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Book SynopsisWith a wide-ranging set of contributions, this book provides a compilation of cutting-edge original research in the field of entrepreneurial opportunities. The book reopens the subject from diverse perspectives focusing on theories and approaches to entrepreneurial opportunities. It provides a brief history of the idea of opportunity and a framework how opportunities develop in space and place. Further, this Research Handbook looks at process and context-based views on the topic. It also includes the latest research on impact factors, such as individual values on creating entrepreneurial opportunities. The book has been complemented by an outstanding Delphi panel of six leading scholars of the field: Lowell Busenitz, Dimo Dimov, James O. Fiet, Denis Grégoire, Jeff McMullen and Mike Wright. This carefully edited selection of current and topical contributions will be of immense value to students, researchers and scholars interested in the field of entrepreneurial opportunities.Contributors include: C. Albornoz, J.E. Amorós, T. Baker, B. Bjerke, L. Busenitz, M. Chiasson, D. Dimov, J.O. Fiet, J. Gaddefors, W.B. Gartner, D.A. Grégoire, A. Haas, T.P. Kenworthy, S. Korsgaard, A. Kurczewska, C. Léger-Jarniou, F. Linán, M. Marchesnay, J.S. McMullen, S.P. Sassmannshausen, F. Sautet, B.T. Teague, S. Tegtmeier, S.J. Vliamos, R.D. Wadhwani, M. WrightTrade Review'It was with great anticipation that I learned Catherine Leger-Jarniou and Silke Tegtmeier were combining their considerable talents to produce a Research Handbook on Opportunity Formation. This is an incredibly important and timely topic in the field of Entrepreneurship and they did not disappoint. They have assembled a formidable list of notable thought leaders in the field and skillfully combined and edited chapters each shedding key insights into the often elusive understanding of the nexus of opportunity recognition and new venture creation. Even a quick perusal of the table of contents reveals this is a must read for researchers, policy makers, and anyone engaged in the quest to advance theory and practice in Entrepreneurship in general and opportunity formation in particular. The breadth and depth of coverage make this volume a must add to any Entrepreneurship research library.' --Charles H. Matthews, University of Cincinnati'This book contains important theoretical, empirical, and methodological discussions on entrepreneurial opportunity. With contributions from leading scholars from around the world, it will have a significant impact on entrepreneurship research.' --Karl Wennberg, Linkoping University, Sweden'Leger-Jarniou and Tegtmeier's bold attempt at bringing together the wisdom of opportunity researchers should offer research scholars with a sound body of knowledge, not always available in such compendiums. It should also trigger creative engagement with the subject and its application in practice among seasoned academics and policymakers. Young academics and early stage doctoral students researching entrepreneurial opportunities will find this book particularly beneficial in understanding the current trends and advancing their research agendas/thought process. Opportunity being a very topical theme in entrepreneurship, this handbook justifies itself by discussing and redefining important theoretical, empirical and methodological contributions.' --Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging EconomiesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Reopening the Debate – a Delphi Panel of the Leading Scholars in Research on Entrepreneurial Opportunities PART I ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES – THEORIES AND APPROACHES 1. A Brief History of the Idea of Opportunity William B. Gartner, Bruce T. Teague, Ted Baker and R. Daniel Wadhwani 2. Starting a Business Venture Rationally or Naturally – Exploiting an Opportunity in Space or Developing a Place Björn Bjerke and Johan Gaddefors 3. Austrian Market Theory and the Entrepreneurial Function as Opportunity Recognition Frederic Sautet PART II THE OPPORTUNITY FORMATION PROCESS 4. Beyond Discovery: Exploring the Field of Entrepreneurship without a Discovery View Steffen Korsgaard and Sean Patrick Sassmannshausen 5. The Opportunity Development Process of Nascent Entrepreneurs Silke Tegtmeier and Catherine Léger-Jarniou PART III ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS 6. Understanding the Knowledge - Opportunities - Entrepreneurship Mechanism Spyros J. Vliamos 7. A Shaped Fate: Interpreting Opportunity through an Actor Network Lens Thomas P. Kenworth and Mike Chiasson 8. From Information to Opportunity. The Role of Boundary Spanners in Sensing and Seizing Opportunities Aurore Haas 9. Opportunity: From Semantic Concept to Pragmatic Tool Michael Marchesney PART IV IMPACT FACTORS ON OPPORTUNITY FORMATION 10. Why are Some Individuals Willing to Pursue Opportunities and Others Aren’t? The Role of Individual Values Francisco Linán and Agnieszka Kurczewska 11. The Effect of Entrepreneurship Education on Opportunity Recognition Self-efficacy Carlos Albornoz and José Ernesto Amorós Index

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Book SynopsisInnovation Spaces in Asia provides insight into how and why Asia is poised to impact global innovation. Asia is undergoing rapid developments in markets, sources of technology and user preferences. This book provides an empirical understanding and initial conceptualization of these dynamic processes, including the role of multinational enterprises, entrepreneurship and public policy.The accomplished contributors explore case studies of entrepreneurs and large companies in Asia in order to discuss the ways in which customers, institutions and firms, both domestic and foreign, are interacting to affect global processes of innovation and production. Innovation spaces are analyzed within Asian countries and firms, from Asia to the world, and from the world to Asian countries.Students and researchers pursuing innovation, international business and entrepreneurship will find this to be a useful read. This book will also be of interest to innovation managers and public policy practitioners looking for a thorough guide on the topic.Contributors: S. Bagchi-Sen, E. Bourelos, X. Chen, G. Cheng, E. Deiaco, P. Fan, E. Gifford, S.J. Haakonsson, M. Holgersson, C. Jeding, J. Jin, P. Kedron, K. Lagerström, A.H. Lassen, R. Lema, X. Liu, M. McKelvey, T.A. Meraxa, T. Schunder, R. Schweizer, D. Slepniov, Y. Wang, O. Zaring, Z. ZhangTrade Review‘. . . this book attempts to answer the following: what is the role of Asia in driving innovation in a global economy, and what is going on if Asia is not just imitating and using Western technology? With solid data collected from China, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Korea, the empirical chapters in this book eloquently address this question from their own viewpoints and evidences. . . .it is always challenging to organize a diverse set of papers into a logically coherent volume. Yet the editors handle this task effectively through the careful organization of chapters. . .The book’s coherence and organization are further assured by the contributors who are all experienced researchers from different disciplines and world regions.’ -- Economic GeographyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction M. McKelvey and S. Bagchi-Sen 2. To Boldly Go…Characteristics of Chinese Innovation Policy E. Deiaco and C. Jeding 3. The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Innovation Spaces: The Cases of China and India M. Holgersson 4. Technological Competition in Chinese Market: An Investigation Based upon Patents X. Chen, X. Liu, and Y. Wang 5. The Role of Customers and Regulation in Innovation: The Development of the E-bike Industry and of Lvyuan, A Leading Company in China J. Jin and G. Cheng 6. Understanding Innovation Spaces through Emerging Multinational Enterprises in China: An Explorative Case Study of a Chinese Wind Turbine Manufacturer D. Slepniov, A.H. Lassen, S.J. Haakonsson and M. McKelvey 7. Manoeuvering Global Innovation Spaces: An Explorative Case Study of a South Korean Entrepreneurial Venture in Nanotechnology A.H. Lassen and D. Slepniov 8. The Emergence of Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship in China: Four Start-up Companies in Nanotechnology in Suzhou J. Jin, Z. Zhang and M. McKelvey 9. The Role of Returnees in Developing Entrepreneurial Ventures in High Tech Sectors in China P. Fan 10. Evolving Global Innovation Networks of Indian Pharmaceutical Companies P. Kedron and S. Bagchi-Sen 11. The Emergence of Indonesian Multinational Enterprises T.A. Meraxa and S. Bagchi-Sen 12. Tapping into Western Technologies by Chinese Multinational Enterprises: Geely’s Purchase of Volvo Cars and Huawei’s Hiring of Ericsson Employees in Sweden E. Gifford, M. Holgersson, M. McKelvey and S. Bagchi-Sen 13. Foreign Direct Investment in R&D and the Base of the Pyramid: Is a New Space of Innovation Emerging in India? S. Bagchi-Sen, T. Schunder, and E. Bourelos 14. Problem Framing in new Innovation Spaces: Insights from Software Outsourcing R. Lema 15. The Internationalization of Innovation: Off-shoring Home Base Innovative Processes in Software to a Host Nation Innovation System O. Zaring 16. Tapping into India’s Innovation Potential: Consequences for a Western Multinational Enterprise and the Case of SKF K. Lagerström and R. Schweizer 17. Ramifications for Western Firms Navigating Through Innovation Spaces in Asia M. McKelvey 18. Conclusions M. McKelvey and S. Bagchi-Sen Index

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Book SynopsisCorporate venturing is of great strategic importance in today's world of accelerated change in business and technology. In one of the best and most current books on the subject, Van den Bosch and Duysters guide readers through carefully-selected case studies that will enlighten the practitioner and academic alike.'- Dana T. Redford, Portuguese Catholic University and President, Platform for Entrepreneurship Education in Portugal'Before an innovation gets the green light in large corporations, it needs to be proved that the innovation will be successful: successful and lucrative. And that's exactly what you can't ever know in advance for a true innovation. Corporate Venturing: Organizing for Innovation shows how corporate oil tankers can take full advantage of innovative speedboats.'- Danny Mekic, EntrepreneurLarge organizations can struggle to keep up with today's fast-changing market and technological developments. However, an increasing number of businesses now engage in corporate venturing as a way to enhance their innovation process. This book fills the gap in management literature by providing a detailed account of best practices in the organization and management of such corporate ventures.The authors highlight eight main cases of organizations that employ corporate venturing within their firms. The cases illustrate how leading corporations organize their corporate venturing process and highlight the best practices that can be distilled from their experience. Jessica van den Bosch and Geert Duysters explain how the ideal corporation is one that is able to combine the scale and pure power of a large organization with the creativity, flexibility and resilience of a small one.With a compendium of useful case studies, and practical guidelines on corporate venturing, this book will appeal to managers, consultants and all leaders involved in the process of creating new ventures within large organizations.Contents: 1. Corporate Venturing in Health Care: A Cbusinez Case 2. Corporate Venturing in the Chemical Industry: A Colourful Case 3. BAC BV: The Successful Exit of a Unilever Spin-Out 4. Document Services Valley: A Lifeline for the Printing Industry? 5. Innovation Projects and Venturing at Rabobank: Creating a New Dynamic 6. Eindhoven University of Technology's Innovationlab: Commercializing Scientific Research for Scientific Research Itself 7. Sanomaventures: Innovating by Attracting Entrepreneurial Talent 8. Nrc.Next: Reinventing Printed News 9. Discussion and Conclusions 10. Top 10 Best Practices for Managing Corporate Ventures IndexTrade ReviewCorporate venturing is of great strategic importance in today's world of accelerated change in business and technology. In one of the best and most current books on the subject, Van den Bosch and Duysters guide readers through carefully-selected case studies that will enlighten the practitioner and academic alike.'--Dana T. Redford, Portuguese Catholic University and President, Platform for Entrepreneurship Education in Portugal'Before an innovation gets the green light in large corporations, it needs to be proved that the innovation will be successful: successful and lucrative. And that's exactly what you can't ever know in advance for a true innovation. Corporate Venturing: Organizing for Innovation shows how corporate oil tankers can take full advantage of innovative speedboats.'--Danny Mekic, EntrepreneurTable of ContentsContents: 1. Corporate Venturing in Health Care: A Cbusinez Case 2. Corporate Venturing in the Chemical Industry: A Colourful Case 3. BAC BV: The Successful Exit of a Unilever Spin-Out 4. Document Services Valley: A Lifeline for the Printing Industry? 5. Innovation Projects and Venturing at Rabobank: Creating a New Dynamic 6. Eindhoven University of Technology’s Innovationlab: Commercializing Scientific Research for Scientific Research Itself 7. Sanomaventures: Innovating by Attracting Entrepreneurial Talent 8. Nrc.Next: Reinventing Printed News 9. Discussion and Conclusions 10. Top 10 Best Practices for Managing Corporate Ventures Index

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Book SynopsisAddressing the heterogeneity of and interplay between important concepts guiding modern regional economic development, this volume presents a rich variety of state-of-the-art empirical research. Focusing simultaneously on the meso- and micro-level implications of globalization, drawing attention to incumbent new market seeking in entrepreneurship, and highlighting the various forms innovation can take, the chapters contribute to our understanding of geography as a facilitator of regional dynamics. The comprehensive approach to agglomeration economies, the life-cycle development of industries, proximities and policy responses comes recommended.'- Frank van Oort, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Utrecht University, the Netherlands'I would encourage all researchers interested in entrepreneurship and innovation to read this volume. It provides a new conceptual approach to the link between global economic trends and entrepreneurship, through the role of local space as an important source for innovation. Readers can find old and new issues on the formation of entrepreneurship elegantly linked together, so as to provide new insights into this important field of research.'- Roberta Capello, Politecnico di Milano, ItalyWe have, in recent decades, been able to witness a veritable revolution in the world economy, known as 'globalization'. Generally, the term is connected to the rapid increase of the free movement of goods, capital, people, ideas, information and knowledge around the globe. This book contributes to the meso- and micro-economic literature on innovation and entrepreneurship in the global economy.Extending our understanding of the many different ways that innovation and entrepreneurship contribute to economic development and growth in a globalized economy, the expert contributors highlight that the current wave of globalization has been a period of exceptional entrepreneurship both among large multinational firms and among independent entrepreneurs. They demonstrate that location matters for creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship, and clarify that public policy in a globalized economy must stress knowledge and ideas as the source of competitiveness and economic growth.Both graduates and post graduates, along with university researchers, will find this book to be useful in their studies, particularly those with an interest in innovation and entrepreneurship research, regional economics, economic geography and international economics.Contributors: M.J.Abellán Madrid, J. Abrahamsson, M. Andersson, S. Anokhin, R. Antonietti, D.B. Audretsch, M. Belitski, H. Boter, A. Broström, M.R. Ferrante, A. García-Tabuenca, N.M.George, U. Gråsjö, K.E. Haynes, V. Jienwatcharamongkhol, C. Karlsson, B. Kianian, T.C. Larsson, R. Leoncini, C.Y. Liu, M. McKelvey, G. Painter, J. Parajuli, V. Parida, C. Suárez Gálvez, M.G.A. Svensson, S. Tavassoli, V. Vanyushyn, Q. Wang, K.I. Westeren, J. Wincent, S. WixeTrade Review‘Addressing the heterogeneity of and interplay between important concepts guiding modern regional economic development, this volume presents a rich variety of state-of-the-art empirical research. Focusing simultaneously on the meso- and micro-level implications of globalization, drawing attention to incumbent new market seeking in entrepreneurship, and highlighting the various forms innovation can take, the chapters contribute to our understanding of geography as a facilitator of regional dynamics. The comprehensive approach to agglomeration economies, the life-cycle development of industries, proximities and policy responses comes recommended.’ -- Frank van Oort, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Utrecht University, the Netherlands‘I would encourage all researchers interested in entrepreneurship and innovation to read this volume. It provides a new conceptual approach to the link between global economic trends and entrepreneurship, through the role of local space as an important source for innovation. Readers can find old and new issues on the formation of entrepreneurship elegantly linked together, so as to provide new insights into this important field of research.’ -- Roberta Capello, Politecnico di Milano, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Charlie Karlsson, Urban Gråsjö and Sofia Wixe PART I INNOVATION 1. R&D Investments and Firm Survival Across Regions María Jesús Abellán Madrid, Antonio García-Tabuenca and Cristina Suárez Gálvez 2. Universities and Public Research Institutes as Collaboration Partners for Firms Anders Broström and Maureen McKelvey 3. Technological Advancement through Imitation by Industry Incumbents in Strategic Alliances Nerine Mary George, Sergey Anokhin, Vinit Parida and Joakim Wincent 4. Continuing Corporate Growth and Inter-organizational Collaboration of International New Ventures in Sweden Jan Abrahamsson, Håkan Boter and Vladimir Vanyushyn 5. Routines - Do they Stimulate or Hinder Learning and Innovation in Industrial Production? Knut Ingar Westeren PART II ENTREPRENEURSHIP 6. Creativity Spillover of Entrepreneurship: Evidence from European Cities David B. Audretsch and Maksim Belitski 7. Start-up rates, Entrepreneurship Culture and the Business Cycle: Swedish Patterns from National and Regional Data Martin Andersson 8. Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Agglomeration in High-tech Industries in the USA Cathy Yang Liu, Gary Painter and Qingfang Wang 9. Broadband Internet and New Firm Formation: A US Perspective Jitendra Parajuli and Kingsley E. Haynes 10. When Being Wrong Might be Right: On Overconfidence as an Evolutionary Mechanism of Nascent Entrepreneurs Martin G. A. Svensson Part III INTERNATIONALIZATION 11. Manufacturing Renaissance: Return of Manufacturing to Western Countries Sam Tavassoli, Babak Kianian and Tobias C. Larsson 12. Closing the Gap: Empirical Evidence on Firm's Innovation, Productivity, and Exports Viroj Jienwatcharamongkhol and Sam Tavassoli 13. Infrastructure Endowment, Social Capital and Outsourcing: Evidence from Emilia Romagna, Italy Roberto Antonietti, Maria Rosaria Ferrante and Riccardo Leoncini Index

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Book SynopsisCorporate venturing is of great strategic importance in today's world of accelerated change in business and technology. In one of the best and most current books on the subject, Van den Bosch and Duysters guide readers through carefully-selected case studies that will enlighten the practitioner and academic alike.'- Dana T. Redford, Portuguese Catholic University and President, Platform for Entrepreneurship Education in Portugal'Before an innovation gets the green light in large corporations, it needs to be proved that the innovation will be successful: successful and lucrative. And that's exactly what you can't ever know in advance for a true innovation. Corporate Venturing: Organizing for Innovation shows how corporate oil tankers can take full advantage of innovative speedboats.'- Danny Mekic, EntrepreneurLarge organizations can struggle to keep up with today's fast-changing market and technological developments. However, an increasing number of businesses now engage in corporate venturing as a way to enhance their innovation process. This book fills the gap in management literature by providing a detailed account of best practices in the organization and management of such corporate ventures.The authors highlight eight main cases of organizations that employ corporate venturing within their firms. The cases illustrate how leading corporations organize their corporate venturing process and highlight the best practices that can be distilled from their experience. Jessica van den Bosch and Geert Duysters explain how the ideal corporation is one that is able to combine the scale and pure power of a large organization with the creativity, flexibility and resilience of a small one.With a compendium of useful case studies, and practical guidelines on corporate venturing, this book will appeal to managers, consultants and all leaders involved in the process of creating new ventures within large organizations.Contents: 1. Corporate Venturing in Health Care: A Cbusinez Case 2. Corporate Venturing in the Chemical Industry: A Colourful Case 3. BAC BV: The Successful Exit of a Unilever Spin-Out 4. Document Services Valley: A Lifeline for the Printing Industry? 5. Innovation Projects and Venturing at Rabobank: Creating a New Dynamic 6. Eindhoven University of Technology's Innovationlab: Commercializing Scientific Research for Scientific Research Itself 7. Sanomaventures: Innovating by Attracting Entrepreneurial Talent 8. Nrc.Next: Reinventing Printed News 9. Discussion and Conclusions 10. Top 10 Best Practices for Managing Corporate Ventures IndexTrade ReviewCorporate venturing is of great strategic importance in today's world of accelerated change in business and technology. In one of the best and most current books on the subject, Van den Bosch and Duysters guide readers through carefully-selected case studies that will enlighten the practitioner and academic alike.'--Dana T. Redford, Portuguese Catholic University and President, Platform for Entrepreneurship Education in Portugal'Before an innovation gets the green light in large corporations, it needs to be proved that the innovation will be successful: successful and lucrative. And that's exactly what you can't ever know in advance for a true innovation. Corporate Venturing: Organizing for Innovation shows how corporate oil tankers can take full advantage of innovative speedboats.'--Danny Mekic, EntrepreneurTable of ContentsContents: 1. Corporate Venturing in Health Care: A Cbusinez Case 2. Corporate Venturing in the Chemical Industry: A Colourful Case 3. BAC BV: The Successful Exit of a Unilever Spin-Out 4. Document Services Valley: A Lifeline for the Printing Industry? 5. Innovation Projects and Venturing at Rabobank: Creating a New Dynamic 6. Eindhoven University of Technology’s Innovationlab: Commercializing Scientific Research for Scientific Research Itself 7. Sanomaventures: Innovating by Attracting Entrepreneurial Talent 8. Nrc.Next: Reinventing Printed News 9. Discussion and Conclusions 10. Top 10 Best Practices for Managing Corporate Ventures Index

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Book SynopsisBenefits theory connects an organization's mission, the public and private benefits it produces, and the societal groups that it benefits, to an appropriate income mix. This book applies benefits theory to the financing of nonprofit and other social purpose organizations to guide managers and leaders towards finding the best mix of income sources for their organizations, to help educate future managers about resource development and to stimulate additional research on the financing of nonprofits and other forms of social enterprise. Individual chapters are devoted to organizations primarily reliant on earned income, gifts, government support and investment income, respectively, as well as to organizations that are well diversified in their sources of operating support. Each type of income, as well as mixed income portfolios are analyzed in depth. Detailed case studies of contemporary social purpose organizations are discussed throughout the book, and templates are provided to help leaders apply benefits theory to analyze the income opportunities and portfolios of their own organizations. Comprehensive and practitioner-friendly, this book is suitable not only for teaching graduate and undergraduate students in non-profit management, social enterprise, public administration and business management, but also for informing practicing managers, teachers and researchers, and funders of social purpose organizations.Trade Review'Dennis Young has written a brilliant analysis of the complex domain of Social Purpose Organizations (SPOs), the growing number of financial tools at their disposal, in a system that requires them to strike a balance between their social mission and their financial stability, within a context of volatile economic, political and technological environments. His choice of the Benefits Theory helps put all those components into a meaningful whole. The book is especially timely in light of the recent international interest in social enterprises and other for-profit frameworks' involvement in the social domain and will be highly valuable for both academics and practitioners.' --Benjamin Gidron, College of Management Academic Studies (COMAS), IsraelTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Bill Bolling 1. Preface 2. Introduction 3. Cross-Currents in SPO Finance 4. Benefits Theory 5. The Nature of Benefits and Their Financing 6. Fee-Reliant SPOs 7. Contributions-Reliant SPOs 8. Government-Reliant SPOs 9. Investment Income-Reliant SPOs 10. Mixed Income Strategies 11. Capital Financing 12. Income Portfolios Benefits Thinking: Ideas and Tools for Practice Index

