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Entrepreneurial women : new management and leadership models / vol. 1

Louise Kelly, Editor | Santa Barbara, CA : Praeger | 2014

Women are now leading companies and other enterprises in significant numbers - in developing countries as well as the Western world. This set examines the specific ways in which entrepreneurial women create success and considers how the growing[...]

The $100 startup : reinvent the way you make a living, do what you love, and create a new future

New York : Crown Business | 2012

In preparing to write this book, the author identified 1,500 individuals who have built businesses earning $50,000 or more from a modest investment (in many cases, $100 or less), and from that group he’s chosen to focus on the 50 most intriguing[...]

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The $100 startup : reinvent the way you make a living, do what you love, and create a new future

Chris Guillebeau, Author | New York : Crown Business | 2012

In preparing to write this book, the author identified 1,500 individuals who have built businesses earning $50,000 or more from a modest investment (in many cases, $100 or less), and from that group he’s chosen to focus on the 50 most intriguing[...]

Entrepreneurial women : new management and leadership models / vol. 2

Louise Kelly, Editor | Santa Barbara, CA : Praeger | 2014

Women are now leading companies and other enterprises in significant numbers - in developing countries as well as the Western world. This set examines the specific ways in which entrepreneurial women create success and considers how the growing[...]

All in startup : launching a new idea when everything is on the line /

Diana Kander, Author | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2014

"A book for anyone who has started a business, thought about starting a business, or just been close to someone who has, All In Startup introduces the reader to the latest advances in entrepreneurship, including a new understanding of how to lau[...]

All in startup : launching a new idea when everything is on the line /

Diana Kander, Author | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2014

"A book for anyone who has started a business, thought about starting a business, or just been close to someone who has, All In Startup introduces the reader to the latest advances in entrepreneurship, including a new understanding of how to lau[...]

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Angel : how to invest in technology startups-timeless advice from an angel investor who turned $100,000 into $100,000,000 /

Jason Calacanis, Author | [S.l.] : HarperCollins | 2017

One of Silicon Valley's most successful angel investors shares his rules for investing in startups.

Becoming the boss : new rules for the next generation of leaders /

Lindsey Pollak, Author | [S.l.] : HarperCollins | 2014

We are in the midst of a leadership revolution, as power passes from Baby Boomers to Millennials. All grown up, the highly educated Generation Y is moving into executive positions in corporations and government, as well as running their own busi[...]

Bids, tenders and proposals : winning business through best practice /

Harold Lewis, Author | [S.l.] : Kogan Page | 2012

Bids, tenders and proposals : winning business through best practice /

Harold Lewis, Author | [S.l.] : Kogan Page | 2015

Bids Tenders and Proposals is a practical guide to winning contracts and funding through competitive bids, proposals and tenders. Written in a clear, accessible style using examples and checklists from real-life winning bids and tenders, this bo[...]

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Burn the business plan : what great entrepreneurs really do

Carl J. Schramm, Author | [S.l.] : Simon & Schuster | 2017

Burn the Business Plan tells stories of successful entrepreneurs in a variety of fields. It shows how knowledge, passion, determination, and a willingness to experiment and innovate are vastly more important than financial skill. This is an impo[...]

Business ethics : managing corporate citizenship and sustainability in the age of globalization /

Andrew Crane, Author ; Dirk Matten, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 2010

The third edition of this book introduces business ethics concepts, tools and theories, then applies them to key stakeholder groups. It takes a global approach in a market dominated by US texts. The accessible style and thorough pedagogy ensure [...]

Business plan workbook : the definitive guide to researching, writing up and presenting a winning plan

Colin Barrow ; Paul Barrow ; netLibrary, Inc. ; Robert A. Brown | [S.l.] : Kogan Page | 2008

This book is in electronic format.

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Business and sustainability

Mickhael Blowfield, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 2013

The author adopts a mix of practitioner and theoretical perspectives and offers an insightful review of the subject across three core areas: the global business context, business management and ownership, and the external environment. Each of th[...]

