01876nam a2200361 a 4500 ebr10579373 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070629s2008 ctua sb 001 0 eng d 2007027402 9780300113310 (cloth alk. paper) 0300113315 (cloth alk. paper) 9780300158564 (pbk.) 9780300150063 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)652385707 HB615 .S478 2008eb 658.1/1 22 Shane, Scott, 1964- The illusions of entrepreneurship [electronic resource] : the costly myths that entrepreneurs, investors, and policy makers live by / Scott A. Shane. New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008. xi, 208 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-200) and index. America : land of entrepreneurship in an entrepreneurial era? -- What are today's entrepreneurial industries? -- Who becomes an entrepreneur? -- What does the typical start-up look like? -- How are new businesses financed? -- How well does the typical entrepreneur do? -- What makes some entrepreneurs more successful than others? -- Why don't women start more companies? -- Why is black entrepreneurship so rare? -- How valuable is the average start-up?. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Entrepreneurship. New business enterprises. Success in business. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10579373 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 85839 85839