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61. Understanding the Small Family Business

    Edited by Denise Fletcher

    It is estimated that family businesses comprise between sixty and ninety percent of all firms in Europe and the US. This book makes an important contribution to the understanding of small family firms by bringing together a number of key themes in management/organization studies. Reviewing a...

    Published July 29th 2007 by Routledge
62. Innovation and Entrepreneurship

    By Peter Drucker

    Innovation and Entrepreneurship deals with 'what, when and why'; with policies and decisions; opportunities and risks,structures and strategies; staffing, compensation and rewards. In addition to managers in all types of business, lecturers and students of management and business studies will this...

    Published May 23rd 2007 by Routledge
63. Street Entrepreneurs

    People, Place, & Politics in Local and Global Perspective

    Edited by John Cross, Alfonso Morales

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

    Addressing the current dearth of available literature on this topic, the editors use a range of international case studies to explore street vending and informal economies which continue to be, especially in developing countries, a vital economic driver. This volume collects essays from authors...

    Published May 9th 2007 by Routledge
64. Intellectual Property and Innovation Management in Small Firms

    Edited by Robert Blackburn

    Intellectual property protection is increasingly becoming a central issue for businesses. This book provides a wealth of original research on intellectual property management in small and medium sized enterprises, while also addressing the context of innovation and knowledge management....

    Published May 2nd 2007 by Routledge
65. The Entrepreneur in Microeconomic Theory

    Disappearance and Explanaition

    By Humberto Barreto

    Throughout the history of economic thought, the entrepreneur a wide variety of roles. Once cast as a fundamental agent in production, distribution and growth theories, he has now surprisingly disappeared from economic theory. This volume accounts for this disappearance, exploring how and why such a...

    Published April 30th 2007 by Routledge
66. The Economics of Small Firms

    An Introduction

    By Peter Johnson

    Student-friendly and international in scope and relevance, this book provides an accessible introduction to the economics of small business for those with little knowledge of economics. Economics, alongside other disciplines and interacting with them, has some important insights to offer and it is...

    Published March 21st 2007 by Routledge
67. Innovations and Institutions

    An Institutional Perspective on the Innovative Efforts of Banks and Insurance Companies

    By Patrick Vermeulen, Jorg Raab

    Series: Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology

    Using institutional theory to explain innovation and merging academic and critical analysis with practical recommendations, this book provides a full and rich account of how new products are brought to market; considering both the successes and failures in equal measure. This book takes the meeting...

    Published March 7th 2007 by Routledge
68. Enterprise and Culture

    By Colin Gray

    Enterprise and Culture is a uniquely wide-ranging, insightful and well-informed critical evaluation of the economic and social project of creating an enterprise culture.Colin Gray argues that the failure of small enterprise policy is not just a question of economics, but is also caused by...

    Published February 27th 2007 by Routledge
69. High-Tech Entrepreneurship

    Managing Innovation, Variety and Uncertainty

    Edited by Michel Bernasconi, Simon Harris, Mette Moensted

    High-tech businesses form a crucial part of entrepreneurial activity – in some ways presenting very typical examples of entrepreneurship, yet in some ways representing quite different challenges. The uncertainty in innovation and advanced technology makes it difficult to use conventional economic...

    Published August 2nd 2006 by Routledge
70. Enterprise: Entrepreneurship and Innovation

    By Robin Lowe, Sue Marriott

    Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Innovation provides readers with an accessible and readable introduction to the various dimensions of entrepreneurship and market innovation. It has a clear structure that is easy for the reader to follow and it focuses on enterprising behaviour. Helpful text...

    Published May 1st 2006 by Routledge