Entrepreneurship / Start-ups Books

Innovation Drivers and Regional Innovation Strategies looks to analyze different knowledge drivers (e.g. entrepreneurial or policy-orientation; scientific and practice-based knowledge modes; institutional innovation support) that influence the innovative...

One of the world's most prolific creative industries, the Indian movie industryhas received scant attention for its spirit of enterprise. Indian Movie Entrepreneurshipaddresses this omission.For many readers, it might come as a surprise that the Indian...

Small business owners do not have the time or resources to consult with so-called 'business experts' every time a particular issue comes up. It just takes too long for an 'outsider' to understand their particular business niche. Clearly legal and...

This popular book, now in its third edition, teaches business concepts in a way that is relevant to the way that creative students learn.

This book is a comprehensive guide to alternative financing methods, offering insights into emerging trends, the role of FinTech, and the intersection of finance with sustainability, innovation, and entrepreneurship. It explores innovative financing...

This book examines the digitalization of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia and its challenges in the context of an emerging economy and the Covid-19 crisis. During the Covid-19 pandemic, business digitalization became a must for a business...

This book is dedicated to the analysis of the entrepreneurship in successful companies by presenting and comparing a series of case studies in the Asia-Pacific where many new companies have been growing successfully in the 21th century.  In total, 5...

This book is an empirical study on the relationship between private enterprises, entrepreneurs and the government in P. R. China. The two authors conducted a detailed survey of enterprises and entrepreneurs in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,...

The proceedings of the 1st AAGBS International Conference on Business Management 2014 (AiCoBM 2014), held in Penang, Malaysia, gathers 57 refereed papers. They cover areas relating to various aspects of business management and reflect the conference's...

This book includes research presented at the Global Chinese Management Studies Conferences held in Singapore between 2011 and 2014. It covers managerial themes from China that are associated with eco-labels, institutional changes in the context of...

This book discusses the significance of descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive digital enterprises and their practices for different functional domains and in different countries during COVID-19. It explores new dimensions in digital enterprises that...

This book picks Cisco as an example to propose a framework of ambidextrous integration of innovation and operation, which is the key to the success of global companies along their evolutions, especially for those technology companies. The authors try to...

This book brings together conceptual, theoretical, policy-based, and empirical contributions from multidisciplinary lenses to bridge the existing knowledge gap in the field of medicine, entrepreneurship and health economics. This book serves as a much...

This book focuses on the growth of entrepreneurship in Oceania. This means focusing on cultural endeavors as well as digital and technology-based forms of entrepreneurship. It is the first to explore how Oceania has a distinctive type of business appeal...

This edited book explores how stakeholders play a key part in any entrepreneurial endeavour because of their investment in the outcome. This book highlights that it is important to understand the reason and rationale for stakeholder engagement in...

This book explores how entrepreneurial networks provide the basis for individuals and firms to compete based on knowledge asymmetries. This book states that this is crucial in the increasingly interdependent world where social capital influences...

This research book is the first of its kind to conduct an interdisciplinary research on the recent and dramatic developments in China's music industries with a particular focus on business models, copyright protection, and artist compensation. The...

This book explains the strategic appeal of innovation and entrepreneurship education based on the systematic analysis of the key characteristics and constraints of China's economic transformation and upgrading. The book presents results related to...

This book addresses the dilemma that firms face in engaging in corporate social responsibility (CSR) while maintaining a financially sustainable business model in the era of digital transformation. Several strategies that firms have taken to integrate...

This book is a collection of research articles that deal with three aspects of simulation and gaming for social design: (1) Theory and methodology, including game system theory and agent-based modeling; (2) Sustainability, including global warming and...

This book discusses different innovative business models adopted by social enterprises to bring about social change in terms of creating capabilities among the marginalised section of people. These models also bring the sustainability of the enterprises...

This book focuses on 'research on research methodologies' - an area rarely addressed in social entrepreneurship. Methodological debates are integral to the quest for knowledge and to advancing theories and practices in any field, and, as a...

This book addresses the fundamental development status and provides the systematic analysis of Zhongguancun Listed Companies, from different perspectives of financial statistics, comparisons among different regions and company structures. Zhongguancun,...

