Books
William J. Baumol et al., GOOD CAPITALISM, BAD CAPITALISM AND THE ECONOMIC OF GROWTH AND PROSPERITY (2007).
Abstract: Most people on Earth now live in a capitalist economy. As the authors of this book show, however, there are distinctly different types of capitalism and it takes a mixture of these types to get all the economic, social, and political benefits that capitalism affords.
Jon Burgstone & Bill Murphy, Jr., Breakthrough Entrepreneurship: The Proven Framework for Building Brilliant New Businesses (2012).
Abstract (from authors): This book presents a framework for developing a business idea and growing it into a successful business. The authors studied hundreds of successful start-up companies to determine what common strategies work best in creating a business. The book also examines the psychological side of building a new company.
Comparative Entrepreneurship Initiatives: Studies in China, Japan and the USA (Chikako Usui, ed., 2011).
Abstract (adapted from publisher): Comparative Entrepreneurial Initiatives offers a unique investigation in to the three largest economies of the world: China, Japan and the USA. Written by leading scholars with intimate knowledge of each country, it brings together historical, institutional, cultural, and case study approaches and shows how the institutional context plays a key role in facilitating entrepreneurship. The contributors draw out the intersection of individual and group experiences with the historical and institutional context of the three countries and show a wide variation in entrepreneurial patterns that result from cultural, legal, and political factors. Case studies integrate the individual-level details of entrepreneurs within societal context and address issues that typically arise in new ventures. This book provides a better understanding of the national forces that promote and constrain entrepreneurship. It is timely in its analysis of the role of entrepreneurial initiatives in the transformation of global competition in the 21st century.
Creativity, Law and Entrepreneurship (Shubha Ghosh & Robin Paul Malloy, eds., 2011).
Abstract (adapted from publisher): Creativity, Law and Entrepreneurship explores the idea of creativity, its relationship to entrepreneurship, and the law's role in inhibiting and promoting it. The inquiry into law and creativity reduces to an inquiry about what people do, what activities and actions they engage in. What unites law and creativity, work and play, is their shared origins in human activity, however motivated, to whatever purpose directed. In this work contributors from the US and Europe explore the ways in which law incentivizes particular types of activity as they develop themes related to emergent theories of entrepreneurship (public, private, and social); lawyering and the creative process; creativity in a business and social context; and, creativity and the construction of legal rights.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Evolving Economies (Megan M. Carpenter ed., 2012).
Abstract (from publisher): The very foundation of the economy is changing. Across the United States, primary and secondary sector industries are no longer as viable as they once were - because the particular businesses are no longer profitable, because the underlying resources are no longer as plentiful or desirable, or because human activity is not essential to various aspects of an industry's operations. As economies evolve from traditional industrial resources, such as mining and manufacturing, to 'new' resources, such as information and content, innovation and entrepreneurship are key.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Evolving Economies examines the role of law in supporting innovation and entrepreneurship in communities whose economies are in transition. It contains a collection of works from different perspectives and tackles tough questions regarding policy and practice, including how support for entrepreneurship can be translated into policy. Additionally, this collection addresses more concrete questions of practical efficacy, including measures of how successful or unsuccessful legal efforts to incentivize entrepreneurship may be, through intellectual property law and otherwise, and what might define success to begin with.
Anna Grandori & Laura Gaillard Giordani, Organizing Entrepreneurship (2011).
Abstract (adapted from publisher): Entrepreneurship has regained center stage in the contemporary knowledge-intensive and innovation-driven economy, as well as in research. Integrating classic and recent insights into the organization, economics and management of entrepreneurial activities, Organizing Entrepreneurship aims to blend rigor with relevance, and connects theory with practical problems around key questions. Original case studies are discussed and integrated throughout the text, which reflect a wide range of sectors (from agri-business to high tech) and countries (including emerging economies).
Robert D. Hisrich, Michael P. Peters & Dean A. Shepherd, ENTREPRENEURSHIP (2006).
Abstract: Entrepreneurship, by Robert Hisrich, Michael Peters and Dean Shepherd has been designed to clearly instruct students on the process of formulating, planning, and implementing a new venture. Students are exposed to detailed descriptions of 'how to' embark on a new venture in a logical manner. Comprehensive cases at the end of the text have been hand-picked by the authors to go hand-in-hand with chapter concepts. The superb author team of Hisrich, Peters, and Shepherd draw from their distinct backgrounds to create a book that addresses the dynamics of today's entrepreneurial challenges. From Bob Hisrich's expertise in global entrepreneurship to Mike Peter's background as a both a real-life entrepreneur and academic to Dean Shepherd's current research on cognition and entrepreneurial mindset, this book balances the crucial line between modern theory and practice.
Howard H. Stevenson, A PERSPECTIVE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP (1983).
Abstract: Designed to highlight alternative concepts of good management and the need for entrepreneurship as a response to societal changes. It argues that entrepreneurship can be fostered or destroyed as a function of the administrative setting.
Jeffrey A. Timmons & Stephen Spinelli, NEW VENTURE CREATION: ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (2007).
Abstract: An exhaustive US text by one of the most senior of US academics interested in both the theory and practice of new business formation and management.