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Title

Entrepreneurship as practice : time for more managerial relevance / Vanessa Ratten, editor.

Publication

Singapore, Singapore : Springer, [2022]

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Additional Authors

Ratten, Vanessa

Description

xiv, 126 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm

Summary

Entrepreneurship as practice refers to the everyday way that innovation and futuristic thinking is incorporated into business ventures. It refers to the actual implementation of entrepreneurship within any kind of market context that emphasises proactive change. This edited book focuses on entrepreneurship as a practice as a management imperative. This means highlighting the way entrepreneurship is a practice and requires active engagement. Each chapter in the book discusses a different aspect of entrepreneurship as practice as a way of contributing to the broader discussion of what entrepreneurship is and means in today's global society.

Subject

Entrepreneurship

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Entrepreneurship as Practice: An Overview -- Introduction -- Overview of Chapters -- Conclusion -- References -- An Entrepreneurship as Practice Framing of Entrepreneurial Learning and the Entrepreneurial Process -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Entrepreneurial Learning -- An Entrepreneurship as Practice Perspective on Entrepreneurial Learning -- Asymmetrical and Symmetrical Learning and Opportunity Recognition and Exploitation -- Asymmetrical Learning -- Symmetrical Learning
• Developing Entrepreneurial Learning -- Beyond Replication -- Entrepreneurial Learning and Continuity -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Entrepreneurial Self-Identity, Social Ties and Self-Efficacy Affecting Persuasion Ability -- Introduction -- Literature Review and Hypotheses Development -- Entrepreneurial Self-Identity and Ability to Persuade Others -- The Entrepreneur's Existing Social Ties and Ability to Persuade Others -- Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy -- The Mediating Effect of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy Between Entrepreneurial Self-Identity and Ability to Persuade Others
• The Mediating Effect of the Entrepreneurs' Self-Efficacy Between Their Existing Social Network and Ability to Persuade Others -- Methodology -- Sample and Data Collection -- Measures -- Controlling for Common Method Variance -- Analysis and Results -- Robustness Checks -- Discussion -- Discussion of the Findings -- Theoretical Implications -- Practical Implications -- Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research -- References -- Returnee Entrepreneurship in China: The Multi-Faced Story in the Travel of Location, Time and Culture -- Introduction: Definition and Significance
• Returnee Entrepreneurship in China -- The Changing Perception Towards Returnees -- The Fantasy and Reality of Returnee Entrepreneurship -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- References -- Entrepreneurial Practices in Eco-Innovation: Circular Challenges Related to the Tomato Textile Project in the Netherlands -- Introduction -- The Textile and Clothing Industry -- The Circular Economy and its Business Models -- Eco-Innovation and the Maker Movement -- The Case Study -- The Challenges of Circular Practices and Eco-Innovation -- * 1: The Technological Challenge -- *2: The Market Challenge
• *3: The Circular Challenge -- * 4: The Collaborative Challenge -- *5: The Institutional Challenge -- *6: The Existential Challenge -- Conclusion -- References -- The Influence of Affects on Workaholism in Teleworking During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Partial Least Squares Model -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Workaholism -- Affects -- Influence of Affects on Workaholism -- Materials and Methods -- Sampling and Data Collection -- Research Instrument -- Procedures -- Results and Discussion -- Sample Characterization -- Analysis of the Levels of Workaholism and Affects

ISBN

• 9789811948183
• 9811948186
• 9789811948190 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

• 1330404013
• SCSB-14288937

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library