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

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Usui, Chikako, 1953-
Series:
Palgrave Macmillan Asian Business Series, 2661-8443
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
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.
Local Subjects:
International Business.
Small Business.
Business Strategy and Leadership.
Entrepreneurship.
Innovation and Technology Management.
Development Economics.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (323 p.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2011.
Place of Publication:
London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
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.
Contents:
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
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786613657923
9781280680984
1280680989
9780230314368
0230314368
OCLC:
795120158

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