Entrepreneurial Ethics and Trust

<p>Published in 1999. This book provides an analytical framework of the way culture influences entrepreneurial ethics and trust in a semi-industrial society. Culture provides rules and norms that govern societal behaviour. Yet it differs greatly in the way it influences economic performance across societies. </p><p>The book, which embodies both general and micro-institutional perspective on economic behaviour, addresses the core question, how does culture influence entrepreneurial ethics and trust in a developing society? </p> <p>Part 1: Method of Analysis, and Theoretical Orientation 1. Introduction 2. The Making of Indigenous Entrepreneurs 3. Transition to a Modern Economy 4. The Concept of Trust <b>Part 2: The Nigerian Plastic Industry, Entrepreneurial Profit Motive, and Resource Controls </b>5. The Nigerian Economic Environment 6. Entrepreneurs and the Profit Motive 7. Resource Control Methods in the Plastic Firms 8. The Informal Sector Economic Activates <b>Part 3: General Summary, and Conclusions </b>9. Women in a Hausa Society 10. Entrepreneurs and Business Success 11. Economic Development: A General Appraisal 12. Summary and Conclusion. </p>