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This book presents the expertise of authorities on leadership and entrepreneurship. They examine the entrepreneur from a personal, organizational, and multidimensional point of view. In addition, successful entrepreneurs from profit and not-for-profit firms, from hardware and software firms, and from manufacturing and service firms joined with assistance providers, academicians, and researchers to bring a firmer understanding of the qualities that contribute to successful leadership in growth-oriented firms. The book emphasizes what entrepreneurs actually do, how they do it, and what can be learned by examining the common themes or concepts that exist in the practice of entrepreneurship.
By emphasizing what entrepreneurs actually do, how they do it, and what can be learned by examining the common themes or concepts that exist in the practice of entrepreneurship, the editors have created a volume of value to researchers and academics in business and management, to public policy makers, and to the business community.
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Figures and Tables
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Personal Dimension: The Entrepreneur as LeaderMission, Vision, and Passion in the Entrepreneur by Dennis P. Kimbro
Leadership Skills of Entrepreneurs: Resolving the Paradoxes and Enhancing the Practices of Entrepreneurial Growth by John D. Eggers and Raymond W. Smilor
Creating the Uncommon Company by Ewing M. Kauffman
Pearls of Widsom From Mr. Kauffman on What Makes Entrepreneurship Work by Neal Patterson
Organization Dimension: Shaping the Entrepreneurial OrganizationLeading the Virtual Corporation by William H. Davidow
Playing the Great Game of Business: Open Book Management and Leaders by John P. Stack
Building the High-Performance Company: The Entrepreneurial Challenge by Robert Rosen
Seven Keys to Shaping the Entrepreneurial Organization by Michie P. Slaughter
Multidimension: Building Valuable CompaniesMaking the Entrepreneurial Team Work by Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal
Building Value Into the Entrepreneurial Company by Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn
Adding Value to Companies Through Strategic Alliances and Partnerships by Dr. Jana Matthews
Report From the Entrepreneurial Front Line: Developing Value Through Strategic Alliances by Edward Payne
Index
Info autore
RAYMOND W. SMILOR is vice president of the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Inc. at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and was the first Marion Merrell Dow Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
DONALD L. SEXTON is senior teaching and research fellow and director of applied research at the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Inc. at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation./e Prior to joining the Foundation he was the William H. David Professor in the American Free Enterprise System at the Ohio State University.
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This text presents the expertise of authorities on leadership and entrepreneurship. They examine the entrepreneur from a personal, organisational and multidimensional point of view.
