Enterprise and Culture

This is a uniquely wide-ranging, insightful and well-informed critical evaluation of the economic and social project of creating an enterprise culture.

List of contents

Introduction 1 The politics of ‘enterprise’ 3 The state of small enterprises in Britain 4 Effectiveness of enterprise culture policies5 Alternative development models 6 The importance of culture 7 The small enterprise owners 8 The entrepreneur: nature or nurture? 9 The future for small enterprise development

About the author

Colin Gray is Director of External Affairs at the Open University Business School and Deputy Director-General of the Small Business Research Trust. His publications include Small Business in the Big Market (1992) and The Barclays Guide to Growing the Small Business (1990).

Summary

This is a uniquely wide-ranging, insightful and well-informed critical evaluation of the economic and social project of creating an enterprise culture.

Product details

• Authors: Colin Gray
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.03.1998
• EAN: 9780415161855
• ISBN: 978-0-415-16185-5
• No. of pages: 216
• Weight: 560 g
• Series: Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship and Small Business
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, Economics, Accounting, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, business strategy, Small businesses and self-employment, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups