Entrepreneurship As Practice

Entrepreneurship As Practice
Author: Neil Aaron Thompson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2021-08-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000434788
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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.

Teaching Entrepreneurship

Teaching Entrepreneurship
Author: Heidi M. Neck
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2014-06-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1782540563
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Teaching Entrepreneurship advocates teaching entrepreneurship using a portfolio of practices, including play, empathy, creation, experimentation, and reflection. Together these practices help students develop the competency to think and act entrepreneu

Social Entrepreneurship

Social Entrepreneurship
Author: Ryszard Praszkier
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2011-10-10
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1139504339
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Social Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice is about the creative ways in which social entrepreneurs solve pressing and insurmountable social problems. Theories of social change are presented to help demystify the 'magic' of making an immense, yet durable and irreversible, social impact. Utilizing case studies drawn from various fields and all over the world, the authors document how social entrepreneurs foster bottom-up change that empowers people and societies. They also review the specific personality traits of social entrepreneurs and introduce the new kind of leadership they represent. This book will be valuable to undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students, while remaining accessible to non-academic readers thanks to its clear language, illustrative case studies and guidelines on how to become a successful social entrepreneur.

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship
Author: Heidi M. Neck
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2016-11-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1483383512
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From Heidi Neck, one of the most influential thinkers in entrepreneurship education today, Chris Neck, an award-winning professor, and Emma Murray, business consultant and author, comes this ground-breaking new text. Entrepreneurship: The Practice and Mindset catapults students beyond the classroom by helping them develop an entrepreneurial mindset so they can create opportunities and take action in uncertain environments. Based on the world-renowned Babson Entrepreneurship program, this new text emphasizes practice and learning through action. Students learn entrepreneurship by taking small actions and interacting with stakeholders in order to get feedback, experiment, and move ideas forward. Students walk away from this text with the entrepreneurial mindset, skillset, and toolset that can be applied to startups as well as organizations of all kinds. Whether your students have backgrounds in business, liberal arts, engineering, or the sciences, this text will take them on a transformative journey.

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Author: Francis J. Greene
Publisher: Red Globe Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-02-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1137589558
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This beautifully written and thoroughly modern core textbook provides a strong bridge between entrepreneurship theory and practice and looks at the entire life cycle of a business, including the often neglected area of business closure. Underpinned by strong academic rigour, the text takes a critical approach, yet is also highly accessible and readable, explaining complex concepts clearly and succinctly. Research-led yet practice oriented, it examines the latest evidence-based thinking in the field and applies this to the practice of entrepreneurship through a plethora of practical examples, global cases, useful tools, and engaging, multi-faceted pedagogy. Written by a recognised expert on entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice is the ideal textbook for undergraduate, postgraduate, and MBA students taking modules on entrepreneurship that blend theory and practice. It requires no prior knowledge of entrepreneurship.

Social Entrepreneurship

Social Entrepreneurship
Author: Kucher, J. H.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2022-01-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1788974212
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This accessible textbook provides a comprehensive guide to the building blocks of sustainable social enterprise, exploring how core elements contribute to either the success or failure of the social venture. It analyzes the key skills needed to synthesize effective business practices with effective social innovation and points out both what works and what does not. Taking a practical approach, it demonstrates how big ideas can be transformed into entities that produce lasting change.

Entrepreneurship Policy: Theory and Practice

Entrepreneurship Policy: Theory and Practice
Author: Anders Lundstrom
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2005-09-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0387242023
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Entrepreneurship Policy: Theory and Practice is the first book to fully analyze the construction of entrepreneurship policy, a rapidly-evolving area of policy about which little is known. From a study and assessment of the practices of governments in thirteen countries in Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific, this book fully describes the policy area and shares new tools and methods for better understanding and explaining the why and how of an entrepreneurship policy approach. Unlike other research in the field of entrepreneurship where implications from research findings are used to suggest what policy actions should be taken to increase the level of entrepreneurship in an economy, this study is based on what entrepreneurship policy actions are being taken. This is a unique book in the field which points to the way forward both for policymakers and for the research community in terms of thinking about entrepreneurship policy and the complex issues surrounding its development.

