Entrepreneurship: A Contemporary & Global Approach / Edition 1

by David Deakins, Jonathan M. Scott

Overview

This popular and well received standard text on Entrepreneurship has been completely revised and updated for the second edition. The text retains the favourably reviewed features of the first edition which include the importance of context, diversity and differing international entrepreneurial practice, yet is underpinned by coverage and application of relevant theory. In particular, the text now contains important and entirely new sections on entrepreneurship in the face of multiple global crises, evidence on entrepreneurial resilience, new case study material on examples of international entrepreneurship from developing countries including a new section on Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa, new case material on ‘clean technology’ entrepreneurship and on green finance, and a new chapter on Indigenous Entrepreneurship. All chapters have been completely updated to reflect increased diversity and the place of Entrepreneurship in the context of multiple global crises.

The text retains the pedagogic features of the first edition which are consistent throughout the text and include learning outcomes, boxed case studies with discussion questions, policy and practical issues, summaries of each chapter, recommended reading and suggested assignments. The text is complemented by online support material for tutors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526461148
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	02/12/2021
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.68(h) x (d)

About the Author

Professor David Deakins is an honorary researcher at the Department of Entrepreneurship and Strategy, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University, and Adjunct Professor, School of Management, Massey University in New Zealand. He has over 30 years’ experience of research with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs. He returned to the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014 after retiring from Massey University. Whilst at Massey, he led various research projects undertaken for the New Zealand Government on SMEs, including regulation, internationalization and innovation. He also completed consultancy and research projects for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) body and for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Dr Jonathan M. Scott is a senior lecturer in Innovation and Strategy at Waikato Management School, Tauranga Central Business District (CBD) campus, University of Waikato, New Zealand, where he teaches various innovation, entrepreneurship and strategy courses. He is a co-editor of the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, and has recently been a Visiting Research Fellow at the Entrepreneurship Unit, University of Turku, Finland. Jonathan’s collaborative research focuses on three main themes: (1) entrepreneurial finance and diversity, in particular gender and ethnic differences; (2) business support and policy; and (3) understanding small firms’ international comparative differences in various spatial, social and institutional contexts.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Entrepreneurship: A Contemporary Approach - David Deakins
Chapter 2: Entrepreneurial Practice: A global perspective - Li Xiao and David Deakins
Chapter 3: Diversity and Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship - Paul Lassalle and Sakura Yamamura
Chapter 4: Indigenous Entrepreneurship: How Indigenous Knowing, Being and Doing Shapes Entrepreneurial Practice - Jason Paul Mika
Chapter 5: Social Entrepreneurship: Catalysing Positive Social Change - Andreana Drencheva and Martina Battisti
Chapter 6: Resources for Entrepreneurship - David Deakins and Jonathan M. Scott
Chapter 7: Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Danny Soetanto
Chapter 8: Corporate Entrepreneurship - Jarna Heinonen
Chapter 9: Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Sustainability and the Circular Economy - Inge Hill and Jonathan M. Scott - with Aqueel Wahga
Chapter 10: Internationalization and Entrepreneurship - Jonathan M. Scott
Chapter 11: Business Models and Entrepreneurship - David Deakins

Editorial Reviews

This text prioritises modern critical perspectives, with explicit focus on topics including diversity, sustainability and the international dimension. As such, the authors provide students with a wide-ranging introduction to the complex social phenomenon of entrepreneurship. Crucially, this is a book about entrepreneurship and not one simply aiming to provide a standard recipe for entrepreneurship. It therefore avoids the easy trap of privileging only one, West-dominated and cliched interpretation of what entrepreneurship is and why it matters – making it an invaluable reader to accompany any introductory entrepreneurship class.

Magnus George

Entrepreneurship is a rich and multi-faceted world. This book is particularly pertinent in that it covers important issues such as diversity in entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship, especially as policy makers face fundamental questions about inclusion and inequality in our societies and economies.

David Halabisky

I love the focus on context and on diversity in this timely book. The extension of thought about community-based entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship is welcome, particularly as we have seen the impact of a worldwide pandemic through our economies and in our diverse communities. I see this as an ideal read for anyone interested in studying or simply understanding how entrepreneurship might look right now; in our own spaces or in the ever-changing globalised and disrupted economies of the world.

Jo Bensemann