(ASK Computer), Sandra L. Kurtzig with Tom Parker (1991).
CEO:
Building a $400 Million Company from the Ground Up. (New York, NY:
Norton, 303 p.). Kurtzig, Sandra L.; Women executives--United
States--Biography; Computer industry--United States--History.
(Avis), Warren Avis (1986).
Take a Chance To Be First: The Secrets
of Entrepreneurial Success. (New York, NY: Macmillan, 222 p.).
Founder, Avis-Rent-A-Car. Avis-Rent-A-Car System; Success in business.
(Banner Blue Software), Kenneth L. Hess (2001).
Bootstrap: Lessons Learned Building a Successful Company from Scratch.
(Carmel, CA: S-Curve Press, 301 p.). Founder and President (Banner Blue
Software). Hess, Kenneth L.; Banner Blue Software; start-up;
entrepreneurship.
(Bata Shoe Organization), Anthony Cekota (1968).
Entrepreneur
Extraordinary: The Biography of Tomas Bata. (Rome, IT: Eizioni
Internazionali Sociali, 383 p.). Bata, Tomás, 1876-1932; Businessmen --
Czechoslovakia -- Biography.
(Build-A-Bear Workshop), Maxine Clark with Amy Joyner (2006).
The Bear Necessities of Business: Building a Company with Heart.
(Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 326 p.). Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive
Bear of Build-A-Bear Workshop; Former Business Reporter. New business
enterprises; Entrepreneurship. How she built
global business: one location in 1997, now more than 200 stores.
(Carol's Daughter Inc.), Lisa Price and Hilary Beard (2004).
Success Never Smelled So Sweet: How I Followed My Nose and Found My
Passion. (New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 226 p.). Founder (Carol's
Daughter, Inc.). Price, Lisa, 1962- ; Carol's Daughter, Inc.; African
American businesspeople New York (State) New York Biography;
Businesswomen New York (State) New York Biography; Toilet preparations
industry United States.
(Claris Corp.), Randy Komisar (2000).
The Monk and the Riddle: The
Education of a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard
Business School Press, 181 p.). Co-founder of Claris Corp., CEO of Lucas
Arts and Entertainment, CEO of Crystal Dynamics. Komisar, Randy, 1954- ;
Businesspeople--United States--Biography; Entrepreneurship--United
States--Biography.
(Comcate Inc.), Ben Casnocha; foreword by Marc Benioff
(2007).
My Start-Up Life: What a (Very) Young CEO Learned on His Journey
through Silicon Valley. (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass,
208 p.). Founder, Comcate. Comcate (Firm); Internet software
industry--United States; Computer software industry--United
States; New business enterprises--United States--Management;
Entrepreneurship--United States. Story of
his start-up (better way for city governments to communicate with
constituents on Web), conversation with mentors, clients, fellow
entrepreneurs about how to make a business idea work.
(Comfort Keepers), Jerry L. Clum (2005).
Zero to $100 Million in Five Years! (New York, NY: Hudson Books,
324 p.). President, Co-Founder of Comfort Keepers; 2004 Ernst & Young
Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winner (Southern Ohio). Healthcare;
assisted living; entrepreneurship.
(Custom Shop Shirtmakers), Mortimer Levitt (1988).
How To Start Your Own Business without Losing Your Shirt: Secrets of
Seventeen Successful Entrepreneurs. (New York, NY: Atheneum, 213
p.). Founder - Custom Shop Shirtmakers. New business enterprises--Case
studies; Entrepreneurship--Case studies.
(DDI Corporation), Kazuo Inamori (1995).
A Passion for Success:
Practical, Inspirational, and Spiritual Insight from Japan's Leading
Entrepreneur. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 169 p.). Founder, DDI
Corporation (second largest telephone company in Japan).
Executives--Conduct of life; Businesspeople--Conduct of life; Industrial
management.
(Dennis Publishing), Felix Dennis (2008).
How To Get Rich: One of the World’s Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His
Success Wisdom. (New York, NY: Portfolio, 291 p.). Chairman of
Dennis Publishing, Founder of Maxim (one of most successful new
magazines of last decade). Success in business; Entrepreneurship;
Wealth. College dropout with no family money, now 65th richest
person in U.K.; help readers embrace entrepreneurship, learn from his
successes, failures.
(Developers Diversified Realty Corporation), Bert L. Wolstein;
written with Adam Synder (2005).
Crossing the Road to Entrepreneurship. (Solon, OH: Heritage
Development Company, 270 p.). Wolstein, Bert L.; Developers
Diversified Realty Corporation; Commercial real estate.
(Direct Response Marketing), Anita F. Brattina (1996).
Diary of a
Small Business Owner: A Personal Account of How I Built a Profitable
Business. (New York, NY: AMACOM, 239 p.). New business
enterprises--Case studies; Small business--Management--Case studies;
Entrepreneurship--Case studies.
(Dogfish Head Craft Brewery), Sam Calagione (2005).
Brewing Up a Business: Adventures in Entrepreneurship from the Founder
of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 256 p.).
Founder. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery; Microbreweries--Delaware;
Entrepreneurship--Delaware; Small business--Delaware.
(Eller Company), Karl Eller (2005).
Integrity Is All You've Got: And Seven Other Critical Lessons of the
Entrepreneurial Life. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 224 p.).
Conceived Idea of Outdoor Advertising. Entrepreneurship; Success in
business; New business enterprises; Businesspeople--Attitudes.
(Endius Inc.), Tim Taylor (2003).
Launch Fever: An Entrepreneur s Journey into the Secrets of Launching
Rockets, a New Business and Living a Happier Life. (Omaha, NE:
iUniverse, 230 p.). Co-Founder - Endius, Inc. Taylor, Tim;
Entrepreneurship.
(Gendis Inc.), Albert D. Cohen (1985). The Entrepreneurs: The
Story of Gendis Inc. (Toronto, ON: McClelland and Stewart, 220 p.).
Gendis Inc.--History; Electronic industries--Canada--History.
(GO Corporation), Jerry Kaplan (1995).
Startup: A Silicon Valley
Adventure. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 322 p.). Founder of
OnSale. Kaplan, Jerry; GO Corporation--History; Computer
industry--California--Santa Clara County; Entrepreneurship--United
States--Case studies; Pen-based computers--History.
Keyboardless-computer? Not yet.
(Green Daisy, Inc.), Kim Lavine (2007).
Mommy Millionaire: How I Turned My Kitchen Table Idea into a Million
Dollars and How You Can Too! (New York, NY: St. Martin's, 352
p.). Founder and President of Green Daisy, Inc. New business
enterprises; Entrepreneurship; Businesswomen.
Created Wuvit heating/cooling pad
(feed corn sewn in a bag);
made on a lark, retail distribution in fifty states, close to
$2 million in sales in just over two years.
(Jacobs Engineering Group), Joseph J. Jacobs (1991).
The Anatomy
of an Entrepreneur: Family, Culture, and Ethics. (San Francisco, CA:
ICS Press, 274 p.). Jacobs, Joseph J.; Businesspeople--United
States--Biography; Entrepreneurship--United States.
(Judy's), Marcia Israel-Curley (2002).
Defying the Odds: Sharing
the Lessons I Learned as a Pioneer Entrepreneur. (Woodstock, NY:
Overlook Press, 270 p.). Founder, Judy's. Entrepreneurship; Women in
business; Success in business; Women--Psychology.
