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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957924103321

Titolo

Comparative Entrepreneurship Initiatives : Studies in China, Japan and the USA / / edited by C. Usui

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011

ISBN

9786613657923

9781280680984

1280680989

9780230314368

0230314368

Edizione

[1st ed. 2011.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series, , 2661-8443

Altri autori (Persone)

UsuiChikako <1953->

Disciplina

338.04

658.02

658.022

Soggetti

International business enterprises

Small business

Strategic planning

Leadership

Entrepreneurship

New business enterprises

Technological innovations

Development economics

International Business

Small Business

Business Strategy and Leadership

Innovation and Technology Management

Development Economics

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgement; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction to



Comparative Entrepreneurship Initiatives; Section I History of Entrepreneurship; 2 A Historical View of Chinese Entrepreneurship; 3 Entrepreneurs and Managers in the Development of Japanese Business; 4 Entrepreneurship and Social Change in the United States: Dynamic Stages, Historical Lessons; Section II Institutional Environment of Entrepreneurship

5 Dancing with Change: An Co-evolutionary Perspective for Private Entrepreneurship during China's Institutional Transitions6 Academic Spin-offs in Japan: Institutional Revolution and Early Outcomes; 7 The Social Context for High-Potential Entrepreneurship in the United States: An Historical-Institutional Perspective; Section III Culture and Entrepreneurship; 8 Does Stage Matter in Chinese New Ventures? The Roles of Learning, Network, and Corporate Entrepreneurship in Building Cultural Competitiveness

9 The Stigma of Failure and Limited Opportunities for Ex-failed Entrepreneurs' Redemption in JapanSection IV Case Studies of Entrepreneurship; 10 Success Factors in Applying Co-creation of the Voice of the Customer as a Strategy of Social Innovation by Japanese Services Entrepreneurs: The Case of Takayuki Nakagawa (Take & Give Needs and Urban Funes); 11 Koots Green Tea; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book investigates entrepreneurial initiatives in the three largest economies of the world: China, Japan and the USA. It brings together historical, institutional, and ethnographic approaches and highlights entrepreneurial patterns that result from cultural, legal, and political forces that facilitate and constrain entrepreneurship.