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Since the beginning of the 21st century, there has been an explosion in startup organizations. Together, these organizations have been valued at over $3 trillion. In 2019, alone, nearly $300 billion of venture capital was invested globally (Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2020). Simultaneously, an explosion in high volume and high velocity of big data is rapidly changing how organizations function. Gone are the days where organizations can make decisions solely on intuition, logic, or experience. Some have gone as far as to say that data is the most valuable currency and resource available to businesses, and startups are no exception. However, startups and small businesses do differ from their larger counterparts and corporations in three distinct ways: 1) they tend to have fewer resources, time, and specialized training to devote to data analytics; 2) they are part of a unique entrepreneurial ecosystem with unique needs; 3) scholarship and academic research on human capital data analytics in startups is lacking. Existing entrepreneurship research focuses almost exclusively on macro-level aspects. There has been little to no integration of micro- and meso-level research (i.e., individual and team sciences), which is unfortunate given how organizational scientists have significantly advanced human capital data analytics. Unlike other books focused on data analytics and decision for organizations, this proposed book is purposefully designed to be more specifically aimed at addressing the unique idiosyncrasies of the science, research, and practice of startups. Each chapter highlights a specific organizational domain and discuss how a novel data analytic technique can help enhance decision-making, provides a tutorial of said regarding the data analytic technique, and lists references and resources for the respective data analytic technique. The volume will be grounded in sound theory and practice of organizational psychology, entrepreneurship and management and is divided into two parts: assessing and evaluating human capital performance and the use of data analytics to manage human capital.

This international case study book provides 23 expertly curated case studies on entrepreneurship and innovation in tourism, each with detailed implementation instructions for the instructor.

Since the beginning of the 21st century, there has been an explosion in startup organizations. Together, these organizations have been valued at over $3 trillion. In 2019, alone, nearly $300 billion of venture capital was invested globally (Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2020). Simultaneously, an explosion in high volume and high velocity of big data is rapidly changing how organizations function. Gone are the days where organizations can make decisions solely on intuition, logic, or experience. Some have gone as far as to say that data is the most valuable currency and resource available to businesses, and startups are no exception. However, startups and small businesses do differ from their larger counterparts and corporations in three distinct ways: 1) they tend to have fewer resources, time, and specialized training to devote to data analytics; 2) they are part of a unique entrepreneurial ecosystem with unique needs; 3) scholarship and academic research on human capital data analytics in startups is lacking. Existing entrepreneurship research focuses almost exclusively on macro-level aspects. There has been little to no integration of micro- and meso-level research (i.e., individual and team sciences), which is unfortunate given how organizational scientists have significantly advanced human capital data analytics. Unlike other books focused on data analytics and decision for organizations, this proposed book is purposefully designed to be more specifically aimed at addressing the unique idiosyncrasies of the science, research, and practice of startups. Each chapter highlights a specific organizational domain and discuss how a novel data analytic technique can help enhance decision-making, provides a tutorial of said regarding the data analytic technique, and lists references and resources for the respective data analytic technique. The volume will be grounded in sound theory and practice of organizational psychology, entrepreneurship and management and is divided into two parts: assessing and evaluating human capital performance and the use of data analytics to manage human capital.

Dieses Buch ist für eine einfache Nutzung konzipiert und stattet Sie mit unverzichtbaren Ressourcen für Ihre agile Reise aus. In der heutigen Unternehmenslandschaft sind agile Praktiken zum Kern großer Unternehmen geworden. Denn immer wieder stehen nicht nur Teamleiter*innen vor der Herausforderung, leistungsstarke Teams aufzubauen und zu erhalten. Das Little Book of Agile Wisdom ist ein einzigartiger und praktischer Leitfaden, der sich gezielt an Scrum Master*innen und leidenschaftliche Agile-Praktiker*innen richtet. Es bietet Ihnen 60 sorgfältig ausgewählte Zitate aus sechs Themenbereichen, die durch passende Bilder und Interpretationen sowie die persönliche Erfahrung der Autoren ergänzt werden. Außerdem finden Sie praktische Teamübungen, die die Lücke zwischen Theorie und greifbaren Ergebnissen schließen.Fördern Sie eine florierende Agile-Kultur in Ihrem Team!

