perpetuate the family firm. A separate chapter addresses strategies that are particularly applicable to women-owned firms. The conclusion reviews effective strategies and presents the practical implications of the research studies upon which the book was based. Two appendixes provide additional information about the research methodology.

Handbook of Entrepreneurship and Marketing (Hardcover): Ian Fillis, Nicholas Telford Handbook of Entrepreneurship and Marketing (Hardcover)
Ian Fillis, Nicholas Telford
R6,972 Discovery Miles 69 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This timely and incisive Handbook provides critical contemporary insights into the theory and practice of entrepreneurship and marketing in the twenty-first century. Bringing together rich and varied contributions from prominent international researchers, it offers a reflective synthesis of scholarship at the interface between marketing and entrepreneurship. Emphasising the need for contextual analysis of marketing and entrepreneurial practices, this Handbook explores the effectiveness of a variety of behaviours, supporting its insights with relevant theory. Chapters cover areas such as innovation, strategy and networking for SMEs, social media and crowdfunding, and entrepreneurial marketing in the arts, including a focus on the growing phenomenon of cultural entrepreneurship. Scholars and postgraduate students in entrepreneurship and marketing, and particularly those working on the intersections between them, will find this Handbook an invaluable read. Its examination of the efficacy of various practices will also be of great interest to marketing professionals and entrepreneurs themselves. Contributors include: C. Ball, A. Bayraktar, S. Brown, D. Cummins, J.H. Deacon, N. Dennis, E. Erdogan, I. Fillis, J.B. Ford, I.S. Fraser, P.J. Fraser, L. Frondigoun, E. Gallagher, A. Gilmore, V. Gustafsson, B. Hynes, B. Jones, R. Jones, M. Kelly, F. Kerrigan, A. Kincaid, T.A. Kirchner, O.F. Lee, K. Lehman, E. Lloyd-Parkes, S. Loane, M. Macaulay, S. Mawson, M.P. Miles, S. Mirvahedi, S.C. Morrish, T. Morrow, S. Mottner, E.L. Ngan, K. Nightingale, R. Noorda, A. Patterson, C. Preece, E. Ramsey, R. Rentschler, E. Ritch, V.L. Rodner, J.E. Schroeder, Z. Sethna, R. Shannon, A.M.J. Smith, R. Smith, M. Suoranta, N. Telford, P. Tjabbes, C. Uslay

Entrepreneurship in Action - The Power of Student-Run Ventures (Hardcover): Eric W. Liguori, Mark Tonelli Entrepreneurship in Action - The Power of Student-Run Ventures (Hardcover)
Eric W. Liguori, Mark Tonelli
R2,625 Discovery Miles 26 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Student-run ventures, actual businesses that students enroll in as a course and run themselves, are changing the ways in which students learn by offering valuable hands-on experience. Many universities around the US have some form of student-run venture operating on campus, but how learning is reinforced and integrated into the classroom varies widely, as does the meaningfulness of the overall student experience. Most universities operate these ventures as one-offs, disconnected from formal academic instruction and as a side project that never gets full faculty or student attention. This book examines six exemplar student-run ventures in depth. These ventures span disciplines from all across campus (arts, humanities, technology) and have known track-records of success, not only from a revenue perspective, but also in terms of pedagogy and learning. Readers learn the inner workings of all six student-run venture courses first-hand from the faculty teaching the course and from students who have taken the course. For instructors looking to start a student-run venture on their campus this book is a must-have roadmap that is sure to help them sidestep obstacles and to accelerate success. The insights contained here show you how you can enhance student engagement and learning by incorporating elements of 21st century entrepreneurship education into the classroom.

Rethinking the Social in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Hardcover): Beniamino Callegari, Bisrat A. Misganaw, Stefania Sardo Rethinking the Social in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Hardcover)
Beniamino Callegari, Bisrat A. Misganaw, Stefania Sardo
R3,329 Discovery Miles 33 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Offering a comprehensive classification of the analytical approaches to the social within the fields of innovation and entrepreneurship studies, this book showcases a wide variety of perspectives and a collection of theoretical analysis tackling social complexity. The editors bring together contributors who mirror the heterogeneity present in the innovation and entrepreneurship fields, aiming to spark a discussion on the pluralist and critical nature of the social dimension within research, and to examine societal transformation processes and their attending multifaceted issues. Exploring how the social is analytically understood in innovation and entrepreneurship studies, the book proposes a non-exhaustive spectrum ranging from implicit assumption to explicit conceptualization in defining methodological foundations. Discussing the social and methodological challenges involved in the integration of social dimensions, this book will be a crucial companion for innovation and entrepreneurship scholars and students. This book is also a must-read for policy-makers and practitioners involved in societal transformation processes.

Women, Family and Family Businesses Across Entrepreneurial Contexts (Hardcover): Severine Le Loarne-Lemaire, Candida G. Brush,... Women, Family and Family Businesses Across Entrepreneurial Contexts (Hardcover)
Severine Le Loarne-Lemaire, Candida G. Brush, Andrea Calabro, Adnane Maalaoui
R3,479 Discovery Miles 34 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The expert contributors to this insightful book explore the latest research on women's emancipation through entrepreneurship, specifically in relation to families and family businesses. The chapters analyse the role the family plays and how women interact with their families in developing their entrepreneurial projects or taking over the lead of the family business. They examine key themes such as the role of religion, women's agency, business succession, and identity. To illustrate these areas, the book draws on case studies from a wide variety of contexts, including Syrian women refugee entrepreneurs, Tunisian women entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial parents working from home. The book also draws attention to previously underexplored topics in women's entrepreneurship, such as spousal support. Looking to future research, it calls for a better understanding of what emancipation means for women in different contexts. This book will be a useful resource for scholars and students of entrepreneurship with a particular interest in family business. Its use of global case studies will also be beneficial for practitioners in this field as well as networks of women entrepreneurs.

If I Can U Can - Improve Your Mindset, Achieve Your Goals (Paperback): Barney Beukes If I Can U Can - Improve Your Mindset, Achieve Your Goals (Paperback)
Barney Beukes
R295 R272 Discovery Miles 2 720 Save R23 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days
A Small Business of Your Own (Paperback): P. H. Newall A Small Business of Your Own (Paperback)
P. H. Newall
R311 Discovery Miles 3 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Far too many people, when motivated to start a new business, plunge in without appreciating or understanding the ramifications of doing so. These pages highlight many of these ramifications, not to put anyone off, but to help them avoid some of the pitfalls that so often stand in the way of success. The characteristic of entrepreneurship that lurks in the breast of so many of our citizens means that at the grass roots there are many opportunities for the enterprising. In a population of sixty million, and rising, there is room for every kind of new business. The core problems that face any new business are the need to apply Professional Selling Skills and to rely on their own resources financially at the start. The former requires skilful, dedicated and enthusiastic application. The latter comes from redundancy money or other savings and support - NOT mortgaging one's home, and NOT borrowing from the Bank. A small number of new businesses require little Capital and can be run as a one man band. Most however, are best started in co-operation with one or two others who can contribute to the finances and share the work involved. For those who have the potential, but have been fearful of contemplating striking out on their own, it is hoped this work will encourage and inform them, and open the door to a long term and bright future.

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