Wicked Entrepreneurship: Defining the Basics of Entreponerology

by Richard J. Arend

Overview

This book explores 'wicked entrepreneurship', or the proliferation of evil that harms our economic and social transactions, as the greatest socio-economic problem of our time and offers strategies to identify and address this phenomenon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137503312
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	06/02/2015
Edition description:	2015
Pages:	127
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Richard J. Arend is Professor of Strategy and Management at University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why This Book, And What Is Entreponerology? 0. Preconditions: Wicked Entrepreneurship And The Conditions For Its Existence 1. Who: The Characteristics Of Perpetrators And Victims, And How They Can't Be Used 2. When: The Timing Of Evil Transactional Behavior, And Why Such Evil Will Always Exist 3. What: The Stakes Involved And What Value And Harm Are Transferred In The Phenomenon 4. Why: The Motivations Driving The Perpetrators Of Evil 5. How: The Brutal Mechanics Of Deceptive Transactions 6. Stability: Why Economic Inefficiencies Are Not Quickly Eliminated 7. Where: The Characteristics Of A Corruptible System 8. Examples: Cases Of The Phenomenon, From Local To International In Effect 9. Possible Solutions: A Typology And Analysis Of Methods To Address The Phenomenon 10. Measures: Assessing Whether There Is A Problem, And It Is How Bad, And For Whom 11. Conclusions: The Good News, The Bad News, And The Need For More News 12. Complex Wicked Entrepreneurship 13. Cool Wicked Entrepreneurship