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Entrepreneurship : theory, process, practice (2019) - eBook and book by Howard H. Frederick
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Entrepreneurship and small business (2014) - eBook and book by Michael Schaper
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Featured Case Study

An interesting charity start up in 2014 from Amy Peakes' kitchen. It demonstrates multiple fundamental community value benefits and multiple micro sustainability business models. The original BBC article The unlikely sanitary pad missionary (2015) and their organisation's contemporary website Loving Humanity

Case Studies

Bilimoria, K 2018, ‘Cobra’s chairman on turning an Indian beer into a global brand’,
Harvard Business Review, vol. 96, no. 6, pp. 32-35, viewed 7 July 2021, Business Source Complete.
Cohen, R 2020, ‘The founder of Chewy.com on finding the financing to achieve scale’,
Harvard Business Review, vol. 98, no. 1, pp. 35-38, viewed 7 July 2021, Business Source Complete.
Cornwall, JR, Alexander, JF & Ivey, JM 2019, 'Frothy Monkey: getting to the other side',
Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 119-140, viewed 29 June 2021, ProQuest Central.
Day, A 2021, ‘A guaranteed return’,
Stanford Social Innovation Review, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 15-16, viewed 29 June 2021, Business Source Complete.
Faces of small business n.d.,
Business Victoria, viewed 12 July 2021, <https://faces.business.vic.gov.au/>.
Ford, N 2020, ‘Successful agricultural enterprises and smart policy: eight case studies’,
African Business, no. 476, pp. 62-65, viewed 30 June 2021, Business Source Complete.
‘Ice dreams’ 2020,
Industry Leaders Magazine, pp. 54-65, viewed 30 June 2021, Business Source Complete.
Konrad, A 2019, ‘Intelligent design’,
Forbes, vol. 202, no. 10, pp. 68-76, viewed 7 July 2021, Business Source Complete.
Lindberg, KS 2020, ‘Small business: locking out the pirates’,
Bloomberg Businessweek, no. 4668, pp. 32-33, viewed 7 July 2021, Business Source Complete.
Venema, V 2015, The unlikely sanitary pad missionary,
BBC World Service, viewed 13 July 2021, <https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34925238>.
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An interesting charity start up in 2014 from Amy Peakes' kitchen. It demonstrates multiple fundamental community value benefits and multiple micro sustainability business models.
Versai, A 2020, ‘Way forward for microgrids: Australia’s new solar garden bears fruit for NSW community’,
Industry Leaders Magazine, pp. 116-125, viewed 30 June 2021, Business Source Complete.

Australian rural entrepreneurs (2021) - Book by Kerry Anderson

Business Models

Bamford, J, Baynham, G & Ernst, D 2020, 'Joint ventures and partnerships in a downturn',
Harvard Business Review, vol. 98, no. 5, pp. 116-124, viewed 26 October 2023, Business Source Complete.
Besharov, M, Litrico, JB & Kislenko, S 2019, ' The many roads to revenue generation',
Stanford Social Innovation Review, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 34-39, viewed 26 October 2023, Business Source Complete.
Evans, DS & Schmalensee, R 2016, 'What platforms do differently than traditional businesses',
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, May, pp. 2-5, viewed 26 october 2023, Business Source Complete.
Kasturi Rangan, V, Chur, M & Petkoski 2011, 'Segmenting the base of the pyramid',
Harvard Business Review, vol. 89, no. 6, pp. 113-117, viewed 26 October 2023, Gale Academic OneFile.
London, T & Fay, C 2016, 'Making money by fighting poverty',
ISE: Industrial & Systems Engineering at Work, vol. 48, no. 11, pp. 26-31, viewed 26 October 2023, Business Source Complete.
Peric, J, Delic, A & Stanic, M 2020, 'Exploring business models of nonprofit organizations',
Journal of Contemporary Management Issues, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 181-194, viewed 26 October 2023, Business Source Complete.

