Colin Bell

A place-led perspective of entrepreneurial development is becoming increasingly important, given narratives around entrepreneurial ecosystems, contexts, and the design of entrepreneurial institutions. In a world where we recognise entrepreneurial means, ends and values in terms of locations with meaning, this latest volume in Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research explores the phenomenon of Entrepreneurial Place Leadership.

Defining Entrepreneurial Place Leadership in terms of… Show more

A place-led perspective of entrepreneurial development is becoming increasingly important, given narratives around entrepreneurial ecosystems, contexts, and the design of entrepreneurial institutions. In a world where we recognise entrepreneurial means, ends and values in terms of locations with meaning, this latest volume in Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research explores the phenomenon of Entrepreneurial Place Leadership.

Defining Entrepreneurial Place Leadership in terms of how locations with entrepreneurial meaning are created, maintained, exploited, and amplified to generate future value, this edited collection considers how entrepreneurs lead in a complex entrepreneurial landscape. Leading international scholars act as guides through a heterogeneous landscape of individual dwellings, communities, and planned settlements.

Topics include: an exploration of entrepreneurial responsibility to place in rural Nova Scotia; an analysis of culture in Entrepreneurial Support Organisations in Spain; a discussion of entrepreneurial implementation of policy in Italy; and the introduction of a tool for managing a complex solution ecosystem in Australia. Each chapter reflects upon the contribution of the author’s research to academic theory and makes policy and practice recommendations – as such this book is a useful resource for academics, students, and entrepreneurial place leaders.

Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research is an official book series of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE). Each volume is designed around a specific theme of importance to the entrepreneurship and small business community with articles collectively exploring and developing theory and practice in the field. Show less

This essential toolkit from Winning Moves aims to help you live your dream by starting your own business.

For most deciding whether or not to start a business is like being on a roller coaster, one minute you are excited, enthused and determined that you will be a success, then a little bit of doubt or uncertainty creeps in and you wish you could slam on the brakes and come to a grinding halt.

So why start a business?
When we ask people why they want to start a business you may… Show more

This essential toolkit from Winning Moves aims to help you live your dream by starting your own business.

For most deciding whether or not to start a business is like being on a roller coaster, one minute you are excited, enthused and determined that you will be a success, then a little bit of doubt or uncertainty creeps in and you wish you could slam on the brakes and come to a grinding halt.

So why start a business?
When we ask people why they want to start a business you may expect the majority to say, to make money or become rich. This couldn’t be further from the truth, rather they say things like, they are frustrated in their current job, they want the freedom to create something new, they want a job that they can fit around the family, or want to gain more control over their lives.

Using this toolkit
Please download the toolkit first of all. As you work through it, you may need one or more (or maybe all!!) of the templates and challenges. Download these to your computer as you need them (or all at once). Show less