Die Art und Weise, wie wir Maschinen nutzen, hat sich im digitalen Zeitalter stark verändert. Smartphones sind ein Symbol dieses Wandels. Die Zukunft verspricht durch Sensoren und künstliche Intelligenz gesteuerte Schnittstellen, die in der Lage sind, Benutzerabsichten ohne explizite Befehle intuitiv zu verstehen. Diese Transformation wirft tiefgreifende ethische und gesellschaftliche Fragen auf, und Designer*innen spielen eine entscheidende Rolle bei der Interessenvertretung der Nutzer*innen."Interface Design" richtet sich in erster Linie an Designer*innen und Designingenieur*innen, die sich mit den vielfältigen Herausforderungen der Gestaltung außergewöhnlicher physischer und digitaler Interaktionen auseinandersetzen.Indem es sich mit den Feinheiten sowohl physischer Implementierungen als auch digitaler Verhaltensweisen befasst, stattet es Designer*innen mit einer Grundlage aus Theorie und praktischem Wissen aus, um ihre täglichen Designbemühungen zu verbessern.

This two-volume edited collection explores the impact of technology on business advancement. Technology is a multifaceted and multidimensional phenomenon, carrying opportunities and risks. Business advancement therefore, can no longer be considered without technological mediation. Volume I offers insights into technological improvements in the field of global marketing. Covering topics such as mobile banking, social media and neuromarketing tools, the book examines how technology diffusion drives, negates and facilitates change in marketing processes. Volume II, on the other hand, focuses on the implications of changing technology on work and employment. Taken together, the books move forward the study of organizations and technology and are ideal resources for students and researchers.

This edited collection addresses the need of evaluating innovative or non-traditional academic schemes for understanding their feasibility in extraordinary educational environments. The individual chapters are enriched with robust appraisals of policies and practices linked to academic innovations in higher education during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. The case studies report wide-ranging teaching, learning and academic support practices within online, open, blended and distance learning models. The findings supply two domains of scholarship: evidence-based scenarios through real-world case studies, and a critical evaluation of educational quality through research-informed argument. The evidence gathered from countries, such as Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, and the UK show empowering and deterring elements of academic innovation amid disruptions. Although this book highlights academic innovations in disruptive situations, they emerge as powerful tools and approaches to be considered in traditional face to face learning.

This book serves as an introductory volume to Yair Aharoni's remarkable impact on international business (IB) research. Most IB researchers will be familiar with at least one aspect of his work, but relatively few will be familiar with his broader body of work, as it spans so many of the issues addressed today in IB and strategy. This book aims to introduce readers to the depth and breadth of his impact.Unquestionably a founder of the IB field, over the course of his long career, Aharoni influenced its earliest development and, driven by a deep connection to policy and managerial practice, continually challenged conventional thinking on IB and strategy. He generated seminal insights into many aspects of why and how firms internationalize, including managerial decision-making processes, the strategies employed by state-owned enterprises, the interaction between firms and governments, and the foreign expansion of firms - including small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and those operating in the service sector - based in small and open economies. His research contributed to several salient research directions, including the behavioral theory of the firm, emerging-market multinationals, international entrepreneurship, the service economy, and non-market strategies.Aharoni was also an influential educator, having served as the founding dean of two top business schools in Israel. He was deeply engaged with the Israeli business environment - particularly senior executives of start-up companies - and a highly-valued advisor to the Israeli government. In honor of these contributions, Aharoni was the first management scholar in Israel, to be awarded the prestigious Israel Prize in 2010. Few scholars have had such meaningful impact on research, practice, and policy.

