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Written by a highly regarded expert on entrepreneurship, this
bestselling textbook provides an engaging and comprehensive
overview of corporate entrepreneurship. Now in its fourth edition
and fully revised throughout, this accessible text is structured in
four key parts that cover everything a student needs to know about
the topic. After an initial consideration of what constitutes
corporate entrepreneurship and innovation, the author then guides
students through the four pillars of entrepreneurial architecture:
culture, structure, leadership and strategy. The third section
focusses on the entrepreneurial mind-set, including how to
encourage creativity, business ideas and developing concepts.
Finally, the book draws attention to corporate venturing, examining
venture teams, intrapreneurs, market development and the role of
shareholder value. It is no longer sufficient for businesses to
grow simply by cutting costs and taking over competitors. To
achieve true success, organisations must avoid an ageing product or
service portfolio to bring new, innovative ideas to market.
Corporate entrepreneurship is inherently risky and therefore
requires a fresh approach to strategy. The approach Paul Burns
offers will successfully overcome barriers to launching new ideas,
internal challenges of managing creativity and show how to foster
an entrepreneurial culture. This is the go-to textbook for all
students studying Corporate Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship or
Corporate Venturing at undergraduate, postgraduate or MBA level.
The book is also essential reading for courses on Strategic
Entrepreneurship and Innovation. New to this Edition: - Fully
revised and updated content throughout with new four-part structure
- Brand new case studies in every chapter, featuring some of the
world's highest profile companies from across the globe - A greater
focus on innovation, including a new chapter on this topic at the
start of the book - New chapters on 'Developing a Business Model',
'Managing Change' and 'Managing Risk' - New on-page glossary with
key terms highlighted in the text and defined in the margins - New
Activities and Group Discussion topics at the end of each chapter
Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at
bloomsburyonlineresources.com/corporate-entrepreneurship-and-innovation-4e.
These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when
using this textbook and are available at no extra cost.
Jon Sobrino continues the magisterial christology begun in Jesus
the Liberator. In that book Sobrino examined the identity of Jesus
in relation to his message, his interlocutors, and the conflict
that led to his death. In this second volume he takes up the
Resurrection of Christ, the christology of the New Testament, and
finally the christological formulae of the early church councils.
Throughout Christ the Liberator Sobrino writes from the reality
of faith, as set in motion by the event of Jesus Christ, and from
the situation of the victims -- the "Crucified People" of history
-- particularly the poor of El Salvador, with whom he works. With
Christ the Liberator Sobrino's christology takes its place among
the most significant contributions of Latin America to the church
and theology today.
Federico Garca Lorca was born near Granada in 1898. Initially set
on studying music in Paris, after his piano teacher died in 1916 he
became involved in a literary and artisitc group, including H G
Wells and Rudyard Kipling. This move towards a more literary life
eventually paid off. Blood Wedding (Bodas de Sangre) was written in
1932, and was first performed in Madrid in March 1933. It proved to
be the popular and critical success he'd been waiting for. When the
play was staged in Buenos Aires he even found himself confronted
with the prospect of wealth - a prospect that soon became a
reality. This prosperous, happy spell was short-lived though, as
the political situation in Spain altered under Franco, putting an
end to this time, and ultimately, his life. Lorca was executed on
August 18th 1936. Blood Wedding is based around the story of a
young woman who, unable to wed her lover is made to marry a more
suitable man. On the day of her wedding, however, La Novia (The
Bride) runs away with her lover (Leonardo), who is married with
children. A series of events ensues... Leonardo is the only
character in the play to have a name, the others all being
identified by their role: El Novio (The Groom), La Suegra (The
Mother-in-Law). As with many of Lorca's plays, symbolism is key,
with the moon and death personified. This is the first play in
Lorca's trilogy of rural tragedies, with Yerma and The House of
Bernarda Alba being second and third.
