Entrepreneurship For Dummies brings everything the reader needs to get started in business into one package. From developing an opportunity and coming up with a concept to actually creating the company, this book guides readers step-by-step

This volume looks at the intersection of people and entrepreneurship. Taking a broad view of entrepreneurship as a form of human action, chapters in this volume identify the current state of the art in academic research with respect to cognitive, economic, social, and institutional factors that influence people's behavior with respect to entrepreneurship

This edition of this timeless text has an updated view of financial markets and monetary policy, and it covers the following current topics: gasoline taxes and rationing, executive compensation, the cost of the war in Iraq, the poverty trap, financial globalization etc. This edition also continues to emphasize the Analytical Core of Economics with particular attention to economic growth and analyses of market economics

The book introduces you to key elements of social entrepreneurship and equips you to become more effective as a social entrepreneur. In each chapter, you will find concise explanations of core concepts, as well as practical tools for applaying the concepts

This book will take you on a whirlwind tour of the start-up process and help you to build a solid foundation for your new venture, whether it is a small business, or a venture capital funded enterprise. Irrespective of the size or type of business, the underlying principles are the same

Brilliantly attuned to the transience of nature and painfully aware of the precariousness of a polar environment facing global warming, Peter Matthiessen provides an exquisite account of his voyage through the islands surrounding Antarctica. In lyrical prose, Matthiessen describes the wildlife he encounters and the region it inhabits, along with historical information regarding the greatest pioneers and adventurers who preceded him

This book is a very welcome addition to the literature on teaching English for academic purposes. It covers a wide range of topics, both comprehensively and thoroughly. This book is certain to become key reading for students, teachers and researchers with an interest in the teaching of English for academic purposes

This volume urges a reconsideration of Hayek's theory of evolution and aims to explore the relevance of Hayek's theory for its own sake and for evolutionary economics more generally

Through ecotourism, people can experience nature and wildlife without causing harm. Ecotourism provides a way to earn money from tourism and avoids destruction of precious natural resources and wildlife. This book will help readers understand ecotourism: what it is, what it does, and whether or not it actually works as it was intended

The chapters in this volume exemplify research and teaching activities that fall within the ESP profession in university and workplace settings. They illustrate the nature of ESP as currently understood and practiced in a variety of different contexts and locations, with all of its admirable strengths and a few of its yet-to-be-resolved weaknesses