Danhof, J, Voyt, C, Sparks, W and Lakin, S 2023, 'Yes, and ... improvising your revenue stream',
Camping Magazine, vol. 96, no. 1, pp. 29-33, viewed 26 October 2023, Gale General OneFile.
Day, A 2021, ‘A guaranteed return’,
Stanford Social Innovation Review, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 15-16, viewed 29 June 2021, Business Source Complete.
Mehera, A & Ordonez-Ponce, E 2021, 'Social and economic value creation by Bendigo Bank and Stockland Property Group: application of shared value business model',
Business and Society Review, vol. 126, pp. 69-99, viewed 26 October 2023, Business Source Complete.
Pilon, M, Penty, R & Rocks, D 2022, ‘Stronger with age’,
Bloomberg Businessweek, no. 4750, pp. 32-33, viewed 26 October 2023, Business Source Complete.
van Andel, W, Herman, A & Schramme, A 2020, ‘Divide and create: a commoning approach to business modeling’,
Journal of Business Models, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 2-8, viewed 26 October 2023, Business Source Complete.
Wogsland, A 2018, 'Environment, meet design',
Design Management Review, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 36-42, viewed 26 October 2023, Business Source Complete.

Pfitzer, M, Bockstette & Stamp, M 2013, 'Innovating for shared value: companies that deliver both social benefit and business value rely on five mutually reinforcing elements',
Harvard Business Review, vol. 91, no. 9, pp. 100-107, viewed 26 October 2023, Gale Academic OneFile.
O'Shaughnessy, M & Olmedo, L 2023, 'Placing the Irish social enterprise ecosystem within the wider European landscape',
Irish Journal of Management, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 3-15, viewed 26 October 2023, https://doi.org/10.2478/ijm-2023-0007
Nteere, KK 2021, 'Theories of social entrepreneurship: an empirical review',
The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 459-456, viewed 24 October 2023, <https://strategicjournals.com/index.php/journal/article/view/2008/1921>.

Web Resources

Weekly Readings

Focus Readings

Frederick, H, O'Connor, A & Kuratko, D 2019, Entrepreneurship: theory and practice,
5th edn, Cengage, South Melbourne. (pp. 47-55)
Friesike, S, Thiesse, F & Kuk, G 2021, ‘Viewpoint: what can the Maker Movement teach us about the digitization of creativity?’,
Communications of the ACM, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 42-45, doi:10.1145/3447524
Kuratko, DF, Fisher, G & Audretsch, DB 2020, ‘Unraveling the entrepreneurial mindset’,
Small Business Economics, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 1-11, doi:10.1007/s11187-020-00372-6

Focus Readings

Bahcall, S 2019, ‘The innovation equation’,
Harvard Business Review, vol. 97, no. 2, pp. 74-81, viewed 6 July 2021, Business Source Complete.
Frederick, H, O'Connor, A & Kuratko, D 2019, Entrepreneurship: theory and practice,
5th edn, Cengage, South Melbourne.
(pp.196-208)
Hall, MJ 2019, ‘Intentionally build aha opportunities’,
TD: Talent Development, vol. 73, no. 5, pp. 48-53, viewed 6 July 2021, Business Source Complete.
Narang, S 2018, ‘Innovation and unicorns’,
Human Capital, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 50-52, viewed 6 July 2021, Business Source Complete.

Focus Reading

Brumme, C & Trelstad, B 2023, 'Should your start-up be for profit or nonprofit?',
Harvard Business Review, May-June, pp. 136-145, viewed 24 October 2023, Business Source Complete.
Carty, W 2021, ‘Applying a gender lens to social entrepreneurship’,
Stanford Social Innovation Review, vol.19, no. 1, pp. 57-58,viewed 24 October 2023, Business Source Complete.
Morris, MH, Santos, SC & Kuratko, DF 2020, ‘The great divides in social entrepreneurship and where they lead us’,
Small Business Economics, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 1-18, doi:10.1007/s11187-020-00318-y
Nteere, KK 2021, 'Theories of social entrepreneurship: an empirical review',
The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 459-456, viewed 24 October 2023, <https://strategicjournals.com/index.php/journal/article/view/2008/1921>.
Schaper, M, Volery, T, Weber, P & Gibson, B 2014, Entrepreneurship and small business,
4th edn, Wiley, Milton, Qld. (pp. 77-98)

Focus Readings

Australian Government. Business n.d., Business structures: types of business structures,
viewed 9 July 2021, <https://business.gov.au/planning/business-structures-and-types/business-structures>.
Australian Government. Business 2021, Intellectual property explained,
viewed 9 July 2021, <https://business.gov.au/planning/intellectual-property/intellectual-property-explained>.

