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What do entrepreneurs do? In a comprehensive and detailed
exploration using three perspectives - behavior, practice and
process - this Research Handbook demonstrates specific methods for
answering that question and provides insights into the implications
of pursuing that question. The authors demonstrate a variety of
methods including ethnography, autoethnography, participant
observation, diaries, social media platforms and multilevel
research techniques to delve into the foundations of
entrepreneurial behavior. In addition to reinvigorating this long
dormant area of scholarship, these chapters provide scholars with
the idea that the disparate perspectives on this topic are really
headed in the same direction. They also demonstrate the notion that
similar tools can be utilized to answer the same type of questions
emanating from these different perspectives. The contributors go on
to offer insights to a wide range of scholarship on organizations.
Entrepreneurship scholars, PhD students, and upper level graduate
and undergraduate students who want a current overview on the
theories, methods and implications of studying entrepreneurship
will welcome the insights explored in this Research Handbook.
Contributors include: A. Brattstroem, O. Byrne, A. Caetano, H.S.
Chen, F. Delmar, D. Dimov, A. Fayolle, D. Fletcher, W.B. Gartner,
B. Johannisson, A.R. Johnson, T. Karlsson, M. Lackeus, J.R.
Mitchell, R.K. Mitchell, H. Neergaard, R.D.M. Pelly, K. Poldner,
S.C. Santos, P. Selden, B.T. Teague, N.A. Thompson, C. Thrane, M.
Tillmar, H. Vahidnia, E. van Burg, J.P. Warhuus, K. Wennberg
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Meadville (Paperback)
William B Moore, Elizabeth H Rekas
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In 1788, David Mead and nine companions established the first
settlement, Cussewago, on the present site of Meadville. The town
grew slowly at first, but business was stimulated by the arrival of
the canal and the railroad. The young town did not want for culture
as two colleges, a theater, a library, and an art association were
established. By 1910, downtown business buildings crowded out
residential holdouts, streets were paved and lighted by
electricity, and streetcars brought people to work from the
tree-lined boulevards blocks away. Within the next decade, larger
industries arrived, blunting the effects of the Great Depression.
After World War II, residents moved farther into the suburbs and
the city center went through urban renewal, but vestiges of efforts
by the early settlers remain visible among today's newer landmarks.
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Haddon Township (Paperback)
William B. Brahms, Sandra White-Grear, Haddon Township Historical Society
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Modern Haddon Township emerged from Quaker roots that date
back to the 1680s. Originally named Newton Township, the
municipality was incorporated as the Township of Haddon in 1865.
The township's current boundaries developed with the formation of
neighboring towns. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries,
the
previously agrarian Haddon Township shifted dramatically with the
introduction of railroad and highway systems, evolving into a
suburban
community proud of its excellent schools and its recreational,
athletic,
and entertainment facilities. Haddon Township journeys through the
buildings, businesses, and other landmarks that tell the story of
the
township's development. It celebrates those who have served the
township, chronicles parades and other events, and visits popular
gathering places like Crystal Lake, Green Valley, and Newton Creek.
Meadville began in 1788 as a frontier town in the "Old Northwest"
at the far edge of the new United States of America. The land,
awarded to founder David Mead as part of a court settlement, was
remote, even isolated, but he and the earliest settlers were
educated, well connected, and shared an ambitious vision for their
new home. The early photographs contained in Meadville illustrate
how the settlers went about achieving their goals and the results
they obtained. Bridges replaced ferries; turnpikes, canals, and
trains replaced Indian paths. The Erie Railroad carried goods and
supplies over its rails, opening distant markets. Very soon,
schools and colleges began to draw students, entrepreneurial
townspeople manufactured new products, and area farmers and
artisans filled the Market House. Music and theater at the Academy
of Music and sporting events at Vallonia enriched leisure hours.
Life in Meadville was good, as the founders had envisioned it.
Meadville could be described the way French Creek was, as "one of
the last great places on earth."
Hazlet Township--originally composed of four separate
villages known as Hazlet, Mechanicsville, North
Centerville, and West Keansburg--celebrates its 150th
anniversary in 1998, and this marvelous new book has been created
to commemorate that occasion. Residents of Hazlet will learn about
the community's development since 1900, and study its most
significant period of growth--beginning around 1955.
The earliest images contained in this volume illustrate Hazlet's
rural past, depicting farms and the rustic character of the
township. Other photographs represent the history of the township's
municipal and public service centers, such as the
post office, railroad station, and fire departments. Following
World War II, the township began to lose its village divisions, and
Hazlet Township describes this change in detail.
Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given
area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject
in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of
travel. They are relevant but also visionary. There is growing
recognition that entrepreneurship can be better understood within
its context(s). This carefully designed book invites readers to
take a journey: from reflecting critically on where the discussion
on context and entrepreneurship stands today towards identifying
future research questions and themes that deserve the attention of
entrepreneurship scholars. This collection draws attention to the
research challenges the entrepreneurship field faces by reviewing
the many facets of contexts and by reflecting on methods and
theoretical approaches that are required in order to contextualize
entrepreneurship research. Written by renowned international
scholars, the book's leading-edge contributions provide a thorough
exploration of how to contextualize entrepreneurship research.
Taking a multidisciplinary approach, comprehensive coverage of the
entrepreneurship/contexts debate is included, in addition to
reading lists and a chapter dedicated to advancing future research
avenues. Students and academics interested in context and
entrepreneurship will benefit from this far-reaching and
forward-thinking book. Contributors: H.E. Aldrich, T. Baker, M.
Brannback, A.L. Carsrud, S. Chlosta, S. Drakopoulou Dodd, D.
Fletcher, W.B. Gartner, S. Lippmann, E.E. Powell, T. Pret, E. Shaw,
P. Selden, E. Stam, C. Steyaert, R.D. Wadhwani, F. Welter, M.
Wright
This book draws together William B. Gartner's key contributions to
entrepreneurship research over the past 25 years. An original
introduction by the author offers a comprehensive overview and
analysis of his work as it pertains to the development of
entrepreneurship as a scholarly field, and the articles demonstrate
the many ways in which his research has explored entrepreneurship
in relation to individuals, firms, environments, and processes.
This comprehensive and impressive volume presents the first
book-length, multi-country investigation of reform of economic
education in transition economies. Authors from the West and from
transition economies describe the major changes in economics
content and instruction that occurred in schools and universities
throughout nations in Eastern and Central Europe and the former
Soviet Union from 1989 to 2000. Nine of the chapters discuss
specific countries - Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan,
Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine. Other chapters
describe reforms in the undergraduate economics curriculum at
Moscow State University, Kiev State University, and Belarus State
University. One chapter reports the findings from a five-nation
study of the effect of economics programs to retrain teachers on
the economic understanding of secondary students. Another chapter
explains the important role of economic education in creating
support for public policy reforms in a nation. The results from
multi-national surveys of public attitudes toward economic reforms
and the market economy are analyzed in one chapter. The book
concludes with an insightful explanation of the major 'change
agents' responsible for the reform of academic economics and the
teaching of economics in the transition economies. Anyone
interested in economic education, transition economies, or
educational reform in schools and universities will find this book
a unique and fascinating reading.
Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given
area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject
in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of
travel. They are relevant but also visionary. There is growing
recognition that entrepreneurship can be better understood within
its context(s). This carefully designed book invites readers to
take a journey: from reflecting critically on where the discussion
on context and entrepreneurship stands today towards identifying
future research questions and themes that deserve the attention of
entrepreneurship scholars. This collection draws attention to the
research challenges the entrepreneurship field faces by reviewing
the many facets of contexts and by reflecting on methods and
theoretical approaches that are required in order to contextualize
entrepreneurship research. Written by renowned international
scholars, the book's leading-edge contributions provide a thorough
exploration of how to contextualize entrepreneurship research.
Taking a multidisciplinary approach, comprehensive coverage of the
entrepreneurship/contexts debate is included, in addition to
reading lists and a chapter dedicated to advancing future research
avenues. Students and academics interested in context and
entrepreneurship will benefit from this far-reaching and
forward-thinking book. Contributors: H.E. Aldrich, T. Baker, M.
Brannback, A.L. Carsrud, S. Chlosta, S. Drakopoulou Dodd, D.
