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内容説明
There are far more entrepreneurs than most people realize. But the failure rate of new businesses is disappointingly high, and the economic impact of most of them disappointingly low, suggesting that enthusiastic would-be entrepreneurs and their investors all too often operate under a false set of assumptions.
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.
The Illusions of Entrepreneurship is an essential resource for everyone who has dreamed of starting a new business, for investors in start-ups, for policy makers attempting to facilitate the formation and survival of new businesses, and for researchers interested in the economic impact of entrepreneurial activity. Scott Shane offers research-based answers to these questions and many others:
Why do people start businesses?
What industries are popular for start-ups?
How many jobs do new businesses create?
How do entrepreneurs finance their start-ups?
What makes some locations and some countries more entrepreneurial than others?
What are the characteristics of the typical entrepreneur?
How well does the typical start-up perform?
What strategies contribute to the survival and profitability of new businesses over time?
著者について
Scott A. Shane is A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. He is the author or editor of eleven books and more than sixty scholarly articles on entrepreneurship and innovation management. He lives in Shaker Heights, OH.
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潰れやすい特に消費者向け業界に入る前に再考を即す本。起業するなら、新参者でも居座り続けられる可能性の高い業界でしばらく勤めて実態を把握し、マーケティング等を行い詳細を調べ、方針をはっきりした上で行動を起こすべし。
業界毎に新規参入者のつぶれる確率が異なることや、多くは以前勤めていて分かっている業界で一人で貯蓄を崩して先をイマイチ考えずに始め、勤めていたときよりも低賃金長時間労働になりがちだと言う現実が分かります。そして、起業家の多い国は、貧しい第一次産業が主力の国や地域で、賃金が比較的高く安定した土地では、リスクを回避する傾向から起業家は少ないとの事。
この本を読んで、しかも起業しようとするならば、それなりの覚悟が出来ているって事でしょうから、先ずは離職前に読むことを進めます。
業界毎に新規参入者のつぶれる確率が異なることや、多くは以前勤めていて分かっている業界で一人で貯蓄を崩して先をイマイチ考えずに始め、勤めていたときよりも低賃金長時間労働になりがちだと言う現実が分かります。そして、起業家の多い国は、貧しい第一次産業が主力の国や地域で、賃金が比較的高く安定した土地では、リスクを回避する傾向から起業家は少ないとの事。
この本を読んで、しかも起業しようとするならば、それなりの覚悟が出来ているって事でしょうから、先ずは離職前に読むことを進めます。
10 人中、6人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
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起業家、というとビルゲイツやジョブスやベゾスのような大ベンチャーの雄を思い浮かべるけれど、実際の起業を見ると、ほとんどは工務店を開いたとかカフェや美容室を作ったとかお店を持ったとかそんなのばかり、というのが本書の指摘。要は「自営業」ってやつですな。
起業家はだいたい中年でしばらく勤めてから「これならオレもできる」と同じ業種で開業するのが通例、別に新しいビジネスアイデアや競争優位があるわけでもなく、特に成長の見通しもなくて、実際成長もしないどころかつぶれるところ多数。
しかも起業家は犯罪歴が多く、定職につけずに職場を転々としているような不適応者が、人に使われるのはいやだ、自分一人が食えればいいというだけの理由で会社を興す場合が多い。頭がよくて豊かな人たちは、そんなリスクを冒したがらない――うーん。だから社会的に、起業家精神はすばらしいとあおって政策的に優遇したりするのは、少し考えたほうがいいよ、という本。
起業家が英雄視されている、という前提に共感できれば、なるほどという感じ。一方で、上の記述を読んで「あたりまえじゃないの？」と思った人は、あまり新しい発見はない。そして、何でも起業がいいわけではなく経済に貢献する起業家を選んで応援しようというのは……できるんだろうか？ 起業にもピンキリあるだろうが、キリなしにピンだけ選べるのか、となると疑問。変なビジネススクール談義に冷や水を浴びせるにはいいだろうし、現状を知る上でおもしろくはあるんだけど、目から鱗というほどではない。
コメントでのご指摘を受けての加筆。確かに本書の内容から、成功しそうな起業家を選別することはできなくはない。それは白人、男性、高学歴、高所得の起業家による、高成長分野の会社で、すでに投資家が行列しているようなところを選べ、ということになる（女や黒人、低学歴や貧困者は企業家として全然ダメという結果が出ている）。が……まずこれを公共政策としてできるかというと、つらい。これはどう見ても差別的だと言ってたたかれる。そしてそんな条件のいいところをわざわざ公共的に支援すべきだといえるかどうか？ その意味でこれがどこまで活用できるのかというと、うーん。考えてしまうところ。
起業家はだいたい中年でしばらく勤めてから「これならオレもできる」と同じ業種で開業するのが通例、別に新しいビジネスアイデアや競争優位があるわけでもなく、特に成長の見通しもなくて、実際成長もしないどころかつぶれるところ多数。
しかも起業家は犯罪歴が多く、定職につけずに職場を転々としているような不適応者が、人に使われるのはいやだ、自分一人が食えればいいというだけの理由で会社を興す場合が多い。頭がよくて豊かな人たちは、そんなリスクを冒したがらない――うーん。だから社会的に、起業家精神はすばらしいとあおって政策的に優遇したりするのは、少し考えたほうがいいよ、という本。
