A new addition to the series that looks at the culture and role of the entrepreneur from different disciplinary perspectives. Includes all the key readings, introduced by a highly respected editor.
A new addition to the Oxford Management Readers series that looks at the culture and role of the entrepreneur from an interdisciplinary perspective. Introduced by an internationally known and highly respected editor, this volume contains the best that has been written on the subject by economists, sociologists, historians, and anthropologists.
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PART I: DIFFERENT SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVES ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP; PART II: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE FIRM. SMALL FIRMS, LARGE FIRMS, AND HOW A MANAGER CAN ALSO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR; PART III: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE FIRM; PART IV: ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN A CHANGING WORLD
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This is a useful book for students of entrepreneurship because it brings together a number of excellent works from the social sciences whose focus is broadly relevant to the subject of entrepreneurship. It is undoubtedly worth reading just to revisit Joseph Schumpeter's theories of entrepreneurship and Rosabeth Moss Kanter's concepts on corporate enterprise
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`This is a useful book for students of entrepreneurship because it brings together a number of excellent works from the social sciences whose focus is broadly relevant to the subject of entrepreneurship. It is undoubtedly worth reading just to revisit Joseph Schumpeter's theories of entrepreneurship and Rosabeth Moss Kanter's concepts on corporate enterprise' Luke Pittaway, Business History
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Important new interdisciplinary approach to the subject of entrepreneurship Addresses issues from a broad social-science-based perspective Contains the best work on the subject by economists, sociologists, historians, and anthropologists Includes an introduction with guidance on translating these insights into practical advice for managers
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Richard Swedberg is Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. During his career he has been a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Sociology, Harvard University (1987/88), the Russell Sage Foundation (1990/91), the Russell Sage Foundation in New York (Summer 1993), and the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University (summers of 1995, 1996, and 1997). He is an editorial member of Administrative Science Quarterly and an advisory member of the journals Current Sociology and Geschichte und Gegenwart: Vierteljahreshefte fur Zeitgeschichte, Gesellschaftsanalyse und politische Bildung.
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Important new interdisciplinary approach to the subject of entrepreneurship Addresses issues from a broad social-science-based perspective Contains the best work on the subject by economists, sociologists, historians, and anthropologists Includes an introduction with guidance on translating these insights into practical advice for managers
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ISBN
9780198294627
Publisert
2000
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
703 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
163 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
414

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Biographical note

Richard Swedberg is Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. During his career he has been a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Sociology, Harvard University (1987/88), the Russell Sage Foundation (1990/91), the Russell Sage Foundation in New York (Summer 1993), and the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University (summers of 1995, 1996, and 1997). He is an editorial member of Administrative Science Quarterly and an advisory member of the journals Current Sociology and Geschichte und Gegenwart: Vierteljahreshefte fur Zeitgeschichte, Gesellschaftsanalyse und politische Bildung.