(karaokenation.com), Steve Fishman (2003).
Karaoke Nation, or, How
I Spent a Year in Search of Glamour, Fulfillment, and a Million Dollars.
(New York, NY: Free Press, 304 p.). Fishman, Steve, 1955- ; New business
enterprises--United States; Internet marketing--United States;
Entrepreneurship--United States.
(Kenwood Electronics and Mikasa), Naomi Hirahara, with an
introduction by Daniel I. Okimoto (2001).
An American Son: The Story
of George Aratani: Founder of Mikasa and Kenwood. (Los Angeles, CA:
Japanese American National Museum, 321 p.). Aratani, George, 1917- ;
Mikasa; Kenwood Corporation; Businessmen--United States--Biography.
(Kilcullen Kapital Partners), Enda O'Coineen (2005).
The Unsinkable Entrepreneur. (Douglas Village, Cork, IR: Mercier
Press, 287 p.). O'Coineen, Enda Pádraig Businessmen--Ireland--Biography;
Entrepreneurship.
(Kim), Carter J. Eckert (1991).
Offspring of Empire: The Koch’ang Kims and the Colonial Origins of
Korean Capitalism, 1876-1945. (Seattle, WA: University of
Washington Press, 388 p.). Kim Yon-su; Kyongsong Spinning Company;
Samyang Company. Kim family; Businesspeople--Korea--History; Industrial
policy--Korea--History; Capitalism--Korea--History; Korea--Dependency on
Japan--History.
(Ladies Who Launch), ictoria Colligan and Beth Schoenfeldt
(2007).
Ladies Who Launch: Embracing Entrepreneurship & Creativity as a
Lifestyle. ( New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 228 p.).
New business enterprises; Entrepreneurship; Businesswomen; Success
in business. 4-step incubator process:1) Imagine it – allow a secret
desire to come to light, 2) Speak it – choose dream to pursue,
3) Do it – take effective action to make it reality, 4) Celebrate
it – revel in successes, reward effort, be good to yourself along
the way.
(Love Chrysler, Inc.), Marion Luna Brem (2004).
Women Make the
Best Salesmen: Isn't It Time You Started Using Their Secrets? (New
York, NY: Currency/Doubleday, 225 p.). President, CEO of Corpus Christi
Auto Dealership Founded in 1989 (Love Chrysler, Inc.); Holder of the
"Avon Women of Enterprise" and the "Inc. Magazine Entrepreneur of the
Year" Awards; One of (40) the "Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World"
for 2001; One of Hispanic Business Magazine's "100 Most Influential
Hispanics in the United States"; inducted into the International
Automotive Hall of Fame. Selling; Women sales personnel.
(Michele Foods), Michele Hoskins with Jean A. Williams (2004).
Sweet Expectations: Michele Hoskins' Recipe for Success. (Avon, MA:
Adams Media, 262 p.). Founder (Michele Foods, Inc.). Hoskins, Michele;
Michele Foods; African American businesspeople Illinois Biography;
Businesswomen Illinois Biography; Syrup industry Illinois.
(Mothers Work), Rebecca Matthias (1999).
MothersWork: How a Young
Mother Started a Business on a Shoestring and Built It into a
Multi-Million Dollar Company. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 268 p.).
Founder of Mothers Work: Motherhood, Mimi maternity, a pea in the pod.
Mail-order business--United States; Home-based businesses--United
States; Women-owned business enterprises--United States.
(Neoforma), Wayne McVicker (2005).
Starting Something: An Entrepreneur’s Tale of Control, Confrontation &
Corporate Culture. (Los Altos, CA: Ravel Media, 409 p.).
Co-Founder, Board Member, President (Neoforma).
McVicker, Wayne; Neoforma (Firm); Corporate culture--United States;
Entrepreneurship--United States--Case studies; Businessmen--United
States--Biography.
16th most successful IPO in history.
(Ovation), Peter Bieler with Suzanne Costas (1996).
"This Business
Has Legs": How I Used Infomercial Marketing To Create the $100,000,000
Thighmaster Craze Exerciser: An Entrepreneurial Adventure Story.
(New York, NY: Wiley, 206 p.). Television advertising--United
States--Case studies; Infomercials--United States--Case studies;
Exercise--Equipment and supplies--Marketing--Case studies.
(Platinum Concepts Inc.), John Lusk and Kyle Harrison (2002).
The
MouseDriver Chronicles: The True-Life Adventures of Two First-Time
Entrepreneurs. (Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 257 p.). Platinum
Concepts, Inc.--History; Entrepreneurship--United States--Case studies;
New business enterprises--United States--Case studies.
(Remington), Victor Kiam (1986).
Going for It!: How To Succeed as
an Entrepreneur. (New York, NY: Morrow, 260 p.). Kiam, Victor;
Businessmen--United States--Biography; Entrepreneurship--Biography;
Success in business--United States. Bought Remington shavers.
--- (1989).
Live to Win: Achieving Success in Life and Business.
(New York, NY: Harper & Row, 258 p.). Success in business; Creative
ability in business; Success.
(Rollins Jamaica Ltd.), Drury Pifer (2001).
Hanging the Moon: The
Rollins Rise to Riches. (Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press,
267 p.). Rollins, John W.; Businessmen -- United States -- Biography;
Entrepreneurship -- Biography.
(Shibusawa Warehouse Department), Teruko Craig (1994).
The Autobiography of Shibusawa Eiichi: From Peasant to Entrepreneur:
Translated, with an Introduction and Notes. (Tokyo, Japan:
University of Tokyo Press, 192 p.). Shibusawa, Eiichi, 1840-1931;
Capitalists and financiers--Japan--Biography.
(Sh¯owa B¯oeki Kabushiki Kaisha), Akira Sueno; translated by Neal
Donner (1977).
Entrepreneur and Gentleman: A Case History of a Japanese Company.
(Rutland, VT: C. E. Tuttle Co., 249 p.). Sueno, Akira, 1913- ; Sh¯owa
B¯oeki Kabushiki Kaisha; Industrial management -- Japan -- Case
studies; Business enterprises -- Japan -- Case studies.
(Smith & Hawken), Paul Hawken (1987).
Growing a Business. (New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 251 p.).
New business enterprises--Management.
(StartupNation), Jeff Sloan and Rich Sloan (2005).
StartupNation: America’s Leading Entrepreneurial Experts Reveal the
Secrets to Building a Blockbuster Business. (New York, NY:
Currency Doubleday, 286 p.). Co-founders of multimedia company
StartupNation. New business enterprises--United States;
Entrepreneurship--United States. Authors examine
every aspect of smart entrepreneurship.
(Telegroup), Fred Gratzon (2003).
The Lazy Way to Success: How To
Do Nothing and Accomplish Everything. (Fairfield, IA: Soma Press,
215 p.). Founder - The Great Midwestern Ice Cream Company; Telegroup.
Entrepreneurship; success in business.
(Tripod), Bo Peabody (2005).
Lucky or Smart?: Secrets to an
Entrepreneurial Life. (New York, NY: Random House, 80 p.). Serial
Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship; Corporate culture; Mission statements;
New business enterprises; Success in business.
(USA Cable), Kay Koplovitz with Peter Israel (2002).
