Entrepreneurship and innovation

Databases | Key academic journals

These databases are useful for this subject. For a fuller list, check the databases by subject listings and for additional research support consult the subject guides for Business and Economics. Resources in the area of Science and Engineering may also be helpful.

Books | Overviews | Theses and dissertations

Books

The Catalogue lists resources held in the University Library. To find titles on innovation or entrepreneurship search using keywords or try these subject headings:

The Catalogue lists the titles of books but you can search the full text of e-books by going to the individual e-book collections. Relevant e-book databases for this topic are ProQuest Ebook Central, EBSCO eBook Collection, Elgar online and SpringerLink.

Other databases to search for books include:

• Te Puna
  Books held in New Zealand libraries.
• Trove
  Australian content including books, journals and theses.
• WorldCat
  Search for books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
• Google Books
  Freely available online books.

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Overviews

These are a good place to start for an overview of the topic:

• Blackwell handbook of entrepreneurship. Blackwell, 2000.
• Encyclopedia of new venture management. Sage, 2012.
• World encyclopedia of entrepreneurship. Edward Elgar, 2011.
• Encyclopedia of creativity, invention, innovation and entrepreneurship. Springer Dordrecht, 2013.
• The Oxford handbook of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Oxford, 2015.
• The Oxford handbook of innovation management. Oxford, 2014.

Web resources

• Entrepreneurship at a glance
  Annual publication from the OECD that presents an original collection of indicators for measuring the state of entrepreneurship.
• Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
  Annual assessment of entrepreneurial activity across a wide range of countries.
• World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Snapshots
  Joint effort by the World Bank Development Research Group, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Kauffman Foundation. Comprehensive dataset on cross-country firm entry.

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Theses and dissertations

• Use the search box to find theses from the University of Auckland. The University of Auckland Research Repository, ResearchSpace has PhD theses in full text (unless embargoed). Some Masters theses may also be available.
• NZresearch.org
  Gateway to open-access research documents, such as theses, produced at universities, polytechnics and other research institutions in New Zealand.

The Thesis page has tools to locate theses from other universities and consult the Open Access guide for links to international research repositories.

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Business planning

Creating a business plan is the first step to turning innovation into a business proposition. Preparing a good business plan includes researching your market, presenting financial information and creating a persuasive case for proceeding to grow the business.

Sample business plans

• BPlans.com (US)
  An online set of over 500 business plans across a wide range of industries and business categories.
• Business plans index (US)
  Links to sample business plans - from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

How to write a business plan

Websites

• Business planning tools (NZ)
  Business planning template from the Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment.
• BPlans.com (US)
  Has a section called How to write a business plan.
• SCORE (US)
  Business plan resources including financial templates and how to write a business plan.
• How to write a business plan (US)
  From the US Small Business Administration.

Books

• The business plan workbook: A practical guide to new venture creation and development. Kogan Page, 2015.
• The Ernst & Young business plan guide. John Wiley & Sons, 2007.

Search for additional books in the Catalogue using subject headings such as:

• Business planning
• Small business planning
• New business enterprises planning

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Government information | Organisations and websites | Publications | Business incubators and research commercialisation | Māori entrepreneurship

Government information

• Business growth and innovation
  Data, reports and articles from Statistics NZ.
• Science and innovation
  Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
• Small business
  Support for small businesses, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
• Business.govt.nz
  Government website with tools and resources for individuals to start and grow their business.

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Organisations and websites

• Callaghan Innovation
  Callaghan Innovation accelerates the commercialisation of innovation by firms in New Zealand.
• Curious minds
  Enabling better engagement with science and technology across all sectors of New Zealand society.
• NZ Innovation Council
  A private organisation with a social purpose of helping businesses innovate and grow. Organisers of the New Zealand Innovation Awards.
• Ākina
  The Ākina Foundation is growing social enterprise across New Zealand.
• Centre for Social Impact
  Helps grantmakers and funders invest for impact, and enables their community partners to turn that investment into inspiring and sustainable social change.
• New Zealand Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Centre
  Massey University.

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Publications

• TIN100
  Annual analysis of New Zealand’s largest globally-focussed companies in the hi-tech manufacturing, biotech and ICT sectors. See also TIN100 website.
• Innovation Index of New Zealand
  Inter-industry, multi-indicator study published by IBM measuring the rate of innovation in NZ since 1998.
• Idealog
  New Zealand magazine devoted to news about innovative companies and startups.
• Deloitte Fast 50
  Index of New Zealand's fastest growing businesses. And see Deloitte Technology Fast 500 by geographic region - Asia Pacific, EMEA, North America, Canada.

Selected reports on entrepreneurship in New Zealand

• SMEs in New Zealand: Structure and dynamics 2011
  New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development, 2011.
• Small and medium businesses in New Zealand
  Report of the Small Business Development Group, 2016.
• Building innovation
  New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, 2012.
• The OECD review of New Zealand's innovation policy: A brief comment
  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2007.

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Business incubators and research commercialisation

• Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  University of Auckland Business School.
• The Icehouse
  Business incubator founded by the University of Auckland Business School.
• Velocity
  Entrepreneurial development programme based at the University of Auckland Business School.
• UniServices
  The commercial research, knowledge transfer and custom education company of the University of Auckland.
• Centre for Innovation
  The Centre for Innovation houses University of Otago spin-out and start-up companies.
• Audacious
  An entrepreneurial programme supporting University of Otago and Otago Polytech students.
• University Commercialisation Offices of New Zealand (UCONZ)
  Brings together the commercialisation offices of the country's universities and aims to establish closer links with commercial research partners.
• Commercialisation of University Research (NZ)
  2012 report which looks at trends in the commercialisation of university research in New Zealand.

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Māori entrepreneurship

See the link to readings on Innovation and entrepreneurship in the Māori business research guide.

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Organisations and centres

• Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship (US)
  Hub for entrepreneurship at Babson University.
• The Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship (US)
  Harvard Business School.
• Berkeley-Haas Entrepreneurship Program (US)
  University of California Berkeley.
• Center for MIT Entrepreneurship (US)
  Provides the expertise, support, and connections MIT students need to become effective entrepreneurs.
• Entrepreneurship (US)
  A public-private partnership which focuses on leveraging best practices in entrepreneurial leadership to advance economic growth around the world.
• The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
  The world's largest foundation devoted to entrepreneurship.
• Small Business Research Centre (UK)
  A the leading research group in the UK in the field of small business and entrepreneurship.
• Entrepreneurship Centre Said Business School (UK)
  The focal point for entrepreneurship research, teaching and practice at the University of Oxford.
• Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (UK)
  A network for people and organisations involved in small business and entrepreneurship research, policy, education, support and advice.
• Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (UK)
  Provides information and reports about the state of entrepreneurship worldwide.
• New Product Development Body of Knowledge (US)
  A collection of useful resources in the area of product development and innovation.

• NZ Growth Capital Partners  (formerly New Zealand Venture Investment Fund)
  The objective of NZGCP is to stimulate a well-functioning capital market for early-stage technology companies
• New Zealand Private Capital (formerly NZVCA)
  Industry body committed to developing the venture capital and private equity industry in New Zealand. Produces the annual New Zealand Private Capital Monitor.  2021 report.
• Marketline
  Includes: Financial Deal tracker (market activity of private equity deals and venture finance deals)
  Investment and Advisory project tool (identifies firms operating in specific industries, and gain insight into the investment and inorganic strategy of companies).
• Angel Association of New Zealand
  An organisation that aims to increase the quantity, quality and success of angel investments in New Zealand.
• Snowball effect
  New Zealand private equity investment marketplace.
• Enterprise Angels
  Connecting early stage companies with business angels to maximise success
• Creative HQ
  Wellington’s startup base dedicated to increasing the number of high growth businesses that fuel New Zealand’s economy through incubation and acceleration programmes as well as grassroots entrepreneur initiatives and innovation services.

Publications

• New Zealand Private Equity and Venture Capital Monitor 2021, New Zealand Private Capital, 2021
• Fuel for your business: An entrepreneur's guide to angel and venture capital funding, New Zealand Private Equity & Venture Capital Association, 2008

Patents

There are many patent search tools available to the University of Auckland community. The Patents guide has sources and guidance on patent searching.

Where to start | Where to search | Building on your research

Where to start

• Analyse your research question. Identify the important concepts within the topic. Consult some of the overview material mentioned under Books.
• Think about different ways to describe the topic you are researching. You may need to repeat your searches using different variations of the keywords or concepts. Try using synonyms and related terms.
• A concept map is quite a good way of listing alternative terms to systematically construct multiple searches. For example, if you have the essay question "To what extent does entrepreneurship lead to job creation" you might map the key concepts as below and then combine keywords from each column in your search.

  Concept 1	Concept 2	Concept 3
  entrepreneur*	employment	impact
  innovat*	job creation	effect
  	workforce	relationship

• Use truncation symbols to find variant word endings. For example, innovat* finds the words innovate, innovation, innovations.

• You can also use subject headings (sometimes called descriptors or keywords) in many database searches to find relevant material. For example, in Business Source Premier the subject heading entrepreneurship would be a good one to use for this topic. You can then combine the subject heading with keywords such as "job creation" or employment.

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Where to search

• Search the Catalogue for books and journal titles. Articles and more can be a good place to carry out an initial search of journal and magazine articles but use the subject specific databases for more in-depth searching.
• Search subject databases for articles, industry information and statistics.
• Consult our guides for company information, industry information, or market and competitor information.
  • Company information
  • Industry and product information
  • Market analysis
• For more on searching consult Business Information Skills Online and the Library's guides to Searching.

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Building on your research

Below are some strategies you can use to build on information that you already have. Start with a recommended reading, or a book or article that is relevant to your research topic, and try some of the following:

• Look at the list of references to find more material on your topic.
• Take note of the words used in the text of your book or article. They may provide useful new terms to use when searching for more literature.
• An author may have written extensively on a topic. Search databases for more of their publications or find their institutional or personal web site for lists of publications.
• Find your book or article in the library catalogue or a database. Use the subject headings (sometimes referred to as descriptors or keywords) in the catalogue or database record to find similar material.
• An excellent way to find more recent articles on a topic is to search for citations to your original book or article. You can do citation searching on:
  • Google Scholar
  • Scopus
  • Business Source Premier
  • Web of Science
• Some databases, such as Scopus, Science Direct and Google Scholar, also link to related articles which share common references.

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APA

The Business School uses APA style for referencing.

• Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition)
• APA Style blog

Support

• Referencing
  Access a range of tools and support material to assist your referencing work.

Examples

• Quick©ite
  Use this interactive tool to view examples of references.
  Covers a range of styles used at the University of Auckland.