This book focuses on the analysis of financial data and innovative results of Zhongguancun NEEQ listed Firms, and objectively evaluates the growth ability of them. The book displays the overall scale, growth capacity, industry distribution, social...

This book is the first anthology compiled in English by the CEIBS Case Center to promote China-focused cases worldwide. Included are ten of twenty six award-winning cases from the Global Contest for the Best China-Focused Cases during 2015 to 2017: these...

This book presents a list of emerging and established companies which have a strong belief in the digital economy and elaborate their unique digital innovations. The companies selected for this book are from a variety of industries, including both...

The very latest theories and research on the development of entrepreneurship are to be found in this book. It explores the factors affecting the performance of small and family businesses and entrepreneurs' innovativeness, amongst other themes. Selected...

HIRE THE KIDS: The Parental Guide is a must-read for entrepreneurial parents who want to blend family life with business. This guide introduces the transformative "Rich Kid" model, which moves beyond traditional parenting approaches to create a path...

"A life-changer...Inspirational!" Marie Forleo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything is FigureoutableAre you losing your "war of art"? Are you being defeated by a tendency to procrastination, self-doubt, fear, distraction, and...

In the current fast-paced business environment, organizations face the challenge of managing internal innovation efforts while leveraging external expertise and resources. Traditional innovation management approaches may struggle to keep up with the...

After consulting with hundreds of entrepreneurs, I have decided to combine all of the best practices amassed throughout the years into this handbook.Through this handbook you'll learn to:Determine if a Nonprofit is Right for You Bring Together Your Board...

Shape the Life You Want by Making Decisions and Solving Problems Effectively Without Analysis Paralysis You are a powerful go-getter! But how do you know you are focusing on the most impactful efforts? Imagine a life where every problem becomes a...

"Pequeño Empresario" es el libro que todo emprendedor necesita para transformar su pasión en un negocio próspero y duradero. Este libro está diseñado para aquellos que sueñan con iniciar un emprendimiento desde cero y desean aprender cómo convertirlo en...

¿Alguna vez has imaginado cómo sería tu vida si no tuvieras que levantarte cada mañana para cumplir con un horario de trabajo? ¿Cómo sería despertarte con la libertad de decidir qué hacer con tu día sin que el dinero sea una preocupación constante? El...

"When you are doing something that is a brand new adventure, breaking new ground, whether it is something like a techno­ logical breakthrough or simply a way of living that is not what the community can help you with, there is...

Biznovate: Cracking the Secrets of Business Innovation Discover the secrets to driving innovation and achieving success with this inspiring guide. Begin a journey that provides practical tools and strategies to turn your ideas into impactful realities...

This book is the first of its kind - a global overview of extant research on ethics in small and medium sized enterprises. While vast amounts of corporate money, government policy and media time are directed at the social and ethical activities of large...

Japanese foreign direct investment has played a leading role in Asian economies for more than two decades. This book, describing the changing industrial dynamics after the Asian currency crisis in 1997, focuses on corporate...

This book records the first success stories of a new form of financial intermediation, the hometown investment fund, that has become a national strategy in Japan, partly to meet the need to finance small and medium-sized...

Universities and research institutes are increasingly expected to contribute to society by creating innovation from the returns of their research results and the establishment of new technologies. Toward that goal, Keio...

Das Osterreiehisehe Kuratorium fUr Wirtsehaftliehkeit (iKW) hat sieh wiederholt veranlaBt gesehen, in den vcr­ ~chiedenen Folgen seiner 8ehriftenreihe anf die zahlrciehen S c h w i e rig k e i ten hinzll wei~tm, die ::lich...

Die Autoren entwickeln ein gezieltes kompetenzorientiertes "Fitnessprogramm", das Sie als Manager bei der Identifikation, Entwicklung und Integration von Kernkompetenzen unterstützen wird. Zahlreiche Beispiele demonstrieren die...

This book provides a pragmatic analytical model grounded on the solid idea that technologies and the accompanying implementation efforts only make sense if they are successfully deployed in markets. The analytical model also provides an exhaustive...