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Book SynopsisThis book aims to define what Social Entrepreneurship (SE) actually is, and what it is not. The author adopts a novel approach to the SE phenomenon, considering it as a dynamic process created and managed by innovative social entrepreneurs striving to create new social values in the market and community at large.Francesco Perrini argues that SE has attained a wider and more enthusiastic acceptance in corporate thinking and practice than in the literature surrounding the field. This part theoretical, part practitioner-based double line of reasoning forms the basis of the book. It attempts to answer hitherto unresolved questions such as: How can SE be defined? How can Social Entrepreneurship Ventures (SEVs) be identified? How do SEVs vary and what factors lead to their success? Does the way in which an SEV is designed matter, and are business plans important? Is an SEV reliant on traditional sources of financing? The focus of the book then shifts to practical examples of how perspectives on SE are translated into concrete phenomena. Several case studies are used to illustrate theoretical frameworks, each tackling specific aspects of SE and making theory and practice comparisons.Taking on the challenge of providing a clear, focused definition of SE supported by practical experiences, this book provides a critical and comprehensive framework aimed at stimulating current and future debate on the role and key features of SE research. As such, it will provide fascinating and enlightening reading for entrepreneurship academics and entrepreneurial professionals alike.Trade Review'Required reading for all concerned with the sector.' -- Long Range Planning'. . . this is an interesting and timely collection. Its strengths are its clear organizational/venture focus, the range of its international case study material, and its attempt to bring together some strands of the emerging North American and European scholarship on social entrepreneurship. . . this book represents a worthwhile addition to the growing literature on social entrepreneurship and has much to offer both students and thoughtful practitioners.' -- Alex Nicholls, International Small Business JournalTable of ContentsContents: Preface Ian C. MacMillan Introduction 1. Social Entrepreneurship Domain: Setting Boundaries Francesco Perrini 2. Leveraging Social Change through Entrepreneurship Francesco Perrini and Clodia Vurro 3. The Basis for Launching a New Social Entrepreneurial Venture Francesco Perrini and Alessandro Marino 4. The Role of Financing in Ensuring Growth Alessandro Marino 5. Exploiting the View: Venture Philanthropy Models Across Practice Clodia Vurro 6. Organizing a Social Enterprise Barbara Imperatori and Dino Ruta 7. ‘LocalFeed’: Societal Wealth Generation in Southern Africa James D. Thompson and Ian C. MacMillan 8. Sustainable Tourism in Turkey: Çirali Case Study Ulku Oktem and Ferit Karakaya 9. San Patrignano: A Sustainable Model for Social Entrepreneurship Francesco Perrini and Sandro Fazzolari 10. CaféDirect: Fair Trade as Social Entrepreneurship Kai Hockerts 11. The Sekem Initiative: A Holistic Vision to Develop People Johanna Mair and Christian Seelos 12. Teleserenità®: Home-assistance Services for Non-autonomous Elderly People in Italy Alessandro Marino 13. Technology Social Venture and Innovation: Process at Benetech Geoffrey Desa and Suresh Kotha 14. NYC Watershed Agreement: Sustainable Development and Social Entrepreneurship Joan Hoffman 15. Investing in Social Innovation: Harnessing the Potential for Partnership between Corporations and Social Entrepreneurs Jane Nelson and Beth Jenkins Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisInternational Entrepreneurship in Family Businesses illustrates that family firms have always been active agents in the global economy and that their participation in the international competitive dynamic will only increase in the coming years. Indeed many of the large multinational firms that dominate today's world markets were founded as, and continue to be, family firms. The authors document the particularities of the family business phenomenon from a holistic, multi-paradigmatic, and global viewpoint. The book integrates intensive studies of family business that encompass wide-ranging areas of research and contexts, including psychology, sociology, organizational behaviour, financial studies, strategic management and internationalization. Practical examples and case studies of multinational family firms underpin the exploratory empirical research. Academics, researchers and students of international business, and more specifically, family business will find much to interest in them in this book, as will entrepreneurs and practitioners with a vested interest in the family firm.Trade Review'This book is a great addition to the literature on international entrepreneurship. . . I would recommend the book as a great resource to anyone interested in family businesses and to those in particular who want a global perspective of family businesses.' -- Vanessa Ratten, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and ResearchTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Introduction 1. International Entrepreneurship of Family Firms: Research Process Part II: Antecedents 2. The Family Business 3. Globalization and Growth Strategies for Family Businesses 4. International Family Businesses: Literature Review and Proposal Part III: Determinants of International Entrepreneurship of Family Business 5. Environmental Influences on the Internationalization of the Family Business 6. International Entrepreneurship at the Founder Stage: Characteristics of the Founder–Owner 7. Succession and International Entrepreneurshiip I: The Succession Process 8. Succession and International Entrepreneurship II: Antecedents, Context and Successor 9. Other Resources for International Entrepreneurship in Family Business Part IV: Conclusion and Case Studies 10. Dimensions of International Entrepreneurship and Family Business Internationalization 11. Seven Family Multinational Histories 12. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisStrategic Innovation in Small Firms is an investigation of the commercialization practices of small firms across a wide range of industries in nine OECD countries. The authors examine the perspective of these firms managers on their national innovation systems and on their firm s innovation management practices. The research is focused on understanding the process of innovation management both from the perspective of the small firm and from a broader strategic perspective. Drawing on a database of 567 cases, the contributors examine the commercialization practices of small to medium sized firms across a wide range of industries. They suggest that there are more similarities than differences to be found between countries and industries with size, level of R&D intensity and type of innovation project being important points of difference. The need for increased formality in the commercialization of radical innovations is shown, although they find that most small firms are not characterized by such formality within their innovation management processes. This multinational study in which a common methodology and case study survey protocol is employed, will strongly appeal to academic researchers and research students as well as policy makers engaged in the support for innovation commercialization in SMEs. Entrepreneurs and small business owners will also find plenty of invaluable information in this unique and important resource.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Strategic Innovation in Small Firms: An Introduction Tim Mazzarol and Sophie Reboud 2. National Innovation Systems Tim Mazzarol, Sophie Reboud and Jean-Guillaume Ditter 3. An Overview of the Survey Findings Tim Mazzarol and Geoffrey N. Soutar 4. The Flemish Creative Sector Ysabel Nauwelaerts, Frederik Van Assche and Ilke Van Beveren 5. Innovation Processes in SMEs: The New Zealand Experience Delwyn Clark 6. Designed in Italy: An Unrecognised Italian Innovation Model? Jane Klobas and Paola Bielli 7. The Context and Logic of Innovation at Two Small Enterprises: A Qualitative Analysis Hermann Frank, Manfred Lueger and Christian Korunka 8. SME Innovations: USA Assessment and Climate Results Newell (Sandy) Gough and Philip Olson 9. The Situation in Canada: Analysis of Canadian SME Innovation Behaviour Jacques Baronet and Johanne Queenton 10. The Situation in Switzerland Thierry Volery 11. The Situation in Australian Manufacturing Tim Mazzarol and Vijaya Thyil 12. High and Low R&D Intensity Firms in France Sophie Reboud and Tim Mazzarol 13. The Business of Biotech in Australia Tim Mazzarol 14. Conclusions and Lessons Learnt Tim Mazzarol, Delwyn Clark and Sophie Reboud Index

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Book SynopsisThis invaluable reference tool has been designed in response to the growing recognition that too little is known about the intersection between entrepreneurship and human resource management. Paying particular attention to the 'people' side of venture emergence and development, it offers unique insights into the role that human resource management (HRM) plays in small and entrepreneurial firms.A group of international scholars contribute theoretical and empirical chapters on specific HRM issues in the context of entrepreneurial and smaller firms. The Handbook offers a new understanding of the role of HRM in developing sustainable entrepreneurship and describes how HRM practices and procedures can be used to help navigate and, indeed, drive the changing landscape in these firms.Exploring the functional aspects and nature of managing HRM in new, small, growing, emerging and entrepreneurial firms, this fascinating Handbook will not only be warmly welcomed by HRM students, researchers and academics, but also by HR practitioners and managers.Trade Review'This highly original book focuses on human resource management issues in the context of entrepreneurial and small firms, including original theoretical and empirical chapters. . . the book offers a unique insight into understanding the role of HRM in developing sustainable entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ventures as well as how HRM practices and procedures can be used to help navigate, or indeed drive, the changing landscape in smaller and entrepreneurial firms. It is a useful resource for many small firms, entrepreneurship and economic development researchers, and also for policy-makers and post-graduate students interested in these areas. It provides a starting point to consider a variety of issues with regard to HRM and, in this regard it is an interesting and useful Handbook.' -- Qihai Huang, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & ResearchTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: At the Intersection of Entrepreneurship and Human Resource Management Rowena Barrett and Susan Mayson PART I: THEORY AND RESEARCH METHODS 2. The Nascent Entrepreneur, Business Development and the Role of Human Resources Elizabeth Chell 3. Entrepreneurship Capital: A Regional, Organizational, Team and Individual Phenomenon David Audretsch and Erik Monsen 4. Interpretivist Approaches to Entrepreneurship Catherine Cassell and Sara Nadin PART II: THE NATURE OF HRM IN SMALLER AND ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRMS 5. Human Resource Management as an Entrepreneurial Tool? Cinzia Dal Zotto and Veronica Gustafsson 6. The Formality and Informality of HRM Practices in Small Firms Rowena Barrett and Susan Mayson 7. Human Resource Management and Corporate Performance: Evidence from UK and US Small Firms Jonathan Michie and Maura Sheehan 8. Human Resource Strategies of High-Growth Entrepreneurial Firms Robert L. Heneman, Judith W. Tansky and S. Michael Camp 9. The Relationship between Small Firm Growth and HRM Practices Rowena Barrett, Susan Mayson and Niel Warriner 10. Formalizing Relationships? Time, Change and the Psychological Contract in Team Entrepreneurial Companies Lynn M. Martin, Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Charlotte Carey and Srikanth Sursani Reddy 11. Growing Pains: Managing the Employment Relationship in Medium-Sized Enterprises Susan Marlow and Amanda Thompson 12. Paternalism and People Management in a Low-Tech Manufacturing Company Jeff Hyman, Fraser Osborne and Sarah Jack 13. Barriers to Growth in Family-Owned Smaller Businesses Richard Harris and Renee Reid 14. Human Resource Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Jiangsu, China Li Xue Cunningham and Chris Rowley PART III: FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF HRM 15. Small Firms’ Strategic Stickiness and the Impact of State Interventions Robert Blackburn and David Smallbone 16. Becoming an Employer Hefin David and Gerald Watts 17. Organizational Attractiveness of Small Businesses Melissa S. Cardon and Ibraiz Tarique 18. The Effect of Small Firms’ Recruitment Practice Portfolio Composition on Recruitment Success Ian Williamson and Jeffrey Robinson 19. Would Using the Psychological Contract Increase Entrepreneurial Business Development Potential? Deborah Blackman and Kevin Hindle 20. Daily Learning, Job Design and Problem-Solving in SMEs Grahame Boocock, Kevin Daniels, Jane Glover and Julie Holland 21. Encouraging Skills Acquisition in SMEs David Devins 22. Training and Development: Practices, Definitions and Desires Scott Taylor 23. The Maturation of Entrepreneurial Careers David M. Kaplan and Jerome A. Katz 24. Intention to Quit: Evidence from Managers and Professionals in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Terry H. Wagar and James D. Grant Index

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Book SynopsisLittle is known about innovative and successful enterprises in the countries that, until 1990, were part of the Soviet Union. Most previous research has extensively covered barriers to entrepreneurship and innovation that exist in these countries, some of which undoubtedly represent a hostile and harsh environment for any entrepreneurial activity. In this book, a different perspective is introduced. The focus is shifted to the innovative potential that these environments provide, demonstrating how entrepreneurs have been able to convert possibilities in hostile business environments into successful businesses. Through this collection of six in-depth case studies, the authors illustrate how successful and innovative businesses were able to develop in countries such as Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyztan, Moldova and Ukraine. Each case study presents an overview of the country's key economic indicators and the role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the economy, followed by the presentation of a case study of a successful SME. Teachers, researchers and students of entrepreneurship will find much to interest them in this book, as will students of international business and anyone conducting business in Europe.Trade Review'This book, by two leading authorities on innovation and entrepreneurship is a tour de force of some of the challenges, and opportunities, that face entrepreneurs in emerging economies as they attempt to cross the divide between an old and a new economic order. It presents a fascinating account of the "myriad of obstacles" facing entrepreneurs in post-Soviet countries and, because it is based on case studies presents both a detailed, and ultimately a human, picture of how businesses have been built.' -- World Entrepreneurship Society'Innovating and enterprising in countries where these activities have been centralised or prohibited for decades is a daunting venture. Showing how this was nevertheless possible by comparatively reviewing six cases in as many different European and Asian post-Soviet countries, is the great challenge that this important book has skilfully solved. The book illustrates the diversity of successful innovation and entrepreneurship processes in relation to the institutional context, and highlights the importance of the human and social factor and the need to consider the specificities of the countries and the transition process.' -- Bruno Dallago, University of Trento, Italy'This is a great book that integrates multiple perspectives and offers fresh insights into the role and nature of innovation and entrepreneurship especially in emerging economies. Aidis and Welter did a magnificent job in assembling some of the best minds and writings on this important topic. The book adds richly to the literature and provides a crucial roadmap for future scholarship.' -- Shaker A. Zahra, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Ruta Aidis and Friederike Welter 2. Biocad: Innovation in the Russian Biotechnology Industry Alexander I. Naumov, Irina A. Petrovskaya and Sheila M. Puffer 3. Struggling to Survive: The Case of a New Technology-based Enterprise in Belarus David Smallbone, Anton Slonimski and Anna Pobol 4. Overcoming Barriers: Business Consulting and Lobbying in Kazakhstan Gül Berna Özcan 5. Surviving Uncertainty through Exchange and Patronage Networks: A Bsiness Case from Kyrgyzstan Gül Berna Özcan 6. How to be Successful in an Adverse Business Environment: Knitwear Factory in Moldova Elena Aculai, Natalia Vinogradova and Friederike Welter 7. Integrating Cutting-edge Chemical Knowledge and Entrepreneurial Drive: The Case of New Substances in Ukraine Nina Isakova Index

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Book SynopsisThis original selection of case studies from eight new EU member countries looks at the ability of entrepreneurs to develop innovative and successful firms in an environment of turbulent social and economic change.The Cutting Edge focuses on the innovative potential that these transition country environments provide and how entrepreneurs have been able to convert these possibilities into successful businesses. The contributors highlight specific aspects of the interplay between the institutional setting and the environment. They also elucidate the individual characteristics of the entrepreneur that create an enabling context for innovative behaviour to develop and grow, drawing attention to the opportunities and constraints offered in each environment.This book provides invaluable insights for academics and researchers of entrepreneurship as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students of international business and entrepreneurship. It will also provide a stimulating and important read for people conducting business in Europe.Trade Review'I enjoyed reading this book, which draws together a selection of case studies in entrepreneurship and innovation from eight new EU member countries that are still in the process of turbulent social and economic change. . . Each case is fascinating reading and in many of the studies the vibrant nature of the entrepreneurial change-driver shines through. . . the book is aimed at "academics and researchers of entrepreneurship as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students of international business and entrepreneurship", as well as practitioners carrying out business in the transition economies. I would agree with that, the case studies do bring out the exciting and challenging nature of what has been, and can be achieved. . . there is much sound material here to stimulate both insight, and detailed classroom discussions. I would certainly recommend the book for a library purchase. . . it may well be a very useful purchase for researchers and students of the selected case countries.' -- Lorraine Warren, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research'This volume offers insights into ways entrepreneurs innovate and adapt to political-economic structural changes. Detailed case studies illustrate how the adoption of new technology, creation of hybrid social and economic mission ventures and strategic re-orientation led to success in these transition economies. The stories of how these teams pooled resources, persevered and devised new approaches to innovation by creating something new or internationalizing gives us a sense of the new entrepreneurial approaches needed to succeed in this region. Given there were few role models and road maps, these entrepreneurs had to learn by doing. Their stories are inspirational and provide valuable lessons for entrepreneurial success in the wake of turbulent political-economic restructuring.' -- Candida G. Brush, Babson College, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Ruta Aidis and Friederike Welter 2. Dekonta: A Post-Velvet Revolution Fairy Tale of Diversification and Internationalization Kate Bishop 3. ‘Matter-of-Fact’ Entrepreneurship: FILKAB Joint Stock Company, Bulgaria Tatiana S. Manolova 4. Regio – A ‘Learned-Global’ Knowledge Company: A Case from Estonia Tõnis Mets 5. The Case of Prohardver, a Stop-gap Business in Hungary: A Real Enterprise or a Trial Test of Strength for a Young, Talented Intellectual? Ágnes Tibor 6. Our Future Looks Even More Promising! The Case of Libra Holding in Lithuania Ruta Aidis 7. Taking Advantage of Transition: The Case of Safety Ltd in Latvia Arnis Sauka and Friederike Welter 8. Being Entrepreneurial in Poland: New Conditions, New Opportunities, New Undertakings Anna Rogut and Kazimierz Kubiak 9. Seaway: Building Boats in Slovenia Daniel Shapiro, Aleš Vahčič and Lisa Papania Index

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Book Synopsis`Watson addresses some of the most pervasive myths related to small business performance in an engaging manner, capturing the nuances of these important issues. His review of the definitions of business failure and study of the differences those definitions make for research outcomes is particularly striking and useful for policy makers, researchers, and educators. This book helps us think more deeply about the variety of motivations, approaches, and outcomes that make up the world of small business.' - Patricia Greene, Babson College, US `John Watson is my type of researcher. His scholarly career has been devoted to finding out what actually happens to small businesses, based on looking in detail at their performance and the factors influencing their performance. This frequently means that sacred cows have been sent to abattoir. The most notable of these is that most small business closures are "failures". They are not, and Watson makes this point with clarity. This book further develops this insight. It then moves on to derive a better understanding of important policy issues such as the extent and relevance of financial constraints in small firms, and the role that governments might play in relaxing such constraints. Policy makers take note.' - David Storey, Warwick Business School, UK The performance of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) has been a subject of continual interest to both researchers and practitioners. This enlightening book investigates the pitfalls which have affected the assessment of SME performance in much of the past research. In this book, John Watson dispels a number of myths that have become part of the SME landscape - including that SMEs suffer from excessively high failure rates; that female-owned SMEs under-perform male-owned SMEs; and that SME growth (particularly for female-controlled SMEs) is severely limited by a lack of external funding. Making extensive use of both cross-sectional and longitudinal data, this book will appeal to research students interested in entrepreneurship and SMEs, teachers of entrepreneurship courses and policymakers. Advisors to the SME sector will also find that the material presented provides them with a good background understanding of performance in this sector.Trade Review’Watson addresses some of the most pervasive myths related to small business performance in an engaging manner, capturing the nuances of these important issues. His review of the definitions of business failure and study of the differences those definitions make for research outcomes is particularly striking and useful for policy makers, researchers, and educators. This book helps us think more deeply about the variety of motivations, approaches, and outcomes that make up the world of small business.' - Patricia Greene, Babson College, US 'John Watson is my type of researcher. His scholarly career has been devoted to finding out what actually happens to small businesses, based on looking in detail at their performance and the factors influencing their performance. This frequently means that sacred cows have been sent to abattoir. The most notable of these is that most small business closures are “failures”. They are not, and Watson makes this point with clarity. This book further develops this insight. It then moves on to derive a better understanding of important policy issues such as the extent and relevance of financial constraints in small firms, and the role that governments might play in relaxing such constraints. Policy makers take note.' -- David Storey, Warwick Business School, UKTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Background 1. Introduction Part II: SME Performance 2. Defining and Measuring SME Failure/Success 3. The Effects of Age, Size, Industry and the Economy on SME Failure Rates Part III: Comparing the Performance of Female- and Male-Controlled SMEs 4. Failure Rates 5. Relating Outputs to Inputs 6. Adjusting for Risk Part IV: Growth Financing for SMEs 7. A Qualitative Analysis 8. A Quantitative Analysis Part V: Networking and SME Performance 9. The Association between Networking and Performance 10. Networking: Comparing Female- and Male-Controlled SMEs Part VI: Conclusions 11. Conclusions, Implications and Areas for Future Research References Index

