Overview

Toward Entrepreneurial Community Development is about developing entrepreneurial communities, and goes beyond theories of the firm to demonstrate how local and regional society contributes in important ways to the vitality of entrepreneurs. The literature is rich with insights about leadership and culture within SMEs, and the behaviours and attitudes of their founders, founding teams, and managers. Since most of the attention in the entrepreneurship literature is focused on firms, we wish to explore everyone else: The social environment surrounding the entrepreneur, and how leadership and culture outside the firm can have pervasive effects on the business. This book reaches across disciplinary boundaries, integrating and advancing knowledge on entrepreneurial community development. The book identifies actionable leadership strategies that can be used by literally anyone to help make a community or region a more culturally-supportive, interactive home for entrepreneurial minds. We draw from original research to compare high and low entrepreneurship communities, and present an emergent picture of how community-level actors can (or fail to) work together to support entrepreneurship in places that are culturally distant from the Silicon Valley (i.e., most places). Toward Entrepreneurial Community Development then offers techniques for entrepreneurial community leadership, including how to build lasting alliances, create an image, and harness the local culture for entrepreneurial advantage. The result is a book that provides the reader with the latest advancements and techniques in entrepreneurship development in a straight-forward, readable format. No matter the reader, Toward Entrepreneurial Community Development demonstrates how anyone, in any position, can lead a local entrepreneurship movement starting anywhere, anytime.

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Author:   Michael Fortunato ,  Morgan Clevenger
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780367242923

ISBN 10:   0367242923
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   06 June 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. An Introduction to Entrepreneurial Community Development Michael W-P Fortunato and Morgan R. Clevenger 2. Perceptions of Entrepreneurs and Community: From Historical Roots to a Contemporary Kaleidoscope Morgan R. Clevenger 3. Models of Entrepreneurial Community and Ecosystem Development Michael W-P Fortunato 4. Understanding the Impact of Culture in Entrepreneurship Nicole D. Breazeale and Ronald J. Hustedde 5. Transformational Leadership to Build an Entrepreneurial Community Morgan R. Clevenger and Chao Miao 6. The Value and Process of Social Networking for Entrepreneurs Morgan R. Clevenger, Michael W-P Fortunato, and Kathleen Houlihan 7. High- and Low-entrepreneurial Communities: A Multiple Case Study Michael W-P Fortunato 8. Analysis of the Case Study Data: Considerations for Studying or Launching an Entrepreneurial Community or Ecosystem Michael W-P Fortunato 9. Entrepreneurial Community Success: Psychological Characteristics, Experiences, and Identities Ellen E. Newell 10. Leaping Cultural and Leadership Boundaries: Catalyzing Entrepreneurial Communities Michael W-P Fortunato and Morgan R. Clevenger

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Michael W-P Fortunato is the Director of the Center for Rural Studies at Sam Houston State University Morgan Clevenger is an Assistant Professor at Sidhu School of Business, Wilkes University

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