Cases on technology innovation : entrepreneurial successes and pitfalls /

S. Ann Becker, Author ; Robert E. Niebuhr, Author | Hershey, PA : Business Science Reference | 2010

This book presents cases on theory, research, and practice in the areas of technology transfer, innovation, and commercialization, offering illustrations and examples of entrepreneurial successes and pitfalls in university, industry, government,[...]

Collective genius : the art and practice of leading innovation /

Linda A. Hill | Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press | 2014

What is the relationship between leadership and innovation? How can some companies innovate again and again--continuously producing products and services that customers want--while most other firms cannot? How do you unleash consistent creativit[...]

Commercialization of innovative technologies : bringing good ideas to the marketplace

C. J. Touhill ; Gregory J. Touhill ; American Institute of Chemical Engineers. ; Thomas A. O'Riordan | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2008

Conquering global markets : secrets from the world's most successful multinationals /

Nancy Hubbard, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | 2013

Creating good work : the world's leading social entrepreneurs show how to build a healthy economy

Ron Schultz, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | 2013

A rich guide book that recounts the stories of some of the most successful social entrepreneurial programs operating today, with real life examples of how they overcame both physical and societal barriers to create a lasting impact on the wo[...]

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Creativity, Inc. : overcoming the unseen forces that stand in the way of true inspiration /

Edwin E. Catmull, Author ; Amy Wallace, Author | Toronto : Random House | 2014

"Creativity, Inc. is a book for managers who want to lead their employees to new heights, a manual for anyone who strives for originality, and the first-ever, all-access trip into the nerve center of Pixar Animation--into the meetings, postmorte[...]

The crowdfunding handbook : raise money for your small business or start-up with equity funding portals /

Clifford R. Ennico, Author | Saranac Lake (United States) : American Management Association (AMACOM) | 2016

In 'The Crowdfunding Handbook', Cliff Ennico explains the JOBS Act and translates the regulations into a clear set of do's and don'ts for entrepreneurs and small-business owners looking to get in early - and do things right. Need help pricing y[...]

The economics of innovation : an introduction

Peter G. M. Swann | Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing | 2009

Entrepreneurship for scientists and engineers

Allen, Kathleen, Author | [S.l.] : Pearson, Prentice Hall | Entrepreneurship Series | 2010

For science and engineering students at both the graduate and undergraduate level who are considering entrepreneurship as a career path. Essential business lessons for turning today’s scientists and engineers into entrepreneurs in new technolog[...]

The European space industry in 2019, facts and figures : the european space industry in 2019

Pierre Lionnet, Author | Brussels, Paris : ASD-Eurospace | 2020

Annual review of the state of the space industry in Europe

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What every engineer should know about starting a high-tech business venture

Eric Koester, Author | [S.l.] : Marcel Dekker Inc. | What every engineer should know | 2009

The everything store : Jeff Bezos and the age of Amazon /

Brad Stone, Author | [S.l.] : Bantam Press | 2013

This book is the definitive story of Amazon.com, one of the most successful companies in the world, and of its driven, brilliant founder, Jeff Bezos. Compared to tech's other elite innovators -- Jobs, Gates, Zuckerberg -- Bezos is a private man.[...]

Global clusters of innovation : entrepreneurial engines of economic growth around the world /

Jerome S. Engel, Editor | Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing | 2014

In the geography of the global economy, there are known 'hot spots' where new technologies germinate at an astounding rate and pools of capital, expertise and talent foster the development of new industries and new ways of doing business. These [...]

Global innovation science handbook

Praveen Gupta, Editor ; Brett E. Trusko, Editor | New York : McGraw-Hill | 2014

"Global Innovation Science Handbook" presents a proven approach for understanding and implementing innovation in any industry. The book covers: covers: " Preparing for innovation--establishing a framework and creating a culture for innovation Ke[...]

Global marketing management : changes, new challenges, and strategies /

Kiefer Lee, Author ; S. Carter, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 2012

Includes index.

