Entrepreneurs

Bill Bolton is an international consultant in enterprise development and entrepreneurship. He has held a personal UNITWIN (UNESCO) Chair in Innovation and Technology Transfer. He was the Founding Director of the St John’s Innovation Centre in Cambridge and taught engineering at Cambridge University. Bill spent half his career in business and industry and half in academia. His other publications include: The University Handbook on Enterprise Development (1997) and jointly with John Thompson, The Entrepreneurs in Focus: Achieve Your Potential (2003). John Thompson is Emeritus Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Huddersfield, UK and, part-time, Professor of Social Entrepreneurship at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. He has also held visiting appointments in Australia, Finland and New Zealand. John has published a number of titles, including the seventh edition of his textbook Strategic Management: Awareness and Change which is soon to be published and he has written a number of journal articles, especially on social entrepreneurship Both Bill and John have been involved in business start-ups in many countries over a number of years and they have interviewed a diverse range of entrepreneurs.

Introduction Part I: The Entrepreneur: Person, Process and Context 1. The Entrepreneur: As a Person 2. The Entrepreneur: FACETS 3. The Entrepreneur: In Action 4. Entrepreneurs and Strategy 5. The Enterprise Process 6. Infrastructure and Environment 7. The Entrepreneur's World Part II: Stories of Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurs in Action 8. Classic Entrepreneurs 9. Business Entrepreneurs 10. Social Entrepreneurs 11. Culture Entrepreneurs 12. Entrepreneurs in the Shadows