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Book SynopsisBenefits theory connects an organization's mission, the public and private benefits it produces, and the societal groups that it benefits, to an appropriate income mix. This book applies benefits theory to the financing of nonprofit and other social purpose organizations to guide managers and leaders towards finding the best mix of income sources for their organizations, to help educate future managers about resource development and to stimulate additional research on the financing of nonprofits and other forms of social enterprise. Individual chapters are devoted to organizations primarily reliant on earned income, gifts, government support and investment income, respectively, as well as to organizations that are well diversified in their sources of operating support. Each type of income, as well as mixed income portfolios are analyzed in depth. Detailed case studies of contemporary social purpose organizations are discussed throughout the book, and templates are provided to help leaders apply benefits theory to analyze the income opportunities and portfolios of their own organizations. Comprehensive and practitioner-friendly, this book is suitable not only for teaching graduate and undergraduate students in non-profit management, social enterprise, public administration and business management, but also for informing practicing managers, teachers and researchers, and funders of social purpose organizations.Trade Review'Dennis Young has written a brilliant analysis of the complex domain of Social Purpose Organizations (SPOs), the growing number of financial tools at their disposal, in a system that requires them to strike a balance between their social mission and their financial stability, within a context of volatile economic, political and technological environments. His choice of the Benefits Theory helps put all those components into a meaningful whole. The book is especially timely in light of the recent international interest in social enterprises and other for-profit frameworks' involvement in the social domain and will be highly valuable for both academics and practitioners.' --Benjamin Gidron, College of Management Academic Studies (COMAS), IsraelTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Bill Bolling 1. Preface 2. Introduction 3. Cross-Currents in SPO Finance 4. Benefits Theory 5. The Nature of Benefits and Their Financing 6. Fee-Reliant SPOs 7. Contributions-Reliant SPOs 8. Government-Reliant SPOs 9. Investment Income-Reliant SPOs 10. Mixed Income Strategies 11. Capital Financing 12. Income Portfolios Benefits Thinking: Ideas and Tools for Practice Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing upon current cutting-edge theories, knowledge and research findings, this Handbook provides an analysis of the interaction between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), entrepreneurs and financial institutions globally.The contributors consider regional and international perspectives within and between Europe, North America, New Zealand, the Middle East, as well as South, Central and East Asia on a chapter-by-chapter basis. In so doing, they provide a contextualized, up-to-date snapshot of research into entrepreneurial finance across the world.This book is aimed at both established and emergent researchers, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students looking for avenues of future research into entrepreneurial finance. It will also be of use to policymakers and practitioners seeking a global perspective in their work.Contributors: M. Akoorie, H. Al-Dajani, R. Baldock, Z. Bika, T. Botelho, C.G. Brush, D. Deakins, D. Demirba , S. Demirba , L.F. Edelman, R.T. Harrison, S. Heilbrunn, J.G. Hussain, N. Kushnirovich, J. Li, C. Mac an Bhaird, S. Mahmood, T.S. Manolova, C. Mason, H. Matlay, M. Nitani, D. North, I. Peiris, A. Riding, N. Sandhu, J.M. Scott, P. Sinha, M. Subalova, S. Talbot, G. WhittamTrade Review'Across a range of country contexts, this Handbook highlights a number of important issues associated with the provision of funding to establish and grow new ventures, as well as enabling businesses to survive difficult economic times, such as the period following the GFC. This scholarly collection of both quantitative and qualitative studies covers a variety of topics, including access to microfinancing in Kazakhstan and the role of VC investors in promoting the internationalization of Canadian businesses.' --John Watson, The University of Western Australia'This book of readings provides a fresh perspective on a problem that has challenged researchers and policymakers for nearly a century. It is well-established that SMEs face problems in raising finance that differ from those faced by large firms. What this book does is to investigate how the nature and scale of these problems vary between diverse countries, and against the backdrop of the Global Economic Crisis. I commend both the individual articles and the Editors' research and policy recommendations.' --David Storey, University of Sussex, UK'A central problem for many new and small firms is the availability of financial resources. Entrepreneurial finance has been a significant research field for decades, and Hussain and Scott's edited collection is an important and novel contribution to the literature on entrepreneurial finance. Prior titles on entrepreneurial finance mainly provide knowledge on venture capital and focus primarily on financial markets in Western economies. This volume opens up new research avenues by taking a global outlook and introduces new issues in entrepreneurial finance.' --Hans Landstrom, Lund University, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Entrepreneurial Finance in Context in the Twenty-first Century Jonathan M. Scott and Javed G. Hussain 2. SME Lending: A New Role for Credit Unions? Steve Talbot, Ciarán Mac an Bhaird and Geoff Whittam 3. Entrepreneurial Finance in New Zealand David Deakins 4. Venture Capital Investment and Internationalization: A Case to Consider Miwako Nitani and Allan Riding 5. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and their Capital Structure Decisions in Turkey: A Literature Review Dilek Demirbas and Safa Demirbaş 6. Resourcing Indigenous Export Ventures through Networks: Insights from the Sri Lankan Tea Industry Indu Peiris, Michèle Akoorie and Paresha Sinha 7. Business Angel Exits: Strategies and Processes Colin Mason, Richard T. Harrison and Tiago Botelho 8. The Role of UK Government Hybrid Venture Capital Funds in Addressing the Finance Gap Facing Innovative SMEs in the Post 2007 Financial Crisis Era Rob Baldock and David North 9. Readiness for Funding: The Influence of Entrepreneurial Team Diversity Candida G. Brush, Linda F. Edelman and Tatiana S. Manolova 10. Entrepreneurial Finance of Minority and Migrant Groups in Israel Sybille Heilbrunn and Nonna Kushnirovich 11. Bridging the Equity Funding Gap in Technological Entrepreneurship: The Case of Government-backed Venture Capital in China Jun Li 12. Informal Lenders and Small/Marginal Farmers in India: An Unregulated Sociological Symbiotic Relationship? Navjot Sandhu, Javed G. Hussain and Harry Matlay 13. Unilateral Microfinance? The Commercial Roots of Entrepreneurial Diversity Madina Subalova, Haya Al-Dajani and Zografia Bika 14. Entrepreneurial Finance, Poverty Reduction and Gender: The Case of Women Entrepreneurs’ Microloans in Pakistan Javed G. Hussain, Samia Mahmood and Jonathan M. Scott Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing upon current cutting-edge theories, knowledge and research findings, this Handbook provides an analysis of the interaction between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), entrepreneurs and financial institutions globally.The contributors consider regional and international perspectives within and between Europe, North America, New Zealand, the Middle East, as well as South, Central and East Asia on a chapter-by-chapter basis. In so doing, they provide a contextualized, up-to-date snapshot of research into entrepreneurial finance across the world.This book is aimed at both established and emergent researchers, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students looking for avenues of future research into entrepreneurial finance. It will also be of use to policymakers and practitioners seeking a global perspective in their work.Contributors: M. Akoorie, H. Al-Dajani, R. Baldock, Z. Bika, T. Botelho, C.G. Brush, D. Deakins, D. Demirba , S. Demirba , L.F. Edelman, R.T. Harrison, S. Heilbrunn, J.G. Hussain, N. Kushnirovich, J. Li, C. Mac an Bhaird, S. Mahmood, T.S. Manolova, C. Mason, H. Matlay, M. Nitani, D. North, I. Peiris, A. Riding, N. Sandhu, J.M. Scott, P. Sinha, M. Subalova, S. Talbot, G. WhittamTrade Review'Across a range of country contexts, this Handbook highlights a number of important issues associated with the provision of funding to establish and grow new ventures, as well as enabling businesses to survive difficult economic times, such as the period following the GFC. This scholarly collection of both quantitative and qualitative studies covers a variety of topics, including access to microfinancing in Kazakhstan and the role of VC investors in promoting the internationalization of Canadian businesses.' --John Watson, The University of Western Australia'This book of readings provides a fresh perspective on a problem that has challenged researchers and policymakers for nearly a century. It is well-established that SMEs face problems in raising finance that differ from those faced by large firms. What this book does is to investigate how the nature and scale of these problems vary between diverse countries, and against the backdrop of the Global Economic Crisis. I commend both the individual articles and the Editors' research and policy recommendations.' --David Storey, University of Sussex, UK'A central problem for many new and small firms is the availability of financial resources. Entrepreneurial finance has been a significant research field for decades, and Hussain and Scott's edited collection is an important and novel contribution to the literature on entrepreneurial finance. Prior titles on entrepreneurial finance mainly provide knowledge on venture capital and focus primarily on financial markets in Western economies. This volume opens up new research avenues by taking a global outlook and introduces new issues in entrepreneurial finance.' --Hans Landstrom, Lund University, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Entrepreneurial Finance in Context in the Twenty-first Century Jonathan M. Scott and Javed G. Hussain 2. SME Lending: A New Role for Credit Unions? Steve Talbot, Ciarán Mac an Bhaird and Geoff Whittam 3. Entrepreneurial Finance in New Zealand David Deakins 4. Venture Capital Investment and Internationalization: A Case to Consider Miwako Nitani and Allan Riding 5. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and their Capital Structure Decisions in Turkey: A Literature Review Dilek Demirbas and Safa Demirbaş 6. Resourcing Indigenous Export Ventures through Networks: Insights from the Sri Lankan Tea Industry Indu Peiris, Michèle Akoorie and Paresha Sinha 7. Business Angel Exits: Strategies and Processes Colin Mason, Richard T. Harrison and Tiago Botelho 8. The Role of UK Government Hybrid Venture Capital Funds in Addressing the Finance Gap Facing Innovative SMEs in the Post 2007 Financial Crisis Era Rob Baldock and David North 9. Readiness for Funding: The Influence of Entrepreneurial Team Diversity Candida G. Brush, Linda F. Edelman and Tatiana S. Manolova 10. Entrepreneurial Finance of Minority and Migrant Groups in Israel Sybille Heilbrunn and Nonna Kushnirovich 11. Bridging the Equity Funding Gap in Technological Entrepreneurship: The Case of Government-backed Venture Capital in China Jun Li 12. Informal Lenders and Small/Marginal Farmers in India: An Unregulated Sociological Symbiotic Relationship? Navjot Sandhu, Javed G. Hussain and Harry Matlay 13. Unilateral Microfinance? The Commercial Roots of Entrepreneurial Diversity Madina Subalova, Haya Al-Dajani and Zografia Bika 14. Entrepreneurial Finance, Poverty Reduction and Gender: The Case of Women Entrepreneurs’ Microloans in Pakistan Javed G. Hussain, Samia Mahmood and Jonathan M. Scott Index

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Book SynopsisTalent has become the most important resource for organizations across a wide range of sectors throughout the world including business, non-profit, and government. These organizations are now engaged in an increasingly fierce competition to acquire the best talent as they seek to gain the upper hand in today's fast changing environment. By combining the body of knowledge on entrepreneurship and talent management from a global perspective, this book provides a synthesized understanding of entrepreneurial mobility and talent management in the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem.The expert contributors combine empirical evidence and case studies to provide a nuanced understanding of global talent management from an international comparative perspective. The topics discussed include China's return migration and its impact on Chinese development, local engagement and transformation of Chinese communities in England, and reverse migration from the US to China. Furthermore, from a comparative perspective, contributors examine global talent and entrepreneurial mobility in the contexts of Silicon Valley, European university spin-off practices and entrepreneurial ecosystems in France, Italy, and South Korea, respectively.Scholars and students in entrepreneurship and talent management will find the scope for future research useful in their work. Entrepreneurs, managers, and policymakers will benefit from the examination of global perspectives and different national contexts.Contributors include: D. Assimakopoulos, D. Baglieri, Z. Chen, M.C. Cinici, L. Daily, T. Duan, T. Fang, W. Hou, A. Isaak, R. Isaak, K.W. Jensen, K-.C. Kim, X. Liu, D. Mavridis, M.L. Miao, A. Moore, Y.M. Myint, T. Petrin, F. Qin, S. Rezaei, T. Schøtt, F. Sussan, M. Tsouri, H. Wang, B. Wu, W. Zhang, J. ZyburaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Yipeng Liu and Huiyao Wang PART I RETURNEES, TALENT AND PUBLIC POLICY: THE CASE OF CHINA 1. China’s Return Migration and its Impact on Chinese Development Mabel Lu Miao 2. Returnees as Political Elites: A Growing Social Force in China Wenxian Zhang 3. The Role of Returnees in Business: A Review Huiyao Wang, Tinghua Duan, Wenxuan Hou, and Xiaohui Liu 4. Talent among Chinese Entrepreneurs at Home and Abroad Kent Wickstrøm Jensen, Shahamak Rezaei, and Thomas Schøtt 5. Outward Foreign Direct Investment by Chinese Firms: The Case of Changzhou Zhao Chen and Tony Fang 6. Chinese Student Mobility, Local Engagement and Transformation of Chinese Communities in England: An Empirical Study Bin Wu 7. Transnational Space, Networks, and Entrepreneurship: Reverse Migration from the US to China Fei Qin PART II A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON ENTREPRENEURS, TALENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEMS 8. Replicating Silicon Valley: Talent and Techno-management in a Culture of Serendipity Robert Isaak, Andrew Isaak and Jan Zybura 9. European Spin-off Practice: A Comparative Study of Four European Universities Tea Petrin and Yin Mon Myint 10. (Not) Energizing Microelectronics Ecosystems through a Large Firm’s Inventor Network. Lessons from Italy. Maria Cristina Cinici and Daniela Baglieri 11. Don’t Lose Sight of the Forest for the Trees: Minalogic and Presto Engineering as a ‘New Argonaut’ in a French ICT Ecosystem Dimitris Assimakopoulos, Maria Tsouri, Dimitris Mavridis and Alan Moore 12. The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in South Korea: A Review Fiona Sussan, Louis Daily, and Ki-Chan Kim Index

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Book SynopsisThis is an excellent book that provides a much needed overview of theoretical frameworks that help us understand the behavior of family firms. This book will be invaluable as a resource to doctoral students and researchers who are trying to analyze decision making in family firms and the factors that shape management processes in these organizations. The book is very comprehensive in its coverage, addressing most major theoretical frameworks that have recently been applied to examine phenomena unique to family firms. These include, among others, organizational ecology, behavioral theory, agency theory, behavioral agency theory, and social identity theory. This book is a must read for family business scholars.'- Luis Gomez-Mejia, University of Notre Dame, US'A common criticism of family business as a field of study is the lack of well-developed, theoretically grounded research. This important book edited by Nordqvist, Melin, Waldkirch and Kumeto promises to change this widely held view. The book brings into focus important theoretical perspectives that have rich implications for research on family firms. Well established and emerging perspectives are covered in the book, highlighting different debates that are likely to shape future scholarship in the field. Chapters are easy to read and concepts as well as theories are clearly explained and their usefulness is made evident. I compliment the editors on a job well done in recognizing the challenges of theorizing about family business and mapping out the territory of tomorrow's research.'- Shaker A. Zahra, University of Minnesota, USFamily business has become an increasingly studied field over the last decade and forms one of the fastest growing research areas today. The uniqueness of family business is the interaction between two systems: the family and the firm, leading to specific characteristics that we rarely see in other types of businesses. In order to understand the unique interaction between these two systems, researchers have adopted a diverse range of theories drawn from different fields.The contributors to this volume provide a thorough discussion of 13 theoretical perspectives that have been used in family business research. Each chapter introduces a theory, demonstrates its previous application in family business research and offers compelling ideas for future research that could contribute to both the family business field and the original theory behind it.This book aims to spark new insights for researchers and PhD students in the field of family business, and is also a good introduction for researchers who are new to the field. Policymakers and practitioners will find this an enlightening resource.Contributors: R. Adiguna, N. Akhter, G. Criaco, P. Hansson, A. Kallmuenzer, A. Kuiken, G. Kumeto, A. Mazzelli, L. Melin, H. Nilson, M. Nordqvist, E. Rondi, K. Staffansson Pauli, M. Waldkirch, A. WielsmaTrade Review‘This is an excellent book that provides a much needed overview of theoretical frameworks that help us understand the behavior of family firms. This book will be invaluable as a resource to doctoral students and researchers who are trying to analyze decision making in family firms and the factors that shape management processes in these organizations. The book is very comprehensive in its coverage, addressing most major theoretical frameworks that have recently been applied to examine phenomena unique to family firms. These include, among others, organizational ecology, behavioral theory, agency theory, behavioral agency theory, and social identity theory. This book is a must read for family business scholars.’ -- Luis Gomez-Mejia, University of Notre Dame, US‘A common criticism of family business as a field of study is the lack of well-developed, theoretically grounded research. This important book edited by Nordqvist, Melin, Waldkirch and Kumeto promises to change this widely held view. The book brings into focus important theoretical perspectives that have rich implications for research on family firms. Well established and emerging perspectives are covered in the book, highlighting different debates that are likely to shape future scholarship in the field. Chapters are easy to read and concepts as well as theories are clearly explained and their usefulness is made evident. I compliment the editors on a job well done in recognizing the challenges of theorizing about family business and mapping out the territory of tomorrow's research.’ -- Shaker A. Zahra, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, US‘Theoretical Perspectives on Family Business is a unique book in family business studies. Each of its 13 chapters are written by doctoral students at the world renowned Jönköping International Business School in Sweden. Each chapter highlights a different theoretical perspective that has been used to understand the unique dynamics of family enterprises and ends with exciting ideas for future research. An inspirational reading for all students of family business studies – young and old, new and seasoned!’ -- Pramodita Sharma, University of Vermont and Editor, Family Business Review‘This collection fills a much-needed void in the family business field and should become the mainstay of any doctoral program with a family business focus. The review of highly relevant theories and their use in the field will serve scholars for years to come.’ -- Joseph H. Astrachan, Kennesaw State University, US and Co-Editor and Founder of the Journal of Family Business Strategy‘I love the concept behind the creation of this book: senior scholars, through a series of meetings, recruited PhD students from all over Europe to work together to create a highly diverse set of critical reviews about the various ways in which family businesses might be studied in the 21st century. It is certainly eye-opening to see how a highly motivated set of junior scholars can offer fresh views of this rapidly changing field.’ -- Howard Aldrich, University of North Carolina, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introducing Theoretical Perspectives on Family Business Mattias Nordqvist, Leif Melin, Matthias Waldkirch and Gershon Kumeto 2. Organisational Ecology and the Family Business Giuseppe Criaco 3. Behavioural Theory and the Family Business Ambra Mazzelli 4. Agency Theory and the Family Business Andreas Kallmuenzer 5. Behavioural Agency Theory and the Family Business Gershon Kumeto 6. Theory of Planned Behaviour and the Family Business Andrea Kuiken 7. Process Thinking and the Family Business Emanuela Rondi 8. Social Identity Theory and the Family Business Matthias Waldkirch 9. Organisational Culture and the Family Business Rocky Adiguna 10. Kinship and the Family Business Naveed Akhter 11. Gender Theory and the Family Business Karin Staffansson Pauli 12. Critical Pedagogy Theory and the Family Business Henrietta Nilson 13. Corporate Reputation and the Family Business Albertha Wielsma 14. Resource-based Theory and the Family Business Per Hansson Index

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Book SynopsisWithin an entrepreneurial context, what a person thinks and feels and how they behave are hugely consequential. Entrepreneurs often work in scenarios of considerable time pressure, task complexity, uncertainty and high performance variance. This fascinating volume explores the unique psychological qualities of individuals directly involved in the entrepreneurial process.The book explores major themes in entrepreneurial psychology, including acting entrepreneurially, identifying opportunity, making decisions, choosing and managing an entrepreneurial career, adapting and persisting, and recovering from entrepreneurial failure. The selected essays highlight Dean A. Shepherd's unique perspective on important issues in entrepreneurship, and offer insightful recommendations for future study.Scholars and students of entrepreneurship and business and management, particularly those with an interest in entrepreneurial thought and decision-making, will find this book an invaluable resource.29 articles, dating from 1999 to 2013Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Introduction Dean A. Shepherd PART I ACTING ENTREPRENEURIALLY 1. Jeffery S. McMullen and Dean A. Shepherd (2006), ‘Entrepreneurial Action and the Role of Uncertainty in the Theory of the Entrepreneur’, Academy of Management Review, 31 (1), January, 132–52 2. Dean A. Shepherd, Jeffery S. McMullen and P. Devereaux Jennings (2007), ‘The Formation of Opportunity Beliefs: Overcoming Ignorance and Reducing Doubt’, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 1 (1–2), November, 75–95 3. Dean A. Shepherd and Holger Patzelt (2010), ‘The New Field of Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Studying Entrepreneurial Action Linking “What Is To Be Sustained?” With “What Is to Be Developed?”’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 35 (1), January, 137–63 4. Young Rok Choi and Dean A. Shepherd (2004), ‘Entrepreneurs’ Decisions to Exploit Opportunities’, Journal of Management, 30 (3), June, 377–95 5. Young Rok Choi, Moren Lévesque and Dean A. Shepherd (2008), ‘When Should Entrepreneurs Expedite of Delay Opportunity Exploitation?’, Journal of Business Venturing, 23 (3), May, 333–55 PART II OPPORTUNITY IDENTIFICATION 6. Dean A. Shepherd and Dawn R. DeTienne (2005), ‘Prior Knowledge, Potential Financial Reward, and Opportunity Identification’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 29 (1), January, 91–112 7. Denis A. Grégoire, Pamela S. Barr and Dean A. Shepherd (2010), ‘Cognitive Process of Opportunity Recognition: The Role of Structural Alignment’, Organization Science, 21 (2), March-April, 413–31 8. Denis A. Grégoire and Dean A. Shepherd (2012), ‘Technology-Market Combinations and the Identification of Entrepreneurial Opportunities: An Investigation of the Opportunity-Individual Nexus’, Academy of Management Journal, 55 (4), August, 753–85 9. J. Robert Mitchell and Dean A. Shepherd (2010), ‘To Thine Own Self Be True: Images of Self, Images of Opportunity, and Entrepreneurial Action’, Journal of Business Venturing, 25 (1), January, 138–54 10. Dean A. Shepherd, Holger Patzelt and Robert A. Baron (2013), ‘”I Care About Nature, but…”: Disengaging Values in Assessing Opportunities That Cause Harm’, Academy of Management Journal, 56 (5), October, 1251–73 PART III DECISION MAKING 11. Anja Klaukien, Dean A. Shepherd and Holger Patzelt (2013), ‘Passion for Work, Nonwork-Related Excitement, and Innovation Managers’ Decision to Exploit New Product Opportunities’, Journal of Product Innovation Management, 30 (3), May, 574–88 12. Mathew L.A. Hayward, Dean A. Shepherd and Dale Griffin (2006), ‘A Hubris Theory of Entrepreneurship’, Management Science, 52 (2), February, 160–72 13. Dean A. Shepherd (1999), ‘Venture Capitalists’ Assessment of New Venture Survival’, Management Science, 45 (5), May, 621–32 14. Holger Patzelt and Dean A. Shepherd (2009), ‘Strategic Entrepreneurship at Universities: Academic Entrepreneurs’ Assessment of Policy Programs’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 33 (1), January, 319–40 15. Dean A. Shepherd (2011), ‘Multilevel Entrepreneurship Research: Opportunities for Studying Entrepreneurial Decision Making’, Journal of Management, 37 (2), March, 412–20 PART IV CHOOSING AND MANAGING AN ENTREPRENEURIAL CAREER 16. Evan J. Douglas and Dean A. Shepherd (2002), ‘Self-Employment as a Career Choice: Attitudes, Entrepreneurial Intentions, and Utility Maximization’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 26 (3), Spring, 81–90 17. Keith H. Brigham, Julio O. De Castro and Dean A. Shepherd (2007), ‘A Person-Organization Fit Model of Owner-Managers’ Cognitive Style and Organizational Demands’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 31 (1), January, 29–51 18. J. Michael Haynie and Dean Shepherd (2011), ‘Toward a Theory of Discontinuous Career Transition: Investigating Career Transitions Necessitated by Traumatic Life Events’, Journal of Applied Psychology, 96 (3), May, 501–24 19. Dean Shepherd and J. Michael Haynie (2009), ‘Birds of a Feather Don’t Always Flock Together: Identity Management in Entrepreneurship’, Journal of Business Venturing, 24 (4), July, 316–37 PART V ADAPTING AND PERSISTING 20. J. Michael Haynie, Dean A. Shepherd and Holger Patzelt (2010), ‘Cognitive Adaptability and an Entrepreneurial Task: The Role of Metacognitive Ability and Feedback’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 36 (2), March, 237–65 21. J. Robert Mitchell, Dean A. Shepherd and Mark P. Sharfman (2011), ‘Erratic Strategic Decisions: When and Why Manages are Inconsistent in Strategic Decision Making’, Strategic Management Journal, 32 (7), July, 683–704 22. Dawn R. DeTienne, Dean A. Shepherd and Julio O. De Castro (2008), ‘The Fallacy of “Only the Strong Survive”: The Effects of Extrinsic Motivation on the Persistence Decisions for Under-Performing Firms’, Journal of Business Venturing, 23 (5), September, 528–46 23. Daniel V. Holland and Dean A. Shepherd (2011), ‘Deciding to Persist: Adversity, Values, and Entrepreneurs’ Decision Policies’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 37 (2), March, 331–58 24. Dean A. Shepherd, Johan Wiklund and J. Michael Haynie (2007), ‘Moving Forward: Balancing the Financial and Emotional Costs of Business Failure’, Journal of Business Venturing, 24 (2), March, 134–48 PART VI RECOVERING FROM ENTREPRENEURIAL FAILURE 25. Dean A. Shepherd (2003), ‘Learning from Business Failure: Propositions of Grief Recovery for the Self-Employed’, Academy of Management Review, 28 (2), April, 318–28 26. Dean A. Shepherd (2009), ‘Grief Recovery from the Loss of a Family Business: A Multi- and Meso-level Theory’, Journal of Business Venturing, 24 (1), January, 81–97 27. Dean A. Shepherd, Jeffrey G. Covin and Donald F. Kuratko (2008), ‘Project Failure from Corporate Entrepreneurship: Managing the Grief Process’, Journal of Business Venturing, 24 (6), November, 588–600 28. Dean A. Shepherd, Holger Patzelt and Marcus Wolfe (2011), ‘Moving Forward from Project Failure: Negative Emotions, Affective Commitment, and Learning from the Experience’, Academy of Management Journal, 54 (6), December, 1229–59 29. Dean A. Shepherd and Melissa S. Cardon (2009), ‘Negative Emotional Reactions to Project Failure and the Self-Compassion to Learn from the Experience’, Journal of Management Studies, 46 (6), September, 923–49 Index

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Book SynopsisThe Changing Global Economy and its Impact on International Entrepreneurship addresses different changes and challenges that small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) face in an economy where they need to compete at home and cannot refrain from participating in international markets. Contributors examine diverse SMEs that have succeeded in the face of adversity. They offer a combination of practical strategies and efficient tactics, grounded in solid theory and research, for firms in different competitive industries.This volume presents a collection of 12 carefully selected chapters that highlight challenging real-world cases to illustrate a variety of difficult problems. Hamid Etemad presents an analytical framework with three levels of analysis - entrepreneurial level, firm level, and institutional level - to document comprehensive, realistic and experientially-based entrepreneurial initiatives, potent firm and public policy strategies and informative and applicable results.The interactive structural design of this book offers progressively higher levels of analysis and incisive lessons, which make it perfect for academics interested in the rich range of theories, methodologies and topics surrounding SMEs' internationalization processes. Its analysis will also inform management and effective policy formulation for entrepreneurs, managers, and policymakers.Contributors: J. Almarri, S. Aureli, L. Battaglia, E. Cedrola, M. Del Baldo, S. Denicolai, N. Dominguez, H. Etemad, B. Hagen, E.J.B. Jørgensen, K. Juusola, D. Kabbara, S. Kock, H. Le Nguyen, J.I.G. Meewella, M. Migliaccio, A.G. Quaranta, E. Rasmussen, F. Rivetti, V. Stanisauskaite, I. Wictor, A. ZucchellaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Hamid Etemad PART I: EXAMINATION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION–PERFORMANCE RELATIONS 2. International Entrepreneurship and Performance: What are the Important Factors in Markets with High Cultural Distance? Elena Cedrola, Loretta Battaglia and Anna Grazia Quaranta 3. Risk-seeking Behaviors in SMEs’ Internationalization Noémie Dominguez 4. Psychological Traits, Experiences, Foreign Language Knowledge of Entrepreneurs, and Re-internationalization Strategies of SMEs: A Theoretical Analysis Huu Le Nguyen and Sören Kock PART II: COLLABORATIVE INTER-DEPENDENCE 5. The Dynamic Development of International Entrepreneurial Networks Vaiva Stanisauskaite and Sören Kock 6. The Influence of the Entrepreneur and the Accelerator in the Internationalization Process of Web-based Firms Diala Kabbara 7. Formal Inter-firm Cooperation and International Expansion: How Italian SMEs are Using the Network Contract Selena Aureli and Mara Del Baldo 8. How are Knowledge Acquisition and SMEs’ Internationalization Related? Empirical Evidence from Gruppo Germani Mirella Migliaccio and Francesca Rivetti 9. Value Chain Activities in Born Global Companies Ingemar Wictor PART III: INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT 10. The Creation and Internationalization of Border Firms Eva J.B. Jørgensen and Einar Rasmussen 11. Institutional Entrepreneurship and the Embedded Roles of the Leaders and State: An Historical Case Study of Abu Dhabi Jasem Almarri, Katarriina Juusola and John Meewella 12. Concluding Remarks, Implications and Lessons Hamid Etemad Index