Bold Women,
Big Ideas: Learning To Play the High-Risk Entrepreneurial Game. (New
York, NY: Public Affairs, 265 p.). Founder, USA Cable Network. Women
executives; New business enterprises; Entrepreneurship.
(Wolff New Media), Michael Wolff (1998).
Burn Rate: How I Survived
the Gold Rush Years on the Internet. (New York, NY: Simon &
Schuster, 268 p.). Creator of NetGuide. Internet consultants; Success in
business; Corporate profits; Internet industry.
Zoltan J. Acs, Catherine Armington (2006).
Entrepreneurship, Geography, and American Economic Growth.
(New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 262 p.). Doris and Robert
McCurdy Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in
the Robert G. Merrick School of Business (University of Baltimore);
Catherine Armington is a Research Fellow in the U.S. Bureau of the
Census. Entrepreneurship--United States; New business
enterprises--United States; Industrial location--United States; United
States--Economic conditions. Authors explain new
firm formation rates in regional economies during the 1990s period and
beyond.
Terry Allen (2001).
No Cash, No Fear: Entrepreneurial Secrets To
Starting Any Business with No Money. (New York, NY: Wiley, 286
p.). Partner (Chicago Venture Partners, LP). Allen, Terry F.;
Entrepreneurship; New business enterprises--Finance; Small
business--Finance.
Tom Ashbrook (2000).
The Leap: A Memoir of Love and Madness in
the Internet Gold Rush. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 295 p.).
Boston Globe Reporter. Ashbrook, Tom; Internet industry--United
States; New business enterprises--United States; Businessmen--United
States--Biography.
David B. Audretsch, Max C. Keilbach, Erik E. Lehmann (2006).
Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth. (New York, NY: Oxford
University Press, 240 p.). Ameritech Chair of Economic Development,
Institute of Development Strategies (Indiana University); Senior
Research Fellow (Max Planck Institute of Economics); Professor,
University of Augsburg. Entrepreneurship; Creative ability in
business; Small business--Technological innovations; Technological
innovations--Economic aspects; Diffusion of innovations--Economic
aspects; Economic development. Why
entrepreneurship has emerged as a bona fide instrument of growth
policy.
Isadore Barmash (2003).
The Self-Made Man: Success and Stress-American Style.
(Washington, DC: Beard Books, 367 p. [orig. pub. 1969]). Success in
business--Case studies.
Robert C. Baron (2004).
Pioneers and Plodders: The American Entrepreneurial Spirit.
(Golden, CO: Fulcrum Pub., 346 p.). Publisher of Fulcrum Publishing.
Entrepreneurship--United States--History; Business enterprises--United
States--History; Businesspeople--United States.
Hector Barreto (2007).
The Engine of America: The Keys to Small Business Success from
Entrepreneurs Who Have Made It! (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 223 p.).
Former Administrator of the Small Business Administration. Small
business--United States--Management; Small business--United
States--Finance; New business enterprises--United States;
Entrepreneurship--United States; Success in business--United States.
Winning business strategies of CEOs from 50 companies, large and small,
who share their wisdom for entrepreneurs and small business owners, in
addition to drawing on the author's own experience.
Holly E. Bastow-Shoop, Brenda L. Ekstrom and F. Larry Leistritz
(1990). Business Development in Rural Areas: A Selected Annotated
Bibliography. (Fargo, ND: North Dakota State University,
Agricultural Experiment Station, 77 p.). Rural
development--Bibliography; Entrepreneurship--Bibliography; Small
business--Bibliography.
John Benson (1983).
The Penny Capitalists: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Working-Class
Entrepreneurs. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press,
172 p.). Working class--Great Britain--History--19th century;
Businesspeople--Great Britain--History--19th century; Small
business--Great Britain--History--19th century; Informal sector
(Economics)--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Amar V. Bhide (2000).
The Origin and Evolution of New
Businesses. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 412 p.).
Lawrence D. Glaubinger Professor of Business, Columbia University
Graduate School of Business. New business enterprises;
Entrepreneurship.
Sérgio de Oliveira Birchal (1999).
Entrepreneurship in
Nineteenth-Century Brazil: The Formation of a Business Environment.
(New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 233 p.). Former Lecturer in
Economics and Business at Catholic University of Minas Gerais.
Entrepreneurship--Brazil--Minas Gerais--History--19th century;
Industries--Brazil--Minas Gerais--History--19th century; Minas Gerais
(Brazil)--Economic conditions.
Bill Bolton and John Thompson (2004).
Entrepreneurs: Talent, Temperament, Technique. (Boston, MA:
Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 384 p.[2nd ed.]). Entrepreneurship;
Businesspeople; Success in business.
Brent Bowers (2006).
If at First You Don't Succeed...The Eight Patterns of Highly Effective
Entrepreneurs. (New York, NY: Currency/Doubleday, 240 p.).
Small Business Editor (New York Times). Entrepreneurship;
Entrepreneurship -- Biography; Entrepreneurship-traits.
Key traits that successful entrepreneurs have in
common.
Wayne G. Broehl, Jr. (1978).
The Village Entrepreneur: Change
Agents in India's Rural Development. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University Press, 228 p.). Businesspeople--India; Rural
development--India; Agriculture--Economic aspects--India.
Richard Bruce (1976).
The Entrepreneurs: Strategies, Motivations,
Successes, and Failures. (Bedford, UK: Libertarian Books, 199 p.).
Business enterprises; Entrepreneurship.
Candida G. Brush, Nancy M. Carter, Elizabeth J. Gatewood, Patricia
G. Greene, Myra M. Hart (2004).
Clearing the Hurdles: Women
Building High-Growth Businesses. (Upper Saddle River, NJ:
FT/Prentice Hall, 270 p.). Associate Professor in the Strategy and
Policy Department (Boston University School of Management); Richard M.
Schulze Chair in Entrepreneurship (University of St. Thomas,
Minneapolis, MN); Jack M. Gill Chair of Entrepreneurship and Director
of The Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (Indiana
University); Dean of the Undergraduate School (Babson College); Class
of 1961 Professor of Entrepreneurship (Harvard Business School).
Women-owned business enterprises; Businesswomen.
Ed. Candida G. Brush ... [et al.] (2006).
Women and Entrepreneurship: Contemporary Classics.
(Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 616 p.). Chair in Entrepreneurship and
Chair, Entrepreneurship Division (Babson College). Entrepreneurship;
Businesswomen. Most significant previously
published material which has been influential in shaping the field of
women’s entrepreneurship.
Mary Cantando (2006).
The Woman’s Advantage: 20 Women Entrepreneurs Show You What It Takes
To Grow Your Business. (Chicago, IL: Kaplan Pub., 240 p.).
Founder of Womenbusinessowner.com. Women-owned business
enterprises--Management; Businesswomen; Success in business.
Mary Cantando (2006). The Woman’s Advantage: 20 Women
Entrepreneurs Show You What It Takes To Grow Your Business.
(Chicago, IL: Kaplan Pub., 240 p.). Founder of Womenbusinessowner.com.
Women-owned business enterprises--Management; Businesswomen; Success
in business. How to: organize, position
business; differentiate; leverage certification; network; positive
attitude, remain healthy, manage stress.
Elizabeth Carlassare (2001).
Dotcom Divas: E-Business Insights
from the Visionary Women Founders of 20 Net Ventures. (New York,
NY: McGraw-Hill, 274 p.). Electronic commerce--United States;
Businesswomen--United States; Women-owned business enterprises--United
States.