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Book SynopsisAs defined by the editors of this book, 'non-market entrepreneurship' consists of all forms of entrepreneurship not being undertaken solely for purposes of profit maximization or commercialization, and encompasses entrepreneurial activities such as social enterprise and entrepreneurship, public sector entrepreneurship, policy entrepreneurship, non-profit entrepreneurship, and philanthropic enterprise, among many others. The eminent cast of contributors gives coherence to the academic and public discussions on the topic, builds a theoretical edifice within the field of entrepreneurship and helps to establish and delineate the contours of the research on non-market entrepreneurship. The authors stake a meaningful claim in this burgeoning field, examining entrepreneurial activities in public affairs, the social sector, and the society and economy. Forms of non-market entrepreneurship are used with increasing frequency in the popular press, journal articles, and academic and practitioner conferences, but they are used inconsistently across different sectors, academic disciplines, and forums. By providing space for an interdisciplinary mix of top entrepreneurship scholars from across the world, this volume provides cohesion to these discussions and helps advance research in the field.Scholars and students in a variety of fields interested in the growing phenomenon of entrepreneurship will find this volume invaluable in the effort to define the field, consider theoretical perspectives and structure empirical research. Practitioners will also find much of value in this remarkable resource.Table of ContentsContents: PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF NON-MARKET ENTREPRENEURSHIP 1. Introduction: The Emerging Field of Non-market Entrepreneurship Gordon E. Shockley, Peter M. Frank and Roger R. Stough 2. Entrepreneurship and Human Action Roger Koppl and Maria Minniti 3. Teaching Entrepreneurship Outside of Business Schools Robert F. Ashcraft PART II: NON-MARKET ENTREPRENEURSHIP: SOCIETY AND ECONOMY 4. Non-market Sources of American Entrepreneurial Capitalism Zoltan J. Acs, Ronnie J. Phillips, David B. Audretsch and Sameeksha Desai 5. The Political Economy of the Philanthropic Enterprise Peter J. Boettke and Christopher J. Coyne 6. Indigenous Communities, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development in the New Economy Robert B. Anderson, Scott W. MacAulay, Bob Kayseas and Kevin G. Hindle PART III: ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS 7. Intrapreneurship in the Public Sector Roger R. Stough and Kingsley E. Haynes 8. Policy Entrepreneurship: Reconceptualizing Entrepreneurship in Public Affairs Gordon E. Shockley PART IV: ONLY A SEMANTIC DIFFERENCE? SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, NONPROFIT ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE 9. A Unified Theory of Social Enterprise Dennis R. Young 10. A Model of Nonprofit and Socially Motivated Entrepreneurial Behavior Peter M. Frank 11. Social Entrepreneurs: A Neoclassical Theory Simon C. Parker 12. What Are Social Ventures? Toward a Theoretical Framework and Empirical Examination of Successful Social Ventures Ronit Yitshaki, Miri Lerner and Moshe Sharir Index

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Book SynopsisIn recent years our understanding of corporate sustainability has moved from exploitation to exploration, from corporate environmental management to sustainable entrepreneurship, and from efficiency to innovation. Yet current trends indicate the need for radical innovation via entrepreneurial start-ups or new ventures within existing corporations despite difficulties with the financing and marketing of such efforts. Presenting both conceptual and empirical research, this fascinating book addresses how we can combine environmental and social sustainability with economic sustainability in order to produce innovative new business models.The international cast of contributors addresses the wide range of issues in the balance between growth and environmental concerns. The first five chapters discuss various aspects of sustainable entrepreneurship. This is followed by two chapters that look at innovation within existing firms. Innovation is not successful until it finds a customer, so the two chapters that follow delve into the marketing aspects of business-to-consumer and business-to-business settings. The book closes with a broad discussion of the evolution and future of the research agenda into the intersection of sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship.Academics, students, business professionals, and NGOs will find this volume enlightening and useful.Trade Review'When I received the review copy I was rather excited. . . the book as a collection of research papers that, in themselves, are very interesting, and provide a fast-track into the literature of the subject in question. . . it is a worthwhile purchase to support thinking on entrepreneurship and innovation in a world where the sustainability agenda is increasingly becoming the agenda for inventors, entrepreneurs and those who fund them or invest in their companies. . . All the papers are well written and scholarly. . . A particularly strong feature of the chapters is the range of sources quoted at the end of each chapter. These references provide pathways into many different literatures that might save much time for subsequent researchers.' -- Lorraine Warren, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and ResearchTable of ContentsContents: 1. Sustainability, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Introduction to the Volume Rolf Wüstenhagen, Sanjay Sharma, Mark Starik and Robert Wuebker PART I: SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2. Types of Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Conditions for Sustainability Innovation: From the Administration of a Technical Challenge to the Management of an Entrepreneurial Opportunity Stefan Schaltegger and Marcus Wagner 3. A Framework of SMEs’ Strategic Involvement in Sustainable Development Martine Spence, Jouhaina Ben Boubaker Gherib and Viviane Ondoua Biwolé 4. Exploration of Business Models for Material Efficiency Services Minna Halme, Markku Anttonen and Mika Kuisma 5. Obstacles to Commercialization of Clean Technology Innovations from UK Ventures Nicky Dee, Simon Ford and Elizabeth Garnsey 6. Too Much of a Good Thing? Innovation Driven by Environmental Ambition Luca Berchicci PART II: SUSTAINABLE CORPORATE VENTURING AND INTRAPRENEURSHIP 7. Enhancing Ecopreneurship through an Environmental Management System: A Longitudinal Analysis of Factors Leading to Proactive Employee Behaviour Kerstin Pichel 8. The Relationship between High Performance Work Systems and Proactive Environmental Management Inmaculada Martín-Tapia, J. Alberto Aragón-Correa and Rocío Llamas-Sánchez PART III: CUSTOMER ADOPTION OF AND MARKETING FOR SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION 9. Quality, Environmental Practices and Customer Satisfaction in Services George I. Kassinis and Andreas C. Soteriou 10. The Adoption of Environmentally Friendly Products in Mature Organizational Fields Patrick A.M. Vermeulen and Annekathrin Ellersiek PART IV: INVESTORS AND POLICY 11. Is the European Pollutant Emission Register an Effective Instrument for Disciplining Companies? Joaquín Cañón-de-Francia, Concepción Garcés-Ayerbe and Marisa Ramírez-Alesón 12. Cleantech Venture Investors and Energy Policy Risk: An Exploratory Analysis of Regulatory Risk Management Strategies Mary Jean Bürer and Rolf Wüstenhagen Index

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Book SynopsisIn this, the second volume of the Handbook of Research in Entrepreneurship Education, leading international scholars highlight the unique characteristics and rich variety of research in entrepreneurship education. They adopt several different perspectives, focusing on key issues and significant developments in the field, and highlighting emergent new insights.The 35 contributors span 11 countries and three continents, demonstrating not only the richness but also the complexity of the field in terms of culture, geography and institutional, ethical and political systems. The Handbook is intended to collectively assist entrepreneurship educators in developing new programmes and pedagogical approaches that take into account the richness and diversity of these multiple perspectives.Highlighting the unique characteristics of research in entrepreneurship education, this Handbook will be of great interest to entrepreneurship researchers, academics and students wishing to understand the unique notions of entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial learning, which are often quite distinct from current practical views. The companion volume, Handbook of Research in Entrepreneurship Education, Volume 1: A General Perspective, showcases the nature and benefits of the new wave in entrepreneurship education emerging as a result of revised academic programmes developed to reflect new forms of entrepreneurship.Trade Review'The Handbook of Research in Entrepreneurship Education is well worth reading and both editions are excellent volumes for all of us involved and interested in the debate on how to bring entrepreneurship education forward and whether to create a distinctive domain of entrepreneurship studies.' -- Domingo Ribeiro Soriano, Academy of Management Learning & Education'. . . a commendable source of reference for "entrepreneurship education" researchers and practitioners alike, and would make a worthy addition to a library's collection.' -- David Douglas, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and ResearchTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Harold P. Welsch 1. New and Emerging Perspectives for Future Research in Entrepreneurship Education Alain Fayolle and Jill Kickul PART I: CULTURAL CONTEXT 2. The Making of a Revolution in Brazil: The Introduction of Entrepreneurial Pedagogy in the Early Stages of Education Louis Jacques Filion and Fernando Dolabela 3. The Entrepreneurship Gender Gap in Global Perspective: Implications for Entrepreneurship Education and Programming Sylvia Maxfield 4. Teaching Entrepreneurship to Non-Business Students: Insights from Two Dutch Universities Maryse Brand, Ingrid Wakkee and Marijke van der Veen 5. Teaching Corporate Entrepreneurship the Experimental Way Véronique Bouchard PART II: INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT 6. From Theoretical Production to the Design of Entrepreneurship Study Programmes: A French Case Thierry Verstraete and Martine Hlady-Rispal 7. The Impact of Tertiary Education Courses on Entrepreneurial Goals and Intentions Michael T. Schaper and Gian Casimir 8. Operating an Entrepreneurship Center in a Large and Multidisciplinary University: Addressing the Right Issues Cécile Clergeau and Nathalie Schieb-Bienfait 9. Interdisciplinary Approaches in Entrepreneurship Education Programs Frank Janssen, Valérie Eeckhout and Benoît Gailly PART III: NATIONAL CONTEXT 10. Entrepreneurship and Education in Belgium: Findings and Implications from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Dirk De Clercq and Hans Crijns 11. Building Aboriginal Economic Development Capacity: The Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers Robert Anderson, Scott MacAulay, Warren Weir and Wanda Wuttunee 12. New Zealand Graduates in Entrepreneurship: Toward a Paradigm of Interdependance Léo-Paul Dana 13. Entrepreneurship Among Graduates from Business Schools: A Norwegian Case Lars Kolvereid and Bjørn Willy Åmo PART IV: POLITICAL CONTEXT 14. Evaluation of Entrepreneurship Education: Planning Problems, Concepts and Proposals for Evaluation Design Norbert Kailer 15. Evaluating Entrepreneurship Education: Play of Power Between Evaluators, Programme Promoters and Policy Makers Ulla Hytti and Paula Kuopusjärvi 16. Promoting Enterprising: A Strategic Move to Get Schools’ Cooperation in the Promotion of Entrepreneurship Bernard Surlemont 17. Explaining the Intention to Start a Business Among French Students: A Closer Look at Professional Beliefs Jean-Pierre Boissin, Barthélemy Chollat and Sandrine Emin Index

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Book SynopsisThis fascinating and original textbook - an excellent introductory text for both graduate and undergraduate students - attempts to enhance and advance our understanding of entrepreneurship. In this intriguing book, Bjorn Bjerke contends that entrepreneurship cannot, to any great extent, be planned in advance. He goes as far as to suggest that planning could be against the very essence of entrepreneurship. The book explains that entrepreneurship is about courage rather than willpower, is to be venturesome and undertaking whilst experimenting, networking and pushing oneself forward, and concerns exploiting mistakes as essential learning curves. The importance of the entrepreneur as a human being is strongly expressed, as is the idea that entrepreneurship is closer to art and aesthetics than science and mathematics. Language, argues the author, plays a decisive role and philosophy provides a solid basis when we try to come to grips with the nature of entrepreneurship. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, Bjorn Bjerke asserts that all these points alert us to one simple fact: it is not possible to define a 'typical' entrepreneur or to present a model method of operating and supporting an entrepreneurial venture.Understanding Entrepreneurship is a truly remarkable textbook that will provide an absorbing and illuminating read for all those - academics, students and practitioners alike - with an interest in entrepreneurship.Trade Review'It is an important book. . . Bjerke's subjectification of entrepreneurship enmeshed in the understanding perspective provides an excellent springboard for beginning to "understand" entrepreneurship in mainstream research.' -- Maria Aggestam, International Small Business Journal'This is a most informative book that takes a comprehensive look at entrepreneurship in its many guises. . . This excellent volume can certainly be recommended to academics, students and practitioners interested in entrepreneurship.' -- First Trust Bank Economic Outlook and Business Review'This book is both topical and interesting. Bjorn writes with the authority of an expert. This is a scholarly work covering both established and core elements of entrepreneurship and also some innovative insights for a deeper understanding of the domain.' -- David Carson, University of Ulster, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Our New Entrepreneurial Society 2. A Framework for Explaining or Understanding Entrepreneurship 3. To Explain Entrepreneurs 4. To Understand Entrepreneurs 5. Entrepreneurship and Networks 6. Entrepreneurship and Growth 7. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 8. Can Entrepreneurship be Taught? References Index

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Book SynopsisIn recent decades, the world has witnessed the emergence of a global knowledge economy in which functional regions increasingly play a role as independent and dynamic market places. These are integrated with other functional regions by means of flows of information, knowledge, and commodities. This contemporary and illuminating book provides a state-of-the-art overview of current research on innovation and entrepreneurship in functional regions.There are numerous questions regarding entrepreneurship and innovation in functional regions that have not yet been answered - until now. Some of the issues that the expert contributors in this field question are - How do firms compete and how do they develop their competitive strategies? How important are entrepreneurial actions and innovation? How important are firm size, firm maturity and corporate structure for innovation? Entrepreneurship and Innovations in Functional Regions will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of entrepreneurship, business economics, innovation and regional science.Trade Review'The book is pleasant to read, well formatted, not overloaded with tables and figures, and, most importantly, it is well balanced with respect to contributions that are empirically as well as theoretically motivated. . . the selection of papers offers the reader a valuable and interesting avenue to the ongoing research agenda of entrepreneurship and innovations in a spatial context. The book serves as a solid platform for researchers not yet familiar with this topic.' -- Torben Klarl, Journal of Regional Science'The book begins with an excellent introductory chapter clearly explaining what a functional region is and what its roles are in the independent, yet interconnected, poles of the global economy. Here the authors provide a comprehensive overview illustrating the growing importance of functional regions and providing theoretical underpinnings. . . One of the great strengths of this edited book, however, is that it brings together different perspectives on, and evidence of, innovation and entrepreneurship across regions and industries. Each chapter is self-contained, and each is well written and comprehensive on the specific subject it explores. . . The book is an excellent collection of up-to-date empirical evidence offering inspiring insights into entrepreneurship and innovation in the global knowledge economy. . . Accordingly, I recommend Entrepreneurship and Innovations in Functional Regions, as an invaluable companion not only for economic geographers but also for urban economists, and policy-makers' -- Li Tang, Science and Public PolicyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Functional Regions Charlie Karlsson, Roger R. Stough and Börje Johansson 2. Engineering Culture, Innovation, and Modern Wealth Creation Jack A. Goldstone 3. The Swedish Paradox Revisited Olof Ejermo and Astrid Kander 4. Firm Location, Corporate Structure and Innovation Börje Johansson, Amy Rader Olsson and Hans Lööf 5. Firm Size, Firm Maturity and Product and Process R&D in Swedish Manufacturing/Firms Kristina Nyström 6. University-educated Labour, R&D and Regional Export Performance Urban Gråsjö 7. Magnitude and Destination Diversity of Exports: The Role of Product Variety Martin Andersson 8. Differences in Survivor Functions According to Different Competitive/Strategies Raquel Ortega-Argilés and Rosina Moreno 9. A Resource-based Analysis of Bankruptcy Law, Entrepreneurship and Corporate Recovery Gary A.S. Cook, Naresh R. Pandit and Keith Pond 10. Agglomeration Economies, Learning Processes, and Patterns of Firm Spatial Clustering Vito Albino, Francisco Alvarez and Ilaria Giannoccaro 11. Assiduous Firms in a ‘Learning Region’: The Case of East Württemberg, Germany Waldemar Pfoertsch and Reha Tözün 12. Cluster Dynamics: Insights from Broadcasting in Three UK City-Regions Gary A.S. Cook and Naresh R. Pandit 13. Technology, Innovation and Latecomer Strategies: The Case of the Mobile Handset Manufacturing Sector in China Lei Ding and Kingsley E. Haynes 14. Enterprise Development Policy: Modeling the Policy Context Roger R. Stough 15. Entrepreneurial Business Support Networks: A Leader Institution Perspective Tõnu Roolaht Index