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Book SynopsisAllying and expanding the diverse fields of entrepreneurship and sustainable development research is a modern day imperative. The Handbook of Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development Research cuts through the different approaches and perspectives of the two fields to point the way ahead for research on sustainable entrepreneurship, outlining the motivation, intentions and impact of ecopreneurs in a local, national and global context.This Handbook paints an illuminating picture of the historic and current understanding of the bond between entrepreneurship and sustainable development. The authors explore the basic contradictions between the two fields and outline the transformative role entrepreneurship can play in achieving sustainable development. 45 expert researchers and their research communities from 16 countries across Europe, Africa, Australia and North America provide original and informative contributions on a variety of issues, from women s empowerment to climate change and organic farmers to ecotourism.With current and authoritative contributions spanning the globe, this Handbook will inspire researchers, teachers and policy-makers to compose their own understanding and contribution on the fast expanding field of entrepreneurship and sustainable development.Contributors: S. Avdeitchikova, F.-M. Belz, K. Berglund, J. Binder, T. Bjerregaard, O. Branzei, B. Cannatelli, T. Ceranic, L. Coenen, M. Dejardin, S. Delgado Calderon, J. Delgado-Ceballos, S. Farny, R. Feola, L.M. Ferri, V. Ferrón-Vílchez, S. Gómez-Haro, F. Gribaa, B. Johannisson, A.W. Johansson, G. Keremane, R. Klapper, P. Kyrö, J. Lauring, J. McKay, K. Messeghem, M. Molteni, I. Montiel, J. Nizet, R. Parente, M. Pedrini, K. Poldner, T. Roolaht, E. Rosell, B. Schwartz, M. Sciarelli, E. Sundin, R. Stenberg, M. Tani, M. Tillmar, J.M.de la Toree-Ruiz, A. Tounés, P. Upham, D. Van Dam, Z. WuTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Holger Patzelt Acknowledgements Introduction: Expanding the Field of Research on Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development Paula Kyrö PART I: HISTORICAL ROOTS AND CURRENT CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES FOR THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 1. To Grow or not to Grow? Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development Paula Kyrö 2. Sustainable Entrepreneurship: What It Is Julia Katharina Binder and Frank-Martin Belz PART II: THE TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACH TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY 3. Socially Sustainable Entrepreneurship: A Case of Entrepreneurial Practice in Social Change and Stability Toke Bjerregaard and Jakob Lauring 4. Entrepreneurship the Missing Link for Democratization and Development in Fragile Nations? Steffen Farny and Santiago Delgado Calderon 5. Organizing Societal Entrepreneurship – A Cross Sector Challenge Bengt Johannisson, Anders W. Johansson, Elisabeth Sundin, Karin Berglund, Erik Rosell, Birgitta Schwartz, Rebecca Stenberg and Malin Tillmar 6. Public Servants as Sustainability Policy Entrepreneurs in Australia - The Issues and Outcomes Ganesh Keremane, Jennifer McKay and Zhifang Wu PART III MOTIVATIONAL AND INTENTIONAL APPROACH TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 7. Recognizing First-person Opportunities for Sustainable Development Benedetto Cannatelli, Laura Maria Ferri, Matteo Pedrini and Mario Molteni 8. Cooking up Solutions for Climate Change: The Role of Sustainable Entrepreneurs Ivan Montiel and Tara Ceranic 9. An Exploratory Model of the Environmental Intention of SME Directors in Tunisia Azzedine Tounés, Fafani Gribaa and Karim Messeghem 10. What Motivates Hotel Managers to Become Ecopreneurs: A Case Study on Spanish Tourism Sector Samuel Gómez-Haro, Vera Ferrón-Vílchez, José Manuel de la Torre-Ruiz and Javier Delgado-Ceballos 11. The Impact of Micro Firm Every-day Practices on Sustainable Development in Local Communities Rita Klapper and Paul Upham PART IV INDUSTRY AND ECONOMY ORIENTED APPROACHES TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 12. The Renewable Energy Industry: Competitive Landscapes and Entrepreneurial Roles Roberto Parente and Rosangela Feola 13. Commercializing Clean Technology Innovations – The Emergence of New Business in an Agency-Structure Perspective Sofia Avdeitchikova and Lars Coenen 14. David versus Goliath: How Eco-entrepreneurs Transform Global Eco-systems Kim Poldner and Oana Branzei 15. Market-Driven Capabilities and Sustainability of Alliances by Agricultural Small and Medium Enterprises Mauro Sciarelli and Mario Tani 16. Entrepreneurial Functions by Organic Farmers Marcus Dejardin, Jean Nizet and Denise Van Dam 17. The Entrepreneurial Contribution of Foreign-owned Companies to the Sustainable Development of Small Developing Host Economy Tõnu Roolaht Index

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Book SynopsisRecently emerging from a remote corner of study, entrepreneurial ecosystems and startups are assuming an increasingly significant role in today's business world. This book constitutes a pioneering introduction to entrepreneurial ecosystems and startups, advancing the debate and providing unique and original coverage of the subject. In this book, leading international researchers provide a synopsis of the current literature, and push forwards the boundaries of the field, using case studies to illustrate the implications of both theory and practice. Chapters cover the emergence, dynamics and management of entrepreneurial ecosystems, offering tools, experimental evidence and practical examples that will be invaluable to those seeking a greater understanding of entrepreneurship and startup strategies. Providing a comprehensive introduction to the subject, and an array of intriguing insights, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and the Diffusion of Startups will be a vital resource for scholars and students studying entrepreneurship, strategic management and business. The presentation of practical and real-world implications of research will also prove of interest to practitioners.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: entrepreneurial ecosystems and the diffusion of startups Sharon Alvarez, Elias G. Carayannis, Giovanni Battista Dagnino and Rosario Faraci 2. Mapping entrepreneurial ecosystems inquiry: a content analysis of the analysis of the literature and its implications Anna Minà and Giovanni Battista Dagnino 3. Linking entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems: the case of AppCampus Llewellyn D.W. Thomas, Dmitry Sharapov and Erkko Autio 4. Antecedents of firm-level entrepreneurship: how organizational design coordinates and controls the firm’s entrepreneurial ecosystem Nicolai J. Foss and Jacob Lyngsie 5. Industry specificity and the effect of internal social capital in reward-based crowdfunding Vincenzo Butticè and Massimo G. Colombo 6. Accessing the creative ecosystem: evidence from UK fashion design micro enterprises Alison Rieple, Jonathan Gander, Paola Pisano, Adrian Haberberg and Emily Longstaff 7. Business incubators and entrepreneurial networks: a methodology for assessing incubator effectiveness and performance Emanuele Parisi, Angelo Miglietta and Dario Peirone 8. Towards “skarse” entrepreneurial ecosystems: using agent-based simulation of entrepreneurship to reveal what makes regions tick Elias G. Carayannis and Mike Provance 9. Looking beyond the current status of the conversation on entrepreneurial ecosystems and the diffusion of startups: where do we go from here? Giovanni Battista Dagnino and Elias G. Carayannis Index

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Book SynopsisEntrepreneurial cognition research is at a crossroads, where static views give way to dynamic approaches. This Handbook draws on a variety of perspectives from experts in the field of entrepreneurial cognition to highlight the key elements in a socially-situated view, where cognition is action-oriented, embodied, socially-situated, and distributed.It provides readers with some of the most up-to-date approaches to entrepreneurial cognition research and is designed to be an invaluable and timesaving companion for entrepreneurial cognition researchers. With insights from leading entrepreneurial cognition researchers the Handbook offers a comprehensive literature review of the field.Readers seeking to better understand and participate in some of the most up-to-date approaches to entrepreneurial cognition research will find this Handbook to be especially helpful in their research. Established scholars who are new to the research area will also be interested in this book. University libraries with research-focused business schools will also benefit from this Handbook.Contributors: R.A. Baron, D.A. Baucus, M.S. Baucus, B. Bird, M. Brännback, M.S. Cardon, A.L. Carsrud, E.T. Chan, J.S. Clarke, A.C. Corbett, J.P. Cornelissen, M. Drnovsek, M-D. Foo, D.P. Forbes, D.A. Grégoire, M. Hayek, J.S. McMullen, J.R. Mitchell, R.K. Mitchell, C.Y. Murnieks, L.E. Palich, B. Randolph-Seng, M.R. Ryan, S.D. Sarasvathy, A. Slavec, W.A. Williams, Jr., M.S. Wood, M.A. ZacharyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Historical Context, Present Trends and Future Directions in Entrepreneurial Cognition Research Brandon Randolph-Seng, J. Robert Mitchell and Ronald K. Mitchell 1. Thinking About Cognition and its Central Role in Entrepreneurship: Confessions of a “Reformed” Behaviorist Robert A. Baron 2. Linking Achievement Motivation to Intentions, Goals and Entrepreneurial Behaviors Alan L. Carsrud and Malin Brännback 3. Toward a Taxonomy of Entrepreneurs’ Behavior Barbara Bird 4. Entrepreneurial Self-Regulation: Consciousness and Cognition Brandon Randolph-Seng, Wallace A. Williams, Jr. and Mario Hayek 5. Feeling and Thinking: The Role of Affect in Entrepreneurial Cognition Maw-Der Foo, Charles Y. Murnieks and Elsa T. Chan 6. Exploring the Affective and Cognitive Dynamics of Entrepreneurship Across Time and Planes of Influence Denis A. Grégoire 7. Cultural Context, Passion, and Self-Efficacy: Do Entrepreneurs Operate on Different “Planets”? Mateja Drnovšek, Alenka Slavec and Melissa S. Cardon 8. Lessons from the Neural Foundation of Entrepreneurial Cognition: The Case of Emotion and Motivation David A. Baucus, Melissa S. Baucus and Ronald K. Mitchell 9. Entrepreneurial Cognition and Social Cognitive Neuroscience Jeffery S. Mcmullen, Matthew S. Wood and Leslie E. Palich 10. The Infrastructure of Entrepreneurial Learning Daniel P. Forbes 11. How Language Shapes Thought: New Vistas for Entrepreneurship Research Jean S. Clarke and Joep P. Cornelissen 12. Thinking Big from the Start: An Essay on Entrepreneurial Growth Cognitions Andrew C. Corbett 13. Simulating Socially Situated Cognition in Exchange Creation Ronald K. Mitchell, J. Robert Mitchell, Miles A. Zachary and Michael R. Ryan 14. The Whole Deal: Models, Metaphors and Mechanisms in Entrepreneurial Cognition Saras D. Sarasvathy Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Measures for International Entrepreneurship Research is a user-friendly collection of multi-item measures developed and used in the research of international entrepreneurship and important areas related to it: international business, entrepreneurship, marketing, strategy, and innovation. Editors Nicole Coviello and Helena Yli-Renko carefully compiled 212 scales from over 820 possible measures using rigorous selection criteria. The scales fall into eight distinct categories: Individual-level influences Firm and team-level influences External environmental influences Relationships, networks, and social capital Organizational learning Capabilities Orientation and strategy Performance and innovation outcomes For each scale, the book includes the following information to enable ease of use: summary, construct definition, description, source, development or adaptation procedures, sample, validity, scores, references, and scale items. This standout Handbook not only builds a compelling case for a more rigorous approach to research methods in international entrepreneurship research, but also explores the best practices in development, adaptation, use, and reporting of multi-item measures. Academic researchers in international entrepreneurship, international business, entrepreneurship, marketing, strategy, and/or innovation will find this reference tool a welcome addition to their survey research practices. Policy-makers conducting research in these areas will also appreciate this book.Trade Review'This handbook is novel. It brings together in a single volume, numerous measures (multi-item scales) on topics which scholars of international entrepreneurship will find very handy. Thus, it contributes in two ways - improved use of multi-item measures in quantitative research and enhanced focus towards interface disciplines. This volume is a must-have in every department where students (postgraduate and doctoral) conduct any form of research in the areas of international entrepreneurship, international business and entrepreneurship.' --Journal of Entrepreneurship'Developing valid and reliable measures is a minefield for most doctoral students and even experienced and accomplished scholars. The top-tier publication graveyard is littered with the ghosts of manuscripts and their authors tripped by poor construct measures. Coviello and Yli-Renko provide a ''toolkit'' of conceptually and empirically validated measures, their sources and from across a spectrum of disciplines and contexts to help you clear the minefield.' --Kwaku Atuahene-Gima, Nobel International Business School, GhanaTable of ContentsContents: 1. INTRODUCTION 2. INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL INFLUENCES Affect: Negative Affect Affect: Positive Affect Autonomy Effectiveness in Acquiring New Information Effectiveness in Acquiring New Resources Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy Opportunity Recognition Ability Passion for Developing Passion for Founding Passion for Inventing Perceived Passion Perception of Preparedness Personal Cultural Orientation Prior Knowledge of Customer Problems Prior Knowledge of Markets Prior Knowledge of Technology Prior Knowledge of Ways to Serve Markets Social Competence: Expressiveness Social Competence: Ingratiation Social Competence: Self-Promotion Social Competence: Social Adaptability Social Competence: Social Perception 3. FIRM- AND TEAM-LEVEL INFLUENCES Bricolage Causation Centralization Coordination Cross-Functional Integration Decentralization Effectuation Effectuation vs. Causation: Acknowledge the Unexpected vs. Overcome the Unexpected Effectuation vs. Causation: Affordable Loss vs. Expected Returns Effectuation vs. Causation: Means-Driven vs. Goal-Driven Effectuation vs. Causation: Partnerships vs. Competitive Market Analysis Exposure to Foreign Market Particularities Firm Resources Imitability Innovation Ambidexterity Knowledge Intensity Leadership Style: Consideration Leadership Style: Participation Operational Flexibilities: Cognitive Flexibility Operational Flexibilities: Political Flexibility Operational Flexibilities: Relational Flexibility Operational Flexibilities: Structural Flexibility Organizational Culture: Adhocracy Organizational Culture: Bureaucracy Organizational Culture: Clan Organizational Culture: Market Organizational Innovativeness Protectability Reputation Resource Flexibility Resources Available to the Export Venture Scalability Team Creativity Technological Distinctiveness Technology Scanning 4. EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES Competitive Intensity Competitive Turbulence Environmental Competitiveness Environmental Dynamism Institutional Impediments Institutional Influences: Contract Enforcement Institutional Influences: Corruption Institutional Influences: Cost of Business Closing Institutional Influences: Costs of Trade Institutional Influences: Ease of Hiring Institutional Influences: Ease of Starting a Business Institutional Influences: Economic Situation Institutional Influences: Infrastructure Institutional Influences: Need Institutional Influences: Social Norms Institutional Influences: Taxes Market Dynamism Market Turbulence Technological Turbulence 5. RELATIONSHIPS, NETWORKS, AND SOCIAL CAPITAL Behavioural Uncertainty Commitment Communication Intensity Cooperative Competency Cross-Functional Relationship Conflict Cross-Functional Task Conflict Cross-Functional Trust Customer Participation Customer Reputation Interaction with Foreign Market Players Managerial Network: Strength of Expressive Ties Managerial Network: Strength of Instrumental Ties New Venture’s Commitment to Supplier New Venture’s Power over Supplier Partner Fit Partner Opportunism Procedural Justice Relationship-Specific Investment Satisfaction (with Customer) Social Capital: Customer Network Ties Social Capital: Identification-Based Trust Social Capital: Relationship Quality Social Capital: Shared Values Social Capital: Social Interaction (v1) Social Capital: Social Interaction (v2) Social Ties: Direct Tie Social Ties: Indirect Tie Social Ties: Political Ties Strength of Ties Tie Strength Tie Strength: Knowledge Redundancy Tie Strength: Relational Embeddedness Willingness of Support Firms to Cooperate 6. ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING Alliance Learning Process Customer Knowledge Development Exploitative Market Learning Exploratory Market Learning Foreign Market Knowledge Knowledge Acquisition Knowledge Integration Learning Effectiveness Learning Efficiency Learning Effort: Domestic Learning Effort: International Market Information Acquisition Market Information Use New Process Creativity New Product Creativity Perceived Business Familiarity Perceived Institutional Familiarity Prior Foreign Market Analysis Process-Based Creativity Process Information Acquisition Product Information Acquisition Resource-Based Learning Capacity Speed of Technological Learning Team Information Exchange Team-Level Experiential Knowledge 7. CAPABILITIES Absorptive Capacity Bilateral Communication Capabilities Bilateral Investment Capabilities Competence Exploitation Competence Exploration Coordination Flexibility Export Capabilities Founding Team Marketing Capabilities Founding Team Market-Linking Capabilities Founding Team Service Design Capabilities Global Technological Competence Incremental Innovation Capability Information and Communication Technology Capability International Business Competence Knowledge Capability Upgrading Market Launch Capability Marketing Capabilities: Distribution Capability Marketing Capabilities (for Exporting): Architectural Marketing Capabilities (for Exporting): Specialized Marketing Capabilities: Marketing Communication Capability Marketing Capabilities: Pricing Capability Marketing Capabilities: Product Development Capability Network Capabilities Network Capability Upgrading Networking Capability Overseas Market-Related Exploitative Capabilities Overseas Market-Related Explorative Capabilities Product Development Exploitative Capabilities Product Development Explorative Capabilities Sensing Capability 8. ORIENTATION AND STRATEGY Attitude to International Markets Competitive Strategy in Export Markets Customer Orientation: Emerging Customers Customer Orientation: Mainstream Customers Entrepreneurial Management Entrepreneurial Strategic Posture (aka Entrepreneurial Orientation) Export Entrepreneurial-Oriented Behavior Export Market Orientation Export Marketing Strategy: Distribution Adaptation Export Marketing Strategy: Pricing Adaptation Export Marketing Strategy: Product Adaptation Export Marketing Strategy: Promotion Adaptation Growth by Acquisition Growth through Partnership International Entrepreneurial Culture International Entrepreneurial Orientation International Entrepreneurial Proclivity: Innovativeness International Entrepreneurial Proclivity: Proactiveness International Entrepreneurial Proclivity: Risk Taking Learning Orientation Leveraging Foreign Distributor Competences Market Orientation (v1) Market Orientation (v2) Marketing Exploitation Strategies Marketing Exploration Strategies Quality Focus Technological Orientation Unique Products Development 9. PERFORMANCE AND INNOVATION OUTCOMES Competitiveness during Firm Growth Stage Disruptive Innovation Exploitative Innovation Exploratory Innovation Export Venture Performance Evaluation of Partner Performance Firm Performance (Perceived) Innovation Performance: Incremental Innovation Performance: Radical Innovation Radicalness Innovation Type New Product Cost Efficiency New Product Development Speed New Product Differentiation New Product Meaningfulness New Product Novelty New Product Performance Outcome-Based Creativity Performance: Financial Radical Innovation Index

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Book Synopsis'This is exactly the kind of book, and collection of essays that we need.'- From the Foreword by R. Edward FreemanIdeas like corporate social responsibility (CSR) and stakeholder value creation are becoming second nature to businesses across the globe. Addressing the weakness of current CSR research, this Research Handbook provides a unique perspective on small business social responsibility in both the developed and developing world.Bringing together leading international experts, and including a foreword by R. Edward Freeman, this Research Handbook defines and contextualizes CSR in small businesses across the globe. It explores issues surrounding supply chains, responsible finance, and social enterprise, offering both practitioner insights and succinct case studies to go beyond the usual Western perspective and enable a globally relevant understanding of small business social responsibility.This Research Handbook will be an invaluable tool for researchers and educators, as well as for students of business and CSR, social enterprise, development and management.Contributors: A. Al Faruq, C. Ball, M. Beckmann, E. Benjamin, R.K. Blundel, G. Buchenrieder, D. Dore, R.E. Freeman, J.G. Frynas, R. Gapp, M. Gulati, M. Handley-Schachler, B. Hatipoglu, N. Hermes, P. Hind, D. Holt, S. Jeppesen, R. Lensink, D. Littlewood, P. Lund-Thomsen, F. Lyon, E. Maduekwe, A. Meesters, J.N. Muthuri, J. Navare, I. Patsch, M. Punt, S. Sahasranamam, R. Sanwal, A. Schaefer, A. Smit, V. Soundararajan, L.J. Spence, H. Stewart, S. Suresh, A.N. Tran, D. Vazquez-Brust, A.I. Wahga, A. ZeyenTrade Review'The editors have assembled an internationally diverse set of contributors to provide a breakthrough comprehensive Research Handbook for scholars and students interested in the social responsibility of SMEs. For too long corporate social responsibility has only been studied from the perspective of big business in developed nations. The Research Handbook on Small Business Social Responsibility provides in-depth insights into the social responsibility of SMEs in respect to supply chains, finance, sustainability and social enterprises. The case studies offer excellent practical illustrations in different national contexts of how SMEs engage with social responsibility. This book is an essential reference for libraries and scholars of corporate social responsibility and SMEs.' --Stella M. Nkomo, President, Africa Academy of Management and Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa'A much needed book on social responsibility in the small and medium enterprise sector. Research on CSR has generally focused on large corporations in the developed countries and this edited collection represents a welcome addition that will advance scholarly work in the important area of business and social responsibility.' --Bobby Banerjee, City, University of London, UK'This book is truly a ''must-read''. It is a milestone text that collects and connects the central debates on the critical role of small business social responsibility (SBSR). It is a tremendous accomplishment that takes the reader on a journey to explore how SBSR is so much more than ''the business case'' bringing more money to shareholders. The team of editors and authors succeed in showing that SBSR is about how small business take on the role of contributing to economic development while at the same time contributing to social and environmental improvement. This is indeed an important contribution.' --Mette Morsing, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and Stockholm School of Economics, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: Foreword – R. Edward Freeman 1. Introduction Laura J. Spence, Jedrzej George Frynas, Judy N. Muthuri and Jyoti Navare PART I CONTEXT 2. National context matters: Influence of National Business System on social enterprises in Scotland and India Sreevas Sahasranamam and Christopher Ball 3. Industry matters: Comparative study of Vietnam’s SME managers and workers on meaning and impacts of CSR in two manufacturing sectors Angie Ngoc Tran and Søren Jeppesen 4. Cluster matters: Corporate Social Responsibility and Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Clusters in India Mukesh Gulati, Peter Lund-Thomsen and Sangeetha Suresh PART II SUPPLY CHAINS 5. Adding a small business perspective to research on working conditions in global production networks Vivek Soundararajan 6. SME Resources and Capabilities for Sustainability Performance: A Framework for Emerging Economies Burcin Hatipoglu 7. Small Business Social Responsibility and Sustainability Metrics: A Focus on Environmental Performance Measurement and Waste Diego Vazquez-Brust and Laura J. Spence PART III RESPONSIBLE FINANCE 8. Financial Development and the Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions Niels Hermes, Robert Lensink and Aljar Meesters 9. Corporate sustainability and social responsibility of smallholder farmers: Implications for agriculture financing Emmanuel Benjamin, Ebele Maduekwe, Maarten Punt and Gertrud Buchenrieder 10. Financial Aggregation of Risks for MSMEs in Developing Economies: A Conceptual Framework of Financial Aggregation and Microinsurance Effects Jyoti Navare and Morrison Handley-Schachler PART IV SOCIAL ENTERPRISE 11. Exploring the Global Potential of Social Entrepreneurship and Small Business Social Responsibility for Tackling Societal Value Creation Anica Zeyen and Markus Beckmann 12. Social Entrepreneurship and CSR Theory: Insights, Application and Value David Littlewood and Diane Holt 13. Hybrid organisations and models of social enterprise in Ghana and Bangladesh Fergus Lyon and Abdullah Al Faruq PART V ENGAGED RESEARCH AND CASE STUDIES 14. The tree of knowledge: Sustainable management practices for a collaborative ecosystem amongst small to medium enterprises Heather Stewart and Rod Gapp 15. Enabling Sustainability in SMEs through Action Research Patricia Hind and Arnold Smit 16. Case Study: Scaling up social responsibility among small Foundry Clusters in India Mukesh Gulati and Ruchita Sanwal 17. Case Study: Clustering - A Way to Create Shared Value? A Case Study of a Food and Drink Cluster Organisation in England Darla Dore 18. Case Study: Human Capital and Environmental Engagement of SMEs in Pakistan - A Comparative Analysis of the Leather Industry Aqueel I. Wahga, Richard K. Blundel and Anja Schaefer 19. Case Study: Incubation and Relevance of Social Businesses in Rural Nepal. A case Study of a Social Business Incubator in Jumla Ingeborg Patsch Index