Compiled by John Mack Carter and Joan Feeney (1985).
Starting at
the Top: America's New Achievers: Twenty-Three Success Stories Told by
Men and Women Whose Dreams of Being Boss Came True. (New York, NY:
Morrow, 252 p.). Businessmen--United States--Biography;
Entrepreneurship; Success in business--United States--Case studies.
John Case (1992).
From the Ground Up: The Resurgence of American
Entrepreneurship. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 256 p.). Editor
(Inc. Magazine). Small business--United States; New business
enterprises--United States; Entrepreneurship--United States;
Organizational change--United States; Economic security--United
States.
Dan Ciampa, Michael Watkins (1999).
Right from the Start: Taking
Charge in a New Leadership Role. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business
School Press, 316 p.). Management; Leadership; Executive ability.
Arthur H. Cole (1959).
Business Enterprise in Its Social Setting.
(Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 286 p.). Entrepreneurship.
Orvis Collins and David G. Moore (1970).
The Organization
Makers; a Behavioral Study of Independent Entrepreneurs. (New
York, NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 237 p. [orig. pub. 1964]).
Entrepreneurship; Industrial management.
David Dary (1986).
Entrepreneurs of the Old West. (New York,
NY: Knopf, 368 p.). Businesspeople--West (U.S.)--History;
Entrepreneurship--History.
Peter F. Drucker (1985).
Innovation and Entrepreneurship:
Practice and Principles. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 277 p.).
Small business--United States; New business enterprises--United
States; Entrepreneurship.
Sanjyot P. Dunung (2006).
Straight Talk About Starting Your Own Business: Smart Advice for
Entrepreneurs from Entrepreneurs. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill,
253 p.). President of Atma Global. New business
enterprises--Management; Entrepreneurship.
Innovative tactics to turn an initial vision into a profitable and
sustainable business.
W. Gibb Dyer, Jr. (1992).
The Entrepreneurial Experience:
Confronting Career Dilemmas of the Start-Up Executive. (San
Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 268 p.). New business
enterprises--Management; Entrepreneurship; Career development.
Tom Ehrenfeld (2001).
The Startup Garden: How Growing a Business
Grows You. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 209 p.). Entrepreneurship;
New business enterprises--Management; Success in business.
Gregory K. Ericksen (1997).
What's Luck Got to Do with It?:
Twelve Entrpreneurs Reveal the Secrets Behind Their Success. (New
York, NY: Wiley, 221 p.). Ernst & Young LLP. Entrepreneurship
--- (1999).
Women Entrepreneurs Only: 12 Women Entrepreneurs
Tell the Stories of Their Success. (New York, NY: John Wiley, 259
p.). Ernst & Young, LLP. Self-Employed Women, Businesswomen,
Success in Business. Profiles from Ernst & Young Entrepreneur
Survey Conducted in September 1998.
--- (2000).
Net Entrepreneurs Only: 10 Entrepreneurs Tell the Stories of Their
Success. (Wiley: 207 p. Businesspeople--Biography;
Entrepreneurship--Biography.
Teresa Esser (2002).
The Venture Cafe: Secrets, Strategies, and
Stories from America's High-Tech Entrepreneurs (New York, NY: Warner Books, 292
p.). High technology industries--United States--Management--Case
studies; Entrepreneurship--United States--Case studies.
Burton W. Folson, Jr. (1998).
Empire Builders: How Michigan
Entrepreneurs Helped Make America Great. (Traverse City, MI:
Rhodes & aston, 205 p.). Businessmen--United States--Biography;
Michigan--History; Michigan--Biography.
Riley Froh (1993).
Edgar B. Davis and Sequences in Business
Capitalism: From Shoes to Rubber to Oil. (New York, NY: Garland,
263 p.). Davis, Edgar B. (Edgar Byrum), b. 1873; Businessmen--United
States--Biography; Entrepreneurship--United States.
Joseph J. Fucini and Suzy Fucini (1985).
Entrepreneurs, the Men
and Women Behind Famous Brand Names and How They Made It. (Boston,
MA: G.K. Hall, 297 p.). Businessmen--Biography;
Entrepreneurship--Biography; Brand name products--History.
--- (1987).
Experience, Inc.: Men and Women Who Founded Famous
Companies After the Age of 40. (New York, NY: Free Press, 244 p.).
Businesspeople--Biography; Entrepreneurship--Biography. Contents:
Drawing an ace -- Upping the stakes -- Riding a wave -- Plugging a gap
-- Jumping the fence -- Making it happen -- Building a nest.
Christopher Gergen, Gregg Vanourek (2008).
Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating Extraordinary Lives.
(San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 211 p.). Founding Partner of New
Mountain Ventures, Co-Founder and Chairman of SMARTHINKING; Founding
Partner of New Mountain Ventures, former Senior Vice President of School
Development for K12 Inc. Creative ability in business; Entrepreneurship;
Work and family; Maturation (Psychology). Interviews with 55
entrepreneurs worldwide - examples, vignettes, concrete frameworks,
practical strategies for revving up work, play through entrepreneurial
leadership, for integrating life, work, and purpose, implications of the
current entrepreneurial boom for workplaces, learning institutions,
communities, families.
George Gilder (1984).
The Spirit of Enterprise. (New York, NY:
Simon & Schuster, 274 p.). Entrepreneurship; Capitalists and
financiers--United States.
Andrew Godley (2001).
Jewish Immigrant Entrepreneurship in New
York and London, 1880-1914: Enterprise and Culture. (New York, NY:
Palgrave, p.). Jewish businesspeople--New York (State)--New
York--History; Jewish businesspeople--England--London--History;
Immigrants--New York (State)--New York--History;
Immigrants--England--London--History; Entrepreneurship--History;
Corporate culture--United States--History; Corporate culture--Great
Britain--History.
Francis J. Greene, Kevin F. Mole and David J. Storey (2008).
Three Decades of Enterprise Culture Entrepreneurship, Economic
Regeneration and Public Policy. (New York, NJ: Palgrave
Macmillan, 288 p.). Lecturers, Associate Dean Research and Director of
Enterprise Group at the Center for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
at Warwick Business School (University of Warwick). New business
enterprises--Great Britain--Longitudinal studies; New business
enterprises--England--Teeside--Longitudinal studies;
Entrepreneurship--Great Britain; Industrial policy--Great Britain;
Great Britain--Economic conditions. How public policy, "enterprise
industry" have effectively failed to generate enterprise culture in
disadvantaged areas (theoretical understandings, solidly derived
empirical data).
Paul Grescoe (1999).
The Mavericks: Lessons Learned from the West’s Winning Entrepreneurs.
(Toronto, ON: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 362 p.). Entrepreneurship--Canada,
Western; Success in business--Canada, Western; Businesspeople--Canada,
Western--Biography.
Linda Grove (2006).
A Chinese Economic Revolution: Rural Entrepreneurship in the Twentieth
Century. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 320 p.). Dean of
the Faculty of Comparative Culture, Professor of History (Sophia
University, Tokyo). Rural industries--China; Rural development--China;
China--Economic conditions--20th century. Ways
in which small industrial firms have accumulated capital, organized
their firms, developed nationwide marketing networks, promoted brands
over last century.
Gerald Gunderson (1989).
The Wealth Creators: An Entrepreneurial
History of the United States. (New York, NY: Dutton, 278 p.).