Fletcher, W.B. Gartner, S. Lippmann, E.E. Powell, T. Pret, E. Shaw,
P. Selden, E. Stam, C. Steyaert, R.D. Wadhwani, F. Welter, M.
Wright
In its most general sense, the term "Spiritual but Not Religious"
denotes those who, on the one hand, are disillusioned with
traditional institutional religion and, on the other hand, feel
that those same traditions contain deep wisdom about the human
condition. This edited collection speaks to what national surveys
agree is a growing social phenomenon referred to as the "Spiritual
but Not Religious Movement" (SBNRM). Each essay of the volume
engages the past, present and future(s) of the SBNRM. Their
collective contribution is analytic, descriptive, and prescriptive,
taking stock of not only the various analyses of the SBNRM to date
but also the establishment of a new ground upon which the continued
academic discussion can take place. This volume is a watershed in
the growing academic and public interest in the SBNRM. As such, it
will vital reading for any academic involved in Religious Studies,
Spirituality and Sociology.
This book comprises a set of stories about being an engineer for
many decades and the lessons the author learned from research and
practice. These lessons focus on people and organizations, often
enabled by technology. The settings range from airplanes, power
plants, and communication networks to ecosystems that enable
education, healthcare, and transportation. All of these settings
are laced with behavioral and social phenomena that need to be
understood and influenced. The author's work in these domains has
often led to the question: "Well, why does it work like that?" He
invariably sought to understand the bigger picture to find the
sources of requirements, constraints, norms, and values. He wanted
to understand what could be changed, albeit often with much effort
to overcome resistance. He found that higher levels of an ecosystem
often provide the resources and dictate the constraints imposed on
lower levels. These prescriptions are not just commands. They also
reflect values and cultural norms. Thus, the answers to the
question were not just technical and economic. Often, the answers
reflected eons of social and political priorities. The endeavors
related in the book frequently involved addressing emerging
realities rather than just the status quo. This book is an ongoing
discovery of these bigger pictures. The stories and the lessons
related in this book provide useful perspectives on change. The
understanding of people and organizations that emerges from these
lessons can help to enable transformative change. Fundamental
change is an intensely human-centric endeavor, not just for the
people and organizations aspiring to change, but also for the
people helping them. You will meet many of these people in this
book as the stories unfold. The genesis of this book originated in
a decision made early in the author's career. He had developed a
habit of asking at the end of each day, "What did I really
accomplish today?" This was sometimes frustrating as he was not
sure the day had yielded any significant accomplishments. One day
it dawned on him that this was the wrong question - He needed to
ask, "What did I learn today?" It is always possible to learn, most
recently about public health and climate change. In planning this
book, the author first thought in terms of accomplishments such as
projects conducted, systems built, and articles and books
published. He could not imagine this being interesting to readers.
Then, it struck him - It is much more interesting to report on what
he learned about people and organizations, including how he helped
them accomplish their goals. This is a book of stories about how
these lessons emerged. In planning this book, the author first
thought in terms of accomplishments such as projects conducted,
systems built, and articles and books published. He could not
imagine this being interesting to readers. Then, it struck him - It
is much more interesting to report on what he learned about people
and organizations, including how he helped them accomplish their
goals. This is a book of stories about how these lessons emerged.
Finalist, 2020 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing
Awards Selected in 2005 by the Army to be the first airborne
reconnaissance squadron, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment,
better known as 5-73 CAV, was formed from 3rd Battalion, 505th
Parachute Infantry Regiment. The members of the squadron were
hand-selected by the squadron command team, Lieutenant Colonel
Poppas and Command Sergeant Major Edgar. With just more than 400
paratroopers, they were half the size of a full-strength battalion
and the smallest unit in the Panther Brigade. The squadron deployed
to eastern Diyala in August, 2006. Despite their size, they were
tasked with an enormous mission and were given the largest area of
operations within the brigade. Appropriately for a unit known by
the call sign of its CO – Headhunter – 5-73 would go on to
pursue various terrorist factions including Al Qaeda in Iraq. They
got results, and 5-73 was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation
for launching the Turki Bowl campaign from November 2006 to January
2007 against insurgent groups in Diyala Province. However the toll
would be heavy – the squadron lost twenty-two paratroopers during
the deployment. Headhunter is a unique account of the War on
Terror. It’s a soldier’s story, told by those very paratroopers
who gallantly fought to tame Diyala. Based on dozens of interviews
conducted by the author, the narrative describes the danger of
combat, the loss of comrades and the struggles of returning from a
deployment. The voice of the families left behind are also
included, describing the challenges they faced, including the
ultimate challenge – grappling with the death of a loved one.
