Entrepreneurship and small business - Burns, Paul, 1949- (Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave, 2007)
pt. 5. Topics in entrepreneurship -- 15. The family firm -- The adva ntages of family -- Family business is big business -- A conflict of cu ltures -- Succession -- Points of conflict -- The introvert firm -- Res olving conflict -- Managing succession -- Summary -- 16. International entrepreneurship -- Globalisation and international entrepreneurship -- The international start-up -- The stage model of internationalisation -- The influence of network and learning theory -- Export strategies -- The agency dilemma -- Summary -- 17. Social and civic entrepreneurship -- The rise of social entrepreneurship -- Social enterprise and the so cial economy -- The social entrepreneur -- The growth and development o f the social enterprise -- The civic entrepreneur -- The dangers of soc ial entrepreneurship -- Summary -- 18. Corporate entrepreneurship -- De fining corporate entrepreneurship -- Building an entrepreneurial archit ecture -- The learning organisation -- Shaping the architecture -- The role of entrepreneurial leadership -- Constructing an entrepreneurial c ulture -- The role of size and structure -- Management and structure -- Freedom and control -- Summary -- Checklist of regulations to be met i n setting up a business in the UK -- Sources of information, help and a dvice in the UK -- Entrepreneurship exercises -- Are you really entrepr eneurial? -- Generating the idea -- Evaluating the opportunity -- Growt h audit of an existing business -- Learning resources -- Selected case studies -- Selected further reading -- Selected journals -- Selected We bsites.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 525-526) and indexes.
Keywords: Small business; Small business -- Management; Entrepreneurship -- Study and teaching; Business education; Entrepreneurship -- Case studies