International Entrepreneurship Innovative Solutions for a Fragile Pl
Despite the accelerating pace of globalization, it is impossible to ignore the marginalization of the developing world, as billions of people continue to slip deeper into poverty. While many theories, policies, and practices have been proposed to help red
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A. Coskun Samli
International Entrepreneurship Innovative Solutions for a Fragile Planet
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A. Coskun Samli University of North Florida Coggin College of Business Jacksonville, FL 32224 USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-0-387-88596-4 e-ISBN 978-0-387-88597-1 DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-88597-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008939947 # Springer ScienceþBusiness Media, LLC 2009 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer ScienceþBusiness Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper springer.com
This Book is dedicated to entrepreneurs everywhere, who innovate, take chances and contribute to economic well being. Thank you.
Preface
In the world’s major cities, one finds many Jewish businessmen managing numerous businesses and generating economic wealth. In many parts of Asia, the Chinese own the businesses, Japanese manage them and Pilipinos work in them. Just two or three decades ago the Asian Four Tigers, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore were very poor countries. Currently, they are buzzing with economic activity and ever improving overall economic conditions for all. Additionally when one goes to Los Angeles, New York, or Chicago one finds thriving small businesses by immigrants who have come from almost sub-marginal economic conditions in different parts of the world. Just why these exceptions? Are some groups of people more capable of accomplishing business activity and generating economic well-being? Is this what can be coined the contribution of entrepreneurial skills? These skills are very important; they vary from one location to another, but they are essential for the future of this world. Many of these and other related concepts are covered in this book. But before everything else, it must be established that the world as a whole is not quite moving in a positive direction. The gap between the haves and have-nots is widening, economic power is concentrating more and more in the hands of the few. As a result, we need more of this entrepreneurial talent. As we will see throughout this book that talent may stop the growing gap between the rich and the poor. We must understand the phenomenon and we must be instrumental in generating more entrepreneurs.
The Problems of the Fragile Planet While the world is experiencing a very profound movement coined globalization, which is free movement of capital, know how, technology, and information to benefit certain g
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