Entrepreneurs talent, temperament, technique Bill Bolton, John Thompson

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A study of various segments of entrepreneurs, not just in small businesses, but within all sectors of the market. Using a set of case studies to show the different types, the authors build on this with theoretical chapters on issues within entrepreneurship, the process, where it goes wrong, and how it can be encouraged and sustained. Its story-telling approach should make it suitable for those with a non-academic background who are looking at the area of entrepreneurship with a view to study or start-up programmes.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• About the authors (p. vii)
• List of figures (p. ix)
• List of tables (p. xi)
• Introduction: defining the entrepreneur (p. 1)
• Part 1 Entrepreneurs (p. 9)
• 1 Identifying the entrepreneur (p. 11)
• 2 Entrepreneurs and strategy (p. 48)
• Part 2 Entrepreneurs in action (p. 75)
• 3 Legendary entrepreneurs (p. 77)
• 4 Business entrepreneurs (p. 95)
• 5 Social and environmental entrepreneurs (p. 122)
• 6 Artistic and aesthetic entrepreneurs (p. 147)
• 7 Entrepreneurs in the shadows (p. 173)
• 8 The entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley (p. 198)
• 9 The new Internet entrepreneurs (p. 217)
• Part 3 Entrepreneurs and enterprise (p. 237)
• 10 The entrepreneur's world (p. 245)
• 11 How the entrepreneur operates (p. 269)
• 12 How the entrepreneur can be helped and supported (p. 298)
• 13 How the entrepreneur survives and wins (p. 328)
• 14 Techniques for the entrepreneur (p. 344)
• Concluding comment (p. 361)
• Index (p. 363)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Dr Bolton is an international consultant in enterprise development and entrepreneurship. He has held a personal UNITWIN (UNESCO) chair in Innovation and Technology Transfer. Dr Bolton was the founding director of the St John's Innovation Centre in Cambridge and taught engineering at Cambridge University. He has more than twenty-five years' experience in business and industry and is currently a non-executive director of several companies. Dr Bolton is a Visiting Professor at the universities of Huddersfield and Middlesex. His other publications include The University Handbook on Enterprise Development (1997).
John Thompson is Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Huddersfield and a Visiting Professor in Finland and New Zealand. Prior to this post he was Head of the Department of Management at the same university and he has held management posts in retailing and the steel industry. He has written a number of books and articles on strategic management and acts as a consultant to both profit-seeking and not-for-profit organizations. He has raised funding to open a business generator for creative businesses in Huddersfield and has started a number of entrepreneurial ventures for charitable causes.