Entrepreneurship and Culture

EBook Description: The book is an innovative compilation of papers that explore the relationship between cultural features and entrepreneurship. The relative stability of differences in entrepreneurial activity across countries suggests that other than economic factors are at play. The contributions to this edited volume deal with the foundations of entrepreneurship and with the effects of different cultural settings on the incidence and success of entrepreneurs. Topics are individual decision making in a cultural context, regional aspects of entrepreneurship, cross-country differences, and the influence of culture on entrepreneurial activity.

CONTENTS
Preface v
1. Decision by Modern Entrepreneur 1
2. Methods for Comparing Investment Alternatives 10
3. Replacement Analysis 32
4. Farm Management 44
5. Pre-Fabricated Irrigation Channels 61
6. Purchasing Methods 74
7. Stores Control 86
8. Credit System 106
9. Kinds of Credit 124
10. Treasury Bill Market 138
11. Office Machines 160
12. Production Control 182
13. Typical Production-control Procedure 203
14. Decision-Making Framework for Export Operation 217
15. Privatisation 225
16. Industrial Sickness 247
17. Service Sector and Modern Entrepreneur 266
18. Commercial Banks 283
19. Insurance 292
20. Warehousing 313
21. Price Discrimination and Modem Entrepreneur 325
22. Leadership in Modem Entrepreneur 352
23. Organisation of Foreign Trade by Modem Entrepreneur 374
24. Import Decisions by Modem Entrepreneur 385
25. Bilateral Trade and Rupee Payment Agreements 398
26. Export Trade 405

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