Simon Down's timely ethnographic study takes a philosophically reflective and empirically detailed look at the way in which enterprising people use narrative resources to construct their identity as entrepreneurs. The book draws on a wide range of intellectual sources, from naturalistic...

Simon Down’s timely ethnographic study takes a philosophically reflective and empirically detailed look at the way in which enterprising people use narrative resources to construct their identity as entrepreneurs. The book draws on a wide range of intellectual sources, from naturalistic...

The papers presented in this special issue follow on from ideas and discussions had at a workshop organized by the Centre for Knowledge, Innovation, Technology and Enterprise (KITE), at Newcastle University, and the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strathclyde University, held at Newcastle...

Public narratives concerning indigenous economic development are increasingly being colonized by enterprise discourse. As du Gay (1996, 2000) amply demonstrates, in another connection, discursive colonization is a multi-faceted phenomenon that intertwines with political and economic institutions...

The purpose of this paper is to review the relevant literature concerning the skills and knowledge of owner-managers in small firms and to show how these might be enhanced and made more effective through alternative transferral and ‘teaching' strategies. It is shown that small firms are not...