Practice Theory in Action

Practice Theory in Action
Author: Betsy Campbell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2019-02-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351017691
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This book explores intra-team interaction in workplace settings devoted to technological breakthroughs and innovative entrepreneurship. The first set of studies to investigate these economically important institutions through the lens of talk-at-work, this book begins by discussing the ethnomethodological traditions of Conversation Analysis and institutional interaction and linking them to innovation and entrepreneurship. The book offers rich and detailed empirical accounts of teams talking new technologies and new ventures into being. By focusing on the observable language of teams in action, the book reveals the situated practices that teams use to enact their work, including the means by which team members verbally grapple with the uncertainties inherent in doing work in uncharted domains. The book presents important findings about the conversational accomplishment of work and demonstrates the value of examining the practices of teams in action. A valuable contribution to studies of talk-in-interaction, as well as entrepreneurship-as-practice, this book can help to bridge the gap between scholarly investigations and the practical experiences of entrepreneurs. The author closes by considering the ways that practice-based studies of entrepreneurial work can improve issues of diversity and inclusion within the entrepreneurial ecosystem. This book is intended to serve as an invaluable sourcebook for scholars and students interested in innovation, entrepreneurship, and organizations as well as those focused on applied Conversation Analysis. The book’s insights are presented in a richly detailed manner while remaining accessible to readers who are new to the methodologies and activity contexts.

See, Do, Repeat

See, Do, Repeat
Author: Rebecca White
Publisher: Now SC Press
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2021-09-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781736938850
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The practice of entrepreneurship is transformative to anyone who chooses to take the journey, and it can also be a pathway to changing the world! The goal of entrepreneurship, is not mastery of every aspect, the goal is to keep learning, to execute past failure, to reach your definition of success. After studying entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship for over thirty years, this book, See, Do, Repeat: The Practice of Entrepreneurship identifies a method to identify and carry out successful entrepreneurial ventures, highlighting that you must find opportunities, take action, execute and repeat! Entrepreneurship is as much a business challenge as it is a mental one. Dr. White's new book provides the data for the discipline required to achieve the extraordinary every day. Jason Feifer, Editor in Chief Entrepreneur Magazine What I found most interesting was the tangible processes for learning how to ideate and discover opportunities. The book describes real, practical advice for today's entrepreneur. Jeffrey Vinik, Owner, Tampa Bay Lightning The human aspect of this book involving mental preparedness, thought incubation, positive mentality, and gratitude harvest the fundamental skills of success. Dr. Jacqueline Darna N.M.D CEO & Medical Inventor of NoMo Bands, Top WBE CEO of 2021 Dr. White's book captures the true essence of the entrepreneurial journey and unlocks the keys to true success along the way. I wish I had read this book earlier in my entrepreneurial career as well! Nick Friedman, Co-Founder/Visionary, College H.U.N.K.S. Hauling Junk About the Author Rebecca J. White is an experienced educator, entrepreneur, speaker, author, consultant, and board member with expertise and experience in the design, management, and leadership of innovation and talent development. Dr. White is currently the James W. Walter Distinguished Chair of Entrepreneurship, Professor of Entrepreneurship, and Director of the John P. Lowth Entrepreneurship Center at the University of Tampa. She received her MBA and Ph.D. from Virginia Tech University. In addition to starting several business ventures of her own and launching nationally ranked academic centers, she grew up in a family business and has helped countless entrepreneurs launch and grow their companies. Her research is based on the intersection of creative problem solving, entrepreneurial mindset, and situated cognition. Her podcast, En Factor, and the companion blog, share inspirational stories of successful entrepreneurs, with a focus on opportunity recognition and resilience. In 2019, Dr. White was named one of the Most Influential Board Members in the United States by Women Inc. Additionally, under her leadership, the award-winning entrepreneurship program at the University of Tampa, is ranked in the top 20 by Princeton Review and in the top 35 by US News and World Report and Bloomberg Business. In 2017, Dr. White received the Karl Vesper Pioneer in Entrepreneurship Education award, the Max S Wortman, Jr. Lifetime Achievement in Entrepr

Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship as Practice

Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship as Practice
Author: Thompson, Neil A.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2022-04-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1788976835
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This Research Handbook advances entrepreneurship theory in new ways by integrating and contributing to contemporary theories of practice. Leading theorists and entrepreneurship experts, who are part of the growing Entrepreneurship as Practice (EaP) research community, expertly propose methodologies, theories and empirical insights into the constitution and consequences of entrepreneuring practices.