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Book Synopsis'This is exactly the kind of book, and collection of essays that we need.'- From the Foreword by R. Edward FreemanIdeas like corporate social responsibility (CSR) and stakeholder value creation are becoming second nature to businesses across the globe. Addressing the weakness of current CSR research, this Research Handbook provides a unique perspective on small business social responsibility in both the developed and developing world.Bringing together leading international experts, and including a foreword by R. Edward Freeman, this Research Handbook defines and contextualizes CSR in small businesses across the globe. It explores issues surrounding supply chains, responsible finance, and social enterprise, offering both practitioner insights and succinct case studies to go beyond the usual Western perspective and enable a globally relevant understanding of small business social responsibility.This Research Handbook will be an invaluable tool for researchers and educators, as well as for students of business and CSR, social enterprise, development and management.Contributors: A. Al Faruq, C. Ball, M. Beckmann, E. Benjamin, R.K. Blundel, G. Buchenrieder, D. Dore, R.E. Freeman, J.G. Frynas, R. Gapp, M. Gulati, M. Handley-Schachler, B. Hatipoglu, N. Hermes, P. Hind, D. Holt, S. Jeppesen, R. Lensink, D. Littlewood, P. Lund-Thomsen, F. Lyon, E. Maduekwe, A. Meesters, J.N. Muthuri, J. Navare, I. Patsch, M. Punt, S. Sahasranamam, R. Sanwal, A. Schaefer, A. Smit, V. Soundararajan, L.J. Spence, H. Stewart, S. Suresh, A.N. Tran, D. Vazquez-Brust, A.I. Wahga, A. ZeyenTrade Review'The editors have assembled an internationally diverse set of contributors to provide a breakthrough comprehensive Research Handbook for scholars and students interested in the social responsibility of SMEs. For too long corporate social responsibility has only been studied from the perspective of big business in developed nations. The Research Handbook on Small Business Social Responsibility provides in-depth insights into the social responsibility of SMEs in respect to supply chains, finance, sustainability and social enterprises. The case studies offer excellent practical illustrations in different national contexts of how SMEs engage with social responsibility. This book is an essential reference for libraries and scholars of corporate social responsibility and SMEs.' --Stella M. Nkomo, President, Africa Academy of Management and Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa'A much needed book on social responsibility in the small and medium enterprise sector. Research on CSR has generally focused on large corporations in the developed countries and this edited collection represents a welcome addition that will advance scholarly work in the important area of business and social responsibility.' --Bobby Banerjee, City, University of London, UK'This book is truly a ''must-read''. It is a milestone text that collects and connects the central debates on the critical role of small business social responsibility (SBSR). It is a tremendous accomplishment that takes the reader on a journey to explore how SBSR is so much more than ''the business case'' bringing more money to shareholders. The team of editors and authors succeed in showing that SBSR is about how small business take on the role of contributing to economic development while at the same time contributing to social and environmental improvement. This is indeed an important contribution.' --Mette Morsing, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and Stockholm School of Economics, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: Foreword – R. Edward Freeman 1. Introduction Laura J. Spence, Jedrzej George Frynas, Judy N. Muthuri and Jyoti Navare PART I CONTEXT 2. National context matters: Influence of National Business System on social enterprises in Scotland and India Sreevas Sahasranamam and Christopher Ball 3. Industry matters: Comparative study of Vietnam’s SME managers and workers on meaning and impacts of CSR in two manufacturing sectors Angie Ngoc Tran and Søren Jeppesen 4. Cluster matters: Corporate Social Responsibility and Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Clusters in India Mukesh Gulati, Peter Lund-Thomsen and Sangeetha Suresh PART II SUPPLY CHAINS 5. Adding a small business perspective to research on working conditions in global production networks Vivek Soundararajan 6. SME Resources and Capabilities for Sustainability Performance: A Framework for Emerging Economies Burcin Hatipoglu 7. Small Business Social Responsibility and Sustainability Metrics: A Focus on Environmental Performance Measurement and Waste Diego Vazquez-Brust and Laura J. Spence PART III RESPONSIBLE FINANCE 8. Financial Development and the Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions Niels Hermes, Robert Lensink and Aljar Meesters 9. Corporate sustainability and social responsibility of smallholder farmers: Implications for agriculture financing Emmanuel Benjamin, Ebele Maduekwe, Maarten Punt and Gertrud Buchenrieder 10. Financial Aggregation of Risks for MSMEs in Developing Economies: A Conceptual Framework of Financial Aggregation and Microinsurance Effects Jyoti Navare and Morrison Handley-Schachler PART IV SOCIAL ENTERPRISE 11. Exploring the Global Potential of Social Entrepreneurship and Small Business Social Responsibility for Tackling Societal Value Creation Anica Zeyen and Markus Beckmann 12. Social Entrepreneurship and CSR Theory: Insights, Application and Value David Littlewood and Diane Holt 13. Hybrid organisations and models of social enterprise in Ghana and Bangladesh Fergus Lyon and Abdullah Al Faruq PART V ENGAGED RESEARCH AND CASE STUDIES 14. The tree of knowledge: Sustainable management practices for a collaborative ecosystem amongst small to medium enterprises Heather Stewart and Rod Gapp 15. Enabling Sustainability in SMEs through Action Research Patricia Hind and Arnold Smit 16. Case Study: Scaling up social responsibility among small Foundry Clusters in India Mukesh Gulati and Ruchita Sanwal 17. Case Study: Clustering - A Way to Create Shared Value? A Case Study of a Food and Drink Cluster Organisation in England Darla Dore 18. Case Study: Human Capital and Environmental Engagement of SMEs in Pakistan - A Comparative Analysis of the Leather Industry Aqueel I. Wahga, Richard K. Blundel and Anja Schaefer 19. Case Study: Incubation and Relevance of Social Businesses in Rural Nepal. A case Study of a Social Business Incubator in Jumla Ingeborg Patsch Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume addresses the increase in the number of firms in mixed or residential neighbourhoods. It offers a balanced and well-informed set of contributions on this significant spatial shift. These contributions focus on how these businesses make use of the Internet, how they are affected by urban policies, how they are embedded (also in an emotional sense) in their neighbourhoods, and how work and care are combined in home-based businesses. This volume, then, provides a timely and highly relevant comprehensive view of an important phenomenon not just in the Global North but also in the Global South.'- Robert C. Kloosterman, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands'This edited volume breaks new ground by examining a neglected but important issue. Given that over half of all businesses in many advanced economies are home-based, making the connections between entrepreneurship and peoples' homes and local neighbourhoods is essential for both national policies to increase start-up rates and local policies to promote economic development. This book will be required reading for all wishing to understand how to harness the significant but untapped potential for local growth by doing so.'- Colin C. Williams, University of Sheffield, UKEntrepreneurship in Cities focuses on the neglected role of the home and the residential neighbourhood context for entrepreneurship and businesses within cities. The overall objective of the book is to develop a new interdisciplinary perspective that links entrepreneurship research with neighbourhood and urban studies. A key contribution is to show that entrepreneurship in cities is more than agglomeration economies and high-tech clusters.This is the first book to connect entrepreneurship with neighbourhoods and homes, recognising that business activity in the city is not confined to central business districts, high streets and industrial estates but is also increasingly found in residential neighbourhoods. It highlights the importance of home-based businesses for the economy of cities. These often overlooked types of businesses and workers significantly contribute to the 'buzz' that makes cities favourable places to live and work.Including interdisciplinary and international perspectives, this will be an invaluable resource for researchers and Masters students in entrepreneurship, urban studies, geography, and planning, as well as practitioners involved in urban planning and development.Contributors: N. Bailey, B. Baldauf, S.-A. Barnes, H. Behle, S. Carter, W.A.V. Clark, M. de Hoyos, C. Ekinsmyth, I. Fischer-Krapohl, F. Flogel, S. Gartner, A. Green, H. Hanhörster, C. Mason, G. Mollenhorst, S. Mwaura, D. Reuschke, V. Schutjens, A. Southern, S. Syrett, M. van Ham, H. Verrest, B. Volker, S. Weck, G. WhittamTrade Review‘This volume addresses the increase in the number of firms in mixed or residential neighbourhoods. It offers a balanced and well-informed set of contributions on this significant spatial shift. These contributions focus on how these businesses make use of the Internet, how they are affected by urban policies, how they are embedded (also in an emotional sense) in their neighbourhoods, and how work and care are combined in home-based businesses. This volume, then, provides a timely and highly relevant comprehensive view of an important phenomenon not just in the Global North but also in the Global South.’ -- Robert C. Kloosterman, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands‘This edited volume breaks new ground by examining a neglected but important issue. Given that over half of all businesses in many advanced economies are home-based, making the connections between entrepreneurship and peoples’ homes and local neighbourhoods is essential for both national policies to increase start-up rates and local policies to promote economic development. This book will be required reading for all wishing to understand how to harness the significant but untapped potential for local growth by doing so.’ -- Colin C. Williams, University of Sheffield, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Connecting Entrepreneurship with Neighbourhoods and Homes Darja Reuschke, Colin Mason, Stephen Syrett and Maarten van Ham PART I ENTREPRENEURSHIP, NEIGHBOURHOODS AND SPACE 2. The Place of Neighbourhood in Entrepreneurship: Attitudes, Resources and Sorting Nick Bailey 3. Neighbourhoods and the Structure of Society: Implications for Work and Residence in the Internet Age William A.V. Clark 4. ICT, Internet-enabled Work and Implications for Space and Entrepreneurship Anne Green, Maria de Hoyos, Sally-Anne Barnes, Beate Baldauf and Heike Behle 5. The Re-appropriation of Enterprise and Urban Entrepreneurialism Alan Southern and Geoff Whittam PART II NEIGHBOURHOODS, SOCIAL NETWORKS AND EMBEDDEDNESS 6. Enterprising Mothers in Residential Neighbourhoods: The Role of Local Social Capital Carol Ekinsmyth 7. Changing Social Networks of Entrepreneurs in Dutch Residential Neighbourhoods Veronique Schutjens, Gerald Mollenhorst and Beate Volker 8. Ethnic Entrepreneurship: Interlinked Business and Residential Local Choices Heike Hanhörster, Sabine Weck and Ivonne Fischer-Krapohl 9. Deprived Neighbourhoods as Capital for Enterprises Franz Flögel and Stefan Gärtner PART III HOME AND HOUSEHOLD 10. Entrepreneurship as the Business of the Household Samuel Mwaura and Sara Carter 11. Urban Home-based Businesses – How Distinct are the Businesses and their Owners? Darja Reuschke and Colin Mason 12. The Mixed Role of Local Communities in Home-based Economic Activities in Caribbean Cities Hebe Verrest PART IV CONCLUSIONS 13. Integrating Entrepreneurship with Urban and Neighbourhood Studies: Lessons for Future Research Darja Reuschke, Colin Mason, Stephen Syrett and Maarten van Ham Index

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Book Synopsis'The book is a much needed foundation into current scholarship on the practice and logic of team formation and function in entrepreneurial situations. The book offers both in-depth and comprehensive views of theory on entrepreneurial teams, as well as examples of current research. I am particularly impressed with the insights offered through a disciplined focus on the contextual aspects of entrepreneurial teams.'- William B. Gartner, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and California Lutheran University, USIn recent years there has been an increasing body of evidence suggesting that firms founded by entrepreneurial teams are more likely to achieve fast growth than firms founded by lone actors. This Research HandbookM explores the position of entrepreneurial teams within existing literature and challenges current perspectives through a diverse range of research lenses. Research Handbook on Entrepreneurial Teams expands the boundaries of entrepreneurship literature by examining essential issues such as formation, structuring, deep-level diversity and emergent states. The chapters also consider different contexts of application and investigate under-researched topics such as entrepreneurial teams within indigenous communities, ethnically diverse groups and women entrepreneurs. This comprehensive Research Handbook offers a wide range of research methodologies, perspectives and insights that will appeal to scholars, practitioners and entrepreneurs alike.Contributors include: H.E. Aldrich, C. Ben-Hafaiedh, M. Brettel, G. Campopiano, L. Cassia, L.M. Cloutier, T.M. Cooney, S. Cueille, J.P. De Borst, A. Discua Cruz, F. Dufays, E. Hadjielias, M. Henare, C. Howorth, B. Huybrechts, M.K. Kihiko, P.H. Kim, M.W. Kinoti, J.-F. Lalonde, J. Levie, B. Lythberg, R. Mauer, T. Minola, A. Nicholson, G. Recasens, S. Schoss, D. Vredenburgh, C. Woods, W. ZhouTrade Review'This book is a must-read for anyone interested in entrepreneurial teams. The chapters span various issues in the structuring and processes of entrepreneurial teams and place entrepreneurial teams in multiple contexts. The book provides a solid foundation for developing or furthering understanding of entrepreneurial teams whether a novice or an experienced researcher or practitioner.' --Leon Schjoedt, Mahasarakham University, Thailand'Entrepreneurship is increasingly recognised as a joint effort amongst people with ambition and vision. This book brings together the latest research on entrepreneurial teams by the world's leading authorities on the subject. The chapters provide insight on contemporary theoretical and practical issues in relation to entrepreneurial teams and are a must-read for those interested in this growing aspect of the economy.' --Robert Blackburn, Kingston University, UK'Ben-Hafaiedh and Cooney have put together a book that is an impressive contribution to entrepreneurial team research and practice. It brings together a collection of studies on how these teams are formed, how they function, are led, and ultimately impact on venture performance. I highly recommend this collection of essays to researchers and those in the entrepreneurship eco-system who seek evidence based prescriptions to achieve venture team effectiveness.' --Maw-Der Foo, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice and National University of SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Mike Wright 1. Introduction Cyrine Ben-Hafaïedh and Thomas Cooney PART I LEARNING FROM THEORY AND PRACTICE 2. Entrepreneurial Teams Research in Movement Cyrine Ben-Hafaïedh 3. Urban Legends or Sage Guidance: A Review of Common Advice about Entrepreneurial Teams Phillip H. Kim and Howard E. Aldrich PART II DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEURIAL TEAMS 4. Entrepreneurial Team Formation: The Role of the Family Giovanna Campopiano, Tommaso Minola and Lucio Cassia 5. Entrepreneurs’ Perspectives on the Structuring Phase of the Entrepreneurial Team L. Martin Cloutier, Sandrine Cueille and Gilles Recasens 6. Which Deep-Level Diversity Compositions of New Venture Teams Lead to Success or Failure? Stephanie Schoss, René Mauer and Malte Brettel 7. How Owner-Manager Team Size Influences the Potential Economic Contribution of Owner-Managed Businesses Jonathan Levie and Johan P. De Borst 8. Dispositional Antecedents of Shared Leadership Emergent States on Entrepreneurial Teams Wencang Zhou and Donald Vredenburgh PART III CONTEXTUALIZING ENTREPRENEURIAL TEAMS 9. Family Entrepreneurial Teams Allan Discua Cruz, Elias Hadjielias and Carole Howorth 10. Te Ohu Umanga Māori: Temporality and Intent in the Māori Entrepreneurial Team Mānuka Hēnare, Billie Lythberg, Amber Nicholson and Christine Woods 11. Ethnic Diversity in Entrepreneurial Teams and the Role of Culture Shock on Performance Jean-François Lalonde 12. Women Empowerment through Government Loaned Entrepreneurship Teams (GLETs) in Kenya Mary Wanjiru Kinoti, Moses Kibe Kihiko and Thomas M. Cooney 13. Entrepreneurial Teams in Social Entrepreneurship: When Team Heterogeneity Facilitates Organizational Hybridity Frédéric Dufays and Benjamin Huybrechts Index

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Book SynopsisThere are many factors involved in becoming an effective entrepreneur. The process of recognizing opportunities and nurturing new ventures must take into account both internal decision-making practice and external environmental influence. Developing, Shaping and Growing Entrepreneurship considers the role played by education, research, context and strategy in helping to grow entrepreneurial projects from the initial seed of an idea through to the fruition of success. This book is a wide-ranging examination of the influences on entrepreneurial activity that also asks new questions of entrepreneurship and opens new avenues of research. As such, it will become essential reading for academic researchers and entrepreneurial practitioners alike.Contributors: M.O. Barroso-González, A. Caetano, A. Fayolle, S.Fernandes Costa, L. Foss, A. Garofano, J. Grande, T. Gruber-Muecke, C. Guzmán-Alfonso, J. Guzmán-Cuevas, T. Iakovleva, I. Jaén, N. Kailer, P. Kyrö, F. Liñán, J.A. Moriano, M.-R. Napolitano, E. Oftedal, T. Pihkala, T. Rinne, A. Riviezzo, I. Roaldsen, T. Römer-Paakkanen, S. Rueda, E. Ruskovaara, T. Rytkölä, S.C. Santos, J. Seikkula-Leino, N.D. Taura, I. VestrumTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Friederike Welter Introduction: The Role of European Research in Understanding Entrepreneurship Alain Fayolle, Paula Kyrö and Francisco Liñán PART I THE ROLE OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEURSHIP 1. Applying Doctoral Studies and Research on Entrepreneurship To Teachers’ Work at HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences Tarja Römer-Paakkanen 2. Creating a Measurement Tool for Entrepreneurship Education: A Participatory Development Approach Elena Ruskovaara, Timo Pihkala, Jaana Seikkula-Leino and Tiina Rytkölä 3. Validating a Theory of Planned Behaviour Questionnaire to Measure Entrepreneurial Intentions Samuel Rueda, Juan A. Moriano and Francisco Liñán 4. Developmental Networks and Entrepreneurial Competence Development: A Survey of Active and Former Junior Entrepreneurs. Tina Gruber-Muecke and Norbert Kailer PART II THE ROLE OF CONTEXT IN SHAPING ENTREPRENEURSHIP 5. Socio-Psychological Characteristics of Entrepreneurial Teams: Profiling the Entrepreneurial Potential. Susana C. Santos, Sílvia Fernandes Costa and António Caetano 6. From Words to Deeds: Are Italian Universities Changing Their Discursive Practices To Promote Entrepreneurship? Angelo Riviezzo, Maria Rosaria Napolitano and Antonella Garofano 7. Cultural Values in the Study of the Society’s Entrepreneurial Potential Inmaculada Jaén and Francisco Liñán PART III THE ROLE OF INNOVATIVE STRATEGY IN GROWING ENTREPRENEURSHIP 8. Corporate Entrepreneurship and Rent Creation: An Integration of Perspectives Jorunn Grande 9. Strategic Resource Management in the Service Sector Timo Rinne 10. Absorptive and Adaptive Capability in Commercializing New Technology: A Case Study of Emerging Petroleum Companies In Norway Tatiana Iakovleva, Elin Oftedal and Lene Foss PART IV INTEGRATING CONTEXT AND STRATEGY IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP 11. How Entrepreneurs Develop Relationships for Community Ventures Within Local Communities Ingebjørg Vestrum 12. The Innovative Performance of Firms in African Clusters Nasiru D. Taura 13. The Business Model and Entrepreneurial Strategies – The Case Of SMEs in Mature Industries Ingrid Roaldsen 14. A Viability Study of Social Economy Firms in a Market Economy: An Application in Southern Spain. Carmen Guzmán-Alfonso, María de la O Barroso-González and Joaquín Guzmán-Cuevas Index

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Book SynopsisIn this volume, Dean Shepherd focuses on the varying topics of entrepreneurship unified through conjoint analysis. Although the topic of entrepreneurial decision making is broad, in doing so, he reveals the mechanisms that come into play during the entrepreneurial decision-making process.Scholars of entrepreneurship and organizational behavior will find this collection an essential resource for understanding how decision making is achieved in entrepreneurial settings.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Dean A. Shepherd PART I DECISION MAKING ABOUT ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES 1. Young Rok Choi and Dean A. Shepherd (2004), ‘Entrepreneurs’ Decisions to Exploit Opportunities’, Journal of Management, 30 (3), June, 377–95 2. J. Michael Haynie, Dean A. Shepherd and Jeffery S. McMullen (2009), ‘An Opportunity for Me? The Role of Resources in Opportunity Evaluation Decisions’, Journal of Management Studies, 46 (3), May, 337–61 3. J. Robert Mitchell and Dean A. Shepherd (2010), ‘To Thine Own Self be True: Images of Self, Images of Opportunity, and Entrepreneurial Action’, Journal of Business Venturing, 25 (1), January, 138–54 4. Dean A. Shepherd, Holger Patzelt and Robert A. Baron (2013), ‘“I Care about Nature, but…”: Disengaging Values in Assessing Opportunities that Cause Harm’, Academy of Management Journal, 56 (5), October, 1251–73 PART II DECISION MAKING ABOUT ENTREPRENEURIAL PROJECTS 5. Judith Behrens, Holger Ernst and Dean A. Shepherd (2014), ‘The Decision to Exploit an R&D Project: Divergent Thinking across Middle and Senior Managers’, Journal of Product Innovation Management, 31 (1), January, 144–58 6. Anja Klaukien, Dean A. Shepherd and Holger Patzelt (2013), ‘Passion for Work, Nonwork-Related Excitement, and Innovation Managers’ Decision to Exploit New Product Opportunities’, Journal of Product Innovation Management, 30 (3), May, 574–88 7. Ethel Brundin, Holger Patzelt and Dean A. Shepherd (2008), ‘Managers’ Emotional Displays and Employees’ Willingness to Act Entrepreneurially’ Journal of Business Venturing, 23 (2), March, 221–43 8. Holger Patzelt and Dean A. Shepherd (2009), ‘Strategic Entrepreneurship at Universities: Academic Entrepreneurs’ Assessment of Policy Programs’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 33 (1), January, 319–40 PART III MAKING THE DECISION TO PURSUE AN ENTREPRENEURIAL CAREER 9. Evan J. Douglas and Dean A. Shepherd (2002), ‘Self-Employment as a Career Choice: Attitudes, Entrepreneurial Intentions, and Utility Maximization’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 26 (3), Spring, 81–90 10. Dean A. Shepherd, Evan J. Douglas and Jason R. Fitzsimmons (2008), ‘MBA Admission Criteria and an Entrepreneurial Mind-Set: Evidence from “Western” Style MBAs in India and Thailand’, Academy of Management Learning and Education, 7 (2), June, 158–72 11. Dean A. Shepherd and Andrew Zacharakis (2000), ‘Structuring Family Business Succession: An Analysis of the Future Leader’s Decision Making’ Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 24 (4), Summer, 25–39 12. Jeffery S. McMullen and Dean A. Shepherd (2006), ‘Encouraging Consensus-Challenging Research in Universities’, Journal of Management Studies, 43 (8), December, 1643–69 PART IV THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS 13. J. Michael Haynie, Dean A. Shepherd and Holger Patzelt (2012), ‘Cognitive Adaptability and an Entrepreneurial Task: The Role of Metacognitive Ability and Feedback’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 36 (2), March, 237–65 14. J. Robert Mitchell, Dean A. Shepherd and Mark P. Sharfman (2011), ‘Erratic Strategic Decisions: When and Why Managers are Inconsistent in Strategic Decision Making’, Strategic Management Journal, 32 (7), July, 683–704 15. J. Robert Mitchell and Dean A. Shepherd (2012), ‘Capability Development and Decision Incongruence in Strategic Opportunity Pursuit’, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 6 (4), December, 355–81 16. Volker Bruns, Daniel V. Holland, Dean A. Shepherd and Johan Wiklund (2008), ‘The Role of Human Capital in Loan Officers’ Decision Policies’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 32 (3), May, 485–506 PART V DECISION MAKING ABOUT PERSISTING WITH AN ENTREPRENEURIAL ENDEAVOUR 17. Dawn R. DeTienne, Dean A. Shepherd and Julio O. De Castro (2008), ‘The Fallacy of “Only the Strong Survive”: The Effects of Extrinsic Motivation on the Persistence Decisions for Under-Performing Firms’, Journal of Business Venturing, 23 (5), September, 528–46 18. Daniel V. Holland and Dean A. Shepherd (2013), ‘Deciding to Persist: Adversity, Values, and Entrepreneurs’ Decision Policies’, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 37 (2), March, 331–58 19. Holger Patzelt and Dean A. Shepherd (2008), ‘The Decision to Persist with Underperforming Alliances: The Role of Trust and Control’, Journal of Management Studies, 45 (7), November, 1217–43 PART VI VENTURE CAPITALISTS’ DECISION MAKING 20. Dean A. Shepherd (1999), ‘Venture Capitalists’ Assessment of New Venture Survival’, Management Science, 45 (5), May, 621–32 21. Andrew L. Zacharakis and Dean A. Shepherd (2001), ‘The Nature of Information and Overconfidence on Venture Capitalists’ Decision Making’, Journal of Business Venturing, 16 (4), July, 311–32 22. Andrew L. Zacharakis, Jeffery S. McMullen and Dean A. Shepherd (2007), ‘Venture Capitalists’ Decision Policies across Three Countries: An Institutional Theory Perspective’, Journal of International Business Studies, 38 (5), September, 691–708 23. Dean A. Shepherd and Andrew Zacharakis (1999), ‘Conjoint Analysis: A New Methodological Approach for Researching the Decision Policies of Venture Capitalists’, Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 1 (3), 197–217 Index

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Book SynopsisThe Social Enterprise Zoo employs the metaphor of the zoo to gain a more comprehensive understanding of social enterprise: the diversity of its forms; the various ways it is organized in different socio-political environments; how different forms of enterprise behave, interact, and thrive; and what lessons can be drawn for the future development and study of organizations that seek to balance social or environmental impact with economic success. After setting the stage with a thorough introduction, top scholars explore the different ways that social enterprises can be classified, nurtured, and understood. The book not only details the legal forms utilized in social enterprise and the social entrepreneurs involved in them, but it also addresses the reasons for the success or failure of these activities and looks at the ecologies in which they operate. The ?zookeepers,? such as governments and the regulatory regimes they establish, are compared and the important roles they play are examined. The volume concludes with a look at the future of social enterprise, providing suggestions for further research and implications for policy and practice. This innovative and accessible book is recommended for students, researchers, policymakers, entrepreneurs and managers of social purpose organizations.Contributors: F.O. Andersson, D. Brakman-Reiser, C.V. Brewer, F. Calo, J.A. Kerlin, J.D. Lecy, W. Longhofer, T. Monroe-White, E.A.M. Searing, J.-I. Soh, S. Teasdale, J.E. Tyler III, D.R. Young, S. ZookTrade Review'In The Social Enterprise Zoo, Young et al. have chosen an apt metaphor to describe the active space between pure market-based organizational forms and government. Social enterprise organizations, whether in the nonprofit or for-profit sectors or somewhere in-between, look a lot like animals in a zoo. Some reside in the trees, others swim in an aquarium, and others fly through and stay for only a short time. This volume does a masterful job of capturing this diverse social enterprise landscape, and the authors offer more than just a description of the zoo but a full examination of its purpose and function in society.' --Peter Frank, Wingate University, US'This volume can be considered a must for those who want to grasp a better understanding of social enterprise as it reaches out to a large and diverse number of readers encompassing aspects of what it can actually portray to one and to another, at the same time, managing a response of sound academics to express resourcefully and productively how this phenomenon plays out in the social civil society arena.' --Jacqueline Butcher, International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University 2019'This book by Professor Young and colleagues is a challenging one. It invites scholars, graduate students and practitioners to adopt/assume an imaginary and metaphoric way of thinking. The ''zoo'' metaphor is a very powerful theoretical tool that allows the reader to deal with the fundamental key-issues of nonprofit organizations and social enterprise management (governance, fund raising, life cycle, economic and organizational stability, social impact, resiliency, social innovation). The book is a masterpiece that lets us see the ''same'' in ''another'' way, from a different point of view, and that is - at the very end - the real task/goal of the scientific enterprise.' --Andrea Bassi, University of Bologna, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Forward Dana Brakman-Reiser Preface Dennis R. Young, Elizabeth A.M. Searing, and Cassady V. Brewer PART I: Concepts and Content 1. Introduction Dennis R. Young and Cassady V. Brewer 2. Designing the Zoo Dennis R. Young and Wesley Longhofer 3. The Ongoing Evolution in Social Enterprise Legal Forms Cassady V. Brewer PART II: How the Zoo Functions 4. Habitats in the Zoo Janelle A. Kerlin, Thema Monroe-White, and Sandy Zook 5. Ecologies Within Habitats of the Zoo Elizabeth A.M. Searing, Jesse D. Lecy, and Fredrik O Andersson 6. Changes Over the Life Cycles of Social Enterprise Animals Jesse Lecy and Elizabeth A.M. Searing PART III: Managing and Governing the Zoo 7. The Role of Social Entrepreneurs in the Social Enterprise Zoo Dennis R. Young and Jesse Lecy 8. Feeding the Animals Elizabeth A.M. Searing and Dennis R. Young 9. Governing the Zoo Francesca Calo and Simon Teasdale PART IV: Performance of the Zoo 10. Social Innovation in the Zoo Thema Monroe-White and Jesse D. Lecy 11. Resiliency and Stability of the Zoo Animals Jung-In Soh, Elizabeth A.M. Searing, and Dennis R. Young 12. Social Impact of the Social Enterprise Zoo John E. Tyler III CONCLUSION Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice Dennis R. Young, Elizabeth A.M. Searing, and Cassady V. Brewer Index

