Books
Neal Asbury, Conscientious Equity: An American Entrepreneur’s Solutions to the World’s Greatest Problems (2010).
Abstract: Conscientious Equity presents a groundbreaking vision, one that posits solutions to America's and the globe's most pressing problems in a kind of win-win scenario that truly changes the game. What Neal Asbury - a radio personality and successful entrepreneur - argues is that moving away from intransigent political ideologies and toward a world driven by fair international commerce allows us to address and in fact solve economic instability, the destruction of the environment, crushing poverty, and crippling corruption all over the planet. In this book, he lays out a plan for making Conscientious Equity happen, addressing all of the roadblocks and opportunities that lay before us.
Youssef Cassis and Ioanna Minoglou, eds., COUNTRY STUDIES IN ENTREPENEURSHIP: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE (2006).
Country Studies in Entrepreneurship: A Historical Perspective (Youssef Cassis & Ioanna Minoglou eds., 2006).
Abstract (from Amazon Product Description): This volume combines a comparison of eight national experiences, spanning three continents. The chapters written by leading specialists combine historical archive-based work and synthetic theoretic surveys, reflecting the current state and new directions in research.
Leo Paul Dana, World Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship (2011).
Abstract: This comprehensive reference work, written by some of the most eminent academics in the field, contains entries on numerous aspects of entrepreneurship. Topics covered include: business angels, Chinese clan entrepreneurship, criminal entrepreneurship, defining the entrepreneur, education, employee start-ups, entrepreneurship policy, ethics, ethnic minority entrepreneurship, family business, global entrepreneurship and trans-nationalism, indigenous entrepreneurship, international entrepreneurship, internationalization, involuntary entrepreneurship, and Islam and entrepreneurship.
ETHICS IN SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES: A GLOBAL COMMENTARY (Laura Spence & Molly Painter-Moreland, eds. 2010).
Product Description (from Amazon): While vast amounts of corporate money, government policy and media time is directed at the social and ethical activities of large corporations, small businesses don’t generally attract the spotlight. This is wildly inappropriate, however, since upward of 90% of private businesses are small or medium sized. The first section of the book is a global round-up of research on ethics in small and medium sized enterprises from major regions of the world with contributions from Africa, Australasia, Europe, India, Latin America and North America. This section demonstrates the similarities and differences faced in this range of regions. In the second section smaller scale research projects presented from a variety of countries present both empirical and theoretical research in the area.
Sandra L. Fielden & Marilyn J. Davidson, International Research Handbook on Successful Women Entrepreneurs (2011).
Abstract : This Handbook examines successful women small business owners in both developed and emergent countries around the globe and, in particular, focuses on women entrepreneur success stories. The contributors expertly identify the issues that underpin the success of women small business owners around the globe. Each chapter provides country specific review of women's position in employment and small business ownership and addresses the structural and contextual barriers. They also highlight two cases studies about successful women business owners, and consider strategies.
THE GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP INDEX (GEINDEX) (Zoltan J. Acs & Laszlo Szerb eds., 2009).
Abstract (from product description at Amazon.com): Three major international research projects that track data on global institutions in most countries do not track the firm formation process and do not correlate with measures of the firm formation process. For example, the self-employment rate published by the OECD correlates negatively with the Global Competitiveness Index, the Index of Economic Freedom and the Ease of Doing Business. What does this negative relationship mean? Does less economic freedom mean more entrepreneurship? What about the difficulty of starting a business? The Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEINDEX) addresses this paradox in the economic development literature. Building on previous measures of entrepreneurship, the authors define the basic requirements for construction of an entrepreneurship index. The index should be sufficiently complex to capture the multidimensional feature of entrepreneurship. There should be indicators referring to quality-related differences. The index should incorporate individual level as well as institutional variables. The Global Entrepreneurship Index contributes to our understanding of economic development by constructing an index (GEINDEX) that examines the essence of the contextual features of entrepreneurship and fills a gap in the measure of development. The authors develop a Global Entrepreneurship Index that offers a measure of the quality and quantity of the business formation process in 65 of the most important countries in the world. The GEINDEX captures the contextual feature of entrepreneurship by focusing on entrepreneurial attitudes, entrepreneurial activity and entrepreneurial aspirations.
Yasheng Huang, CAPITALISM WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE STATE (2008).
Product Description (from Amazon): This book presents a story of two Chinas - an entrepreneurial rural China and a state-controlled urban China. In the 1980s, rural China gained the upper hand, and the result was rapid as well as broad-based growth. In the 1990s, urban China triumphed. In the 1990s, the Chinese state reversed many of its productive rural experiments, with long-lasting damage to the economy and society. A weak financial sector, income disparity, rising illiteracy, productivity slowdowns, and reduced personal income growth are the product of the capitalism with Chinese characteristics of the 1990s and beyond. While GDP grew quickly in both decades, the welfare implications of growth differed substantially. The book uses the emerging Indian miracle to debunk the widespread notion that democracy is automatically anti-growth. The single biggest obstacle to sustainable growth and financial stability in China today is its poor political governance. As the country marks its 30th anniversary of reforms in 2008, China faces some of its toughest economic challenges and substantial vulnerabilities that require fundamental institutional reforms.