Global perspectives on technology transfer and commercialization : building innovative ecosystems

John S. Butler, Author ; David V. Gibson, Author | Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing | 2011

Technology transfer is a dynamic area of study that examines traditional topics such as intellectual property management, the management of risk, market identification, the role of public and private labs, and the role of universities.

A guide to open innovation and crowdsourcing : expert tips and advice /

Paul Sloane, Author | [S.l.] : Kogan Page | 2011

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The hard thing about hard things : building a business when there are no easy answers

Ben Horowitz, Author | [S.l.] : Harper Business | 2014

"Horowitz tends to dispense management advice in a kind of one-two punch. First comes the self-deprecating quip about mismanagement and misery, delivered with a knowing grin and capped with a two-beat chuckle. But soon the smile will vanish, and[...]

High tech start-up : the complete handbook for creating successful new high tech companies

John L. Nesheim, Author | New York : Free Press | 2000

This revised and updated edition of Nesheim's underground Silicon Valley bestseller incorporates twenty-three case studies of successful start-ups, including tables of wealth showing how much money founders and investors realized from each ventu[...]

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High-technology entrepreneurship

R. P. Oakey, Author | London : Routledge | 2012

High-technology entrepreneurship

R. P. Oakey, Author | London : Routledge | 2012

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Hungry start-up strategy : creating new ventures with limited resources and unlimited vision /

Peter S. Cohan, Author | San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers | 2012

Cohan's strategic model focuses on six decision points where the strategy for small companies is radically different than that for large compenies: 1. Setting Goals, 2. Picking Markets, 3. Raising Capital, 4. Building Teams, 5. Gaining Market Sh[...]

The industries of the future

Alec Ross, Author | [S.l.] : Simon & Schuster | 2016

"Leading innovation expert Alec Ross explains what's next for the world, mapping out the advances and stumbling blocks that will emerge in the next ten years--for businesses, governments, and the global community--and how we can navigate them. W[...]

Innovation commons : the origin of economic growth /

Jason Potts, Author | New York, NY : Oxford University Press | 2019

Innovation is among the most important topics in understanding economic sustained economic growth. Jason Potts argues that the initial stages of innovation require cooperation under uncertainty and draws from insights on the solving of commons p[...]

The innovator's dilemma : when new technologies cause great firms to fail

Clayton M. Christensen, Author | Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press | The management of innovation and change series | 2016

Christensen explains why most companies miss out on new waves of innovation. No matter the industry, he says, a successful company with established products "will" get pushed aside unless managers know how and when to abandon traditional busines[...]

The innovator's DNA : mastering the five skills of disruptive innovators /

Jeff Dyer, Author ; Hal B. Gregersen, Author ; Clayton M. Christensen, Author | Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press | 2011

"In The Innovator's DNA, the authors identify five capabilities demonstrated by the best innovators: · Associating: drawing connections between questions, problems, or ideas from unrelated fields · Questioning: posing queries that challenge comm[...]

The innovators : how a group of hackers, geniuses, and geeks created the digital revolution /

Walter Isaacson, Author | [S.l.] : Simon & Schuster | 2014

"Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson's revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an indispens[...]

The international business environment

Leslie Hamilton, Author ; Philip Webster, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 2012

This book covers important features and new developments in the international environment in which companies are operating.

How to kill a unicorn : how the world's hottest innovation factory builds bold ideas that make it to market /

Mark Payne, Author | New York : Crown Business | 2014

The president of innovation consultancy firm Fahrenheit 212 describes the company's methodology for combining "magic" with money to bring to market unique products and ideas that will transform a company's business and growth

The lean startup : how constant innovation creates radically successful businesses

Eric Ries, Author | New York : Portfolio/Penguin | 2011

"Most startups are built to fail. But those failures, according to entrepreneur Eric Ries, are preventable. Startups don't fail because of bad execution, or missed deadlines, or blown budgets. They fail because they are building something nobody[...]