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Book SynopsisThe number of women entering small business ownership has increased significantly across the world in recent years. These women make a crucial contribution to the economic growth and development of local, national and global economies. Yet, despite their increasing numbers, they have received comparatively little attention from the academic community.This comprehensive and coherent book redresses the balance and provides an up-to-date, theoretical review of this important area of study. A distinguished group of international contributors presents the latest work from the USA, the UK, Australia, Canada, India and Singapore, which explores practical initiatives and strategies related to the experiences of women entering small business entrepreneurship.Providing a unique balance between theory and practice, this book will be welcomed by scholars and students of women in management and entrepreneurship as well as policymakers and small business service providers.Trade Review'Sandra Fielden and Marilyn Davidson, already well known for their contributions to gender issues in management, have brought together an absorbing collection of articles that serve to enhance our understanding of a complex area within organisation studies. . . this particular Handbook is not a mere glossary. The editors provide a forum for scholarly works in a specialised area of small business and entrepreneurship research. And the International Handbook of Women and Small Business Entrepreneurship provides a rich resource - collectively, the papers serve to summarise and re-examine much of the relevant research to date. . . an accessible book that follows a logical and coherent pattern. . . the range of this book is significant, and the accomplishment considerable. . . the International Handbook of Women and Small Business Entrepreneurship is a serious contribution to a niche area of entrepreneurship scholarship. The editors and authors have established a place for women in the literature, confirming that gender issues cannot be dismissed as a mere adjunct to the broader field of entrepreneurship study. This collection offers the reader intelligent engagement with the range of research and "ways of knowing" about women and entrepreneurship. Established scholars will find much of interest, and we would also confidently recommend the Handbook to interested newcomers.' -- Robyn Walker and Kate Lewis, Women in Management Review'Sandra L. Fielden and Marilyn J. Davidson have put a great deal of work into producing this compilation of scientific studies on women and small business entrepreneurship. In this book, the editors have managed to put together an excellent compilation of studies that look at topics that have aroused the highest interest in this field in recent years. . . It offers a good balance between theory and practice-oriented studies and presents an academic viewpoint that comes extremely close to the real, current situation of this phenomenon. This book therefore provides a useful tool both for the academic community in general and for students, particularly at a postgraduate or doctorate level, who wish to gain a state-of-the-art overview of this business phenomenon. It may also be put to good use by women in management and entrepreneurship as well as policymakers and small service providers, given its high empirical content, supported by a sound empirical framework, which deals with real-life issues for women who wish to start up and manage their own businesses.' -- MarIa angeles Escriba Moreno, Entrepreneurship Management'. . . a truly international, unique and impressive contribution to our knowledge and understanding of issues for females starting, running and growing businesses. . . an important read for anyone with an interest in female entrepreneurship, including researchers, support agents and policymakers. Moreover, this book may be of interest to those concerned with the theoretical development of the study of entrepreneurship.' -- Laura Galloway, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation'. . . this book can be recommended as an insightful and interesting work on women's entrepreneurship from a broad perspective.' -- Wing Lam, International Small Business JournalTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: WOMEN INTO ENTERPRISE – PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIOUR CHARACTERISTICS 1. Why Women Enter into Small Business Ownership Muriel Orhan 2. Characteristics of Women Small Business Owners Sherrill R. Taylor and Julia D. Newcomer 3. Analysing Achievement, Motivation and Leadership in Women Entrepreneurs: A New Integration Janice Langan-Fox 4. Career Paths of Women Business Owners Dorothy Perrin Moore PART II: WOMEN INTO ENTERPRISE – CONSTRAINTS AND CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESS 5. The Constraints Facing Women Entering Small Business Ownership Leonie V. Still 6. The Financing of Small Businesses – Female Experiences and Strategies Susan Marlow and Dean Patton 7. Succession Planning in Small Firms: Gender Impacts Lynn M. Martin and Chris Martin 8. The Impact of Family Support on the Success of Women Business Owners Nancy Rogers PART III: WOMEN INTO ENTERPRISE – BLACK AND ETHNIC MINORITY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS 9. African American Women and Small Business Start-up: Backgrounds, Goals and Strategies used by African American Women in the Initialization and Operation of Small Businesses Katherine Inman and Linda M. Grant 10. The Experiences of Asian Women Entering Business Start-up in the UK Adel J. Dawe and Sandra L. Fielden 11. Ethnicity and Gender in Women’s Businesses in New Zealand Judith K. Pringle and Rachel Wolfgramm 12. Hispanic Women Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners in the USA Yolanda Sarason and Morgan Morrison PART IV: WOMEN INTO ENTERPRISE – A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 13. Women into Enterprise – A European and International Perspective Mary van der Boon 14. Women Entrepreneurs in Singapore Jean Lee 15. The Changing Experience of Australian Women Entrepreneurs Susan Dann and Rebekah Bennett 16. Women Small Business Owners in India P. Sudarsanan Pillai and K.P. Saraswathy Amma 17. ‘I’m Out of Here’: Women Leaving Companies in the USA to Start their Own Businesses Mary C. Mattis PART V: WOMEN INTO ENTERPRISE – FUTURE PERSPECTIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS 18. Past Journeys: Global Lessons Learned from Entrepreneurial Women in US History Jeannette Oppedisano 19. Women’s Entrepreneurship: Exploring New Avenues Kiran Mirchandani 20. The Way Forward for Women Business Owners Sandra L. Fielden and Marilyn J. Davidson Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook provides an essential analysis of new venture creation research. The eminent contributors critically discuss and explore the current literature as well as suggest improvements to the field. They reveal a strong sense of both the 'state-of-the-art' (what has and has not been done in new venture creation research) and the 'state-of-the-could-be' (future directions the field should take to improve knowledge). The Handbook comprises nineteen chapters divided into four main sections: setting the agenda; theoretical perspectives; data and measurements; and new venture creation through contextual lenses. path-breaking Handbook has allowed experienced new venture researchers to tell the world not only where the field has been, but also where it should be going. Their responses have provided an insightful and stimulating resource that will be of great practical value to researchers working in this vital and rapidly expanding subject. Students and practitioners interested in understanding leading edge thinking in the field of new venture creation will also find this handbook invaluable.Contributors: H.E. Aldrich, F. Åstrüm, T. Bager, O. Basso, D. Blackman, M. Brännback, C.G. Brush, A.L. Carsrud, P. Davidsson, G. Don, A. Elam, M.R. Evald, A. Fayolle, W.B. Gartner, S. Gordon, P.G. Greene, G. Hancock, K. Hindle, M. Imas, J.A. Katz, P.H. Kim, K. Klyver, F. Kropp, H. Landström, J. Legge, B. Leleux, J. Levie, N.J. Lindsay, M. Mulej, M. Rebernik, D. Al-Shanfari, D. Smallbone, P. Steffens, J. Sundbo, S. Terjesen, E.T. Tornikoski, F. WelterTable of ContentsContents: PART I: SETTING THE AGENDA 1. New Venture Creation Research: From Established Perspectives to New Horizons Kevin Hindle and Kim Klyver 2. Mapping the Landscape of New Venture Creation Research Kevin Hindle and Dhafar Al-Shanfari 3. Who’s Asking the Right Question? Patterns and Diversity in the Literature of New Venture Creation Hans Landström and Fredrik Åström 4. Re-imagining The Achieving Society William B. Gartner PART II: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES 5. Gender and New Venture Creation Siri Terjesen, Amanda Elam and Candida G. Brush 6. Transgressive Knowledge Creation in Entrepreneurship Deborah Blackman and Miguel Imas 7. What Does the Economic Literature Contribute to Understanding New Venture Creation? John Legge 8. Modelling the Innovative New Venturing Process in Terms of Dialectical Systemic Thinking Matjaž Mulej and Miroslav Rebernik 9. Social Networks and New Venture Creation: The Dark Side of Networks Kim Klyver, Majbritt Rostgaard Evald and Kevin Hindle 10. Entrepreneurial Commitment and New Venture Creation: A Conceptual Exploration Alain Fayolle, Olivier Basso and Erno T. Tornikoski PART III: DATA AND MEASUREMENT 11. Are We There Yet? Measurement Challenges in Studying New Ventures Phillip H. Kim and Howard E. Aldrich 12. The New Venture Mortality Myth Jonathan Levie, Gavin Don and Benoît Leleux 13. Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence (CAUSEE): Design, Data Collection and Descriptive Results Per Davidsson, Paul Steffens and Scott Gordon PART IV: NVC THROUGH CONTEXTUAL LENSES 14. Cultural Context as a Moderator of Private Entrepreneurship Investment Behaviour Fredric Kropp, Noel J. Lindsay and Gary Hancock 15. Perceptual Differences and Perceptual Problems in Providing Government Support for New Venture Creation Malin Brännback, Alan L. Carsrud and Jerome A. Katz 16. Entrepreneurship Education and New Venture Creation: A Comprehensive Approach Torben Bager 17. Managing NVC Research in the Institutional Context: An Academic Administrator’s Perspective Patricia G. Greene 18. Creative Artists and Entrepreneurship Jon Sundbo 19. Post-Soviet Societies and New Venture Creation Friederike Welter and David Smallbone Appendix: Distinguishing Entrepreneurship from New Venture Creation Index

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Book SynopsisThis book synthesizes Zoltan Acs' key contributions to the field of entrepreneurship. This invaluable selection of papers represents three decades of research that has resulted in an integrated and important contribution to understanding the evolution from managerial capitalism to an entrepreneurial society. The author explores how socio-economic transformation is placed within a larger context spanning two centuries of economic growth and development in a capitalist society. Zoltan Acs has introduced a radically different view of small firms and argues that entrepreneurs start new companies to deviate innovatively as agents of change creating entrepreneurial rents. Working at the intersection of geography, innovation and growth, these papers pave the way for the remodelling of economic society in the 21st century. One of the unique outcomes of this reconstruction of economic society is the need to focus attention on the links between entrepreneurship and philanthropy as the foundation of opportunity.This book spans close to 25 years of research, presenting collaborations with over a dozen leading international scholars across four disciplines. It represents a major contribution to the literature and to our understanding of the global economy and will be invaluable to those interested in entrepreneurship, political science and regional science and as well academics, graduate students and economists.Trade Review‘Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy is a significant contribution to this emerging field of study, and will be a valuable resource for graduate students and academic researchers with an interest in its core themes.' -- Richard Blundel, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research'From virtual disappearance in the literature, empirical research on the role and activities of the entrepreneur has recently exploded. Professor Acs is one of the leaders in this study so important for prosperity and growth. This collection of valuable essays would be difficult to surpass as a sampling of the field and provides indispensable reading for anyone concerned with the arena.' -- William J. Baumol, New York University, US'This book confirms Zoltan Acs's status as a thought leader in the area of innovation, entrepreneurship and public policy. By having his work in a single volume the reader is able to see both the analytical quality and rigour that Acs has brought to this important area over more than twenty years.' -- David J. Storey, Warwick Business School, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I: INNOVATION AND FIRM SIZE 1. Innovation in Large and Small Firms: An Empirical Analysis 2. Innovation, Market Structure, and Firm Size 3. Innovation and Size at the Firm Level 4. R&D, Firm Size and Innovative Activity 5. Innovation of Entrepreneurial Firms 6. Innovation and Technical Change in the US Steel Industry PART II: GEOGRAPHICALLY CONSTRAINED KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS 7. Real Effects of Academic Research: Comment 8. R&D Spillovers and Recipient Firm Size 9. Local Geographical Spillovers Between University Research and High Technology Innovations 10. Geographical Spillovers and University Research: A Spatial Econometric Perspective 11. Patents and Innovation Counts as Measures of Regional Production of New Knowledge 12. Geography, Endogenous Growth, and Innovation PART III: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND NEW FIRM FORMULATION 13. Creativity and Entrepreneurship: A Regional Analysis of New Firm Formation 14. The Entrepreneurial Regime, Learning, and Industry Turbulence 15. Small-Firm Entry in US Manufacturing 16. New-Firm Startups, Technology, and Macroeconomic Fluctuations 17. Births and Firm Size 18. The Determinants of Regional Variation in New Firm Formation 19. The Impact of Geographic Differences in Human Capital on Service Firm Formation Rates 20. Entrepreneurship in Rural America: The Big Picture PART IV: INNOVATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH 21. How is Entrepreneurship Good for Economic Growth? 22. High Technology Employment, Wages and University R&D Spillovers: Evidence from US Cities 23. Job Creation and Persistence in Services and Manufacturing 24. Entrepreneurship, Agglomeration and Technological Change 25. Employment Growth and Entrepreneurial Activity in Cities 26. Penetrating the “Knowledge Filter” in Regional Economies PART V: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY 27. The Growth of Small Business: An American Perspective 28. The Internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Policy Perspective 29. Public Policies to Support New Technology-Based Firms (NTBFs) 30. Entrepreneurship, Globalization and Public Policy 31. What is the Value of Entrepreneurial Start-ups to an Economy? 32. State of Literature on Small to Medium-Size Enterprises and Entrepreneurship in Low-Income Communities PART VI: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SOCIETY 33. Contrasting Two Models of Wealth Redistribution 34. Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy in American Capitalism 35. The Entrepreneurship-Philanthropy Nexus: Implication for Internationalization Epilogue Index

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Book SynopsisThis book embodies the ever-increasing scope and depth of empirical entrepreneurship research in Europe. Contributors from different disciplinary backgrounds within the business field - including finance, management, and entrepreneurship, and from other related disciplines such as economics and economic geography - employ various methodologies to study the phenomenon of entrepreneurship.Drawing on this wealth of theoretically based and empirically sound research, the contributors examine three overarching themes. First, entrepreneurship issues in specific country settings are discussed: these encompass Portugal, the UK and Germany in Western Europe, Eastern European countries such as Russia and Latvia, and then Scandinavia and Finland. Second, special issues concerning technology-based companies are explored, and finally, unique aspects of venture capital markets in Europe are studied.Presenting cutting edge empirical research on myriad entrepreneurship topics in Europe, this multidisciplinary volume will strongly appeal to academics, students and researchers from various backgrounds that have a specific interest in entrepreneurship. It will also be warmly welcomed by entrepreneurs themselves.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Michael Dowling and Jürgen Schmude 2. Transitions from Paid Employment into Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Study A. Miguel Amaral and Rui Baptista 3. Accurate Portrayal or Lazy Stereotype? The Changing Nature of the Asian Business Sector in the UK Spinder Dhaliwal and Andy Adcroft 4. Personal and Organizational Success Factors of Women SMEs in Russia Tatiana Iakovleva and Jill Kickul 5. Entrepreneurship: Only a Few are Chosen but Some are Even Chosen Twice Pamela Mueller and Michael Niese 6. Productive, Unproductive and Destructive Entrepreneurship in an Advanced Transition Setting: The Example of Latvian Small Enterprises Arnis Sauka and Friederike Welter 7. Working Part-Time or Full-Time? On the Impact of Family Context and Institutional Arrangements on Atypical Work: A Cross-National Comparison of Female Self-Employment in Western and Eastern Europe Robert Strohmeyer and Vartuhi Tonoyan 8. Is Modesty Attractive? Study of the Present and Future States of the Entrepreneurial Skills of Finnish Small and Medium-Sized Entrepreneurs Mikki Valjakka 9. Performance and Survival of Technology Firms: The Impact of Intellectual Property Wolfgang Bessler and Claudia Bittelmeyer 10. Academic Founders and Business Opportunity Generation: An Empirical Analysis based on Italian Academic Spin-Offs Riccardo Fini and Rosa Grimaldi 11. Is There a Regional Equity Gap for Innovative Start-Ups? The Case of Germany Michael Fritsch and Dirk Schilder 12. How Market Appraisal Affects Investments in Human Capital: Evidence from Austrian and Swiss Venture Capitalists Carola Jungwirth Index

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Book SynopsisEntrepreneurship is an emerging, dynamic and to a considerable extent, unpredictable phenomenon. Thus, it makes for a challenging research subject. In this book, one of the most experienced empiricists in the field has collected some of his most important ideas on how improved conceptualization and research design can make this challenge more manageable.Per Davidsson addresses questions such as: What precisely is entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship research? What unique contribution can it make compared with research in other fields? Conversely, how can scholars with different disciplinary backgrounds best contribute to the study of entrepreneurship? What does the emergent and highly diverse nature of entrepreneurship imply for research design? And what is required from entrepreneurship researchers - and practitioners - in order for the research to make strong contributions to business and policy practice?This comprehensive, in-depth account of how the emergence of new entrepreneurial activity can be studied will be warmly welcomed by researchers and academics in the areas of entrepreneurship, innovation and methodology and research design.Trade Review'. . . this is a single-authored book; a series of academic papers (some original, some fairly recently published), neatly set around a unifying theme and tied into a comprehensive argument. . . once you have shared Davidsson's insights, stumblings, joys, and humor over some 240 pages, it feels as if he were part of your family. The book sets off with a very clear and helpful introduction that lays out the "entrepreneurship phenomenon". . . This book is value adding for a fairly wide academic audience: essentially all those interested in diverse areas of entrepreneurship and innovation, or in questions of methodology, research design and interpretation of, ultimately, any complex, fast paced behavioural and social realities. It does not give us all the answers, thank heavens, but it certainly asks some excellent questions. . . the novice scholar, will find some welcome foothold and guidance. . . this book is simply fun to read; when could you last say that of a research methodology book?' -- Jacqueline Fendt, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research'Unquestionably, Per Davidsson can be considered a leading voice of authority on the study of entrepreneurship as an academic discipline. . . From the initial introduction through to the latter discussions, one aspect of this textbook that immediately makes itself apparent to the reader is Davidsson's markedly personal and deeply engaging writing style. The Entrepreneurship Research Challenge is notably distinct from many of the generic business research methods texts in that it does not attempt to portray an objective toolbox of methodological choices. Instead, the style is such that the reader feels that Davidsson truly wishes for his audience to learn from his unique experiences, opinions and even mistakes. . . the practical advice provided is both insightful and useful. . . this text is not simply about how to go through the motions of the research process. Instead, it makes a very well reasoned attempt to form a basis for the discipline as a whole as well as to address methods to overcome unique challenges while promoting research output that is useful. For these reasons it should be considered essential reading for any entrepreneurship scholar, and in particular, for those at the early stages of their research career.' -- Russell Matthews, International Small Business JournalTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Part I: Defining and Describing the Entrepreneurship Phenomenon 2. The Domain of Entrepreneurship Research: Some Suggestions 3. The Types and Contextual Fit of Entrepreneurial Processes Part II: Research Design Issues 4. Strategies for Dealing with Heterogeneity in Entrepreneurship Research 5. Method Issues in the Study of Venture Start-up Processes 6. Method Challenges and Opportunities in the Psychological Study of Entrepreneurship Part III: Interpreting and Spreading the Results 7. Interpreting Performance in Research on Independent Entrepreneurship 8. What Entrepreneurship Research can do for Business and Policy Practice Index

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Book SynopsisDespite a wealth of efforts that examine separately the role entrepreneurs and universities play in economic development, no systematic effort has been made to examine the role universities play in promoting economic development through entrepreneurship. This book fills that gap, focusing on policy aspects of government-university partnerships with a discussion both of best practices and problematic strategies. The book begins by tracing the history of American government-university-industry partnerships that have promoted economic development. In succeeding chapters, well-known scholars focus on linkages in different domains such as: technology transfer, innovation networks, brain drain, cluster-based planning, and manufacturing. Practitioner commentaries follow many of the chapters in order to present an evaluation of the arguments from the perspective of someone directly involved in the fostering of these relationships.Non-technical and accessible in nature, the chapters summarize existing knowledge and research in order to help policymakers, foundations, university officials, business leaders and other stakeholders create and enhance partnerships between universities and governments that encourage economic development through entrepreneurship.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Scott Shane 1. An Historical Perspective on Government-University Partnerships to Enhance Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Irwin Feller Commentary Richard Pogue 2. Government Policies to Encourage Economic Development through Entrepreneurship: The Case of Technology Transfer Scott Shane Commentary Casey Porto 3. Creating Innovation Networks Among Manufacturing Firms: How Effective Extension Programs Work Susan Helper and Marcus Stanley Commentary Daniel Luria 4. Investing in the MEMS Regional Innovation Networks and the Commercialization Infrastructure of Older Industrial States Michael Fogarty Commentary William Seelbach 5. Buying Ohioans Loyalty? How State Financial Aid Affects Brain Drain Eric Bettinger and Erin Riley Commentary Robert Sheehan 6. On SBA-Guaranteed Lending and Economic Growth Ben Craig, William Jackson and James Thomson Commentary Robert Strom 7. Smart Places for Smart People: Cluster-based Planning in the 21st Century Knowledge Economy Michael Luger Commentary Hunter Morrison 8. Regional Wealth Creation and the 21st Century: Women and 'Minorities' in the Tradition of Economic Strangers John Butler 9. Universities, Entrepreneurship and Public Policy: Lessons from Abroad Bo Carlsson References Index

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Book SynopsisSecond tier high-tech regions are taking a different path than their well-known counterparts such as Silicon Valley or Route 128 around Boston. They may lack many prerequisites of growth such as a world-class research university or high levels of venture capital funding. Often, however, they can successfully leverage anchor firms and entrepreneurial spinoffs. This book explores the evolution of these regions in the United States. The author critically examines how they evolved as knowledge-based economies, how they leveraged entrepreneurship and innovation, and ultimately how they employed public policy to support economic growth. Filling a gap in the literature, the book speaks to researchers and policy makers across the fields of entrepreneurship, economic geography and economic development planning. Entrepreneurship researchers will find this book interesting because it focuses on the role of new venture creation in regional economic development.Trade Review‘. . . this is a useful path-breaking book that should open a new dialogue about economic development and offer hope to a great number of places.’ -- Maryann P. Feldman and Jongmin Choi, Journal of Regional ScienceTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Evolution of High-Technology Regions 3. Identifying Emerging High-Tech Regions 4. Portland: Two Anchor Firms Seed the Silicon Forest 5. Boise: Printers and Semiconductors in the Treasure Valley 6. Kansas City: Growing a Second Tier Life Sciences Region in the Heartland 7. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the interrelations between entrepreneurship, industrial location and economic growth. Thus, it covers a wide range of topics, including: the economic impact of entrepreneurship; industry dynamics; growth and survival of firms; firm location and globalisation patterns; and agglomeration and growth. The chapters in the book demonstrate the need to adopt a broad perspective that combines insights from different strands of literature if we are to better understand these complex economic phenomena. In addition, the original empirical evidence from a range of different countries provides a sound foundation for developing appropriate guidance for policymakers.The contributions in this book will appeal to practitioners and policymakers interested in entrepreneurship, industrial location and industry dynamics. It will also be of interest to economic geographers, environmental scientists and local planners.Trade Review'Being asked to write a foreword to Chris Freeman's Selected Essays has been for me an honour and a privilege. . . As one of the most prominent founding fathers of the economics of innovation as a distinct sub-discipline of social science and as influential maître-à-penser within and outside evolutionary economics and economic history, he has deserved for quite a while the most prestigious recognition in economics. . .' -- From the foreword by Giovanni Dosi'This important new book brings together a collection of penetrating new analyses linking regional economic growth and development to the entrepreneurial capacity of a region. Policymakers concerned with regional economic development as well as scholars will find this book an invaluable guide to understanding the new driving force, entrepreneurship, for economic growth.' -- David Audretsch, Indiana University, Bloomington, US and Otto Beisheim School WHU, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: INTRODUCTION 1. Entrepreneurship, Industrial Location and Economic Growth: An Appraisal Josep Maria Arauzo-Carod and Miguel Carlos Manjón-Antolin PART I: THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2. Entrepreneurial versus Routinized Regimes: Opportunity and the Cost of Experimentation Michael Peneder 3. New Firms and Employment Growth: Some Empirical Evidence Josep Maria Arauzo-Carod, Daniel Liviano-Solís and Mónica Martín-Bofarull PART II: INDUSTRY DYNAMICS 4. Demography of Enterprises in Poland: Entry and Exit Rates in the Manufacturing Sector Wojciech Rogowski and Jacek Socha 5. Creative Destruction and Transition: Evidence on Firm Demographics from Estonia Jaan Masso, Raul Eamets and Kaia Philips 6. Sunk Costs, Industry Dynamics and Firm Productivity José Carlos Fariñas, Ana Martín-Marcos and Sonia Ruano PART III: GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF FIRMS 7. Gibrat’s Law as a Long-run Regularity: Theory and Evidence Francesca Lotti, Enrico Santarelli and Marco Vivarelli 8. Growth, Age and Location in Spanish Hotels Mercedes Teruel-Carrizosa and Agustí Segarra-Blasco 9. A Comparison of the Determinants of Survival of Spanish Firms Across Economic Sectors Paloma López-García and Sergio Puente-Díaz 10. Product and Process Innovations and the Likelihood of Survival Raquel Ortega-Argilés and Rosina Moreno PART IV: FIRM LOCATION 11. Cross-border Business Networks: The Case of the Basque Eurocity Corridor Saioa Arando, Mikel Navarro and Iñaki Peña 12. Beyond the Firm: Innovation and Networks of High-Technology SMEs Rob Winters and Erik Stam 13. Accessibility, Agglomeration and Location Ángel Alañón-Pardo, Josep Maria Arauzo-Carod and Rafael Myro-Sánchez PART V: LOCATION AND GLOBALISATION PATTERNS 14. Individual and Regional Determinants of R&D Location Corinne Autant-Bernard 15. The Impact of Outward FDI on Local Employment and Skill Upgrading: Preliminary Evidence from the Italian Case Ilaria Mariotti and Lucia Piscitello 16. A Survival Analysis of Manufacturing Firms in Export Markets Silviano Esteve-Pérez, Juan A. Máñez-Castillejo, María E. Rochina-Barrachina and Juan A. Sanchis-Llopis PART VI: AGGLOMERATION AND GROWTH 17. Innovation, Co-operation, and Labour Mobility Philip McCann and Jaakko Simonen 18. Agglomeration Economies and Firm Survival Jordi Jofre-Monseny Index

