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The Enterprise Culture: Threat or Opportunity?
Allan GibbWhat is “enterprise culture?” How can organisations benefit from this new ideology and its consequent practices?
Corporate Entrepreneurship — A Blueprint for Action
Ian McDonald WoodEntrepreneurship is crucial to corporate success and growth: how can it be encouraged? The idea of an Entrepreneurship Programme is put forward.
Innovation — A State of Mind
Ian McDonald WoodInnovation is not an action, but is a state of mind — moreover, it needs to be an ongoing one.
Changing the Organisation and Winning
Willem F.G. MastenbroekResistance to change is natural but is very negative and destructive — unless the energy arising from the tensions is used creatively.
Star Wars
Henry M. StrageWhy have entrepreneurs been so much in the news? What attempts have made to cope with the entrepreneurial revolution?
Managerial Skills for the Entrepreneur
James S. LowdenMany small companies fail because the entrepreneur does not recognise his own strengths and weaknesses, and the need to build a complementary team.
Creating New Ideas
Jim MaxonIn order to create new ideas, Hewlett‐Packard firstly identified the true innovators, entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, and secondly created a climate in which they could flourish.
Why Large Corporations Must Change
David Norburn, Kingsley Manning, Sue BirleyWorldwide economic decline, rampant inflation, floating exchange rates and the rise of the Pacific Rim countries mean that businesses in the Western World must adopt a different…
Managing Management Buyouts: Lessons for Would‐be Entrepreneurs
Mike Wright, John Coyne, Ken RobbieNot only has the number of management buyouts increased rapidly in the last few years, but the actual size of the buyouts has also significantly increased.
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- Brandon Randolph-Seng (Editor-in-Chief)