The Spirit of Entrepreneurship

Exploring the Essence of Entrepreneurship Through Personal Stories

Sharda S. Nandram, Karel J. Samsom (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

XV, 371 Seiten

2006 | 2006
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-34760-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Ambition, perseverance, intuition, creativity, responsibility, but above all: passion. Those are the terms that help me describe entrepreneurship. Whether you are young or old, man or woman, minority or majority, healthy or disabled, it is the passion for building new ventures and finding new roads that characterizes the entrep- neur. You have to believe in yourself, your team, your product, your company and in your customers. You have to be pragmatic and rational in your approach. But it is the passion that makes you successful. In my own entrepreneurial life, I have covered experiences from working on the grocery shop floor to building the family retail company out into Europe, then the US, then other parts of the world. After my retirement from the executive board of the retail company my grandfather started in 1887, Royal Ahold, I started a whole new exciting chapter in my entrepreneurial life by opening a shop and a restaurant in my new hometown of Hereford, England. The restaurant world is a new one that gives me fun and satisfaction by engaging in new and exciting ch- lenges. Cooking is like entrepreneurship; it is only possible with... passion. So- times things get burned, but there is always a sense of fulfillment when things s- ceed in the way you want them to. It is through mistakes and setbacks that you can value your achievements.

Inhalt

The Spirit of Entrepreneurship: Beyond Limitations.- The Spirit of Entrepreneurship: Beyond Limitations.- The Spirit of Entrepreneurship: Concepts and Case Findings.- Entrepreneurship Today.- Entrepreneurship Tomorrow.- The Human Factor in Entrepreneurship.- Case Study Design and Participant Background.- Theory Building Through Case Study.- The Human Side of Venturing: Lessons.- The Spirit of Entrepreneurship: Case Studies.- Entrepreneurial Executives.- Venturers.- Re-launchers.- Trend Entrepreneurs.- Family Business Entrepreneurs.- Significant Business Entrepreneurs.- Small Business Entrepreneurs.- Start-Ups.- Enterprising Persons.- Nyenrode - The Entrepreneurial University.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.8.2006
• Zusatzinfo: XV, 371 p.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 155 x 235 mm
• Gewicht: 785 g
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: business • Entrepreneurial Behavior • Entrepreneurial Cognitions and Emotions • Entrepreneurial Management • Entrepreneurs • Entrepreneurship • Natural Capitalism and Entrepreneurship • Sustainable entrepreneurship
• ISBN-10: 3-540-34760-7 / 3540347607
• ISBN-13: 978-3-540-34760-6 / 9783540347606
• Zustand: Neuware