Learning from entrepreneurial failure : emotions, cognitions, and actions / Dean A. Shepherd ... [et al.]

By:

Shepherd, Dean A

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.Edition: 1 EditionDescription: ix, 331p. : illustrations ; 24cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781107129276 (hardback)
9781107569836 (paper back)

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DDC classification:

658.421 SHE 22

LOC classification:

HB615 .S49638 2016

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Summary: This book examines the various obstacles to learning from failure and explores how they can be overcome.A range of topics are discussed that include why some people have a more negative emotional reaction to failure than others and how these negative emotions can be managed; why some people delay the decision to terminate a poorly performing entrepreneurial venture; anti-failure biases and stigmatism in organizations and society; and the role that the emotional content of narratives plays in the sense-making process.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Ahmedabad General Stacks	Non-fiction	658.421 S4L3 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		203501
Book	Nagpur General Stacks	Non-fiction	658.421 S4L3 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		IIMN-002213

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book examines the various obstacles to learning from failure and explores how they can be overcome.A range of topics are discussed that include why some people have a more negative emotional reaction to failure than others and how these negative emotions can be managed; why some people delay the decision to terminate a poorly performing entrepreneurial venture; anti-failure biases and stigmatism in organizations and society; and the role that the emotional content of narratives plays in the sense-making process.

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