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Book SynopsisThe Social Enterprise Zoo employs the metaphor of the zoo to gain a more comprehensive understanding of social enterprise: the diversity of its forms; the various ways it is organized in different socio-political environments; how different forms of enterprise behave, interact, and thrive; and what lessons can be drawn for the future development and study of organizations that seek to balance social or environmental impact with economic success. After setting the stage with a thorough introduction, top scholars explore the different ways that social enterprises can be classified, nurtured, and understood. The book not only details the legal forms utilized in social enterprise and the social entrepreneurs involved in them, but it also addresses the reasons for the success or failure of these activities and looks at the ecologies in which they operate. The ?zookeepers,? such as governments and the regulatory regimes they establish, are compared and the important roles they play are examined. The volume concludes with a look at the future of social enterprise, providing suggestions for further research and implications for policy and practice. This innovative and accessible book is recommended for students, researchers, policymakers, entrepreneurs and managers of social purpose organizations.Contributors: F.O. Andersson, D. Brakman-Reiser, C.V. Brewer, F. Calo, J.A. Kerlin, J.D. Lecy, W. Longhofer, T. Monroe-White, E.A.M. Searing, J.-I. Soh, S. Teasdale, J.E. Tyler III, D.R. Young, S. ZookTrade Review'In The Social Enterprise Zoo, Young et al. have chosen an apt metaphor to describe the active space between pure market-based organizational forms and government. Social enterprise organizations, whether in the nonprofit or for-profit sectors or somewhere in-between, look a lot like animals in a zoo. Some reside in the trees, others swim in an aquarium, and others fly through and stay for only a short time. This volume does a masterful job of capturing this diverse social enterprise landscape, and the authors offer more than just a description of the zoo but a full examination of its purpose and function in society.' --Peter Frank, Wingate University, US'This volume can be considered a must for those who want to grasp a better understanding of social enterprise as it reaches out to a large and diverse number of readers encompassing aspects of what it can actually portray to one and to another, at the same time, managing a response of sound academics to express resourcefully and productively how this phenomenon plays out in the social civil society arena.' --Jacqueline Butcher, International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University 2019'This book by Professor Young and colleagues is a challenging one. It invites scholars, graduate students and practitioners to adopt/assume an imaginary and metaphoric way of thinking. The ''zoo'' metaphor is a very powerful theoretical tool that allows the reader to deal with the fundamental key-issues of nonprofit organizations and social enterprise management (governance, fund raising, life cycle, economic and organizational stability, social impact, resiliency, social innovation). The book is a masterpiece that lets us see the ''same'' in ''another'' way, from a different point of view, and that is - at the very end - the real task/goal of the scientific enterprise.' --Andrea Bassi, University of Bologna, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Forward Dana Brakman-Reiser Preface Dennis R. Young, Elizabeth A.M. Searing, and Cassady V. Brewer PART I: Concepts and Content 1. Introduction Dennis R. Young and Cassady V. Brewer 2. Designing the Zoo Dennis R. Young and Wesley Longhofer 3. The Ongoing Evolution in Social Enterprise Legal Forms Cassady V. Brewer PART II: How the Zoo Functions 4. Habitats in the Zoo Janelle A. Kerlin, Thema Monroe-White, and Sandy Zook 5. Ecologies Within Habitats of the Zoo Elizabeth A.M. Searing, Jesse D. Lecy, and Fredrik O Andersson 6. Changes Over the Life Cycles of Social Enterprise Animals Jesse Lecy and Elizabeth A.M. Searing PART III: Managing and Governing the Zoo 7. The Role of Social Entrepreneurs in the Social Enterprise Zoo Dennis R. Young and Jesse Lecy 8. Feeding the Animals Elizabeth A.M. Searing and Dennis R. Young 9. Governing the Zoo Francesca Calo and Simon Teasdale PART IV: Performance of the Zoo 10. Social Innovation in the Zoo Thema Monroe-White and Jesse D. Lecy 11. Resiliency and Stability of the Zoo Animals Jung-In Soh, Elizabeth A.M. Searing, and Dennis R. Young 12. Social Impact of the Social Enterprise Zoo John E. Tyler III CONCLUSION Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice Dennis R. Young, Elizabeth A.M. Searing, and Cassady V. Brewer Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.A Research Agenda for Entrepreneurial Cognition and Intention suggests new directions and approaches to study the internal thought processes of entrepreneurs by examining areas that have been under-researched, ignored or overlooked.Proposing new views on the idea of an entrepreneurial personality, new methodologies and theories of cognition and influence of personality, the contributors go beyond the study of individual intentions to evaluate group intentions. Furthermore, the book proposes that current research methods limit our understanding of entrepreneurial processes by not connecting to the wider entrepreneurial audience. With this in mind, key chapters focus on the role and relevance of language and gender in entrepreneurship.Academic researchers and advanced students looking to explore the latest research methods and statistical approaches will find this Research Agenda extremely useful for creating new research pathways. The case studies will also be exceptionally useful for those with a wider interest in entrepreneurship and those who wish to have a greater understanding of entrepreneurial intention.Contributors include: G.A. Alsos, G. Bertrand, M. Brännback, C.G. Brush, A.L. Carsrud, R. Germon, P.G. Greene, D.M. Hechavarria, A. Ingram, I. Jaén, F. Kropp, N. Krueger, F. Liñán, A. Maalaoui, J. Mezei, S. Nikou, T.F. Nogueira, C. Perez, M. Razgallah, L. Schjoedt, K.G. Shaver, R. YitshakiTable of ContentsContents: 1. Where do we go from here? A research agenda for entrepreneurial cognitions Malin Brännback and Alan L. Carsrud 2. “Cruel Intention” or “Entrepreneurial Intention”: What did you expect? An overview of research on Entrepreneurial Intention - an interactive perspective Adnane Maalaoui, Charles Perez, Gaël Bertrand, Myriam Razgallah and Rony Germon 3. Who is the entrepreneur? The right question has been asked, in the wrong way Kelly G. Shaver and Alan L. Carsrud 4. A proposed model for the culture`s mode of influence on the entrepreneurial process Francisco Liñán and Inmaculada Jaén 5. Theory of Trying and “We-Intentions”: From Individual to Collective Intentions in Entrepreneurship and Family Business Malin Brännback, Alan L. Carsrud and Norris Krueger 6. Implementation Intentions: The When, Where, and How of Entrepreneurial Intentions’ Influence on Behavior Leon Schjoedt 7. Revisiting entrepreneurial motivation and opportunity recognition Ronit Yitshaki and Fredric Kropp 8. On the use of configurational analysis in entrepreneurial research József Mezei and Shahrokh Nikou 9. Cognition to Culture: A Still-Missing Link in the Development of an Entrepreneurial Resource Patricia G. Greene and Candida G. Brush 10. The Co-development Process of New Venture Ideas and Entrepreneurs’ Learning Tadeu F. Nogueira and Gry A. Alsos 11. Entrepreneurial Language through a Linguistic Lens: Emerging Opportunities Diana M. Hechavarría and Amy Ingram Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.A Research Agenda for Entrepreneurial Cognition and Intention suggests new directions and approaches to study the internal thought processes of entrepreneurs by examining areas that have been under-researched, ignored or overlooked.Proposing new views on the idea of an entrepreneurial personality, new methodologies and theories of cognition and influence of personality, the contributors go beyond the study of individual intentions to evaluate group intentions. Furthermore, the book proposes that current research methods limit our understanding of entrepreneurial processes by not connecting to the wider entrepreneurial audience. With this in mind, key chapters focus on the role and relevance of language and gender in entrepreneurship.Academic researchers and advanced students looking to explore the latest research methods and statistical approaches will find this Research Agenda extremely useful for creating new research pathways. The case studies will also be exceptionally useful for those with a wider interest in entrepreneurship and those who wish to have a greater understanding of entrepreneurial intention.Contributors include: G.A. Alsos, G. Bertrand, M. Brännback, C.G. Brush, A.L. Carsrud, R. Germon, P.G. Greene, D.M. Hechavarria, A. Ingram, I. Jaén, F. Kropp, N. Krueger, F. Liñán, A. Maalaoui, J. Mezei, S. Nikou, T.F. Nogueira, C. Perez, M. Razgallah, L. Schjoedt, K.G. Shaver, R. YitshakiTable of ContentsContents: 1. Where do we go from here? A research agenda for entrepreneurial cognitions Malin Brännback and Alan L. Carsrud 2. “Cruel Intention” or “Entrepreneurial Intention”: What did you expect? An overview of research on Entrepreneurial Intention - an interactive perspective Adnane Maalaoui, Charles Perez, Gaël Bertrand, Myriam Razgallah and Rony Germon 3. Who is the entrepreneur? The right question has been asked, in the wrong way Kelly G. Shaver and Alan L. Carsrud 4. A proposed model for the culture`s mode of influence on the entrepreneurial process Francisco Liñán and Inmaculada Jaén 5. Theory of Trying and “We-Intentions”: From Individual to Collective Intentions in Entrepreneurship and Family Business Malin Brännback, Alan L. Carsrud and Norris Krueger 6. Implementation Intentions: The When, Where, and How of Entrepreneurial Intentions’ Influence on Behavior Leon Schjoedt 7. Revisiting entrepreneurial motivation and opportunity recognition Ronit Yitshaki and Fredric Kropp 8. On the use of configurational analysis in entrepreneurial research József Mezei and Shahrokh Nikou 9. Cognition to Culture: A Still-Missing Link in the Development of an Entrepreneurial Resource Patricia G. Greene and Candida G. Brush 10. The Co-development Process of New Venture Ideas and Entrepreneurs’ Learning Tadeu F. Nogueira and Gry A. Alsos 11. Entrepreneurial Language through a Linguistic Lens: Emerging Opportunities Diana M. Hechavarría and Amy Ingram Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. There is growing recognition that entrepreneurship can be better understood within its context(s). This carefully designed book invites readers to take a journey: from reflecting critically on where the discussion on context and entrepreneurship stands today towards identifying future research questions and themes that deserve the attention of entrepreneurship scholars. This collection draws attention to the research challenges the entrepreneurship field faces by reviewing the many facets of contexts and by reflecting on methods and theoretical approaches that are required in order to contextualize entrepreneurship research.Written by renowned international scholars, the book's leading-edge contributions provide a thorough exploration of how to contextualize entrepreneurship research. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, comprehensive coverage of the entrepreneurship/contexts debate is included, in addition to reading lists and a chapter dedicated to advancing future research avenues. Students and academics interested in context and entrepreneurship will benefit from this far-reaching and forward-thinking book.Contributors: H.E. Aldrich, T. Baker, M. Brännback, A.L. Carsrud, S. Chlosta, S. Drakopoulou Dodd, D. Fletcher, W.B. Gartner, S. Lippmann, E.E. Powell, T. Pret, E. Shaw, P. Selden, E. Stam, C. Steyaert, R.D. Wadhwani, F. Welter, M. WrightTrade Review'Entrepreneurship is a context-based phenomenon and this certainly adds to the complexity of the field. Entrepreneurial action is the outcome of many contextual influences and entrepreneurs are influencing their environments. The relationship between entrepreneurship and context can be seen and studied in different ways and dimensions: spatial, industry, market, temporal, social and institutional. Obviously, there are big issues and challenges for entrepreneurship scholars in designing and doing relevant and interesting research aiming at a better understanding of the importance and the role of context in its different dimensions. In this new book, A Research Agenda for Entrepreneurship and Context, Friederike Welter and Bill Gartner have gathered an impressive list of influential scholars examining entrepreneurship as a contextual event in, among others, its historical, temporal and geographical dimensions. This masterpiece is a key milestone in this stream of research.' --Alain Fayolle, Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division and EMLYON Business School, France'In most of our entrepreneurial research, context is in the background of our stories, experiments and studies. An important aspect of understanding, but seldom our focus. Welter and Gartner move context into the spotlight, a variety of authors alternately engaging, challenging, reassuring and provoking with a multiplicity of perspectives on the topic. This important book motivates us to step outside our assumptions about context, re-think our methods, and learn to apply contexts and contextualization in our studies of entrepreneurship.' --Candida Brush, Babson College'This book makes an original and welcome contribution to contemporary understanding of context and entrepreneurial behaviour. The editors and distinguished authors critically analyse a diverse range of contextual aspects which illustrate the complex and nuanced influence of this construct upon entrepreneurship. The chapters offer excellent overviews of key issues which advance thinking but also suggest future pathways for research. This text will make a welcome addition for those teaching in entrepreneurship whilst also offering thought-provoking well-informed debate for researchers and students.' --Susan Marlow, University of Nottingham, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. The context of contextualizing contexts Friederike Welter, William B. Gartner and Mike Wright 2. Understanding entrepreneurial cognitions through the lenses of context Malin Brännback and Alan L. Carsrud 3. ‘After’ context Chris Steyaert 4. Let them eat bricolage? Towards a contextualized notion of inequality of entrepreneurial opportunity Ted Baker and E. Erin Powell 5. The temporal dimension of context Stephen Lippmann and Howard E. Aldrich 6. Entrepreneurship in historical context: using history to develop theory and understand process R. Daniel Wadhwani 7. A relational conceptualization of context and the real-time emergence of entrepreneurship processes Denise Fletcher and Paul Selden 8. Theorizing entrepreneurship in context Erik Stam 9. Methodological approaches towards context-sensitive entrepreneurship research Simone Chlosta 10. Advancing understanding of entrepreneurial embeddedness: forms of capital, social contexts and time Sarah Drakopoulou Dodd, Tobias Pret and Eleanor Shaw 11. Historical methods for contextualizing entrepreneurship research R. Daniel Wadhwani 12. Narrating context William B. Gartner 13. Advancing our research agenda for entrepreneurship and contexts Friederike Welter and William B. Gartner 14. A reading list on entrepreneurship and contexts Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. There is growing recognition that entrepreneurship can be better understood within its context(s). This carefully designed book invites readers to take a journey: from reflecting critically on where the discussion on context and entrepreneurship stands today towards identifying future research questions and themes that deserve the attention of entrepreneurship scholars. This collection draws attention to the research challenges the entrepreneurship field faces by reviewing the many facets of contexts and by reflecting on methods and theoretical approaches that are required in order to contextualize entrepreneurship research.Written by renowned international scholars, the book's leading-edge contributions provide a thorough exploration of how to contextualize entrepreneurship research. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, comprehensive coverage of the entrepreneurship/contexts debate is included, in addition to reading lists and a chapter dedicated to advancing future research avenues. Students and academics interested in context and entrepreneurship will benefit from this far-reaching and forward-thinking book.Contributors: H.E. Aldrich, T. Baker, M. Brännback, A.L. Carsrud, S. Chlosta, S. Drakopoulou Dodd, D. Fletcher, W.B. Gartner, S. Lippmann, E.E. Powell, T. Pret, E. Shaw, P. Selden, E. Stam, C. Steyaert, R.D. Wadhwani, F. Welter, M. WrightTrade Review'Entrepreneurship is a context-based phenomenon and this certainly adds to the complexity of the field. Entrepreneurial action is the outcome of many contextual influences and entrepreneurs are influencing their environments. The relationship between entrepreneurship and context can be seen and studied in different ways and dimensions: spatial, industry, market, temporal, social and institutional. Obviously, there are big issues and challenges for entrepreneurship scholars in designing and doing relevant and interesting research aiming at a better understanding of the importance and the role of context in its different dimensions. In this new book, A Research Agenda for Entrepreneurship and Context, Friederike Welter and Bill Gartner have gathered an impressive list of influential scholars examining entrepreneurship as a contextual event in, among others, its historical, temporal and geographical dimensions. This masterpiece is a key milestone in this stream of research.' --Alain Fayolle, Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division and EMLYON Business School, France'In most of our entrepreneurial research, context is in the background of our stories, experiments and studies. An important aspect of understanding, but seldom our focus. Welter and Gartner move context into the spotlight, a variety of authors alternately engaging, challenging, reassuring and provoking with a multiplicity of perspectives on the topic. This important book motivates us to step outside our assumptions about context, re-think our methods, and learn to apply contexts and contextualization in our studies of entrepreneurship.' --Candida Brush, Babson College'This book makes an original and welcome contribution to contemporary understanding of context and entrepreneurial behaviour. The editors and distinguished authors critically analyse a diverse range of contextual aspects which illustrate the complex and nuanced influence of this construct upon entrepreneurship. The chapters offer excellent overviews of key issues which advance thinking but also suggest future pathways for research. This text will make a welcome addition for those teaching in entrepreneurship whilst also offering thought-provoking well-informed debate for researchers and students.' --Susan Marlow, University of Nottingham, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. The context of contextualizing contexts Friederike Welter, William B. Gartner and Mike Wright 2. Understanding entrepreneurial cognitions through the lenses of context Malin Brännback and Alan L. Carsrud 3. ‘After’ context Chris Steyaert 4. Let them eat bricolage? Towards a contextualized notion of inequality of entrepreneurial opportunity Ted Baker and E. Erin Powell 5. The temporal dimension of context Stephen Lippmann and Howard E. Aldrich 6. Entrepreneurship in historical context: using history to develop theory and understand process R. Daniel Wadhwani 7. A relational conceptualization of context and the real-time emergence of entrepreneurship processes Denise Fletcher and Paul Selden 8. Theorizing entrepreneurship in context Erik Stam 9. Methodological approaches towards context-sensitive entrepreneurship research Simone Chlosta 10. Advancing understanding of entrepreneurial embeddedness: forms of capital, social contexts and time Sarah Drakopoulou Dodd, Tobias Pret and Eleanor Shaw 11. Historical methods for contextualizing entrepreneurship research R. Daniel Wadhwani 12. Narrating context William B. Gartner 13. Advancing our research agenda for entrepreneurship and contexts Friederike Welter and William B. Gartner 14. A reading list on entrepreneurship and contexts Index

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Book SynopsisWhile the US has traditionally been successful in commercialising new technologies, Europe is confronted with an increasing dependency upon fast developing technologies like biotechnology or ICT, despite having some of the best universities in the world. This book will explore the key attributes of commercialising academic knowledge, focusing on spin-offs.Bringing together the visions and best practices used by leading academics and professionals across Europe, Sven H. De Cleyn and Gunter Festel offer new and practical insights on technology transfer in an attempt to resolve the European Paradox. Innovative contributions provide new insights into the special approaches used by European institutes when it comes to fostering and supporting technology transfer activities and the creation of new academic spin-off ventures. This book illustrates the tools they have developed via compelling examples of successful corporate alliances with academic institutes and public research organisations.Practical and insightful, this book will appeal to researchers, policy-makers and educators interested in technology transfer and high-tech entrepreneurship. Investors will also gain from a greater understanding of the benefits of academic spin-offs and technology transfer offices will find a wealth of information to help improve operations for their creation.Contributors include: J. Bauer, M. Brandkamp, M. Cantamessa, S.H. De Cleyn, G. Festel, F.K. Fink, F. Gielen, V.A. Gilsing, M.L. Justesen, M. Keckl, M. Klofsten, F. Kirschenhofer, J. Kratzer, T. Lambertus, H. Lebret, E. Lundmar, U. Mahr, K.V. Moltzen, M. Mrozewski, I.M.M.J. Reymen, A.G.L. Romme, B. Schmalfuss, H. Schönenberger, R.V. Basaiawmoit, E. van Burg, A. von MatuschkaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction What is the current state of knowledge transfer at research institutions in Europe, what are the main challenges and why does it matter? Sven H. De Cleyn and Gunter Festel PART I SHAPING THE ECOSYSTEM 1. I3P as university business incubator – A dual mission in technology transfer and start-up ecosystem development Marco Cantamessa 2. Strategies for designing new venture units in complex contexts Elco van Burg, Isabelle M.M.J. Reymen, A. Georges L. Romme and Victor A. Gilsing 3. TU Berlin - An entrepreneurial university in an entrepreneurial city Matthias Mrozewski, Agnes von Matuschka, Jan Kratzer and Gunter Festel PART II SUPPORTING AND COACHING SPIN-OFFS 4. Systematic spin-off processes in university-industry ecosystems Helmut Schönenberger 5. Supporting new spin-off ventures – Experiences from a university start-up program Magnus Klofsten and Erik Lundmark 6. ‘Intrapreneurship at the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft’: How to stimulate greater entrepreneurship among researchers Julia Bauer, Matthias Keckl, Thorsten Lambertus and Björn Schmalfuß PART III FINANCING SPIN-OFFS AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 7. Incubation to address the ‘innovation gap’ Ulrich Mahr and Florian Kirschenhofer 8. The Seed Challenge Michael Brandkamp PART IV INNOVATIVE TOOLS FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 9. Founding Angels as an emerging angel investment model to support early stage high-tech spin-offs Gunter Festel 10. Flipping the knowledge transfer model using start-ups: How entrepreneurs can stimulate faster adoption of academic knowledge Sven H. De Cleyn and Frank Gielen 11. Stimulating student entrepreneurship within a traditional university model: The case of the AU Student Incubator Mia L. Justesen, Rajiv V. Basaiawmoit, Flemming K. Fink and Kirstine V. Moltzen PART V INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON ACADEMIC SPIN-OFFS AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 12. What Europe still has to learn from the US in academic innovation Hervé Lebret PART V CONCLUSION 13. Academic spin-offs and technology transfer in Europe – Concluding insights and outlook Sven H. De Cleyn and Gunter Festel Index

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Book SynopsisThe phenomenon of women's entrepreneurship has gained significant momentum across the globe. Written by leading scholars from a wide range of countries, this book advances the understanding of women's entrepreneurship by drawing attention to the contexts they operate in. It is the fifth in the series of books produced in partnership with the Diana International Research Network.In this book, expert contributors explore female potential and how entrepreneurs make decisions within a multi-layered gendered context. As a rare and current overview of women's entrepreneurship, it presents evidence of the positive impact that achieving equality in gendered institutions would have, how to facilitate meso-institutions' impact and how to foster entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial initiative at the individual level. A crucial discussion of how women's entrepreneurship could benefit from a more comprehensive concept of innovation or implementing entrepreneurial policies focused on women is also included.With its focus on advancing knowledge about gender issues within the business realm, Women's Entrepreneurship in Global and Local Contexts will be of interest to researchers, faculty and students as well as policy-makers and practitioners.Contributors include: R. Aidis, L. Alexandre, G. Armannsdottir, T. Bijedic, A.M. Bojica, C. Brindley, S. Brink, C.G. Brush, S. Coleman, S. Cooper, L. De Vita, M. del Mar Fuentes, C. Díaz-García, K. Ettl, A. Ford, C. Foster, E.J. Gatewood, G. Gunay, B.R. Hernández-Sánchez, E.B. Kahraman, S. Kriwoluzky, J.V. León, M. Mari, D. Nziku, C. Pich, S. Poggesi, A. Robb, M. Ruiz-Arroyo, J.C. Sánchez-García, M. Tillmar, D. Uygur, F. Welter, D. WheatleyTrade Review'Research on women's entrepreneurship has moved from the focus of the individual women entrepreneurs and their challenges to a broader understanding of the context in which women's entrepreneurship is embedded. With contributions from a large variety of contexts, this book embraces this development. By promoting feminist perspectives, as well as including studies at the macro, meso and micro level, this book gives insights into the complex and context-dependent processes hindering, promoting and shaping women's entrepreneurship. The book serves as a celebration of scholarly research on women's entrepreneurship globally. I fully recommend it as an important addition to the entrepreneurship literature.' --Gry Agnete Alsos, Nord University Business School, Norway'This rich chapter collection makes a valuable contribution to building the cumulative body of research on women's entrepreneurship. It provides an important and timely reminder that a context-centric perspective is vital for more insightful analysis of female entrepreneurship. The book is expertly organized. The first section focuses on gendered institutional contexts and conceptualizations that help or hinder women's entrepreneurship, the second set of chapters fit around meso-organizational structures and gendered institutions of importance to women entrepreneurs and the final section highlights their embedded agency. Sections build together to provide a coherent contribution where the sum is greater than its parts. A must-read for anyone, including policy-makers, interested in female entrepreneurship.' --Anne de Bruin, Massey University, New Zealand'This carefully curated set of papers moves the gendered discussion of women's entrepreneurship from the micro to macro perspective while looking at critically important topics such as political empowerment, innovation and technology, industrial distribution, and, of course, access to capital. The book is especially important in looking at these issues across a variety of global environments. The papers are thoughtful and well-researched and provide a strong foundation for anyone looking to learn and advance this field.' --Patricia Greene, Babson CollegeTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Women’s Entrepreneurship in Global and Local Contexts Cristina Díaz-García, Candida G. Brush, Elizabeth J. Gatewood and Friederike Welter P​ART​​ I ​INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS EXPLAINING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2. The​ ​Role of​ ​Gendered​ ​Institutional​ ​Contexts in the​ ​Rate and​ Type of​ ​Women’s​ ​Entrepreneurship​​ ​Across​ ​Countries Matilde Ruiz Arroyo, Maria del Mar Fuentes and Ana Maria Bojica 3. Business and Occupational Crowding: Implications for Female Entrepreneurship Development and Success Ruta Aidis 4. Innovation and Women’s Entrepreneurship – (Why) are Women Entrepreneurs Less Innovative? Teita Bijedić, Siegrun Brink, Kerstin Ettl, Silke Kriwoluzky, Friederike Welter 5. Strategies and Policies Influencing Entrepreneurial Start-Up Decisions: Evidence from Tanzanian Female Entrepreneurs Dina Nziku PART II MESO-ORGANSATIONAL STRUCTURES AND INSTITUTIONS INFLUENCING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS 6. The Gendered Contextualization of SME Cooperation in Urban East Africa Malin Tillmar 7. Management in Small Firms Run by Women: A Case Study of Handicraft Exporters Janina V. León 8. Supporting Artisan Communities Through Social Entrepreneurship in Kenya: An Exploration of Soko Alanna Ford and Sarah Cooper 9. Empowering Women through Social Entrepreneurship with Innovative Business Models: Cases from Turkey Duygu Uygur, Elif Bezal Kahraman and Gonca Gunay 10. Financing High-Growth Women-Owned Enterprises: Evidence from the United States Susan Coleman and Alicia Robb PART III WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS EMBEDDED AGENCY: ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION, FIRM CREATION AND MANAGEMENT 11. The Entrepreneurial Potential of Spanish University Women Based on a Psychosocial Model José C. Sánchez-García & Brizeida R. Hernández-Sánchez 12. Entrepreneurial Intention of Young Lebanese Students; An Overview of a Gender Study Laurice Alexandre 13. An Exploration of Icelandic Marketing Women Entrepreneurs Guja Armansdottir, Clare Brindley, Carley Foster, Daniel Wheatley and Christopher Pich 14. Women Entrepreneurs and Performance: Evidence from Italy Michela Mari, Sara Pogessi and Luisa De Vita Index

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Book SynopsisAn impressive team of editors from Asia, Europe, North and South America has compiled cutting-edge research on family businesses. In these chapters, we gain a global perspective of the entrepreneurial approaches families are taking to prepare the next generation of leaders. We learn strategies for family firms to survive and prosper. And we find there are lessons here that non-family businesses can apply to make transitions successful.'- Francis Hoy, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USThis illustrative book considers the interface of business structures, contexts, and leadership building blocks to explore the contingent nature of leadership development in transgenerational entrepreneurship. Longitudinal case studies of 27 family firms in nine different countries provide a rich, global selection of leadership development insights by examining the roles of values, professionalization, leadership style and other contingent factors.The diversity of cases and chapters provides a rich foundation for insight into the pathways currently in use to develop the next generation leaders, illuminating the strategies and pathways of successful transgenerational family enterprises. By examining the available literature and one or more case studies, each chapter draws pragmatic conclusions, with findings that suggest the importance of focusing on leadership as a shared capability, transmission of values to maintain an entrepreneurial culture, the fit between professionalization and values to increase transgenerational potential, the need to address the structure of the business and the focus on parenting to develop next generations.This path-breaking book will inform family business researchers as they explore the ways in use to develop the next generation. Each chapter starts with a mini-case study focused on a dilemma related to leader development, making this book an excellent resource for educators in undergraduate, graduate, or executive programs.Contributors: N. Auletta, B. Bardai, P. Bender, N. Bhatnagar, F.H. Bos, M. Brumana, L. Cassia, J.P. Coen Rigtering, A. De Massis, R.-L. DeWitt, L. Díaz Matajira, A. Discua Cruz, A. Gimeno, G. González Couture, D. Grzybovski, M. Heetebrij-van Dalfsen, H. Higashide, N. Kozono, C. Lechner, I.A. Matser, T. Minola, L. Mohd Nor, A. Nilsson, M.J. Parada, K. Ramachandran, M. Ramírez-Pasillas, M.T. Roscoe, P. Sharma, A. Vieira, S.R. Xavier, K. Yamaguchi, M. YusofTrade Review‘An impressive team of editors from Asia, Europe, North and South America has compiled cutting-edge research on family businesses. In these chapters, we gain a global perspective of the entrepreneurial approaches families are taking to prepare the next generation of leaders. We learn strategies for family firms to survive and prosper. And we find there are lessons here that non-family businesses can apply to make transitions successful.’ -- Francis Hoy, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, US‘To conclude, this book forms a recommended reading on a subject that is largely understudied, but that confronts many family members in general, and next-generation family members more particular in daily practice. Besides some main struggles that characterize a family business succession process, it also focuses on the various opportunities that intergenerational succession can bring to the family business. It gives interesting insights into some valuable routes to develop next-generation leaders that can definitely inspire scholars, incumbents and potential successors in broadening their perspective and finding common answers to the further growth of the family firm over generations.’ -- International Small Business JournalTable of ContentsContents: 1. Developing Next Generation Leaders Rocki-Lee DeWitt, Nunzia Auletta, Maria José Parada, Mohar Yusof and Pramodita Sharma PART I FROM A LEADER TO A LEADERSHIP CAPABILITY 2. The Process of Becoming: Entrepreneurial Leadership Transition to the Second Generation Marcela Ramírez-Pasillas, Patrick Bender and Angelica Nilsson 3. The Next Generation: Pathways for Preparing and Involving New Owners in Colombian Family Businesses Gustavo González Couture and Luis Díaz Matajira 4. Challenges of Collective Leadership Kavil Ramachandran and Navneet Bhatnagar PART II FAMILIAL VALUES AND PROFESSIONALIZATION 5. Transgenerational Professionalization of Family Firms: The Role of Next Generation Leaders Mara Brumana, Lucio Cassia, Alfredo De Massis, Allan Discua Cruz and Tommaso Minola 6. The Re-establishment of Family Values as a Driver of Trans-generational Potential Ilse A. Matser, Frank H. Bos, Margré Heetebrij-van Dalfsen and J.P. Coen Rigtering 7. What Should be Passed on to the Successor? The Case of a Long-standing Japanese Family-owned Small Sake Brewery Katsushi Yamaguchi, Naomi Kozono and Hiro Higashide PART III STRUCTURE AND NEXT GENERATION LEADER PREPARATION 8. Family’s Decision in Venture Creation for Next Generation Leaders: The Role of Trust across Two Generations in the Case of Diversification Leilanie Mohd Nor, Christian Lechner, Mohar Yusof, Barjoyai Bardai, and Siri Roland Xavier 9. Family Social Capital, Transgenerational Learning and Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Maria Teresa Roscoe, Adriane Vieira and Denize Grzybovski 10. Parenting and Next Gen Development Alberto Gimeno and Maria José Parada Index

