Innovation and Entrepreneurship Practices and Principles - Hardcover

Peter F. Drucker

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060112484 ISBN 13: 9780060112486

Publisher: Harper & Row, 1985

Synopsis

Physical description; xi, 258 p. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-249) and index. Contents; Part 1 The practice of innovation: Systematic entrepreneurship; purposeful innovation and the seven sources for innovative opportunity; source - the unexpected; source - incongruities; source - process need; source - industry and market structures; source - demographics; source - changes in perception; source - new knowledge; the bright idea; principles of innovation. Part 2 The practice of entrepreneurship: entrepreneurial management; the entrepreneurial business; entrepreneurship in the service institution; the new venture. Part 3 Entrepreneurial strategies: 'fustest with the mostest; 'hit them where they ain't; ecological niches; changing values and characteristics. Conclusion - the entrepreneurial society. Summary; Deals with the what, when and why of innovation and entrepreneurialship, with policies and decisions, opportunities and risks, structures and strategies, staffing, compensation and rewards. Subjects; Entrepreneurship. Small business - United States. New business enterprises - United States. Entrepreneur. Management. Enterpreneurship. Innovation. Business & Economics / Entrepreneurship. Genre; Bibliography.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper & Row
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0060112484
• ISBN 13: 9780060112486
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1