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The entrepreneurial group : social identities, relations, and collective action / Martin Ruef

Ruef, Martin [Verfasser]

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 288 pages) : Illustrations

The Kauffman Foundation series on innovation and entrepreneurship

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-1-4008-3520-1 ; 1-4008-3520-8 ; 978-0-691-13809-1

QP 380

 

USA  Unternehmer  Entrepreneurship  Betriebssoziologie 

Recent surveys show that more than half of American entrepreneurs share ownership in their business startups rather than going it alone, and experts in international entrepreneurship have likewise noted the importance of groups in securing microcredit and advancing entrepreneurial initiatives in the developing world. Yet the media and many scholars continue to perpetuate the myth of the lone visionary who single-handedly revolutionizes the marketplace. The Entrepreneurial Group shatters this myth, demonstrating that teams, not individuals, are the leading force behind entrepreneurial startups.