TY - BOOK AU - Shane, Scott A. TI - The illusions of entrepreneurship: the costly myths that entrepreneurs, investors, and policy makers live by SN - 9780300158564 U1 - 658.11 PY - 2008/// CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press KW - Entrepreneurship KW - New business enterprises KW - Success in business N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-200) and index N2 - This book shows that the reality of entrepreneurship is decidedly different from the myths that have come to surround it. Scott Shane, a leading expert in entrepreneurial activity in the United States and other countries, draws on the data from extensive research to provide accurate, useful information about who becomes an entrepreneur and why, how businesses are started, which factors lead to success, and which predict a likely failure ER -