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Book SynopsisProviding a global survey of public policies and programs for building national and regional ecosystems of science and technology based entrepreneurial development, this book provides a unique analysis of the advances, over the last several decades and in light of the experiential knowledge gained in various parts of the world, in the understanding of innovation systems in the pursuit of developing these economies. Presenting nineteen case studies of diverse developed and emerging economy nations and their regions, more than thirty expert authors describe an array of policy and program mechanisms that have been implemented over the years. The in-depth analysis of the worldwide efforts featured in this volume provide the reader with several valuable lessons. There are clear indications of a trend toward better cohesion and coordination of national efforts to improve innovation but also a trend toward the broadening of regional agendas to address technology, talent, capital, innovation infrastructure and entrepreneurship culture issues - considered essential for knowledge based entrepreneurial growth. The book also offers a unique treatment of grassroots level programmatic aspects of these efforts, including some novel entrepreneurial mechanisms employed for policy implementation. The book's blend of theory and practice provides valuable insights to the reader, particularly government, academic and private sector policy makers and scholars researching or involved directly with efforts to build and support the development of science and technology based entrepreneurial regions.Contributors include: A.C. Arroio, J.E. Cassiolato, G. Corbetta, A. Dawson, U. de Haan, A. Fayolle, C.-O. Frykfors, J. Gao, S.Z. Hassan, J. Hessels, K. Hindle, W. Hulsink, H. Klandt, M. Klofsten, T. Kodama, H. Lastres, H. Lawton Smith, X. Liu, D. Ma, G. Maas, S.A. Mian, J. Mitra, S. Musengi, K.-B. Nahm, G. Natarajan, H. Patzelt, W.H. Plosila, K. Suddle, O. Torres, X. Triad, J. Valls, J.-C. Wang, P.K. Wong, J. Yencken, M.Y. ZhangTrade Review‘Science and Technology Based Regional Entrepreneurship comprises a broad range of papers that provide a detailed overview of the development and state of regional science and technology (S&T) entrepreneurial activity. The book is of particular interest for policy practitioners as it aims to facilitate the development of policy and programme mechanisms for S&T. It provides readers with an insight into some of the best and most effective practices in stimulating regional entrepreneurial activity, new venture creation, and more generally, potential for generating future economic growth. . . This book provides a good overview of the diverse ways in which S&T entrepreneurial activity is encouraged in different environments. As a result, it provides a good one-stop shop for academics and practitioners alike who want to gain a quick overview of and insight into S&T activity across the world.’ -- Sergej Ljubownikow, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and InnovationTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Sarfraz A. Mian PART I: LARGE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES 1. Science and Technology Based Regional Entrepreneurship in the USA: The Evolution of National and State Policies and Programs Sarfraz A. Mian and Walter H. Plosila 2. New Directions in Japan’s Regional Innovation and Entrepreneurship Policy: An Emerging Concept of Clusters as Seen in the TAMA Project Toshihiro Kodama 3. Stimulating Regional Innovation and Entrepreneurship: The UK Policy Framework Helen Lawton Smith 4. Promoting Science and Technology Based Entrepreneurship through Regional Innovation Networks: The German Experience Holger Patzelt and Heinz Klandt 5. Science and Technology Based Entrepreneurship in France: Towards a Regionalized Neo-Colbertism Alain Fayolle and Olivier Torrès 6. Innovation and Science and Technology Based Entrepreneurship in Italy: Structural Problems and Policy Challenges Guido Corbetta and Alexandra Dawson 7. Science and Technology Based Entrepreneurship in Spain: Public Policies, Development Programmes and the Role of Universities Jaume Valls-Pasola and Xavier Triado 8. Regional Innovation Policy in South Korea: Building Science and Technology Based Entrepreneurial Development Capabilities Kee-Bom Nahm PART II: SMALLER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES 9. Emergence of the Swedish Innovation System and the Support for Regional Entrepreneurship: A Socioeconomic Perspective Carl-Otto Frykfors and Magnus Klofsten 10. Building Entrepreneurial Platforms and Innovative Hotspots: Science and Technology Based Regional Development in the Netherlands Willem Hulsink, Jolanda Hessels and Kashifa Suddle 11. Science and Technology Based Entrepreneurial Support in Australia’s ‘Second Tier Innovator Economy’ Kevin Hindle and John Yencken 12. The Dynamism of Singapore’s Science and Technology Policy and its Quest for Technopreneurship Poh Kam Wong 13. Taiwan’s Industrial Innovation Policy and Programs to Support Research and Technology Based Entrepreneurship Jiann-Chyuan Wang and Daw Ma 14. The Israel Case of Science and Technology Based Entrepreneurship: An Exploration Cluster Uzi de Haan PART III: LARGE EMERGING ECONOMY COUNTRIES 15. China’s Emerging Innovation System: The Interplay between the Science and Technology Policy and Technology Entrepreneurship Jian Gao, Xielin Liu and Marina Yue Zhang 16. Micro and Small Enterprise Based Innovative Entrepreneurship and the Development of Local Productive Systems in Brazil Ana Arroio, José E. Cassiolato and Helena Lastres 17. Science, Technology and Regional Entrepreneurial Growth in India: The Case of the Software Industry Jay Mitra and Ganesh Natarajan 18. Pakistan: Facing the Challenge of Science and Technology Driven Entrepreneurial Take-off Syed Zahoor Hassan 19. The South African Science, Technology and Innovation Environment and its Impact on Entrepreneurial Development Gideon Maas and Sandra Musengi Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook explores the current state of university-wide entrepreneurship education programs and provides a comprehensive reference guide for the planning and implementation of an entrepreneurship curriculum beyond the business school environment. A variety of authors spanning five countries and multiple disciplines discuss the opportunities and universal challenges in extending entrepreneurship education to the sciences, performing arts, social sciences, humanities, and liberal arts environments. The Handbook is designed to assist educators in developing new programs and pedagogical approaches based upon the previous experiences of others who have forged this exciting new path.Sections of the Handbook are devoted to philosophies and theory that provide a legitimate intellectual foundation for the fusion of entrepreneurship education with other traditional disciplines of the university, the politics and process of implementing entrepreneurship initiatives outside business schools, and examples of approaches to implementing entrepreneurship education outside business schools. The book identifies expected problems and solutions for new entrepreneurship curriculum development. It offers theory on education pedagogy that is critical to addressing concerns of non-business educators, and provides examples of successful efforts in a variety of non-business departments.Entrepreneurship faculty across disciplines and graduate students seeking ways to broaden involvement in entrepreneurship curriculum will find this volume invaluable, as will school administrators both in business and in the arts and sciences.Trade Review'. . . this Handbook is inspiring. It is designed to assist educators in developing new programmes and pedagogical approaches based upon the previous experiences of others who have forged this exciting new path. I recommend it highly for the inspired as well as for the disillusioned entrepreneurship educator.' -- Howard H. Frederick, Journal of Educational Administration and HistoryTable of ContentsContents: 1. Legitimacy Across the University: Yet Another Entrepreneurial Challenge G. Page West III, Elizabeth J. Gatewood, Kelly G. Shaver PART I: PHILOSOPHY AND THEORY 2. From Commerce to Culture: Entrepreneurship in the Mainstream William Scott Green 3. Advancing the Authentic: Intellectual Entrepreneurship and the Role of the Business School in Fine Arts Entrepreneurship Curriculum Design Gary D. Beckman and Richard A. Cherwitz 4. The Microfoundations of Entrepreneurial Learning and … Education: The Experiential Essence of Entrepreneurial Cognition Norris F. Krueger, Jr 5. Entrepreneurship as a Liberal Art Jerry Gustafson PART II: PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION 6. Academic Entrepreneurship: Possibilities and Pitfalls Anthony Mendes and Cynthia Kehoe 7. Entrepreneurship Education: Meeting the Skills Needs of Graduates in Ireland Briga Hynes, Michele O’Dwyer and Naomi Birdthistle 8. Building an Entrepreneurial University: A Case Study Using a New Venture Development Approach K. Mark Weaver, Robert D’Intino, DeMond Miller and Edward J. Schoen 9. Teaching Entrepreneurship Through Science-Oriented Teams and Projects: Three Case Studies Jed C. Macosko, A. Daniel Johnson and Sarah M. Yocum PART III: INTERSECTIONS AND PRACTICE 10. Balsamic Vinaigrette: Entrepreneurship in the Arts and Sciences Kelly G. Shaver 11. Interdisciplinarity in Cross-Campus Entrepreneurship Education Frank Janssen, Valérie Eeckhout, Benoît Gailly and Sophie Bacq 12. Lights, Camera, Action: Advancing Liberal Arts Values…Entrepreneurially Lynnette Claire 13. Entrepreneurship Simulation Game Seminars: Perceived Learning Effects on Natural Science, Liberal Arts and Business School Students Christian Lendner and Jutta Huebscher 14. Intersecting Entrepreneurship and Law: An Experiential Learning Exchange Matthew M. Mars and Sherry Hoskinson 15. Assessing the Impact of Entrepreneurship Education: A Methodology and Three Experiments from French Engineering Schools Alain Fayolle and Benoît Gailly 16. Leadership Studies, Civic Engagement and Entrepreneurship: Exploring Synergies on the Practical Side of Liberal Education Samuel M. Hines, Jr. Index

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces the expanding European dialogue between entrepreneurship, environment and education. It considers the shape, dimensions and horizon of this multidisciplinary landscape in entrepreneurship research. The striking differences and contradictions in entrepreneurial activities, readiness and innovativeness within European countries and the proactive attitude and activities of European competitors impose a demand for a better understanding of the complex dynamics. The Dynamics between Entrepreneurship, Environment and Education reflects how the European landscape of entrepreneurship research is now more complex than ever. It presents an overview of the current state of entrepreneurship research in Europe and also reflects on the future directions of research in this field. The dynamics between entrepreneurship and society are evaluated, and the discussion is then continued from an education perspective. The authors also focus on the ability and capability of different kinds of ventures to compete in different contexts. This comprehensive overview of the current research in the field will provide academics, researchers and policy-makers with new insights through which to understand the contextual dimensions and the broadening aspects of the current state-of-the-art in European research.Trade Review'The book. . . does exactly what the editors say it does, it delivers a rich variety of European research. . . it comprehensively inspires important and worthwhile dialogue.' -- Anne M.J. Smith, International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Innovation'This overview of the current research in the field will provide academics, researchers and policy makers with new insights through which to understand the contextual dimensions and the broadening aspects of the current state-of-the-art in European research.' -- International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education'The authors of the chapters offer a broad variety of topics and approaches that significantly contribute to the understanding of changes in society, and the diversity of the contexts in which entrepreneurship occurs. I am convinced that the book will inspire a dialogue, not only among researchers, but also between research and policy-makers in order that the changes and dynamics of society be better understood.' -- From the foreword by Hans Landstrom, Lund University, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Hans Landström Preface Paula Kyrö and Alain Fayolle 1. Introduction: Broadening the Scope and Dynamics of Entrepreneurship Research in Europe Paula Kyrö and Alain Fayolle PART I: THE DYNAMICS BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ENVIRONMENT 2. New Elements for the Analysis of Entrepreneurial Structure Joaquín Guzmán Cuevas and Felipe Rafael Cáceres Carrasco 3. Micro–macro Paradoxes of Entrepreneurship Villy Søgaard 4. New Initiatives to Revitalise Society: Public Entrepreneurship in the South of Sweden Tobias Dalhammar 5. Developing Characteristics of an Intrapreneurship-supportive Culture Hanns Menzel, Robert Krauss, Jan Ulijn and Mathieu Weggeman PART II: THE DYNAMICS BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND EDUCATION 6. University Entrepreneurship and Government Support Schemes Einar Rasmussen, Odd Jarl Borch and Roger Sørheim 7. Enterprise Education in Different Cultural Settings and at Different School Levels Ulla Hytti 8. Assessment and Promotion of Entrepreneurial Initiative and Attitudes towards Entrepreneurship: The Case of Estonia Urve Venesaar and Indrek Jakobson 9. Advancing Entrepreneurship Education in Finnish Basic Education: The Prospect for Developing Local Curricula Jaana Seikkula-Leino PART III: THE DYNAMICS BETWEEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESSES 10. An Empirical Taxonomy of Start-up Firms’ Growth Trajectories Mahamadou Biga Diambeidou, Damien François, Benoît Gailly, Michel Verleysen and Vincent Wertz 11. Linking Entrepreneurial Orientation and Dynamic Capabilities: Research Issues and Alternative Models Jorunn Grande 12. The Impact of Global Value Chains on Andalusian Tourism SMEs Pilar Tejada and Francisco Liñán 13. Family Business Responsible Ownership: Challenging the Next Generation’s Abilities Juha Kansikas, Jan Krejci and Alena Hanzelková 14. Conclusion: Towards New Challenges and More Powerful Dynamics Alain Fayolle and Paula Kyrö Index

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Book SynopsisThis rich and detailed book makes a very timely contribution to extending our understanding of entrepreneurship in its social context. Using selected examples, the respected contributors show how the values developed in religious beliefs and practices shape entrepreneurship. For too long the entrepreneur has been characterized as an isolated, economically driven individual, thus ignoring how enterprise and entrepreneurs are products of their society, their culture and their religion. This innovative book discusses both entrepreneurship and religion, as well as indicating how the synthesis of beliefs and practices combine in entrepreneurial endeavours. It provides a conceptually useful way of framing the individualistic entrepreneur in his or her social and cultural context, demonstrating how entrepreneurial agency operates within and through a variety of religious contexts. Illustrated with original photographs, this captivating book will be warmly welcomed by students and researchers with interests in entrepreneurship, sociology, religion and cultural studies. Government policy-makers in immigration will also find this book an invaluable read.Trade Review’. . . this rich collection illustrates the diversity in entrepreneurial ability among social groups. . . The book is never dull reading and will appeal to a certain kind of interdisciplinary general reader as well to more focused readers of entrepreneurship literature.' -- Vijaya Sherry Chand, The Journal of Entrepreneurship'I wish this book had been around when I tried to teach about entrepreneurship in its social context; life would have been much easier with these informed sources.' -- Alistair R. Anderson, Aberdeen Business School, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Alistair R. Anderson Introduction: Religion as an Explanatory Variable for Entrepreneurship Léo-Paul Dana PART I: OLD VALUES 1. Religious Merchants? Edwina Pio 2. Promethian Values in New Mexico Léo-Paul Dana and Robert Brent Anderson 3. The Mizrahim: Anglicized Orientals with Transnational Networks and ‘Ethics Capital’ Léo-Paul Dana PART II: CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES 4. Greek Christian Orthodoxy and Entrepreneurship Dimitri Tassiopoulos 5. Economics and Spirituality in the Entrepreneurial Development Strategy of the Franciscan California Missions: The Historical Case of San Diego Craig S. Galbraith, Curt H. Stiles and Jacqueline Benitez-Galbraith 6. The Religious Ethic of the Protestant Ethnics Ivan Light 7. The Effects of Methodism on Entrepreneurship Anne White 8. The Hutterite Brethren: Old World Values and New Age Technologies Robert L. Malach and Sandra Malach 9. Amish Entrepreneurship in the United States Léo-Paul Dana 10. Mennonite Entrepreneurship in Belize Carel Roessingh and Karen Smits 11. Collective Entrepreneurship in a Mennonite Community in Paraguay Léo-Paul Dana and Teresa E. Dana PART III: ISLAM 12. Islam and Entrepreneurship Wafica Ali Ghoul 13. Xinjiang Léo-Paul Dana 14. Muslim Entrepreneurs in France Hadj Nekka and Alain Fayolle PART IV: MINORITIES IN A HOST SOCIETY 15. On Entrepreneurship Among Druze Sibylle Heilbrunn and Khaled Abu Asbeh 16. Home of Sephardi Middlemen Léo-Paul Dana and Teresa E. Dana 17. Ashkenazi Middlemen in the Agricultural Sector in Europe Léo-Paul Dana 18. The Jewish Sub-Economy of Montreal Morton Weinfeld 19. A Case History of a Successful Hindu Entrepreneurship in the United Kingdom Shiv Chaudhry and Dave Crick PART V: COMPARATIVE STUDIES 20. A Critical Investigation of the Protestant Ethic on a Divided Island Godfrey Baldacchino and Léo-Paul Dana 21. Italian Catholics of Lancashire and the Jewish Community of Yorkshire Claudio Vignali, Neil Robinson and Gianpaolo Vignali Index

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Book SynopsisThis fourth book in the New Movements in Entrepreneurship series focuses on the politics and aesthetics of entrepreneurial processes, in order to shed light on entrepreneurial creation itself.Presenting original empirical material, the eminent contributors examine control and entrepreneurship in various organizational contexts. They go on to demonstrate how control can be exercised entrepreneurially, how art brings an entrepreneurial force into society, and how entrepreneurship operates by aesthetic moves. The need to move beyond the traditional focus on the economic and business implications of entrepreneurship is also discussed, as is the relevance of political and aesthetic theory to our understanding of entrepreneurship as a creative force.The book provides entrepreneurship studies with a new language, that in itself is an aesthetic effort with political implications, resulting in new theoretical, empirical and practical possibilities. It will prove a fascinating read for students, academics and researchers with an interest in entrepreneurship and management and creativity and aesthetics.Trade Review'Stylish, bold, fiery, and full of zest, this book could well have been called "Embodying Entrepreneurship". . . for perhaps the first time, we have a cultured, scholarly, "in-the-flesh" treatment of entrepreneurial life. Ranging from striptease to de Sade, the aboriginal to Christo, and the grotesque to the sublime, The Politics and Aesthetics of Entrepreneurship is a tantalizing and critically refreshing work throughout. This one could easily become the "bad boy book" of entrepreneurial studies, given how strongly it challenges (slaps?) existing entrepreneurship studies.' -- Daved Barry, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal'Daniel Hjorth and Chris Steyaert make a unique contribution to management education. Their ability to illustrate complex ideas through theatre and visual media is outstanding and much appreciated by a wide audience. This book is no exception. Their insights into the nature of entrepreneurship are fresh and original. Their style of presentation is both rich and rewarding. This is a book to surprise you and it will.' -- Heather Hopfl, University of Essex, UK'. . . the four books comprising the series would certainly be a valuable addition to any entrepreneurship library. However, each book also stands alone as an individual purchase.' -- Lorraine Warren, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and ResearchTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Entrepreneurship as Disruptive Event Daniel Hjorth and Chris Steyaert PART I: ENTREPRENEURIAL POLICIES 2. Freedom, Opportunism and Entrepreneurialism in Post-Bureaucratic Organizations Christian Maravelias 3. Fostering a Regional Innovation System – Looking into the Power of Policy-making Caroline Wigren and Leif Melin 4. Government Entrepreneurship and the Arts: The Politics of the National Endowment for the Arts Lauretta Conklin Frederking PART II: ENTREPRENEURIAL PLACES 5. Opening the Gates to the Art Firm: The Christos as Entrepreneurs Pierre Guillet de Monthoux 6. Spaces of Intensity – Urban Entrepreneurship as Redistribution of the Sensible Timon Beyes 7. Rekindling the Entrepreneurial Potential of Family Business – A Radical (Old-fashioned) Feminist Proposal Kathryn Campbell PART III: ENTREPRENEURIAL IDENTITIES 8. Is the Marquis de Sade an Entrepreneur? Campbell Jones and André Spicer 9. Playing the Fool? An Aesthetic Performance of an Entrepreneurial Identity Lorraine Warren and Alistair Anderson 10. Stigmatization and Self-Presentation in Australian Entrepreneurial Identity Formation James Reveley and Simon Down PART IV: ENTREPRENEURIAL IMAGES 11. Metamorphoses in Entrepreneurship Studies: Towards an Affirmative Politics of Entrepreneuring Richard Weiskopf and Chris Steyaert 12. The Entrepreneurial Utopia: Miss Black Rose and the Holy Communion Bent M. Sørensen 13. Moving Entrepreneurship: An Incipiency Daniel Hjorth and Chris Steyaert References Index

