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Social entrepreneurship, in its many forms – whether it be the use of entrepreneurial strategies and techniques to develop and manage organizations with social and community aims, or operating for-profit enterprises that have as their mission community betterment and concern for global well-being – has captured the interest and imaginations of scholars, practitioners, governments, and the general public since the early 1990s. The sharp increases in academic research and university courses in SE...

Taking a managerial approach, in order to acquaint students with the managerial steps and processes involved in new product development, this work includes coverage of product protocol.

Entrepreneurship and small business management are two very close and often overlapping disciplines. Entrepreneurship refers to the dynamic process of creating a new business venture. Small business management addresses various issues of organizing and operating a small business. The goal of this textbook is to provide a package covering all of the issues related to business start-up and those arising from running a small business within the Australasian and South-East Asian contexts. The geogra...

Intended to be of use for upper-level and graduate courses offered either in management or psychology departments, this work provides an analysis of major contemporary theories, research and applications in the area of motivation and work behaviour. As in previous editions, this volume introduces the core topics, reviews several prominent theories, discusses specific topics and concludes with a summary. Topics new to this edition include cross-cultural influences, "high involvement" management a...

Today, in European MBA courses, with a really international student body, it is necessary to teach financial accounting with the following perspectives: + International accounting, because national practices are more and more influenced by the International Accounting Standards (IASC) and US GAAP+ Comparative accounting, to be able to compare and contrast the rules of different countries, especially from a user point of viewCorporate Financial Reporting is a user-friendly guide, which includes b...

‘Business transfer’ refers to the transfer of ownership and leadership from one or more outgoing owner-manager(s) to one or more incoming owner-manager(s). Apart from all the company's material assets, it presupposes that information, relationships, know-how and social capital are also transmitted from one to the other. While much of the research on entrepreneurship has focused on new business ventures, few studies have considered business transfers as an alternative way of embarking on entrep...

This book is a longitudinal story of seven Italian-Australian family business dynasties, spanning over a hundred years across three generations, and starting with the founding generation who migrated to Australia in the first half of the 20th century. With hard work and sacrifices, they set the foundations of a long-lasting family culture, and the values that form the glue of a multigenerational family business. The book focuses on the personal, family, and business values that keep family membe...

The indispensable handbook now features an enlarged resource directory and new sections on managing information technology and communications, and continues to cover all the practical issues involved in self-employment.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of the world's preeminent business thinkers and co-author of the bestseller, Competing for the Future, Gary Hamel has helped set the management agenda for three decades. Now, he brings us into the twenty-first century with Leading the Revolution, which spent time on The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Business Week bestseller lists, among others. Hamel lays out an innovative action plan for any company or individual intent on becoming—and s...

In Europe, women on average, are two times less likely to become entrepreneurs than men. The UNECE Programme on Women's Entrepreneurship aims at raising awareness of the problems encountered by women entrepreneurs, enhancing dialogue, promoting exchange of best practices and recommending policies. This study includes selected papers adopted from the First Forum of Women Entrepreneurs and from the meeting of the Team of Specialists on Women's Entrepreneurship held in October 2001. In this three p...