The sponsorship of the entrepreneur as an agent of economic growth is now at the centre of a vast promotional industry, involving politicians, government departments and higher education. This book examines the origins of this phenomenon and subjects its mythologies, hero-figures and policies to an empirically based critical examination.
Spis treści
The Genesis of Entrepreneurialism Entrepreneurial Competition in the Pure Case: John Bloom and Jim Elvins The Flight of the Accountant : A Romance of Air and Credit Entrepreneurship and the Tactics of Empathy: Mediation on a Text by Sir Richard Branson Subsidizing Entrepreneurship Science, Enterprise and Profit: Ideology in the Knowledge-Driven Economy Bubbles in Biotech: Testing the Entrepreneurial Model of Science-Based Product Innovation Conclusion: Entrepreneurship: Unpicking the Work of Attribution Notes Bibliography Index
O autorze
PETER ARMSTRONG currently works in the Management Centre at the University of Leicester, having previously held professorships at the Universities of Sheffield and Keele, UK. He is best known for his work in critical accounting, though he has also published on product design, industrial relations and industrial sociology. He is a co-author of
Workers Divided (1976),
Ideology and Shopfloor Industrial Relations (1981) and
White Collar Workers, Trade Unionism and Class (1986).
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