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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806904103321

Autore

Gray Colin

Titolo

Enterprise and culture / / Colin Gray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

1-134-71809-8

1-134-71810-1

1-280-33279-4

0-203-31865-X

0-203-01891-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in small business

Disciplina

338.6/42

Soggetti

Industrial promotion - Great Britain

Industrial policy - Great Britain

Small business - Government policy - Great Britain

Entrepreneurship - Great Britain

Corporate culture - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references ([188]-200) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Introduction; The politics of 'enterprise'; The 'enterprise culture' model of development; The state of small enterprises in Britain; Effectiveness of enterprise culture policies; Alternative development models; The importance of culture; The small enterprise owners; The entrepreneur: nature or nurture?; The future for small enterprise development; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Enterprise and Culture is a uniquely wide-ranging, insightful and well-informed critical evaluation of the economic and social project of creating an enterprise culture.Colin Gray argues that the failure of small enterprise policy is not just a question of economics, but is also caused by psychological and cultural factors. The book demonstrates that the individualism at the centre of enterprise culture policies is, itself, the main impediment to the successful growth and development of small enterprises.