ENTREPRENEURSHIP: The Art, Science, and Process for Success

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Entrepreneurship: The Art, Science, and Process for Success, emphasizes three core tenets necessary to start an entrepreneurial venture:\nThe
Art of turning an entrepreneurial venture into a success.
The
Science of practice as the heart of starting and running a successful entrepreneurial venture.
The
Process that tie these two areas together into a coherent and organized business.\nWith its adaptive learning tools, students learn the
art, science, and
process of designing, starting, and managing a small business. Through its real-world approach, students are placed in the roles of a financial analyst, marketer, and business owners, and think critically to develop their plan to survive in the ever-changing business world. Rather than have a chapter on designing a building a plan, the authors built the entire book around it so that at the end of the course the students will have crafted their own business plans.\nAbout the Author \nDr. Chuck Bamford is the Managing Partner at Bamford Associates, LLC, a Strategy Consulting Firm focused on the DESIGN and IMPLEMENTATION of a compelling set of competitive advantages.\nFrom VC-backed firms to Fortune 100 companies, he has been able to focus the efforts of employees on the real strategy of the organization and dramatically increase returns. Not-for-Profit organizations have implemented his approach and have been able to increase donations dramatically.\nDr. Bamford led both M&A and corporate training groups for twelve years prior to pursuing his Pd.D. He is the author of The Strategy Mindset as well as two of the market leading Strategy and Entrepreneurship textbooks used in both undergraduate and graduate programs around the world. \nChuck is a regular speaker at conferences, trade shows, corporate events & conventions. He is also the author of the fiction novel Some Things are Never Forgiven. \nChuck has published 18 research articles in the top referred academic journals in the fields of Strategy and Entrepreneurship. \nHe is an adjunct Professor of Strategy at the University of Notre Dame and Duke University. He has taught at Universities in Scotland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. He has been a Professor at the University of Notre Dame, Duke University, Queens University of Charlotte, University of Richmond, Texas Christian University, and Tulane University. Over the past 20+ years he has been honored with 21 teaching excellence awards including 12 Executive MBA Professor of the Year Awards and is a Noble Foundation Fellow in Teaching Excellence.\nChuck earned his B.S. degree at the University of Virginia (McIntire School of Commerce), an MBA at Virginia Tech (Finance) and a Ph.D. in Strategy & Entrepreneurship at the University of Tennessee.\nGarry D. Bruton is a professor of entrepreneurship and strategy at the M. J. Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. He received his BA with Honors from the University of Oklahoma, MBA from George Washington University, and PhD from Oklahoma State University. Garry worked as a bank economist for one of the leading commercial banks in the southwest United States prior to pursuing his doctorate. \nDr. Bruton has published or has forthcoming over 100 academic arti¬cles in some of the leading academic publications. Garry currently is an Associate Edition of the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. He is also the past president of the Asia Academy of Management. His research interests focus on entrepreneurship and strategy in emerging economies. \nGarry has won a variety of teaching and research awards at each of the schools with which he has been associated. In addition, he has advised a number of MBA teams that have participated and placed in regional and national competitions for business plans and case analysis