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Cover Technological Leapfrogging and Innovation in Africa
Technological Leapfrogging and Innovation in Africa
Digital Transformation and Opportunity for the Next Growth Continent

Offering invaluable insights into technologically-driven change in Africa, this incisive book envisions myriad positive economic changes brought about by new technologies and innovations. Rooted in original research from contributors who have worked and taught in Africa, it encapsulates developments and breakthroughs throughout the continent.

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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
17 Oct 2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800370395
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Business 2023
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Women's Entrepreneurship Policy
A Global Perspective

Bringing together scholars from around the world, this book provides extensive coverage of the academic literature and research on women’s entrepreneurship policy.

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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
17 Jan 2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800374652
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Business 2023
Cover The Entrepreneurial Solution to Poverty and the Science of What is Possible
The Entrepreneurial Solution to Poverty and the Science of What is Possible

Engaging and accessible, The Entrepreneurial Solution to Poverty and the Science of What is Possible examines the systematic practice of poverty alleviation. Using the science of informational economics (IE), based on leveraging specific information, as well as decades’ worth of experimental evidence, James Fiet demonstrates how poverty may be mitigated through entrepreneurial practices.

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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
15 Jul 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803924397
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Business 2022
Cover Research Handbook of Women’s Entrepreneurship and Value Creation
Research Handbook of Women’s Entrepreneurship and Value Creation
This Research Handbook highlights the importance of women as agents of change, acknowledging women entrepreneurs’ efforts and supporting their value-creation activities. With important implications for policymaking, contributing authors direct attention to and provide evidence for the positive contribution of women entrepreneurs to the economy, regardless of their businesses’ size and formal status.
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Handbook
Publication Date:
04 Feb 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789901375
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Business 2022
Cover Peace Entrepreneurs and Social Entrepreneurship
Peace Entrepreneurs and Social Entrepreneurship
Life Stories from Israelis and Palestinians
This timely book comprises detailed personal narratives of entrepreneurs who have worked towards peace in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. It begins by offering an innovative framework of analysis based on scientific knowledge about social entrepreneurs, defining ‘peace entrepreneurship’ and mapping its unique characteristics. It also explains the narrative methodology used, and provides a short history of the conflict in the region.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
21 Sep 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789906295
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Business 2021
Cover World Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship
World Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship
Editor:
Léo-Paul Dana
This second edition of a classic reference work, written by some of the most eminent academics in the field, contains over 30 per cent more entries on entrepreneurship. Comprehensive in scope, it includes topics from business angels, to export services to family business and uncertainty and venture capital. There are also entries on individuals including George Eastman, Howard Hughes, Joseph Schumpeter and Walt Disney. Providing its readers with a unique point of reference, as well as stimulus for further research, this Encyclopedia is an indispensable tool for anyone interested in entrepreneurship, particularly students, scholars and researchers.
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Encyclopedia
Publication Date:
19 Jan 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839104145
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Business 2021
Cover Implementing Sustainable Development Goals in Europe
Implementing Sustainable Development Goals in Europe
The Role of Political Entrepreneurship
This unique book expertly analyses European political entrepreneurship in relation to the European Union’s approach towards the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development strategy. It explores the role of European political entrepreneurs in shaping, influencing and realising the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Chapters examine EU actors in the context of numerous development goals to assess how political entrepreneurship challenges traditional EU institutions and promotes visionary activity.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
11 Sep 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789909975
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Social and Political Science 2020
Cover Entrepreneurial Personality and Small Business Management
Entrepreneurial Personality and Small Business Management
Is there a Narcissist in Every Successful Entrepreneur?
Entrepreneurial Personality and Small Business Management offers a comprehensive analysis with theoretical and empirical grounding for understanding how entrepreneurial personality shapes small business outcomes. It explores why entrepreneurs act differently when facing similar situations and why some are more successful than others. This book represents an important step towards the development of a more complete understanding of the entrepreneur’s role in a small firm.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
07 Aug 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839108976
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Business 2020
Cover A Research Agenda for Social Entrepreneurship
A Research Agenda for Social Entrepreneurship
In the last two decades social entrepreneurship has grown in energy and impact as entrepreneurial spirit has increasingly turned to finding solutions for social, cultural and environmental issues. As social entrepreneurship has grown in popularity, so too has its academic study. A Research Agenda for Social Entrepreneurship brings together contributions from developing paths in the field to signpost the directions ahead for the study of social entrepreneurship.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
26 Jul 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788972321
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Business 2019
Cover Poverty and Entrepreneurship in Developed Economies
Poverty and Entrepreneurship in Developed Economies
While extensively explored as a solution to poverty at the base of the pyramid, this is the first in-depth examination of entrepreneurship and the poor within advanced economies. The authors explore the underlying nature of poverty and draw implications for new venture creation. Entrepreneurship is presented as a source of empowerment that represents an alternative pathway out of poverty.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
30 Nov 2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788111546
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Business 2018