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Book SynopsisIn the only known programme of prescriptive entrepreneurship, James Fiet provides a marked contrast to the standard descriptive focus of entrepreneurship studies. Instead of the anecdotally based pedagogies that have dominated the teaching of entrepreneurship (and which do not control for luck-based success), the author lays out a programme of research to develop and test theoretically derived guidelines for how to improve the success rate and performance of aspiring entrepreneurs. Rather than describing what entrepreneurs do, he prescribes and tests what they ought to do.The author finds that the use of systematic search at the launch relates positively to both the discovery of wealth-generating ideas and the founding of ventures. The book also uncovers the characteristics of forgiving business models and discusses their teachability. Training elements of the book include a prescriptive model of how to search for and discover wealth-generating ideas, a detailed protocol for how to train aspiring entrepreneurs in the use of systematic search, and an instrument that allows aspiring entrepreneurs to test the potential of their ideas before launching a venture.The book will be of interest to business and entrepreneurship scholars and teachers, students and aspiring entrepreneurs who are looking for prescriptive tools to help them launch a successful business.Trade Review'The strength of this book is its uniqueness. . . The research chapters are technically written and based on the latest relevant theory. The book is concisely written and requires focused efforts to follow its arguments.' -- Azhdar Karami, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research'James O. Fiet can be applauded for pioneering the area of prescriptive entrepreneurship and laying the ground for related research so that future generations of entrepreneurship students would eventually get in the classroom what they are really looking for, namely a theoretically grounded and empirically tested prescription of how to become a successful entrepreneur.' -- Jurgita Baltrusaityte-Axelson, International Small Business JournalTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: The Prescriptive Imperative 1. The Promise of Prescriptive Entrepreneurship 2. A Theoretical Basis for Prescriptive Entrepreneurship Part II: Testing Prescriptions 3. Luck and the Systematic Search for Discoveries 4. Measuring and Predicting Wealth Creation 5. Testing Constrained, Systematic Search 6. Taking a Second Look at Systematic Search: New Evidence from Experimental Trials 7. Systematic Search and its Relationship to Firm Founding Part III: Inferences for Theory and Practice 8. Forgiving Business Models 9. Foundations of Prescriptive Entrepreneurship Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAsia is highly regarded as one of the fastest growing regions in the world, and this unique Handbook focuses on the internationalization process and entrepreneurial dynamics of small business within the continent. Using a clear and consistent style, the Handbook examines more than 40 countries in Asia and allows researchers to compare the environment for entrepreneurship, the internationalization of entrepreneurs and the state of small business in different Asian countries. The chapters are authored by well-known scholars who provide insight into how government policies have affected the internationalization of small firms in Asia. This comprehensive reference work will provide a timely and important basis for scholars to understand entrepreneurship in Asia. Public policy analysts of international entrepreneurship and practitioners wanting to enter or extend their market in Asia will also find this volume of immense interest.Trade Review'In the well-written articles users will discover how government policies affect the internationalization of small businesses in Asian countries, how different countries compare in their successes and failures in entrepreneurship, and the state of entrepreneurship in each country. . . This title will provide a lot of new information and intriguing facts for those interested in entrepreneurship. . .' -- Shannon Graff Hysell, American Reference Books AnnualTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Pierre Lasserre 1. Introduction Vanessa Ratten and Léo-Paul Dana 2. Afghanistan Ruth Clarke and Ramdas Chandra 3. Armenia Vahé Heboyan 4. Azerbaijan Elena Sannikova and John F. Cassidy 5. Bahrain Sadiq Sohail 6. Bangladesh Muhammad Mahboob Ali 7. Brunei Stephen W. Litvin 8. Cambodia Richard W. Wright and Malcolm Innes-Brown 9. China David Smallbone and Xiao Jianzhong 10. China, Part 2 Joseph Sy-Changco 11. India Shameen Prashantham 12. Indonesia Latif Adam 13. Iran Babak Fooladi and Martine Spence 14. Israel Liora Katzenstein, Eli Gimmon, Eyal Benjamin and Itay Friedberg 15. Japan Jane W. Lu and Paul W. Beamish 16. Jordan Vanessa Ratten 17. Kazakhstan Sandra Pennewiss 18. Kyrgyzstan Serkan Yalcin 19. Laos Léo-Paul Dana and Susanne Barthmann 20. Lebanon Wafica A. Ghoul 21. Malaysia Nnamdi Madichie and Christopher Seow 22. Maldives Isabell M. Welpe and Teresa E. Dana 23. Mongolia Malcolm Innes-Brown 24. Myanmar Léo-Paul Dana and Frank Lasch 25. Oman Yochanan Shachmurove 26. Pakistan M. Khurrum S. Bhutta and Adnan Omar 27. Palestine Nidal Rashid Sabri 28. Philippines Maria Carmen Galang and Sonia Tiong-Aquino 29. Qatar Yochanan Shachmurove 30. Russia Ruta Aidis, Julia Korosteleva and Tomasz Mickiewicz 31. Saudi Arabia Tim Rogmans 32. Singapore Wee-Liang Tan and So-Jin Yoo 33. South Korea Ed Hopkins and Siri Terjesen 34. Sri Lanka Sudatta Ranasinghe and Jay Weerawardena 35. Syria Wafica A. Ghoul 36. Taiwan Hung-bin Ding and Hsi-mei Chung 37. Tajikistan Léo-Paul Dana 38. Thailand Scott A. Hipsher 39. Timor-Leste Mats Lundahl and Fredrik Sjöholm 40. Turkey Serkan Yalcin 41. Turkmenistan Gerard McElwee 42. United Arab Emirates Mervyn J. Morris 43. Uzbekistan Gulnoza S. Saidazimova 44. Vietnam Mai Thi Thanh Thai and Narendra M. Agrawal 45. Doing Business in Asia Ilan Alon, Wenxian Zhang and Bob Moore 46. Drivers of International Entrepreneurship in Asia Vanessa Ratten, Léo-Paul Dana and Isabell M. Welpe Index

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Book SynopsisThis book - the third in the Movements in Entrepreneurship series - examines entrepreneurship as a societal phenomenon. It provides an in-depth study of the social aspects of entrepreneurship, illustrating how entrepreneurship affects society. The need to move beyond economy to disclose entrepreneurship in its societal forms is demonstrated, as is the relevance of our understanding of entrepreneurship as a societal phenomenon. The contributors show that entrepreneurship is a society-creating force and as such, it evokes new questions for entrepreneurship research and attempts to engage with new theoretical formulations. They begin with discussions on early Schumpeter and a rhetorical analysis of the current academic literature on social entrepreneurship. They go on to present myriad contextual examples of how entrepreneurship can shape social change, and indicate how this is initiated through various social settings, relationships and communities.Through rich empirical work this book explores the social of 'social entrepreneurship' and in doing so shows us how entrepreneurship is at home where society is created. As such, it will prove a fascinating read for academics, researchers and students with an interest in entrepreneurship, sociology and economic sociology.Trade Review'. . . a reflective and scholarly work that presents exciting and challenging views to mainstream entrepreneurship. . . The four books comprising the series would certainly be a valuable addition to any entrepreneurship library. However, each book also stands alone as an individual purchase.' -- Lorraine Warren, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research'The narrative and flow of the book is superb and very interesting to read. The book is well edited and thought provoking which makes it an interesting read.' -- Vanessa Ratten, Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global EconomyTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction: What is Social in Social Entrepreneurship? Chris Steyaert and Daniel Hjorth PART I: CONCEPTS OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP 1. Social Entrepreneurship: The View of the Young Schumpeter Richard Swedberg 2. The Practice of Social Entrepreneurship: Notes Toward a Resource-Perspective Yohanan Stryjan 3. Communities in the Global Economy: Where Social and Indigenous Entrepreneurship Meet Robert B. Anderson, Benson Honig and Ana Maria Paredo 4. Location and Relocation, Visions and Revisions: Opportunities for Social Entrepreneurship Ellen S. O’Connor 5. Public Entrepreneurship: Moving from Social/Consumer to Public/Citizen Daniel Hjorth and Björn Bjerke 6. The Rhetoric of Social Entrepreneurship: Paralogy and New Language Games in Academic Discourse Pascal Dey PART II: CONTEXTS OF SOCIAL CHANGE 7. Entrepreneurship, Shifting Life Orientations and Social Change in the Countryside Denise Fletcher and Tony Watson 8. Women, Mother Earth and the Business of Living Kathryn Campbell 9. The Dynamics of Community Identity Making in an Industrial District: The Spirit of Gnosjö Revisited Bengt Johannisson and Caroline Wigren 10. Entrepreneurship as Boundary Work: Deviating from and Belonging to Community Monica Lindgren and Johann Packendorff 11. Discursive Diversity in Fashioning Entrepreneurial Identity Karin Berglund 12. City of Enterprise, City as Prey? On Urban Entrepreneurial Spaces Timon Beyes References Index

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Book SynopsisThis exhaustive resource provides comprehensive coverage of the major players in the Chinese economy since the reform era, which began in 1978. It includes 200 entries briefly summarizing each individual's life and career, with a central focus on his or her accomplishments and the key roles played in the economic development of China. The emphasis of the book is on the movers and shakers of China's new economy, highlighting notable figures from both the initial economic liberalization period and the renewed growth from the early 1990s to the present time. This invaluable dictionary is the result of collaborative efforts across the globe. Over forty scholars from the United States, mainland China and Taiwan, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Norway, Israel and Malaysia contributed. They cover the full spectrum of Chinese industries from banking, finance and investment, real estate, transportation and infrastructure, to manufacturing, telecommunications, media, agriculture, automobile, pharmaceutical, food, trade, service and retail industries. The book includes not only business leaders from mainland China, but also entrepreneurs from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia who have strong ties with the Chinese economy. Because of the key roles they played in economic development, some leading economists and high-ranking government officials are also included. The editors do not shy away from controversial figures, whose actions have had profound impacts on the Chinese economy, and who may have gotten into legal problems later in their career. Scholars, practitioners and librarians in international business, entrepreneurship and Asian studies will find this volume an essential addition to their reference shelf.Trade Review'The Biographical Dictionary of New Chinese Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders is a starting point for research and an important addition to academic libraries supporting a program in business.' -- Lucy Heckman, American Reference Books Annual'This new biographical dictionary can be considered the first Asian business biographical book of its kind to systematically profile Chinese entrepreneurs and business leaders based on independent research, and thus, may serve to be a recognized and respected works of reference for practitioners who may be interested in learning and understanding the acquaintance of building guanxi with the right people while doing business in China. In addition, this Dictionary is a useful reference source of information for academics, researchers and librarians specializing in the fields of international Asian business studies, entrepreneurship, Chinese economic system.' -- William Choy, Chinese Management Studies'The book is an outstanding compilation. It is easy to use, the information is clear and well-presented, and the volume is smart and robustly crafted. . . The book is an important reference source for practitioners in international business, entrepreneurs and Asian studies.' -- Bob Duckett, Reference Reviews'The current compilation fills the need for a Who's Who in the Chinese business world. . . This is a useful reference for scholars and students in China studies and for business practitioners. Recommended.' -- K.T. Wei, ChoiceTable of ContentsContributors to the volume and their entries Aldo Ahlers Jr Sun Guangxin Matthew Amick Chang Chung-Mou (Zhang Zhongmou), Jiang Nanchun (Jason Jiang), Barry Lam (Lin Baili), Wen Sayling (Wen Shiren), Wu Yijian Dongmei Cao Chen Jinyi, Liang Jianzhang, Wu Ying, Zhao Xinxian, Zhu Mengyi Julian Chambliss Bao Yugang, Chai Songyue, Feng Lun, Henry Ying Tung Fok (Huo Yingdong), Shen Taifu Howard Chiang Zhang Weiying Victoria Chu Ma Hong, Ning Xiangdong, Wu Dingfu, Xie Fuzhan, Xie Xuren Mary Conway Dato-on Li Rucheng, Henry Sy Sr (Shi Zhicheng), Yang Rong, Zheng Yonggang Huijuan Cui Ma Weihua Xiaodong Du Guo Zeli, Ni Runfeng Quek Kia Fatt William Hengjem Cheng (Zhong Tingshen), Hu Maoyuan, Robert Hock Nien Kuok (Guo Henian), Yang Guoping, Yin Tongyao Marc Fetscherin Chen Lihua, Gu Chujun, Guo Hao, Li Xiaohua, Liu Hanyuan, Sun Guangxin, Xu Ming, Xu Rongmao, Zhang Simin Mareike Fetscherin Henry Ying Tung Fok (Huo Yingdong), Shen Taifu Charlotte Froehlich Chen Lihua Daniel Galvez Xu Ming Adeta Gayah Li Xiaohua James P. Gilbert Li Lihui, Wang Xuebing, Yi Gang, Zhang Enzhao, Zhang Jianguo, Zhou Xiaochuan Hui He Li Jun, Li Yanhong, Rong Yiren, Wu Yi, Xiang Huaicheng Alex Hellberg Liu Hanyuan Arthur Holst Chen Feng, Duan Qiang, Ma Wanqi (Ma Man-Kei), Mu Xinsheng, Wei Jiafu Lujin Huang Cao Guowei, Chang Xing, Chen Xiao, Chen Xiaoxian, Ding Jian, Fan Gang, Gao Dekang, Jing Shuping, Pan Shiyi, Song Weiping, Wen Tiejun, Xie Tielan, Xu Xiaoping, Yang Kaisheng, Yang Mingsheng, Yu Shumin, Yu Yu, Zhang Chaoyang (Charles Zhang), Zheng Shengtao, Zhou Bohua Loi Teck Hui William Hengjem Cheng (Zhong Tingshen), Hu Maoyuan, Robert Hock Nien Kuok (Guo Henian), Yang Guoping, Yin Tongyao David Irving Chai Songyue, Feng Lun Jonatan Jelen Miao Shouliang, Peng Xiaofeng, Sun Hongbin, Yang Guoqiang, Ye Lipei (Eddie Ye), Zhang Jindong Hong Jiang Yang Yuanqing Qian Hu Li Dongsheng Thomas D. Lairson Chen Yun, Deng Xiaoping, Wen Jiabao, Zhao Ziyang, Zhu Rongji Christoph Lattemann Huang Guangyu, Liu Yonghao, Lu Guanqiu, Nan Cunhui Jen-Kai Liu Bo Xilai, Xu Kuangdi, Yang Yuanyuan, Zhang Qingwei, Zhu Yanfeng Francisco Lutz Gu Chujun Michael J. Miske Fu Chengyu, Jin Zhiguo, Li Shufu, Shang Fulin, Tian Deju Xiafang Mo Li Yining, Ma Yun, Wu Jinglian, Yang Lan Michael A. Moodian Li Zekai (Richard Li, Tzar Kai Li), Yang Bin, Yuan Longping, Zhang Yin, Zhou Zhengyi Rebecca Montaner Geng Xiaoping Guibin Mu Zhou Houjian Tim Poplin Zhang Simin Natalie Powers Xu Rongmao Martina Jing Quan Li Ning, Ma Huateng, Mai Boliang, Ren Zhengfei, Wang Wenjing Hui Shi Dong Mingzhu, Ning Gaoning Amir Shoham Li Jun, Li Yanhong, Rong Yiren, Wu Yi, Xiang Huaicheng Sangeeta Singh Ding Lei, Guo Guangchang, Li Ka Shing (Li Jiacheng), Liu Chuanzhi Zong Qinghou Linda G. Sprague Liu Ji Clay Stanfield Dai Zhikang, Liu Bo, Liu Xiaoguang David Straub Eysayup Ekrem (Aikelamu Aishayoufu), Rebiya Kadeer, Mayirjon (Mayierjiang), Mi Enhua, Tang Wanxin Jianmin Sun Dong Mingzhu, He Boquan, Hou Weigui, Li Dongsheng, Ma Weihua, Ning Gaoning, Xie Qihua, Yang Yuanqing, Ye Long, Zhang Yue, Zhou Houjian Sunny Li Sun Li Ning, Ma Huateng, Mai Boliang, Ren Zhengfei, Wang Wenjing Shawn Tavares Guo Hao Siri Terjesen Zhang Gang Rachel Todd Donald Tsang (Zeng Yinquan) Min Tong Chi Yufeng, Guo Xianchen, Mu Zhanying, Pan Ning, Wang Weibin Fu-Sheng Tsai Steve Chang (Zhang Mingzheng), Terry Kuo (Guo Taiming), Lee Rie-Ho (Li Ruihe), Stan Shi (Shi Zhenrong), Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang (Yang Zhiyuan) Denise Tsang Chen Tianqiao, Stanley Ho (He Hongshen), Liu Jiren, Qiu Bojun, Xu Shaochun Hua Wang Liu Changping, Miao Wei, Tan Xuguang, Wang Linxiang, Wang Yung-ching (Wang Yongqing) Zhen Wang Ye Long Joshua Wickerham Hu Shuli, Li Jinhua, Li Xiaopeng, Wang Mengkui, Wang Zhidong Audrey Wu Liu Ji Depin Yang Zhang Yue Tao Yang He Boquan, Hou Weigui Shirley Ze Yu Li Jingwei, Long Yongtu, Shi Xiaoyan, Tsang Hin Chi (Zeng Xianzi), Wang Yan Xiaoqi Yu Duan Yongping, Ge Wenyao, Kong Dan, Shaw Runrun (Shao Yifu), Wang Liheng Hong Zhang Lang Xianping, Shi Yuzhu, Wang Guangying, Wang Jiafen, Yu Zuomin Jian Zhang Hu Angang, Rong Zhijian Weidong Zhang Lai Changxing, Mou Qizhong, Nian Guangjiu, Shi Zhengrong, Wang Xuan Wenxian Zhang Chang Xiaobing, Li Xiaopeng, Donald Tsang (Zeng Yinquan), Wang Mengkui, Wang Zhidong, Wang Zhongjun, Wu Renbao, Zhang Ruimin Ying Zhang Bi Dongjiang, Deng Zhonghan, Pan Gang, Tian Suning, Zhou Dahu Yi Zhao Xie Qihua

