Leadership and Entrepreneurship

RAYMOND W. SMILOR is vice president of the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Inc. at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and was the first Marion Merrell Dow Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.DONALD L. SEXTON is senior teaching and research fellow and director of applied research at the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Inc. at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation./e Prior to joining the Foundation he was the William H. David Professor in the American Free Enterprise System at the Ohio State University.

• Figures and Tables Foreword Preface Introduction Personal Dimension: The Entrepreneur as Leader Mission, Vision, and Passion in the Entrepreneur by Dennis P. Kimbro Leadership Skills of Entrepreneurs: Resolving the Paradoxes and Enhancing the Practices of Entrepreneurial Growth by John D. Eggers and Raymond W. Smilor Creating the Uncommon Company by Ewing M. Kauffman Pearls of Widsom From Mr. Kauffman on What Makes Entrepreneurship Work by Neal Patterson Organization Dimension: Shaping the Entrepreneurial Organization Leading the Virtual Corporation by William H. Davidow Playing the Great Game of Business: Open Book Management and Leaders by John P. Stack Building the High-Performance Company: The Entrepreneurial Challenge by Robert Rosen Seven Keys to Shaping the Entrepreneurial Organization by Michie P. Slaughter Multidimension: Building Valuable Companies Making the Entrepreneurial Team Work by Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal Building Value Into the Entrepreneurial Company by Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn Adding Value to Companies Through Strategic Alliances and Partnerships by Dr. Jana Matthews Report From the Entrepreneurial Front Line: Developing Value Through Strategic Alliances by Edward Payne Index