Unlocking the enterpriser ins!de : a book of why, what and how! / Shailendra Vyakarnam, Neal Hartman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vyakarnam, Shailendra.

Contributor:

Harman, Neal.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Entrepreneurship.

New business enterprises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : World Scientific, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is based on a highly successful joint project between the University of Cambridge and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), under the auspices of the Cambridge-MIT Institute. The project brings together communities of highly diverse i

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Entrepreneurship is Becoming a Social Movement; Figure 1.1. Triple helix for developing entrepreneurial intent; 1.1 Social Changes - The Driving Forces of Change; 1.1.1 Free Markets and Democracy; 1.1.2 The Business of Government is not Business; 1.1.3 Brain Circulation; 1.1.4 Social Networks; 1.1.5 Commercialising Knowledge; 1.1.6 I am from Government - I am Here to Help; 1.1.6.1 The Evidence of a Growth in Enterprise; 1.1.6.2 Here is why an Entrepreneur Thinks it is Important

1.1.7 As One of My Family Elders Said "Even Educated People are Going into Business"1.1.7.1 Consider these Situations; 1.2 Enterprising Communities - The Next Stage of Enterprise Development; Endnotes; Chapter 2 A Helicopter View of Entrepreneurship; 2.1 So - What is the Heffalump?; 2.2 A Bit of History - Economic Theories Underlying Entrepreneurship; 2.2.1 Classical Capitalist Economic Theory; 2.2.2 Neoclassical Theory; 2.2.3 The Austrian School; 2.3 The Entrepreneur as a Decision Maker; 2.3.1 Types of Entrepreneur?; 2.3.2 Six Dimensions - Howard Stevenson

2.3.3 The Entrepreneurial Mind - Jeffrey Timmons2.3.4 The 10 D's - William Bygrave; 2.4 The Entrepreneurial Process; 2.5 It Is Like Cod Liver Oil - Good for You But We Don't Know Why!; Endnotes; Chapter 3 Entrepreneurship Education is Not Just Strategy Made Simple!; 3.1 Efficiency and Effectiveness; 3.2 Small is Beautiful; 3.2.1 What did all this Mean to Entrepreneurship Education?; 3.3 The Menu; 3.3.1 Entrepreneurial Processes; 3.3.2 Simulations; 3.3.3 Case Studies; 3.3.4 Metaphors; 3.3.5 Action Learning; 3.3.6 Tasks as a Subset of Action Learning; 3.3.7 Rich Pictures; 3.3.8 Reflections

3.3.9 Standard Lectures3.4 Personal Development Blended with Business Development; 3.5 Neighbouring Domains of Knowledge; 3.6 So What?; 3.7 Entrepreneurial Self-Help; 3.7.1 Television; Endnotes; Chapter 4 Bringing it All Together; 4.1 Enterprise Tuesday; 4.1.1 Evolution of Enterprise Tuesday; 4.2 Operational Elements; 4.2.1 Overall Cost Elements of Enterprise Tuesday; 4.2.2 ETECH Projects; 4.2.3 Ignite; 4.2.3.1 Guiding principles for Ignite; 4.3 Advanced Diploma in Entrepreneurship; 4.3.1 Enterprisers; Endnotes; Chapter 5 Enterprisers - A Bold Experiment; 5.1 A Brief History

5.2 CMI-Connections Is Born5.2.1 The Programme Evolves - Connections to Enterprisers; 5.3 The Enterprisers Journey; 5.3.1 Day One - Moi; 5.3.2 Day Two - Ideation; 5.3.3 Day Three - Nuts'n'Bolts; 5.3.4 Day Four - Crystal Ball; 5.4 Enterprisers Timetable; 5.4.1 Social Aspects; 5.4.1.1 Rules of engagement; 5.4.1.2 Student selection - Some considerations; 5.4.1.3 Choosing a venue; 5.5 The Overarching Goal of Enterprisers; Endnotes; Chapter 6 Facilitators, Facilitation and the Administrative Team; 6.1 Facilitative Leaders; 6.2 Facilitative Model; 6.3 Facilitator Criteria

6.4 Lead Facilitators: Coordinating the Show

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613234551

9781283234559

1283234556

9789812818768

9812818766

OCLC:

858228085