Economics & business
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Toolkit
Lee A. Swanson
University of Saskatchewan Open Press · Third edition, Version 3.0 (2017) · English · Copyright 2017
Explore entrepreneurship through opportunity recognition, design thinking, business models and planning.
- Learning stage
- College introduction
- Prerequisites
- Introductory college business study; basic familiarity with business and financial terminology is helpful.
- PDF pages
- 98 in this file
- Editorial review
- 2026-10-29
Contents
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1 Entrepreneurship and Innovation Toolkit
2 Acknowledgements
3 Introduction
4 Main Body
4 Main Body
5 Chapter 1 – Introduction to Entrepreneurship
6 Chapter 2 – Opportunity Recognition and Design Thinking
7 Chapter 3 – Evaluating Entrepreneurial Opportunities
8 Chapter 4 – Business Models
9 Chapter 5 – Business Planning
10 Chapter 6 – Financing Entrepreneurship
11 Chapter 7 – Business Set-Up, Start-Up, and Growth
12 Chapter 8 – Strategic Entrepreneurship
13 Chapter 9 – Innovation and Entrepreneurship
14 Chapter 10 – The Entrepreneurial Environment
15 References
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Authors: Lee A. Swanson
Publisher: University of Saskatchewan Open Press
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