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Book SynopsisPrivate Equity and Management Buy-outs provides a balanced view of the often polarized private equity debate. This careful and objective analysis of the presence of private equity in buy-out firms reviews the effects of this ownership transfer in terms of firm performance and survival, thus placing private equity in a broader context of implications for value creation.The analysis provides an overview of international trends in private equity and develops a conceptual framework for understanding the heterogeneity of private equity deals. Systematic evidence from large-scale studies of private equity and buy-outs are used to shed light on short- and longer-term economic and social effects. For the first time the broader scope of the key issues now facing private equity and buy-outs are brought together in the contributions herein. The book includes highlights such as: empirical evidence on a special organizational form of private equity; examination of backed buy-outs (perspectives from strategy, finance, HRM and management accounting); discussion on the level of PE involvement; challenging further debate on economic and social key issues regarding policy implications and a future research agenda. Academics and researchers - postgraduate and above - in business schools and schools of economics will find this book enlightening. It will also hold great interest for practitioners in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, general, strategic and financial management, and corporate entrepreneurship and corporate governance.Trade Review'A selection of very interesting perspectives on private equity from a collection of leading academics.' -- Guy Fraser-Sampson, author of Private Equity as an Asset Class'This book is a timely and important collection of papers on the financial and real effects of private equity. It is crucial that policymakers know the evidence on these transactions, as opposed to the folklore that permeates the popular press. This comprehensive and penetrating collection of studies frames and answers the most important questions policymakers are asking about private equity.' -- Donald S. Siegel, University at Albany, SUNY, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Private Equity and Management Buy-outs: International Trends, Evidence and Policy Implications Mike Wright and Hans Bruining PART II: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES 2. Entrepreneurial Growth through Privatization: The Upside of Management Buyouts Mike Wright, Robert E. Hoskisson, Lowell W. Busenitz and Jay Dial PART III: SOURCES OF BUY-OUT 3. Why do Public Firms go Private in the UK? The Impact of Private Equity Investors, Incentive Realignment and Undervaluation Luc Renneboog, Tomas Simons and Mike Wright 4. Irrevocable Commitments, Going Private and Private Equity Mike Wright, Charlie Weir and Andrew Burrows 5. Information Sharing, Price Negotiation and Management Buy-outs of Private Family-owned Firms M. Louise Scholes, Mike Wright, Paul Westhead, Andrew Burrows and Hans Bruining PART IV: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND VALUE CREATION 6. Management Control Systems and Strategy Change in Buy-outs Hans Bruining, Marcel Bonnet and Mike Wright 7. Entrepreneurial Orientation in Management Buy-outs and the Contribution of Venture Capital Hans Bruining and Mike Wright 8. Management Buyouts and Restructuring Japanese Corporations Mike Wright, Motoya Kitamura and Robert E. Hoskisson PART V: IMPACT OF BUY-OUTS 9. Assessing the Impact of Management Buyouts on Economic Efficiency: Plant-Level Evidence from the United Kingdom Richard Harris, Donald S. Siegel and Mike Wright 10. Post-privatization Effects of Management and Employee Buy-outs Mike Wright, Trevor Buck and Igor Filatotchev 11. The Impact of Business Ownership Change on Employee Relations: Buy-outs in the UK and the Netherlands Hans Bruining, Paul Boselie, Mike Wright and Nicolas Bacon 12. The Wage and Employment Effects of Leveraged Buyouts in the UK Kevin Amess and Mike Wright PART VI: INVESTMENT REALIZATION: SUCCESS AND FAILURE 13. The Impact of Corporate Gvernance Mechanisms on Value Increase in Leveraged Buyouts Erkki Nikoskelainen and Mike Wright 14. Performance of Private to Public MBOs: The Role of Venture Capital Ranko Jelic, Brahim Saadouni and Mike Wright 15. Secured Creditor Recovery Rates from Management Buy-outs in Distress David Citron, Mike Wright, Rod Ball and Fred Rippington Index

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Book SynopsisThis informative book examines the process of nascent entrepreneurship from a learning perspective. It offers a multi-layered framework of nascent entrepreneurship through an inter-disciplinary approach and sound application of Bourdieu’s conceptual tools and also by generating practical insights for nascent entrepreneurs, enterprise educators and mentors.Supported by an empirical investigation of two case studies, the authors argue that it is not sufficient to study nascent entrepreneurship and concurrent process of entrepreneurial learning at just the individual (entrepreneur) or collective (team or organisational) level and examine the socio-behavioural aspects of learning; but that entrepreneurial learning should be understood by inter-relating personal (micro), relational (meso) and macro-contextual aspects of nascent entrepreneurship. The comprehensive coverage of entrepreneurship theory and research will be of significant value for scholars, researchers and students in the field.Trade Review’This work by Karatas-Özkan and Chell provide fresh insights on entrepreneurial learning and the entrepreneurship process. Employing a well informed social constructivist perspective, it combines theory with a richly grounded empirical analysis at three distinct but inter-related levels; the micro, the mesa, all set in the macro context of the enterprise culture. A strength of the work is the multiple levels of analysis which sheds new light on entrepreneurial learning as part of the entrepreneurial process. The result is a processual view that captures, conceptualises and explains the transitive process of becoming an entrepreneur.' -- Alistair R. Anderson, The Robert Gordon University, UK'In this book Karatas-Özkan and Chell show great clarity in dealing with a range of complex issues. They articulate these in a manner which makes them interesting and comprehensible and in a fashion which impressively interweaves theory, practice and method.' -- Sarah L. Jack, Lancaster University, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Setting the Discursive Context: Enterprise Culture Debates in the UK 3. Academic Discourses on Entrepreneurship 4. Nascent Entrepreneurs: Characteristics of Nascent Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurial Learning 5. Methodological Approach: Social Constructionist Paradigm and Bourdieu’s Relational Methodology 6. Research Design and Methods 7. Case Study I: KBrandArt – A Story of the Venturing Process 8. Case Study II: Setting up R-Games – Rosie’s Venturing Story 9. A Multi-layered Framework of Nascent Entrepreneurship from a Learning Perspective 10. Conclusions and Implications for Research, Policy and Practice References Index

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Book SynopsisEntrepreneurship is critical to economic growth, but it cannot flourish without open markets. Entrepreneurs can only be expected to take risks in 'open settings' where individuals and firms are free to contract with one another. In this important book, leading economists explain and document the role of open markets, within and across national boundaries, in facilitating entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic growth. The main message of this book is especially timely given growing concerns in developed countries about off-shoring and openness to trade. The book includes discussions of 'star' scientists-entrepreneurs and their positive impacts on local growth, the globalization of venture capital, information technology, entrepreneurship and cities, culture, off-shoring, trade competition and the expansion of world trade.This book will be welcomed by policy makers at all levels of government, university leaders and academic scholars in entrepreneurship, business and management, innovation, economics and sociology.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction David B. Audretsch, Robert E. Litan, Robert J. Strom 1. Entrepreneurship, Trade Competition and the Explosion of World Trade William J. Baumol 2. Globalization of Venture Capital: A Vernon-Dunning Synthesis with Deal-by-Deal Data on Information Technology Catherine L. Mann 3. Offshoring: Why Venture Capital-backed Businesses Stay at Home Amar Bhidé, 4. Entrepreneurship, Culture and Openness Edmund Phelps and Gylfi Zoega 5. Entrepreneurship and the City Edward L. Glaeser 6. Star Scientists, Innovation and Regional and National Immigration Lynne G. Zucker and Michael R. Darby Index

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Book SynopsisThe biotechnology industry across the globe is growing dramatically in line with rapidly emerging scientific and technological developments. This book explores both the theoretical and practical aspects of entrepreneurship in the biotechnology industry, focusing on the innovation processes underpinning success for new biotechnology firms (NBFs). It argues that biotechnology is at a crossroads: to date the science has been solid, yet commercial success remains elusive, and that it will be the commercial success of NBFs which will dictate the long term viability of this crucial industry.The authors go on to examine the roles played by both entrepreneurship and innovation in the competitiveness of biotechnology companies through a focus on: intellectual property strategies, product development, valuing biotechnology ventures, funding innovation and R&D, alliances and networking, changing industry structures evidenced through the shifting value chain and the impact of globalization on the changing industry and organizational life cycles. International case studies with a focus on human biosciences support the important theoretical developments at the heart of this book.Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology offers original and valuable insights to researchers, academics and students as well as to practitioners involved with innovation and entrepreneurship in the field of biotechnology.Trade Review'This book is aimed at providing a large audience, including practitioners, politicians and decision-makers, with useful insights in relation to innovation and entrepreneurship in the biotechnology industry. It offers an international perspective and a set of theoretical lenses to underline the roles and the effects of entrepreneurship and scientific innovation as key factors to support new firm emergence and to achieve and maintain competitiveness in this so important industry.' -- Alain Fayolle, EM Lyon, CERAG Laboratory, France and Solvay Business School, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2. Entrepreneurship in the Biotechnology Context 3. Innovation and R&D Management 4. Funding Innovation in Biotechnology Companies 5. Intellectual Assets I – Intellectual Capital in Biotechnology Firms 6. Intellectual Assets II – Intellectual Gravity and Managing IP in Biotechnology Firms 7. The Cycle Game I – Product Life Cycle, R&D Cycle and Organizational Life Cycle 8. The Cycle Game II – Business, Market and Industry Cycles 9. Public Policy, Regulatory and Ethical Challenges Facing the Entrepreneurial Biotechnology Firm 10. The Biotechnology Value Chain 11. Biotechnology Industry and Firm Structures 12. Product Development and Innovation Diffusion 13. Biotechnology Industry Growth Models: An International Perspective Index

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Book SynopsisWhat characterizes the phenomenon of (small) firm growth, and how can it best be studied? Why and how do firms grow - and why don't they? Is firm growth externally determined or the result of managers' visions and actions? What are the different paths that firms follow in order to achieve high growth? Is growth evidence of entrepreneurship - and is growth always desirable?In this book, three leading scholars have integrated some of their most important research in order to answer these questions on firm growth. The result is a volume that builds on studies of many thousands of firms in several different projects. It offers deep insights into the firm growth phenomenon and how it can be studied. This research-based study promises to be a valuable resource for academics and students focussing on business and management, and, more specifically, entrepreneurship. Researchers who aspire to design and conduct further studies leading to deeper and better established insights into firm growth will also find the book invaluable, as will those who encourage and assist firm growth as part of their profession.Trade Review'This comprehensive academic study will have most relevance for researchers, teachers and students interested in business management in general and entrepreneurship in particular. The book contains a wealth of empirical detail and many suggestions for further research.' -- Economic Outlook and Business Review'Understanding firm growth can be viewed as the Holy Grail by academics as well as policymakers and practitioners. Entrepreneurship and the Growth of Firms is an authoritative, analytical and scholarly integration of theoretical, definitional and methodological debates. Building on their innovative doctoral studies, Davidsson, Delmar and Wiklund provide a fresh and insightful review of the knowledge base relating to the firm growth phenomenon. They critique studies that explore long laundry lists of factors presumed to "explain" firm growth. The following pertinent research questions are explored within multivariate statistical frameworks: "how do firms grow" and "why do firms grow"? The profound contribution of this book is that we find in one place a discussion of the theoretical, definitional, measurement, analytical as well as policy and practitioner issues relating to firm growth and performance. The nice blend of theory, practice and appropriate interpretation of empirical results will be well received by a broad spectrum of readers. Drawing upon their experience, the authors suggest pitfalls that should be avoided when replicating and extending firm growth studies, and they provide useful directions to explore firm growth at several levels of analysis.' -- Paul Westhead, University of Warwick, UK'Three of the leading experts on business growth offer a comprehensive and interesting coverage of the inter-relationship between entrepreneurship and firm growth from a perspective developed over 16 years of researching the topic. Although individually and collectively their work has already had a substantial impact on the field, I found this collection of works to provide both an in-depth discussion of important aspects of firm growth within a broader context.' -- Dean A. Shepherd, Indiana University, Bloomington, US'This fine collection of papers written in the famous Swedish scholarly tradition is a 'must read' for theorists and practitioners interested in the main engine of economic growth, entrepreneurship.' -- Roy Thurik, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Part I: The Conceptual and Empirical Complexity of the Firm Growth Phenomenon 2. Entrepreneurship as Growth: Growth as Entrepreneurship 3. Conceptual and Empirical Challenges in the Study of Firm Growth 4. Measuring Growth: Methodological Considerations and Empirical Results Part II: Growth Aspirations and Motivation 5. Firm Size Expectations of Nascent Entrepreneurs 6. What Do They Think and Feel About Growth? An Expectancy–Value Approach to Small Business Managers’ Attitudes Toward Growth Part III: Patterns and Determinants of Actual Growth 7. The Sustainability of the Entrepreneurial Orientation–Performance Relationship 8. High-Growth Firms and Their Contribution to Employment: The Case of Sweden 1987–96 9. Arriving at the High-Growth Firm Index

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Book SynopsisIntroducing a new concept in family businesses Transgenerational Entrepreneurship addresses how these businesses achieve growth and longevity through entrepreneurial activities. It focuses on the resources, capabilities and mindsets that families develop and draw upon in order to be entrepreneurial across generations, and presents findings from an international research collaboration between family business researchers and practitioners. In addition to a comprehensive conceptual chapter, the editors include a unique set of empirical case-based research papers that investigates transgenerational entrepreneurship in different European contexts. They bring together and integrate frontier research on entrepreneurship and family business, as well as provide a basis for future research. Academics, teachers and students in business and management, entrepreneurship and family business will find this path-breaking book of value, as will libraries, policy makers and consultants.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Timothy G. Habbershon, Mattias Nordqvist and Thomas M. Zellweger 2. A Qualitative Research Approach to the Study of Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Mattias Nordqvist and Thomas M. Zellweger 3. Balancing Familiness Resource Pools for Entrepreneurial Performance Ugo Lassini and Carlo Salvato 4. Portfolio Entrepreneurship in the Context of Family Owned Businesses Markus Plate, Christian Schiede and Arist von Schlippe 5. Entrepreneurial Orientation Across Generations in Family Firms: The Role of Owner-centric Culture for Proactiveness and Autonomy Ethel Brundin, Mattias Nordqvist and Leif Melin 6. Propelled into the Future: Managing Family Firm Entrepreneurial Growth Despite Generational Breakthroughs within Family Life Stage Alain Bloch, Alexandra Joseph and Michel Santi 7. Dealing with Increasing Family Complexity to Achieve Transgenerational Potential in Family Firms Eugenia Bieto, Alberto Gimeno and María José Parada 8. How Much and What Kind of Entrepreneurial Orientation is Needed for Family Business Continuity? Thomas M. Zellweger, Philipp Sieger and Corinne Muehlebach Index

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Book SynopsisThe contributors to this original volume of theoretically grounded case studies of the entrepreneurial phenomenon look at the process of entrepreneurship in the emerging regions of India, China, Ireland, Eastern Europe, North and South America, and North and South-East Asia. The book's organization is designed to take the reader from a general framework for understanding the relationship between economic development and entrepreneurship to more specific examples of how entrepreneurs and their firms respond to the opportunity and threats that are dynamically evolving in such places. The case studies provide scholars with the opportunity to develop theoretically grounded research questions that will advance the field beyond what we already know from previous work in the contexts of the US and developed economies. The book represents the first serious attempt to suggest new theoretical frameworks for understanding the emergence of entrepreneurship in regions that do not have all of the classical prerequisites (such as financial and human capital, favorable geography, institutional infrastructures, and so on) predicted in extant development models. This book takes an important step forward in our knowledge of entrepreneurship and will be of great interest to scholars and graduate students in business, economic development, and regional studies; policymakers in economic development, technology transfer, and financial markets; and journalists following business and development issues in emerging regions.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Phillip H. Phan, Sankaran Venkataraman and S. Ramakrishna Velamuri PART I: INSTITUTIONAL DETERMINANTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN EMERGING REGIONS 1. The Dynamics of an Emerging Entrepreneurial Region in Ireland Frank Roche, Rory O’Shea, Thomas J. Allen and Dan Breznitz 2. The Entrepreneurial Drivers of Regional Economic Transformation in Brazil José Cezar Castanhar, João Ferreira Dias and José Paulo Esperança 3. Institutional Transformation During the Emergence of New York’s Silicon Valley Andaç T. Arıkan PART II: GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION INFLUENCES ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN EMERGING REGIONS 4. Institutional Entrepreneurship in the Emerging Regional Economies of the Western Balkans Denise Fletcher, Robert Huggins and Lenny Koh 5. The Role of Government in the Formation of Late Emerging Entrepreneurial Clusters of India Kavil Ramachandran and Sougata Ray PART III: EMERGENCE OF VENTURE CAPITAL IN ENTREPRENEURIAL ECONOMIES IN EMERGING REGIONS 6. A Comparative Analysis of the Development of Venture Capital in the Irish Software Cluster Frank Barry and Beata Topa 7. Policy Intervention in the Development of the Korean Venture Capital Industry Seungwha (Andy) Chung, Young Keun Choi, Jiman Lee, Sunju Park and Hyun-Han Shin PART IV: FIRM LEVEL RESPONSES TO ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES IN EMERGING REGIONS 8. The Founding Conditions of Entrepreneurial Firms as a Function of Emerging Institutional Arrangements in China Atipol Bhanich Supapol, Eileen Fischer and Yigang Pan 9. The Entrepreneurial Role of Border Traders in Laos and Thailand Edward Rubesch 10. The Value of Social Capital to Family Enterprises in Indonesia Michael Carney, Marleen Dieleman and Wladimir Sachs Conclusion Phillip H. Phan, Sankaran Venkataraman and S. Ramakrishna Velamuri Index

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Book SynopsisAmanda Elam proposes and tests an alternative view of entrepreneurship based on contemporary sociological theory. The resulting cross-national theory of gender and entrepreneurship specifies the context from which individuals initiate the creation of new businesses.This book examines three distinct contributions to the study of entrepreneurship. Firstly, it contributes to both sociological and institutional theories of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneur. Secondly, it presents a cross-national comparative framework for the multilevel analysis of entrepreneurship. Finally, this book produces a key multilevel finding with regard to the importance of national gender beliefs for the likelihood of business creation among both men and women. Gender and Entrepreneurship will be an invaluable tool for researchers and policymakers interested in testing assumptions about the importance and influence of key national factors on rates of entrepreneurial activity.Trade Review'This book is a clear and succinct documentation of what seems to me to be the first leg in a journey to search for superior theoretical explanation for inter-country gender differences in entrepreneurship, by a researcher with a "passion for social theory". The journey has been a fruitful one with firm steps in the right direction. Elam has highlighted important signposts for those interested in embarking on similar journeys by demonstrating that neo-institutional sociological insights coupled with multilevel analysis has much to offer. It appears also that Amanda Brickman Elam is already planning a second leg of the journey with future research ideas outlined in the preface of the book. I will watch the space!' -- Anne de Bruin, International Small Business Journal'. . . Amanda Elam's masterly cross-national study from which she develops her multi-level theory of gender and entrepreneurship is an important contribution. . . She provides some fascinating findings about the macro- and micro-level factors that cause cross-national (and hence cross-cultural) differences - and specific variations by gender - in business start up rates. . . The book is aimed at both an academic and policy audience, although I would go further than the publishers and advocate its use with students - and not just research active staff at universities - because it shows not only the relationship between entrepreneurship and gender, but also the cross-national differences and the sorts of macro- and micro-level factors that influence these variations. Since I write in this research area, I have certainly learnt much from this concise little gem of a book. . . The main strength about this book is that, despite its ambitious and far-reaching theme, Dr Elam has managed to articulate, support, methodise, and test her theory in such a short volume and this is achieved without losing any of the key messages or elements. In fact, she has precised the book exceptionally well in the preface, too, and the supreme organisation of the book means that it is coherent and flows well. Similarly, the quantitative analysis is complex, but is presented in clear language that does not confuse the reader. . . this is a timely and important book. While bearing in mind the limitations of a large-scale empirical study, it is nonetheless one that is grounded in an exemplary manner on a vast body of literature from sociological, anthropological, management and other fields. . . it is certainly value for money given the quality of its findings and the relevance of this work for the gendered entrepreneurship field, but also more generally for those academics and other stakeholders who are interested in this particular issue.' -- J.M. Scott, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and ResearchTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. A Practice Theory View of Social Difference 3. A Multilevel Theory of Gender and Entrepreneurship 4. Some Cross-National Findings 5. Conclusion and Implications Appendix: Data and Methodology References Index

