Leadership and Entrepreneurship

This book presents the expertise of authorities on leadership and entrepreneurship. They examine the entrepreneur from a personal, organizational, and multidimensional point of view. In addition, successful entrepreneurs from profit and not-for-profit firms, from hardware and software firms, and from manufacturing and service firms joined with assistance providers, academicians, and researchers to bring a firmer understanding of the qualities that contribute to successful leadership in growth-oriented firms. The book emphasizes what entrepreneurs actually do, how they do it, and what can be learned by examining the common themes or concepts that exist in the practice of entrepreneurship.

By emphasizing what entrepreneurs actually do, how they do it, and what can be learned by examining the common themes or concepts that exist in the practice of entrepreneurship, the editors have created a volume of value to researchers and academics in business and management, to public policy makers, and to the business community.

RAYMOND W. SMILOR is vice president of the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Inc. at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and was the first Marion Merrell Dow Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

DONALD L. SEXTON is senior teaching and research fellow and director of applied research at the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Inc. at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation./e Prior to joining the Foundation he was the William H. David Professor in the American Free Enterprise System at the Ohio State University.