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The entrepreneur

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Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Part of the book series: Macmillan Small Business Series ((SBUI))

Abstract

Because of the dose relationship that exists between the entrepreneur and his business, the success or failure of the business is very much associated with two factors. These are the degree to which the aims of the business correspond with the real aims of the entrepreneur and, secondly to what extent the real aims of the entrepreneur can actually — given his or her psychological make up — be achieved in practice. This chapter will develop these themes and in the course of this will arrive at some general indications of small business success or failure, and in particular why small businesses in the UK are not widely seen — at any rate by the rest of the world — as being outstandingly successful.

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Authors
  1. Jim Dewhurst
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Cranfield University, UK

    Paul Burns (Chairman of Design for Learning Ltd and Director of the 3i European Enterprise Centre, Professor of Small Business Development) (Chairman of Design for Learning Ltd and Director of the 3i European Enterprise Centre, Professor of Small Business Development)

  2. University of Warwick, UK

    Jim Dewhurst (Chartered Accountant, extensive Commercial experience includes periods as company secretary and financial director) (Chartered Accountant, extensive Commercial experience includes periods as company secretary and financial director)

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© 1996 Jim Dewhurst

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Dewhurst, J. (1996). The entrepreneur. In: Burns, P., Dewhurst, J. (eds) Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Macmillan Small Business Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24911-4_5

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