The illusions of entrepreneurship:the costly myths that entrepreneurs, investors, and policy makers live by
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Published: |
Yale University Press,
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Publisher Address: | New Haven, Conn. |
Publication Dates: | c2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xi, 208 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780300113310 (cloth : alk. paper) 0300113315 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | F270 |
CLC: |
F270 F27 |
Call Number: | F27/S528 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-200) and index. America : land of entrepreneurship in an entrepreneurial era? -- What are today's entrepreneurial industries? -- Who becomes an entrepreneur? -- What does the typical start-up look like? -- How are new businesses financed? -- How well does the typical entrepreneur do? -- What makes some entrepreneurs more successful than others? -- Why don't women start more companies? -- Why is black entrepreneurship so rare? -- How valuable is the average start-up?. |