The series includes: The Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurship, The Oxford Handbook of Human Capital, The Oxford Handbook of Innovation, The Oxford Handbook of Strategic Sales and Sales Management, the Oxford Handbook of Strategy: A Strategy Overview and Competitive Strategy, and other handbooks.

Written by some 400 scholars from 17 countries, the 373 alphabetically arranged entries are accompanied by 150 photos and other illustrations, with 300 sidebars drawn from a variety of sources. Approximately one third of the entries provide biographical information about men and women who have made significant contributions to the field. Other categories include case studies, leadership studies, followership, women and gender, personal characteristics of model leaders, leadership styles, and leadership theories.

Contains detailed articles and overviews of all the key information needs of small business users, including financing; financial planning; business plan creation; market analysis; sales strategy; tax planning and more.

The Small Business Start-Up Kit helps aspiring entrepreneurs launch a business quickly, easily and with confidence. The book explains, in plain English, how to: choose from among the basic types of business organizations -- sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies (LLCs); write an effective business plan; file the right forms in the right place; be prepared for, and file, the required taxes; acquire good bookkeeping and accounting habits.

Provides you with over 60 legal forms and documents and all the step by step instructions you need to use them. This collection of essential legal and business documents helps you: create contracts to buy, sell, rent, or store goods; hire employees and consultants; protect your trade secrets; create non-compete agreements; prepare an LLC operating agreement; borrow and lend money; buy a business; lease commercial space; prepare corporate bylaws; record minutes of meetings; buy real estate; and much more.

Provides the information business executives need to know about protecting their most valuable assets - their trade names, trademarks and service marks. The author explains how to register trademarks and trade names with both state and federal offices, police the marketplace for possible infringement, and successfully exploit the marks through assignments, licenses, franchises and joint ventures.

This book offers a glimpse into the lives and achievements of more than 280 individuals who have played a significant role in making the United States the most prosperous country in the world.

This book adds the entrepreneurial stories of over 100 women to the historical record and provides a much needed resource to researchers and educators in the fields of entrepreneurship, business, management, sociology, economics, and women's studies.