There are many theories on why managers do not (as a behavior) or should not (as a value) supplement profit orientation with people-centrism and planet sensitivity. In practice, managers do not supplement profit orientation with considerations for people and the planet unless they have the tools and know how to make that possible. This book seeks to address that by focusing on the normative dimension of organizational development. There are two competing norms for developing an organization: first, as a profit-oriented business enterprise; and second, as a people-centric, planet-sensitive, profit-oriented business or social enterprise.The performance of a business is a concern for all stakeholders. With the growing realization of the importance of indirect stakeholders like the society and the planet, it is increasingly important to raise awareness about the social and environmental responsibilities of businesses and organizations. This book is a must-read for academics, researchers, practitioners and policymakers who are concerned about the triple bottom-line (Planet-People-Profit) performance of businesses, which is critical for their long-term sustainability. It covers topics pertaining to the relationship between business and society, including social entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility, among others, and draws from real-life case studies on social initiatives.

You're An Entrepreneur. You've either started or are thinking of starting your own business. Or you're all in and need to take a chance. Then this book is for you.Starting a business is brutal. 70% of businesses fail after five years and only 25% of businesses make it to 15 years or more. What if you had a crystal ball to guide you through your business cycle so you didn't make the same mistakes as everyone else?Larry Gaynor is a serial beauty entrepreneur still running TNG Worldwide since 1985. He has dealt with the biggest companies including L'Oréal, Unilever, Amazon and Walmart. As a retailer, he had to take a chance and decide to shut down his $5 million store and become a wholesale distributor. As a distributor, he was cut-off more than ten times and threatened to sell his company or else. As a manufacturer, he had to take a chance and risk everything during the pandemic.Take A Chance! is Gaynor's fascinating journey as an entrepreneur spanning more than 50 years. Key take-aways include Gallup-training that changed TNG's culture; the pivot to manufacturing from being a lowly distributor; the importance of being an Amazon Top 200 Reseller; and the rise and fall of the pro beauty business. Along the way, Gaynor shares his top 101 entrepreneurial lessons for making it big.

Invigorate Your Business Growth by Discovering the Power of Imagination"Think Deeper: Harness Your Inner Creative Power for Business Growth" serves as your throne to the realm of creativity within the business environment. Unearth an untapped reservoir of creative thoughts in you and learn the significance of out-of-the-box thinking for your business embellishment.Chapter One introduces you to the fascinating realm of creativity. Unravel 'what creativity is' and what makes an individual distinctively creative. Peel off your habitual mindset and dress yourself in a new garment of perception.The vivid description of the Science of Creativity in Chapter Two demystifies the indispensable role of the brain in creative processes and presents an intriguing insight into the connection between the subconscious mind and the fountain of creativity.The third chapter establishes the concept of fostering a creative mindset while underpinning the importance of mindset in engendering creativity. Unleash your imaginative power amalgamated with action to soar higher in the business realm.The concept of "Thinking Outside the Box" is delineated in exquisite detail in Chapter Four, not only defining it but emphasizing its importance in fostering innovation.Chapter Five offers valuable tools and techniques to spark creativity by exploring the profound linkage between environment and creativity and strategic mental exercises to stimulate creativity.The sixth chapter explores the powerful role of creativity in business and the potential of harnessing this creative energy for business expansion. It emphasizes the vital place of innovation in the endurance and development of your business."Leading a Creative Business Team" in Chapter Seven shares productive tips for fostering a creative environment within a business team, ensuring everybody's ideas are heard, respected, and implemented.Chapter Eight focuses on overcoming creative blocks. From understanding what they are to encountering strategic steps to overcome them, this chapter is a toolbox to revive your creative prowess when it seems at its lowest.And finally, yet importantly, maintain your creative flow with the suggestions in Chapter Nine to ensure a balanced approach between harnessing your creative energy and meeting your business demands.Ultimately, "Think Deeper: Harness Your Inner Creative Power for Business Growth" is your manual for driving a business strategy that celebrates creativity and innovation- fostering both personal development and business growth. It's time to adopt a fresh, creative perspective, and make a paradigm shift towards a more fulfilling and lucrative business experience.