The little black book of innovation : how it works, how to do it /

Scott D. Anthony, Author | Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press | 2017

In The Little Black Book of Innovation, long-time innovation expert Scott D. Anthony draws on stories from his research and field work with companies like Procter & Gamble to demystify innovation. Anthony presents a simple definition of innovati[...]

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Managing technology-based projects : tools, techniques, people and business processes /

Hans J. Thamhain, Author | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2014

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Managing technology-based projects : tools, techniques, people and business processes /

Hans J. Thamhain, Author | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2014

Written by well-known author and PMP Hans Thamhain, this professional reference and textbook provides management practitioners and students of project management with the latest concepts and tools for leading technology-oriented projects. It se[...]

Minitrends : how innovators & entrepreneurs discover & profit from business & technology trends

John H. Vanston, Author ; Carrie Vanston, Author | Austin, Tex. : Technology Futures, Inc. | 2010

The moral marketplace : how mission-driven millenials and social entrepreneurs are changing our world

Asheem Singh, Author | Bristol (UK) : Policy Press | 2018

Enter the world of the social entrepreneur. A global community of doers, thinkers and leaders who mix business with grass-roots activism to make social change possible. Vinod Kapur created a new breed of chicken that feeds some of the world's po[...]

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More awesome than money : four boys and their quest to save the world from Facebook /

Jim Dwyer, Author | [S.l.] : Viking | 2014

Ambitious Max, idealistic Ilya, brainiac coder Dan, and on-top-of-everything Rafi: four New York University undergraduates who dreamed of building a social network that would give users control of their own data instead of passing it on to Big B[...]

Open innovation through strategic alliances : approaches for product, technology, and business model creation /

Refik Culpan, Author 2014

This title demonstrates the vital role and applications of strategic alliances between firms and research organizations in creating and applying knowledge for the development of new products, technologies, or business models.

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The Oxford handbook of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship

Christina E. Shalley, Editor ; Michael A. Hitt, Editor ; Jing Zhou | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 2015

Research-based investigations of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship have the potential to inform each other and enrich our knowledge of each of these areas, particularly with regard to cognitive processes and effective behaviors. Yet, [...]

How to prepare a business plan

Edward Blackwell, Author | [S.l.] : Kogan Page | 2017

An excellent business plan impresses financial backers, provides a clear blueprint for the future of your company and functions as a benchmark against which to measure future growth. How to Prepare a Business Plan explains the process of creatin[...]

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Principles of business: entrepreneurship

Salem Press | [S.l.] : Salem Press | 2017

Principles of Business: Entrepreneurship fills the need for helpful information on the founding principles of entrepreneurship--how to start a business, how to pitch your product, how to raise capital, how to market your product and so much more[...]

Risk happens! : managing risk and avoiding failure in business projects /

Mike Clayton, Author | London (United Kingdom) : Marshall Cavendish Business | 2011

Project management has become a big part of how all organizations get things done. Managers at all levels need to take on and deliver projects. The scope of these projects range from small projects lasting days to multi-million dollar projects t[...]

Risk and the public acceptance of new technologies

R. Flynn, Editor ; Paul Bellaby, Editor | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | 2007

Secrets of Silicon Valley : what everyone else can learn from the innovation capital of the world

Deborah Perry Piscione, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | 2013

Offers Silicon Valley as a productive example of entrepreneurship and innovation, noting how the region has demonstrated continued growth and investor interest in spite of economic setbacks elsewhere in the world

Shadow sovereigns : how global corporations are seizing power /

Susan George, Author | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2015

Lobbying has long been part of the political landscape. But in recent years links between big business and government have become stronger and more far-reaching than ever. Global corporations now demand control over decisions affecting labour l[...]

Smaller faster lighter denser cheaper : how innovation keeps proving the catastrophists wrong /

Robert Bryce, Author | New York (United States) : PublicAffairs | 2014

In the face of today's environmental and economic challenges, doomsayers preach that the only way to stave off disaster is for humans to reverse course: to de-industrialize, re-localize, reduce consumption and forswear development. But in this t[...]

