Understanding enterprise : entrepreneurship & small business.
Material type: TextPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.Edition: 4th ed. / Simon Bridge, Ken O'NeillDescription: xiv, 411 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780230308091 (pbk.) :
- 0230308090
- 338.04 BRI
- HB615
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Previous ed.: 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.Introduction - understanding enterprise -- Part 1.The evolution of enterprise understanding -- 2.A brief history of enerprise understanding -- 3,Enterprise and entrepreneurship: their meanings and variations -- 4.Enterprise and entrepreneurship: understanding their nature -- 5.Small businesses: their characteristics and variety -- 6.Small business: understanding their dynamics -- 7.Social enterprise and the third sector -- Part II.Challenges to the traditional vie -- 8.Rethinking small business -- 9.Rethinking entrepreneurship -- 10.Enterprise and life -- 11.Becoming an entrepreneur -- 12.Running a small business -- 13.Social capital and the enterprise mix -- Part III.Enterprise policy and government intervention -- 14.Why governments intervene: the aims of enterprise policy -- 15.Enterprise policy: approaches and delivery methods -- 16.Does the policy work? -- 17.What might work? -- 18.Afterword: the impact of change.
This text explores the concepts of entrepreneurship and enterprise and also ideas and trends. It is an essential guide for anyone wishing to get to grips with the complexities of small business, enterprise and entrepreneurship.