The Entrepreneurial Shift: Americanization in European High-Technology Management Education
Robert R. Locke
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Hardback. This volume is a provocative study of how American-led entrepreneurship transformed business education in Europe. Num Pages: 266 pages, 16 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 585. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear in good dustwrapper
This volume is a provocative study of how American-led entrepreneurship transformed business education in Europe. Starting with Silicon Valley's high-technology businesses, and examining business schools in France, Germany and the Czech Republic, the book shows how management education shifted in response to an increasingly entrepreneurial business context. Traditionally, training focused on learning about existing models and how to use them to best advantage; there was little room to embrace continuous change. New technologies have been liberating, enhancing variety and change in European business schools. The educational emphasis has turned now to thinking 'outside the box'- embracing technological solutions, and creating ... Read more
This volume is a provocative study of how American-led entrepreneurship transformed business education in Europe. Starting with Silicon Valley's high-technology businesses, and examining business schools in France, Germany and the Czech Republic, the book shows how management education shifted in response to an increasingly entrepreneurial business context. Traditionally, training focused on learning about existing models and how to use them to best advantage; there was little room to embrace continuous change. New technologies have been liberating, enhancing variety and change in European business schools. The educational emphasis has turned now to thinking 'outside the box'- embracing technological solutions, and creating ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521840101
SKU
KSS0007102
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About Robert R. Locke
Robert Locke is Emeritus Professor of History, Department of History, University of Hawaii at Manoa. He is the author of The End of the Practical Man (1984), Management and Higher Education Since 1940 (1989), and The Collapse of the American Management Mystique (1996). Katja Schone holds a Master's degree in Business Economics (BWL) and a PhD in International Relations. ... Read more
Reviews for The Entrepreneurial Shift: Americanization in European High-Technology Management Education
Review of the hardback: '… a thoughtful essay on the difficult terrain of academia and high-tech entrepreneurship.' Professor Les Hannah, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo Review of the hardback: 'The Entrepreneurial Shift is an impressive achievement and makes an outstanding contribution to the literature on management education. This book is a demonstration, based on an international study, that technology ... Read more