Entrepreneurship seems to be all the rage in various business and economics discussions these days. Its association with the high-tech sector in particular seems to make it a very recent and novel phenomenon. However, the word “entrepreneur” is centuries old, and many of the things that make entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs distinct within the economic and social markets have been around for much longer than that. Nonetheless, it’s probably thanks to the rise in free markets, free trade, and freedom of association in various countries and across the globe that have facilitated the recent economic dynamism and the rise of entrepreneurship.

This short book aims to take a closer look at the concept of entrepreneurship and to provide the reader with a better ide of what it entails. The book is filled with many interesting examples and case studies of entrepreneurship, which are always some of the most fascinating and exciting reads for anyone interested in business and similar topics. It also provides many theoretical and systematic studies of entrepreneurship that try, among other things, to give the proper scope for this construct. Some of that material is interesting and well worth considering, but a lot of its still very abstruse and of interest mostly to academics and their fellow travelers. The theoretical parts can be pretty boring to read, but the book is still overall pretty interested.

If you are interested in the topic of entrepreneurship mostly out of intellectual curiosity than this book can be a worthwhile read. However, if you are an entrepreneur or and aspiring entrepreneur interested in more practical aspects of entrepreneurship, then I would recommend that you take a look at some other book that is more focused on case studies and concrete how-to advice. I am not aware of any such book right now, but if I come across one I will update this review with that info.