起業家が英雄視されている、という前提に共感できれば、なるほどという感じ。一方で、上の記述を読んで「あたりまえじゃないの？」と思った人は、あまり新しい発見はない。そして、何でも起業がいいわけではなく経済に貢献する起業家を選んで応援しようというのは……できるんだろうか？ 起業にもピンキリあるだろうが、キリなしにピンだけ選べるのか、となると疑問。変なビジネススクール談義に冷や水を浴びせるにはいいだろうし、現状を知る上でおもしろくはあるんだけど、目から鱗というほどではない。
コメントでのご指摘を受けての加筆。確かに本書の内容から、成功しそうな起業家を選別することはできなくはない。それは白人、男性、高学歴、高所得の起業家による、高成長分野の会社で、すでに投資家が行列しているようなところを選べ、ということになる（女や黒人、低学歴や貧困者は企業家として全然ダメという結果が出ている）。が……まずこれを公共政策としてできるかというと、つらい。これはどう見ても差別的だと言ってたたかれる。そしてそんな条件のいいところをわざわざ公共的に支援すべきだといえるかどうか？ その意味でこれがどこまで活用できるのかというと、うーん。考えてしまうところ。
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So Repetitive
2008/9/4
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This book is the perfect example of the folks whose communication style goes like this: they tell you what they are going to tell you, they tell you, and then they tell you what they told you! And just for good measure (or to fill up more pages) this guy adds a numerical list of what he told you! Since the hardcover version I have runs just 165 pages before endnotes, you have to wonder if this is really a business magazine article, stretched waaaayyyyy out.
From reading business and economic development literature, I have often seen a distinction made between lifestyle entrepreneurs and other entrepreneurs. Shane makes no such distinction and I think the statistics he uses to bust myths are highly questionable. Do we really think policy-making in this important area should conflate every attorney who hangs a shingle to do real estate closings or draft wills, with businesses that aspire to develop new products, technologies?
On the other hand, if you are reading this because you want to leave your law firm and open a solo practice, or sell baked goods prepared in your home (lifestyle entrepreneurs) this book could be quite useful.
From reading business and economic development literature, I have often seen a distinction made between lifestyle entrepreneurs and other entrepreneurs. Shane makes no such distinction and I think the statistics he uses to bust myths are highly questionable. Do we really think policy-making in this important area should conflate every attorney who hangs a shingle to do real estate closings or draft wills, with businesses that aspire to develop new products, technologies?
On the other hand, if you are reading this because you want to leave your law firm and open a solo practice, or sell baked goods prepared in your home (lifestyle entrepreneurs) this book could be quite useful.
21 人中、19人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Not about "entrepreneurs" as the term is generally understood
2009/12/8
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What disappointed me about this book is that it is not really about "entrepreneurs" as I and many other people understand the term, that of people who create businesses that are generally meant to employ others, but rather about the self-employed. Many of the self-employed, such as freelance writers, podiatrists, those working as consultants for tax-reasons, are not entrepreneurs in the same sense as Bill Gates, Michael Dell, or the founder of a restaurant near your home are. To my mind it's a bit of apples and oranges to lump these two widely disparate groups together, and then draw conclusions about them, and even worse, to push for policies that do not differentiate between these two groups.
