John Baldwin and Guy Gellatly find that the strategic decisions young firms make play a critical role in determining their odds for survival and growth. New small firms survive by developing a core set of business skills – skills related inter alia to management, human resources, marketing and...

The contributors to this collection provide a wealth of new analyses of both traditional and emerging aspects of entrepreneurship, from a variety of national perspectives and from a variety of disciplines. Globalization has begun to dismantle the barriers that traditionally segregated local...

Throughout the book, the authors offer a conceptual framework supported by original case study data to explain how and why a small firm should approach strategic planning, the forces influencing the planning process, and the nexus between innovation and planning. The majority of all businesses...

'What I like most about Strategic Challenges for the Base of the Pyramid is the authors' clear understanding of what we have already learned about the BoP domain and their subsequent focus on creating new knowledge. The chapters in this book provide important insights into several important...

Contents: 1. Introduction to judgment and leadership / Anna B. Kayes and D. Christopher Kayes -- Part I: Conceptualization and processes of leadership judgment -- 2. Cognition counts: Cognitive skills contributing to leader judgment / E. Michelle Todd, Tanner Newbold and Michael D. Mumford -- 3....

pt. 1. Career choice of MBA students from cross-national and interdisciplinary perspectives -- pt. 2. Early influences on the career choice of entrepreneurs and managers -- pt. 3. Entrepreneurs and managers' career choice : cultural determinants -- pt. 4. Multidisciplinary perspectives on career...

This Handbook explores the current state of university-wide entrepreneurship education programs and provides a comprehensive reference guide for the planning and implementation of an entrepreneurship curriculum beyond the business school environment. A variety of authors spanning five countries...