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... entrepreneurial management entrepreneurship small business supplier relations alliances Entertainment/Leisure/Sports In late 1995, Paul Farrow, at age 45, could look back with satisfaction and pleasure at the path his company, Walden Paddlers, had traversed in the three years since he first wrote...

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...Edward D. Hess; Gosia Glinska This case illustrates how two entrepreneurs bootstrapped their start-up, overcame the challenges that accompany growth, and built a successful business while remaining socially responsible. Entrepreneurship growth challenges social responsibility ethics...

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... Foundation. Financing decision making leadership entrepreneurship strategy innovation Felipe Vergara was born in Barranquilla, Colombia. His father, Eduardo, was an entrepreneur who started several businesses, but his most successful one was a leather goods company, marketing its products...

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.... entrepreneurship innovation environmental sustainability strategy branding green chemistry Consumer Goods It was spring 2007, and Method cofounder Adam Lowry sat deep in thought over enchiladas at Mercedes, a restaurant a block from his company's office on Commercial Street in San Francisco. He...

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