Step into a world where the power of the mind meets the pursuit of prosperity. In "Wisdom of Wealth," a captivating anthology, entrepreneurs and visionaries from around the globe share their insights on the intricate dance between money mindset and manifestation. Each chapter unveils unique perspectives, practical strategies, and transformative stories that illuminate the path to financial abundance. Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur or just embarking on your wealth journey, this anthology serves as a compass, guiding you through the realms of the law of attraction and the alchemy of financial success. Open these pages, absorb the wisdom within, and unlock the keys to a mindset that attracts not just wealth, but a life of purpose and fulfillment.Julia Eddy Karen Weaver Kelly Bowen Kim Kent Laura ElizabethLezly Kaye Martha Hansen

Unshackled outlines the essential patterns for business success, empowering business leaders to avoid the common pitfalls of business management with simplified and actionable steps.

Social entrepreneurship has emerged as a powerful force in the world of business, combining the drive for financial success with a deep commitment to social and environmental impact. In this subchapter, we will delve into the concept of social entrepreneurship, its significance, and why it has become a popular choice for entrepreneurs today.Social entrepreneurship can be defined as the pursuit of innovative solutions to social and environmental challenges. Unlike traditional entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurs prioritize creating positive change in society rather than solely focusing on profit maximization. They aim to address pressing issues such as poverty, inequality, climate change, and access to education and healthcare.The significance of social entrepreneurship lies in its potential to create sustainable and scalable solutions to societal problems. By leveraging the power of business principles and innovation, social entrepreneurs develop effective models that can be replicated and expanded to make a widespread impact. They seek to address the root causes of social problems rather than merely treating the symptoms, leading to long-term and systemic change.One of the key characteristics of social entrepreneurship is the emphasis on collaboration and partnerships. Social entrepreneurs recognize that complex challenges require collective efforts and diverse perspectives. They often work closely with governments, nonprofits, and communities to develop holistic solutions that address the needs and aspirations of all stakeholders.Moreover, social entrepreneurship goes beyond traditional corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. While CSR focuses on mitigating the negative impacts of business activities, social entrepreneurship aims to proactively create positive change. It aligns the core mission and values of a business with its social and environmental goals, integrating impact into every aspect of its operations.Understanding social entrepreneurship is crucial for everyone, not just aspiring entrepreneurs. It offers a fresh perspective on how businesses can contribute to the greater good and play a pivotal role in solving societal challenges. By supporting social entrepreneurship, individuals can contribute to the creation of a more equitable and sustainable world.

This book demonstrates why and how social activism targeting companies can produce unintended consequences. While it is challenging for social movement organizations (SMOs) to successfully change corporate behavior, it is even more difficult or impossible for SMOs to control the spillover effects of success. Successful social activism affects companies and consumers with diverse interests and intentions beyond the initial target of SMOs, which creates various business opportunities. Entrepreneurs are mobilized by the new opportunities that they identify to initiate their own businesses, and the chain of their actions may produce new market categories unintended by the SMO, including ones that are inconsistent with its superordinate goal. This book explores the process by which an SMO succeeds in changing corporate behavior and how this success leads to unintended market emergence by longitudinally examining the shoe industry in postwar Japan. The Japan Institute of Footwear, a private organization, began advocating shoe functionality over fashion in the 1960s and succeeded in changing corporate behavior in the 1980s through learning by doing; its success led to the unintended emergence of new market categories. The book¿s findings offer novel theoretical insights into the relationship between social activism and market change. The analysis also helps us understand the historical context of a movement that emerged in 2019, #KuToöthe word being an amalgam of kutsu (shoes), kuts¿ (pain), and #MeToöand to consider its future.