On 27 August 1979, Paul Burns's life changed for ever. Travelling
through Warren Point in Northern Ireland when the IRA detonated two
massive bombs, he was involved in a devastating explosion -
eighteen soldiers were killed that day; Paul was one of only two
who survived. Newly recruited to the Parachute Regiment, Paul was
performing a tour of duty in Northern Ireland when a four-tonne
truck in which he was travelling was destroyed by a massive IRA
bomb. Eighteen of his friends and colleagues were killed in the
Warrenpoint blast - the biggest single loss of life for the British
Army during the Troubles. Paul barely survived. His body was
broken. His left leg was amputated below the knee. His skin was
burned down to the bone. Those who saw him wondered if it might not
be kinder to let him die. At just eighteen, Paul thought his life
was over. But he refused to be beaten. He had made a promise to
himself that he would make up for the loss of his friends' lives by
living his own life to the full. And just over five years later he
was a member of the elite parachute display team, The Red Devils.
In 1996 he entered the record books as a member of 'Time and Tide':
the first ever disabled crew to sail around the world. Today he
works as a disabled extra in tv and film - amongst his accolades he
can count a role in Hollywood blockbuster Gladiator. His story is a
remarkable tale of one man's determination to make the most of his
life against the odds.
****This is a pocket-sized version of the A4 pictorial
guide***Whatever the shape or size of a business, they all have one
thing in common - they hope to make money. A major factor in
determining success is the ability of management to control its
finances. Business Finance painlessly demystifies the process of
accounting and the understanding of business finance. Follow the
adventures of a small-time entrepreneur and his finance director as
she helps him turn his business from a potential casualty of the
'Death Valley Curve' into an efficient, profit-making success
story. Balance sheets, profit and loss statements, cash flow,
working capital, depreciation, cash flow forecasting, budgeting,
and gearing are all explained making this the book to guide readers
safely through the jargon jungle of financial management.
Federico Garca Lorca was born near Granada in 1898. Initially set
on studying music in Paris, after his piano teacher died in 1916 he
became involved in a literary and artisitc group, including H G
Wells and Rudyard Kipling. This move towards a more literary life
eventually paid off. Blood Wedding (Bodas de Sangre) was written in
1932, and was first performed in Madrid in March 1933. It proved to
be the popular and critical success he'd been waiting for. When the
play was staged in Buenos Aires he even found himself confronted
with the prospect of wealth - a prospect that soon became a
reality. This prosperous, happy spell was short-lived though, as
the political situation in Spain altered under Franco, putting an
end to this time, and ultimately, his life. Lorca was executed on
August 18th 1936. Blood Wedding is based around the story of a
young woman who, unable to wed her lover is made to marry a more
suitable man. On the day of her wedding, however, La Novia (The
Bride) runs away with her lover (Leonardo), who is married with
children. A series of events ensues... Leonardo is the only
character in the play to have a name, the others all being
identified by their role: El Novio (The Groom), La Suegra (The
Mother-in-Law). As with many of Lorca's plays, symbolism is key,
with the moon and death personified. This is the first play in
Lorca's trilogy of rural tragedies, with Yerma and The House of
Bernarda Alba being second and third.
Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo was born in Bilbao on 29th September 1864.
He wrote novels, essays, poems and plays, and in addition to these
he played an important part in the political and intellectual life
of Spain - an involvement that led to his exile to Fuerteventura in
1924. San Manuel Bueno, mtir (1930) was his last novel before his
death in 1936. It tells the story of a heroic priest who has lost
his faith in immortality, a theme that had interested Unamuno for
many years. The setting of the novel is atmospheric and
significant, the characters shadowy and symbolic. The book overall
is a synthesis of Unamuno's philiosophy.
Gabriela Mistral (1889-1967), Chile's 'other' great poet of the
twentieth century, is little known outside the Spanish-speaking
world, and unlike Pablo Neruda has not been extensively translated
into English. She deserves better, particularly as the first Latin
American recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1945), and
this selection of her poetry is designed to introduce her to an
English-speaking public. Born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga in the Elqui
valley in the 'little north' of Chile, she became a schoolteacher
at the age of fifteen and went on to become an educator of
international renown, an architect of educational reform in Mexico,
and a cultural administrator at the League of Nations. She began
publishing prose and verse pieces in newspapers and reviews at
about the same age. Four major collections of her poems were
published in her lifetime: Desolacion (Desolation) in 1922, Ternura
(Tenderness) in 1924, Tala (Felling) in 1938, and Lagar (Wine
Press) in 1954, followed by Poema de Chile published after her
death. Poems from each of these five collections are included here.
