Entrepreneurship and organization
Subtitle: the role of the entrepreneur in organizational innovation
By: edited by Michael J. Lynskey and Seiichiro Yonekura.
Contributors: Yonekura, Seiichirō, 1953-; Lynskey, Michael J.
Series: Fuji conference series ;; 5
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
Subjects: Entrepreneurship -- Congresses; Industrial management -- Congresses; Small business -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographic references and index.
Contains papers originally presented at the 25th International Conference on Business History, held in Japan, Jan. 1998.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I. ENTREPRENEURS AND THE CREATION OF NEW BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRIES; title: 1. The Beginnings of the Radio Communications Industry; title: PASCAL GRISET; title: 2. German Department Store Chains from the 1920s to the 1980s; title: HEIDRUN HOMBURG; title: 3. The Spanish Motor Industry, 1930-1975; title: ALBERT CARRERAS and SALVADOR ESTAPt-TRIAY; title: 4. Nintendo's Home Video Game Business; title: HIROYUKI YOSHIDA; title: 5. The Software Business: Lessons from Bill Gates and Microsoft; title: MICHAEL A. CUSUMANO; title: PART II. INSTITUTIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS FACILITATING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION; title: 6. Venture Capital and the Local Area Networking Industry; title: URS VON BURG and MARTIN KENNEY; title: 7. The Hive-Off Mechanism of Larger Japanese Companies; title: JURO HASHIMOTO; title: 8. The Environment-Creating Mechanism of a Firm: Sony and Samsung; title: DONG-SUNG CHO; title: PART III. ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN PERIODS OF TRANSITION; title: 9. R & D in British Industry; title: SALLY M. HORROCKS; title: 10. Transformational Entrepreneurship at NEC; title: SEIICHIRO YONEKURA; title: 11. Leadership Succession in British Business in the 1950s; title: MARY B. ROSE.