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Book SynopsisThis outstanding volume by Zoltán J. Ács, a leading expert on entrepreneurship and innovation, provides the perfect introduction to current thinking about entrepreneurship in the global economy. The topics are critical for people contemplating entrepreneurship and development; from knowledge diffusion to philanthropy, regional growth and the role of entrepreneurs in economic growth.'- Saul Estrin , London School of Economics and Political Science, UKThis book presents some of Zoltán J. Ács' most important contributions since the turn of the new millennium, with a particular intellectual focus on knowledge spillover entrepreneurship. It studies the evolution of global entrepreneurship and pays attention to the role of institutions and the incentives they create for economic agents who become either productive or unproductive entrepreneurs.For productive entrepreneurs, those that create wealth for themselves and for society, the author offers a knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship as a new way to help understand the entrepreneurial ecosystem. For those that create wealth only for themselves the author develops a theory of destructive entrepreneurship that undermines the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The book also presents an explanation of the role of philanthropy in reconstituting wealth to complete the circuits of capital in the theory of capitalist development. Finally, the author examines several public policy issues including immigration and technology transfer.This volume will be required reading for students and scholars of entrepreneurship, economics and public policy.Trade Review‘This book brings together much-admired pieces of literature to help us to understand the dynamics of global entrepreneurship, situating them within the formal institutions and systems of incentives in the countries and regions where they begin and shows how they are later expanded to larger markets. This book will also help the emerging economies to strategize their public policies for entrepreneurship development. This book is recommended to scholars and practitioners engaged in entrepreneurship research, or studying the entrepreneurial behaviors of global enterprises.’ -- Science & Public Policy‘This outstanding volume by Zoltán J. Ács, a leading expert on entrepreneurship and innovation, provides the perfect introduction to current thinking about entrepreneurship in the global economy. The topics are critical for people contemplating entrepreneurship and development; from knowledge diffusion to philanthropy, regional growth and the role of entrepreneurs in economic growth.’ -- Saul Estrin, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK‘This book brings together much-admired pieces of literature to help us to understand the dynamics of global entrepreneurship, situating them within the formal institutions and systems of incentives in the countries and regions where they begin and shows how they are later expanded to larger markets. This book will also help the emerging economies to strategize their public policies for entrepreneurship development.’ -- Science and Public PolicyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Zoltán J. Ács PART I INCENTIVES AND THE MANY FACES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP 1. Sameeksha Desai, Zoltan J. Acs and Utz Weitzel (2012), ‘A Model of Destructive Entrepreneurship: Insight for Conflict and Postconflict Recovery’, Journal of Conflict Resolution, 57 (1), February, 20–40 2. Utz Weitzel, Diemo Urbig, Sameeksha Desai, Mark Sanders and Zoltan Acs (2010), ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Talented: Entrepreneurial Talent and Selfish Behavior’, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 76 (1), October, 64–81 3. Zoltan J. Acs, Mary C. Boardman and Connie L. McNeely (2013), ‘The Social Value of Productive Entrepreneurship’, Small Business Economics, 40 (3), April, 785–96 4. Zoltán J. Ács, László Szerb and Scott Jackson (2013), ‘Entrepreneurship in Africa through the Eyes of GEDI’, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 14 (4), November, 219–34 PART II THE KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVER THEORY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP 5. Bo Carlsson, Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch and Pontus Braunerhjelm (2009), ‘Knowledge Creation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Growth: A Historical Review’, Industrial and Corporate Change, 18 (6), December, 1193-229 6. Pontus Braunerhjelm, Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch and Bo Carlsson (2010), ‘The Missing Link: Knowledge Diffusion and Entrepreneurship in Endogenous Growth’, Small Business Economics, 34 (2), February, 105–25 7. Zoltan J. Acs, Pontus Braunerhjelm, David B. Audretsch and Bo Carlsson (2009), ‘The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship’, Small Business Economics, 32 (1), January, 15–30 8. Lawrence A. Plummer and Zoltan J. Acs (2014), ‘Localized Competition in the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship’, Journal of Business Venturing, 29 (1), January, 151–36 9. Haifeng Qian and Zoltan J. Acs (2013), ‘An Absorptive Capacity Theory of Knowledge Spillover Entrepreneurship’, Small Business Economics, 40 (2), February, 185–97 10. Zoltan J. Acs and Mark W.J.L. Sanders (2013), ‘Knowledge Spillover Entrepreneurship in an Endogenous Growth Model’, Small Business Economics, 41 (4), December, 775–95 11. Zoltan J. Acs and Mark Sanders (2012), ‘Patents, Knowledge Spillover and Entrepreneurship’, Small Business Economics, 39 (4), November, 801–17 PART III CITIES, KNOWLEDGE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 12. Zoltan Acs, Niels Bosma and Rolf Sternberg (2010), ‘Entrepreneurship in World Cities’, in Maria Minniti (ed.), The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship: Evidence from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data, Chapter 6, Oxford, UK and New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 125–51 13. Zoltan J. Acs and Siri Terjesen (2013), ‘Born Local: Toward a Theory of New Venture’s Choice of Internationalization’, Small Business Economics, 41 (3), October, 521–35 14. Haifeng Qian, Zoltan J. Acs and Roger R. Stough (2012), ‘Regional Systems of Entrepreneurship: The Nexus of Human Capital, Knowledge, and New Firm Formation’, Journal of Economic Geography, 13 (4), July, 559–87 15. Zoltán J. Ács, László Szerb, Raquel Ortega-Argilés, Ruta Aidis and Alicia Coduras (2014) ‘The Regional Application of the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI): The Case of Spain’, Regional Studies, 1–19 16. Zoltan J. Acs and Pamela Mueller (2008), ‘Employment Effects of Business Dynamics: Mice, Gazelles and Elephants’, Small Business Economics, 30 (1), January, 85–100 17. Zoltan Acs, Lawrence A. Plummer and Ryan Sutter (2009), ‘Penetrating the Knowledge Filter in Rustbelt Economies’, Annals of Regional Science, 43 (4), December, 989–1029 18. Zoltan J. Acs , Catherine Armington and Ting Zhang (2007), ‘The Determinants of New-Firm Survival Across Regional Economies: The Role of Human Capital Stock and Knowledge Spillover’, Annals of Regional Science, 86 (3), August, 367–91 PART IV COUNTRIES, INSTITUTIONS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 19. Philip McCann and Zoltan J. Acs (2011), ‘Globalization: Countries, Cities and Multinationals’, Regional Studies, 45 (1), January, 17–32 20. Pekka Stenholm, Zoltan J. Acs and Robert Wuebker, (2013), ‘Exploring Country Level Institutional Arrangements on the Rate and Type of Entrepreneurial Activity’, Journal of Business Venturing, 28 (1), January, 176–93 21. Erkko Autio and Zoltan Acs (2010), ‘Intellectual Property Protection and the Formation of Entrepreneurial Growth Aspiration’, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 4 (3), September, 234–51 22. Sonia Ketkar and Zoltan J. Acs (2013), ‘Where Angels Fear to Tread: Internationalization of Emerging Country SMEs’, Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 11 (3), September, 201–19 23. Soogwan Doh and Zoltan J. Acs (2010) ‘Innovation and Social Capital: A Cross-Country Investigation’, Industry and Innovation, 17 (3), June, 241–62 24. Zoltan J. Acs, Sameeksha Desai and Leora F. Klapper (2008) ‘What does “Entrepreneurship” Data Really Show?’, Small Business Economics, 31 (3), October, 265–81 PART V CAPITALISM, PHILANTHROPY AND DEMOCRACY 25. Zoltan J. Acs (2013), ‘“Entrepreneurial Capitalism” in Capitalist Development: Towards a Synthesis of Capitalist Development and the “Economy as a Whole”’, in Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch and Robert J. Strom (eds), Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Public Policy, Chapter 14, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 319–37 26. Philip Auerswald and Zoltan J. Acs (2009), ‘Defining Prosperity’, American Interest, IV (5), May/June, 1–9 27. Zoltan J. Acs (2014) ‘The Great Seasaw of Civilization’, Philanthropy Impact Magazine, 5, Spring, 15–18 PART VI INSTITUTIONS, INCENTIVES AND PUBLIC POLICY 28. Zoltán J. Ács, Erkko Autio and László Szerb (2014), ‘National Systems of Entrepreneurship: Measurement Issues and Policy Implications’, Research Policy, 43 (3), April, 476–94 29. Zoltan J. Acs (2009), ‘High-Impact Firms: Gazelles Revisited’, in Michael Fritsch (ed.), Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Chapter 6, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 133–74 30. Zoltan J. Acs, Colm O’Gorman and Siri Terjesen (2007), ‘Could the Irish Miracle be Repeated in Hungary?’, Small Business Economics, 28 (2–3), March, 123–42 31. David M. Hart and Zoltan J. Acs (2011), ‘High-Tech Immigrant Entrepreneurs in the United States’, Economic Development Quarterly, 25 (2), May, 116–29 32. David J. Miller and Zoltan J. Acs (2014) ‘Technology Commercialization on Campus: Twentieth Century Frameworks and Twenty-First Century Blind Spots’, Annals of Regional Science, 50 (2), April, 407–23 Index

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Book SynopsisThis collection of chapters comprises timely aspects of two rapidly growing bodies of academic research: entrepreneurship and economic freedom.Expert editors add to an important field of research, the economics of entrepreneurship, and explore how institutions influence entrepreneurial behavior. This book provides comprehensive and contemporary insights into the interaction between economic behavior of firms and households, economic freedom, and entrepreneurship, and how it generates an environment with greater opportunities for growth and development for individuals, households, and private-sector firms.This advanced and revolutionary book will prove to be a valuable tool for academics conducting research in entrepreneurship and/or economic freedom as well as for graduate students studying in these areas. The volume also provides insight into the measurement and value of economic freedom around the world, making it a useful resource for policymakers and practitioners. Contributors: G.M. Alexander, N.J.Ashby, D.L. Bennett, J. Bologna, R. Boylan, S.B. Caudill, T. Cavusoglu, R.J. Cebula, J.R. Clark, S.O. Crofton, O. Dincer, R.K. Goel, D.M. Gropper, R.W. Hafer, Joshua C. Hall, V. Hartarska, J.C. Heckelman, R.G. Holcombe, J.V. Koch, R. Lawson, D.R. Lee, J.E. Long, F.G. Mixon, Jr., R. Murphy, M.A. Nelson, B. Nikolaev, J.E. Payne, R.M. Robinson, M.G. Simonton, D. Stansel, D. Tarabar, R. VedderTrade Review'This is an indispensable book for anyone seriously interested in learning about the many ways in which economic freedom incentivizes behavior to promote growth and development. The topics covered and analyses provided should prove equally useful to academics, business leaders, and policymakers. Most importantly, this is the right book to understand how such freedom can improve the lives of people in countries everywhere.' --James Barth, Auburn University and Milken Institute, US'Cebula, Hall, Mixon and Payne provide an intellectual feast on the relationship between various measures of economic freedom, entrepreneurship, and economic prosperity and underlying theory. Their book is happily both a valuable read for citizens and scholars who want to know more about economic freedom research and an excellent teachers choice for senior and graduate seminars in economics, public policy, and politics.' --Bruce Yandle, Clemson University and George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Misperceptions about Capitalism, Government and Inequality Daniel L. Bennett and Richard J. Cebula 2. Measuring Institutions and Policies Across Countries Robert Lawson and Ryan Murphy 3. Economic Freedom Studies: A Survey Joshua C. Hall, Dean Stansel and Danko Tarabar 4. Sub-National Indices of Economic Freedom Dean Stansel and Jamie Bologna 5. Institutions and Entrepreneurship Randall G. Holcombe 6. The Entrepreneurial Ethic, Economic Behavior, and Motivation Richard M. Robinson 7. Freedom as a Public Good J.R. Clark and Dwight R. Lee 8. Economic Freedom Convergence Clubs Jac C. Heckelman 9. An Exploratory Study Regarding Whether Greater Labor Freedom Reduces New Home Prices Daniel L. Bennett, Richard J. Cebula and Robert Boylan 10. The Impact of Property Confiscation Experiences on Individual Patience in Transition Economies: An Exploratory Study Steven B. Caudill, Stephanie O. Crofton, James E. Long, Franklin G. Mixon, Jr. and Mary Greer Simonton 11. Economic Freedom, Economic Behavior and Settlement Patterns: Preliminary Evidence for 2010 for the Case of Undocumented Immigrants Richard J. Cebula 12. Why Do People Move from One Metropolitan Area to Another? James V. Koch 13. Preliminary Findings on the Impact of Labor Market Freedom on the Male Labor Force Participation Rate Gigi M. Alexander and Richard J. Cebula 14. Economic Freedom and Microfinance Efficiency in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Steven B. Caudill, Daniel M. Gropper, Valentina Hartarska and Franklin G. Mixon, Jr. 15. Economic Freedom and Subjective Well-Being Boris Nikolaev 16. Destructive and Productive Entrepreneurship: An Analysis of International Panel Data Nathan J. Ashby 17. On The Relationship Between Economic Freedom and Entrepreneurship R.W. Hafer 18. Entrepreneurship and Cross-National Economic Freedom Rajeev K. Goel, Michael A. Nelson and James E. Payne 19. Economic Freedom and Entrepreneurial Activity in American States Tarkan Cavusoglu and Oguzhan Dincer 20. Freedom, Growth and Entrepreneurship: Several Sources of US Evidence Richard Vedder 21. The US Entrepreneurship-Unemployment Nexus James E. Payne Index

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Book SynopsisThe second volume of the Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy provides entirely new insights into a number of the leading issues surrounding the teaching of entrepreneurship and the building of entrepreneurship programs. Prepared under the auspices of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), this book features fifteen scholarly perspectives on a range of entrepreneurship education issues.This 2016 edition spans topics ranging from methods for teaching creatively and the value of the lean startup methodology to empirical insights into whether or not entrepreneurship education changes minds. Five premier universities and the key aspects of their superlative entrepreneurship programs are reviewed. In addition, contributors highlight a number of individual innovations that have changed the way entrepreneurship is taught and the manner in which entrepreneurial behavior is facilitated. This book offers an introduction to innovative practices in facilitating entrepreneurial learning both inside and outside the classroom as it investigates critical issues in designing, implementing and assessing experiential learning techniques within entrepreneurship.This timely book uncovers new horizons in the development of entrepreneurship education for students, university campuses, communities and economies. Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy - 2016 is a must-have book for any entrepreneurship professor, scholar or program director across the US.Contributors include: C. Albornoz, K.R. Allen, J. Amoros, J. Aniello, K. Artz, A. Bruton, A. Caetano, M. Cichosz-Grzyb, R.W. Clouse, S.L. Cochran, S.F. Costa, B. Cowden, M. Croteau, C. Dibrell, D. Dill, T.N. Duening, N. Duval-Couetil, J.S. Engel, E. Fine, V. Fox, T. Goodin, E. Grossman, R.J. Gentry, E. Hamilton, J. Hart, J. Heacock, D.M. Hechevaria, G. Hertz, A. Ingram, K. Kern, E. Liguori, A. Markvoort, E. Markin, A. McKelvie, M.M. Metzger, S. Miller, K. Moore, L. Morland, M.H. Morris, H.M. Neck, X. Neumeyer, G. Poor, C. Pryor, D.W. Rosenthal, B. Rossi, M. Schindehutte, S.C. Santos, S. Scherreik, F. Schlosser, S.A. Schulman, R. Smilor, J. Stamp, K. Taylor, J. Thompson, J.M. Torrens, E.E. Troudt, J. Vanevenhoven, R. White, D. Winkel, C. WinklerTable of ContentsContents: Preface: Teaching Reason and the Unreasonable Michael H. Morris and Eric Liguori PART I LEADING EDGE RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES 1. What I have Learned about Teaching Entrepreneurship: Perspectives of Five Master Educators Jerome S. Engel, Minet Schindehutte, Heidi M. Neck, Ray Smilor, and Bill Rossi 2. What Entrepreneurship Educators Do Not Understand About: Creativity and How to Teach It Jeffrey Stamp 3. Does Entrepreneurship Education Change Minds? A Multinational Analysis of Mandatory and Voluntary Entrepreneurial Training Carlos Albornoz and Jose E. Amoros 4. Bridging Entrepreneurial Cognition Research and Entrepreneurship Education: What and How Susana C. Santos, Silvia Fernandes Costa, Xaver Neumeyer and António Caetano 5. Weighing In: Reflections on a Steady Diet of Lean Startup Elissa Grossman 6. Competency Based Education in Entrepreneurship: A Call to Action for the Discipline Rebecca White, Giles Hertz and Kevin Moore 7. The Art of Case Teaching David W. Rosenthal 8. The Experiential Learning Portfolio and Entrepreneurship Education Minet Schindehutte and Michael H. Morris 9. Deliberate Opportunity Design: A Practical Integrative Product and Business Design Framework to Enable New Frontiers in Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alex Bruton 10. New Venture Creation as a Learning Agenda: Experiences, Reflections and Implications from Running a Venture Creation Programme Leigh Morland and John Thompson 11. The Principles and Practices of Delivering Experiential Entrepreneurship Education to Mega-classes Christopher Pryor 12. Entrepreneurs in Action: An Authentic Learning Experience R. Wilburn Clouse, Terry Goodin and Joseph Aniello 13. Using the SEE Model in Entrepreneurship Consulting Courses and Programs Michael H. Morris 14. Integrating the A-GES Framework into a Family Business Course Erik Markin, Clay Dibrell and Richard J. Gentry 15. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Entrepreneurship Education: the Role of Universities in Fostering Ecosystem Development Diana M. Hechevarria, Amy Ingram and Justin Heacock PART II: MODEL UNIVERSITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMS 16. Entrepreneurship at the University of Southern California Kathleen R. Allen 17. Entrepreneurship at Lancaster University Eleanor Hamilton , Helen Fogg, Sarah L. Jack and Fionnuala Schultz 18. Baylor University: Entrepreneurship for Everyone through Innovative Programming Kendall Artz 19. Entrepreneurship Education at the University of Maryland Elana Fine 20. Entrepreneurship at Syracuse University Alexander McKelvie and John M. Torrens PART III: BEST PRACTICE INNOVATIONS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM 21. Teaching Entrepreneurial Foresight Sam Miller 22. Teaching Lean: Value Creation (for Students and Faculty) In The Classroom Doan Winkel and Jeff Vanevenhoven 23. Games for the Entrepreneurship Classroom Jim Hart 24. A Unique Student Angel Investing Fund Sara L. Cochran 25. Teaching Entrepreneurial Sales Skills: A Co-curricular Approach Eric Liguori, Birton Cowden, and Giles Hertz 26. Entrepreneurial Consulting Courses: Increasing Benefits to Students in the New Economy Nathalie Duval-Couetil and Kris Taylor 27. University Collaboration: The New Jersey State Business Model Competition Susan Scherreik 28. CUNY’s STEM Virtual Enterprise Program Christoph Winkler, Stuart A. Schulman and Edgar E. Troudt 29. UCCS Entrepreneurial Identity Project Thomas N. Duening and Matthew M. Metzger 30. The Campus-linked Accelerator Program in Canada Francine Schlosser, Margaret Cichosz-Grzyb, Martin Croteau, Donovan Dill, Valerie Fox and Annette Markvoort 31. Social Media – a Powerful Tool for Entrepreneurship Students Gene Poor and Kirk Kern Index

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Book SynopsisThe second volume of the Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy provides entirely new insights into a number of the leading issues surrounding the teaching of entrepreneurship and the building of entrepreneurship programs. Prepared under the auspices of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), this book features fifteen scholarly perspectives on a range of entrepreneurship education issues.This 2016 edition spans topics ranging from methods for teaching creatively and the value of the lean startup methodology to empirical insights into whether or not entrepreneurship education changes minds. Five premier universities and the key aspects of their superlative entrepreneurship programs are reviewed. In addition, contributors highlight a number of individual innovations that have changed the way entrepreneurship is taught and the manner in which entrepreneurial behavior is facilitated. This book offers an introduction to innovative practices in facilitating entrepreneurial learning both inside and outside the classroom as it investigates critical issues in designing, implementing and assessing experiential learning techniques within entrepreneurship.This timely book uncovers new horizons in the development of entrepreneurship education for students, university campuses, communities and economies. Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy - 2016 is a must-have book for any entrepreneurship professor, scholar or program director across the US.Contributors include: C. Albornoz, K.R. Allen, J. Amoros, J. Aniello, K. Artz, A. Bruton, A. Caetano, M. Cichosz-Grzyb, R.W. Clouse, S.L. Cochran, S.F. Costa, B. Cowden, M. Croteau, C. Dibrell, D. Dill, T.N. Duening, N. Duval-Couetil, J.S. Engel, E. Fine, V. Fox, T. Goodin, E. Grossman, R.J. Gentry, E. Hamilton, J. Hart, J. Heacock, D.M. Hechevaria, G. Hertz, A. Ingram, K. Kern, E. Liguori, A. Markvoort, E. Markin, A. McKelvie, M.M. Metzger, S. Miller, K. Moore, L. Morland, M.H. Morris, H.M. Neck, X. Neumeyer, G. Poor, C. Pryor, D.W. Rosenthal, B. Rossi, M. Schindehutte, S.C. Santos, S. Scherreik, F. Schlosser, S.A. Schulman, R. Smilor, J. Stamp, K. Taylor, J. Thompson, J.M. Torrens, E.E. Troudt, J. Vanevenhoven, R. White, D. Winkel, C. WinklerTable of ContentsContents: Preface: Teaching Reason and the Unreasonable Michael H. Morris and Eric Liguori PART I LEADING EDGE RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES 1. What I have Learned about Teaching Entrepreneurship: Perspectives of Five Master Educators Jerome S. Engel, Minet Schindehutte, Heidi M. Neck, Ray Smilor, and Bill Rossi 2. What Entrepreneurship Educators Do Not Understand About: Creativity and How to Teach It Jeffrey Stamp 3. Does Entrepreneurship Education Change Minds? A Multinational Analysis of Mandatory and Voluntary Entrepreneurial Training Carlos Albornoz and Jose E. Amoros 4. Bridging Entrepreneurial Cognition Research and Entrepreneurship Education: What and How Susana C. Santos, Silvia Fernandes Costa, Xaver Neumeyer and António Caetano 5. Weighing In: Reflections on a Steady Diet of Lean Startup Elissa Grossman 6. Competency Based Education in Entrepreneurship: A Call to Action for the Discipline Rebecca White, Giles Hertz and Kevin Moore 7. The Art of Case Teaching David W. Rosenthal 8. The Experiential Learning Portfolio and Entrepreneurship Education Minet Schindehutte and Michael H. Morris 9. Deliberate Opportunity Design: A Practical Integrative Product and Business Design Framework to Enable New Frontiers in Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alex Bruton 10. New Venture Creation as a Learning Agenda: Experiences, Reflections and Implications from Running a Venture Creation Programme Leigh Morland and John Thompson 11. The Principles and Practices of Delivering Experiential Entrepreneurship Education to Mega-classes Christopher Pryor 12. Entrepreneurs in Action: An Authentic Learning Experience R. Wilburn Clouse, Terry Goodin and Joseph Aniello 13. Using the SEE Model in Entrepreneurship Consulting Courses and Programs Michael H. Morris 14. Integrating the A-GES Framework into a Family Business Course Erik Markin, Clay Dibrell and Richard J. Gentry 15. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Entrepreneurship Education: the Role of Universities in Fostering Ecosystem Development Diana M. Hechevarria, Amy Ingram and Justin Heacock PART II: MODEL UNIVERSITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMS 16. Entrepreneurship at the University of Southern California Kathleen R. Allen 17. Entrepreneurship at Lancaster University Eleanor Hamilton , Helen Fogg, Sarah L. Jack and Fionnuala Schultz 18. Baylor University: Entrepreneurship for Everyone through Innovative Programming Kendall Artz 19. Entrepreneurship Education at the University of Maryland Elana Fine 20. Entrepreneurship at Syracuse University Alexander McKelvie and John M. Torrens PART III: BEST PRACTICE INNOVATIONS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM 21. Teaching Entrepreneurial Foresight Sam Miller 22. Teaching Lean: Value Creation (for Students and Faculty) In The Classroom Doan Winkel and Jeff Vanevenhoven 23. Games for the Entrepreneurship Classroom Jim Hart 24. A Unique Student Angel Investing Fund Sara L. Cochran 25. Teaching Entrepreneurial Sales Skills: A Co-curricular Approach Eric Liguori, Birton Cowden, and Giles Hertz 26. Entrepreneurial Consulting Courses: Increasing Benefits to Students in the New Economy Nathalie Duval-Couetil and Kris Taylor 27. University Collaboration: The New Jersey State Business Model Competition Susan Scherreik 28. CUNY’s STEM Virtual Enterprise Program Christoph Winkler, Stuart A. Schulman and Edgar E. Troudt 29. UCCS Entrepreneurial Identity Project Thomas N. Duening and Matthew M. Metzger 30. The Campus-linked Accelerator Program in Canada Francine Schlosser, Margaret Cichosz-Grzyb, Martin Croteau, Donovan Dill, Valerie Fox and Annette Markvoort 31. Social Media – a Powerful Tool for Entrepreneurship Students Gene Poor and Kirk Kern Index

