Comparative entrepreneurship initiatives: studies in China, Japan and the USA

This book investigates entrepreneurial initiatives in the three largest economies of the world: China, Japan and the USA. It brings together historical, institutional, and ethnographic approaches and highlights entrepreneurial patterns that result from cultural, legal, and political forces that facilitate and constrain entrepreneurship. CHIKAKO USUI Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Missouri St. Louis, USA. She specializes in the areas of comparative social policy and political economy of Japan. She is co-author of 'Amakudari: The Hidden Fabric of Japan's Economy' and 'Japan's Population Aging and Silver Industries in' 'The Silver Market Phenomenon' (edited by F. Kolbacher and C. Herstatt). INDICE: Introduction to Studies of Entrepreneurship Initiatives; 'C.Usui '- PART I: HISTORY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP - A Historical View of Chinese Entrepreneurship; 'D.Faure - 'Entrepreneurs and Managers in the Development of Japanese Business; 'T.Yui '&' R.Colignon - 'Entrepreneurship and Social Change in theUnited States: Dynamic Stages, Historical Lessons; 'D.Sicilia - 'PART II: INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP - Dancing with Change: A Co-evolutionary Perspective for Private Entrepreneurship during China's Institutional Transition;' Y.Zhang, B.Ren, G.Du, '&' J.Yang - 'Academic Spin-offs in Japan: Institutional Revolution and Early Outcomes; 'N.Harada '&' H.Mitsuhashi' - The Social Context for High-Potential Entrepreneurship in the U.S.: An Historical-Institutional Perspective; 'D.Hart - 'PART III: CULTURE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP - Does Stage Matter in Chinese New Ventures? The Roles of Learning, Network, andCorporate Entrepreneurship in Building Cultural Competitiveness; 'S.Zhao '&' C.Jiang - 'The Stigma of Failure and Limited Opportunities for Ex-failed Entrepreneurs' Redemption in Japan; 'H.Mitsuhashi '&' A.Bird - 'PART IV: CASE STUDIES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP - Success Factors in Applying Co-Creation of the Voice of the Customer as a Strategy of Social Innovation by Japanese Services Entrepreneurs: Case of Takayuki Nakagawa; 'C.Kay - 'KOOTS Green Tea; 'A.Gilinsky Jr.'&' W.Kusumoto - ' -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-29881-1
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 19/08/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés