Entrepreneurship / Start-ups Books

Book Synopsis"Entrepreneurship research often presupposes similarities between national contexts despite evidence of extensive differences. This timely study focuses on the important issue of new venture creation using a variety of data sources, methods and theories." "The authors demonstrate the factors that aid or hinder new venture creation in a number of settings. The empirical context underpinning this research is Sweden - a small open economy with a renowned quality of data that allows important research questions to be uniquely addressed with great concern for relevance and policy implications."--BOOK JACKET.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Carin Holmquist and Johan Wiklund 2. New Start-Up Firms Among Swedish Patent Holders Roger Svensson 3. Entrepreneurial Human Capital: A Real Options Perspective Karl Wennberg 4. New Ventures’ Entry Strategies: A Comparison of Academic and Non-Academic Business Startups Sari Roininen and Håkan Ylinenpää 5. How Human Capital Affects Self-Employment Among the Science and Technology Labor Force Johan Wiklund and Frédéric Delmar and Karin Hellerstedt 6. The Framing of New Business Concepts in Established Corporations: An Explanatory Investigation Christian Czernich and Ivo Zander 7. Refueling or Running Dry: Entrepreneurs’ Energetic Resources and the Start-Up Process Anders Landberg 8. International Entrepreneurship and the Theory of Effectuation Svante Andersson 9. Learning from Swedish Entrepreneurship Research Carin Holmquist and Johan Wiklund Index

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Book SynopsisDo entrepreneurs create ventures or do venture experiences create entrepreneurs? The authors of Entrepreneurship as Experience propose that the answer is 'both'. This important volume examines how individuals experience the creation of a venture as it happens and how that experience determines the types of entrepreneur and venture that ultimately emerge. In essence, entrepreneurship is an experience consisting of large numbers of key events such as a first sale, hiring a first employee, losing a big account - events that are processed and made sense of by the entrepreneur. They produce cognitive, emotional and physiological responses, which impact decision-making and behavior. The result is an experience that is purposive, diverse, uncertain, ambiguous and transformative - and unique to each individual. Here, the authors argue that as experience unfolds both entrepreneur and venture are being constructed and emerge in unique forms. This experiential view introduces an entirely new lens through which entrepreneurship can be examined. Entrepreneurship as Experience comprises chapters dedicated to sociological, anthropological and psychological research related to human experiencing; the volume presents a new frame for understanding the role of emotions and feelings in venture creation and lays out a conceptual framework for understanding how real-time experiencing informs the entrepreneurial process. New insights are provided regarding how the entrepreneurial mindset and an entrepreneurial identity are formed, and why entrepreneurs take on certain traits and develop certain competencies. Further, the authors put forth new approaches to conducting research on the entrepreneurial experience. Students - advanced as well as undergraduate - and scholars of entrepreneurship, innovation, strategy and management will find themselves turning often to the ideas and research presented here.Trade Review'This scholarly, theoretical, and thought-provoking volume examines the intertwined nature of business ventures and the entrepreneurs who undertake them, underscoring how both change based on the experiences encountered during the development of a venture. . . This work can be used as the basis for research on the entrepreneurial experience to better understand how to identify, pursue, and take advantage of a venture opportunity to achieve success.' --D.W. Huffmire, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Robert A. Baron 1. Entrepreneurship as Experience 2. Anthropology and Experience 3. Psychology and Experience 4. Sociology and Experience 5. Processing of the Entrepreneurial Experience 6. Experiencing and the Entrepreneur: The Role of Affect 7. A Conceptual Model of Entrepreneurial Experiencing 8. Emergent Outcomes of the Entrepreneurial Experience 9. Entrepreneurship as Peak Experience 10. Applications of the Experiential Lens: Intuition, Effectuation, and Passion 11. Comparing Experiences of Different Types of Entrepreneurs 12. Conducting Research on the Entrepreneurial Experience 13. Toward New Insights and new Questions Index

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Book SynopsisPoverty remains one of the most intractable problems in the developing world. Microfranchising offers great promise in alleviating poverty by aiding in the foundation of locally owned businesses. Microfranchising is defined as small businesses whose start-up costs are minimal and whose concepts and operations are easily replicated. It involves the systematizing of microenterprises to create and replicate turnkey businesses for the poor. With the awarding of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, attention has increased on this remarkable concept.This unique book provides an overview of the need to alleviate poverty and what methods have been used in the past to do so (e.g. microcredit). It then introduces the concept of the microfranchise and discusses how this business model can be used in poverty alleviation. Different models of microfranchising are reviewed and specific case studies highlighted to show how it has worked in different parts of the world. The book concludes with a discussion of the advantages as well as the potential problems and pitfalls that accompany microfranchising. This book is a must read for business scholars and economists, practitioners and lenders, members of NGOs dedicated to poverty alleviation and anyone else who is interested in learning about an innovative, business focused tool to alleviate poverty.Trade Review'Microfranchising offers a thorough-going and impartial analysis of microfranchising, covering both practice and theory. . . The tome's well documented chapters provide an objective overview of the various aspects of microfranchising and outline its main characteristics. . . This book should be read by all those involved in, or concerned by, the fight against poverty who are looking for a complete overview of microfranchising. The various actors of the entrepreneurial world will also find much in the volume of interest to them. . . Academics will find well documented sources, complete with operational examples, which will help them to present "action" projects to their students. Microfranchising and, more generally, micro-entrepreneurship, represent a vast field of research that will be of great interest to scholars working in the field of entrepreneurship. Fairbourne, Gibson and Dyer's book not only offers a valuable introduction to "micro-entrepreneurship", but demonstrates the human side of entrepreneurship as a whole.' -- Frederic Demerens, Entrepreneurship and Innovation'Microfranchising has clues and cautions to help create wealth and lift humanity from poverty by energizing communities, families and individuals to profit-making productivity in cooperation with guidance, education, and other resources from established businesses, financial institutions and philanthropists. Anyone interested in shrinking the bottom of the world's income and wealth pyramid to create real widespread sustainability and all the consequent social and health benefits should read this book.' -- Joseph H. Astrachan, Kennesaw State University, US'What do buying honey, renting mobile phones and fitting prescription glasses have in common? Answer: they are all activities that have expanded in low-income countries through microfranchising. This book brings together the ideas of researchers and social entrepreneurs at the heart of a movement to turn microfranchising into a mechanism for sustainable poverty reduction on a scale to match microfinance. A seductive mix of advocacy and realism, analysis and case-study provides readers with the ingredients to make up their own mind about the potential of microfranchising as a development tool.' -- James G. Copestake, University of Bath, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Why Microfranchising is Needed Now: Introduction and Book Overview Jason S. Fairbourne PART I: MICROFRANCHISING THEORY 2. Microfranchising: The Next Step on the Development Ladder Stephen W. Gibson 3. The Informal Economy and Microfranchising Michael Henriques and Matthias Herr 4. Current International Development Tools to Combat Poverty Warner Woodworth 5. Opportunities for Partnership: How Microfinance and Microfranchising Complement Each Other John Hatch 6. Microfranchising and the Base of the Pyramid Molly Hoyt and Eliot Jamison PART II: MICROFRANCHISING IN PRACTICE 7. Microfranchise Business Models Kirk Magleby 8. Honey Care Africa Farouk Jiwa 9. Franchising Health Care for Kenya: The HealthStore Foundation Model Michelle Fertig and Herc Tzaras 10. Vodacom Community Services: Rural Telephone Access for South Africa Lisa Jones Christensen, Jennifer (Reck) Van Kirk and Brad Wood 11. Scojo Foundation Jordan Kassalow, Graham Macmillan and Neil Blumenthal 12. Microfranchise Funding Naoko Felder-Kuzu PART III: CONCLUSION 13. The Future of Microfranchising: Opportunities and Challenges W. Gibb Dyer, Jr. Index

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Book SynopsisThe option for consumers to make payments for services and products via mobile telephones has created a dynamic new industry. High-Tech Entrepreneurship in Asia illustrates how small, entrepreneurial firms in Asia have devised and produced innovations crucial for this industry's development. Marina Zhang and Mark Dodgson explore the evolution of the mobile payment industry which has emerged in recent years through the convergence of services provided by financial and mobile telecommunications companies. They consider how leading Asian economies are increasingly becoming the source of important technological innovations. Detailed case studies are used to reveal the technological, social, political, national and cultural factors that encourage and constrain entrepreneurship in Asia, paying particular attention to China and Korea, the industry vanguards. The role played by entrepreneurial start-ups in bridging the gap between banking, credit card and mobile telecommunications sectors is also explored. This highly original work will strongly appeal to students, researchers, policymakers and managers interested in international entrepreneurship, innovation, industrial and technological development and Asian business.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Mobile Payment Technologies 3. The Development of Emerging Technologies 4. High-Tech Entrepreneurship 5. Entrepreneurship Research by Process-Oriented Case Inquiry 6. The Development of Mobile Payment Technologies in Korea 7. The Development of the Mobile Payment Industry in China 8. High-Tech Entrepreneurship: Technology, Firms and International Context Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique Handbook explores the role of government in the development of entrepreneurship in countries where twenty years ago private enterprise was illegal or barely tolerated. The expert contributors reveal that government policy is one of the key influences on the external environment in which businesses develop, particularly in countries where it has been necessary to redefine the role of the state in relation to business development. They outline how government policy can also act as an enabling and/or a constraining force with respect to entrepreneurship development, particularly in relation to institutional change and the development of a market-based economy. This Handbook includes up-to-date information and analysis as to how entrepreneurship policies have evolved in the wider Europe, focusing on the challenges that arise in designing and implementing entrepreneurship policy. The Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship Policies in Central and Eastern Europe excellently covers different facets of entrepreneurship policies in Central and Eastern Europe and will prove invaluable for academics, students and researchers of entrepreneurship and small business as well as policy studies. Policy makers will also find plenty of key insights and relevant information in this important resource.Contributors include: B. Bradac, A. Chepurenko, J. Cieslik, A. Hofer, N. Isakova, K. Kolarov, B. Piasecki, M. Rebernik, A. Rogut, Z. Roman, A. Sauka, D. Smallbone, K. Todorov, U. Venesaar, F. Welter, M. XhenetiTrade Review‘A work of seminal and original economic scholarship, the Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship Policies in Central and Eastern Europe is strongly recommended as a core addition to governmental and academic library economic policy studies reference collections, and critically important reading for economists and academicians concerned with Europeans current economic crisis.’ -- The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. Entrepreneurship Policies in the Wider Europe: A Thematic Perspective Friederike Welter and David Smallbone PART I: ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICIES IN THE NEW EUROPE 2. The Local Dimension of Entrepreneurship Policy: The Example of East Germany Andrea-Rosalinde Hofer and Friederike Welter 3. Promoting Cross-border Entrepreneurship in Bulgaria: A Case for Policy Treatment? Kiril Todorov, Kostadin Kolarov and David Smallbone 4. SMEs and Social Dialogue in the New Europe: The Case of Hungary David Smallbone, Zoltan Roman and Robert Blackburn 5. Mentalities and Mindsets: The Difficulties of Entrepreneurship Policies in the Latvian Context Arnis Sauka and Friederike Welter 6. University-level Entrepreneurship Education in Poland Jerzy Cieślik 7. Creating a Regional Innovation System: The Case of Lodz in Poland Anna Rogut and Bogdan Piasecki 8. From Making the State to Institutionalizing Entrepreneurship Policy in Slovenia Miroslav Rebernik and Barbara Bradač PART II: ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICIES BEYOND THE EUROPEAN UNION 9. Entrepreneurship Policy Transfer: The Case of the SME Policy Framework in Albania Mirela Xheneti 10. Entrepreneurship and SME Policies in Fragile Environments: The Example of Russia Alexander Chepurenko 11. Fostering Women’s Entrepreneurship in Ukraine Nina Isakova PART III: CHALLENGES FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICIES IN A WIDER EUROPE 12. Conclusions and Outlook David Smallbone and Friederike Welter Index

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Book SynopsisThis path-breaking handbook analyzes the foundations, social desirability, institutions and geography of innovation and entrepreneurship. Leading researchers use their outstanding expertise to investigate various aspects in the context of innovation and entrepreneurship such as growth, knowledge production and spillovers, technology transfer, the organization of the firm, industrial policy, financing, small firms and start-ups, and entrepreneurship education as well as the characteristics of the entrepreneur. There is much in this handbook that will prove to be informative and stimulating, especially for academics and post-graduate students in economics and management. Those starting a PhD in innovation or entrepreneurship will find this book essential reading.Contributors: Z.J. Acs, P. Aghion, D.B. Audretsch, G. Avnimelech, W.J. Baumol, W. Bönte, P. Braunerhjelm, U. Cantner, B. Carlsson, M. Dejardin, G. Duranton, A. Eisingerich, O. Falck, M.P. Feldman, K. Fogel, M. Fritsch, R. Gold, M. Guerzoni, D. Harhoff, S. Heblich, R.A. Jensen, M. Keilbach, W.R. Kerr, I.M. Kirzner, A. Kleinknecht, T. Kretschmer, K. Lee, A.N. Link, W. McCumber, R. Nanda, N. Nicolaou, B. Nooteboom, S.C. Parker, G. Pellegrino, M. Piva, S. Prantl, C.F. Sabel, A. Saxenian, S. Shane, D.S. Siegel, D.F. Spulber, E. Stam, G. van der Panne, M. van Praag, M. Vivarelli, C.W. WessnerTrade Review'An essential read for the students of entrepreneurship and for those who wish to pursue an entrepreneurial career in the near future. This handbook can be considered to be a reference point in seeking knowledge about how various aspects of the environment affect the whole dynamics of innovation and therefore entrepreneurship, and how innovation can manifest itself in various forms of social good and social evil.' -- The International Journal of Entrepreneurship & InnovationTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: THE SOCIAL DESIRABILITY OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 1. Invention and Social Entrepreneurship: Social Good and Social Evil William J. Baumol 2. Between Useful and Useless Innovation: The Entrepreneurial Role Israel M. Kirzner 3. Entrepreneurship and Rent-Seeking Behavior Marcus Dejardin 4. Who Values the Status of the Entrepreneur? Mirjam van Praag PART II: INSTITUTIONS, INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 5. Industrial Policy, Entrepreneurship and Growth Philippe Aghion 6. The Role of Patents and Licenses in Securing External Finance for Innovation Dietmar Harhoff 7. Entry Regulation and Firm Entry: Evidence from German Reunification Susanne Prantl 8. Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda 9. The New Argonauts and the Rise of Venture Capital in the ‘Periphery’ AnnaLee Saxenian and Charles F. Sabel 10. Institutional Impact on the Outreach and Profitability of Microfinance Organizations Kathy Fogel, Kevin Lee and William McCumber PART III: KNOWLEDGE, KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS, THE GEOGRAPHY OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND GROWTH 11. Innovation in Cities: Classical and Random Urban Growth Models Gilles Duranton 12. Knowledge Spillovers and the Geography of Innovation – Revisited: A 20 Years’ Perspective on the Field on Geography of Innovation Maryann P. Feldman and Gil Avnimelech 13. Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth: Interdependencies, Irregularities and Regularities Pontus Braunerhjelm 14. New Knowledge: The Driving Force of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Bo Carlsson 15. Innovation, Entrepreneurship and the Search for Knowledge Spillovers Zoltan J. Acs 16. Knowledge Spillover Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth David B. Audretsch and Max Keilbach PART IV: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 17. Startup Firms from Research in US Universities Richard A. Jensen 18. Universities as Research Partners: Entrepreneurial Explorations and Exploitations Albert N. Link and Charles W. Wessner 19. The Rise of University Technology Transfer and Academic Entrepreneurship: Managerial and Policy Implications Donald S. Siegel 20. The Innovator’s Decision: Entrepreneurship versus Technology Transfer Daniel F. Spulber 21. What Do Scientists Think About Commercialization Activities? Werner Bönte PART V: FIRMS AND INNOVATION 22. Small Firms and Innovation Simon C. Parker 23. Start-ups in Innovative Industries: Causes and Effects Michael Fritsch 24. Innovation and the Evolution of Industries: A Tale of Incentives, Knowledge and Needs Uwe Cantner and Marco Guerzoni 25. How Do Young Innovative Companies Innovate? Gabriele Pellegrino, Mariacristina Piva and Marco Vivarelli 26. Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Institutions Erik Stam and Bart Nooteboom 27. The Propensity to Patent an Innovation Comparing Entrepreneurial with Routinized Innovators Alfred Kleinknecht and Gerben van der Panne 28. Business–Public Research Collaborations, Entrepreneurship and Market Orientation: Impact on Innovativeness in Regional Clusters Andreas Eisingerich and Tobias Kretschmer PART VI: THE MAKING OF THE ENTREPRENEUR 29. The Genetics of Entrepreneurship Nicos Nicolaou and Scott Shane 30. Entrepreneurship Education Oliver Falck, Robert Gold and Stephan Heblich Index

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Book SynopsisIn the third volume of the Handbook of Research in Entrepreneurship Education leading international scholars explore 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. This important Handbook takes an international perspective on entrepreneurship education. The contributors highlight the contextual dimension of entrepreneurship education and training, and provide strong insights into how researchers and educators can learn from international practice diversity. The volume covers a wide variety of pedagogical objectives and settings in entrepreneurship education while providing a plurality of cultural and institutional points of view. Compelling and insightful, this book will prove to be of great interest to entrepreneurship researchers, academics and students wishing to understand the unique notions of entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial learning. Executives in entrepreneurship supportive structures will also find this book an invaluable resource. The companion volumes, Handbook of Research in Entrepreneurship Education, Volume 1: A General Perspective and Handbook of Research in Entrepreneurship Education, Volume 2: Contextual Perspectives study the current changes in entrepreneurship education at the paradigmatic, methodological and theoretical levels and present the importance of cultural, institutional, national and political contexts.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Hans Landström 1. Insights from an International Perspective on Entrepreneurship Education Alain Fayolle PART I: HOW CAN WE LEARN FROM METHODS? 2. Using Simulation to Develop Empathy and Motivate Agency: An Innovative Pedagogical Approach for Social Entrepreneurship Education Brett R. Smith, Jill Kickul and Linda Coley 3. The Creative Industries and Entrepreneurship Education: The Potential Contribution of Student-Oriented Case Studies Barra Ó Cinnéide 4. Hunting the Entrepreneurial Expertise: Entrepreneurs in Education Per Blenker and Poul Rind Christensen 5. Assessing Entrepreneurial Competence in Entrepreneurship Education and Training Thomas Lans and Judith Gulikers PART II: HOW CAN WE LEARN FROM DIFFERENCES? 6. Accounting for Student/Educator Diversity: Resurrecting Coaction Theory Colin Jones 7. Small Business Education in a Grande Nation: Antinomy, Opportunity or Both? A French Grande École’ Case Study Jacqueline Fendt and Sylvain Bureau 8. Stakeholder Participation in, and Impact Upon, Entrepreneurship Education in the UK Harry Matlay 9. Entrepreneurship’ Education and Training Environment: A Multicultural Perspective Catherine Coron PART III: HOW CAN WE LEARN FROM MINORITIES? 10. Entrepreneurship Education: Women, Men, Sex and Gender Teresa Nelson and Susan Duffy 11. Entrepreneurship Education and Ethnic Minorities: The Case of North African Entrepreneurs in France Hadj Nekka and Alain Fayolle 12. Artists and Scientists as Entrepreneurs: A Call for a New Research Agenda for Entrepreneurship Education Philippe Silberzahn and Pierre Silberzahn 13. What Entrepreneurial Competencies Should Be Emphasized in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Education at the Undergraduate Level? Edgar Izquierdo and Dirk Deschoolmeester PART IV: HOW CAN WE LEARN FROM INSTITUTIONAL CULTURE? 14. International Entrepreneurship from Emerging Economies to Developed Economies: A Novel Theory for Entrepreneurship Education in China HongLing Jiang and Dong Bian 15. Entrepreneurship Education in the Republic of Ireland: Context, Opportunities and Challenges Thomas Garavan, Naomi Birdthistle, Barra Ó Cinnéide and Chris Collet 16. Entrepreneurship Education at Universities in German-Speaking Countries: Empirical Findings and Proposals for the Design of University-wide Concepts Norbert Kailer 17. The Role of an Entrepreneurial Learning Team in Creating an Enterprise Culture in a University David Rae, Simon Gee and Robert Moon 18. Corporate Entrepreneurship Training: A Routine Inquiry Janice Byrne Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive volume integrates pathbreaking and seminal scholarship from two interrelated fields - innovation and entrepreneurship - with the chapters providing a compelling link between the two. The editors seek to introduce and contextualize some of the most important research. Topics covered include: history of thought, innovation and growth, the innovation process, role models of the entrepreneur, knowledge flows and institutions.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction David B. Audretsch, Oliver Falck, and Stephan Heblich PART I HISTORY OF THOUGHTS 1. Alfred Marshall ([1890] 1925), ‘Industrial Organization, continued. The Concentration of Specialized Industries in Particular Locations’ 2. Jean-Baptiste Say ([1821/1845] 1836), ‘Of Operations Alike Common to All Branches of Industry’ 3. William J. Baumol (1968), ‘Entrepreneurship in Economic Theory’ 4. Joseph A. Schumpeter (1934), ‘The Fundamental Phenomenon of Economic Development’ 5. Frank H. Knight (1921), ‘Enterprise and Profit’ 6. Kenneth J. Arrow (1962), ‘Economic Welfare and the Allocation of Resources for Invention’ 7. Joseph A. Schumpeter ([1942] 1947), ‘The Process of Creative Destruction: Part II Can Capitalism Survive?’ PART II INNOVATION AND GROWTH 8. Paul M. Romer (1990), ‘Increasing Returns and Long-Run Growth’ 9. Philippe Aghion, Christopher Harris, Peter Howitt and John Vickers (2001), ‘Competition, Imitation and Growth with Step-by-Step Innovation’ 10. Philippe Aghion, Richard Blundell, Rachel Griffith, Peter Howitt and Susanne Prantl (2004), ‘Entry and Productivity Growth: Evidence from Microlevel Panel Data’ PART III THE INNOVATION PROCESS 11. Richard R. Nelson and Sidney G. Winter (1982), ‘The Schumpeterian Tradeoff Revisited’ 12. Steven Klepper (1996), ‘Entry, Exit, Growth, and Innovation over the Product Life Cycle’ 13. Eric von Hippel (2005), ‘Why Many Users Want Custom Products’ 14. Gilles Duranton and Diego Puga (2001), ‘Nursery Cities: Urban Diversity, Process Innovation, and the Life Cycle of Products’ 15. Bengt-Åke Lundvall (1992), ‘Introduction’ 16. Michael E. Porter (1998), ‘Clusters and the New Economics of Competition’ PART IV ROLE MODELS OF THE ENTREPRENEUR 17. Israel M. Kirzner (1973), ‘The Entrepreneur’ 18. William J. Baumol (2002), ‘Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Growth: The David-Goliath Symbiosis’ 19. Richard E. Kihlstrom and Jean-Jacques Laffont (1979), ‘A General Equilibrium Entrepreneurial Theory of Firm Formation based on Risk Aversion’ 20. Edward P. Lazear (2004), ‘Balanced Skills and Entrepreneurship’ PART V KNOWLEDGE FLOWS 21. Zvi Griliches (1979), ‘Issues in Assessing the Contribution of Research and Development to Productivity Growth’ 22. Zvi Griliches (1994), ‘Productivity, R&D and the Data Constraint’ 23. Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch and Maryann P. Feldman (1994), ‘R&D Spillovers and Recipient Firm Size’ 24. Adam B. Jaffe, Manuel Trajtenberg and Rebecca Henderson (1993), ‘Geographic Localization of Knowledge Spillovers as Evidenced by Patent Citations’ 25. David B. Audretsch and Maryann P. Feldman (1996), ‘R&D Spillovers and the Geography of Innovation and Production’ 26. Edward L. Glaeser, Hedi D. Kallal, José A. Scheinkman and Andrei Shleifer (1992), ‘Growth in Cities’ 27. Jane Jacobs (1969), ‘How New Work Begins’ 28. Steven Klepper and Sally Sleeper (2005), ‘Entry by Spinoffs’ 29. Adam B. Jaffe (1989), ‘Real Effects of Academic Research’ 30. Richard Jensen and Marie Thursby (2001), ‘Proofs and Prototypes for Sale: The Licensing of University Inventions’ 31. Adam B. Jaffe and Josh Lerner (2001), ‘Reinventing Public R&D: Patent Policy and the Commercialization of National Laboratory Technologies’ PART VI INSTITUTIONS 32. Annalee Saxenian (1991), ‘Institutions and the Growth of Silicon Valley’ 33. Olav Sorenson and Pino G. Audia (2000), ‘The Social Structure of Entrepreneurial Activity: Geographic Concentration of Footwear Production in the United States, 1940–1989’ 34. Edward L. Glaeser, David Laibson and Bruce Sacerdote (2002), ‘An Economic Approach to Social Capital’ 35. Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson (2005), ‘The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change, and Economic Growth’ 36. Douglass C. North (1991), ‘Institutions’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, university?industry?government interactions have come to the forefront as a method of promoting economic growth in increasingly knowledge-based societies.This ground-breaking new volume evaluates the capacity of the triple helix model to represent the recent evolution of local and national systems of innovation. It analyses both the success of the triple helix as a descriptive and empirical model within internationally competitive technology regions as well as its potential as a prescriptive hypothesis for regional or national systems that wish to expand their innovation processes and industrial development. In addition, it examines the legal, economic, administrative, political and cognitive dimensions employed to configure and study, in practical terms, the series of phenomena contained in the triple helix category. This book will have widespread appeal amongst students and scholars of economics, sociology and business administration who specialise in entrepreneurship and innovation. Policy-makers involved in innovation, industrial development and education as well as private firms and institutional agencies will also find the volume of interest.Trade Review‘. . . this book offers a comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the capitalization of knowledge and the triple helix model. . . this book will undeniably be of interest to widespread audiences of students and scholars with backgrounds in higher education, entrepreneurship and innovation. Policy makers, business managers, and researchers involved in innovation, industrial development and education will also find in this book an indispensable guidepost and comprehensive and authoritative insights into crucial issues of a knowledge-based economy.’ -- Soo Jeung Lee and Thanh Ha Ngo, Higher Education‘. . . this book adds welcome breadth, but especially depth, to the triple helix idea.’ -- Paul Temple, London Review of Education‘This book is an authoritative confirmation of the critical role that knowledge plays in economic transformation. It is an indispensable roadmap for new research programmes and a guidepost for policy makers around the world.’ -- Calestous Juma, Harvard Kennedy School, US‘How to use - and capitalize - knowledge for the benefit of society has become even more urgent in the present financial and economic crisis. This book embraces the tensions inherent in the complex governance of research and innovation. It argues for strategies appropriate to the behaviour of complex adaptive systems in an evolutionary mode, thereby highlighting in a timely manner the necessary fit between organizational forms and the epistemological structure of knowledge in the overall context of a fertile investment climate.’ -- Helga Nowotny, European Research Council, WWTF Vienna Science and Technology Fund, AustriaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Anti-cyclic Triple Helix Riccardo Viale and Henry Etzkowitz PART I: HOW TO CAPITALIZE KNOWLEDGE 1. Knowledge-driven Capitalization of Knowledge Riccardo Viale 2. ‘Only Connect’: Academic–Business Research Collaborations and the Formation of Ecologies of Innovation Paul A. David and J. Stanley Metcalfe 3. Venture Capitalism as a Mechanism for Knowledge Governance Cristiano Antonelli and Morris Teubal 4. How Much Should Society Fuel the Greed of Innovators? On the Relations between Appropriability, Opportunities and Rates of Innovation Giovanni Dosi, Luigi Marengo and Corrado Pasquali 5. Global Bioregions: Knowledge Domains, Capabilities and Innovation System Networks Philip Cooke 6. Proprietary versus Public Domain Licensing of Software and Research Products Alfonso Gambardella and Bronwyn H. Hall PART II: TRIPLE HELIX IN THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY 7. A Company of their Own: Entrepreneurial Scientists and the Capitalization of Knowledge Henry Etzkowitz 8. Multi-level Perspectives: A Comparative Analysis of National R&D Policies Caroline Lanciano-Morandat and Eric Verdier 9. The Role of Boundary Organizations in Maintaining Separation in the Triple Helix Sally Davenport and Shirley Leitch 10. The Knowledge Economy: Fritz Machlup’s Construction of a Synthetic Concept Benoît Godin 11. Measuring the Knowledge Base of an Economy in Terms of Triple-Helix Relations Loet Leydesdorff, Wilfred Dolfsma and Gerben Van der Panne 12. Knowledge Networks: Integration Mechanisms and Performance Assessment Matilde Luna and José Luis Velasco Index

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book examines the status of female entrepreneurs across the world, analyzing the social, political, cultural and economic factors that affect their positions in society and their contributions to entrepreneurship and innovation within their respective countries.Using a combination of original data and detailed statistics drawn from reports by government agencies and international organizations, Andrea E. Smith-Hunter discusses the accomplishments and challenges of women entrepreneurs in nine countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ghana, Iceland, India, Jamaica, Sweden and the United States. This geographic diversity provides a complete and comprehensive picture of women entrepreneurs worldwide - both their shared experiences and the specific conditions they face on a regional level. Following a detailed discussion of the current status of female entrepreneurs, the author offers a number of thoughtful recommendations for improving their opportunities and positions across the world.This innovative volume will prove highly useful for international organizations that assist women, as well as for professors and students of entrepreneurship studies and anyone else interested in the unique conditions faced by women entrepreneurs of the world.Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Australia 3. Brazil 4. Canada 5. Ghana 6. Iceland 7. India 8. Jamaica 9. Sweden 10. United States 11. Conclusion References IndexTrade Review'This nine-country study draws on government reports, books and journal articles to underpin unique empirical data that helps highlight the economic impact of women entrepreneurs. The book aims to improve women's position as entrepreneurs globally and, in this regard, draws attention to the need to alleviate women's poverty levels in some of the less developed economies. Women Entrepreneurs in the Global Marketplace should be of value to both scholars and policy makers by not only enhancing their understanding of women's entrepreneurship, but also by helping them realise that a complex support matrix is required to ensure women's future advancement.' --Colette Henry, Tromso University Business School, Norway'Women Entrepreneurs in the Global Marketplace provides an outstanding survey considering the status of female entrepreneurs around the world, discussing business and how social and political forces affect their contributions to entrepreneurship and innovation in different countries.' --Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Australia 3. Brazil 4. Canada 5. Ghana 6. Iceland 7. India 8. Jamaica 9. Sweden 10. United States 11. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book advances our understanding of university spin-off creation and development in environments outside the high-tech clusters of the US. While there has been substantial university spin-off activity internationally in recent years, a number of major aspects are little understood. The authors argue that the nature of universities is changing as reduced public funding reflects a public debate on their role in society. An important aspect of this international phenomenon is an increased emphasis on the commercialization of university research and on academic entrepreneurship. These new ventures therefore involve the spinning-off of technology and knowledge generated by universities. The authors adopt a multi-level approach in their examination of university spin-offs. European case studies are specifically selected to reflect the diversity of the institutional environment. In particular, units of analysis involving universities, technology transfer offices, spin-off firms, finance providers and individual entrepreneurs and teams are extensively analysed in quantitative and qualitative studies. To conclude, policy implications for the future successful development of spin-offs are identified.This fascinating book will appeal to a wide-ranging audience including academics, policy makers, researchers and practitioners with an interest in academic entrepreneurship and university spin-offs, and, more generally, in business and management and entrepreneurship.Trade Review'The structure of the book and the organisation of material within chapters are well thought out with the authors skilfully weaving empirical material from diverse sources into an easily readable holistic account of the university spin-off phenomenon. . . Many of the lessons learned and conclusions drawn from this work are applicable to academic entrepreneurs in whichever faculty or subject area they work.' -- David Woollard, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research'This timely book fills a gap in the knowledge market. . . The authors should be applauded for taking the time to write and share their knowledge with us. This book will be welcomed by practising researchers. . . It will also be welcomed by busy lecturers, policymakers, students and chief executive officers.' -- Robert Smith, Entrepreneurship and InnovationTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Public Policies to Foster Academic Spin-Offs 3. Types of Spin-Offs 4. Processes at the Institutional Level: Incubation Models 5. Processes at the Firm Level: Phases and Models of Development 6. Entrepreneurial Teams in Spin-Offs 7. Financial Constraints and Access to Finance 8: Conclusions and Policy Implications References Index

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Book SynopsisThe book examines from different perspectives a number of fundamental issues in the process of transforming technological innovations into profits. Key cases and field insights from distinguished contributors show the role and the practices of government bodies, universities, private investors and companies within the transformation of new ideas into value, in start-ups as well as in incumbents. The book takes a systemic view of technological entrepreneurship, positioning the topic at the interface between entrepreneurial and strategic perspectives within the emergent strategic entrepreneurship field.The multidisciplinary topics and approaches analyzed within the book will be appreciated by international practitioners dealing with fostering and practising technological entrepreneurship for or inside public and private organizations, particularly in Europe and in Emerging Economies. The experiences and field analysis represent good cases and findings for scholars delivering courses in technology and innovation management, economics of innovation, strategic management of technology and innovation.Trade Review‘Cases in Technological Entrepreneurship offers an updated and comprehensive view of the main issues and concepts related to the entrepreneurial activities in technology intensive environments. Filled with outstanding examples and case studies, it is a great book for managers looking for best-practices, for academics and students researching in the field of technoentrepreneurship looking for fresh material and for public organizations willing to foster technoentrepreneurship in their regions or countries.' -- Francois Therin, Curtin University, Sarawak, MalaysiaTable of ContentsContents: Preface Aldo Romano Introduction 1. Entrepreneurship, Innovative Enterprise and Economic Development William Lazonick 2. The Role of Public Policies in Innovation Processes Fabrizio Cobis 3. Finding, Financing and Growing Technology-based Innovations: A Perspective on MIT David Verrill 4. The Role of Angel Funds in Early Stage Start-ups Maurice Olivier 5. The Locus of Innovation in Small and Medium-sized Firms: The Importance of Social Capital and Networking in Innovative Entrepreneurship Willem Hulsink, Tom Elfring and Wouter Stam 6. Building a Business on Open Source Software Anthony I. Wasserman 7. Using Innovation, Research and Finance to Build a Company with a Multi-Option Strategy Roberto Siagri, Andrea Barbaro and Nicola Buttolo 8. Technology Entrepreneurship Education: The Intel–UC Berkeley Global Entrepreneurship Education Initiative Mark Harris Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook offers a unique opportunity to consider the performance and national context of microcredit initiatives within the European Union.Drawing together authors from a multi-disciplinary background and including complementary perspectives and interpretative analysis, this original Handbook examines which strategies and policies may affect how a particular country initiative fights against social and financial exclusion or fosters entrepreneurial behaviour with the use of microcredit. It explores the development of an Eastern/Western Europe practical divide in institutional practices and business models, whilst analysing the state of European microcredit and how the continent is adopting and adapting this developing world model for economic development.This book will be an influential tool helping government and policymakers to target a new set of microcredit initiatives and programmes. It will also be an invaluable read for students and academics in economics, business, development issues and political science.Trade Review‘Microcredit in Europe has had an uncomfortable birth, often not able to emulate the successes of the developing world either in scaling-up or in attacking poverty. But things are looking up, across much of the continent; this Handbook explains how. It will be an extremely valuable asset to practitioners and researchers seeking to make microcredit into an effective instrument of social policy.’ -- Paul Mosley, University of Sheffield, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Karl Dayson, Bárbara Jayo Carboni, Jill Kickul, Maricruz Lacalle Calderón and Silvia Rico Garrido 1. The Microcredit Sector in the United Kingdom: The Role of CDFIs Niamh Goggin, Karl Dayson and Sarah McGeehan 2. Microcredit in France: Financial Support for Social Inclusion Stefanie Lämmermann 3. The Microcredit Sector in Italy: Small Initiatives in a Dynamic Scenario Simone di Castri 4. The Microcredit Sector in Bulgaria Kostadin Munev 5. Microcredit in Denmark Tuija Wallgren and Mohammad Naveed Awan 6. Microcredit in Portugal Manuel Brandão Alves 7. Microcredit in Austria Susanne Zurl-Meyer and Horst Maunz 8. Status of Microlending in Germany: An Empirical Survey of Programmes in 2006 Jan Evers and Stefanie Lahn 9. The Microlending Sector in Hungary: Microlending to SMEs István Kovács 10. Microcredit in Slovakia Allan Bussard and Beata Dobova 11. Microcredit in Luxembourg Véronique Faber 12. Microcredit in Norway Elisabet Ljunggren and Trude Emaus Holm 13. Microcredit in Sweden Ranjula Bali Swain 14. Microcredit in Belgium Annika Cayrol and Jean Marchand 15. Microcredit in Spain: The Role of Saving Banks Silvia Rico Garrido, Maricruz Lacalle Calderón and Bárbara Jayo Carboni 16. Microcredit in Romania Maria Doiciu and Diana Bialus 17. The State of Microfinance in Poland Agata Szostek 18. Microfinance in the Netherlands Margot Lobbezoo Conclusion Karl Dayson Index

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Book SynopsisMary Barrett and Ken Moores breathe new life into research on one of the largest and yet frequently overlooked business sectors. They analyse thirteen international cases of women in family business to discover how women attained leadership or, sometimes, failed to do so.By examining in detail how women have reached the top in the traditionally conservative environment of family business, the book avoids essentialist assumptions about women as leaders. It illuminates classic issues of entrepreneurship in a family business context, particularly the dual imperatives of innovation and business continuity. Women in Family Business Leadership Roles presents contemporary research that looks at the patterns of success and failure, and understand whether this is the result of gender or other factors.This invigorating book will be an important resource in helping women and their families understand the dynamics of their family business. The authors' passion for the subject will enhance understanding of family firms as well as the changing position of women in family enterprises. Family business owners and managers, as well as students and academics on entrepreneurship, family business and management courses will warmly welcome the book.Trade Review'. . . the book is undoubtedly a significant contribution to the body of knowledge on female entrepreneurship generally, and on women's leadership in family businesses specifically. It should be a "desk set" choice for anybody interested in advancing their own understanding, or the understanding of others, about female entrepreneurship in the family business context.' -- Kate Lewis, Gender in Management'Using the metaphor of the stage, the authors shed light on experiences of women who stumbled into the leadership spotlight in their family firms, and others who methodically built their own stage. An interesting strategic leadership tactic of directing the spotlight on others is found useful by some others. Not all stories are positive though as some find themselves struggling to cope with shadows or the leadership spotlight eludes them. This book is a must read for progressive men and women interested in entrepreneurial leadership of family firms.' -- Pramodita Sharma, Editor, Family Business Review and Concordia University, Montreal, Canada'Barrett and Moores delve into the real essence of women in leadership roles, specifically but not exclusively in family business. In doing so they dispel many myths, provide compelling concepts to nurture, grow and sustain women business leaders and examples of how women in all types of business can deliver outstanding results through dynamic leadership, high emotional intelligence and a desire to achieve and succeed.' -- Jaqui Lane, CEO and Founder, Focus PublishingTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Pru Goward 1. Women, Leadership and Family Business 2. A Global Perspective 3. Frameworks and Method 4. Stumbling into the Spotlight 5. Building Their Own Stage 6. Directing the Spotlight Elsewhere 7. Coping with Shadows 8. Becoming Invisible 9. Lessons of the Spotlight Appendix: Further Notes on Method References Index

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Book SynopsisWith this selection of previously published articles, Professor Acs provides a guided tour to the leading ideas in knowledge spillover theory. The volume not only includes some of the foundational writings on the use of knowledge in business and industry, but also brings us right up to date with some seminal articles illustrating the latest thinking on entrepreneurship, the knowledge spillover theory and the knowledge filter.Professor Acs has written a new, authoritative introduction, which provides a comprehensive overview and informative discussion of the subject.Trade Review‘The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship stands as a welcome contribution to entrepreneurship and management literature.’ -- James Cunningham, Journal of EntrepreneurshipTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction The Search for Intra-temporal Knowledge Spillovers Zoltan J. Acs PART I KNOWLEDGE 1. F.A. Hayek (1945), ‘The Use of Knowledge in Society’ 2. Joseph A. Schumpeter (1947), ‘The Creative Response in Economic History’ 3. Kenneth J. Arrow (1962), ‘Economic Welfare and the Allocation of Resources for Invention’ 4. William J. Baumol (1968), ‘Entrepreneurship in Economic Theory’ 5. Harvey Leibenstein (1968), ‘Entrepreneurship and Development’ PART II KNOWLEDGE AND THE FIRM 6. Robert E. Lucas, Jr. (1978), ‘On the Size and Distribution of Business Firms’ 7. Zvi Griliches (1979), ‘Issues in Assessing the Contribution of Research and Development to Productivity Growth’ 8. Boyan Jovanovic (1982), ‘Selection and the Evolution of Industry’ 9. Ariél Pakes and Shmuel Nitzan (1983), ‘Optimum Contracts for Research Personnel, Research Employment, and the Establishment of “Rival” Enterprises’ 10. Zoltan J. Acs and David B. Audretsch (1988), ‘Innovation in Large and Small Firms: An Empirical Analysis’ 11. David S. Evans and Boyan Jovanovic (1989), ‘An Estimated Model of Entrepreneurial Choice under Liquidity Constraints’ PART III ENDOGENOUS TECHNICAL CHANGE 12. Paul M. Romer (1990), ‘Endogenous Technological Change’ 13. Paul S. Segerstrom, T.C.A. Anant and Elias Dinopoulos (1990), ‘A Schumpeterian Model of the Product Life Cycle’ 14. Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt (1992), ‘A Model of Growth through Creative Destruction’ PART IV INTRA-TEMPORAL KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS 15. Adam B. Jaffe (1989), ‘Real Effects of Academic Research’ 16. Adam B. Jaffe, Manuel Trajtenberg and Rebecca Henderson (1993), ‘Geographic Localization of Knowledge Spillovers as Evidenced by Patent Citations’ 17. Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch and Maryann P. Feldman (1994), ‘R&D Spillovers and Recipient Firm Size’ 18. Luc Anselin, Attila Varga and Zoltan Acs (1997), ‘Local Geographic Spillovers between University Research and High Technology Innovation’ 19. Peter Thompson and Melanie Fox-Kean (2005), ‘Patent Citations and the Geography of Knowledge Spillovers: A Reassessment’ PART V KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS AND NEW FIRM FORMATION 20. James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao (1994), ‘Expropriation and Inventions: Appropriable Rents in the Absence of Property Rights’ 21. Lynne G. Zucker, Michael R. Darby and Marilynn B. Brewer (1998), ‘Intellectual Human Capital and the Birth of U.S. Biotechnology Enterprises’ 22. David B. Audretsch (1995), ‘New Firms’ 23. Scott Shane (2001), ‘Technological Opportunities and New Firm Creation’ 24. Boyan Jovanovic (2001), ‘New Technology and The Small Firm’ 25. Zoltan J. Acs and Attila Varga (2002), ‘Geography, Endogenous Growth, and Innovation’ 26. Claudio Michelacci (2003), ‘Low Returns in R&D Due to the Lack of Entrepreneurial Skills’ PART VI THEORETICAL EXTENSIONS AND EVIDENCE 27. Bo Carlsson, Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch and Pontus Braunerhjelm (2009), ‘Knowledge Creation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Growth: A Historical Review’ 28. Zoltan J. Acs, Pontus Braunerhjelm, David B. Audretsch and Bo Carlsson (2009), ‘The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship’ 29. Zoltan Acs, Lawrence A. Plummer and Ryan Sutter (2009), ‘Penetrating the Knowledge Filter in “Rust Belt” Economies’ 30. David B. Audretsch and Erik E. Lehmann (2005), ‘Does the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship Hold for Regions?’ 31. Zoltan J. Acs and Attila Varga (2005), ‘Entrepreneurship, Agglomeration and Technological Change’ PART VII THE ENTREPRENEUR 32. Edward P. Lazear (2005), ‘Entrepreneurship’ 33. Jarle Møen (2005), ‘Is Mobility of Technical Personnel a Source of R&D Spillovers?’ 34. Thomas Hellmann (2007), ‘When Do Employees Become Entrepreneurs?’ 35. Hans K. Hvide (2009), ‘The Quality of Entrepreneurs’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisRecent research has found pronounced differences in the level of entrepreneurship and new business formation across various regions and nations. This timely Handbook reveals that the development of new ventures as well as their effects on overall economic growth is strongly shaped by their regional and national environment. The expert group of contributors give an overview on the current state of the art in this field and propose avenues for further investigation. Topics include the regional determinants of new business formation, the effects of start-ups on growth, the role of globalization for regional entrepreneurship, the effect of national and regional framework conditions, as well as the role of universities as incubators of innovative new firms.Trade Review'Entrepreneurship can have powerful effects on local as well as national economies. The chapters in this edited volume, authored by well known experts in their fields, explore various aspects of entrepreneurship and regional development. The book provides an illuminating overview of the current state of knowledge while also sharing with the reader several new findings and insights on issues as diverse as globalization, regional employment growth, nascent entrepreneurs, gazelles, labor productivity, government regulations and university entrepreneurship. It is recommended reading for anyone interested in these topics.'- Simon C. Parker, The University of Western Ontario, Canada 'There is substantial evidence regarding the considerable regional variation in business creation. Michael Fritsch has done a fine job of assembling the most recent analyses of the best scholars on the regional factors affecting firm creation and the consequences. It is essential reading for any scholar or policy analyst seeking a state of the art overview of the current empirical status of research on this important topic.'- Paul D. Reynolds, George Washington University, US 'This Handbook examines the contribution of the entrepreneur and related processes to regional economic development. The recognition that the indirect entrepreneurial effects on development are more significant than on the direct is an important and under girding conclusion. And further, that entrepreneurial driven effects are often not felt immediately but in some cases only across decades as illustrated by the over two decade incubation of the entrepreneurial culture in the Silicon Valley which only later resulted in it becoming the dominant icon of scientific and technology regional development that it is today.'- Roger Stough, George Mason University, US 'This volume fills an important gap in the research literature on entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is a localized phenomenon and all too many studies disregard this fact. Thus, the regional economic milieu is a critical factor determining both the volume and type of entrepreneurship but also the effects of entrepreneurship in terms of value added growth, employment growth, etc. The contributions in this book by a number of leading scientists in the field provide an excellent overview and understanding of the prerequisites for and the role of entrepreneurship in regional growth and development.' --- Charlie Karlsson, Jonkoping University, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Role of New Businesses in Regional Development: Introduction and Overview Michael Fritsch 2. Globalization, Entrepreneurship, and the Region David B. Audretsch, Isabel Grilo and A. Roy Thurik 3. Regional Determinants of Entrepreneurial Activities – Theories and Empirical Evidence Rolf Sternberg 4. The Effect of New Business Formation on Regional Employment: Empirical Evidence, Interpretation, and Avenues for Further Research Michael Fritsch 5. Entrepreneurship, Urbanization Economies, and Productivity of European Regions Niels Bosma 6. High-Impact Firms: Gazelles Revisited Zoltan J. Acs 7. Firm Growth, Institutions, and Structural Transformation Magnus Henrekson and Dan Johansson 8. Inadvertent Infrastructure and Regional Entrepreneurship Policy Maryann P. Feldman, Lauren Lanahan and Jennifer M. Miller 9. Universities, Entrepreneurship, and Local Economic Development Thomas Åstebro and Navid Bazzazian Index

