Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Entrepreneurs play a pivotal role in boosting progress, productivity and prosperity. They drive economic growth and create new opportunities. Their innovations transform peoples lives. Yet their enormous contribution is not widely understood and is often completely overlooked in economics textbooks.Here, author Eamonn Butler sets the record straight explaining the vital role of entrepreneurship, exploring its economic and social significance, and examining the conditions needed for it to thrive.Along the way, he considers the kind of unusual people who become entrepreneurs. Who knew, for example, that Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Uber founder Travis Kalanick all dropped out of university? Or that Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson and IKEA founder Ingvar Kampgrad never went to university at all?An Introduction to Entrepreneurship spotlights the strengths of entrepreneurship, whilst acknowledging its shortcomings. It discusses (often-misguided) attempts by governments to foster it. And it eloquently states the case for rehabilitating entrepreneurship into mainstream economics and politics.Above all, it provides an appreciation of and a basic introduction to what entrepreneurship is, why we need it, and how we can encourage it. This is an introduction to what entrepreneurship is, why we need it, and how we can encourage it. The author spotlights the strengths of entrepreneurship, whilst acknowledging its shortcomings. He discusses (often-misguided) attempts by governments to foster it and states the case for rehabilitating it into mainstream economics and politics. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780255367943

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