Entrepreneurship in Latin America Perspectives on Education and Innovation

Name: Entrepreneurship in Latin America Perspectives on Education and Innovation
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ISBN: 9780275980405

ISBN-10: 0275980405

ISBN-13: 9780275980405

Edition: 2004

Authors: Scott Tiffin

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Entrepreneurship drives growth in any economy. It is about combining people with good ideas, vision, and courage, who risk their own capital-and their investors'-to develop new products and services. It is about innovation, technology development, and wealth creation. As a field of research and education it is relatively new, and in the case of Latin America, full of promise. Studies undertaken by Babson College, one of the world's premier centers of entrepreneurship, show that Latin America is a hotbed of new business creation, but largely without the educational or institutional infrastructure to support it. This volume, the first of its kind, documents the initial state of the art in…

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List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 12/30/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

SCOTT TIFFIN is Director of Research and International Relations, School of Business, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez, Santiago, Chile. Previously, as director of the Institute for Latin American Business at Babson College, he founded the International Conference on Entrepreneurship in Latin America. A specialist on entrepreneurship in Latin America, he has led a wide variety of research projects and education projects throughout the region.



Foreword



Introduction



The IBA and the Promotion of Entrepreneurship: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for New Programs



Entrepreneurship and Development: Venezuela Case Study



Gassol Globalization, Entrepreneurship, and Entrepreneurial Support Systems in Latin America



The Effect of Entrepreneurship Education in the University of Cali



Leiva Teaching Entrepreneurship in Chile: The UDD Case



Educating Entrepreneurs



The Application of Project Oriented Learning on the Development of the Entrepreneurial Spirit in Undergraduate Students: The Case of ITESM in Mexico



Promoting Entrepreneurship: The Successful Experience of the Universidad Del Pacifico



Prospects for Teaching Entrepreneurship Online: A Focus On Latin America



Index for Creation and Development of Knowledge-Based Firms



Entrpreneurship and Innovation in Brazilian Incubators



Family Business in Chile and Mexico: Organizational Climate as Antecedent of Entrepreneurial Orientation



Venture Capital in the Chile, Flying Angels...Lingering Funds



A Note on Venture Capital in Brazil



Pimenta Bueno Women in Business and Entrepreneurship in Chile



Stiepovic Women Entrepreneurs in High Tech Firms in Brazil