This rich and detailed book makes a very timely contribution to extending our understanding of entrepreneurship in its social context. Using selected examples, the respected contributors show how the values developed in religious beliefs and practices shape entrepreneurship

pt. I: Drivers of entrepreneurial activity -- pt. II: Organizing for commercialization in the biopharmaceutical industry -- pt. III: Institutional causes and policy consequences of technology entrepreneurship.

1. An institutional perspective on entrepreneurship in international business -- 2. Transnational entrepreneurship in two contrasting Asian contexts : Hong Kong and Singapore -- 3. City-states and their global reach : outward investments from Hong Kong and Singapore -- 4. Entrepreneurs in...

Contents: 1. Introduction: geography, open innovation and entrepreneurship / Urban Gråsjö, Charlie Karlsson and Iréne Bernhard -- 2. Innovation intermediaries as a response to system failures: creating the right incentives / Margherita Russo, Annalisa Caloffi, Federica Rossi and Riccardo...

Entrepreneurial cognition research is at a crossroads, where static views give way to dynamic approaches. This Handbook draws on a variety of perspectives from experts in the field of entrepreneurial cognition to highlight the key elements in a socially-situated view, where cognition is...

1. Entrepreneurial creativity and coordination of new products -- 2. The Process of entrepreneurial creativity -- 3. New ideas and talents -- 4. Culture, structure and network -- 5. Outsourcing creativity -- 6. The marketing of fun -- 7. Conclusion.

This cutting-edge, multidisciplinary Handbook comprises specially commissioned contributions surveying state-of-the-art research on the concept of organizational routines. An authoritative overview of the concept of organizational routines and its contributions to our understanding of...

1. Introduction : legal transplants, convergence and regionalism in Chinese corporate law reform -- 2. Birth pangs of a market : creation and development of China's cross-border share markets -- 3. Securities, regulatory authorities and H-share enterprises -- 4. Internal governance structures...

Business Relating Business argues that business performance depends on the way a firm is connected to other firms and organisations and not just its own skill and resources. The book synthesises thinking from marketing, management, economics and international business with evolutionary biology...

Over the last decade the emergence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has contributed towards better corporate governance by tackling such burning issues as child labour and basic human rights violations. However, as the author argues in this important new book, the time has now come to...