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Book SynopsisIn this book, Sigvald Harryson demonstrates how to use know-who based networking to increase knowledge whilst reducing complexity. He reveals new synergies between external and internal knowledge networking that promise to enhance the innovation performance of any transitional, transnational company. The book develops and builds upon knowledge in the interconnected areas of entrepreneurship and networking across different levels and units of analysis. In-depth studies of a wealth of absolute best practice companies are explored, illustrating how concrete management practices can be established to acquire and then transform science into sales in more time- and cost-efficient ways. A unique framework is developed to overcome the dichotomies between knowledge creation and business implementation. Through this, the author provides the necessary foundations from which profitable growth through innovation (GTI) can be developed: Identification and analysis of the most important barriers to entrepreneurship Enabling factors and intelligence processes required for forceful innovation A GTI process for application in practice. Know-Who Based Entrepreneurship shows that the knowledge and innovation process is no longer limited to intracorporate know-how, but has now expanded to encompass global know-how. It will thus be invaluable to business managers, international scholars and researchers of R&D, innovation, entrepreneurship and the knowledge economy.Trade Review'Know-Who Based Entrepreneurship is a thought-provoking, insightful, and practice-based exploration of the network-based entrepreneurship. Not only does it offer insightful case examples of successful entrepreneurships, it also provides a useful framework to understand why these entrepreneurs were successful. If entrepreneurship, business and social network, and knowledge management interests you, you do not want to miss this book.' -- Ikujiro Nonaka, Hitotsubashi University, Japan'How can a large company capture the benefits of smallness to make big breakthroughs? Can a company enjoy decades of growth without losing the spirit of entrepreneurship? These questions are by no means new, but so are the answers and examples provided in this insightful book. Sigvald Harryson brings unique best-practice examples from different industries into a new managerial framework. Know-Who Based Entrepreneurship explores fundamentally new ways of combining the full benefits of small and big.' -- Bo Risberg, President and CEO, Hilti Corporation'The bigger the company and the more specialized the know-how we use, the more appropriate a know-who based approach becomes: After four calls at the latest, we usually have the right person on the phone. But there is more in this idea. Sigvald Harryson gives us many new hints with his groundbreaking case studies and smart application of theories.' -- Peter Mattisson, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland'Know-Who Based Entrepreneurship solves the complex challenges of breakthrough innovation by arguing and illustrating how to capture the mutual benefits of groundbreaking exploration and global exploitation. In essence, you need to clearly distinguish between the two activities while using intelligent networks to integrate the results. Based on this fundamental principle, we decided to spin off our breakthrough technology B&O ICEpower for continued ice-breaking exploration and expanded value creation into fundamentally new segments.' -- Karsten Nielsen, Founder of Bang & Olufsen ICEpowerTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface 1. Know-Who Based Entrepreneurship 2. Anoto: Entrepreneurship from Creation to Commercialization 3. SIG Combibloc: Driving Revolutionary Packaging Innovation 4. A Mobile Case of Know-Who Based Concept Creation 5. Turning the Worst Barriers into the Best Enablers of Innovation 6. Implementing a Growth Through Innovation Process 7. Tapping Academic Brains to Fuel Sales 8. Business Intelligent Innovation 9. Leadership for Entrepreneurship Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDuring the previous decade, the multi-disciplinary field of family business has advanced significantly in terms of advances in theory, development of sophisticated empirical instruments, systematic measurement of family business activity, use of alternative research methodologies and deployment of robust tools of analysis. This second edition of the Handbook of Research on Family Business presents important research and conceptual developments across a broad range of topics. The contributors - notable researchers in the field - explore the frontiers of knowledge in family business entrepreneurship and stimulate critical thinking, enriching the repository of theoretical frameworks and methodologies.The Handbook takes a systematic and rigorous approach by providing in-depth insights into the dynamics of family business, its context and the significant role of stakeholders. Ultimately, this scholarly compendium of extant family business papers is an invaluable resource for researchers, educators, family business consultants, family business owner-managers and students.Contributors include: D. Arijs, B. Arosa, P. Bachiller, S. Ben-Mahmoud-Jouini, A. Blombäck, I.C. Botero, L. Cabeza-García, J.L. Calvo González, D. Caspersz, S. Chang, J. Chrisman, G. Corbetta, L.-P. Dana, S.M. Danes, A. Dawson, B. Debicki, F. di Donato, E.L. Gimenez, M.-C. Giorgino, L. Gnan, S. Gómez-Ansón, A. Gómez Vieites, T. Goto, V. Gupta, E. Hadjielias, E. Hamilton, C. Howorth, T. Ikäheimonen, M. Ikävalko, T. Iturralde, J. Kansikas, F. Kellermanns, A. Kirmanen, A. Koeberle-Schmid, R. Labaki, I. Le Breton-Miller, J. Lee, N. Levenburg, C. Lindow, S. Litchfield, M.S. Macchione Saes, A. Maseda, C. Matherne, N. Michael-Tsabari, S. Mignon, D. Miller, A. Minichilli, F. Mizumoto, D. Montemerlo, J. Negreira, F. Negreira del Río, M. Nordqvist, J.A. Novo-Peteiro, S. Paternostro, A. Pena-López, J.A. Novo Peteiro, T. Pihkala, D. Pittino, M. Sacristán-Navarro, J.M. Sánchez-Santos, P. Sharma, K.X. Smyrnios, L. Songini, K. Stafford, E. Su, R. Tiscini, G. Valentini, F. Visintin, R.K. Zachary, V. ZhengTrade Review’This is a very business-like book in its approach. It has an impressive global reach in its authorship, focal areas and use of evidence; it hits all the major practical challenges of family firms in a spirit that is fresh and current; and it deals with the cutting edge themes and issues that are uppermost in the minds of owners, executives, advisors and researchers in the field.’ -- Nigel Nicholson, London Business School, author, Managing the Human Animal, Family Wars, and The 'I' of LeadershipAcclaim for the first edition: -- ’The authors have taken a lot of pain in putting this handbook together. As the name indicates, this is an excellent handbook for researchers.’– Global Business ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Trends and Developments in Family Business Research Kosmas X. Smyrnios, Panikkos Z. Poutziouris and Sanjay Goel PART I: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN FAMILY BUSINESS RESEARCH 1. Family Business Research in the New Millennium: An Assessment of Individual and Institutional Productivity, 2001–2009 Curtis F. Matherne III, Bart J. Debicki, Franz W. Kellermanns and James J. Chrisman 2. Filling the Institutional Void: The Social Behavior and Performance of Family versus Non-Family Technology Firms in Emerging Markets Danny Miller, Jangwoo Lee, Sooduck Chang and Isabelle Le Breton-Miller PART II: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 3. The Effects of Family Involvement and Corporate Governance Practices on Earnings Quality of Listed Companies Riccardo Tiscini and Francesca di Donato 4. Analysis of Social Performance and Board of Directors in Family Firms: Evidence from Quoted Italian Companies Patricia Bachiller, Maria-Cleofe Giorgino and Sergio Paternostro 5. Board of Directors and Generational Effect in Spanish Non-listed Family Firms Blanca Arosa, Txomin Iturralde and Amaia Maseda PART III: FAMILY GOVERNANCE 6. Family Governance Bodies: A Conceptual Typology Alexander Koeberle-Schmid and Donella Caspersz 7. Using the Configuration Approach to Understand the Reasons for and Consequences of Varied Family Involvement in Business Pramodita Sharma and Mattias Nordqvist 8. Other Large Shareholders in Family Firms: Do they Monitor? María Sacristán-Navarro, Silvia Gómez-Ansón and Laura Cabeza-García 9. The Evolution of the Family Business Board: A Case Study Tuuli Ikäheimonen, Timo Pihkala and Markku Ikävalko PART IV: SOCIAL CAPITAL 10. The Singularities of Social Capital in Family Business: An Overview Atilano Pena-López, José Manuel Sánchez-Santos and José Antonio Novo 11. Strategy in Family Businesses: The Analysis of Human Capital and Social Capital Fabio Matuoka Mizumoto and Maria Sylvia Macchione Saes 12. Towards a Comprehensive Model of Sustainable Family Firm Performance Sihem Ben Mahmoud-Jouini, Alain Bloch and Sophie Mignon 13. Network Capital and the Rise of Chinese Banks in Hong Kong: A Case Study on the Bank of East Asia Limited Victor Zheng PART V: WOMEN IN FAMILY BUSINESS 14. The Determinants of Women’s Involvement in Top Management Teams: Opportunities or Obstacles for Family-Controlled Firms? Daniela Montemerlo, Alessandro Minichilli and Guido Corbetta 15. Women and the Glass Ceiling: The Role of Professionalization in Family SMEs Luca Gnan and Lucrezia Songini 16. Women in Family Business: Three Generations of Research Vipin Gupta and Nancy M. Levenburg PART VI : LEADERSHIP AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN FAMILY FIRMS 17. Exploring Human Resource Management in Family Firms: A Summary of What We Know and Ideas for Future Development Isabel C. Botero and Shanan R. Litchfield 18. The Adoption of High-Performance Work Systems in Family versus Non-Family SMEs: The Moderating Effect of Organizational Size Daniel Pittino and Francesca Visintin 19. Measuring and Comparing Leadership Styles of Male and Female Chief Executive Officers in Businesses with a Varying Family Intensity Diane Arijs PART VII: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 20. Entrepreneurial Learning in the Family Management Group: A Social Organizational Learning Perspective Elias Hadjielias, Eleanor Hamilton and Carole Howorth 21. Strategy Formulation in Family Businesses: A Review and Research Agenda Corinna M. Lindow 22. The Impact of Knowledge Sharing on the Growth of Family Businesses in China: The Role of Chinese Culture Emma Su PART VIII: FAMILY BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY 23. Extensions of the Sustainable Family Business Theory: Operationalization and Application Ramona Kay Zachary, Sharon M. Danes and Kathryn Stafford 24. Secrets of Family Business Longevity in Japan from the Social Capital Perspective Toshio Goto 25. The Push–Pull of Indigenous Sámi Family Reindeer Herding Enterprises: A Metaphor for Sustainable Entrepreneurship Léo-Paul Dana and Kosmas X. Smyrnios PART IX: FAMILY ENTERPRISES FROM A MACROECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE 26. Small Family Business Contributions to the Economy: An Enterprise Population Level Study Antti Kirmanen and Juha Kansikas 27. The Microeconomics of Family Business Eduardo L. Giménez and José Antonio Novo PART X: BROAD-BASED ISSUES IN FAMILY FIRMS 28. Reputational Capital in Family Firms: Understanding Uniqueness from the Stakeholder Point of View Anna Blombäck and Isabel C. Botero 29. A Study of Innovation Activities and the Role Played by Ownership Structure in Spanish Industrial Companies Álvaro Gómez Vieites, Francisco Negreira del Río, Jesús Negreira del Río and José Luis Calvo González 30. Acquisition and Diversification Behaviour in Large Family Firms Alexandra Dawson and Giovanni Valentini 31. Emotional Dimensions within the Family Business: Towards a Conceptualization Rania Labaki, Nava Michael-Tsabari and Ramona Kay Zachary Index

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Book SynopsisThis pioneering book explores the connections between art and artistic processes and entrepreneurship. The authors expertly identify several areas and issues where research on art and artistic processes can inform and develop the traditional field of entrepreneurship research. Nine original chapters by an international group of scholars take a detailed look at the sources of new art ideas, how they are transformed into tangible objects of art, make their way through often hostile selection environments, and ultimately go on to become valued and accepted by the general public. Making a number of original contributions at the crossroads of art and entrepreneurship, the book speaks to researchers across these fields, practicing artists interested in promoting and gaining acceptance for their work, as well as policymakers concerned with sustained dynamics of the art arena. Entrepreneurship researchers interested in new developments in the field will find this unique book invigorating. It also serves as an invaluable source of inspiration for academics and practitioners interested in social and cultural entrepreneurship.Contributors: D. Barry, M. Bonnafous-Boucher, R. Cuir, P. Frankelius, S. Haefliger, K. Lindqvist, S. Meisiek, M. Partouche, M. Scherdin, M. Søndergaard, I. ZanderTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Art Entrepreneurship: An Introduction Mikael Scherdin and Ivo Zander 2. Artist Entrepreneurs Katja Lindqvist 3. The New and the Challenge of the Market or the Non-instrumental Function of Creation Maria Bonnafous-Boucher, Raphael Cuir and Marc Partouche 4. Opportunity Revelation: Cogitative Powers of the Brain Mikael Scherdin 5. Inviting the Unexpected: Entrepreneurship and the Arts Stefan Meisiek and Stefan Haefliger 6. Innovation Processes: Experience Drawn from the Creation of Dalhalla Per Frankelius 7. Distant Relations: Art Practice in a Global Culture Morten Søndergaard 8. Art and Entrepreneurship, Apart and Together Daved Barry 9. Emerging Themes and New Research Openings Mikael Scherdin and Ivo Zander Index

