Umfang:
1 online resource (238 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781409434429
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9781409434436
Inhalt:
In Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Business Clusters, Dr Panos Piperopoulos provides a comprehensive introduction to what entrepreneurship is all about, how and why entrepreneurs innovate and how innovation systems operate. Acknowledging that what are now known as small and medium enterprises (SMEs) constitute the backbone of most economies, the author then examines in depth the characteristics of SMEs and the crucial role played by the owners and entrepreneurs who innovate to ensure the survival and continued growth of their firms
Anmerkung:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter by Chapter Synopsis -- Part 1: The Concepts of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Systems of Innovation -- 1 The Concept of Innovation and Entrepreneurship -- Definitions and Types of Innovations -- Entrepreneurship and Innovation -- Schumpeter's Evolutionary Economic Theory -- A Sociological Approach -- Definitions of Entrepreneurship -- 2 Innovation as a Strategy and a Competitive Advantage -- Principles and Practices of Innovation -- Innovation as a Competitive Advantage -- Individual and Organizational Innovation -- 3 The Concept and the Characteristics of 'Systems of Innovation' -- The Concept of 'Systems of Innovation' -- Historical Roots of Innovation Systems -- Current Approaches to Innovation Systems -- Characteristics of the Systems of Innovation -- Part 1: References/Bibliography -- Part 2: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Evolution of Competition -- 4 Characteristics of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises -- Types and Definitions of SMEs -- The Characteristics of an SME -- Management and Organizational Structure of SMEs -- 5 The Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise and the Entrepreneur -- The Role of the Entrepreneur/Owner/Manager -- Entrepreneurial Competencies and Competitiveness -- Constraints on the Survival and Growth of SMEs -- Business Constraints of SMEs -- 6 Ethnic and Female Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners -- Ethnic Entrepreneurship -- Starting up an Ethnic Minority Small Business -- A Combination of Push and Pull Towards Self-Employment -- Female Entrepreneurs -- Need for More Research and Support -- 7 Business Networks, Strategic Alliances, Open Innovation and the SME -- World Wide Web and the SME -- The Evolution and Internationalization of Competition -- Business Networks and Strategic Alliances
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Small Firms Networks -- Hoffmann and Schlosser's Strategic Alliance Theory -- The Open Innovation Paradigm -- 8 Tacit Knowledge and Emotional Intelligence -- the Intangible Values of SMEs -- The Creative and Innovative Power of the Human Mind -- Entrepreneurs, Innovation and SMEs -- The Role and Personality of the Entrepreneur -- Tacit Knowledge -- Emotional Intelligence -- A Model Towards Augmenting an SME's Value -- Part 2: References/Bibliography -- Part 3: Business Clusters, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Innovation -- 9 The Concept of Business Clusters and their Life Cycle -- Geographical Proximity -- The Genesis of Industrial Districts -- The Californian School -- Business Clusters: Competition and Co-operation -- Regional Innovation System -- The Life Cycle of Clusters -- 10 Business Clusters, SMEs, Innovation and Competitiveness -- The Importance and the Role of SMEs Within Clusters -- Principles and Characteristics of Business Clusters -- Competitive Advantages for SMEs -- Enhancing Innovation Through Clusters -- The 'Third Italy' and the Prato Cluster -- Innovative Capabilities Within Clusters -- The Central Role of Learning and Knowledge -- The Silicon Valley Cluster -- 11 A Two Dimensional Model of Innovation and Business Clustering -- Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Business Clustering -- The Two-Dimensional Model of Innovation and Business Clustering -- Instead of an Epilogue -- Part 3: References/Bibliography -- Index
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Piperopoulos, Panos G. Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Business Clusters Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2012 ISBN 9781409434429
Sprache:
Englisch
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