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Entrepreneurship in Theory and Practice
Paradoxes in Play, Third Edition
3rd edition
9781789908039 Edward Elgar Publishing
The third edition of this creative and successful textbook provides a broad overview of entrepreneurship from a theoretical and practical perspective. Engaging for undergraduates, it embeds theories of entrepreneurship with tensions and dilemmas, presented as paradoxes for each chapter. It offers insights into the entrepreneurial process and challenges readers to assess the paradoxes and pitfalls encountered on an entrepreneurial journey.
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Contents
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The third edition of this creative and successful textbook provides a broad overview of entrepreneurship from a theoretical and practical perspective. Engaging for undergraduates, it embeds theories of entrepreneurship with tensions and dilemmas, presented as paradoxes for each chapter. It offers insights into the entrepreneurial process and challenges readers to assess the paradoxes and pitfalls encountered on an entrepreneurial journey.
Key benefits include:
• Opportunities for student involvement through theory, paradoxes, actions and exercises,
• Real-life international case stories by high profile entrepreneurship scholars, such as William B. Gartner, Saras Sarasvathy, Alain Fayolle and Benson Honig
• Latest thinking on phenomena such as sustainability, nascent entrepreneurship, design thinking, the circular economy and technology entrepreneurship.
All undergraduate students with or without prior entrepreneurship education can enjoy the many benefits, puzzles and insights the book has to offer. It is ideal for undergraduate students on introductory courses in entrepreneurship, as well as more advanced students interested in entrepreneurial opportunities and processes.
Key benefits include:
• Opportunities for student involvement through theory, paradoxes, actions and exercises,
• Real-life international case stories by high profile entrepreneurship scholars, such as William B. Gartner, Saras Sarasvathy, Alain Fayolle and Benson Honig
• Latest thinking on phenomena such as sustainability, nascent entrepreneurship, design thinking, the circular economy and technology entrepreneurship.
All undergraduate students with or without prior entrepreneurship education can enjoy the many benefits, puzzles and insights the book has to offer. It is ideal for undergraduate students on introductory courses in entrepreneurship, as well as more advanced students interested in entrepreneurial opportunities and processes.
Critical Acclaim
‘Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, Entrepreneurship in Theory and Practice must be considered an essential and core addition to college and university library Entrepreneurship, Economics, and Contemporary General Business collections.’
– James A Cox, Midwest Book Review
‘This highly useful textbook presents a broad view on entrepreneurship, including entrepreneurial action in new and established firms, associations, government agencies etc. It does so in a refreshing way by drawing on theoretical insights and by putting them into the context of exciting practical examples. Enjoy your deep dive into entrepreneurship!’
– Marc Gruber, EPFL, Switzerland, co-author of Where to Play: 3 Steps for Discovering your most Valuable Market Opportunities
– James A Cox, Midwest Book Review
‘This highly useful textbook presents a broad view on entrepreneurship, including entrepreneurial action in new and established firms, associations, government agencies etc. It does so in a refreshing way by drawing on theoretical insights and by putting them into the context of exciting practical examples. Enjoy your deep dive into entrepreneurship!’
– Marc Gruber, EPFL, Switzerland, co-author of Where to Play: 3 Steps for Discovering your most Valuable Market Opportunities
Contents
Contents: Preface Introduction SECTION 1: WELCOME TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP 1. What is entrepreneurship? 2. Who is the entrepreneur? SECTION 2: THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROCESS 3. Emergence of opportunities 4. Evaluation of opportunities 5. Organisation of opportunities 6. Nascent entrepreneurship SECTION 3: THE ENTREPRENEURIAL CONTENT 7. Resources 8. Networks 9. The business plan 10. Design thinking SECTION 4: THE ENTREPRENEURIAL CONTEXT 11. Intrapreneurship 12. Social entrepreneurship 13. Public entrepreneurship 14. Entrepreneurship policy 15. Technology entrepreneurship 16. Synthesis and recap Index