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Book SynopsisThe introduction of endogenous growth theory has led to new interest in the role of the entrepreneur as an agent driving technical change at the local regional level. This book examines theoretical and methodological issues surrounding the interface of the entrepreneur in regional growth dynamics on the one hand and on the other presents illuminating case studies. In total the book’s contributions amplify understanding of such critical issues as the relationship between innovation and entrepreneurship, the entrepreneur’s role in transforming knowledge into something economically useful, and knowledge commercialization with both conceptual and empirical contributions.The emergence of endogenous growth theory has unleashed a flurry of new hypotheses and related inquiries that have in turn created an exciting dynamic in the conceptual, theoretical and empirical foundations of the field. A central feature has been the recognition that local initiatives matter in how regions grow and adjust to changes and shocks. Moreover, it is the role of technical change, driven by entrepreneurs, that motivates these initiatives. This volume begins by outlining and explaining the theory and method behind entrepreneurship and development. This is followed by specific case studies of practice and policy. These cases are region specific, offering the reader concrete, empirically based research results. Scholars and students in economics, entrepreneurship and public policy will find this volume a valuable tool in understanding the latest research in regional economic development.Trade Review‘This volume is a timely and well-rounded contribution to the literature on the role of entrepreneurship in regional economic development. It should not be confused with several other publications with similar titles and entrances to this field and the editors offer a strong rationale for considering this book for purchase. . . Such a publication is somewhat overdue as there are few such book collections on the market setting discussions about entrepreneurship into a regional context.’ -- Mike Danson, International Journal of Entrepreneurship & InnovationTable of ContentsContents: PART I: THEORY AND METHODS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT 1. New Directions in Regional Economic Development: An Introduction Roger R. Stough, Sameeksha Desai and Peter Nijkamp 2. The Entrepreneur in Economic Theory Ronald W. McQuaid 3. A Contemporary Perspective on Public Sector Venture Capitalism John Sacco and Odd J. Stalebrink 4. Determinants and Impact of Entrepreneurship Capital: The Spatial Dimension and a Comparison of Different Econometric Approaches David Audretsch, Werner Bönte and Max Keilbach 5. The Design of Industrial Models: Addressing Cooperative Behaviours, Innovation and Public Policy Maria Teresa de Noronha Vaz 6. Differentials in Industrial Structure and Human Capital Performance Across Australia’s Regions and the Settlement System Robert J. Stimson 7. Innovation Clusters Linking Regions Brigitte Preissl PART II: CASE STUDIES INCLUDING PRACTICE AND POLICY 8. Explaining China’s Economic Growth: Does Entrepreneurship Matter? Junbo Yu, Shaoming Cheng and Roger R. Stough 9. Knowledge Accessibility and New Firm Formation Charlie Karlsson and Kristina Nyström 10. Migrant Female Entrepreneurship: Driving Forces, Motivation and Performance Tüzin Baycan-Levent and Peter Nijkamp 11. Industrial Effects on Resource Acquisition: Immigrant Enterprises in Kista, Stockholm Tobias Dalhammar and Terrence E. Brown 12. The Entrepreneurial Environment: Business Incubation in the Charlotte Metropolitan Region Peter M. Frank 13. University Spin-offs: An Exploration of Age-patterns of Obstacles to Growth Marina van Geenhuizen and Danny P. Soetanto 14. FDI Inflows to Sweden: Consequences for Innovation and Renewal Börje Johansson and Hans Lööf Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely handbook provides an empirically rigorous overview of the latest research advances on social entrepreneurship, entrepreneurs and enterprises. It incorporates seventeen original chapters on definitions, concepts, contexts and strategy as well as a critical overview and an agenda for future research in social entrepreneurship. What are the forms and manifestations of social entrepreneurship? To what extent should current developments lead to a redefinition of stakeholders' strategies and roles in the quest for better consideration of the social dimension? The highly regarded group of contributors addresses these questions in some detail. They also explore social entrepreneurship from a multicultural perspective in order to highlight the diversity of social entrepreneurship forms and practices and, from a strategic perspective, to investigate the essential role played by various actors and factors in the development of social entrepreneurship. Postgraduate students and researchers studying social entrepreneurship will find this book of great interest. Social entrepreneurs and practitioners would also benefit considerably from this enriching resource.Contributors: T.F. Barr, J. Boncler, F. Brouard, G. Cajaiba-Santana, J. Defourny, A. Fayolle, M.D. Griffiths, L. Gundry, V. Hackl, C. Hervieux, D. Hjorth, M. Hlady Rispal, J. Kickul, S. Larivet, G.A. Lichtenstein, J. Mair, H. Matlay, P. Myers, T. Nelson, R. Saner, B.R. Smith, C.E. Stevens, E. Sundin, M. Tillmar, M.-F.B. Turcotte, P. Valéau, T. Volery, L. YiuTable of ContentsContents: 1. Social Entrepreneurship: A Multicultural and Multidimensional Perspective Alain Fayolle and Harry Matlay PART I: A CONCEPTUAL AND DEFINITIONAL PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2. Social Entrepreneurship: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead Johanna Mair 3. Essay of Clarifications and Definitions of the Related Concepts of Social Enterprise, Social Entrepreneur and Social Entrepreneurship François Brouard and Sophie Larivet 4. Concepts and Realities of Social Enterprise: A European Perspective Jacques Defourny 5. Socially Constructed Opportunities in Social Entrepreneurship: A Structuration Model Giovany Cajaiba-Santana PART II: A CONTEXTUAL PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP 6. Social Entrepreneurship in France: Organizational and Relational Issues Martine Hlady Rispal and Jerome Boncler 7. Sustainable Transborder Business Cooperation in the European Regions: The Importance of Social Entrepreneurship Raymond Saner and Lichia Yiu 8. The Intertwining of Social, Commercial and Public Entrepreneurship Elisabeth Sundin and Malin Tillmar 9. The Promise of Social Franchising as a Model to Achieve Social Goals Thierry Volery and Valerie Hackl 10. Social Entrepreneurs’ Actions in Networks Chantal Hervieux and Marie-France B. Turcotte PART III: A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP 11. Social Entrepreneurs in Non-Profit Organizations: Innovation and Dilemmas Patrick Valéau 12. Innovating for Social Impact: Is Bricolage the Catalyst for Change? Jill Kickul, Mark D. Griffiths and Lisa Gundry 13. A Community-wide Framework for Encouraging Social Entrepreneurship Using the Pipeline of Entrepreneurs and Enterprises Model Thomas S. Lyons and Gregg A. Lichtenstein 14. Considering Social Capital in the Context of Social Entrepreneurship Paul Myers and Teresa Nelson 15. Social Entrepreneurs and Earned Income Opportunities: The Dilemma of Earned Income Pursuit Brett R. Smith, Christopher E. Stevens and Terri F. Barr 16. Ending Essay: Sociality and Economy in Social Entrepreneurship Daniel Hjorth 17. Conclusions, Recommendations and an Agenda for Future Research in Social Entrepreneurship Harry Matlay and Alain Fayolle Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook provides an excellent overview of our knowledge on the various facets of managerial venture capital research.The book opens with a thorough survey of venture capital as a research field; conceptual, theoretical and geographic aspects are explored, and its pioneers revisited. The focus then shifts to the specific environs of venture capital. Firstly, institutional (formal) venture capital is discussed. The analysis encompasses considerations such as structure, pre-investment processes, venture capitalist's value-adding, performance, impact on economic development and early-stage financing as well as management buyouts. Business angel research, networks, and their investment decision making are then discussed under the wider umbrella of informal venture capital. Finally, the corporate venture capital market is explored from both the entrepreneur's perspective and that of the supply side of corporate venture capital. Also providing a lively and stimulating debate on policy implications and possible directions for future venture capital research, this all-encompassing Handbook will prove an invaluable reference tool for those with an interest in policy, business management, innovation, entrepreneurship, and the financing of new and growth-oriented ventures.Trade Review'This Handbook, edited by Hans Landstrom, provides a timely and valuable addition to the body of knowledge in the field of venture capital research, especially from the managerial perspective. . . the book will make a valuable addition to any library that caters to the needs of those interested in entrepreneurship and new venture creation, be it academics, practitioners or policy-makers.' -- Amama Shabbir, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research'This is undoubtedly an important collection of papers that provides a very comprehensive, but not exhaustive, overview of the field of venture capital research and a stimulus to new thinking about research issues and perspectives. It should be on the desk of every scholar in the field and on the initial reading list of any aspiring doctoral researcher.' -- Richard Harrison, International Small Business Journal'. . . highly recommended for those requiring in-depth analysis of the pioneers of venture capital including future research and trends in this area.' -- Saleem Sheikh, International Company and Commercial Law ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Foreword PART I: VENTURE CAPITAL AS A RESEARCH FIELD 1. Pioneers in Venture Capital Research Hans Landström 2. Conceptual and Theoretical Reflections on Venture Capital Research Harry J. Sapienza and Jaume Villanueva 3. Venture Capital: A Geographical Perspective Colin Mason 4. Venture Capital and Government Policy Gordon C. Murray PART II: INSTITUTIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL 5. The Structure of Venture Capital Funds Douglas Cumming, Grant Fleming and Armin Schwienbacher 6. The Pre-investment Process: Venture Capitalists’ Decision Policies Andrew Zacharakis and Dean A. Shepherd 7. The Venture Capital Post-investment Phase: Opening the Black Box of Involvement Dirk De Clercq and Sophie Manigart 8. Innovation and Performance Implications of Venture Capital Involvement in the Ventures they Fund Lowell W. Busenitz 9. The Performance of Venture Capital Investments Benoit F. Leleux 10. An Overview of Research on Early Stage Venture Capital: Current Status and Future Directions Annaleena Parhankangas 11. Private Equity and Management Buy-outs Mike Wright PART III: INFORMAL VENTURE CAPITAL 12. Business Angel Research: The Road Traveled and the Journey Ahead Peter Kelly 13. Investment Decision Making by Business Angels Allan L. Riding, Judith J. Madill and George H. Haines Jr 14. The Organization of the Informal Venture Capital Market Jeffrey E. Sohl PART IV: CORPORATE VENTURE CAPITAL 15. Corporate Venture Capital as a Strategic Tool for Corporations Markku V.J. Maula 16. Entrepreneurs’ Perspective on Corporate Venture Capital (CVC): A Relational Capital Perspective Shaker A. Zahra and Stephen A. Allen PART V: IMPLICATIONS 17. Implications for Practice, Policy-making and Research Hans Landström Index