International Differences in Entrepreneurship (Joshua Lerner & Antoinette Schoar, eds., 2010).
Abstract (from the book jacket): Surprisingly, there has been little systematic research or comparative analysis to show how the growth of entrepreneurship differs among countries in various stages of development. International Differences in Entrepreneurship fills this void by explaining how a country's institutional differences, cultural considerations, and personal characteristics can affect the role that entrepreneurs play in its economy. Developing an understanding of the origins of entrepreneurs as well as the choices they make and the complexity of their activities across countries and industries are of central importance to this volume. In addition, contributors consider how environmental factors of individual economies, such as market regulation, government subsidies for banks, and support for entrepreneurial culture affect the industry and the impact that entrepreneurs have on growth in developing nations."
International Entrepreneurship (Dean A. Shepherd & Jerome A. Katz eds., 2005).
Abstract (from Amazon Product Description): Topics include: international social capital, technology sharing and foreign market learning in internationalizing entrepreneurial firms; export performance of new ventures in the Finnish and Indian Software industries; institutional and economic influences on Internet adoption and accelerated firm internationalization; the role of strategic adaptation and networking capabilities in explaining new venture growth in international markets; illustration of the "small world" phenomenon to discuss network analysis tools that can be applied to international entrepreneurship research; an institutional perspective and cross-national comparison of incubated firms; a discussion of the means to achieving excellence in international entrepreneurship education; the export intensity of venture capital backed companies; and capability development, learning and growth in international entrepreneurial firms within China.
Dafna Kariv, Entrepreneurship: An International Introduction (2011).
Abstract (adapted from publisher): This book places an emphasis both on the core processes and practices of entrepreneurship, as well as demonstrating the impact of complex, local environments in shaping the processes of entrepreneurship. It covers topics including: the main processes of entrepreneurial venture creation, innovation and growth; operational steps characterizing processes of entrepreneurship; establishing and realizing entrepreneurial ventures; and the core processes and practices of entrepreneurship. The book utilizes both case studies and interviews with entrepreneurs from across the globe, and emphasizes an international approach to entrepreneurship.
Tarun Khanna, Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours (2011).
Abstract (from publisher): China and India are home to one-third of the world's population. And they're undergoing social and economic revolutions that are capturing the best minds--and money--of Western business. In "Billions of Entrepreneurs," Tarun Khanna examines the entrepreneurial forces driving China's and India's trajectories of development. He shows where these trajectories overlap and complement one another--and where they diverge and compete. He also reveals how Western companies can participate in this development. Through intriguing comparisons, the author probes important differences between China and India in areas such as information and transparency, the roles of capital markets and talent, public and private property rights, social constraints on market forces, attitudes toward expatriates abroad and foreigners at home, entrepreneurial and corporate opportunities, and the importance of urban and rural communities. He explains how these differences will influence China's and India's future development, what the two countries can learn from each other, and how they will ultimately reshape business, politics, and society in the world around them. Engaging and incisive, this book is a critical resource for anyone working in China or India or planning to do business in these two countries.
Josh Lerner &Antoinette Schoar, INTERNATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP (2010).
Product Description (from Amazon): Often considered one of the major forces behind economic growth and development, the entrepreneurial firm can accelerate the speed of innovation and dissemination of new technologies, thus increasing a country's competitive edge in the global market. As a result, cultivating a strong culture of entrepreneurial thinking has become a primary goal throughout the world. In spite of this, there has been little systematic research or comparative analysis to show how the growth of entrepreneurship differs among countries in various stages of development. Developing an understanding of the origins of entrepreneurs as well as the choices they make and the complexity of their activities across countries and industries is of central importance to this volume. In addition, contributors consider how environmental factors of individual economies, such as market regulation, government subsidies for banks, and support for entrepreneurial culture affect industry and the impact that entrepreneurs have on growth in developing nations.
Niina Nummela, INTERNATIONAL GROWTH OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (2010)
Product Description (from Amazon): The majority of SMEs are operating in a networked business environment, and these networks extend beyond national and cultural boundaries. Within these networks, growth takes various routes and forms. Instead of linear, positive growth, international growth is often more cyclical, including periods of stagnation and withdrawal, even exits.
Gordian Rättich & Evi Hartmann, Four Essays on International Entrepreneurship (2011).
Abstract (adapted from publisher): Internationalization of business activities has become one of the main fields of interest in management research, influencing a broad range of academic areas such as strategic management, organizational science, operations management or economic institutions. In recent years the pace of internationalization has even increased. With his four essays on distinctive levels of International Entrepreneurship, Gordian Rättich provides an answer on some of the most essential challenges for entrepreneurial firms and shows how social groups, economic institutions and nations manage to overcome the challenges of internationalization and gain competitive advantages.