Mit dem näher rückenden Ende der ersten EEG-Vergütungsphase stellt sich für eine Vielzahl der Betreibenden von landwirtschaftlichen Bestandsbiogasanlagen die Frage nach geeigneten Konzepten für einen wirtschaftlichen Weiterbetrieb. In dem Band werden die relevantesten Folgekonzepte ermittelt und in Zahlungsstrommodellen dargestellt. Um einen möglichst hohen Erkenntnisgewinn über die Folgekonzepte für die Fortführung der Stromerzeugung und Biogasaufbereitung und die damit zusammenhängende Investitionsentscheidung zu erlangen, werden verschiedene Verfahren der Investitionsrechnung angewandt.

The time is pertinent for a review of enterprise and entrepreneurship extracurricular activity. An experience outside the classroom that enables students to benefit from learning through experimentation and experience, take leadership of their learning journeys, and participate in activities tailored to their entrepreneurial ambitions. Reviewing the growth and development of enterprise and entrepreneurship extracurricular activities within Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) globally, Extracurricular Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Activity considers the form these activities take - their benefits and impacts upon participants, institutions, and the wider community. The authors shine a light on an underrepresented area of enterprise and entrepreneurship education to encourage discussion and development of practice and policy, but also to fuel appreciation and understanding of the topic. Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research is an official book series of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE). Each volume is designed around a specific theme of importance to the entrepreneurship and small business community with articles collectively exploring and developing theory and practice in the field.

Moonshot Applied outlines how the world's best performing companies combine bold ambition and superb implementation to spot, develop and scale innovations repeatedly and provides a guide for companies to develop their approach to innovation.

Creative entrepreneurship is the pursuit of launching and growing not just new businesses, but new kinds of businesses. It's not easy, and there's no step-by-step process, but this book can serve as a guide for your startup adventure.In Adventures in Disruption, author, business designer, and entrepreneur Sam Aquillano shares the real story of how he and his team built a new kind of business, Design Museum Everywhere. Follow their journey, learn from over a decade of their wins (and their mistakes), and get actionable advice on how to move your business from visionary idea to monetized reality.

This book examines the role of government fiscal and non-fiscal incentives in spurring innovation and entrepreneurship in developed and developing economies. It explores and examines the role of government programs in different stages of firm growth pre-startup, startup, and scale-up. By developing a theoretical framework and reviewing international evidence, the book identifies the best combination of government incentives to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship, and provides concrete policy recommendations for decision-makers. Some of the issues tackled in this book include national innovation policy, innovation support programs, effectiveness of the support, challenges associated with the programs, risk-sharing and partnerships for innovation. This book is of interest to academics, students, practitioners, policymakers, governmental and non-governmental organizations as well as other stakeholders who wants to be informed about the challenges, progress and current trend in stimulating innovation and entrepreneurship.

REVEALED: How to start and scale a dropshipping business that ACTUALLY makes money! Dropshipping business can be very tricky without proper guidance. This is the reason why over 80% of dropshipping businesses fail in the first month, and most don't make it to the first year.The good news is that you can put the odds in your favor and be amongst the top 20% of business owners crushing the dropshipping business model daily.Dropshipping Business Mastery is your secret weapon to fast-track success and scale a thriving dropshipping venture in record time without confusion and overwhelm!This comprehensive guide is filled with insider knowledge to help you avoid the pitfalls and traps that have evaporated millions of dollars and shattered countless entrepreneurial dreams. It's time to claim your slice of the Internet's wealth, eliminate guesswork, and follow a fail-proof roadmap that puts the wind of victory in your sails.Without the right intel, a rookie mistake can leave your e-commerce dropshipping venture as lifeless as a party without music. Choose an ill-suited niche or supplier, or select a flawed shipping solution, and you've RSVP-ed to your business funeral. But, wait - there's hope!The thriving dropshipping industry, worth over 149 billion US dollars, is a goldmine of opportunity. There is enough money for the elites who know what to do. This book is your ticket to upgrade to the elite class.Here's your chance to create the empire you've always fantasized about while basking in the luxury of working from home, living life large and defining your rules."The Complete Guide to Start Dropshipping" unveils the easiest, quickest routes to establishing your dropshipping powerhouse, minus the hassle and complexities. This is your golden ticket to becoming a titan of trade without ever producing a product of your own - an effortless journey to success!You'll be armed with every nugget of information you need to dominate - no holds barred! Whether you're seeking a meticulous, beginner-friendly guide, or you're after well-honed strategies to outshine your rivals, this is the master plan that places victory within your grasp.This exhaustive guide doesn't just equip you for the game, it helps you become the game! You'll learn:How to select top-tier suppliers and high-quality products, and avoid the lethal trap of the bad and fake onesThe red-hot, insanely profitable dropshipping niches and products to kick-start your journeyThe ideal platforms that offer the best ROIExpert-approved strategies for creating a store and choosing the right products and shipping solutionsHow to construct an irresistible brand that drives repeat business and boosts revenueThe most effective marketing strategies to catapult customer interest and salesHow to expand your empire internationally, even if you're outside the US...and so much more!These easy-to-implement, tried-and-true strategies are untapped resources that await your discovery, perfect for rookies and seasoned players.Ready to seize this golden opportunity and ride the wave to the dropshipping venture of your dreams? This is the only book you need!