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Book SynopsisStrategic choices made by entrepreneurs have major consequences for SME performance. This book explores the factors that influence entrepreneurial strategic decisions using a cognitive theoretical framework.The proposed model, based on a dual processing approach, integrates motivation, emotions and information processing modes and is tested in several empirical studies. The results show the model's potential for furthering interesting research agendas in entrepreneurial cognition research. The authors also reveal that entrepreneurial cognitions can be elicited and represented in the form of cognitive maps. The structural complexity of the cognitive maps (cognitive complexity) is an important prerequisite of effective strategic decisions and is a core concept for the advancement of our knowledge in entrepreneurial cognition. The book is an informed and interesting exploration of entrepreneurial cognition with both theoretical and methodological contributions to this field of research.Entrepreneurial Strategic Decision-Making will be of great interest to undergraduate students and academics in the field of entrepreneurship. Policymakers will learn from this book to understand the distinctions between various types of entrepreneurial decision-makers and the way they make strategic decisions.Trade Review'This book is a commendable source of reference for entrepreneurship researchers. It offers insight into a number of focused research accounts that may assist other researchers in their entrepreneurship research proposals and execution. . . the literature review section will be of particular value to such early scholars of the field. The book is highly recommended for postgraduate entrepreneurship students and would be worthy of filling a space on any active entrepreneurship researcher's bookshelf.' -- David Douglas, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and ResearchTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Entrepreneurs and Strategic Decisions Patrick A.M. Vermeulen and Petru L. Curseu PART I: OVERVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 2. The Decision-making Entrepreneur: A Literature Review Petra Gibcus, Patrick A.M. Vermeulen and Elissaveta Radulova 3. The Psychology of Entrepreneurial Strategic Decisions Petru L. Curseu, Patrick A.M. Vermeulen and René M. Bakker 4. The Role of Cognitive Complexity in Entrepreneurial Strategic Decision-making Petru L. Curseu PART II: EMPIRICAL STUDIES 5. Strategic Decision-making Processes in SMEs: An Exploratory Study Petru Gibcus and Peter van Hoesel 6. Entrepreneurial Decision Styles and Cognition in SMEs Gerardus J.M. Lucas, Patrick A.M. Vermeulen and Petru L. Curseu 7. Entrepreneurial Decision-makers and the Use of Biases and Heuristics Marijn J.J. de Kort and Patrick A.M. Vermeulen 8. Risk, Uncertainty and Stakeholder Involvement in Entrepreneurial Decision-making Jaap van den Elshout and Patrick A.M. Vermeulen 9. Entrepreneurial Experience and Innovation: The Mediating Role of Cognitive Complexity Petru L. Curseu and Dinie Louwers 10. Social Capital, Cognitive Complexity and the Innovative Performance of SMEs Daniëlle G.W.M. van Gestel 11. Cognitive Complexity, Industry Dynamism and Risk Taking in Entrepreneurial Decision-making Sjoerd Bosgra 12. Conclusions: An Outline of ESDM Research Petru L. Curseu and Patrick A.M. Vermeulen References Index

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Book SynopsisWomen?s entrepreneurship research and the understanding of factors influencing the growth of women-owned business have advanced significantly over the last decade. Yet, challenges remain. Women Entrepreneurs and the Global Environment for Growth provides wide-ranging insights on the challenges that women entrepreneurs face growing their businesses and how these may be addressed. This volume is rooted in research and considers growth challenges, provoking thought and enriching the current literature on gender and entrepreneurship. Part I highlights how contextual factors, and especially social and familial settings of entrepreneurs, have a differential impact on men and women. Part II examines strategies, constraints and enablers of growth and performance. The authors aptly demonstrate that a well-focused gender lens is necessary to better explain the phenomenon of women?s entrepreneurship. Extending previous studies about women?s entrepreneurship, this volume is unique in its application of research from the Diana Project, a path-breaking initiative dating from 1999 to study female entrepreneurial success. Contributions from an international cast of authors make this a comprehensive and broadly appealing reference work.Lending a fresh perspective to the field, this book will serve not only as a learning tool and teaching implement but will cultivate further progress in women?s entrepreneurship. As such, it is ideally suited for students and scholars of entrepreneurship and women?s studies, policy-makers, economic development analysts and gender researchers.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Women Entrepreneurs and Growth Candida G. Brush, Anne de Bruin, Elizabeth J. Gatewood and Colette Henry PART I: CONTEXTUAL FACTORS 2. Entrepreneurship, Gender and Job Creation: European Dynamics Marc Cowling 3. Gender and Entrepreneurship: Revealing Constructions and Underlying Processes – The Case of Norway Gry Agnete Alsos, Ragnhild Steen Jensen and Elisabet Ljunggren 4. Female Leadership and Company Profitability Annu Kotiranta, Anne Kovalainen and Petri Rouvinen 5. Influences on Women’s Entrepreneurship in Ireland and the Czech Republic Lorna Treanor and Colette Henry 6. The Embeddedness of Women’s Entrepreneurship in a Transition Context Friederike Welter and David Smallbone 7. Women Empowering Women: Female Entrepreneurs and Home-based Producers in Jordan Haya Al-Dajani and Sara Carter 8. Exploring the Heterogeneity of Women’s Entrepreneurship: The Impact of Family Structure and Family Policies in Europe and the US Vartuhí Tonoyan, Michelle Budig and Robert Strohmeyer PART II: GROWTH STRATEGIES AND ENABLERS 9. The Work–Family Interface Strategies of Male and Female Entrepreneurs: Are There Any Differences? Jennifer E. Jennings, Karen D. Hughes and P. Devereaux Jennings 10. An Integrated View of Gender, Finance and Entrepreneurial Capital: Theory, Practice and Policy Eleanor Shaw, Sara Carter and Wing Lam 11. Growing a High-tech Business: Gender, Perceptions and Experiences in Northern Ireland Frances M. Hill, Claire M. Leitch and Richard T. Harrison 12. Male and Female Entrepreneurs’ Networks at Four Venture Stages Kim Klyver and Siri Terjesen 13. Gender, Opportunity Recognition and the Role of Internal Networks Rodney Farr-Wharton and Yvonne Brunetto 14. ‘All by Myself’: The Female High-technology Entrepreneur Maura McAdam and Susan Marlow 15. Physician as Feminist Entrepreneur: The Gendered Nature of Venture Creation and the Shirley E. Greenberg Women’s Health Centre Barbara Orser and Joanne Leck 16. Mentoring Women Entrepreneurs in the Russian Emerging Market Jill Kickul, Mark D. Griffiths, Lisa K. Gundry and Tatiana Iakovleva 17. Gender Differences in the Growth Aspirations and Technology Orientation of Slovenian Entrepreneurs Karin Širec, Polona Tominc and Miroslav Rebernik Index

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Book SynopsisModern economies are described as ‘knowledge based’. This book investigates the meaning of such a statement, assessing the relevance of knowledge and the channels through which knowledge is exchanged, both from a theoretical and an empirical perspective. Moving within the realm of complexity theory, the authors provide a methodological assessment of the knowledge diffusion debate as well as presenting theoretical and applied models of knowledge diffusion and innovation. They illustrate how geography plays a role in shaping innovative patterns and how dense networks generally result in more innovative environments. The book concludes that establishing the right connections within such dense networks appears to be more crucial than any other factor, thus highlighting the importance of linkages (or the effects of their absence) within innovation systems.Proposing a taxonomy of knowledge-sharing patterns, this book will be warmly welcomed by academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the areas of the economics of innovation, evolutionary economics and knowledge economics.Trade Review’. . . this book constitutes an important contribution to the literature on knowledge diffusion and networks. It provides novel results, raises new questions and hopefully will spur new work in this area.' -- Lorenzo Zirulia, Journal of Evolutionary Economics'The book uses state-of-the-art theorizing about a topic that has attracted a lot of attention in the past five years or so. It provides a very useful review of the literature, and is very well written and on a novel topic. I especially liked the methodological rigour in the exposition of the model, yet at the same time the text remains accessible to a wide readership. I highly recommend the book.' -- Koen Frenken, Utrecht University, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Theory 1. Introduction 2. Knowledge Economy: Old and New Issues 3. Modelling Knowledge and its Diffusion Patterns: A Pathway Towards Complexity 4. Knowledge Diffusion and Innovation: An Agent-based Approach Part II: Empirical Studies and Model Validations 5. Empirical Studies on Knowledge Flows 6. Theoretical and Applied Methodologies of Agent-based Models 7. Validating the Model of Knowledge Diffusion and Innovation 8. Final Remarks and Future Research References Index

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Book SynopsisThis informative Handbook examines successful women small business owners in both developed and emergent countries around the globe and, in particular, focuses on women entrepreneur success stories.The contributors expertly identify the issues that underpin the success of women small business owners around the globe. Each chapter provides an up-to-date, country-specific review of women?s position in employment and small business ownership and addresses the structural and contextual barriers. They also highlight two cases studies about successful women business owners, and consider strategies relating to the development of women?s business ownership by exploring practical initiatives that have worldwide transferability.International Research Handbook on Successful Women Entrepreneurs will prove essential reading for students and academics in the fields of entrepreneurship, international business and gender studies. It will also be of invaluable interest to policy-makers, government officials, and those in traditional markets who wish to understand the nature of small business ownership for women in developing and emerging countries.Contributors: T. Agarwala, M.J. Davidson, M.R. Evald, S.L. Fielden, R.T. Harrison, K.D. Hughes, J. Hussain, G. nal, D. Jamali, M. Karatas-Özkan, K. Klyver, L. Levin, K. Lewis, N.O. Madichie, S. Marlow, B. Mathur-Helm, M.C. Mattis, M. McAdam, C. Millman, R. Naz, S.L. Nielsen, M.F. Özbilgin, R.D. Pathak, C. Reis, J.M. Scott, A. Shuvalova, Y. Sidani, G. Singh, A.E. Smith-Hunter, J. Syed, M. Tremaine, G. WoodTrade ReviewThis title is a welcome addition to the study of women entrepreneurs and small-business owners, a field that has received little scholarly attention. Given the growth of women-owned businesses around the world, it is a timely publication for scholars and students of international business and entrepreneurship. Policymakers interested in women's small-business ownership, as well as potential or actual women business owners, should also read this book.' --Melissa Guy, Feminist Collections'This collection on successful women entrepreneurs is timely. Entrepreneurship and small business creation and management are vital to tackle the current worldwide economic recession. Various stakeholders - policy-makers, academics, budding entrepreneurs - will find this book of interest. A number of country-level initiatives that serve to support women s entrepreneurship are offered that can work almost anywhere. The focus on successful women entrepreneurs is valuable in showing that women can do it and how they achieved their successes. Readers will find the women's voices reported here to be inspirational.' --Ronald J. Burke, York University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Sandra L. Fielden and Marilyn J. Davidson 2. Australia Glenice Wood 3. Brazil Andrea E. Smith- Hunter 4. Canada Karen D. Hughes 5. China Jonathan M. Scott, Javed Hussain, Richard T. Harrison and Cindy Millman 6. Denmark Suna Løwe Nielsen, Kim Klyver and Majbritt Rostgaard Evald 7. Fiji Gurmeet Singh, Raghuvar Dutt Pathak and Rafia Naz 8. India Tanuja Agarwala 9. Lebanon Dima Jamali and Yusuf Sidani 10. New Zealand Marianne Tremaine and Kate Lewis 11. Pakistan Jawad Syed 12. Portugal Christina Reis 13. Russia Anna Shuvalova 14. South Africa Babita Mathur-Helm 15. Turkey Mine Karataş-Özkan, Gözde İnal and Mustafa F. Özbilgin 16. United Arab Emirates Nnamdi O. Madichie 17. United Kingdom Susan Marlow and Maura McAdam 18. United States of America Mary C. Mattis and Leslie Levin Index

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Book Synopsis'A major contribution to historical research in entrepreneurship. History is a vital link to our understanding of this critical activity, a link that is no longer missing. It is arguable that history provides us the richest body of information that will enable us to understand what the entrepreneurs can contribute to social welfare and what is lost from misdirection of their efforts. This book provides an abundance of such important insights.' - William J. Baumol, New York University and Princeton University This book historicizes entrepreneurship research, its primary thesis being 'history matters'. Expert contributors discuss the field's long history and explore whether it has developed a mature and comprehensive knowledge base. The intellectual roots of several important theories are then examined in depth because, as entrepreneurship research has become more theory driven, and scholars have borrowed theories from many different fields, it becomes increasingly important to understand their origin. Finally, the book demonstrates how economic history research (for example, the historical and institutional context of entrepreneurial behaviour) can contribute to our understanding of entrepreneurship. Providing a broad overview of myriad theories and both their development and utilization in extant entrepreneurship research, this book will prove a fascinating and illuminating read for students, researchers and academics in the field of entrepreneurship.Trade Review’Landstrom and Lohrke's edited collection is an important and timely contribution to the literature on entrepreneurship research. Prior history-orientated titles mainly provide a “nice-to-know” orientation into the developments and landmarks in the history of scholarly conceptualization of entrepreneurial phenomena. This volume, however, also provides very useful accounts of relatively more recent disciplinary and contextual origins and developments of some of the core theoretical and methodological tools that empirical entrepreneurship researchers use today. The book is essential reading for research students and other new entrants to the world of entrepreneurship research.’ -- Per Davidsson, Queensland University of Technology, Australia‘A major contribution to historical research in entrepreneurship. History is a vital link to our understanding of this critical activity, a link that is no longer missing. It is arguable that history provides us the richest body of information that will enable us to understand what entrepreneurs can contribute to social welfare and what is lost from misdirection of their efforts. This book provides an abundance of such important insights.’ -- William J. Baumol, New York University and Princeton University, US‘As a subject of intellectual endeavour, the field of entrepreneurship is booming. This new book presents a significant contribution to our understanding of entrepreneurship by demonstrating the relevance of historical perspectives. Hans Landström and Franz Lohrke have drawn together an influential group of authors who provide an impressive and highly readable series of chapters spanning the historical roots of entrepreneurship research. This is a must read for serious students of entrepreneurship. The contributions should help us avoid reinventing the wheel as well as stimulate future breakthroughs in our theoretical and empirical understanding of the phenomenon of entrepreneurship.’ -- Robert Blackburn, International Small Business Journal‘I am delighted to see what a fine job Hans Landström and Franz Lohrke have done in giving us an historical perspective on the development of empirical research into entrepreneurship. They have recruited a stellar cast of authors and organized their contributions such that it is easy to grasp the intellectual roots of our profession. I believe that graduate students, junior scholars, and even seasoned veterans will benefit from understanding where our “big ideas” come from, so that they may set their own work in historical context. I highly recommend this volume.’ -- Howard Aldrich, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. History Matters in Entrepreneurship Research Franz Lohrke and Hans Landström PART I: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A RESEARCH FIELD 2. Entrepreneurship Research: A History of Scholarly Migration Hans Landström and Mats Benner 3. Entrepreneurship Research: Research Communities and Knowledge Platforms Hans Landström and Olle Persson PART II: INTELLECTUAL ROOTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH Opportunity Recognition 4. Environmental Uncertainty and Firm-level Entrepreneurship Lou Marino, Patrick Kreiser and Anthony Robinson 5. Entrepreneurial Alertness and Opportunity Discovery: Origins, Attributes, Critique Nicolai J. Foss and Peter G. Klein 6. Opportunity Recognition: Evolving Theoretical Perspectives Robert A. Baron 7. The Historical Roots of Entrepreneurial Orientation Research Verona P. Edmond and Johan Wiklund Opportunity Evaluation 8. On the Relevance of Decision-making in Entrepreneurial Decision-making Saras D. Sarasvathy and Henrik Berglund Opportunity Exploitation 9. Only the Good Die Young? A Review of Liability of Newness and Related New Venture Mortality Research Brian Nagy and Franz Lohrke 10. Entrepreneurial Groups Martin Ruef 11. Governance Theory: Origins and Implications for Researching Boards and Governance in Entrepreneurial Firms Jonas Gabrielsson and Morten Huse 12. The Historical Roots of Socio Network Theory in Entrepreneurship Research Sarah Jack and Mary Rose Integrative Works 13. The Psychology of Entrepreneurs: A Self-regulation Perspective Alan R. Johnson and Frédéric Delmar 14. Social Entrepreneurship: A Historical Review and Research Agenda Todd W. Moss, G.T. Lumpkin and Jeremy C. Short PART III: ECONOMIC HISTORY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH 15. Historical Reasoning and the Development of Entrepreneurship Theory R. Daniel Wadhwani 16. Culture, Opportunity and Entrepreneurship in Economic History: The Case of Britain in the Twentieth Century Andrew Godley 17. Industrial Renewal and Entrepreneurship in Sweden: A Structural Cycle Explanation Hans Landström and Lennart Schön 18. Entrepreneurial Capitalism in East Asia: How History Matters David Ahlstrom and Linda C. Wang Index

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Book SynopsisPerhaps the most exceptional aspect of the current era of globalisation is that entrepreneurship has become the engine for local processes of economic, social and cultural development throughout the world. This important new book brings together a number of leading scholars in the field to explore the development aspects of globalisation, in particular those that foster the evolution of entrepreneurs in local-global processes.The expert contributions consider local processes such as entrepreneurship, new firm formation, creativity, media clustering, migration, and many more. They examine how the footprints of these processes reveal themselves in the contemporary global context, characterized by increasing economic interdependence as evidenced by the expanding trade in goods and services, and the growth in capital, knowledge and technology flows. The authors highlight the fact that global patterns of change are the result of innumerable local processes driven by economic, political and social entrepreneurs in localities, regions and nations around the world. With a variety of geographic perspectives, this book will appeal to researchers, students and policymakers in a range of fields including urban and regional economics, economic geography, international trade, and entrepreneurship and innovation policy.Trade Review‘“Think Global, Act Local” has become the policy mantra for innovation, growth and competitiveness in the global economy. In this important and insightful book, Karlsson, Johansson and Stough assemble an all star team of international scholars to explicitly draw out the key role that entrepreneurship plays for local economic performance. The interdisciplinary approach contained in this book yields a pathbreaking set of insights for regional policy that will be of great value to both scholars and policy makers.’ -- David Audretsch, Indiana University, Bloomington, US and Otto Beisheim School WHU, Germany‘The world is experiencing the fourth globalization trend since the collapse of the Berlin Wall twenty years ago. This trend unlike previous ones is characterized by both broader global interconnection and deeper localization. In other words, the world is both flatter and spikier at the same time. The key to a successful development policy is to integrate these two seemingly counter intuitive trends. The solution to this is a more or less regional strategy with a very strong focus on entrepreneurship. While this approach is not new and is not the first, it is the best one that I have seen. The editors of this collection are some of the best informed, most careful and deep thinking scholars in the business and have produced a work worthy of their stature.’ -- Zoltán J. Ács, George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson and Roger R. Stough 2. Globalization and the Emergence of the Entrepreneurial Society David B. Audretsch 3. New Firm Formation and Economic Development in a Globalizing Economy Sierdjan Koster and Charlie Karlsson 4. Entrepreneurship and Local Growth: A Comparison of the US and Sweden Benny Borgman and Pontus Braunerhjelm 5. Gibrat’s Law Reconsidered: A Creativity Perspective Zoltan J. Acs and Catherine Armington 6. International Linkages and Entrepreneurship in Media Clusters: Evidence from the UK Gary A.S. Cook and Naresh R. Pandit 7. Household Migration and Attractiveness in Consumer Service Supply Charlotta Mellander and Johanna Palmberg 8. Knowledge Intensive Business Services as Gazelles: Implications of Size on Innovation Johanna Nählinder 9. The Community Entrepreneur as a Facilitator of Local Economic Development Lars Rønning, Elisabet Ljunggren and Johan Wiklund 10. Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Danish Regional Policy Andreas P. Cornett 11. Modeling Just-in-Time Manufacturing in a Vertically Integrated Industry Ho Yeon Kim 12. The Innovation and Productivity Effect of Foreign Takeover of National Assets Börje Johansson, Hans Lööf and Bernd Ebersberger 13. Creative Industries and Regional Economic Development – The Example of Public Supported Regional Film Centres in Sweden Per Assmo 14. Local Patterns of Growth in a Global Perspective: A Territorial Scenario of an Enlarged Europe Roberta Capello Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook presents an extensive overview of empirical and conceptual developments in the study of high-tech entrepreneurs from an interdisciplinary and multinational perspective. The expert contributors explore various conceptual frameworks and definitions of high-tech entrepreneurs and of the entrepreneurial process based on studies in different settings and contexts. They examine issues of equality, diversity and inclusion in terms of gender and class. The Handbook investigates strategies for empowering high-tech entrepreneurs, ranging from structural conditions and support mechanisms afforded by state and institutional actors, to individual mechanisms used by serial entrepreneurs to avoid burnout. Including unique perspectives on theory and research, this Handbook will make a rigorous and innovative contribution to academics, students and researchers? understanding of high-tech entrepreneurs.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Ayala Malach-Pines and Mustafa F. Özbilgin PART I: HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS 1. The Right Entrepreneur for the Right Start-up – the Impact of Entrepreneurs’ Personality on their Start-ups’ Performance: A Contingency Approach Dov Dvir, Arik Sadeh and Ayala Malach-Pines 2. The Entrepreneurial Posture of Information Technology Professionals Agnieszka Postuła 3. High-tech Entrepreneurs versus Entrepreneurs in Traditional Industries: Similarities and Differences in Family Portraits and Passion Quests Orenia Yaffe-Yanai, Tamar Milo and Gilat Kaplan PART II: HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP: PROCESSES AND STAGES 4. Exploration and Exploitation in High-technology Start-ups: A Process Model for New Firm Development Björn Klocke and Hans Georg Gemünden 5. Radical Strategic Change in High-technology New Ventures: A Multi-cultural View of Investors’ Perspective Eli Gimmon, Eyal Benjamin and Liora Katzenstein 6. Is Your Firm Established? The Role of Recognition in Entrepreneurial Firm Transition Preeta M. Banerjee PART III: CONTEXTUAL PERSPECTIVES TO HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS Section A: National Perspectives 7. Gender Identity and ICT Entrepreneurship in an Irish Context Anne Laure Humbert, Eileen Drew and Elisabeth Kelan 8. Technopreneurship in India: Two Case Studies of Information Technology Entrepreneurs Radha R. Sharma 9. Attitudes Towards High-tech Entrepreneurs and Company Heads in Hungary Ágnes Utasi Section B: Comparative Perspectives 10. University Technology Transfer: Comparative Study of US, European and Australian Universities Tsvi Vinig and Paul van Rijsbergen 11. Regulatory Focus in Start-ups versus Established Firms in the High-tech Industry Sharon Barkan 12. Person–Environment Fit (P–E Fit) in Values and Regulatory Focus and its Relationship to Stress, Burnout and Meaning Among High-tech Workers in Economically Stable versus Unstable Environments Shira Milshtein PART IV: ANTECEDENTS, CORRELATES AND CONSEQUENCES OF ENTREPRENEURIAL CAREERS IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY 13. Determinants of Intrapreneurship Among High-tech Engineers Sigalit Ronen 14. Career Aspirations and Progression in UK Science: Perceptions and Reality Sara Connolly and Susan Long 15. Entrepreneurial and Other Career Motivations Among Engineering Students Nilusha De Alwis and Helen M.G. Watt 16. Nascent Technology Entrepreneurs: A Case Study of Setting up an Academic Research-driven Technology Business in Malaysia Mine Karataş-Özkan and Katerina Nicolopoulou PART V: GENDER, ETHNICITY, CLASS AND HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS 17. High-technology Entrepreneurs: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Olca Sürgevil and Mustafa F. Özbilgin 18. Exploring Women Academics’ Involvement in Science Entrepreneurship: A Structuration View Elizabeth Chell, Mine Karataş-Özkan and Rosie Read 19. Women Serial High-technology Entrepreneurs Gilat Kaplan and Ayala Malach-Pines PART VI: EMPOWERING HIGH-TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS: MECHANISMS OF STRUCTURAL AND INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT 20. Social Networks and High-tech Entrepreneurs: The Power of Networks and How to Put it to Use Yossi Dashti 21. Assisting the Growth of Small Technology Firms: An Educator’s Perspective William J. Lekse 22. Why Serial High-technology Entrepreneurs Don’t Burn Out Ayala Malach-Pines and Gilat Kaplan Index

