Three Decades of Enterprise Culture?

This book provides a unique portrait of the changing nature of entrepreneurship over a thirty year period in a 'low' enterprise area. Using data from interviews with over 900 entrepreneurs, it also compares and contracts new businesses in a 'low' enterprise area, with areas with medium and high entrepreneurship rates.

'...this is a very valuable addition to the literature on small firms, one that would save research students and academics a lot of hard slog and one that deserves to be widely read.' - Peter Gripaios, Environment and Planning

'This book is written by three of the most prolific academics in the field of entrepreneurship and enterprise policy It combines theoretical understanding with solidly derived empirical data to make this book concise and informative. It is very difficult to find a book that charts enterprise policy over a decade let alone over 30 years in such an invaluable and insightful manner.' Norin Arshed, International Small Business Journal

Autorentext
FRANCIS J. GREENE is a lecturer at the Centre for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK.

KEVIN F. MOLE is a lecturer at the Centre for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK.

DAVID J. STOREY is Associate Dean Research and Director of Enterprise Group at the Centre for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK.

Inhalt
Introduction PART 1 Enterprise Policy and the Creation on an Enterprise Culture 'Unentrepreneurial' Cleveland Entrepreneurship in Other Areas: Buckinghamshire, Shropshire and Barcelona Conclusions and Hypotheses PART 2 Awareness The Influence of Human Capital Finance Support Discussions and Conclusions