The Entrepreneurial Venture (The Practice of Management Series)

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 609 pages
• Published by: Harvard Business School Press; 2 Sub edition April 1999
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0875848923
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0875848921
• Book Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 1.8 inches
• Weighs: 2.4 pounds

Product Description
As entrepreneurs fuel the economy with start-ups, job creation, innovation, and new technologies, the need to understand the evolving field of entrepreneurship continues to grow. Covering every phase of the entrepreneurial venture, from the basic concepts to emerging issues, this collection of readings by leading academics and practitioners is designed to serve as a handbook for entrepreneurs, as well as for teachers and students of the entrepreneurial process. Newly updated with timely material, professors will find this second edition invaluable for the richness of the cases and the accompanying questions designed to facilitate discussion.

Book Info
Provides a comprehensive, up-to-date resource for entrepreneurs to use as a handbook and an authoritative reference source. Provides a practice-oriented grounding that can function alone or be interwoven with case studies and other material. Softcover. DLC: New business enterprises.

Reader Reviews
Sahlman provides a very comprehensive volume on the current stage of knowledge of entrepreneurship as a field. In the articles, which are mainly written by a limited number of professors, all important topics related to entrepreneurship are addressed, such as finance, personality, marketing, strategy, culture, and many more. From an academic perspective, it is a 10. However, I often felt that it was missing more on the practical side. For example, there are a few case studies, but only on certain topics. It was missing more of the "been there, done that" perspective. Definitely there were stories, but in those there was more of a strategic analysis rather than visionary or inspirational. Overall, this is a very good book to use as reference to certain topics, especially in an academic environment.