New technologies, the climate crisis, the changing security situation and social issues are just some of the global challenges affecting businesses worldwide. Today, our changing world requires a certain agility when it comes to adapting business models to current circumstances. According to Annabeth Aagaard, editor of the book Business Model Innovation: Game Changer and Contemporary […]

How do entrepreneurs think and feel? In the book Psychological Foundations of the Entrepreneurial Mindset, entrepreneurship professor and author Kelly G. Shaver examines the psychological processes that underlie entrepreneurship. Focusing on the individual rather than the firm, the book analyzes factors such as motivation, cognition, perception, and personality. Shaver discusses what shapes an entrepreneur’s way […]

There are innovations that are invisible or not considered valuable in established research. Often, these are innovations that involve technical solutions developed by public organizations – even though they have played an important role in developing new technologies. In the book Dark Innovation – After Neoliberal Tools and Techniques , author and professor Ryan T. […]

Entrepreneurship is a growing subject in colleges and universities around the world, but with this growth comes ethical dilemmas. In The Ethics of Entrepreneurship Education, Kyle Jensen explores the challenges that teachers, investors and mentors, for example, face when dealing with student entrepreneurship. The book addresses issues such as: Should university teachers invest in student […]

Can business, government and society work together to address global challenges such as climate change, cybersecurity, disease, food security and education? In the book Venture Meets Mission , authors Arun Gupta, Gerard George and Thomas Fewer, all researchers and professors at Georgetown University, USA, argue that it can. But to succeed in creating a capitalism […]

Stop blaming external circumstances when things go wrong. Only hire people who have previously worked in a start-up. Take care of your health! These are three of the 66 concrete “rules” for entrepreneurs collected in the book 66 Simple Rules for Entrepreneurs – A Roadmap for Improved Performance. The authors Dean Shepard, Holger Patzelt and […]

Regulations are an important part of a well-functioning economy, and they are constantly changing as technological advances enable new markets. Just think about how digitalization or DNA technology has shaken up the world. Political processes, such as regional integration or geopolitical tensions, also create new regulations to deal with. But overly regulated economies can lead […]