This volume addresses the current challenges for and future prospects of women’s entrepreneurship research, bringing together a wealth of diverse insights with implications for research, education and practice alike. Presenting theoretical and empirical research papers and case studies, the...

Chapter 1: Introduction Cultural and Creative Entrepreneurship as Drivers for Change and Development -- PART I: Combining Creative Industries and Business Issues -- Chapter 2: Culture-Based Products: Integrating Cultural and Commercial Strategies -- Chapter 3: Entrepreneurial Behavior and...

The book analyzes the role of technology in the redefinition of the competitiveness of insurance markets. With a focus on the competitive challenges of InsurTech startup to the incumbent insurers, the book will discuss the strategic role of technology both in the development and in the...

'For academics, practitioners and government policymakers, this book provides a sophisticated, comprehensive analysis of this new and important means of capital aggregation across for-profit and nonprofit sectors worldwide.' - Michael Klausner, Nancy and Charles Munger Professor of Business and...

In European Founders at Work, several of the top European startup founders and venture capitalists are interviewed to explain their respective paths to building a successful company. It takes a similar approach to Venture Capitalists at Work and other books in Apress' elite At Work series but...

Entrepreneurship in Education in Norway? -- Entrepreneurial Compentences in Adult Education -- Entrepreneurship und Entrepreneurship Education in Deutschland -- Die Bedeutung des selbstgesteuerten Lernens im Zuge einer Entrepreneurship Education -- Spielbasiertes Lernen als Methode der...

The Need for a Better Understanding of Legal Forms in Europe -- Cross-Border Operations and Enlargement of European Union as Driving Forces for Pan-European Expansion Strategies -- Legislatory Need for a Handbook on Legal Forms in Europe and Selection of Countries -- Legal forms of company...

Basic Principles of Entrepreneurship -- Processes, Entrepreneurial Opportunity, Innovation -- The Business Plan and Formation of the Enterprise -- Marketing -- Organization and Personnel -- Start-up and Growth Financing -- Growth and Growth Management