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  • 1.  Book report books

    Posted 01-11-2008 12:40

    Dear Colleagues,

    I am teaching an honors section of undergraduate entrepreneurship.   It is similar to a traditional entrepreneurship class, plus I am having students do two book reports.  I let students pick their books, but am looking for some books to suggest to them.

    One book needs to be a biography of an entrepreneur(s).  For example, The Vital Few, Giants of <st1:city w:st="on">Enterprise</st1:city>, Titan, The Fords: An American Epic, My Life at IBM and Beyond, Sam Walton: Made in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>, etc.

    The other is an entrepreneurship book on a specialized topic.  For example, The Innovator's Dilemma, The Money of Invention, White Man's Burden, Crossing the Chasm, Built to Last, etc.

    Could anybody point me to a good list of these sorts of books.  If you have some specific books to recommend, e-mail me direct.  I'll compile results and post here. 

    Thanks,

    Vance H. Fried
    Brattain Professor of Management
    <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Spears</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Business
    vance.fried@okstate.edu

     

     

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  • 2.  Book report books

    Posted 01-13-2008 21:57

    I have been reading "100 Great Business Ideas and the Minds Behind Them."  Each vignette is just a couple pages, but it talks about what the founding entrepreneur was like, what their background was, and how they thought.  I find it to be an intriguing book and am thinking about doing a 1-hour honors course built around it.

    Dr. Fred L. Fry

    Turner Chair of Entrepreneurship

    Editor, Journal of Small Business Strategy

    Foster <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Business Administration</st1:placename></st1:place>

    <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Bradley</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">University</st1:placename></st1:place>

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    ffry@bradley.edu

    jsbs@bradley.edu

     

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    Dear Colleagues,

    I am teaching an honors section of undergraduate entrepreneurship.   It is similar to a traditional entrepreneurship class, plus I am having students do two book reports.  I let students pick their books, but am looking for some books to suggest to them.

    One book needs to be a biography of an entrepreneur(s).  For example, The Vital Few, Giants of <st1:city w:st="on">Enterprise</st1:city>, Titan, The Fords: An American Epic, My Life at IBM and Beyond, Sam Walton: Made in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>, etc.

    The other is an entrepreneurship book on a specialized topic.  For example, The Innovator's Dilemma, The Money of Invention, White Man's Burden, Crossing the Chasm, Built to Last, etc.

    Could anybody point me to a good list of these sorts of books.  If you have some specific books to recommend, e-mail me direct.  I'll compile results and post here. 

    Thanks,

    Vance H. Fried
    Brattain Professor of Management
    <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Spears</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Business
    vance.fried@okstate.edu

     

     

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