Focus Readings

Esber, D, Goffman, B & Gregg, B 2018, ‘Discussions in digital: what’s a marketing ecosystem and what does it mean for marketers?’,
McKinsey & Company, weblog post, 22 March, viewed 7 July 2021, https://www.mckinsey.com>.
Eze, SC & Chinedu-Eze, VC 2018, 'Examining information and communication technology (ICT) adoption in SMEs',
Journal of Enterprise Information Management, vol. 31, no. 2, viewed 7 July 2021, <https://www.emerald.com/insight/>.
Lazarow, A 2020, ‘Startups, it’s time to think like camels - not unicorns’,
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 16 October, pp. 2-5, viewed 30 June 2021, Business Source Complete.
Miller-Merrell, J 2021, ‘Human resources: HR strategy for small business - the top five focus areas’,
Toledo Business Journal, vol. 37, no. 5, p. 9, viewed 7 July 2021, Business Source Complete.
Sarkar, C & Kotler, P 2019, ‘Ecosystem marketing: the future of competition’,
The Marketing Journal, 21 February, viewed 7 July 2021, https://www.marketingjournal.org>.
Snow, DD 2020, ‘Growing pains: success strategies for rural entrepreneurs to grow beyond their limited local markets’,
Journal of Business & Management, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 53-67, doi:10.6347/JBM.202009_26(2).0003

Focus Readings

Miller-Merrell, J 2021, ‘Human resources: HR strategy for small business - the top five focus areas’,
Toledo Business Journal, vol. 37, no. 5, p. 9, viewed 7 July 2021, Business Source Complete.
Maddox, M 2018, ‘Your customers are changing, your customer communications should too’,
CMO Innovation, 9 March, pp. 1-4, viewed 7 July 2021, Business Source Complete.

Focus Readings

Schaper, M, Volery, T, Weber, P & Gibson, B 2014, Entrepreneurship and small business,
4th edn, Wiley, Milton, Qld. (pp. 371-389)

Focus Readings

Dixon, DR 2018, ‘Case study: can I step back from my start-up’,
Harvard Business Review, vol. 96, no. 5, pp. 145-149, viewed 25 June 2021, Business Source Complete.
Hamel, G & Zanini, M 2018, ‘The end of bureaucracy’,
Harvard Business Review, vol. 96, no. 6, pp. 50-59, viewed 7 July 2021, Business Source Complete.

Focus Readings

Cornelissen, J & Torres, N 2019, ‘When you pitch an idea, gestures matter more than words’,
Harvard Business Review, vol. 97, no. 3, pp. 36-37 viewed 25 June 2021, Business Source Complete.

Social Enterprises

Absar, R 2019, 'How nonprofits can take a page from corporate America's playbook',
Nonprofit Business Advisor, vol. 2019, no. 356, p. 1, viewed 25 October 2023, Gale Academic OneFile.
Brumme, C & Trelstad, B 2023, 'Should your start-up be for profit or nonprofit?',
Harvard Business Review, May-June, pp. 136-145, viewed 24 October 2023, Business Source Complete.
Bugg-Levine, A, Kogut, B & Kulatilaka, N 2012, 'A new approach to funding social enterprises',
January-February, Harvard Business Review, vol. 90, no. 1/2, pp. 118–123, viewed 25 October 2023, Business Source Complete.
Burkett, I 2020., Using the business model Canvas for social enterprise design, 2nd edn,
Griffith University, viewed 25 October 2023, <https://medium.com/good-shift/business-model-canvas-for-social-enterprise-design-fb82e3e85bc5>.
Justice Connect 2022, Social enterprise guide: legal issues to consider when setting up a social enterprise,
viewed 26 October 2023, <https://content.nfplaw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Social-enterprise-guide.pdf>.
Mills Oakley 2023, Social enterprise toolkit: a practical guide for charities and not-for-profits,
viewed 24 Ocboer 2023, <https://millsoakley.com.au>.

