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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report a qualitative study with British women managers, which explored the career competencies accrued from undertaking an Executive MBA (EMBA). Design/methodology/approach – The research drew on in‐depth interviews with a sample of 18 female...
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Purpose – This paper aims to explore how the complex interrelationship between historical factors and socio‐economic contexts contributed in shaping the contemporary representation of African entrepreneurship in Britain. Using this prism, it highlights some of the critical developmental...
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‐generation South Asian entrepreneurs within family‐owned firms, in comparison to their second‐generation counterparts managing and … second‐ generation Sikh, Hindu and Pakistani Muslim entrepreneurs from both family and non‐family owned micro …‐generation entrepreneurs within family and non‐family businesses (NFBs) are evident. For instance, a majority of the respondents (from family …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how narrative discourses frames entrepreneurial knowledge – in the form of understandings and meanings – focusing the role of business support in stimulating black entrepreneurship. It reveals the assumptions and values associated with...
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Purpose – Industry, government and funding bodies have long called for the inclusion of entrepreneurship and enterprise within education provision at all levels: engagement with enterprise develops entrepreneurial skills, which in turn will enhance both the employability of the recipient and...
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research into the organizational backgrounds from which technical entrepreneurs have emerged to form new ventures. Follows this … with an analysis of detailed qualitative interviews administered to a sample of technical entrepreneurs in the United … Kingdom, which leads to the formulation of a typology of technical entrepreneurs based on their previous occupations and, in …
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; understand how information technology/computing is used by these entrepreneurs; benchmark their usage with research undertaken … with small Welsh, French and Greek hospitality entrepreneurs; and to establish the need for further research to understand …
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Purpose – This paper seeks to investigate conditions under which entrepreneurs emerge as agents of effective and …, which stimulate the emergence of entrepreneurs as agents of effective and sustainable change in the NHS, identifying factors …
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Purpose – To consider whether the growth in management and entrepreneurship education is driven by (external) demand or (internal) academic supply. Design/methodology/approach – Three key elements of the intellectual context of management and entrepreneurship education are considered: the...
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Commission‐funded project. Findings – Findings to date highlight the need for support amongst women entrepreneurs, across a range … advice is highlighted, given that entrepreneurs are not a homogenous group and in light of the additional barriers that women …
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