The social leader : redefining leadership for the complex social age /

Frank Guglielmo, Author ; Sudhanshu Palsule, Author | Brookline (United States) : Bibliomotion | 2014

"The Social Leader structures a new approach to leadership and provides tools for leaders to understand themselves in this new era of connectedness and community."--Publisher information

Soonish : emerging technologies that'll improve and/or ruin everything /

Kelly Weinersmith, Author ; Zach Weiner, Author | New York : Penguin Press | 2017

The instant New York Times bestseller! From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a hilariously illustrated investigation into future technologies -- from how to fling a ship into dee[...]

The space barons : Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and the quest to colonize the cosmos /

Christian Davenport, Author | New York (United States) : PublicAffairs | 2018

Nearly a half-century after Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, these Space Barons-most notably Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, along with Richard Branson and Paul Allen-are using Silicon Valley-style innovation to dramatically lower the cost of space[...]

The space report 2020 : Quarter 2

Space Foundation, Author | [S.l.] : Space Foundation | 2020

This report gives an overview of major global space developments over the past year. Valuable to space professionals, students, policy-makers, researchers and the media, it includes highlights from all space sectors, from defense to exploration,[...]

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Space venture Europe 2020 : entrepreneurship and investment in the European space sector

Vienna (Austria) : European Space Policy Institute | ESPI report, ISSN 2218-0931 | 2021

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Success in Innovation : improving the odds by understanding the factors for unsuccess

Jan Verloop, Author | Amsterdam : Elsevier | 2013

Success in Innovation tackles its subject from a novel perspective: instead of focusing on factors for success, it specifically examines the factors for failure. Similar books often attempt to stimulate more effort on innovation with success sto[...]

Success in Innovation : improving the odds by understanding the factors for unsuccess

Jan Verloop, Author | Amsterdam : Elsevier | 2013

Success in Innovation tackles its subject from a novel perspective: instead of focusing on factors for success, it specifically examines the factors for failure. Similar books often attempt to stimulate more effort on innovation with success sto[...]

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Sustaining innovation : collaboration models for a complex world/

Stevn P. MacGregor, Editor ; Tamara Carleton, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Innovation, technology, and knowledge management | 2012

In many ways, the process of innovation is a constant social dance, where the best dancers thrive by adapting new steps with multiple partners. The systematic and continuous generation of value in any innovation system relies on collaboration be[...]

Technological know-how, organizational capabilities, and strategic management : business strategy and enterprise development in competitive environments

David J. Teece, Author | [S.l.] : World Scientific | 2008

This book explores factors which impact the viability and growth of business enterprises. In particular, the role of entrepreneurship, organizational learning, and business strategy - including licensing strategy - are considered in some detail.[...]

Traction : how any startup can achieve explosive customer growth /

Gabriel Weinberg, Author ; Justin Mares, Author | New York : Portfolio/Penguin | 2015

Smart entrepreneurs know that the key to success isn't the originality of your offering, the brilliance of your team, or how much money you raise. It's how consistently you can grow and acquire new customers (or, for a free service, users). That[...]

Unpacking open innovation : highlights from a co-evolutionary inquiry /

Elias G. Carayannis, Author ; Manlio Del Giudice, Author ; Maria Rosaria Della Peruta, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in democracy, innovation and entrepreneurship for growth | 2014

How to write a business plan

Brian Finch, Author | [S.l.] : Kogan Page | Creating success | 2013

Covers all the issues involved in producing a plan, from profiling competitors and forecasting market development, to the importance of providing clear and concise financial information

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Zero to one : notes on startups, or how to build the future /

Peter A. Thiel, Author ; Blake Masters, Author | New York : Crown Business | 2014

Peter Thiel is an entrepreneur and investor. He started PayPal in 1998, led it as CEO, and took it public in 2002, defining a new era of fast and secure online commerce. In 2004 he made the first outside investment in Facebook, where he serves a[...]