Entrepreneurship--United States--History; Wealth--United
States--History; United States--Economic conditions.
ed. Gregory Guroff and Fred V. Carstensen (1983).
Entrepreneurship in Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union.
(Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 372 p.). Industrial
management--Soviet Union--History; Business enterprises--Soviet
Union--History; Technological innovations--Soviet Union--History;
Businesspeople--Soviet Union--History; Entrepreneurship--History.
Wendy Beech Harris (2001).
Against All Odds: Ten Entrepreneurs
Who Followed Their Hearts and Found Success. (New York, NY: John
Wiley, 237 p.). Businesspeople--Biography;
Entrepreneurship--Biography; Black business enterprises.
Thomas Heberer (2007).
Doing Business in Rural China: Liangshan’s New Ethnic Entrepreneurs.
(Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 268 p.).
Businessmen--China--Liangshan Xian (Sichuan Sheng);
Entrepreneurship--China--Liangshan Xian (Sichuan Sheng); Ethnic
groups--China--Liangshan Xian (Sichuan Sheng); Liangshan Xian (Sichuan
Sheng, China)--Economic conditions; Liangshan Xian (Sichuan Sheng,
China)--Ethnic relations; Liangshan Xian (Sichuan Sheng,
China)--Social conditions. Phenomenal growth during last
two decades of Nuosu-run businesses (majority ethnic group), how
ethnicity affects new market-oriented economic structure, how
economics affects Nuosu culture, society; economic development has prompted Nuosu entrepreneurs
to establish business, political, social relationships beyond traditional social confines of clan, fostered awareness, celebration
of ethnicity.
Leo B. Helzel & friends (1995).
A Goal Is a Dream with a
Deadline: Extraordinary Wisdom for Entrepreneurs, Managers & Other
Smart People. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 197 p.).
Entrepreneurship--Quotations, maxims, etc.; Industrial
management--Quotations, maxims, etc.; Business--Quotations, maxims,
etc.; Success in business--Quotations, maxims, etc.
Johannes Hirschmeier (1964).
The Origins of Entrepreneurship in
Meiji Japan. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 354 p.).
Industries -- Japan -- History; Businessmen -- Japan.
Katrina Honeyman (1983).
Origins of Enterprise: Business
Leadership in the Industrial Revolution. (Manchester, UK: Manchester
University Press, 204 p.). Businesspeople--Great Britain--History;
Industrial revolution--Great Britain; Entrepreneurship--History; Social
mobility--Great Britain--History.
Bessie House-Soremekun (2002).
Confronting the Odds: African American Entrepreneurship in Cleveland,
Ohio. ( Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 202 p.). African
American business enterprises--Ohio--Cleveland--History; African
American businesspeople--Ohio--Cleveland--History; African
Americans--Ohio--Cleveland--Economic conditions;
Entrepreneurship--Ohio--Cleveland--History.
Lynn M. Hudson (2003).
The Making of "Mammy Pleasant": A Black
Entrepreneur in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco. (Urbana, IL:
University of Illinois Press, 193 p.). Pleasant, Mary Ellen, 1814-1904;
African American women -- Biography; African Americans -- Biography;
African American businesspeople -- California -- San Francisco --
Biography; Businesswomen -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography;
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Biography; San Francisco (Calif.) -- History
-- 19th century; African Americans -- California -- San Francisco --
History -- 19th century; San Francisco (Calif.) -- Race relations.
Jonathan Hughes (1986). The Vital Few: The Entrepreneur and
American Economic Progress. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press,
610 p.). Businessmen -- Biography; United States -- Biography; United
States -- Economic conditions.
Reed Hundt (2006).
In China’s Shadow: The Crisis of American Entrepreneurship. (New
Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 208 p.). Senior Adviser on Information
Industries to McKinsey & Company; Former Chairman of the FCC.
Entrepreneurship--United States; United States--Foreign economic
relations--China; China--Foreign economic relations--United States;
China--Economic policy--2000- ; United States--Economic policy--2001-.
Critical challenges to American economy, way of life: 1) China’s impending economic
power, 2) drift of U.S. business practices, 3) government regulations
over past decade.
Martin K. Hunt and Jacqueline E. Hunt (1998).
History of Black Business: The Coming of America's Largest Black-Owned
Businesses. (Chicago, IL: Knowledge Express Co., 270 p.).
Afro-American business enterprises--History.
Anthony L. Iaquinto, Stephen Spinelli Jr. (2006).
Never Bet the Farm: How Entrepreneurs Take Risks, Make Decisions--and
How You Can, Too. (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 224 p.).
Former Professor (Nanzan University); Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship
and Global Management (Babson College). New business enterprises;
Entrepreneurship; Small business--Management; Business planning.
15 key principles for every smart start-up.
Alusine Jalloh (1999).
African Entrepreneurship: Muslim Fula Merchants in Sierra Leone.
(Athens, OH: Ohio University Center for International Studies, 288
p.). Merchants--Sierra Leone--Freetow; Fula (African
people)--Sierra Leone--Freetown; Islam--Economic aspects--Sierra
Leone--Freetown; Entrepreneurship--Sierra Leone--Freetown
Reg Jennings, Charles Cox, and Cary L. Cooper (1994).
Business
Elites: The Psychology of Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs. (New
York, NY: Routledge, 159 p.). Businessmen -- United States -- Biography;
Businessmen -- Psychology; Entrepreneurship -- Psychological aspects;
Leadership -- Psychological aspects.
Luke Johnson (2007).
The Maverick: Dispatches from an Unrepentant Capitalist.
(Hampshire, UK: Harriman House, 257 p.). Chairman of Channel 4,
Columnist for the Sunday Telegraph. Johnson, Luke;
entrepreneurship--Biography. 84 of Luke Johnson's articles from Sunday Telegraph column. 1993 - took control of PizzaExpress
(sold in 1999); 1996 - started Integrated Dental Holdings with
partners (sold in 2006 for over £100 million); 1999 - started
Signature Restaurants/ 2005 - started Strada restaurant concept (sold
both in 2005 for more than £90 million).
Bob. Johnstone (1999).
We Were Burning: Japanese Entrepreneurs & the Forging of the
Electronic Age. (New York, NY: Basic Books, 422 p.).
Electronic industries--Japan--History; Electronic
industries--Technological innovations--Japan--History.
John Kao (1991).
The Entrepreneur. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 207
p.). Industrial management--United States--Case studies;
Entrepreneurship--United States--Case studies; Businesspeople--United
States.
Patrick Kelly with John Case (1998). Faster Company: Building
the World's Nuttiest, Turn-on-a-Dime, Home-Grown, Billion Dollar
Business. (New York, NY: Wiley, 238 p.). New business
enterprises--United States; Small business--United States; Success in
business--United States.
Morris Kersey (2001).
Victoria: Where Dreams Come True: 88 Year Autobiography of the Life
and Times of Morris Kersey. (Victoria, BC: Trafford, 150 p.).
Kersey, Morris, 1913- ; Businessmen--British
Columbia--Victoria--Biography; Victoria (B.C.)--Biography.
Henry P. Keuls (1981).
Uncle Henry: The Autobiography of an
Irrepressible Entrepreneur. (Canaan, NH: Phoenix Pub., 164 p.).
Keuls, Henry P. C., 1891- ; Businesspeople--United States--Biography.
Tarun Khanna (2008).
Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their
Futures--and Yours. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School
Press, 353 p.). Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business
School. China--Commerce; India--Commerce; China--Economic policy;
India--Economic policy; China--Foreign economic relations;
India--Foreign economic relations. How Chinese, Indian entrepreneurs
are creating change through new business models, bringing hope to
countless people across globe; each nation's treatment of
multinationals, Chinese and Indian managerial talent, state vs.
grassroots approaches to business and entrepreneurship.
Israel M. Kirzner (1973).
Competition and Entrepreneurship.
(Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 246 p.). Prices;
Competition; Entrepreneurship.
Henry C. Klassen (2001).
Luther H. Holton: A Founding Canadian
Entrepreneur. (Calgary, AB: University of Calgary Press, 297 p.).
Holton, Luther Hamilton, 1817-1880; Businessmen -- Québec (Province) --
Montréal -- Biography; Politicians -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal --
Biography; Canada -- Politics and government -- 1841-1867; Canada --
Politics and government -- 1867-1896.
Emerson Klees (1995).
Entrepreneurs in History-- Success vs.
Failure: Entrepreneurial Role Models. (Rochester, NY: Cameo Press,
319 p.). Businesspeople--United States--Biography;
Industrialists--United States--Biography.
Maury Klein (2003).
The Change Makers: From Carnegie to Gates:
How the Great Entrepreneurs Transformed Ideas into Industries.
(New York, NY: Times Books, 318 p.). Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919;
Gates, Bill, 1955- ; Entrepreneurship--United States; New business
enterprises--United States; Creative ability in business--United
States; Businesspeople--United States--Biography;
Industrialists--United States--Biography.
Nancy F. Koehn (2001).
Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned
Consumers' Trust from Wedgwood to Dell. (Boston, MA: Harvard
Business School Press, 469 p.). James E. Robison Professor of Business
Administration (Harvard Business School). Entrepreneurship;
Businesspeople. Focus on demand; understanding
customers, meeting their needs effectively and meaningfully;
contemporary business behavior through six of world's great brand
developers; ability to discern how economic, social change would
affect consumer needs and wants.
Joel Kurtzman, with Glenn Rifkin. (2005).
Startups That Work: Uncovering the Surprising Differences Between
Winners and Losers. (New York, NY: Portfolio, 288 p.). Global
Lead Partner for Thought Leadership and Innovation at
PricewaterhouseCoopers (former editor of the Harvard Business Review).
New business enterprises--Management. Determine
how investors and entrepreneurs can improve a startup's chance of
success.
Donald Lambro (1986).
Land of Opportunity: The Entrepreneurial
Spirit in America. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 176 p.). Economic
forecasting--United States; Entrepreneurship; Supply-side
economics--United States; United States--Economic conditions--1981-;
United States--Economic policy--1981-1993.
Ron Lieber (1998).
Upstart Start-Ups!: How 34 Young Entrepreneurs
Overcame Youth, Inexperience, and Lack of Money to Create Thriving
Businesses. (New York, NY: Broadway Books, 232 p.). New business
enterprises; New business enterprises--Case studies; Entrepreneurship.
Ivan Light and Edna Bonacich (1988). Immigrant Entrepreneurs:
Koreans in Los Angeles, 1965-1982. (Berkeley, CA: University of
California Press, 495 p.). Professor of Sociology (UCLA), Professor of
Sociology (University of California, Riverside), respectively. Korean
American business enterprises--California--Los Angeles; Korean
Americans--California--Los Angeles; Koreans--California--Los Angeles.
Xiuwu R. Liu (2001).
Jumping into the Sea: From Academics to Entrepreneurs in South China.
(Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 197 p.). Assistant
Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies (Miami University). Security
systems industry--China--Case studies; New business
enterprises--China--Case studies; Capitalism--China--Case studies;
Research, Industrial--China--Case studies; Entrepreneurship--China--Case
studies.
ed. Harold C. Livesay (1995).
Entrepreneurship and the Growth of
Firms. (Brookfield, VT: E. Elgar, 2 Vols.). Entrepreneurship;
Business enterprises; Industrial management.
Jessica Livingston (2007).
Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days. (Berkeley,
CA: Apress, 500 p.). Founding Partner at Y Combinator. New business
enterprises--United States--Case studies; Electronic
industries--United States--Case studies.
Interviews with founders of famous technology companies - what
happened in very earliest days: What was it like? How to build a company?. How did they convince investors?
What went wrong?
Edwin A. Locke (2000).
The Prime Movers: Traits of the Great
Wealth Creators. (New York, NY: AMACOM, 228 p.).
Entrepreneurship--Psychological aspects; Success in
business--Psychological aspects.
Felicia Mabuza-Suttle with Thebe Ikalafeng (1999).
Felicia: Dare
To Dream. (Rivonia, SA: Zebra Press, 155 p.). Award-Winning
Businesswoman, Talk-Show Host. Mabuza-Suttle, Felicia; Women, Black --
South Africa -- Biography; Businesswomen -- South Africa -- Biography;
Women television personalities -- South Africa -- Biography; Blacks in
television broadcasting -- South Africa; Talk shows -- South Africa.
William MacPhee (1987).
Rare Breed: The Entrepreneur, an
American Culture. (Chicago, IL: Probus Pub. Co., 227 p.).
Entrepreneurship--Biography; =Businessmen--United States--Biography;
Businesswomen--United States--Biography.
Michael S. Malone (2001).
Betting It All: The Entrepreneurs.
(New York, NY: Wiley. Businesspeople--United States--Biography;
Businesspeople--United States--Interviews; Computer industry--United
States--Biography; Computer software industry--United
States--Biography; Microelectronics industry--United
States--Biography; Entrepreneurship--United States--Case studies;
Microelectronics industry--California--Santa Clara County--History;
Risk; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--Biography.
Jana Matthews, Jeff Dennis, with Peter Economy (2003).
Lessons
from the Edge: Survival Skills for Starting and Growing a Company.
(New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 268 p.). Matthews- Former
Senior Staff Member (Arthur D. Little, Inc.) and Assistant Provost of
the Massachusetts State College System. New business enterprises;
Entrepreneurship; Management.
James Dabney McCabe (1970).
Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made; or, The Struggles and Triumphs
of Our Self-Made Men. (New York, NY: Ayer Co Pub., 633 p.
[orig. pub. 1870]). United States--Biography.
Bruce McComish (2002).
Antilogic: Why Businesses Fail While Individuals Succeed. (New
York, NY: Wiley, 224 p.). Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Burdett Buckeridge and Young; Former Chief Financial Officer of
National Australia Bank. Small business--United States--Management;
Success in business--United States; New business enterprises--United
States.
William Miller (1952). Men in Business; Essays in the History of
Entrepreneurship. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 350
p.). Capitalists and financiers--United States; Entrepreneurship. "A
publication of the Research Center in Entrepreneurial History, Harvard
University."
Wes Moss (2005).
Starting from Scratch: Secrets from 21 Ordinary People Who Made the
Entrepreneurial Leap. (Chicago, IL: Dearborn Trade Pub., 216
p.). Businesspeople--United States--Biography;
Entrepreneurship--United States--Case studies; Success in
business--United States. Advice
and inspiration to turn a passion into a viable, fulfilling business.
Wahib Nasrallah (2003).