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Book SynopsisThe shadow economy has become the focus of policy makers around the world. This timely book explores the relationship between entrepreneurship and the shadow economy, by reviewing how to measure, explain and tackle this hidden enterprise culture. The editors bring together leading authorities in the field to examine existing methods to measure shadow economy, explore entrepreneurship and shadow economy practices in various contexts, and provide policy suggestions for decreasing the shadow economy. It concludes by encouraging further research in this ever-growing field. Students and scholars in the field of entrepreneurship and the shadow economy will find this book to be of use to their work. It will also be of use to those in disciplines, such as sociology, economics and global studies, as well as practitioners in the field of public policy.Contributors: Y. Abdih, J.E. Amoros, A. Chepurenko, J.P. Couyoumdjian, O. Cristi, E. Denisova-Schmidt, I.A Horodnic, L. Medina, M. Minniti, Y. Prytula, T.J. Putnins, A. Sauka, F. Schneider, M. Virtanen, C.C. Williams, J. WindebankTrade Review'Understanding the shadow economy is of major importance for both, scholars of many disciplines, and policy makers around the world. This edited volume is what we have been waiting for. It provides an excellent overview of a phenomenon that should not be neglected in any analysis of the shadow economy, namely entrepreneurship. Readers will get a grasp of how to measure the shadow economy, how it relates to entrepreneurial activities, and how to cope with it.' --Klarita Gerxhani, European University Institute, Italy'This edited volume discusses entrepreneurship and / in the shadow economy, emphasizing its potential, the negative effects on economic wellbeing and the society and giving an overview about policy measures. The editors have assembled a group of knowledgeable scholars in the area. With its balanced perspective, I believe this book will be of great value to entrepreneurship scholars as well as to policy-makers wishing to learn about the newest research insights about the shadow economy.' --Friederike Welter, Institut fur Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn and University of Siegen, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Arnis Sauka, Friedrich Schneider and Colin C. Williams PART I METHODS TO MEASURE THE AMOUNT AND DETERMINANTS OF THE SHADOW ECONOMY 1. The Bottom-Up Power of Informal Entrepreneurship José Ernesto Amorós, Juan Pablo Couyoumdjian, Oscar Cristi and Maria Minniti 2. Estimating the Size of the Shadow Economies of 162 Countries Using MIMIC Method Friedrich Schneider 3. The Components and Determinants of the Shadow Economy: Evidence from the Baltic Countries Tālis J. Putnins and Arnis Sauka 4. The Participation of the Self-Employed in the Shadow Economy in the European Union Colin C. Williams, Ioana A. Horodnic and Jan Windebank PART II ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE SHADOW ECONOMY IN VARIOUS CONTEXTS 5. Informal Entrepreneurship and Informal Entrepreneurial Activity in Russia Alexander Chepurenko 6. The Shadow Economy and Enterpreneurship In Ukraine Elena Denisova-Schmidt and Yaroslav Prytula 7. A Normative Analysis About the Measures to Prevent Shadow Economy in Finland Markku Virtanen 8. The Informal Economy in the Caucasus and Central Asia: Size and Determinants Yasser Abdih and Leandro Medina PART III POLICY PERSPECTIVES AND STRATEGIES ON DECREASING SHADOW ECONOMIES 9. What is to be Done About Entrepreneurship in the Shadow Economy? Colin C. Williams Index

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Book SynopsisThis is an ambitious and engaging book. It lays the foundations for a methodology that bridges entrepreneurship researchers?' need to provide explanations and practitioners?' need to make their local world comprehensible --? by calling the researcher to also practise as an entrepreneur.Disclosing Entrepreneurship as Practice outlines and demonstrates this '?enactive?' approach and its outcomes in terms of a proposed practice theory of entrepreneurship. Presenting entrepreneurship as a sense-making, stabilising force in a liquid and ambiguous world, accordingly addressed as ?'entrepreneuring?', Bengt Johannisson argues that the duality of shrewdness and prudence provides the appropriate knowledge needed to practice entrepreneurship. By generalising entrepreneurship as creative organizing in multiple arenas beyond just the market, and conceptualising entrepreneurship as practice, this book presents a compelling rationale for considering entrepreneuring as ?'routinized improvisation?' dealing with situations as they arise.Reflective and thoughtful, this book will be of interest to researchers in the field of entrepreneurship concerned with theoretical and methodological matters, as well as those engaged with qualitative methodology in the social sciences.Trade Review'Bengt Johannisson's strength as a scholar and researcher is his ability to push the boundaries of what entrepreneurship is, as a process, as well as his keen sense of how and why entrepreneurial processes should be studied. Please acquire this book and, then, carefully explore the ideas and methods he proposes for entrepreneurship scholars to engage in enactive research as ''entresearchers'' - scholars who are actively involved in entrepreneurial activities who use these experiences as the basis for generating insights into enterpreneuring (entrepreneurship as a verb - as ''organizing'' is to ''organization''.) I enthusiastically support the ''entresearcher'' paradigm and the methods Bengt Johannisson describes for scholars to engage as ''entresearchers'' as part of their everyday practice. I believe that the ''entresearcher'' approach is the most fruitful way for scholars to gain profound insights into the nature of entrepreneurial processes.' --William B. Gartner, Bertarelli Foundation Distinguished Professor of Family Entrepreneurship, Babson College, US'In his new book, Bengt Johannisson develops the concept of entrepreneurship as practice (entrepreneuring). The contribution is original, relevant and valuable for both researchers and practitioners. The book's objectives appear particularly important. The first is to provide the intellectual/theoretical foundations for our understanding of entrepreneuring. The second objective is to offer a methodology that can enhance the dialogue between researchers and practitioners. As Kurt Lewin claimed, there is nothing more practical than a good theory. Thanks to the author this statement makes sense in entrepreneurship?' --Alain Fayolle, Emlyon Business School, FranceTable of ContentsContents: 1. Departure and Roadmap, Provisions and Destiny 2. From Process Philosophy to Practice Theory – Building and Furnishing a Paradigmatic Platform 3. Featuring Enactive Research as a Methodology 4. Practising Enactive Research – Constructing and Contrasting Tales of Entrepreneuring 5. The Practice of Entrepreneuring – Lessons From the Field 6. Exploring the Promises of Enactive Research Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume demonstrates the dynamism and diversity of entrepreneurship as it is practised by men and women across a variety of contexts, and also the vibrancy and relevance of the entrepreneurship research field as it attempts to understand and communicate this widespread social and economic phenomenon.'- Sara Carter, Strathclyde Business School, UK'This book showcases thought-provoking studies that reflect what European entrepreneurship scholarship has successfully pioneered: penetrating analyses of often taken-for-granted assumptions about the nature of entrepreneurship. These chapters direct readers to where entrepreneurship scholarship will likely go in the future, particularly in using 'gendered' perspectives to realize the heterogeneity of entrepreneurial activity in various contexts.'- William B. Gartner, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and California Lutheran University, USBy combining high-quality and in-depth research in the field, this book provides a state-of-the-art analysis of the current topical issues in European entrepreneurship and small business research.With contributions from international experts, the book provides a particular focus on the behaviour between individuals and groups within different contexts; the personal and structural factors that shape entrepreneurial and small business activity; and a focus on gender in entrepreneurship within different contexts.Students and academics interested in gender and entrepreneurship will benefit from this far-reaching book. The contextual and practical approach will also be of use to national and regional policy makers.Contributors: S. Aaltonen, R. Blackburn, J. Byrne, A. Chepurenko, O. Duygulu, S. Fattoum, C.I. Gögüs, M. Guerrero, J. Hermes, U. Hytti, T. Mainela, S. Marlow, J. Mitra, Ö. Örge, S. Tegtmeier, D. Urbano, F. WelterTrade Review‘This volume demonstrates the dynamism and diversity of entrepreneurship as it is practised by men and women across a variety of contexts, and also the vibrancy and relevance of the entrepreneurship research field as it attempts to understand and communicate this widespread social and economic phenomenon.’ -- Sara Carter, Strathclyde Business School, UK‘This book showcases thought-provoking studies that reflect what European entrepreneurship scholarship has successfully pioneered: penetrating analyses of often taken-for-granted assumptions about the nature of entrepreneurship. These chapters direct readers to where entrepreneurship scholarship will likely go in the future, particularly in using “gendered” perspectives to realize the heterogeneity of entrepreneurial activity in various contexts.’ -- William B. Gartner, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and California Lutheran University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Robert Blackburn, Ulla Hytti and Friederike Welter 2. Entrepreneurial Activity under ‘Transition’ Alexander Chepurenko 3. Women Gender and Entrepreneurship: Why Can’t a Woman be More Like a Man? Susan Marlow 4. Institutional Entrepreneuring in Erratic Environments Jan Hermes and Tuija Mainela 5. The Effect of University and Social Environments on Graduates’ Start-up Intentions: An Exploratory Study in IberoAmerica Maribel Guerrero and David Urbano 6. Determinants and Measurement of Entrepreneurial Self-efficacy Among Woman Entrepreneurs Silke Tegtmeier and Jay Mitra 7. Gendering Entrepreneurship: A Discursive Analysis of a Woman’s Entrepreneur Competition Celile Itır Göğüş, Örsan Örge and Ozan Duygulu 8. The Gendered Nature of Family Business Succession: Case Studies from France Janice Byrne and Salma Fattoum 9. Practices Hindering Employee Innovative Behaviour in Manufacturing SMEs Satu Aaltonen and Ulla Hytti Index

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Book SynopsisProfessor Phan has assembled an impressive interdisciplinary set of scholars who present important evidence on academic entrepreneurship, with a strong emphasis on the life sciences. This is a lucid and insightful volume. It represents an important milestone in the study of the translation of discoveries to the marketplace, providing important theoretical and empirical perspectives on what's been learned, what the evidence means to academics, policymakers, and practitioners, and future directions for research. A must-read and a critical reference tool for anyone interested in academic entrepreneurship.'- Donald Siegel, University at Albany, State University of New York, USAcademic entrepreneurship is a multifactorial and multidimensional phenomenon. This book presents research featuring aspects of academic entrepreneurship at the regional, institutional, and organizational levels of analysis. Phillip H. Phan and the authors illustrate that the more interesting aspects of this subject are in the 'tails of the distribution,' where counter-intuitive findings from the data call simple theories into question and inspire a vigorous discussion of alternatives.This edited collection covers a variety of topics including, but not limited to:- corporate governance of innovation- technology commercialization in pharmaceuticals and life sciences- institutional impediments to technology development and economic growth- economic impact of universities- academic labor markets and technology commercialization- translational research and development- technology commercialization in regenerative medicine.The contributors also consider the relative value of general versus specific human capital development and the implications for entrepreneurship and wealth creation.The audience for this book comprises PhD students, new scholars in technology commercialization research, university technology transfer office personnel, economic development specialists and policymakers, and students studying the management of technology.Contributors: D. Balkin, S. Berry, A.J. Bock, B. Bradley, R. Cawley, B. Chatot, J.A. Cunningham, S. Deely, J. DeFelice, I. Dibua, D. Ding, G.R. Djavanshir, A. Dobos, M. Duffy, H. Ener, M. Guerrero, K. Hazelbach, W. Hefley, H. Hoang, H. Hu, D. Johnson, M. Kearns, M. Kiniry, B.K. Lee, K.T. Lim, R. Magath, G. Markman, M. Meoli, M. Michaels, S. Paruchuri, P.H. Phan, A. Rosenbaum, C. Rosenfeld, S.Y.Sohn, J. Somma, R. Strouse, D. Urbano, Z. Venema, S. Vismara, C. Weber, J. YangTrade Review'Professor Phan has assembled an impressive interdisciplinary set of scholars who present important evidence on academic entrepreneurship, with a strong emphasis on the life sciences. This is a lucid and insightful volume. It represents an important milestone in the study of the translation of discoveries to the marketplace, providing important theoretical and empirical perspectives on what’s been learned, what the evidence means to academics, policymakers, and practitioners, and future directions for research. A must-read and a critical reference tool for anyone interested in academic entrepreneurship.' -- Donald Siegel, University at Albany, State University of New York, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Phillip H. Phan 1. Translating Smart Kitchen Technologies from the Lab to the Home Bill Hefley, Dan Ding, Aimee Rosenbaum, Megan Kiniry, Jason Somma, Skyler Berry, Katelyn Hazelbach, Matthew Michaels, James DeFelice, Meghan Duffy, Meredith Kearns, Ryan Magath, Jingzi Yang, Rachel Cawley, Brian Chatot, Samuel Deely, Bryan Bradley, Allison Dobos, Callie Rosenfeld, Rebekah Strouse, Ihinosen Dibua, Haoran Hu, Zachary Venema and Carolyn Weber PART 1 DRIVERS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY 2. Poor Opportunities in the Academic Labor Market as a Cause of Spin-Offs Silvio Vismara and Michele Meoli PART II ORGANIZING FOR COMMERCIALIZATION IN THE BIOPHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY 3. When do Biotechnology Ventures Pursue International R&D Alliances? Hakan Ener and Ha Hoang 4. A Technology Credit Scoring Model for the Biotechnology Industry? So Young Sohn, Kyong Taek Lim and Bo Kyeong Lee 5. The Dynamics of R&D Inertia in the Pharmaceutical Chemicals Industry Srikanth Paruchuri 6. How Corporate Governance Affects Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry Phillip H. Phan, Gideon Markman and David Balkin PART III INSTITUTIONAL CAUSES AND POLICY CONSEQUENCES OF TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP 7. The Institutional Inertias that Constrain Technology-Driven Economic Development G. Reza Djavanshir 8. The Economic Impact of Public Universities in the United Kingdom Maribel Guerrero, David Urbano and James A. Cunningham 9. A Comparative Study of Ecosystem Development in Regenerative Medicine Adam J. Bock and David Johnson Conclusion: Directions for Future Research Phillip H. Phan Index

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Book SynopsisPolitical Entrepreneurship explores the role of political entrepreneurs in regional growth and entrepreneurial diversity. The authors define a political entrepreneur as a politician, bureaucrat or officer within the publicly funded sector who encourages entrepreneurship for growth and employment using innovative approaches. This book aims to enrich the established research on entrepreneurship with in-depth knowledge of the conditions conducive for political entrepreneurship in Sweden. Political entrepreneurs have the potential to be innovative and encourage entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial diversity by fundamentally challenging the prevailing formal and informal institutions. It is argued that, in times of economic stress, political entrepreneurship is essential to find new ways of promoting growth, employment and welfare. By using social science and economics perspectives, this study complements the dominant business administration research on entrepreneurship by increasing our knowledge of the economic and political contexts in which entrepreneurship and private enterprise is conducted.This book is essential reading for students, researchers and policymakers interested in politics, economics and entrepreneurship, as well as for those working in the public sector.Contributors include: D.E. Andersson, S. Andersson, A.E. Andersson, P. Assmo, C. Berggren, T. Bromander, C. Karlsson, M. Nilsson, C. Silander, D. Silander, P. Strömblad, M.-L. von Bergmann-Winberg, Y. von Friedrichs, E. WihlborgTrade Review'Policymakers, researchers and society at large struggle with ways in which policy can support entrepreneurship and business. There is a clear need for new and innovative policy tools. This collection of high-quality contributions puts political entrepreneurship at center stage, and illuminates the role the political entrepreneur could play in creating new and improved ways to develop and implement public support for entrepreneurship. The arguments are sound, and are presented and organized in a coherent way. The book is a pleasure to read and provides important insights.' --Martin Andersson, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Research Institute of Industrial Economics and Lund University, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Political Entrepreneur for Regional Growth and Entrepreneurial Diversity Daniel Silander and Charlotte Silander 2. The Political Entrepreneur Daniel Silander 3. Legitimate and Legal Boundaries for Political Entrepreneurship Staffan Andersson and Tobias Bromander 4. Political Entrepreneurship, Industrial Policy and Regional Growth Charlie Karlsson 5. Political Entrepreneurship, Infrastructure and Regional Development David E. Andersson and Åke E. Andersson 6. Political Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Growth in Rural Areas Per Assmo and Elin Wihlborg 7. Political Entrepreneurs and Women´s Entrepreneurship Charlotte Silander and Caroline Berggren 8. Political Entrepreneurs, Networking Women Entrepreneurs and Business Growth Marie-Louise von Bergmann-Winberg and Yvonne von Friedrichs 9. Political Entrepreneurs and Immigrants’ Entrepreneurship Per Strömblad 10. Political Entrepreneurs, Higher Education and Young Entrepreneurship Martin Nilsson and Tobias Bromander 11. Political Entrepreneurship: final remarks Daniel Silander and Charlotte Silander Index

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Book Synopsis'Entrepreneurial identities permeate virtually every facet of the venturing process, but the study of these identities has received surprisingly little attention among scholars. Thomas Duening and Matthew Metzger address this problem with this insightful and timely edited volume. They have compiled an impressive array of research that covers both macro- and micro-level explorations of entrepreneurial identities. Most importantly, these chapters provide numerous examples of tangible advice to interested educators about how to foster the entrepreneurial spirit and build the entrepreneurial identity within their own students. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in entrepreneurial identities.'- Charles Murnieks, Oregon State University, US Entrepreneurship is an academic discipline that, despite decades of growth in research and teaching activity lacks a traditionally distinct or common pedagogy. In this book, editors Thomas N. Duening and Matthew L. Metzger explore entrepreneurial identity as a new basis upon which curricula can be constructed for aspiring entrepreneurs. Critically, this perspective is based on the insight that there is a fundamental difference between venture development and entrepreneur development. Unfortunately, most current interventions for aspiring entrepreneurs focus on the former at the expense of the latter. The editors have collected work from an international team of authors with diverse views on how identity theory applies to entrepreneur development. Chapters focus primarily on macro-level identity issues (that is, how do these entrepreneurial archetypes form, persist, and sometimes change) or micro-level identity issues (that is, how can educators and resource providers identify, communicate, and incentivize identity construction among aspiring entrepreneurs). This book provides a general theoretical background and offers numerous suggestions for application and further research. One example of this is the 'For Further Reading' feature at the end of each chapter which is perfect for assisting those who want to delve deeper into various topics. This essential resource will be of interest to researchers, resource providers and students alike.Contributors include: D. Boje, A. Donnellon, T.N. Duening, R. Gill, B. Mathias, M.L. Metzger, R. Smith, K. Williams-MiddletonTrade Review'In their exploration of entrepreneurial identity, the authors get to the very heart of what inspires students to pursue entrepreneurial careers, and in doing so provide a roadmap for educators to give students a better sense of what it is like to be an entrepreneur. Integrating identity theory into entrepreneurship education will complement the existing teaching frameworks and strengthen our abilities to provide meaningful learning experiences and empower idea generation for a new generation of aspiring entrepreneurs.' --Sam Miller, University of Notre Dame, US'Professors Duening and Metzger have put together an excellent set of perspectives on a topic not well-understood by scholars or practitioners-what it actually means to be an entrepreneur. Their central thesis-that understanding the techniques of opportunity recognition or mechanics of venture creation is meaningless if we don't also focus on the underlying identity that is associated with entrepreneurial behavior-should redefine how we approach teaching and research in entrepreneurship. Our success at developing the next generation of entrepreneurs is tied to our ability to nurture and facilitate the building of an identity. Noting the complex, multi-dimensional, and idiosyncratic nature of identify, the volume is filled with valuable theoretical and conceptual perspectives that shed new light on this critical topic.' --Michael H. Morris, University of Florida, US'Working with entrepreneurship majors is often equal parts rewarding and frustrating. It's rewarding in that their boundless optimism and energy are contagious, and it's frustrating in that it's challenging to channel this energy and optimism into concrete, executable business models. Duening and Metzger hit the nail on the head in explaining the process by which students form entrepreneurial identities. Moreover, they overlay that process with the dominant approaches to teaching entrepreneurship, noting there are many areas for improvement that may prove fruitful in reducing the known frustration. Entrepreneurial Identity is a must read book for any entrepreneurship educator, policy maker or practitioner working to support the next generation of entrepreneurs.' --Eric Liguori, Rowan University and United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Entrepreneurial Identity: Professional Virtues Moderate Attraction and Persistence Thomas N. Duening 2. The Entrepreneur In The Age Of Discursive Reproduction: Whence Comes Entrepreneurial Identity? Rebecca Gill 3. Visualizing Bill Gates and Richard Branson as Comic Book Heroes: An Examination of the Role of Cartoon and Caricature in the Parodization of the Entrepreneurial Persona Robert Smith and David Boje 4. Entrepreneurial Identity and Motivation Blake Mathias 5. Learning to Become Entrepreneurial: Fostering Entrepreneurial Identity and Habits Karen Williams Middleton and Anne Donnellon 6. Teaching the Aspiring Entrepreneur Matthew L. Metzger Index

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Book Synopsis'Entrepreneurial identities permeate virtually every facet of the venturing process, but the study of these identities has received surprisingly little attention among scholars. Thomas Duening and Matthew Metzger address this problem with this insightful and timely edited volume. They have compiled an impressive array of research that covers both macro- and micro-level explorations of entrepreneurial identities. Most importantly, these chapters provide numerous examples of tangible advice to interested educators about how to foster the entrepreneurial spirit and build the entrepreneurial identity within their own students. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in entrepreneurial identities.'- Charles Murnieks, Oregon State University, US Entrepreneurship is an academic discipline that, despite decades of growth in research and teaching activity lacks a traditionally distinct or common pedagogy. In this book, editors Thomas N. Duening and Matthew L. Metzger explore entrepreneurial identity as a new basis upon which curricula can be constructed for aspiring entrepreneurs. Critically, this perspective is based on the insight that there is a fundamental difference between venture development and entrepreneur development. Unfortunately, most current interventions for aspiring entrepreneurs focus on the former at the expense of the latter. The editors have collected work from an international team of authors with diverse views on how identity theory applies to entrepreneur development. Chapters focus primarily on macro-level identity issues (that is, how do these entrepreneurial archetypes form, persist, and sometimes change) or micro-level identity issues (that is, how can educators and resource providers identify, communicate, and incentivize identity construction among aspiring entrepreneurs). This book provides a general theoretical background and offers numerous suggestions for application and further research. One example of this is the 'For Further Reading' feature at the end of each chapter which is perfect for assisting those who want to delve deeper into various topics. This essential resource will be of interest to researchers, resource providers and students alike.Contributors include: D. Boje, A. Donnellon, T.N. Duening, R. Gill, B. Mathias, M.L. Metzger, R. Smith, K. Williams-MiddletonTrade Review'In their exploration of entrepreneurial identity, the authors get to the very heart of what inspires students to pursue entrepreneurial careers, and in doing so provide a roadmap for educators to give students a better sense of what it is like to be an entrepreneur. Integrating identity theory into entrepreneurship education will complement the existing teaching frameworks and strengthen our abilities to provide meaningful learning experiences and empower idea generation for a new generation of aspiring entrepreneurs.' --Sam Miller, University of Notre Dame, US'Professors Duening and Metzger have put together an excellent set of perspectives on a topic not well-understood by scholars or practitioners-what it actually means to be an entrepreneur. Their central thesis-that understanding the techniques of opportunity recognition or mechanics of venture creation is meaningless if we don't also focus on the underlying identity that is associated with entrepreneurial behavior-should redefine how we approach teaching and research in entrepreneurship. Our success at developing the next generation of entrepreneurs is tied to our ability to nurture and facilitate the building of an identity. Noting the complex, multi-dimensional, and idiosyncratic nature of identify, the volume is filled with valuable theoretical and conceptual perspectives that shed new light on this critical topic.' --Michael H. Morris, University of Florida, US'Working with entrepreneurship majors is often equal parts rewarding and frustrating. It's rewarding in that their boundless optimism and energy are contagious, and it's frustrating in that it's challenging to channel this energy and optimism into concrete, executable business models. Duening and Metzger hit the nail on the head in explaining the process by which students form entrepreneurial identities. Moreover, they overlay that process with the dominant approaches to teaching entrepreneurship, noting there are many areas for improvement that may prove fruitful in reducing the known frustration. Entrepreneurial Identity is a must read book for any entrepreneurship educator, policy maker or practitioner working to support the next generation of entrepreneurs.' --Eric Liguori, Rowan University and United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Entrepreneurial Identity: Professional Virtues Moderate Attraction and Persistence Thomas N. Duening 2. The Entrepreneur In The Age Of Discursive Reproduction: Whence Comes Entrepreneurial Identity? Rebecca Gill 3. Visualizing Bill Gates and Richard Branson as Comic Book Heroes: An Examination of the Role of Cartoon and Caricature in the Parodization of the Entrepreneurial Persona Robert Smith and David Boje 4. Entrepreneurial Identity and Motivation Blake Mathias 5. Learning to Become Entrepreneurial: Fostering Entrepreneurial Identity and Habits Karen Williams Middleton and Anne Donnellon 6. Teaching the Aspiring Entrepreneur Matthew L. Metzger Index

