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The Spirit of Entrepreneurship

Exploring the Essence of Entrepreneurship Through Personal Stories

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Authors:
  1. Sharda S. Nandram

    1. Nyenrode Business Universiteit, BG Breukelen, The Netherlands

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  2. Karel J. Samsom

    1. Burlington, USA

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  • Gain an insight into what defines entrepreneurship

  • Learn from the example of 60 personal stories of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial executives, primarily from Europe and North America

  • Apply the determinants of entrepreneurial success to your own business

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. The Spirit of Entrepreneurship: Beyond Limitations

    1. The Spirit of Entrepreneurship: Beyond Limitations

      Pages 1-8

  3. The Spirit of Entrepreneurship: Concepts and Case Findings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Entrepreneurship Today

      Pages 11-26

    3. Entrepreneurship Tomorrow

      Pages 27-39

    4. The Human Factor in Entrepreneurship

      Pages 41-65

    5. Case Study Design and Participant Background

      Pages 67-80

    6. Theory Building Through Case Study

      Pages 81-101

    7. The Human Side of Venturing: Lessons

      Pages 103-108

  4. The Spirit of Entrepreneurship: Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. Entrepreneurial Executives

      Pages 111-152

    3. Venturers

      Pages 153-178

    4. Re-launchers

      Pages 179-206

    5. Trend Entrepreneurs

      Pages 207-230

    6. Family Business Entrepreneurs

      Pages 231-245

    7. Significant Business Entrepreneurs

      Pages 247-282

    8. Small Business Entrepreneurs

      Pages 283-302

    9. Start-Ups

      Pages 303-309

    10. Enterprising Persons

      Pages 311-332

    11. Nyenrode — The Entrepreneurial University

      Pages 333-347
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About this book

Ambition, perseverance, intuition, creativity, responsibility, but above all: passion. Those are the terms that help me describe entrepreneurship. Whether you are young or old, man or woman, minority or majority, healthy or disabled, it is the passion for building new ventures and finding new roads that characterizes the entrep- neur. You have to believe in yourself, your team, your product, your company and in your customers. You have to be pragmatic and rational in your approach. But it is the passion that makes you successful. In my own entrepreneurial life, I have covered experiences from working on the grocery shop floor to building the family retail company out into Europe, then the US, then other parts of the world. After my retirement from the executive board of the retail company my grandfather started in 1887, Royal Ahold, I started a whole new exciting chapter in my entrepreneurial life by opening a shop and a restaurant in my new hometown of Hereford, England. The restaurant world is a new one that gives me fun and satisfaction by engaging in new and exciting ch- lenges. Cooking is like entrepreneurship; it is only possible with… passion. So- times things get burned, but there is always a sense of fulfillment when things s- ceed in the way you want them to. It is through mistakes and setbacks that you can value your achievements.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Nyenrode Business Universiteit, BG Breukelen, The Netherlands

    Sharda S. Nandram

  • Burlington, USA

    Karel J. Samsom

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Spirit of Entrepreneurship

  • Book Subtitle: Exploring the Essence of Entrepreneurship Through Personal Stories

  • Authors: Sharda S. Nandram, Karel J. Samsom

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34761-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-34760-6Published: 21 August 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42116-7Published: 27 November 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-34761-3Published: 28 September 2006

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 371

  • Topics: Entrepreneurship, Management

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