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Author Bridge, Simon.

Title Understanding enterprise : entrepreneurship and small business / Simon Bridge, Ken O'Neill & Frank Martin
Edition Third edition
Published Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB  658.11 Bri/Uee 2009  AVAILABLE
 W'PONDS  658.11 Bri/Uee 2009  AVAILABLE
Description xxi, 505 pages ; 25 cm
Contents Why Talk About Enterprise and Entrepreneurship? -- Enterprise and Entrepreneurship - What Do They Mean? -- Enterprise in Individuals -- Enterprise: The External Influences -- Other Aspects of Enterprise -- Small Business: Definitions, Characteristics and Needs -- The Process of Business Formation -- Business Growth -- Small is Beautiful: Entrepreneurship in the Bigger Business -- Why Intervene? -- Theories, Models and Assumptions (That Might Guide Intervention) -- Intervention Methods (Objectives, Structures and Approaches) -- Intervention Evaluation and Results -- Science, Art or Magic?
Summary "This comprehensive guide to the key facts, ideas, and theories about enterprise and entrepreneurship considers their relation to small business and discusses measures taken to promote them. The authors outline the importance of the small business sector and consider the cultural, political and economic influences on business growth."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Entrepreneurship.
Small business.
Business enterprises.
Entrepreneurship -- Great Britain.
Small business -- Great Britain.
Business enterprises -- Great Britain.
Author O'Neill, Ken, 1944-
Martin, Frank, 1946-
LC no. 2008037819
ISBN 9780230552708
0230552706