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Book SynopsisThis essential collection contains the most influential articles written over the past two decades that help us to understand the role of entrepreneurs in the development process, both theoretically and empirically. These important papers span a wide methodological range, from theoretical models, over cross-country studies, to firm- and household-level studies, utilizing both regression analysis and simulation techniques.Professor Beck has written an insightful introduction which provides an overview of the area of entrepreneurship in developing countries.Trade Review‘This collection of pioneering studies of entrepreneurship provides a solid intellectual foundation for anyone seeking to understand the underlying dynamics of economic development.’ -- Ross Levine, Brown University, USTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Thorsten Beck PART I THE THEORY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP 1. Phillipe Aghion and Patrick Bolton (1997), ‘A Theory of Trickle-Down Growth and Development’ 2. Abhijit V. Banerjee and Andrew F. Newman (1993), ‘Occupational Choice and the Process of Development’ 3. David S. Evans and Boyan Jovanovic (1989), ‘An Estimated Model of Entrepreneurial Choice under Liquidity Constraints’ 4. Huw Ellis-Lloyd and Dan Bernhardt (2000), ‘Enterprise, Inequality and Economic Development’ 5. Anna L. Paulson, Robert M. Townsend and Alexander Karaivanov (2006), ‘Distinguishing Limited Liability from Moral Hazard in a Model of Entrepreneurship’ 6. Anna L. Paulson and Robert Townsend (2004), ‘Entrepreneurship and Financial Constraints in Thailand’ 7. Murat F. Iyigun and Ann L. Owen (1999), ‘Entrepreneurs, Professionals and Growth’ PART II ENTREPRENEURS, FINANCING CONSTRAINTS, AND MICROFINANCE 8. Christian Ahlin and Neville Jiang (2008), ‘Can Micro-Credit Bring Development?’ 9. Suresh De Mel, David McKenzie and Christopher Woodruff (2008), ‘Returns to Capital in Microenterprises: Evidence from a Field Experiment’ 10. Signe-Mary McKernan (2002), ‘The Impact of Microcredit Programs on Self-Employment Profits: Do Noncredit Program Aspects Matter?’ 11. Christopher Woodruff and Rene Zenteno (2007), ‘Migration Networks and Microenterprises in Mexico’ PART III INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 12. Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez de Silanes and Andrei Shleifer (2002), ‘The Regulation of Entry’ 13. Leora Klapper, Luc Laeven and Raghu Rajan (2006), ‘Entry Regulation as a Barrier to Entrepreneurship’ 14. Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç-Kunt and Vojislav Maksimovic (2005), ‘Financial and Legal Constraints to Growth: Does Firm Size Matter?’ 15. Leo Sleuwaegen and Micheline Goedhuys (2002), ‘Growth of Firms in Developing Countries, Evidence from Côte d’Ivoire’ 16. Luc Laeven and Christopher Woodruff (2007), ‘The Quality of the Legal System, Firm Ownership and Firm Size’ 17. John McMillan and Christopher Woodruff (2002), ‘The Central Role of Entrepreneurs in Transition Economies’ 18. Daniel Berkowitz and John E. Jackson (2006), ‘Entrepreneurship and the Evolution of Income Distributions in Poland and Russia’ 19. Simon Johnson, John McMillan and Christopher Woodruff (2002), ‘Property Rights and Finance’ 20. Robert Cull and Lixin Colin Xu (2005), ‘Institutions, Ownership and Finance: The Determinants of Profit Reinvestment Among Chinese Firms’ PART IV WHO ARE THE ENTREPRENEURS? 21. Simeon Djankov, Yinyi Qian, Gerard Roland and Ekaterina Zhuravskya (2006), ‘Entrepreneurship in China and Russia Compared’ 22. Raymond J. Fisman (2003), ‘Ethnic Ties and the Provision of Credit: Relationship-Level Evidence from African Firms’ 23. Mike Burkart, Fausto Panunzi and Andrei Shleifer (2003), ‘Family Firms’ 24. Marianne Bertrand, Simon Johnson, Krislert Samphantharack and Antoinette Schoar (2008), ‘Mixing Family with Business: A Study of Thai Business Groups and the Families Behind Them’ PART V ENTREPRENEURS, POLITICIANS AND RENT-SEEKING 25. William J. Baumol (1990), ‘Entrepreneurship: Productive, Unproductive and Destructive’ 26. Kevin M. Murphy, Andrei Shleifer and Robert W. Vishny (1991), ‘The Allocation of Talent: Implications for Growth’ 27. Mara Faccio (2006), ‘Politically Connected Firms’ 28. Raymond Fisman (2001), ‘Estimating the Value of Political Connections’ 29. Stijn Claessens, Erik Feijen and Luc Laeven (2008), ‘Political Connections and Preferential Access to Finance: The Role of Campaign Contributions’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThe ideal firm has been studied over several centuries, yet little is known about what makes one successful and another fail. This pioneering book brings together leading researchers investigating the concept of the firm from a neuroscientific perspective. From the viewpoint of economics, the firm's purpose is to maximize shareholders' wealth; resources are commodities, each with its particular supply and demand curve that can be manipulated by the firm to its own benefit. Traditionally, the firm is focused on the strategic, operational and resource management objectives. The editors instead suggest that the objective of the firm is equal to the objectives of its workers. The definition and function of risk in decision-making, ethics, trust and the global financial crisis are all discussed. They are analyzed from the perspective of human bio-physiology, using scanning and hormonal analysis tools, with a focus on the implications for the bottom line of the firm. With experimental as well as theoretical and applied contributions, this book will benefit scholars and students of economics, business management, finance, organizational behavior, entrepreneurship, psychology, neuroscience and law. Practitioners of management, entrepreneurship and law firms will also find this book to be a captivating read.Trade Review‘Do people with high testosterone levels make decisions the same way as people with lower testosterone? Do men change their behavior when a pretty woman enters the office? Do women change their behavior when a handsome man enters the office? Do men and women affect each other within the firm to the detriment or the benefit of the firm? In some ways, the questions this edited volume addresses are questions that we are all familiar with and have asked for many years. It suggests looking for answers in places that that we have never thought of before. Some of the chapters will surprise you with their ingenious, simple answers and propositions; some will perhaps make you feel awkward with their straight-forward way of presenting what we all suspected but felt uncomfortable to talk about.’ -- From the foreword by David B. Audretsch‘This volume brings together leading researchers from a variety of fields to investigate the concept of the firm from new perspectives arising from neuroeconomics. The traditional theory of the firm has focused on the strategic, operational and resource management objectives of the firm as an organization. This timely and informative book explores new horizons in the biology of human decision-making and behavior, including uncertainty, entrepreneurship and ethics as it affects the functioning of the organization. The fascinating chapters cover a wide range of research fields, drawing on both the conscious and the unconscious mind, and how common hormonal cycles in the female and testosterone variations in the male affect each other in the workplace and its affect on the firm as an organization. The topics of entrepreneurship and the recent global financial crisis are discussed from the perspective of hormonal forces and the implications of those forces in the future. It is an enlightening selection of articles that scholars, students, business leaders, and managers will find a valuable read.’ -- Vernon L. Smith, 2002 Nobel Laureate in EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: Foreword David B. Audretsch Introduction Angela A. Stanton, Mellani Day and Isabell M. Welpe PART I: THE BLACK BOX 1. Neuroeconomics of Environmental Uncertainty and the Theory of the Firm Helen Pushkarskaya, Michael Smithson, Xun Liu and Jane E. Joseph 2. Risk and Ambiguity: Entrepreneurial Research from the Perspective of Economics Angela A. Stanton and Isabell M. Welpe 3. What You Think Is Not What You Think: Unconsciousness and Entrepreneurial Behavior Eden S. Blair PART II: TRUST, GREED AND THE BLACK BOX 4. Using Brains to Create Trust: A Manager’s Toolbox Paul J. Zak and Amos Nadler 5. The New Millennium’s First Global Financial Crisis: The Neuroeconomics of Greed, Self-interest, Deception, False Trust, Overconfidence and Risk Perception Donald T. Wargo, Norman A. Baglini and Katherine A. Nelson PART III: INSIDE THE BLACK BOX: DECISIONS BY HORMONES 6. In the Words of Larry Summers: Gender Stereotypes and Implicit Beliefs in Negotiations Laura J. Kray, Connson C. Locke and Michael P. Haselhuhn 7. Ovulatory Shifts in Women’s Social Motives and Behaviors: Implications for Corporate Organizations Kristina M. Durante and Gad Saad 8. Hormonal Influence on Male Decision-making: Implications for Organizational Management Angela A. Stanton 9. Dopamine, Expected Utility and Decision-making in the Firm Donald T. Wargo, Norman A. Baglini and Katherine A. Nelson PART VI: ENTREPRENEURIAL PROPENSITY 10. An Economic and Neuroscientific Comparison of Strategic Decision-making Theresa Michl and Stefan Taing 11. Mapping Neurological Drivers to Entrepreneurial Proclivity Robert Smith 12. Embodied Entrepreneurship: A Sensory Theory of Value Frédéric Basso, Laurent Guillou and Olivier Oullier PART V: ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND ETHICS 13. What Neuroeconomics Informs Us About Making Real-World Ethical Decisions in Organizations Donald T. Wargo, Norman A. Baglini and Katherine A. Nelson 14. Culture, Cognition and Conflict: How Neuroscience Can Help to Explain Cultural Differences in Negotiation and Conflict Management John F. McCarthy, Carl A. Scheraga and Donald E. Gibson 15. Brain and Human Behavior in Organizations: A Field of Neuro-Organizational Behavior Constant D. Beugré Index

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Book SynopsisThere is a growing interest in the diversity and complexity of entrepreneurial teams because of their potential to shape new business growth. In particular, curiosity is focused on how entrepreneurial teams should be formed in order to allow new businesses to be created and therefore ensure their growth. This timely collection identifies leading contributions in this developing area and reflects a growing body of research. The editors have written an authoritative introduction exploring the origins and development of research in this field.Trade Review‘Mike Wright and Iris Vanaelst have put together an excellent volume in Edward Elgar’s International Library of Entrepreneurship series. . . The books in this series, and other similar collections provide an excellent starting point for anyone who is new to a topic and they are particularly useful for new PhD students. . . Mike Wright is a grand master of this type of book; he and Iris Vanaelst have selected the most influential studies and structured them into one coherent and accessible volume. . . The introduction to the book is authoritative and clear. It provides an excellent overview of the topic and highlights the breadth of knowledge of the authors. . . The choices that Wright and Vanaelst have made in this volume are excellent and provide a thorough coverage of the topics that are being researched in the relatively new but developing topic of entrepreneurial teams. . . the editors have done a masterful job of pre-selecting the most influential studies and they have provided an introduction that is a thorough review of the literature. It is worth the cover price for the time it will save in not having to do this preliminary work. The introduction also points the reader to where they can extend their knowledge with other relevant studies. I would recommend that entrepreneurship departments ensure that they have at least one copy of this book in the library. This is a growing and important area of entrepreneurship research and the book provides an excellent reference.’Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Mike Wright and Iris Vanaelst PART I TEAM FORMATION AND COMPOSITION 1. Judith B. Kamm and Aaron J. Nurick (1993), ‘The Stages of Team Venture Formation: A Decision-Making Model’ 2. Christine M. Beckman (2006), ‘The Influence of Founding Team Company Affiliations on Firm Behavior’ 3. Martin Ruef, Howard E. Aldrich and Nancy M. Carter (2003), ‘The Structure of Founding Teams: Homophily, Strong Ties, and Isolation Among U.S. Entrepreneurs’ 4. Nikolaus Franke, Marc Gruber, Dietmar Harhoff and Joachim Henkel (2008), ‘Venture Capitalists’ Evaluations of Start-Up Teams: Trade-Offs, Knock-Out Criteria, and the Impact of VC Experience’ 5. Iris Vanaelst, Bart Clarysse, Mike Wright, Andy Lockett, Nathalie Moray and Rosette S’Jegers (2006), ‘Entrepreneurial Team Development in Academic Spinouts: An Examination of Team Heterogeneity’ PART II SOCIAL INTERACTION AND INTERPERSONAL PROCESSES WITHIN TEAMS 6. Sanjib Chowdhury (2005), ‘Demographic Diversity for Building an Effective Entrepreneurial Team: Is It Important’ 7. Deborah H. Francis and William R. Sandberg (2000), ‘Friendship Within Entrepreneurial Teams and its Association with Team and Venture Performance’ 8. Michael D. Ensley, Allison W. Pearson and Allen C. Amason (2002), ‘Understanding the Dynamics of New Venture Top Management Teams: Cohesion, Conflict, and New Venture Performance’ 9. Thomas Lechler (2001), ‘Social Interaction: A Determinant of Entrepreneurial Team Venture Success’ 10. G. Page West III (2007), ‘Collective Cognition: When Entrepreneurial Teams, Not Individuals, Make Decisions’ PART III TEAM TURNOVER 11. Aegean Leung, Jing Zhang, Poh Kam Wong and Maw Der Foo (2006), ‘The Use of Networks in Human Resource Acquisition for Entrepreneurial Firms: Multiple “fit” Considerations’ 12. Warren Boeker and Rushi Karichalil (2002), ‘Entrepreneurial Transitions: Factors Influencing Founder Departure’ 13. Deniz Ucbasaran, Andy Lockett, Mike Wright and Paul Westhead (2003), ‘Entrepreneurial Founder Teams: Factors Associated with Member Entry and Exit’ 14. Warren Boeker and Robert Wiltbank (2005), ‘New Venture Evolution and Managerial Capabilities’ PART IV OUTCOME 15. Juan B. Roure and Modesto A. Maidique (1986), ‘Linking Pre Funding Factors and High-Technology Venture Success: An Exploratory Study’ 16. Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Claudia Bird Schoonhoven (1990), ‘Organizational Growth: Linking Founding Team, Strategy, Environment, and Growth Among U.S. Semiconductor Ventures’ 17. Frédéric Delmar and Scott Shane (2006), ‘Does Experience Matter? The Effect of Founding Team Experience on the Survival and Sales of Newly-Founded Ventures’ 18. Christine M. Beckman and M. Diane Burton (2008), ‘Founding the Future: Path Dependence in the Evolution of Top Management Teams from Founding to IPO’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook provides an excellent overview of our knowledge on the drivers, influencing factors and outcomes of energy entrepreneurship. As the world grapples with global resource crunches and fights to reap the rewards of new energy technologies, a wide space for entrepreneurial opportunity has emerged. The Handbook of Research on Energy Entrepreneurship offers critical insight on how nations the world over can make full use of those opportunities. An informed blend of geographical and methodological approaches to energy entrepreneurship research, these comprehensive and complementary perspectives shed new light on topics ranging from harnessing the power of the sun and wind to consumer preferences and policy frameworks. This book provides an excellent reference point for scholars and practitioners seeking a richer understanding of the aspects of venture financing, corporate entrepreneurship, internationalization of entrepreneurial ventures, emerging cleantech clusters, public policy and the institutional aspects of energy innovation. A must-read for those interested in the scholarly investigation of energy entrepreneurship - including students and scholars of entrepreneurship, technology and innovation management, organizations and the natural environment, and environmental economics, practitioners in energy entrepreneurship, and policymakers - this Handbook is sure to enlighten and engage.Contributors: R. Abold, Z. Acs, J. Aleluia, M.H. Anderson, H. Andree, A. Aspelund, M. Brachert, S. Cohen, N. Dee, P. Dickel, S. Ford, E. Garnsey, D. Grichnik, M.W. Hansen, D.M. Hart, E. Heiskanen, C. Hornych, M. Kenney, C. Koropp, L. Lehmann-Ortega, J. Leitao, M. Loock, N. Løvdal, R. Lovio, A. Marcus, G. Meersohn, P. Mickwitz, P. Migliavacca, N. Peretz, S. Pogutz, A. Russo, J.-M. Schoettl, K. Sutcliffe, T. Teppo, R. Wuebker, R. WüstenhagenTable of ContentsContents: 1. An Introduction to Energy Entrepreneurship Research Rolf Wüstenhagen and Robert Wuebker PART I: THE ROLE OF START-UP FIRMS IN ENERGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2. Market Failure, Market Dynamics and Entrepreneurial Innovation by Environmental Ventures Elizabeth Garnsey, Nicola Dee and Simon Ford 3. Prolonged Gestation and Commitment to an Emerging Organizational Field: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Businesses in Minnesota 1993–2009 Alfred Marcus, Marc H. Anderson, Susan Cohen and Kathleen Sutcliffe 4. Entrepreneurial Learning in Energy Technology Start-ups: A Case Study in the Biogas Market Petra Dickel and Helga Andree PART II: INTERNATIONAL ENERGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP 5. Entrepreneurial Opportunity and the Formation of Photovoltaic Clusters in Eastern Germany Matthias Brachert and Christoph Hornych 6. The Rise of Chinese Challenger Firms in the Global Solar Industry Gabrielle Meersohn and Michael W. Hansen 7. International Entrepreneurship in the Offshore Renewable Energy Industry Nicolai Løvdal and Arild Aspelund PART III: ENERGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND LARGE INCUMBENT FIRMS 8. Photovoltaic Business Models: Threat or Opportunity for Utilities? Jean-Marc Schoettl and Laurence Lehmann-Ortega 9. Why Corporate Venture Capital Funds Fail: Evidence from the European Energy Industry Tarja Teppo and Rolf Wüstenhagen PART IV: FINANCING ENERGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP 10. Business Angels and Energy Investing: Insights from a German Panel Study Dietmar Grichnik and Christian Koropp 11. Venture Capital Investment in the Greentech Industries: A Provocative Essay Martin Kenney 12. How do Business Models Impact Financial Performance of Renewable Energy Firms? Moritz Loock PART V: COMMERCIALIZING ENERGY INNOVATION 13. Interfirm Relationships in a New Industry: The Case of Fuel Cell Technologies Stefano Pogutz, Angeloantonio Russo and Paolo Migliavacca 14. Challenges of Doing Market Research in the New Energy Market Roland Abold 15. Path Dependence, Path Creation and Creative Destruction in the Evolution of Energy Systems Raimo Lovio, Per Mickwitz and Eva Heiskanen PART VI: ENERGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC POLICY 16. Making, Breaking, and Remaking Markets: State Regulation, Entrepreneurship, and Photovoltaic Electricity in New Jersey David M. Hart 17. International Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer: The CDM Situation in China João Aleluia and João Leitão 18. Incentive Prizes to Stimulate Energy Innovation and Entrepreneurship Neil Peretz and Zoltan Acs 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 SynopsisThis state-of-the-art book provides a window on contemporary European entrepreneurship and small business research. The papers selected demonstrate the applied nature of entrepreneurship research as well as the various contributions that entrepreneurship can make to local, regional and national development. Written by international experts, the book reveals the heterogeneity of entrepreneurship in terms of substantive content and the methodologies employed. With both quantitative and qualitative approaches well represented, Entrepreneurship and Growth in Local, Regional and National Economies covers topics such as regional perspectives on entrepreneurship, new venture creation and growth, business exits, knowledge-based entrepreneurship and social inclusion.Furnishing the reader with rich and leading entrepreneurship research, this book will be invaluable for entrepreneurship and small business researchers as well as postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students of entrepreneurship. Policy makers will also find much of great interest to them.Trade Review'The volume provides rich accounts on the enforcement of core issues but also on theoretical and methodological advances of the frontier of the research field. Areas of study that are meritoriously included are business closure and characteristics of the present knowledge economy. New sectors of the research frontier include societal entrepreneurship and the diversity of entrepreneurship in emergent market economies as well as methodologies such as discourse analysis and narrative approaches. This anthology certainly contributes to the crafting of a European identity in the field of entrepreneurship research.' -- Bengt Johannisson, Vaxjo University and Jonkoping University, Sweden'Many of the world's leading experts on entrepreneurship and economic growth explore important issues that impact new venture creation; the influences of the knowledge-based economy on economic development; factors that govern "exit" from entrepreneurship, and a variety of critical social influences on entrepreneurship and economic development. Like the previous three volumes in this series from the European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, this is a significant contribution to entrepreneurship scholarship that has important insights for scholars and public policy-makers.' -- William B. Gartner, Clemson University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Friederike Welter PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction David Smallbone, Hans Landström and Dylan Jones-Evans PART II: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2. Regional Innovation, Collective Entrepreneurship and Green Clusters Philip Cooke 3. Determinants of Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity in European Regions: Distinguishing Low and High Ambition Entrepreneurship Niels Bosma and Veronique Schutjens PART III: NEW VENTURE CREATION AND GROWTH 4. Can New Ventures Develop Pioneer Behaviour in Industries with Unfavourable Conditions? The Role of Capabilities Pedro M. García-Villaverde and María J. Ruiz-Ortega 5. Switching from Paid Employment to Entrepreneurship: The Effect on Individuals’ Earnings Miguel Torres Preto, Rui Baptista and Francisco Lima 6. The Financial Requirements of Early-Stage Entrepreneurs Colm O’Gorman 7. An Examination of the Link between Growth Attitudes and Realized Growth Anders Isaksson and Vladimir Vanyushyn PART IV: BUSINESS EXITS 8. Becoming an Ex-entrepreneur: Firm Performance and the Sell-out or Dissolution Decision A. Miguel Amaral, Rui Baptista and Francisco Lima 9. The Entrepreneur in ‘Risk Society’: The Personal Consequences of Business Failure Colin Mason, Sara Carter and Stephen Tagg PART V: KNOWLEDGE-BASED ENTREPRENEURSHIP 10. The Creation of Higher Education Institutions and Firm Entry: A Policy Evaluation Joana Mendonça, Rui Baptista and Francisco Lima 11. Cooperation with Universities and Research Institutions for Corporate Entrepreneurship Activities: The Influence of the Technology Intensity of the Environment Ángela González-Moreno and Francisco J. Sáez-Martínez 12. ICT-Related Small Firms with Different Collaborative Network Structures: Different Species or Variations on a Theme? Vinit Parida and Mats Westerberg PART VI: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SOCIAL INCLUSION 13. Does Enterprise Discourse Have the Power to Enable or Disable Deprived Communities? Carole Howorth, Caroline Parkinson and Alan Southern 14. Transnationalism, Mixed Embeddedness and Somali Entrepreneurs in Leicester Trevor Jones, Monder Ram and Nicholas Theodorakopoulos 15. The Emergence of Entrepreneurial Potential in Transition Environments: A Challenge for Entrepreneurship Theory or a Developmental Perspective? Friederike Welter and David Smallbone Index