The landscape and people of her native Chile are a constant theme
in her work, even though she lived most of her adult life away from
Chile, largely as a consul - unpaid for many years - in Europe,
Brazil, and the U.S.A., where she died. Her great love of children,
who were the main preoccupation of her life and whom she both
understood and respected; motherhood, and her lack of it; loss of
people she loved; religious faith, tested and at times unorthodox,
are other abiding themes. Her language is direct, passionate,
rooted in local usage. The whole of her work, in prose as well as
in verse, is a reflection of the absolute integrity of her life.
Gabriela Mistral (1889-1967), Chile's 'other' great poet of the
twentieth century, is little known outside the Spanish-speaking
world, and unlike Pablo Neruda has not been extensively translated
into English. She deserves better, particularly as the first Latin
American recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1945), and
this selection of her poetry is designed to introduce her to an
English-speaking public. Born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga in the Elqui
valley in the 'little north' of Chile, she became a schoolteacher
at the age of fifteen and went on to become an educator of
international renown, an architect of educational reform in Mexico,
and a cultural administrator at the League of Nations. She began
publishing prose and verse pieces in newspapers and reviews at
about the same age. Four major collections of her poems were
published in her lifetime: Desolacion (Desolation) in 1922, Ternura
(Tenderness) in 1924, Tala (Felling) in 1938, and Lagar (Wine
Press) in 1954, followed by Poema de Chile published after her
death. Poems from each of these five collections are included here.
The landscape and people of her native Chile are a constant theme
in her work, even though she lived most of her adult life away from
Chile, largely as a consul - unpaid for many years - in Europe,
Brazil, and the U.S.A., where she died. Her great love of children,
who were the main preoccupation of her life and whom she both
understood and respected; motherhood, and her lack of it; loss of
people she loved; religious faith, tested and at times unorthodox,
are other abiding themes. Her language is direct, passionate,
rooted in local usage. The whole of her work, in prose as well as
in verse, is a reflection of the absolute integrity of her life.
Antonio Machado was born in Seville in 1885 and died in southern
France early in 1939, escaping from the Nationalist advance in the
Spanish Civil War. He is increasingly recognized as one of the four
greatest Spanish-language poets of the twentieth century, but lack
of adequate translations has limited his appreciation in the
English-speaking world. Here a native Spanish and a native English
speaker set out to remedy this deficiency. The beauty of his
landscape, fused with its sadness as his young wifeAEs resting pace
gave Machado his distinctive voice: intimate, elegiac, at once
detached and involved, most characteristically expressed in Campos
de Castilla (1917), from which many of the poems here selected are
taken. The language of his poetry is spare, relying strongly on
nouns and adjectives, asserting more than describing, equally
anti-baroque and against the aeexcesses of modern cosmeticsAE (Self
Portrait). His father had been a collector of folklore, and Machado
saw the romance (ballad) tradition as lying at the heart of the
authentic Spanish poetic tradition. English cannot recreate the
assonance on which he relied, but this translation captures the
essential rhythm as well as the poignancy of the original. Spanish
text with facing-page translation, introduction and notes."
