The Entrepreneur in Youth: An Untapped Resource for Economic Growth, Social Entrepreneurship, and Education (New Horizons in Entrepreneurship) [Hardcover]

Marilyn L. Kourilsky (Author), William B. Walstad (Author), Andrew Thomas (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1845422503 | ISBN-13: 978-1845422509 | Publication Date: November 7, 2007

"The Entrepreneur in Youth" offers one of the most comprehensive assessments to date of African American, Latino, and white high school students' aspirations, knowledge, opinions and educational views related to entrepreneurship and philanthropy. A key strength is its longitudinal approach to analysis and interpretations, made possible by extensive surveys of over 11,000 respondents from high school youth and other groups, including adults and business owners. The key findings exhibit an extraordinarily high level of interest in entrepreneurship among youth as well as a strong desire to give back to their communities. However, they lack the knowledge and experience to achieve their aspirations.The book's major recommendations and guidelines include challenges to education and other policymakers to expand and enhance opportunities to access entrepreneurship education and early entrepreneurship mentoring shadowing experiences - especially for those who demand it the most: African Americans and Latinos. Meeting these challenges not only will contribute to economic growth and social reform initiatives but also will increase economic and social mobility and access to opportunity for a still largely untapped pool of future entrepreneurs. This book will appeal to academics in entrepreneurship, economics, business and education, as well as policymakers, educators and business leaders.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'The importance of the research reported in this book cannot be overemphasized... This seminal book reveals through the voices of our youth their desire for education that may lead to... opportunities for enacting social change and achieving meaningful recognition.'- From the foreword by Sandy Gooch, Founder of Gooch Enterprises, US

Product Details

• Hardcover: 166 pages
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub (November 7, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1845422503
• ISBN-13: 978-1845422509
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,678,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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