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Informationen zum Autor Gerry George is Professor and Deputy Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Imperial College London, where he also serves as Director of the Rajiv Gandhi Centre facilitating its strategic commitments in India for joint research, technology commercialisation and educational programmes. He is Professorial Fellow of the UK's Economic and Social Research Council and Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Journal. He serves on the boards of high technology companies and is actively engaged in guiding start-ups and large companies on technology venturing and entrepreneurship. Adam J. Bock is Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the University of Edinburgh Business School. He is also an experienced entrepreneur and venture financier. He co-founded three medical device companies and managed three angel investor networks in the United States, facilitating more than $10 million of investment into start-up companies. His research focuses on how innovative entrepreneurs create extraordinary companies. He is the co-author of 'Entrepreneurship in the Research Context' (2009), a web-based e-learning course for nascent scientist entrepreneurs. Klappentext A fresh perspective on emerging trends in entrepreneurship, organisational change and high-growth firms. Zusammenfassung The time has come to overhaul what we know about entrepreneurship and business models. This book links scholarly research on business models and organisational design to the reality of building entrepreneurial firms. It provides actionable advice based on a deeper understanding of how business models function and change. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Six insights to achieve the unexpected; 1. Rethink organisation design; 2. Appreciate imperfect opportunities; 3. Remodel for coherence; 4. Build bridges; 5. Inspire the narrative; 6. Embrace the unexpected opportunity; 7. Hindsight; Index.
