Econaissance : the reimagined school and the culture of entrepreneurialism / authored by Piero Formica (Maynooth University, Ireland).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Formica, Piero, author.

Series:

Emerald points.

Emerald points

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Entrepreneurship.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing, [2020]

Summary:

Econaissance intertwines Economics, Knowledge and Renaissance to anticipate the dawn of a new age that acts on the principles of human knowledge and the economy, and sheds light on the culture of entrepreneurialism, too often kept in the shadows.

Contents:

Cover

ECONAISSANCE

Endorsements

ECONAISSANCE: The Reimagined School and the Culture of Entrepreneurialism

Copyright

Dedication

CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Behind the Curtain

1. Setting the Scene

Econaissance, a Change Agent

The Scenario Opened up by Uncertainty

On the Scene, Intelligence Is the Name of the Lead Actor

The Culture of Entrepreneurialism

Business Succession: An Opportunity to Foster the Culture of Entrepreneurialism

2. Economic Growth and Happiness

The Planet GDP

GDP in the Time of Global Crises

Chinese Overtaking in the Sign of Scale-ups

Social Progress: Not a Wrapped up Tight Hugs from GDP

The Triptych Happiness, Creativity, Innovation

Partaking in the Fortunes of Others: Altruism and Gift

GDP and Happiness: A Contrasting Look

Food for the Entrepreneurial Mind: New Resources for Bio-agriculture

Growth and Happiness from Industrial Clusters? The Vices of Virtuous Entrepreneurial Vocations

3. The Reimagined School

A New Age of Education

The Fears of Einstein and Skinner

The Positive School

The Reimagined School

The Onset of the Reimagined School in the Northeast of Italy

The Wind of the School Revolution Blows From East to West of the World

Experimental Laboratories

Experimental Lab: An Environment of Innovative Learning for New Venture Creation

Reimagined School Is a Ludic School

4. Work in Progress

Work: A Complex World

Future Work and the Future of Work

Farewell to the Bureaucratic Hierarchy of the Workplace

Work Exposed to Technology

Work Exposed to Knowledge

Work as Forming the Future, Work as Art1

Creativity: The New Cultural Code of Work

From Increasing to Creating

From Worker to Ideator

5. Entrepreneurialism: A Multifaceted Cultural Movement.

The Invention of a Cultural Movement

Entrepreneurialism: The Star of the Sea

Entrepreneurialism as Social Utility

Creative Ignorance: Entrepreneurialism Exceeds the Boundaries of Received Knowledge

From Wants to Needs: The 'Ba' Cultural Space of Entrepreneurialism

Transdisciplinarity: The Broad Cultural Space of Entrepreneurialism

Co-working Spaces for Innovation: The Culture of Design Thinking

The Culture of Entrepreneurialism as Art: The Metaphor of the Knowledgeable Garden of Professor Gembillo

Homines Novi, the Protagonists of Entrepreneurialism

6. Incubating the Culture of Entrepreneurialism to Get the New Entrepreneurship*

Defining the New Entrepreneurship: How It's Different From the Current One

…And Why It's Necessary Today

Historical Parallels

Managers Should Take Courage

Shareholder Value and Conflict With Entrepreneurialism

Should Large Enterprises Think Small?

Effectiveness Speaks to Agile

Humanism Begets Opportunities

When the Culture of Entrepreneurialism Lags Behind Industrial Performance: A Brief Account of the Italian Experience

Independence Leads to Community

7. The Flow of Ideas in Enterprises With an All-Inclusive and Empathic Mind

Breaking Through the Walls in Our Mind

The Pleasure of a New Itinerary in the Code of Ethics

The Intertwining of Empathic Enterprises and Science

8. When the Curtain Falls: The Last Look at the Scene

Ideators: The Protagonists of Econaissance

Econaissance, a New Beginning That Comes from the Combination of Distant Elements

Between Light and Greyness

Reinventing Education

The Culture of Entrepreneurialism: The Epiphany of Original Thoughts That Challenge the Status quo

The Problem Is Knowing Where We Want To Go

REFERENCES

INDEX.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781800435162

1800435169

9781800435148

1800435142