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Entrepreneurship drives innovation, productivity, and employment, while helping to address societal challenges. Today, a new wave of entrepreneurship is emerging that is more attuned to diversity, inclusion and social responsibility issues amid rising economic pressures and a cost-of-living crisis.
At its core, entrepreneurship is about creating value and seizing opportunities in both startup projects and existing firms. But succeeding requires special qualities, including a willingness to take risks and a flair for persuasion, as well as support from organizations and a nurturing environment for innovation and growth. Early-stage funding is often essential, and entrepreneurs must navigate different stages of development to achieve sustainability.
This library newsletter provides valuable resources for anyone interested in entrepreneurship, whether starting a new venture or growing an existing one. We hope you will find these resources useful in developing your entrepreneurial mindset and achieving success in your ventures.
1. Getting Started
Literature on Entrepreneurship:
• Books & Articles on Entrepreneurship:
Discovery. Books & Articles on Entrepreneurship available at the IESE Library.
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• News on Entrepreneurship:
Factiva
WEF Strategic Intelligence. Entrepreneurship
• Top Entrepreneur Journals & Magazines:
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
Fast Company
Forbes Entrepreneurs
Harvard Business Review
Inc.com
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research
Journal of Business Venturing
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
Strategic Management Journal
Techcrunch
2. IESE & Entrepreneurship
IESE Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center (EIC)
IESE International Search Fund Center
IESE Insight. Publications on Entrepreneurship
IESE Student Entrepreneurship Clubs
3. Business Planning
Books on Business Planning available at IESE Library.
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Statista. Business Plan Export
Create your business plan in 3 steps. The Business Plan Export helps you to model markets.
• Free resources:
BPlans
US Small Business Administration. Write your Business Plan.
4. Legal Issues. Templates and Forms.
• Europe
EC. Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
EC. EUGO. Points of Single Contact (PSCs)
PSCs are e-government portals that allow service providers to get the information they need and complete administrative procedures online.
EC. Your Europe Business Portal
Practical Guide to Doing Business in Europe.
• Spain
ACCIÓ. Agency for Business Competitiveness
Gobierno de España. National Entrepreneurship Office
• USA
USA. National Venture Capital Association: Model Documents
USA. UpCounsel Legal Documents
5. Understand the Market
• Market & Industry Databases:
MarketLine
Database for global company, industry, country and city research.
Passport
Global market research database providing insight on industries, economies and consumers worldwide.
Pitchbook
Information on companies, deals, funds, investors and service providers across the private investment lifecycle. Find Market reports on VC, PE, and M&A from Pitchbook.
Refinitiv Workspace
(For desktop application or web access please email library@iese.edu)
Financial information service, including market data, news, analytics and trading tools. Also investment banking reports, country and economic data.
Statista
Immediate access to over one million statistics and facts.
Gartner
Market research and analysis on information technology, with an emphasis on enterprise level decision makers.
• Company Databases:
Capital IQ
Data on public and private companies, investment firms, capital transactions, and people.
Orbis
Global database with information on the Very large and Large companies worldwide (public and private).
Pitchbook
Information on companies, deals, funds, investors and service providers across the private investment lifecycle.
Refinitiv Workspace
(For desktop application or web access please email library@iese.edu)
Financial information service, including market data, news, analytics and trading tools.
Sabi
Accounts and contacts for 2,500,000+ public and private Spanish companies.
6. Search Funds
IESE Business Angels Network
A network for investors & entrepreneurs.
Finaves Venture Capital Fund
Financing IESE alumni startups.
• VC/PE Literature
Books on Private Equity and Venture Capital.
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• News on VC/PE:
Pitchbook. The Daily Pitch: VC, PE and M&A
Bloomberg (Available only from the Barcelona Library)
Launch PE<GO> for a menu of private equity screening and industry dashboard functions.
• Overview & Analysis:
International Search Funds 2022: Selected Observations
IESE Business School in partnership with the Stanford Graduate School of Business report.
Venture Capital & Private Equity Country Attractiveness Index
Created from a research project at the IESE Business School.
Pitchbook
Market Reports on VC, PEC and M&A.
National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) Yearbook
Documents trends and analysis of venture capital activity in the United States.
American Investment Council
Investment trends in US.
Bain & Co. Global Private Equity Report
Ernst & Young Private Equity Survey
McKinsey’s Private Markets Annual Review
7. Policies & Indicators
OECD. SME and Entrepreneurship Outlook 2021
OECD. Entrepreneurship and Business Statistics
OECD. SMEs and Entrepreneurs Financing
ACCIÓ. Catalonia Trade & Investment
8. Patents & Technology Transfer
IESE Technology Transfer Group
Orbis Intellectual Property
Orbis Intellectual Property is a full-text patent database of private and public companies around the world, comprising 142 million patents and patent applications.
• Technology Transfer Organizations:
National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer
Non-profit Organization that focuses on improving the commercialization of academic Research.
Association of University Technology Managers
• Free Patent resources:
Google Patents
Espacenet European Patent Office patent search tool
The Lens Institutional Toolkit
USPTO United States Patent and Trademark Office patent search
9. Corporate Innovation
Discovery. Books & Articles on Corporate Innovation, Internal Entrepreneurs.
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IESE Open Innovation and Corporate Venturing Institute
10. Entreprenerial Associations & Events
Ashoka
Social Entrepreneurship Organization.
Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN)
National Venture Capital Association (NVCA)
11. Entrepreneurship Portals
EC. Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
EC. Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs
EC. Setting up a Business in the EU
Global Entrepreneurship Research Association. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
Kauffman Foundation. Entrepreneurship.org
• Spain
Ajuntament de Barcelona. Barcelona Activa. Entrepreneurship Support Info
12. Entrepreneurship Reports, Trends, Research & Analysis
Statista Dossier on e-commerce Startups
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Reports
Kauffman Indicators of Entrepreneurship
BNP Paribas Global Entrepreneur Reports
The Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs 2021 (MIWE)
PWC. High Growth Potential Companies: One Step Further for Entrepreneurship
WB. Global Startups – Statistics & Facts