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51 books match the query 'Entrepreneurship' and 3 start with i
In the River They Swim
Essays from Around the World on Enterprise Solutions to PovertyMichael Fairbanks
Templeton Press, 2009
The sociologist Thomas Sowell writes, "We need to confront the most blatant fact that has persisted across centuries of social history—vast ddifferences in productivity among peoples, and the economic and other consequences of such differences." Poverty demeans dignity, shrinks the soul, wastes potential, and inflicts suffering on three billion people on our planet. We must also acknowledge that, during the past fifty yyears, the record in international assistance to the least developed countries has been disappointing; the economics-based abstractions developed in the think tanks of Europe and North America are insufficient.
In the River They Swim is the antithesis to that search for solutions the next big theory of global poverty. From the fresh perspective of advisors on the frontlines of development to the insight of leaders like President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Pastor Rick Warren, it tells the story of change in the microcosms of emerging businesses, industries, and governments. These essays display a personal nature to their work that rigorous analysis alone cannot explain.
We learn that a Sufi master can teach us about the different levels of knowledge, the "different ways to know a river." These practitioners could have written about its length, its source, its depth, its width, the power of its current, and the life it contains. They could have invested time and money to travel to that river so that they could sit on its shores and look at it, feel the sand that borders it, and watch the birds at play over it. Instead, they dove in to swim in the river, felt its current along their bodies, and tasted something of it. They wondered, briefly, if they had the strength to swim its length, and now they share the answer.
If human development is a river, the authors in this volume, and perhaps some readers, will no longer be satisfied to stand along its banks.
Innovating Higher Education at a Small University
Navigating Shifting Paradigms with Humanity and HeartMatthew E. Gordley
Rutgers University Press, 2027
Higher education is at a moment of real uncertainty. Colleges and universities are being asked to respond to changing student needs, financial pressure, and growing questions about value and purpose. Innovating Higher Education at a Small University offers a grounded and hopeful response to these challenges. Through a series of real, lived case studies, the book shows how one small, mission driven institution is rethinking how it teaches, partners, and serves its community. Spanning interdisciplinary work across teacher preparation, literacy, healthcare, and the arts, the chapters highlight what becomes possible when faculty and leaders are trusted to innovate with intention and care. Each chapter shares not only what was built, but also what was learned along the way, offering clear insights that others can adapt to their own contexts. Not a book about abstract trends or emerging technologies, it is grounded in program design, relationships, and project implementation. It is a book about people doing the work, and a reminder that meaningful change in higher education is already happening in places willing to lead with both humanity and purpose.
International Differences in Entrepreneurship
Edited by Josh Lerner and Antoinette Schoar
University of Chicago Press, 2010
Often considered one of the major forces behind economic growth and development, the entrepreneurial firm can accelerate the speed of innovation and dissemination of new technologies, thus increasing a country's competitive edge in the global market. As a result, cultivating a strong culture of entrepreneurial thinking has become a primary goal throughout the world.
Surprisingly, there has been little systematic research or comparative analysis to show how the growth of entrepreneurship differs among countries in various stages of development. International Differences in Entrepreneurship fills this void by explaining how a country's institutional differences, cultural considerations, and personal characteristics can affect the role that entrepreneurs play in its economy. Developing an understanding of the origins of entrepreneurs as well as the choices they make and the complexity of their activities across countries and industries are of central importance to this volume. In addition, contributors consider how environmental factors of individual economies, such as market regulation, government subsidies for banks, and support for entrepreneurial culture affect the industry and the impact that entrepreneurs have on growth in developing nations.