This book explores the human dimensions of loss and struggle and
illustrates the sacrifices our service members and their loved ones
make.
An important reference book both now and post 1992. It gives a
clear introduction to the industrial property market in Europe and
provides the information needed to understand each country's system
of planning and property development.
The Entrepreneur in Youth offers one of the most comprehensive
assessments to date of African American, Latino, and white high
school students' aspirations, knowledge, opinions and educational
views related to entrepreneurship and philanthropy. A key strength
is its longitudinal approach to analysis and interpretations, made
possible by extensive surveys of over 11,000 respondents from high
school youth and other groups, including adults and business
owners. The key findings exhibit an extraordinarily high level of
interest in entrepreneurship among youth as well as a strong desire
to give back to their communities. However, they lack the knowledge
and experience to achieve their aspirations. The book's major
recommendations and guidelines include challenges to education and
other policymakers to expand and enhance opportunities to access
entrepreneurship education and early entrepreneurship mentoring
shadowing experiences - especially for those who demand it the
most: African Americans and Latinos. Meeting these challenges not
only will contribute to economic growth and social reform
initiatives but also will increase economic and social mobility and
access to opportunity for a still largely untapped pool of future
entrepreneurs. This book will appeal to academics in
entrepreneurship, economics, business and education, as well as
policymakers, educators and business leaders.
"Communication Yearbook 26" is devoted to publishing
state-of-the-art literature reviews in which authors critique and
synthesize a body of communication research. This volume continues
the tradition of publishing critical, integrative reviews of
specific lines of research. Chapters focus on comprehending speaker
meaning; understanding family communication patterns and family
functioning; affection in interpersonal relationships; audience
activity and passivity; the political influence of business
organizations in public policy. In addition, chapters discuss
emotional intelligence in organizational communication;
professionalism and social responsibility in the field of public
relations; climate of opinion; ideology and the study of identity
in interethnic communication; technology and the physician-patient
relationship; and communication across the life span.
Representing media, interpersonal, intercultural, and other areas
of communication, this is an important reference on current
research for scholars and students in the social sciences.
"Communication Yearbook 25" is devoted to publishing
state-of-the-art literature reviews in which authors critique and
synthesize a body of communication research. This volume contains
critical, integrative reviews of research on democracy and new
communication technologies; the Federal Communication Commission's
communication policymaking process; cognitive effects of
hypermedia; mediation of children's television viewing;
informatization, world systems, and developing countries;
communication ethics; communication in culturally diverse work
groups; and attitudes toward language. In addition, it also
includes senior scholars' reviews of research on imagined
interactions and symbolic convergence theory.
Representing media, interpersonal, intercultural, and other areas
of communication, this is an important reference on current
research for scholars and students in the social sciences. Each of
the chapters make a unique contribution to the field.
This is a book for the Single Market Economy (SEM) and for the real
estate professionals operating within it. With the rapidly
increasing harmonization within Europe there is a need for the
development of expertise in the handling of different national
systems and the non-tariff barriers they present. This guide is
designed to help professionals to develop this expertise. It offers
more than a dictionary of specialist and technical terminology;
there is a supplementary section giving longer translations of
particularly tricky terms where more detailed information is
needed. There are also sections on the real estate and planning
systems in the different European countries, government and
planning hierarchies and real estate associations throughout
Europe. None of these are intended to be definitive guides, but
simply highlight the key questions the real estate professional
needs to be aware of and goes on to provide sources for further
reading.
This book sets out in a comparative framework the operation of the
industrial property market in seven major West European economies:
Germany, Spain, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Sweden and Great
Britain. The object of the book is to provide for the practitioner
and the student of real estate and property development a practical
introduction to the complexities of the market in each of the
countries. Each chapter is written by experts from the country
concerned and covers planning and property rules and regulations,
procedures and the roles of agents and participators in the
process. Illustrative case studies are used extensively and advice
is provided on further reading. The book is directed at the needs
of property professionals, investors, planning and development
consultants and aims to answer their pressing questions on how to
make the most of the opportunities offered by the single European
market.
