Overview
- Focuses on the specific role of entrepreneurship as a source of new wealth and opportunity creation—especially in the developing world
- Challenges conventional approaches to economic stimulation through foreign aid and “top-down” activities of large companies
- Explores the cultural supports and barriers to entrepreneurship, with emphasis on creating the infrastructure and environment to develop entrepreneurial mindset and encourage new business creation
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Despite the accelerating pace of globalization, it is impossible to ignore the marginalization of the developing world, as billions of people continue to slip deeper into poverty. While many theories, policies, and practices have been proposed to help redress the disparities between the "haves" and the "have-nots," only recently have proponents of sustainable economic development and entrepreneurship discovered each other. In this provocative and timely book, A. Coskun Samli fills the gap by making the connections explicit and arguing that entrepreneurship may be the only hope for countries that have fallen into the trap of relying on foreign aid and bowing to the pressures of multinational conglomerates driven by short-term profit-maximizing goals. Samli builds the case that some cultures are more entrepreneurial than others, and demonstrates the importance of creating the right conditions, infrastructure, policies, and educational systems that inspire and support new business creation.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: International Entrepreneurship
Book Subtitle: Innovative Solutions for a Fragile Planet
Authors: A. Coskun Samli
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88597-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer New York 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-88596-4Published: 14 April 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2781-1Published: 06 April 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-88597-1Published: 05 April 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXII, 131
Number of Illustrations: 47 b/w illustrations
Topics: Development Economics, Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth, Economic Policy