Using this definition, which includes many people not working full-time, and many who cannot find full-time jobs, Shane arrives at conclusions such as that entrepreneurs earn less than than the industry average, that striving to work as an entrepreneur is generally unwise, and more. In my opinion Shane's conclusions do not "shatter myths," but merely reiterate what has long been known, thereby confusing his readers.
A more accurate, and less myth-making, title for this book would have been "Aggregate Data about the Self-Employed." Somewhat worryingly, this book lists "East Germany" as a "country" existing in 1999! Might there be other crass inaccuracies in it? I cannot recommend this book.
Using this definition, which includes many people not working full-time, and many who cannot find full-time jobs, Shane arrives at conclusions such as that entrepreneurs earn less than than the industry average, that striving to work as an entrepreneur is generally unwise, and more. In my opinion Shane's conclusions do not "shatter myths," but merely reiterate what has long been known, thereby confusing his readers.
A more accurate, and less myth-making, title for this book would have been "Aggregate Data about the Self-Employed." Somewhat worryingly, this book lists "East Germany" as a "country" existing in 1999! Might there be other crass inaccuracies in it? I cannot recommend this book.
25 人中、21人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
From an angel investor and practitioner
2008/3/26
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Basic Argument: The public, investors, and policy makers mistakenly believe a number of myths about the value of entrepreneurship for the society. Research disproves many of these myths but nevertheless shows an underlying dynamic that can improve the selection of entrepreneurial ventures that will create value for the society.
Shane identifies and discusses 67 myths and key realities (truths) grounded in fully cited research. He addresses the topic from the perspective of industries, entrepreneurial traits, startup models, financing, entrepreneurial tasks, entrepreneurial success, women as entrepreneurs, black entrepreneurs, and the value of the average startup. His definition of entrepreneur includes self-employed as well as employers who startup any type of business, thus not limiting the population to those starting firms to create new products or use new methods by Schumpeter's definition. Shane's concluding chapter provides his insight into how to select valuable entrepreneurial ventures.
Strengths: The grounding of his arguments in identifying myths and drawing conclusions as to truths is well done. He even tackled the sensitive areas of black and women entrepreneurs without inappropriate political correctness. His conclusions validate the activities of business schools, angel investors, and venture capitalists.
Weaknesses: One has to `slog' through the long discussion of myths without knowing that there is `light at the end of the tunnel' in the conclusions. He understated the distinction between entrepreneurship by necessity and by opportunity as brought out by the GEM report. (Acs 2004) This confuses the myth/truth aspect of much of his discussion.
Applicability: The conclusions validate a new direction for academic research and the appendix of cited research when keyed to the 67 myths/truths would provide valuable reference data for future work.
Useful learning: The broad definition of entrepreneur in use by the public, politicians, and occasionally academics greatly reduces the value of any popular discussion of its merits or consequences.
Shane identifies and discusses 67 myths and key realities (truths) grounded in fully cited research. He addresses the topic from the perspective of industries, entrepreneurial traits, startup models, financing, entrepreneurial tasks, entrepreneurial success, women as entrepreneurs, black entrepreneurs, and the value of the average startup. His definition of entrepreneur includes self-employed as well as employers who startup any type of business, thus not limiting the population to those starting firms to create new products or use new methods by Schumpeter's definition. Shane's concluding chapter provides his insight into how to select valuable entrepreneurial ventures.
Strengths: The grounding of his arguments in identifying myths and drawing conclusions as to truths is well done. He even tackled the sensitive areas of black and women entrepreneurs without inappropriate political correctness. His conclusions validate the activities of business schools, angel investors, and venture capitalists.
Weaknesses: One has to `slog' through the long discussion of myths without knowing that there is `light at the end of the tunnel' in the conclusions. He understated the distinction between entrepreneurship by necessity and by opportunity as brought out by the GEM report. (Acs 2004) This confuses the myth/truth aspect of much of his discussion.
Applicability: The conclusions validate a new direction for academic research and the appendix of cited research when keyed to the 67 myths/truths would provide valuable reference data for future work.
Useful learning: The broad definition of entrepreneur in use by the public, politicians, and occasionally academics greatly reduces the value of any popular discussion of its merits or consequences.
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