This book draws together William B. Gartner's key contributions to
entrepreneurship research over the past 25 years. An original
introduction by the author offers a comprehensive overview and
analysis of his work as it pertains to the development of
entrepreneurship as a scholarly field, and the articles demonstrate
the many ways in which his research has explored entrepreneurship
in relation to individuals, firms, environments, and processes.
First published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
This book comprises a set of stories about being an engineer for
many decades and the lessons the author learned from research and
practice. These lessons focus on people and organizations, often
enabled by technology. The settings range from airplanes, power
plants, and communication networks to ecosystems that enable
education, healthcare, and transportation. All of these settings
are laced with behavioral and social phenomena that need to be
understood and influenced. The author's work in these domains has
often led to the question: "Well, why does it work like that?" He
invariably sought to understand the bigger picture to find the
sources of requirements, constraints, norms, and values. He wanted
to understand what could be changed, albeit often with much effort
to overcome resistance. He found that higher levels of an ecosystem
often provide the resources and dictate the constraints imposed on
lower levels. These prescriptions are not just commands. They also
reflect values and cultural norms. Thus, the answers to the
question were not just technical and economic. Often, the answers
reflected eons of social and political priorities. The endeavors
related in the book frequently involved addressing emerging
realities rather than just the status quo. This book is an ongoing
discovery of these bigger pictures. The stories and the lessons
related in this book provide useful perspectives on change. The
understanding of people and organizations that emerges from these
lessons can help to enable transformative change. Fundamental
change is an intensely human-centric endeavor, not just for the
people and organizations aspiring to change, but also for the
people helping them. You will meet many of these people in this
book as the stories unfold. The genesis of this book originated in
a decision made early in the author's career. He had developed a
habit of asking at the end of each day, "What did I really
accomplish today?" This was sometimes frustrating as he was not
sure the day had yielded any significant accomplishments. One day
it dawned on him that this was the wrong question - He needed to
ask, "What did I learn today?" It is always possible to learn, most
recently about public health and climate change. In planning this
book, the author first thought in terms of accomplishments such as
projects conducted, systems built, and articles and books
published. He could not imagine this being interesting to readers.
Then, it struck him - It is much more interesting to report on what
he learned about people and organizations, including how he helped
them accomplish their goals. This is a book of stories about how
these lessons emerged. In planning this book, the author first
thought in terms of accomplishments such as projects conducted,
systems built, and articles and books published. He could not
imagine this being interesting to readers. Then, it struck him - It
is much more interesting to report on what he learned about people
and organizations, including how he helped them accomplish their
goals. This is a book of stories about how these lessons emerged.
This innovative book takes seriously the ordinary activities of
entrepreneurship and maps out new pathways for scholars to
understand the nature, properties, and implications of studying
practices for entrepreneurship studies. Entrepreneurship is neither
an art nor a science, but a bundle of practices, as Peter Drucker
once observed. Curiously however, academic research on
entrepreneurship mostly abstracts away from practical activity. In
contrast, Entrepreneurship As Practice takes ordinary activities of
entrepreneurship seriously by mapping out new pathways for scholars
to consider the everyday practices through which entrepreneurship
occurs. Each chapter draws on contemporary theories of practice to
illuminate the nature, properties, and implications of studying the
practices of entrepreneurship. The chapters in this book were
originally published as a special issue of the journal
Entrepreneurship & Regional Development.
In its most general sense, the term "Spiritual but Not Religious"
denotes those who, on the one hand, are disillusioned with
traditional institutional religion and, on the other hand, feel
that those same traditions contain deep wisdom about the human
condition. This edited collection speaks to what national surveys
agree is a growing social phenomenon referred to as the "Spiritual
but Not Religious Movement" (SBNRM). Each essay of the volume
engages the past, present and future(s) of the SBNRM. Their
collective contribution is analytic, descriptive, and prescriptive,
taking stock of not only the various analyses of the SBNRM to date
but also the establishment of a new ground upon which the continued
academic discussion can take place. This volume is a watershed in
the growing academic and public interest in the SBNRM. As such, it
will vital reading for any academic involved in Religious Studies,
Spirituality and Sociology.
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