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking work brings together a comprehensive set of scholarly articles that help shape our understanding of the strategies deployed to create and grow new business entities. The editor draws on a broad set of multi-disciplinary contributions to the domain of new venture development from scholars who publish in the fields of economics, entrepreneurship, finance, organization theory and strategic management.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Ari Ginsberg PART I BUSINESS-POSITIONING STRATEGIES 1. Henry R. Feeser and Gary E. Willard (1990), ‘Founding Strategy and Performance: A Comparison of High and Low Growth High Tech Firms’ 2. Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Claudia Bird Schoonhoven (1990), ‘Organizational Growth: Linking Founding Team, Strategy, Environment, and Growth Among U.S. Semiconductor Ventures, 1978–1988’ 3. Patricia P. McDougall, Richard B. Robinson, Jr. and Angelo S. DeNisi (1992), ‘Modelling New Venture Performance: An Analysis of New Venture Strategy, Industry Structure, and Venture Origin’ 4. Nancy M. Carter, Timothy M. Stearns, Paul D. Reynolds and Brenda A. Miller (1994), ‘New Venture Strategies: Theory Development with an Empirical Base’ 5. Gaylen N. Chandler and Steven H. Hanks (1994), ‘Market Attractiveness, Resource-Based Capabilities, Venture Strategies, and Venture Performance’ 6. Timothy M. Stearns, Nancy M. Carter, Paul D. Reynolds and Mary L. Williams (1995), ‘New Firm Survival: Industry, Strategy, and Location’ 7. Ming-Tien Tsai and Yong-Hui Li (2007), ‘Knowledge Creation Process in New Venture Strategy and Performance’ 8. Charlene L. Nicholls-Nixon, Arnold C. Cooper and Carolyn Y. Woo (2000), ‘Strategic Experimentation: Understanding Change and Performance in New Ventures’ PART II LEGITIMACY-SEEKING STRATEGIES 9. Wesley D. Sine, Heather A. Haveman and Pamela S. Tolbert (2005), ‘Risky Business? Entrepreneurship in the New Independent Power Sector’ 10. Erno T. Tornikoski and Scott L. Newbert (2007), ‘Exploring the Determinants of Organizational Emergence: A Legitimacy Perspective’ 11. Scott Shane and Daniel Cable (2002), ‘Network Ties, Reputation, and the Financing of New Ventures’ 12. Christopher Zott and Quy Nguyen Huy (2007), ‘How Entrepreneurs Use Symbolic Management to Acquire Resources’ 13. Raghunath Singh Rao, Rajesh K. Chandy and Jaideep C. Prabhu (2008), ‘The Fruits of Legitimacy: Why Some New Ventures Gain More from Innovation Than Others’ 14. Ranjay Gulati and Monica C. Higgins (2003), ‘Which Ties Matter When? The Contingent Effects of Interorganizational Partnerships on IPO Success’ 15. Guoli Chen, Donald C. Hambrick and Timothy G. Pollock (2008), ‘Puttin’ On the Ritz: Pre-IPO Enlistment of Prestigious Affiliates as Deadline-Induced Remediation’ 16. Timothy G. Pollock and Violina P. Rindova (2003), ‘Media Legitimation Effects in the Market for Initial Public Offerings’ 17. Martin L. Martens, Jennifer E. Jennings and P. Devereaux Jennings (2007), ‘Do The Stories They Tell Get Them The Money They Need? The Role of Entrepreneurial Narratives in Resource Acquisition’ 18. David L. Deeds, Paul Y. Mang and Michael L. Frandsen (2004), ‘The Influence of Firms’ and Industries’ Legitimacy on the Flow of Capital into High-Technology Ventures’ PART III ALLIANCE AND FRANCHISING STRATEGIES 19. H. Kevin Steensma, Louis Marino, K. Mark Weaver and Pat H. Dickson (2000), ‘The Influence of National Culture on the Formation of Technology Alliances by Entrepreneurial Firms’ 20. Seung Ho Park, Roger (Rongxin) Chen and Scott Gallagher (2002), ‘Firm Resources as Moderators of the Relationship between Market Growth and Strategic Alliances in Semiconductor Start-ups’ 21. Joseph E. Coombs, Ram Mudambi and David L. Deeds (2006), ‘An Examination of the Investments in U.S. Biotechnology Firms by Foreign and Domestic Corporate Partners’ 22. Riitta Katila, Jeff D. Rosenberger and Kathleen M. Eisenhardt (2008), ‘Swimming with Sharks: Technology Ventures, Defence Mechanisms and Corporate Relationships’ 23. James G. Combs and David J. Ketchen Jr. (2003), ‘Why Do Firms Use Franchising as an Entrepreneurial Strategy?: A Meta-Analysis’ 24. Africa Ariño, Roberto Ragozzino and Jeffrey J. Reuer (2008), ‘Alliance Dynamics for Entrepreneurial Firms’ 25. Jeffrey E. McGee, Michael J. Dowling and William L. Megginson (1995), ‘Cooperative Strategy and New Venture Performance: The Role of Business Strategy and Management Experience’ 26. Joel A.C. Baum, Tony Calabrese and Brian S. Silverman (2000), ‘Don’t Go It Alone: Alliance Network Composition and Startups’ Performance in Canadian Biotechnology’ 27. Steven C. Michael (2003), ‘First Mover Advantage through Franchising’ PART IV BUSINESS-HARVESTING STRATEGIES 28. James C. Brau and Stanley E. Fawcett (2006), ‘Initial Public Offerings: An Analysis of Theory and Practice’ 29. Jani Hursti and Markku V.J. Maula (2007), ‘Acquiring Financial Resources from Foreign Equity Capital Markets: An Examination of Factors Influencing Foreign Initial Public Offerings’ 30. Melissa E. Graebner and Kathleen M. Eisenhardt (2004), ‘The Seller’s Side of the Story: Acquisition as Courtship and Governance as Syndicate in Entrepreneurial Firms’ 31. James C. Brau, Bill Francis and Ninon Kohers (2003), ‘The Choice of IPO versus Takeover: Empirical Evidence’ 32. Jeffrey J. Reuer and Jung-Chin Shen (2004), ‘Sequential Divestiture Through Initial Public Offerings’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is a general presentation of complex systems, examined from the point of view of management. There is no standard formula to govern such systems, nor to effectively understand and respond to them. The interdisciplinary theory of self-organization is teeming with examples of living systems that can reorganize at a higher level of complexity when confronted with an external challenge of a certain magnitude. Modern businesses, considered as complex systems, ideally know how to flexibly and resiliently adapt to their environment, and also how to prepare for change via self-organization. Understanding sources of potential crisis is essential for leaders, though not all crises are necessarily bad news, as creative firms know how to respond to challenges through innovation: new products and markets, organizational learning for collective intelligence, and more. Table of ContentsPreface ix Chapter 1. Introduction: Why Do We Talk About Complexity in Management? 1 1.1. Examples of complex and/or innovative projects 2 1.2. Complex systems, rationality and knowledge 5 1.2.1. Outlines of complexity and complex systems 5 1.2.2. Information and learning 7 1.2.3. Rationality 10 1.3. Cognition and the theory of the firm 15 1.3.1. Creativity and the evolutionary theory of the firm 17 1.3.2. Creativity and knowledge 18 1.3.3. Creativity and novelty within a system 20 1.4. The entrepreneurial dimension 22 1.4.1. The philosophy of effectuation 24 1.4.2. Evolutionary models 25 1.5. Conclusions 26 Chapter 2. The Evolution of Complex Systems 29 2.1. Adaptation, learning and flexibility 30 2.2. The nonlinear behavior of “imbalanced” systems 32 2.3. Autonomy and responsibility 35 2.3.1. A sociological approach to the question of “irresponsible” complex systems 35 2.3.2. The role of the leader 36 2.4. Different evolutionary models 39 2.4.1. The large models inspired by the natural sciences 39 2.4.2. Human evolution 41 2.4.3. The evolution of economic organizations 42 2.4.4. Proactive evolution: from adaptation to exaptation 44 2.5. Implications for management 46 2.5.1. Thinking in a nonlinear way 46 2.5.2. Anticipating breakthroughs 48 2.5.3. Managing learning and encouraging agents 50 2.6. Closing remarks 52 Chapter 3. Steering Complex Adaptive Systems: Managing Weak Signals 55 3.1. Navigating the ocean of signals 57 3.1.1. Understanding the nature of the ocean 57 3.1.2. Observing the ocean 58 3.1.3. Taking a course 64 3.1.4. Navigating in symbiosis 67 3.2. Managing interdependences and dancing with the system 69 3.2.1. The transmission of signals as a creative process: the example of composite materials 71 3.2.2. The nonlinear changes at the source of evolution 74 3.3. Surfing on the wave 82 3.3.1. Preparing the actors means first listening to them 82 3.3.2. Choosing the right methods to design a strategy 83 3.3.3. Choosing a good steerer 85 3.4. Conclusion 97 Chapter 4. Entrepreneurship, Market Creation and Imagination 99 4.1. Some current stakes of entrepreneurship 102 4.2. The entrepreneur in the history of economic thought 105 4.2.1. The entrepreneur, harbinger of decentralized creativity 106 4.2.2. The entrepreneur according to Jean-Baptiste Say: the assembler of factors 109 4.2.3. The Austrian approach: a form of serendipity within the economic process 110 4.2.4. The Schumpeterian approach: from serendipity to creativity 111 4.2.5. The entrepreneur as a decision-maker in uncertain situations 114 4.2.6. Towards a taxonomy of the entrepreneurial function 116 4.3. Motivations, responsibility and identity of the entrepreneur 117 4.3.1. The entrepreneur’s responsibility 118 4.3.2. The entrepreneur’s identity 119 4.3.3. Conclusion on the entrepreneur’s motivations 122 4.4. Entrepreneurship and complexity: the role of the imagination 123 Chapter 5. Managerial Approaches and Theories of the Firm 127 5.1. Complexity and management: the first steps 130 5.2. Manager’s role versus complex systems 132 5.3. Marketing and complex systems 134 5.3.1. Hypotheses and theories of complex systems 136 5.3.2. Four types of complex systems 137 5.3.3. Honda and the global automobile market 140 5.3.4. Implications for the marketing manager 145 5.4. Complex systems and human resource management 146 5.4.1. RBV and complex systems 147 5.4.2. Strategic human resource management 149 5.5. Conclusion: managers’ creative responses 151 Conclusion 155 References 157 Index 173

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Book SynopsisThis research review includes classic works on the theoretical foundations of entrepreneurship research and provides important groundwork for future investigations. Professor Landstrom and Professor Lohrke have carefully selected the seminal, currently relevant and, in many cases, difficult-to-access studies within the field, covering the entrepreneurial processes of opportunity recognition, evaluation and exploitation. Reflecting the heavily interdisciplinary nature of the research, many of the papers have a basis in the spheres of economics, social sciences and strategic management. Trade Review‘Landström and Lohrke have compiled the seminal works that have shaped the field of entrepreneurial inquiry. This book should be mandatory reading for every doctoral student.’ -- Andrew Zacharakis, Babson College, USTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Hans Landström and Franz T. Lohrke PART I THE ENTREPRENEURIAL CONTEXT AND INTEGRATIVE WORKS 1. William J. Baumol (1990), ‘Entrepreneurship: Productive, Unproductive and Destructive’ 2. Boyan Jovanovic (1982), ‘Selection and the Evolution of Industry’ 3. David S. Evans and Linda S. Leighton (1989), ‘Some Empirical Aspects of Entrepreneurship’ 4. Zoltan Acs and David Audretsch (1988), ‘Innovation in Large and Small Firms: An Empirical Analysis’ 5. David J. Teece (1986), ‘Profiting from Technological Innovation: Implications for Integration, Collaboration, Licensing and Public Policy’ 6. Giacomo Becattini (1989), ‘Sectors and/or Districts: Some Remarks on the Conceptual Foundations of Industrial Economics’ 7. Howard E. Aldrich and C. Marlene Fiol (1994), ‘Fools Rush In? The Institutional Context of Industry Creation’ 8. Albert Bandura (1991), ‘Social Cognitive Theory of Self-Regulation’ 9. Icek Ajzen (1991), ‘The Theory of Planned Behavior’ 10. William B. Gartner (1985), ‘A Conceptual Framework for Describing the Phenomenon of New Venture Creation’ 11. S. Venkataraman (1997), ‘The Distinctive Domain of Entrepreneurship Research’ 12. Danny Miller (1983), ‘The Correlates of Entrepreneurship in Three Types of Firms’ 13. Robert A. Burgelman (1983), ‘A Process Model of Internal Corporate Venturing in the Diversified Major Firm’ 14. G.T. Lumpkin and Gregory G. Dess (1996), ‘Clarifying the Entrepreneurial Orientation Construct and Linking it to Performance’ 15. Eric von Hippel (1988), ‘Overview’ PART II SOURCES OF OPPORTUNITY AND OPPORTUNITY RECOGNITION 16. Freidrich von Hayek (1945), ‘The Use of Knowledge in Society’ 17. Israel M. Kirzner (1973), ‘The Entrepreneur’ 18. Stanley Kaish and Benjamin Gilad (1991), ‘Characteristics of Opportunities Search of Entrepreneurs versus Executives: Sources, Interests, General Alertness’ 19. Mark S. Granovetter (1973), ‘The Strength of Weak Ties’ 20. Barbara Bird (1988), ‘Implementing Entrepreneurial Ideas: The Case for Intention’ 21. Scott Shane (2000), ‘Prior Knowledge and the Discovery of Entrepreneurial Opportunities’ 22. Wesley M. Cohen and Daniel A. Levinthal (1990), ‘Absorptive Capacity: A New Perspective on Learning and Innovation’ PART III OPPORTUNITY EVALUATION 23. Frank H. Knight (1921), ‘The Meaning of Risk and Uncertainty’ 24. Richard E. Kihlstrom and Jean-Jacques Laffont (1979), ‘A General Equilibrium Entrepreneurial Theory of Firm Formation Based on Risk Aversion’ 25. Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky (1979), ‘Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision Under Risk’ 26. Lowell W. Busenitz and Jay B. Barney (1997), ‘Differences Between Entrepreneurs and Managers in Large Organizations: Biases and Heuristics in Strategic Decision-Making’ 27. Robert A. Baron (1998), ‘Cognitive Mechanisms in Entrepreneurship: Why and When Entrepreneurs Think Differently Than Other People’ 28. James G. March (1991), ‘Exploration and Exploitation in Organizational Learning’ PART IV OPPORTUNITY EXPLOITATION 29. Kenneth J. Arrow (1962), 'Economic Welfare and the Allocation of Resources for Invention’ 30. David S. Evans and Boyan Jovanovic (1989), ‘An Estimated Model of Entrepreneurial Choice Under Liquidity Constraints’ 31. Arthur L. Stinchcombe (1965), ‘Social Structure and Organizations’ 32. Andrea Larson (1992), ‘Network Dyads in Entrepreneurial Settings: A Study of the Governance of Exchange Relationships’ 33. Jerome Katz and William B. Gartner (1988), ‘Properties of Emerging Organizations’ 34. Benjamin M. Oviatt and Patricia Phillips McDougall (1994), ‘Toward a Theory of International New Ventures’ 35. William R. Sandberg and Charles W. Hofer (1987), ‘Improving New Venture Performance: The Role of Strategy, Industry Structure, and the Entrepreneur’ 36. Edith T. Penrose (1959), ‘The Firm in Theory’ and ‘The Productive Opportunity of the Firm and the “Entrepreneur”’

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book shows how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from some of the traditionally less dynamic peripheral economies of the ?old? EU ? namely Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain ? have responded to the twin challenges of globalisation and industrial restructuring. Through a series of unique case studies the contributing authors discuss how these economies, and in particular the SME sector, can be transformed. The book begins by examining the key drivers of the globally competitive SME sector in the EU, before moving on to explore the relationship between multinational enterprises (MNEs), SMEs and industrial development. The authors investigate important policy implications and provide lessons for SME development and growth.With empirical and theoretical contributions on SMEs in both the manufacturing and the services sectors, this essential book will be invaluable for researchers and policymakers in small business economics and management. Postgraduate students of entrepreneurship, business economics, industrial economics and European studies will appreciate this unique set of insights.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. SMEs in a Globalised World: Conceptual Issues Helena Lenihan, Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan and Mark Hart PART I: KEY DRIVERS OF A GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE SME SECTOR IN THE EU 2. Why do SMEs Grow? A Rejection of Gibrat’s Law for Spanish Firms (1994–2002) Mercedes Teruel-Carrizosa 3. Access of Small Firms to Knowledge Networks as a Determinant of Local Economic Development Miren Larrea, Alazne Mujika and Mari Jose Aranguren 4. Innovation Behaviour of Spanish Fashion Manufacturing SMEs José L. Calvo and Angel L. Culebras de Mesa 5. Family-based Firms: Evidence from the Portuguese Furniture and Events Organisation Industries Vitor Braga and Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan 6. Forms of Industrial Development in Chinese Specialized Towns and Types of Challenges to European Manufacturing SMEs: An Italian Perspective Marco Bellandi and Annalisa Caloffi PART II: MNEs, SMEs AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 7. MNE Subsidiaries, Productivity Spillovers and SMEs Rita Buckley 8. Entrepreneurship and Inward Foreign Direct Investment in Portugal Natália Barbosa and Vasco Eiriz 9. The Large Leader Firm: Good or Bad? A Case Study of a Leader Firm–Supplier Relationship Helen McGrath and David Jacobson 10. Dynamics of the SME Sector in Ireland: A Driver of Growth in the Irish Economy Since 1994? Helena Lenihan, Briga Hynes and Mark Hart Index

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