Absar, R 2019, 'How nonprofits can take a page from corporate America's playbook',
Nonprofit Business Advisor, vol. 2019, no. 356, p. 1, viewed 25 October 2023, Gale Academic OneFile.
Baker, G 2023, 'In Te Whangai they trust',
NZ Business and Management, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 26-27, viewed 26 October 2023, Business Source Complete.
Day, A 2021, ‘A guaranteed return’,
Stanford Social Innovation Review, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 15-16, viewed 29 June 2021, Business Source Complete.
Mycoskie, B 2016, 'How I did it: the founder of Toms on reimagining the company's mission',
Harvard Business Review, vol. 94, no. 1-2, pp. 41-44, viewed 26 October 2023, Gale Academic OneFile.
Talbot, C, Tregilgas, P & Harrison K 2002, Social enterprise in Australia: an introductory handbook,
Adelaide Central Mission, viewed 26 October 2023, <https://socialenterprise.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Social-Enterprise-in-Australia.pdf>.
Ward-Christie, L, Earles, A & Moran, M 2021, Australia’s social venture ecosystem: understanding the support and development landscape,
Paul Ramsay Foundation, viewed 26 October 2023, <https://www.csi.edu.au/research/australias-social-venture-ecosystem/>.

Nteere, KK 2021, 'Theories of social entrepreneurship: an empirical review',
The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 459-456, viewed 24 October 2023, <https://strategicjournals.com/index.php/journal/article/view/2008/1921>.
O'Shaughnessy, M & Olmedo, L 2023, 'Placing the Irish social enterprise ecosystem within the wider European landscape',
Irish Journal of Management, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 3-15, viewed 26 October 2023, https://doi.org/10.2478/ijm-2023-0007
Pfitzer, M, Bockstette & Stamp, M 2013, 'Innovating for shared value: companies that deliver both social benefit and business value rely on five mutually reinforcing elements',
Harvard Business Review, vol. 91, no. 9, pp. 100-107, viewed 26 October 2023, Gale Academic OneFile.

Baszucki, D 2022, ‘The CEO of Roblox on Scaling Community-Sourced Innovation’,
Harvard Business Review, vol. 100, no. 2, pp. 30-33, viewed 26 October 2023, Business Source Complete.
Blank, S 2019, 'McKinsey's Three Horizons model defined innovation for years: here's why it no longer applies',
Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, February, pp. 2-5, viewed 26 October 2023, Business Source Complete.
Christensen, K 2020, 'Creative construction: the DNA of sustained innovation',
viewed 24 October 2023, Rotman Management, Winter, pp. 7-12, Business Source Complete.
Dyer, JH, Gregersen, HB & Christensen, CM 2009, ‘The innovator’s DNA: five “discovery skills” separate true innovators from the rest of us’,
Harvard Business Review, vol. 87, no. 12, p. 60- 67, viewed 26 October 2023, Business Source Complete.
Eapen, TT, Finkenstadt, DJ, Folk, J & Venkataswamy, L 2023, ‘How generative AI can augment human creativity’,
Harvard Business Review, vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 56-64, viewed 26 October 2023, Business Source Complete.
Hall, MJ 2019, ‘Intentionally build aha opportunities’,
TD: Talent Development, vol. 73, no. 5, pp. 48-53, viewed 6 July 2021, Business Source Complete.
Kellerman, GR & Seligman, MEP 2023, 'Cultivating the four kinds of creativity: how people and organizations use them all to innovate',
Harvard Business Review, January-February, pp. 139-143, viewed 26 October 2023, Gale Academic OneFile.

Ahuja, S 2018, ‘Seven myths of intrapreneurship: how to create a disruptive culture that inspires’,
Leadership Excellence, vol. 35, no. 12, pp. 29-31, viewed 26 October 2023, Business Source Complete.
Austin, J, Stevenson, H & Wei-Skillern, J 2012, 'Social and commercial entrepreneurship: same, different, or both?',
Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, vol. 30, no. 1, p. 1, viewed 26 October 2023, Gale Academic OneFile.
Berzin, S & Pitt-Catsouphes, M 2015, ‘Social innovation from the inside: considering the “intrapreneurship” path’,
Social Work, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 360-362, viewed 26 October 2023, CINHAHL Complete.
Koe, FT 2021, ‘Innovation comes from intrapreneurs’,
Entrepreneur, vol. 49, no. 7, pp. 16-18, viewed 26 October 2023, Business Source Complete.
Martin, RL & Osberg, SR 2015, 'Two keys to sustainable social enterprise',
Harvard Business Review, May, pp. 86-94, viewed 26 October 2023, Gale Academic OneFile.

Bachelor of Business: BUMAN303A Entrepreneurship and New Business Creation

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