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Book SynopsisFranchising is one of the major engines of business expansion and job creation globally. The Handbook of Research on Franchising contains original work by leading franchise scholars from around the world who offer new insights into entrepreneurial behavior, organizational forms, regulation, internationalization and other contemporary issues relating to this dynamic business strategy. The book will provide readers with a base of knowledge about the entrepreneurial opportunities and behaviors of franchisors and franchisees as well as explore the forms that franchise organizations may take, the regulation of franchise companies, how franchisors and franchisees relate to one another, the development of the franchise model, franchising in emerging markets, social franchising and more. It introduces theory and sets the agenda for future research and adds to education and practice. Practitioners will benefit from the high quality scientific research, and scholars will find exciting opportunities for contributing to the body of knowledge on a subject that has not received sufficient attention. The research contained in this book will also be of value to franchisors, franchisees, service providers and government regulators.Contributors include: E.H. Aliouche, I. Alon, P. Amadieu, G. Basset, G.J. Castrogiovanni, M. Chaudey, G. Cliquet, E. Croonen, L. Dada, M. de los Dolores Santarriaga Pineda, C. Di Lernia, A. Du Toit, T. Ehrmann, R.W. Emerson, M. Fadairo, L. Frazer, N. Gorovaia, A. Grace, M. Grünhagen, F. Hoy, M. Jell-Ojobor, M. Kacker, P.J. Kaufmann, F. Lafontaine, C. Lanchimba, B. Lawrence, M. Madanoglu, B. Meiseberg, A. Paswan, R. Perrigot, K. Picot-Coupey, C. Pietrafesa, F. Sadeh, F.C. Soto Ramirez, R. Stassen, O. Streed, A. Terry, J.-L. Viviani, A. Watson, D.H.B. Welsh, J. Windsperger, F.A. ZafeiropoulouTrade Review'In this Handbook the reader will find something for experienced and novice researchers. There are thoughtful reviews and analyses of traditional franchising questions, such as the relationship of royalty rates to franchise fees. There are chapters suggesting new directions, such as the role of family firms within franchising and the new forms of social franchising. And there is thoughtful coverage of franchising on the ground in different regions of the world. Researchers in franchising as well as broader organizational, marketing, and economic fields will certainly find something of interest to assist them in their research.' --Steven C. Michael, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US'I will not hesitate to recommend Handbook of Research on Franchising to all national franchise associations, tertiary institutions (especially those offering courses on entrepreneurship), executives involved with franchising/licensing, and the public at large because of the vast amount of precious insights shared by the various highly-regarded contributors.' --Albert Kong, Asiawide Franchise Consultants, SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: In Memoriam by Patrick Kaufmann Foreward by Francine Lafontaine 1. Research contributions to understanding franchising Frank Hoy, Rozenn Perrigot and Andrew Terry PART I ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2. Managing entrepreneurial tensions in franchise systems Anna Watson and Lola Dada 3. Implications of family firms in franchising Dianne H.B. Welsh and Frank Hoy 4. Autonomy in franchising Odile Streed and Gérard Cliquet PART II ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS 5. A multi-national investigation of dual distribution structures in franchising Brinja Meiseberg and Thomas Ehrmann 6. Exploring the growth of multi-unit franchising Benjamin Lawrence, Cyril Pietrafesa and Patrick J. Kaufmann 7. The relationship between initial and ongoing fees in franchising: A meta-analysis Farhad Sadeh and Manish Kacker PART III REGULATION 8. Franchising hard law and soft law Robert W. Emerson 9. The obligation of good faith and its role in franchise regulation Andrew Terry, Cary Di Lernia and Rozenn Perrigot PART IV FRANCHISOR/FRANCHISEE RELATIONSHIPS 10. Understanding antecedents of franchisee trust Evelien Croonen 11. Franchisor-franchisee relationships Lorelle Frazer and Anthony Grace 12. Knowledge transfer in franchising Nina Gorovaia PART V MARKETING 13. Resale price maintenance in franchising: market coverage, company-owned stores, and retailer dependence Robert Stassen 14. E-commerce opportunities and challenges for franchise chains Rozenn Perrigot, Guy Basset and Gérard Cliquet PART VI INTERNATIONALIZATION 15. International franchising: Optimal Market Selection E. Hachemi Aliouche 16. Internationalization of franchise networks Maria Jell-Ojobor and Josef Windsperger 17. Determinants of master international franchising Maria Jell-Ojobor and Ilan Alon 18. International franchising: Influences of environmental uncertainty and munificence on market entry timing Melih Madanoglu and Gary J. Castrogiovanni PART VII PERFORMANCE 19. Performance in franchising networks Magali Chaudey and Muriel Fadairo 20. Retail network organizational design and financial performance Karine Picot-Coupey, Jean-Laurent Viviani and Paul Amadieu PART VIII EMERGING MARKETS 21. Franchising in Southeast Asia: Prerequisites, progress and prospects Andrew Terry and Marko Grünhagen 22. Franchising in Latin America Muriel Fadairo and Cintya Lanchimba 23. An exploration of franchising in Africa Rozenn Perrigot 24. The entrepreneur-franchisor in an emerging economy Audhesh Paswan, María de los Dolores Santarriaga Pineda and Francisco Carlos Soto Ramirez PART IX SOCIAL FRANCHISING 25. An introduction to social franchising Anita Du Toit 26. The social franchise model: A systems approach of the dynamics of institutions and embeddedness in social franchise formation Fiori A. Zafeiropoulou Index

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Book SynopsisFranchising is one of the major engines of business expansion and job creation globally. The Handbook of Research on Franchising contains original work by leading franchise scholars from around the world who offer new insights into entrepreneurial behavior, organizational forms, regulation, internationalization and other contemporary issues relating to this dynamic business strategy. The book will provide readers with a base of knowledge about the entrepreneurial opportunities and behaviors of franchisors and franchisees as well as explore the forms that franchise organizations may take, the regulation of franchise companies, how franchisors and franchisees relate to one another, the development of the franchise model, franchising in emerging markets, social franchising and more. It introduces theory and sets the agenda for future research and adds to education and practice. Practitioners will benefit from the high quality scientific research, and scholars will find exciting opportunities for contributing to the body of knowledge on a subject that has not received sufficient attention. The research contained in this book will also be of value to franchisors, franchisees, service providers and government regulators.Contributors include: E.H. Aliouche, I. Alon, P. Amadieu, G. Basset, G.J. Castrogiovanni, M. Chaudey, G. Cliquet, E. Croonen, L. Dada, M. de los Dolores Santarriaga Pineda, C. Di Lernia, A. Du Toit, T. Ehrmann, R.W. Emerson, M. Fadairo, L. Frazer, N. Gorovaia, A. Grace, M. Grünhagen, F. Hoy, M. Jell-Ojobor, M. Kacker, P.J. Kaufmann, F. Lafontaine, C. Lanchimba, B. Lawrence, M. Madanoglu, B. Meiseberg, A. Paswan, R. Perrigot, K. Picot-Coupey, C. Pietrafesa, F. Sadeh, F.C. Soto Ramirez, R. Stassen, O. Streed, A. Terry, J.-L. Viviani, A. Watson, D.H.B. Welsh, J. Windsperger, F.A. ZafeiropoulouTrade Review'In this Handbook the reader will find something for experienced and novice researchers. There are thoughtful reviews and analyses of traditional franchising questions, such as the relationship of royalty rates to franchise fees. There are chapters suggesting new directions, such as the role of family firms within franchising and the new forms of social franchising. And there is thoughtful coverage of franchising on the ground in different regions of the world. Researchers in franchising as well as broader organizational, marketing, and economic fields will certainly find something of interest to assist them in their research.' --Steven C. Michael, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US'I will not hesitate to recommend Handbook of Research on Franchising to all national franchise associations, tertiary institutions (especially those offering courses on entrepreneurship), executives involved with franchising/licensing, and the public at large because of the vast amount of precious insights shared by the various highly-regarded contributors.' --Albert Kong, Asiawide Franchise Consultants, SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: In Memoriam by Patrick Kaufmann Foreward by Francine Lafontaine 1. Research contributions to understanding franchising Frank Hoy, Rozenn Perrigot and Andrew Terry PART I ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2. Managing entrepreneurial tensions in franchise systems Anna Watson and Lola Dada 3. Implications of family firms in franchising Dianne H.B. Welsh and Frank Hoy 4. Autonomy in franchising Odile Streed and Gérard Cliquet PART II ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS 5. A multi-national investigation of dual distribution structures in franchising Brinja Meiseberg and Thomas Ehrmann 6. Exploring the growth of multi-unit franchising Benjamin Lawrence, Cyril Pietrafesa and Patrick J. Kaufmann 7. The relationship between initial and ongoing fees in franchising: A meta-analysis Farhad Sadeh and Manish Kacker PART III REGULATION 8. Franchising hard law and soft law Robert W. Emerson 9. The obligation of good faith and its role in franchise regulation Andrew Terry, Cary Di Lernia and Rozenn Perrigot PART IV FRANCHISOR/FRANCHISEE RELATIONSHIPS 10. Understanding antecedents of franchisee trust Evelien Croonen 11. Franchisor-franchisee relationships Lorelle Frazer and Anthony Grace 12. Knowledge transfer in franchising Nina Gorovaia PART V MARKETING 13. Resale price maintenance in franchising: market coverage, company-owned stores, and retailer dependence Robert Stassen 14. E-commerce opportunities and challenges for franchise chains Rozenn Perrigot, Guy Basset and Gérard Cliquet PART VI INTERNATIONALIZATION 15. International franchising: Optimal Market Selection E. Hachemi Aliouche 16. Internationalization of franchise networks Maria Jell-Ojobor and Josef Windsperger 17. Determinants of master international franchising Maria Jell-Ojobor and Ilan Alon 18. International franchising: Influences of environmental uncertainty and munificence on market entry timing Melih Madanoglu and Gary J. Castrogiovanni PART VII PERFORMANCE 19. Performance in franchising networks Magali Chaudey and Muriel Fadairo 20. Retail network organizational design and financial performance Karine Picot-Coupey, Jean-Laurent Viviani and Paul Amadieu PART VIII EMERGING MARKETS 21. Franchising in Southeast Asia: Prerequisites, progress and prospects Andrew Terry and Marko Grünhagen 22. Franchising in Latin America Muriel Fadairo and Cintya Lanchimba 23. An exploration of franchising in Africa Rozenn Perrigot 24. The entrepreneur-franchisor in an emerging economy Audhesh Paswan, María de los Dolores Santarriaga Pineda and Francisco Carlos Soto Ramirez PART IX SOCIAL FRANCHISING 25. An introduction to social franchising Anita Du Toit 26. The social franchise model: A systems approach of the dynamics of institutions and embeddedness in social franchise formation Fiori A. Zafeiropoulou Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely and incisive Handbook provides critical contemporary insights into the theory and practice of entrepreneurship and marketing in the twenty-first century. Bringing together rich and varied contributions from prominent international researchers, it offers a reflective synthesis of scholarship at the interface between marketing and entrepreneurship. Emphasising the need for contextual analysis of marketing and entrepreneurial practices, this Handbook explores the effectiveness of a variety of behaviours, supporting its insights with relevant theory. Chapters cover areas such as innovation, strategy and networking for SMEs, social media and crowdfunding, and entrepreneurial marketing in the arts, including a focus on the growing phenomenon of cultural entrepreneurship. Scholars and postgraduate students in entrepreneurship and marketing, and particularly those working on the intersections between them, will find this Handbook an invaluable read. Its examination of the efficacy of various practices will also be of great interest to marketing professionals and entrepreneurs themselves. Contributors include: C. Ball, A. Bayraktar, S. Brown, D. Cummins, J.H. Deacon, N. Dennis, E. Erdogan, I. Fillis, J.B. Ford, I.S. Fraser, P.J. Fraser, L. Frondigoun, E. Gallagher, A. Gilmore, V. Gustafsson, B. Hynes, B. Jones, R. Jones, M. Kelly, F. Kerrigan, A. Kincaid, T.A. Kirchner, O.F. Lee, K. Lehman, E. Lloyd-Parkes, S. Loane, M. Macaulay, S. Mawson, M.P. Miles, S. Mirvahedi, S.C. Morrish, T. Morrow, S. Mottner, E.L. Ngan, K. Nightingale, R. Noorda, A. Patterson, C. Preece, E. Ramsey, R. Rentschler, E. Ritch, V.L. Rodner, J.E. Schroeder, Z. Sethna, R. Shannon, A.M.J. Smith, R. Smith, M. Suoranta, N. Telford, P. Tjabbes, C. UslayTrade Review‘The Handbook of Entrepreneurship and Marketing is a welcome addition to the growing interest in the theory and practice of marketing by executives of small and medium enterprises. This volume is a timely resource for academics as it contributes to the literature while advancing our knowledge of the expanding field of entrepreneurial marketing.’ -- Claude Cellich, Journal of Euromarketing'Fillis and Telford have compiled interesting entrepreneurial marketing content from a wide variety of scholars. The chapters on networking, crowdfunding, social media, storytelling, and software are on-target in today's entrepreneurial world, as is the intermingling of social entrepreneurship through discussions of mindful thinking. Add to that the focused chapters on arts and culture, and I was quickly immersed in exploring how entrepreneurship and marketing intertwine in today's fast-paced world of pivoting quickly.' --Victoria Crittenden, Babson College, US'This book gives you everything you need to know about entrepreneurial marketing. It is unique in that it describes the latest trends in entrepreneurial marketing, such as crowdfunding, social entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurship in the arts and cultural industries, while also prescribing the latest techniques for us to go out there and explore entrepreneurial marketing for ourselves, such as narratives, storytelling, and the 4S model. This synthesis is a catalyst for any researcher or practitioner in the field.' --Paul Harrigan, The University of Western AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Part I Introduction and Setting the Scene 1. Introduction to the Edward Elgar Research Handbook of Entrepreneurial Marketing (EM) Ian Fillis and Nicholas Telford 2. Dante Leave Homer Without It: On Epics, Umbras and Authorpreneurs. Stephen Brown and Anthony Patterson. Part II SME Strategy and Networking 3. SME Marketing Networking Audrey Gilmore 4. Entrepreneurial Marketing and Networks - the Interactional Dynamics of Entrepreneur and Network Management Briga Hynes and Maria Kelly 5. Entrepreneurial Marketing Strategy, Orientations and Networks Rosalind Jones and Mari Suoranta 6. Strategy in Small Firms Darryl Cummins. Part III Contemporary Developments in Entrepreneurial Marketing practice 7. The Use of Crowdfunding by Environmental Entrepreneurs: Is it All About Cash? Suzanne Mawson and Christopher Ball 8. The Wicked Problem of Social Media and Entrepreneurial Marketing Brian Jones 9. Capturing the Spirit of Social Entrepreneurship: From a Mother to Another Elaine Ritch and Anne M.J. Smith 10. Far from a Madding Crowd: Crowdfunding Possibilities and Pitfalls Elaine Ramsey, Emer Gallagher, Andrew Kincaid and Sharon Loane 11. Operating at the Margins of Illegal Entrepreneurial Markets: Situating ‘Rogue Shopkeepers’ at the SME and Criminal Interface Robert Smith and Liz Frondigoun 12. Rapidly Internationalising Small Firms: Are Human Resources the Missing Part of the Puzzle? Towards an understanding of the implications for International Entrepreneurship (IE) Research and Practice Sharon Loane and Trevor Morrow Part IV Innovative Approaches to Understanding Entrepreneurial Marketing 13. The Use of a Narrative Methodology in Small Firm Research Jonathan H. Deacon and Elizabeth Lloyd-Parkes 14. Aesthetic Leadership in the Small Firm Ian Fillis and Jonathan E. Schroeder 15. Serendipity, Effectuation, Entrepreneurial Marketing and Fast Growth Entrepreneurial Firms Saeed Mirvahedi and Sussie C. Morrish 16. Entrepreneurial Marketing and The 4S Model: Strategy, Serendipity, Storytelling, Software Kaye Nightingale and Zubin Sethna 17. Mindful Entrepreneurial Marketing for Small and Medium Enterprises Ahmet Bayraktar, Emine Erdogan, Can Uslay and Olivia F. Lee 18. ‘I just hate selling myself’: The Challenges of Selling for the Owner Manager (OM) and Soloist Peter J. Fraser and Iain S. Fraser 19. Entrepreneurship, Marketing and the Multicultural: The Case of a European Union Erasmus+ Project Nicholas Telford and Veronika Gustafsson Part V Entrepreneurial marketing and the arts and cultural industries 20. Entrepreneurship and marketing in the film industry. Finola Kerrigan, Ngan (Emily) Luong and Roger Shannon. 21. Institutionalizing Entrepreneurs – The Case of Brazil’s Forum for Cultural Rights Victoria L. Rodner and Pieter Tjabbes 22. Dark magi: tales of improvisation, transposition and intellectual cross-pollinations Noel Dennis and Michael Macauley 23. The role of effectuation and entrepreneurial marketing in the creation of a new art venture Kim Lehman, Ian Fillis and Morgan P. Miles 24. Blockbusters and entrepreneurial marketing: Critics’ perspectives on meaning making Ruth Rentschler 25. International Entrepreneurial Marketing in the Publishing Industry Rachel Noorda 26. Entrepreneurial marketing in the context of strategic management/marketing of arts organizations Theresa A. Kirchner, John B. Ford and Sandra Mottner 27. Lucky Breaks: Unpicking the intersectionalities at play in artistic careers Chloe Preece and Nicholas Telford Part VI Concluding Thoughts 28. Handbook of Entrepreneurship and Marketing: Concluding Discussion and Future Directions Nicholas Telford and Ian Fillis.

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Book SynopsisThis timely and incisive Handbook provides critical contemporary insights into the theory and practice of entrepreneurship and marketing in the twenty-first century. Bringing together rich and varied contributions from prominent international researchers, it offers a reflective synthesis of scholarship at the interface between marketing and entrepreneurship. Emphasising the need for contextual analysis of marketing and entrepreneurial practices, this Handbook explores the effectiveness of a variety of behaviours, supporting its insights with relevant theory. Chapters cover areas such as innovation, strategy and networking for SMEs, social media and crowdfunding, and entrepreneurial marketing in the arts, including a focus on the growing phenomenon of cultural entrepreneurship. Scholars and postgraduate students in entrepreneurship and marketing, and particularly those working on the intersections between them, will find this Handbook an invaluable read. Its examination of the efficacy of various practices will also be of great interest to marketing professionals and entrepreneurs themselves. Contributors include: C. Ball, A. Bayraktar, S. Brown, D. Cummins, J.H. Deacon, N. Dennis, E. Erdogan, I. Fillis, J.B. Ford, I.S. Fraser, P.J. Fraser, L. Frondigoun, E. Gallagher, A. Gilmore, V. Gustafsson, B. Hynes, B. Jones, R. Jones, M. Kelly, F. Kerrigan, A. Kincaid, T.A. Kirchner, O.F. Lee, K. Lehman, E. Lloyd-Parkes, S. Loane, M. Macaulay, S. Mawson, M.P. Miles, S. Mirvahedi, S.C. Morrish, T. Morrow, S. Mottner, E.L. Ngan, K. Nightingale, R. Noorda, A. Patterson, C. Preece, E. Ramsey, R. Rentschler, E. Ritch, V.L. Rodner, J.E. Schroeder, Z. Sethna, R. Shannon, A.M.J. Smith, R. Smith, M. Suoranta, N. Telford, P. Tjabbes, C. UslayTrade Review‘The Handbook of Entrepreneurship and Marketing is a welcome addition to the growing interest in the theory and practice of marketing by executives of small and medium enterprises. This volume is a timely resource for academics as it contributes to the literature while advancing our knowledge of the expanding field of entrepreneurial marketing.’ -- Claude Cellich, Journal of Euromarketing'Fillis and Telford have compiled interesting entrepreneurial marketing content from a wide variety of scholars. The chapters on networking, crowdfunding, social media, storytelling, and software are on-target in today's entrepreneurial world, as is the intermingling of social entrepreneurship through discussions of mindful thinking. Add to that the focused chapters on arts and culture, and I was quickly immersed in exploring how entrepreneurship and marketing intertwine in today's fast-paced world of pivoting quickly.' --Victoria Crittenden, Babson College, US'This book gives you everything you need to know about entrepreneurial marketing. It is unique in that it describes the latest trends in entrepreneurial marketing, such as crowdfunding, social entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurship in the arts and cultural industries, while also prescribing the latest techniques for us to go out there and explore entrepreneurial marketing for ourselves, such as narratives, storytelling, and the 4S model. This synthesis is a catalyst for any researcher or practitioner in the field.' --Paul Harrigan, The University of Western AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Part I Introduction and Setting the Scene 1. Introduction to the Edward Elgar Research Handbook of Entrepreneurial Marketing (EM) Ian Fillis and Nicholas Telford 2. Dante Leave Homer Without It: On Epics, Umbras and Authorpreneurs. Stephen Brown and Anthony Patterson. Part II SME Strategy and Networking 3. SME Marketing Networking Audrey Gilmore 4. Entrepreneurial Marketing and Networks - the Interactional Dynamics of Entrepreneur and Network Management Briga Hynes and Maria Kelly 5. Entrepreneurial Marketing Strategy, Orientations and Networks Rosalind Jones and Mari Suoranta 6. Strategy in Small Firms Darryl Cummins. Part III Contemporary Developments in Entrepreneurial Marketing practice 7. The Use of Crowdfunding by Environmental Entrepreneurs: Is it All About Cash? Suzanne Mawson and Christopher Ball 8. The Wicked Problem of Social Media and Entrepreneurial Marketing Brian Jones 9. Capturing the Spirit of Social Entrepreneurship: From a Mother to Another Elaine Ritch and Anne M.J. Smith 10. Far from a Madding Crowd: Crowdfunding Possibilities and Pitfalls Elaine Ramsey, Emer Gallagher, Andrew Kincaid and Sharon Loane 11. Operating at the Margins of Illegal Entrepreneurial Markets: Situating ‘Rogue Shopkeepers’ at the SME and Criminal Interface Robert Smith and Liz Frondigoun 12. Rapidly Internationalising Small Firms: Are Human Resources the Missing Part of the Puzzle? Towards an understanding of the implications for International Entrepreneurship (IE) Research and Practice Sharon Loane and Trevor Morrow Part IV Innovative Approaches to Understanding Entrepreneurial Marketing 13. The Use of a Narrative Methodology in Small Firm Research Jonathan H. Deacon and Elizabeth Lloyd-Parkes 14. Aesthetic Leadership in the Small Firm Ian Fillis and Jonathan E. Schroeder 15. Serendipity, Effectuation, Entrepreneurial Marketing and Fast Growth Entrepreneurial Firms Saeed Mirvahedi and Sussie C. Morrish 16. Entrepreneurial Marketing and The 4S Model: Strategy, Serendipity, Storytelling, Software Kaye Nightingale and Zubin Sethna 17. Mindful Entrepreneurial Marketing for Small and Medium Enterprises Ahmet Bayraktar, Emine Erdogan, Can Uslay and Olivia F. Lee 18. ‘I just hate selling myself’: The Challenges of Selling for the Owner Manager (OM) and Soloist Peter J. Fraser and Iain S. Fraser 19. Entrepreneurship, Marketing and the Multicultural: The Case of a European Union Erasmus+ Project Nicholas Telford and Veronika Gustafsson Part V Entrepreneurial marketing and the arts and cultural industries 20. Entrepreneurship and marketing in the film industry. Finola Kerrigan, Ngan (Emily) Luong and Roger Shannon. 21. Institutionalizing Entrepreneurs – The Case of Brazil’s Forum for Cultural Rights Victoria L. Rodner and Pieter Tjabbes 22. Dark magi: tales of improvisation, transposition and intellectual cross-pollinations Noel Dennis and Michael Macauley 23. The role of effectuation and entrepreneurial marketing in the creation of a new art venture Kim Lehman, Ian Fillis and Morgan P. Miles 24. Blockbusters and entrepreneurial marketing: Critics’ perspectives on meaning making Ruth Rentschler 25. International Entrepreneurial Marketing in the Publishing Industry Rachel Noorda 26. Entrepreneurial marketing in the context of strategic management/marketing of arts organizations Theresa A. Kirchner, John B. Ford and Sandra Mottner 27. Lucky Breaks: Unpicking the intersectionalities at play in artistic careers Chloe Preece and Nicholas Telford Part VI Concluding Thoughts 28. Handbook of Entrepreneurship and Marketing: Concluding Discussion and Future Directions Nicholas Telford and Ian Fillis.

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Book SynopsisThe renowned group of international contributors to this volume provide analysis of where and how gender plays a role in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Eleven essays examine how ecosystems influence women entrepreneurs and how women entrepreneurs influence their local ecosystems, both cross-nationally and through in-depth country studies. The studies build on rich qualitative and quantitative data from diverse contexts including the United States, Norway, India, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Chile. A special section of the book examines national and regional policies in support of growth-oriented women's entrepreneurship. The contributions highlight the significant variety of entrepreneurial ecosystems around the world and provide valuable insights for promoting growth-oriented women's entrepreneurship at the local, regional, and country level. Academic researchers in the areas of entrepreneurship, management, business strategy, economic geography, and gender studies as well as policy-makers at the regional, national, and supra-national levels will all find something valuable in this illuminating book.Contributors include: M. Akoorie, G.A. Alsos, J.E. Amorós, C.G. Brush, S. Coleman, D. Dutta, L.F. Edelman, L. Foss, P. Gabaldón, J. Gibb, D. Giménez, U. Guelich, A.T. Hailemariam, M. Haugum, C. Henry, J.G. Hussain, L. Karsten, B. Kroon, E. Ljunggren, I.M. Lugalla, C. Lutz, V. Mandakovic, T.S. Manolova, X. Neumeyer, B. Orser, J. Poncela-Casasnovas, A. Robb, N. Sandhu, S.C. Santos, J.M. Scott, C. Seierstad, P. Sinha, M. van Veldhoven, F. Welter, S.R. Xavier, R.I. YavuzTrade Review'This timely volume makes an invaluable contribution to building cumulative knowledge in women's entrepreneurship with its spotlight on the gendered aspects of entrepreneurial ecosytems. A perceptive introduction sets a firm foundation for a logically sequenced collection of rich chapter insights. A diverse range of studies from South East Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, to the US and research sites in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and regions of India and Chile, demonstrate the value of an ecosystem framework. Public policy brought to the forefront with a Norwegian country case and findings from a cross-country Global Policy Project, adds to make this book compelling reading for researchers and policy makers alike.' --Anne de Bruin, Massey University, New Zealand'This is very timely text which adopts a critical analysis drawing together three underlying contemporary themes in entrepreneurship research: ecosystems, context and gender. There is a maturing literature exploring the influence of gender upon women's entrepreneurial activities; however, it is now time to move forward to adopt a more discriminating analysis. This edited book recognises this need with a range of chapters exploring diverse aspects of women's business ownership with relation to specific entrepreneurial ecosystems. Drawing upon an impressive range of global experts, this text is a necessary read for all gender scholars to advance the research agenda. It constitutes a fine addition to the Diana International Project; the Editors and contributors are to be congratulated for their insightful and carefully argued contributions.' --Susan Marlow FRSA, The University of Nottingham, UK'This volume, carefully curated and edited by leading luminaries in the field, pushes the boundaries of studies of women business owners and their businesses, not just geographically, but theoretically and empirically as well. As an added bonus, the use of a framework that includes entrepreneurial ecosystems, as well as business start-up and growth, helps us all think more deeply about those ever important public policy implications for a range of types of countries.' --Patricia Greene, Babson CollegeTable of ContentsContents: Part I Cross-Country Comparisons 1. Entrepreneurial ecosystems and growth of women’s entrepreneurship Tatiana S. Manolova, Candida G. Brush, Linda F. Edelman, Alicia Robb and Friederike Welter 2. Women entrepreneurship within the ASEAN economic community: Challenges and opportunities Ulrike Guelich and Siri Roland Xavier 3. Women’s entrepreneurship in Latin America and the Caribbean: A multidimensional approach Daniela Giménez, Patricia Gabaldón and Cathrine Seierstad Part II Country Studies 4. Survived, but cannot prosper! Examining through a liberal feminist lens the impact of gender inequality on the success of women-owned entrepreneurial ventures Dev K. Dutta and R. Isil Yavuz 5. Assessing the relational embeddedness of women entrepreneurs in entrepreneurial ecosystems: A social network perspective Xaver Neumeyer, Susana C. Santos and Julia Poncela-Casasnovas 6. Socio-economic background: A key element in understanding growth aspirations of women entrepreneurs in the tourism industry in Tanzania Irene M. Lugalla, Luchien Karsten, and Clemens Lutz 7. Understanding motivation of women entrepreneurs in Ethiopia Atsede T. Hailemariam, Brigitte Kroon and M.J.P.M. van Veldhoven 8. Exploring entrepreneurial finance and gender in an emergent entrepreneurial ecosystem: The case of the Punjab, northern India Navjot Sandhu, Jonathan M. Scott, Jenny Gibb, Javed Ghulam Hussain, Michèle Akoorie and Paresha Sinha 9. Chilean entrepreneurial ecosystem: Understanding the gender gap in entrepreneurial activity José Ernesto Amorós and Vesna Mandakovic Part III Public Policy Implications 10. Gender equality in regional entrepreneurial ecosystems: The implementation of policy initiatives Gry Agnete Alsos, Margrete Haugum and Elisabet Ljunggren 11. Women’s entrepreneurship policy: A 13-nation cross country comparison Colette Henry, Barbara Orser, Susan Coleman, Lene Foss and Friederike Welter Index

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