United States Entrepreneurs and the Companies They Built: An Index to
Biographies in Collected Works. (Westport, CT: Praeger, 384
p.). Senior Business & Economics Librarian at the Langsam Library
(University of Cincinnati). Businesspeople--United
States--Biography--Indexes; Businesswomen--United
States--Biography--Indexes; Executives--United
States--Biography--Indexes; Women executives--United
States--Biography--Indexes; Entrepreneurship--United
States--History--Indexes; Corporations--United
States--History--Indexes; Business enterprises--United
States--History--Indexes.
Kamal Nath (2007).
India's Century: The Age of Entrepreneurship in the World's Biggest
Democracy. (New York, MY: McGraw-Hill, 320 p.). India's
Minister of Commerce and Industry, known as "Mister India", India's
ambassador to the global business community. India -- history;
Entrepreneurship -- India. India's economic transformation:
how policy is made, how India's people embraced entrepreneurial
spirit, how India's private sector is becoming ripe to compete
internationally; how foreign companies can do business
with 21st century's most important new democracy.
Bob Reiss and Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (2000).
Low Risk, High
Reward: Starting and Growing Your Business with Minimal Risk.
(New York, NY: Free Press, 327 p.). Founder of 14 Small
Novelty-Product Companies. New business enterprises; Entrepreneurship.
Stanley R. Rich and David E. Gumpert (1985).
Business Plans That
Win $$$: Lessons from the MIT Enterprise Forum. (New York, NY:
Harper & Row, 220 p.). New business enterprises--Finance.
Edward B. Roberts (1991).
Entrepreneurs in High Technology:
Lessons from MIT and Beyond. (New York, NY: Oxford University
Press, 385 p.). Massachusetts Institute of Technology; High technology
industries--Massachusetts--Boston Metropolitan Area;
Entrepreneurship--Massachusetts--Boston Metropolitan Area; New
business enterprises--Massachusetts--Boston Metropolitan Area.
Rob Ryan, with Phaedra Hise (2001).
Entrepreneur America:
Lessons from Inside Rob Ryan's High-Tech Start-Up Boot Camp. (New
York, NY: HarperBusiness, 214 p.). High technology industries--United
States--Management; New business enterprises--United
States--Management; Entrepreneurship--United States.
Scott A. Shane (2004).
Academic Entrepreneurship: University
Spinoffs and Wealth Creation. (Northampton, MA: Elgar, 335 P.).
High technology industries--United States; University-based new
business enterprises--United States; Academic-industrial
collaboration--United States; Research, Industrial--United States;
Technology transfer--United States; Entrepreneurship--United States.
--- (2008).
The Illusions of Entrepreneurship: The Costly Myths That Entrepreneurs,
Investors, and Policy Makers Live By. (New Haven, CT: Yale
University Press, 208 p.). A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of
Entrepreneurial Studies, Weatherhead School of Management (Case Western
Reserve University). Entrepreneurship; New business enterprises; Success
in business. Reality of entrepreneurship is
decidedly different from myths that surround it - who becomes an
entrepreneur, why, how businesses are started, which factors lead to
success, which predict likely failure.
Margaret Sherrard Sherraden, Cynthia K. Sanders, and Michael
Sherraden (2004).
Kitchen Capitalism: Microenterprise in Low-Income Households.
(Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 276 p.).
Self-employed--United States; Poor--Employment--United States;
Entrepreneurship--United States; Small business--United States.
Eds. Eytan Sheshinski, Robert J. Strom, and William J. Baumol
(2006).
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and the Growth Mechanism of the
Free-Enterprise Economies. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton
University Press, 394 p.). Sir Isaac Wolfson Professor of Public Finance
(Hebrew University of Jerusalem); Director of Research and Policy at
the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation; Academic Director of the Berkley
Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (New York University), Professor
Emeritus and Senior Economist (Princeton University). Technological
innovations--Congresses; Entrepreneurship--Congresses; Economic
development--Congresses. How much credit can be given to
entrepreneurship for innovation and growth of free-enterprise
economies?
Robert L. Shook (1980).
The Entrepreneurs: Twelve Who Took Risks
and Succeeded. (New York, NY: Harper & Row, 181 p.).
Businesspeople--United States--Biography; Businesswomen--United
States--Biography; Entrepreneurship.
A. David Silver (1983).
The Entrepreneurial Life: How To Go for
It and Get It. (New York, NY: Wiley, 244 p.). Small
business--Management; Entrepreneurship.
--- (1985).
Entrepreneurial Megabucks: The 100 Greatest
Entrepreneurs of the Last 25 Years and How They Did It. (New York,
NY: Wiley, 467 p.). Businessmen--United States--Biography;
Entrepreneurship--Biography; New business enterprises--United
States--Management.
--- (1994).
Enterprising Women: Lessons from 100 of the Greatest
Entrepreneurs of Our Day. (New York, NY: American Management
Association, 318 p.). Businesswomen--United States; Women-owned business
enterprises--United States; Entrepreneurship--United States; Women
executives--United States. Includes profiles of Mary Kay Ash of Mary Kay
Cosmetics, Inc., Debbi Fields of Mrs. Fields Cookies, Inc., and Anita
Roddick of The Body Shop, Ltd.
Stuart Skorman, with Catherine Guthrie (2007).
Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur: Why I Can’t Stop Starting Over.
(San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 224 p.). Founder, Reel.com (1997),
HungryMinds.com, Elephant Pharmacy, Empire Video; Journalist. Skorman,
Stuart; Businesspeople--United States--Biography; New business
enterprises--United States. What it means to be passionate
entrepreneur 1) large ego is necessary; 2) strong emotions push you into the fray,
carry you through to the end; 3) starting a business is often an act of
desperation.
Ray Smilor (2001).
Daring Visionaries: How Entrepreneurs Build Companies, Inspire
Allegiance, and Create Wealth. (Holbrook, MA: Adams Media, 253
p.). Entrepreneurship; Success in business; Entrepreneurship--Case
studies; Success in business--Case studies.
Cheryl A. Smith; Foreword by Laurent Parks Daloz (2005).
Market Women: Black Women Entrepreneurs--Past, Present, and Future.
(Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 296 p.). Associate Professor in
the Adult Baccalaureate College (Lesley University). African American
women executives; African American businesspeople; Businesswomen--United
States.
Geoffrey N. Smith, Paul B. Brown (1986).
Sweat Equity: What It
Really Takes To Build America's Best Small Companies--by the Guys Who
Did It. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 254 p.). New business
enterprises--United States--Case studies; Success in business--United
States--Case studies; Entrepreneurship--Case studies.
Irene Smith (1982).
Diary of a Small Business. (New York, NY:
Scribner, 178 p.). New business enterprises; Small business.
Andrea E. Smith-Hunter (2006).
Women Entrepreneurs Across Racial Lines: Issues of Human Capital,
Financial Capital and Network Structures. (Northampton, MA:
Edward Elgar, 261 p.). Associate Professor of Marketing and Management
(Siena College). Women-owned business enterprises--United States;
Minority business enterprises--United States; Businesswomen--United
States. Systematic, conceptual framework for
understanding issues of network structures, human and financial
capital, analyzed through a comparative analysis of minority and white
women entrepreneurs.
Robert Sobel (1974).
The Entrepreneurs: Explorations within the
American Business Tradition. (New York, NY: Weybright &
Talley, 413 p.). Academic (Hofstra University). Businesspeople--United
States--Biography; Entrepreneurship--Biography.
