|
Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > Organizational theory & behaviour
|
Buy Now
Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Business Clusters (Paperback)
Loot Price: R1,495
Discovery Miles 14 950
|
|
|
Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Business Clusters (Paperback)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
In Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Business Clusters, Panos
Piperopoulos provides a comprehensive introduction to what
entrepreneurship is all about, how and why entrepreneurs innovate
and how innovation systems operate. Small and medium enterprises
(SMEs) constitute the backbone of most economies, so the author
examines their characteristics and the crucial role played by the
owners and entrepreneurs who innovate to ensure the survival and
continued growth of their firms. He also includes the particular
phenomena that arise where the entrepreneurs are either female or
from ethnic groups, or where the context is that of a developing
region or country. The importance of co-operative strategic
alliances and networks between firms is discussed, along with how
these strengthen SMEs' competitiveness. The concept of open
innovation has been proposed as a new paradigm for the management
of innovation and the author presents a hypothetical model for
enhancing the competitiveness and performance of SMEs by properly
utilizing employees' creative potential, emotional intelligence,
tacit knowledge and innovative ideas. The contemporary model of
business clusters, involving partnerships with competitors, agents,
universities, research centres and local, regional and national
governments is discussed. The ways, means and methods through which
SMEs' competitiveness and innovation can be enhanced within
business clusters is illustrated by cases that identify four types
of SMEs, that behave differently and play different roles in the
networks and clusters of which they form a part, but all of whose
performance and competitiveness is a function of their position and
role in the wider scheme of things.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(1)
(2)
