Table of Contents

1: Introduction: the many faces of entrepreneurshipPart One: Entrepreneurship in Practice2: Visions: creating new ventures3: Opportunities: nurturing creativity and innovation4: People: leading teams and networks5: Markets: understanding customers and competitors6: Processes: controlling operations and technologies7: Accounts: interpreting financial performance8: Finances: raising capital for new ventures9: Reflections: learning from entrepreneursPart Two: Entrepreneurship in Perspective10: Perspectives on entrepreneurship: an overview11: Economic perspectives: influences and impacts12: Individual perspectives: beyond the 'heroic' entrepreneur13: Social perspectives: understanding people and places14: Historical perspectives: taking the 'long view'15: Political perspectives: from policy to practice

About the Author

Dr Richard Blundel is Senior Lecturer in Enterprise Development and a member of the Management of 'Knowledge & Innovation Research Unit' and 'Public Leadership & Social Enterprise Research Unit' at the Open University.

Dr Nigel Lockett is Professor of Enterprise at the University of Leeds

Reviews

"This entrepreneurship text is unique. There are many books on entrepreneurship, but none that combine theory and practice as well as this. The book examines the links between entrepreneurship and innovation, and between the entrepreneurs behaviour and their success. There is a great deal of wisdom in the book, and it contains many instructive and entertaining case studies. " - Mark Casson, Professor of Economics, University of Reading, and editor of The Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurship "The writing style of Exploring Entrepreneurship is modern and there is a sense of humour here illustrated in the choice of examples. The content of the book is good, as is the nature of the supporting features. " - Frank Martin, University of Stirling "Exploring Entrepreneurship is more detailed and offers a completely different perspective to any of the texts I use. I think the text is more comprehensive and would make a strong compulsory textbook. " - Dr Spinder Dhaliwal, University of Surrey "Exploring Entrepreneurship is up to date, comprehensive, current, well designed and relevant to the contemporary entrepreneurship and small business development debate." - Harry Matlay, Birmingham City University "Exploring Entrepreneurship compares very favourably with the materials currently being used. It is far more up-to-date and the contemporary nature of the material is an important differentiator. The utilisation of the latest case studies, examples and reference sources and the extensive use of case studies using successful entrepreneurs are strong selling points. " - Nigel Walton, the Open University