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Advanced Introduction to Entrepreneurship
About this book
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Renowned entrepreneurship scholar Robert D. Hisrich provides insights into the venture creation process, as well as the entrepreneur as a person. He outlines the characteristics, motivations and decision making processes of the entrepreneur in different settings (including businesses, government organizations and non-profits/social enterprises) to provide a comprehensive understanding of the individual who creates a new venture.Key features include: • Insights into how creativity and innovation provide a base for developing an idea• A history of the development of entrepreneurship and the changing nature of the entrepreneur• A focus on important aspects of a business plan• Unique perspectives from corporate executives, entrepreneurs and small business managers• Ideas on building a lasting company and/or ending the venture.Offering a concise, accessible and timely introduction to entrepreneurship, this thoughtful book will prove a valuable supplement to advanced students as well as practitioners of entrepreneurship and anyone interested in the field.
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Table of contents
- Front Matter
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- PART I Overview of the entrepreneur
- 1 Entrepreneurship: a historical perspective
- 2 The entrepreneur and entrepreneurial decision making
- 3 Corporate, government and social entrepreneurship
- PART II Innovation and the idea
- 4 Creativity and innovation
- 5 Identifying opportunity
- 6 Creating and protecting the business idea
- PART III The business plan
- 7 The business plan
- 8 The marketing plan
- 9 The financial plan
- 10 The organizational plan
- PART IV The venture
- 11 Obtaining capital and other resources
- 12 Launching the venture
- 13 Growing the venture
- 14 Building a lasting company and ending the venture
- Index