SMALL FIRMS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: AN EAST-WEST PERSPECTIVE (Zoltan J. Acs & David B. Audretsch eds., 2008).
Abstract (from product description at Amazon.com): This book analyzes the relative importance of small firms in developed Western nations and Eastern Europe, identifying their exact role and how this role has evolved over the past fifteen years. It reveals that there has been a consistent shift away from large firms and toward small enterprises within the manufacturing sectors of all Western countries, while the role of small firms in Eastern European nations has been remarkably restricted, suggesting that a major challenge for reform in Central and Eastern Europe is to create the strong entrepreneurial sector that exists in the West.
Sustaining Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: Lessons in Policy and Industry Innovations From Germany and India (Max Keilbach, Jagannadha Pawan Tamavada & David B. Audretsch, eds., 2010).
Abstract : Academic research on developed countries has scientifically evaluated the role of entrepreneurship on economic growth, market expansion, commercializing innovation, and reducing unemployment. In this research, regions or industries with higher rates of entrepreneurship show higher levels of innovation and economic growth. The literature on entrepreneurship and innovation has largely ignored developing countries, despite the positive results from new venture investments in India, China, and elsewhere. This volume bridges this gap by bringing together research by scholars in Germany and India, whose analysis of entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic development in their respective countries reveals commonalities. Covering such timely issues as R&D and labor policies and including case examples from the chemical, biotech, and IT industries, the authors offer insight into the entrepreneurial process. The volume concludes with a discussion of the global implications for entrepreneurship research and policy.
George Tesar, Hamid Moini & John Kuada, SMALLER MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT: A LONGITUDINAL EXPLORATION (2010).
Product Description (from Amazon): This book gives an overview of approaches to internationalization experienced by smaller manufacturing enterprises over an approximately 30-year period. Broadly divided into three parts, the first part of the book presents the conceptual and theoretical framework concerning the internationalization of smaller manufacturing enterprises. It focuses on the individual aspects of internationalization as presented in the original study, and which were tracked over the past 30 years. Factors leading to internationalization will be examined in detail. The contributions of internationalization to various strategic and operational aspects of management of smaller manufacturing enterprises will be also examined. The second part focuses on the actual experiences of systematically selected enterprises in the form of follow-up research cases, primarily in the context of the original study. It presents about 10 research cases which are supplemented with a minimum of two cases each from Denmark, Sweden, and the Czech Republic. The third part presents an integration and summary of the findings and observation of the entire internationalization process among smaller manufacturing enterprises. It also examines the important issues of internationalization faced today by smaller manufacturing enterprises participating in supply and value chains.
The Theory and Practice of Entrepreneurship: Frontiers in European Entrepreneurship Research (David Smallbone et al. eds., 2010).
Abstract (adapted from Amazon.com): This book provides a fresh perspective on contemporary research in the field of entrepreneurship and small business, considering both theory and application. Drawing together leading-edge European research, the expert contributors apply a variety of research methods to a number of specific issues - including the entrepreneurial climate at universities, the role of knowledge and experience in the internationalization of knowledge-intensive firms, the links between entrepreneurial orientation and performance in micro-sized firms, and organizational entrepreneurship. In so doing, the book sheds new light on the key role played by entrepreneurship as an engine for regional development. Researchers and policymakers will find this book invaluable.
Vivek Wadhwa, The Immigrant Exodus: Why America is Losing the Global Race to Capture Entrepreneurial Talent (2012).
Abstract (from publisher): Many of the United States’ most innovative entrepreneurs have been immigrants, from Andrew Carnegie, Alexander Graham Bell, and Charles Pfizer to Sergey Brin, Vinod Khosla, and Elon Musk. Nearly half of Fortune 500 companies and one-quarter of all new small businesses were founded by immigrants, generating trillions of dollars annually, employing millions of workers, and helping establish the United States as the most entrepreneurial, technologically advanced society on earth. Now, Vivek Wadhwa, an immigrant tech entrepreneur turned academic with appointments at Duke, Stanford, Emory, and Singularity Universities, draws on his new Kauffman Foundation research to show that the United States is in the midst of an unprecedented halt in high-growth, immigrant-founded start-ups. He argues that increased competition from countries like China and India and US immigration policies are leaving some of the most educated and talented entrepreneurial immigrants with no choice but to take their innovation elsewhere. The consequences to our economy are dire; our multi-trillion dollar loss will be the gain of our global competitors. With his signature fearlessness and clarity, Wadhwa offers a concise framework for understanding the Immigrant Exodus and offers a recipe for reversal and rapid recovery.
Antonella Zucchella & Paolo Scabini, International Entrepreneurship: Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Analysis (2007).
Abstract (from Amazon Product Description): Over the last decade, international entrepreneurship has become a key emerging issue in international business studies. A growing number of recent contributions has made the subject topical and lively but it lacks a common framework. This book starts from the foundations of the subject, rooted in entrepreneurship, strategic management and international business studies, and proposes an innovative and integrated interpretative framework. The approach is applied to case studies, in order to reconcile theories and practices of international entrepreneurship.