Are you looking for a real way to earn serious cash from home on your own terms? Freelancing may be the solution you have been searching for to supplement your income or to replace your full-time income altogether. Almost every industry has been disrupted by the gig economy, so it's time to get to work and start earning! This is the complete series of my Launching a Freelance Career and covers everything you need to start thinking about freelancing all the way to landing your first client. Between these pages, you will learn how to: Embrace the mindset of a successful freelancer and entrepreneur.Prepare your finances for the feast or famine cycle of entrepreneurship.Set sustainable rates for a steady income based on your skills and income requirements.Prepare for your very first client.Start earning for a six-figure business that sustains you.In the pages of this book, you will learn all of the best freelancing tips to get your business off the ground as quickly as possible. Whether you are still thinking about whether freelancing is right for you or are ready to take on your first client, there is something in here for you. Why wait another day to start freelancing, gain flexibility, and skyrocket your income?

The series Innovative Knowledge Management is combining innovation and knowledge management with related disciplines through a multidisciplinary and practice-oriented approach. This volume offers scientific contributions related to systems theory, education, corporate social responsibility, university management and communication, cultural and philosophical implications of knowledge, voluntary work, and innovative forms of bank management. The thematic focus also includes humanities and social sciences.

Smart watches, autonomous vehicles, and talking robots are now an everyday part of life for many regions of the world. The digital revolution has now permeated nearly every facet of our existence. This surge in technological advancement has ushered in what economists term an "innovation economy." In this era, the synergy between technology and business intelligence propels groundbreaking innovations, fostering entrepreneurial ventures across various sectors. These ventures encompass an array of industries, including agriculture, fast-moving consumer goods, hospitality, cultural and indigenous products, to name just a few. While these entrepreneurial endeavors bring forth creativity and contribute to circular economies within communities, not all manage to navigate the challenging environment successfully. This raises a pressing concern - how can entrepreneurs harness the power of business intelligence and innovation to achieve sustainability and a competitive edge in today's complex business landscape? Applying Business Intelligence and Innovation to Entrepreneurship brings a definitive solution to academicians, researchers, and students who seek a comprehensive understanding of the dynamic interplay between entrepreneurship, business intelligence, and innovation. By dissecting various types of organizations, from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to technology-based startups like Fintech, digital marketing, and community-driven initiatives, this book paints a vivid picture of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. It delves deep into the symbiotic relationship between local wisdom and innovation, shedding light on how entrepreneurs can seize opportunities presented by disruptive and unpredictable phenomena.

While acknowledgement of the contributions of female entrepreneurship is present in academic research, Michela Mari and Sara Poggesi uncover two under-researched aspects: innovation in female entrepreneurship and immigrant female entrepreneurship.