Previous ed.: Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

$a Preface Introduction PART I: THE CONCEPT OF ENTERPRISE Why Talk About Enterprise? What Does Enterprise Mean? Enterprise in Individuals Enterprise - the External Influences Other Aspects of Enterprise PART II: ENTERPRISE AND SMALL BUSINESS Small Business: Definitions, Characteristics and Needs Distinctive Features of Small Businesses Business Growth Small is Beautiful: Entrepreneurship in the Bigger Business PART III: PROMOTING ENTERPRISE Why Intervene? Theories and Assumptions Intervention Methods Intervention Evaluation and Results AFTERWORD Science, Art, or Magic?

$a This uniquely comprehensive and accessible guide to the key facts, ideas, theories and thinking about enterprise and entrepreneurship considers their relationship to small businesses and discusses the methods that are taken to promote them. Outlining the importance of the small business sector, the authors consider the cultural, economic and political influences on business growth and discuss the results of governmental intervention to promote the development of enterprise. Accessibly presented for students, policy-makers and practitioners, this edition brings together perspectives that would otherwise be spread throughout the literature and includes new or expanded material on: * Entrepreneurship and small business policy * Social enterprise and the social economy * Gender and ethnicity issues * Portfolio and part-time working * Intrapreneurship and corporate entrepreneurship * The E-business sector and the new economy * International comparative performance