by Kourtit, Karima, International Workshop on Creative, Intellectual and Entrepreneurial Resources for Regional Development: Analysis and Policy, Amsterdam, Annual Tinbergen Workshop, Amsterdam
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Social Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice is about the creative ways in which social entrepreneurs solve pressing and insurmountable social problems. Theories of social change are presented to help demystify the "magic" of making an immense, yet durable and irreversible socia…
"There are certain kinds of people who garner enormous satisfaction from successfully taking on a "mission impossible" and, by so doing, actually manage to change the world, sometimes in surprising ways. Such individuals are rare, and when we become aware of them and their aston…
Often downplayed in the excitement of starting up a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face: Should they go it alone or bring in cofounders, hires, and investors to help build the business? More than just financial rewards are at stake…
Based on years of research, hundreds of field interviews, and a sweeping nationwide survey of private entrepreneurs, this text explodes the conventional wisdom about the relationship between economic liberalism and political freedom.