This new edition of the market-leading textbook by Paul Burns
offers an unrivalled holistic introduction to the field of
entrepreneurship and valuable guidance for budding entrepreneurs
looking to launch their own small business. Drawing on his decades
of academic and entrepreneurial experience, the author takes you on
a journey through the business life-cycle, from the early stages of
start-up, through progressive growth, to the confident strides of a
mature business. Combining cutting-edge theory with fresh global
examples and lessons from real-life business practice, this
accessible and explorative textbook will encourage you to develop
the knowledge and skills needed to navigate the challenges faced by
today's entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship and Small Business will
help you to: - Learn what makes entrepreneurs tick with brand new
Get into the Mindset video interviews and an exploration of
entrepreneuial character traits - Seamlessly incorporate multimedia
content into your learning with the new Digital Links platform
accessed via your smart device - Understand how worldwide events
can impact small businesses through incisive analysis of the
effects of the COVID-19 pandemic - Grasp how entrepreneurship
differs around the globe, with over 100 Case Insights and new
examples from a diverse range of countries and industries - Ensure
your understanding of the entrepreneurial landscape is up-to-date,
with new chapters on recruiting and managing people, and on lean
methodologies and business model frameworks. This is the ideal
textbook for students taking undergraduate and postgraduate
Entrepreneurship or Small Business Management courses, as well as
for MBA students.
Structured around the author's tried-and-tested New Venture
Creation framework, this textbook encourages practical learning,
enabling you to launch and develop your business. Broken down into
three phases - Research, Business model development, Launch - the
book provides a systematic approach which tells you everything you
need to know and, most importantly, everything you need to do, to
start a new venture. You will learn how organisations and
entrepreneurs address issues via real life case insights and
quotes, while fictional case studies are presented to explore how
you might choose ways forward in your entrepreneurial journey. The
popular and effective Workbook, which enables you to work through
your thoughts and ideas on business development and construct a
profile of your new venture, is now presented in a digital format.
A new Digital links booklet directs to company websites and
interviews with entrepreneurs, and these resources are designed so
that they can be used concurrently with the book. This edition
includes new material on the importance of anticipating new
challenges and the need for re-strategizing and building
resilience, while sustainability and diversity have been
foregrounded in a re-examination of the case studies. New Venture
Creation is the essential textbook for preparing for real-life
entrepreneurial experience: accessible, practical and grounded in
academic insight.
In the twentieth century a number of novelists, artists, and
filmmakers, resurrected the life of Jesus genre made so popular in
the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by Renan, Strauss, and
others. In addition, novelists Norman Mailer, Jose Saramago, and
Ricci have written their own "gospels."
Burns' collection--taken from a conference at a 2004 regional SBL
meeting--explores the ways in which these portraits of Jesus
continue to fulfill the familiar observation that people tend to
depict Jesus in their own image. In several of the portraits of
Jesus, the artists offer a creative response to the realities of
the human condition of our time.
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Moral Theology (Paperback)
Antonio Moser, Bernardino Leers; Translated by Paul Burns
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This practical resource is essential reading for wireless
communications engineers whose projects involve the use of
cutting-edge software radio technology. It covers all aspects of
systems design and explains various options for hardware, including
a look at current and state of the art silicon technologies. The
book places special emphasis on how software radio technology can
solve many of the problems faced by professionals designing
third-generation cellular mobile systems. The book concludes with
an overview of engineering design assistance software tools that
are becoming so important for the successful development of
embedded radio products.
Seeking "to discover whether Jesus' message of liberation had a
word to say to me as a woman, " Carla Ricci found the key in Luke
8:1-3, which mentions the women with Jesus at the outset of his
public activity in Galilee, listed after the Twelve. This, she
discovered, is a text the (male) exegetes have systematically
ignored for 1900 years. She found a group of women who unswervingly
followed Jesus - the only ones, when the male apostles and
disciples fled - from Galilee to Jerusalem, through his passion and
death, to be the messengers of the resurrection. In all lists of
women with Jesus, Mary Magdalene is placed first. She is one woman
whom it has been impossible to ignore. And what has commentary made
of her? A prostitute, by falsely associating her with the "sinful
woman" of the previous episode in Luke. Ricci examines how and why
this happened, in a fascinating inquiry into history and culture.
So this is an inquiry into the real nature of Jesus' relationship
with women, shown to be truly radical in the context of his time -
and truly liberative. It rediscovers Mary Magdalene, and the "many
others" who deserve to be remembered with her, as an essential
component of the original "Jesus movement" and the early church.
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