Robert Sobel with David B. Sicilia (1986).
The Entrepreneurs: An
American Adventure. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 278 p.).
Academic (Hofstra University). Industries--United States--History;
Technological innovations--United States--History; Inventions--United
States--History; Entrepreneurship--History.
Edith Sparks (2006).
Capital Intentions: Female Proprietors in San Francisco, 1850-1920.
(Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 320 p.).
Assistant Professor of History (University of the Pacific).
Businesswomen--California--San Francisco--History; Women-owned
business enterprises--California--San Francisco--History.
Women entrepreneurs who started businesses
that combined family with money-making: who they were, why they
started businesses, how they attracted customers and managed
finances, how they dealt with failure.
Wayne H. Stewart, Jr. (1996).
Psychological Correlates of Entrepreneurship. (New York, NY:
Garland Pub., 172 p.). Associate Professor of Management Clemson
University School of Business. Entrepreneurship--Psychological
aspects--Research; Small business--Psychological aspects--Research;
Success in business--Psychological aspects--Research. Common traits
among serial entrepreneurs, defined as those who had owned, operated
three or more business (12% of 664 entrepreneurs in study qualified) -
higher propensity for risk, innovation, achievement; less scared of
failure; more able to recover from failure.
Donald N. Sull with Yong Wang (2005).
Made in China: What Western Managers Can Learn from Trailblazing
Chinese Entrepreneurs. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business
School Press, 231 p.). Associate Professor of Management Practice
(London Business School, formerly Assistant Professor of Business
Administration - Harvard Business School). Entrepreneurship--China;
Business enterprises--China; International business
enterprises--China; China--Economic conditions--2000-.
ed. Richard Swedberg (2000).
Entrepreneurship: The Social
Science View. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 403 p.).
Entrepreneurship.
Norio Tamaki (2001).
Yukichi Fukuzawa, 1835-1901: The Spirit of
Enterprise in Modern Japan. (New York, NY: Palgrave, 252 p.).
Professor of Japan's Economic, Social and Banking History (Keio
University). Fukuzawa, Yukichi, 1835-1901; Bankers--Japan--Biography;
Businessmen--Japan--Biography.
Jeffry A. Timmons (1989).
The Entrepreneurial Mind.
(Andover, MA: Brick House Pub. Co., 187 p.). Entrepreneurship
--- (1990).
Planning and Financing the New Venture.
(Andover, MA: Brisk House Pub. Co., 188 p.). New Business Enterprises
--- (1999).
New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship for the 21st
Century. (Boston, MA: Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 5th ed.; 612 p.).
Entrepreneurship, New Business Enterprises.
Denise Tsang (2006).
The Entrepreneurial Culture: Network Advantage within Chinese and
Irish Software Firms. (Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 195
p.). Lecturer, Department of Management (The University of Reading
Business School, UK). Computer software industry--China; Computer
software industry--Ireland; Entrepreneurship; Business networks;
Social networks--Economic aspects. Chinese
‘social’ network, Irish ‘personal’ network in relation to strategies
utilized by successful public and private firms emerging in past two
decades.
Roger Waldinger, Howard Aldrich, Robin Ward with the collaboration
of Jochen Blaschke ... [et al.] (1990).
Ethnic Entrepreneurs: Immigrant Business in Industrial Societies.
(Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 226 p.). Minority business
enterprises--United States; Minority business enterprises--Europe.
Challenge
to conventional `wisdom' that immigrants do well in business
because their culture makes them entrepreneurial; how development of
particular ethnic minority business is always product of unique,
historical circumstances.
Murray Weidenbaum, Samuel Hughes (1996).
The Bamboo Network: How
Expatriate Chinese Entrepreneurs Are Creating a New Economic
Superpower in Asia. (New York, NY: Martin Kessler Books, 264 p.).
Investments, Foreign--China; Entrepreneurship--East Asia;
Chinese--East Asia; China--Economic conditions--1976-2000.
Eds. James L. West and Iurii A. Petrov (1998).
Merchant Moscow: Images of Russia’s Vanished Bourgeoisie.
(Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 189 p.). History
(University of Tulsa); Research Fellow, Institute of Russian History,
Moscow. Businesspeople--Russia (Federation)--Moscow--Portraits;
Businesspeople--Russia (Federation)--Moscow--History--19th century;
Moscow (Russia)--Social conditions; Moscow
(Russia)--Commerce--History--19th century. History of Russian entrepreneurship,
puts a human face on early Russian capitalism.
Roger Whitman; edited by Scott Eberle and David A. Gerber (1996).
The Rise and Fall of a Frontier Entrepreneur: Benjamin Rathbun,
"Master Builder and Architect". (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University
Press and Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, 241 p.). Rathbun,
Benjamin, d. 1887; Businessmen -- New York (State) -- Buffalo --
Biography; Entrepreneurship -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- History
-- 19th century; Buffalo (N.Y.) -- Biography.
Colin C. Williams (2006).
The Hidden Enterprise Culture: Entrepreneurship in the Underground
Economy. (Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 263 p.). Professor of
Work Organization (University of Leicester Management Centre, UK).
Informal sector (Economics); Entrepreneurship; New business
enterprises. Aims to encourage underground enterprises and
entrepreneurs to make transition into realm of legitimacy.
Michael D. Woodard (1997). Black Entrepreneurs in America:
Stories of Struggle and Success. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers
University Press, 254 p.). Afro-American business
enterprises--Management--Case studies; Success in business--United
States--Case studies.
eds. Conrad Edick Wright, Katheryn P. Viens (1997).
Entrepreneurs: The Boston Business Community, 1700-1850. (Boston,
MA: Massachusetts Historical Society : Distributed by Northeastern
University Press, 450 p.).
Businesspeople--Massachusetts--Boston--History--18th
century--Congresses;
Businesspeople--Massachusetts--Boston--History--19th
century--Congresses;
Entrepreneurship--Massachusetts--Boston--History--Congresses; Boston
(Mass.)--Commerce--History--18th century--Congresses; Boston
(Mass.)--Commerce--History--19th century--Congresses.
Madeleine Zelin (2005).
The Merchants of Zigong: Industrial Entrepreneurship in Early Modern
China. (New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 406 p.).
Professor of History and East Asian Languages and Cultures, Former
Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute (Columbia
University). Zigong (China)--Commerce.
Comprehensive study of the growth of a major Chinese industry and
resituates the history of Chinese business within the larger story of
worldwide industrial development.
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Video (VHS) (1997).
Great Minds of Business - Entrepreneurship. (New York, NY:
Unapix).
(govWorks.com), Directed by Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim
(2001).
Startup.com
(DVD -107 min.);
Startup.com
(VHS -107 min.). Traces the birth and
failure of new media company govWorks.com (from May of 1999 to
December of 2000), a Web site for people to conduct business with
municipal governments.
(Kozmo.com), Directed by Wonsuk Chin (2001).
e-Dreams
(DVD - 94 min.). Documentary about the feeding frenzy of success and
failure that nearly consumed the nation's economy. Focus on now defunct Kozmo.com
- began in an unfurnished warehouse, grew from 10
employees to 3,000, extended to 11 cities, raised more than $250
million, attracted attention of Starbucks and Amazon.com.
Following the April 2000 stock market crash, company was unprofitable,
struggled to keep its
operations going - without success.
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