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Book SynopsisThe agriculture sector around the world has experienced profound changes in recent years. This unique and path-breaking Handbook draws together the best current research in the area of entrepreneurship in agriculture, food production and rural development.Agriculture policy reforms have impacted farm incomes, while demand side changes have required the development of sophisticated market driven strategies. Farmers have demonstrated uneven abilities to adapt and adjust to these ongoing changes. The ability and propensity of farmers to engage in entrepreneurial behaviors is a key explanation of the different patterns of responses within the sector. This book examines these issues through three main themes. The first theme focuses on the firm and the individual entrepreneurs, exploring entrepreneurship within the farm sector. The second takes a sector and industry perspective, exploring new developments in food production and distribution systems. The third theme explores the inter-relationship between agricultural entrepreneurship and its spatial context. Contributions are drawn from international research settings (Scandinavia, Europe, Asia, North America, Australasia) and offer an interdisciplinary approach to the subject.This astute Handbook, which will challenge and enrich the current literature, will appeal to academics in entrepreneurship, small business studies, agriculture, rural studies, rural sociology and agricultural economics, as well as food industry economists, policymakers and all those interested in supporting agricultural and rural businesses.Trade Review‘The great strength of The Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Rural Development is the breadth of topics covered. . . all researchers in the field of entrepreneurship will find an inspiring source of diverse analyses bundled in this book. Newcomers in this field may value the book for giving an orientation of the domain of entrepreneurial research.’ -- Thomas Herzfeld, Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture‘The Handbook presents studies on entrepreneurship within the agricultural industry and how farmers and others within the industry have had to adapt to market changes in recent years. . . This title will provide a lot of new information and intriguing facts for those interested in agricultural entrepreneurship.’ -- Shannon Graff Hysell, American Reference Books Annual 2012‘The motivation for this book is well articulated by the editors in their excellent introduction. . . the editors deserve a lot of credit for drawing together different research domains on entrepreneurship in agriculture, food production and rural development. . . the Handbook gives a broad overview of the research going on in the field and because of the diverse nature of the contributions it also bundles a world of case studies and interesting literature sources. This makes it a must-read for everyone working in the field!’ -- Jos Verstegen, European Review of Agricultural EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Researching Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Rural Development Gry Agnete Alsos, Sara Carter, Elisabet Ljunggren and Friederike Welter PART I: ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE FARMING SECTOR 2. The Development of New Ventures in Farm Businesses Richard Ferguson and Christer Olofsson 3. Pluriactivity, Entrepreneurship and Socio-economic Success of Farming Households Lasandahasi R. de Silva and Sarath S. Kodithuwakku 4. The Family Farm as a Premise for Entrepreneurship Anne Moxnes Jervell 5. Entrepreneurial Efforts and Change in Rural Firms: Three Case Studies of Farms Engaged in On-farm Diversification Jorunn Grande 6. Obstacles to the Development and Strategic Intentions of Forestry SMEs in Eastern Canada Etienne St-Jean, Luc LeBel and Josée Audet 7. Entrepreneurial Skills Among Farmers: Approaching a Policy Discourse Jarkko Pyysiäinen, Darren Halpin and Kari Miko Vesala PART II: INNOVATIONS IN FOOD PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION 8. The Determinants of High-growth Entrepreneurship in the Scottish Food and Drink Cluster Ross Brown 9. Entrepreneurship First or Last? Biodynamic Enterprise in New Zealand Kate Lewis, Robyn Walker and Sue Cassells 10. Contextualising Business Model Development in Nordic Rural Gourmet Restaurants Magdalena Markowska, Rögnvaldur J. Saemundsson and Johan Wiklund 11. The Arkansas Delta Produce Marketing Association: Rural Entrepreneurship in the US Delta Region Kenneth L. Robinson, Edward Abrokwah, Iris Liang, Scott Sanders, Michael Wang and Kytson McNeil 12. Why do Farm Entrepreneurs Sell at Farmers’ Markets? Insights from Norway Asbjørn Veidal and Ola Flaten 13. Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts? Online Latent and Untapped Outlets for Farmers’ Markets in South East Wales David Pickernell, Christopher Miller, Julienne Senyard, Brychan Thomas and Richard Tunstall PART III: AGRICULTURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ITS SPATIAL CONTEXT 14. The Welfare Effect of Economic Diversity in Rural Regions: An Analysis of Dutch Municipalities Sierdjan Koster, Aleid E. Brouwer and Eveline S. van Leeuwen 15. Rural Enterprise and Neo-endogenous Development Jane Atterton, Robert Newbery, Gary Bosworth and Arthur Affleck 16. Agricultural and Forestry Entrepreneurship: Learning from the Experience of an Aboriginal Community in Canada Jean-Michel Beaudoin, Luc LeBel and Luc Bouthillier 17. The Entrepreneurial Farmer in Action: The Use of Different Forms of Capital Jane Glover Index

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Book SynopsisProfessional services are increasingly seen as an important foundation for future economic growth and prosperity. Yet research on innovative and entrepreneurial processes in professional services has been surprisingly scarce. This Handbook provides a collection of original contributions from leading scholars outlining the current stock of knowledge in the area as well as providing directions for further research. The expert contributors discuss entrepreneurship and innovation from a number of different perspectives, including the entrepreneurial professional team, the entrepreneurial firm and the institutional environment. The first part of the book looks at the challenges of entrepreneurship specific to the professional service firm while the second explores the creation and exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities in the professional service team. Part III turns to the organization and Part IV to the management and growth of the entrepreneurial professional service firm. The final part discusses the interplay between professions, firms and the institutional environment. Researchers, scholars and PhD students in the areas of entrepreneurship and professional service firms along with advanced students of management will find this volume of great value. Contributors: J. Benders, D.M. Brock, T. Clark, L. Empson, R. Fincham, J. Flood, J. Glückler, H. Gruber, A. Halinen, K. Handley, S. Heusinkveld, E. Jaakkola, K. Laursen, L. Lefsrud, B.R. Lowendahl, V. Mahnke, N. Malhotra, M. Mohe, M. Mone, T. Morris, D. Muzio, N. Nikolova, M. Reihlen, S. Segal-Horn, J. Sieweke, M. Smets, M. Stollfub, L. Strannegard, A. Sturdy, R. Suddaby, R.-J. van den Berg, P. Vejrup-Hansen, A. Werr, M. WoywodeTrade Review’For too long, both researchers and practitioners have presumed that professional service firms follow the status quo when they should better understand how these professionals set the rules for globalization. This handbook reminds us that professionals are as much the shock-troops of capitalism as the multinational corporations that they serve. As this Handbook shows, the leading firms successfully compete with each other by fostering entrepreneurship and innovation in order to service an institutional system that undergirds the international economy.’ -- Christopher McKenna, University of Oxford, UK’Professional service firms are critical agents of contemporary economies and understanding them has become a central focus of recent scholarship. This very timely and well organized Handbook brings together several leading scholars who explore how we might think and theorize about professional service firms and their entrepreneurial behaviours. The Handbook will become a key source for the growing community of researchers in this area.’ -- Royston Greenwood, University of Alberta, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Towards a Multi-Level Approach to Studying Entrepreneurship in Professional Services Markus Reihlen and Andreas Werr PART II: THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFESSIONAL TEAM 2. Knowledge Integration as Heedful Interrelating: Towards a Behavioral Approach to Knowledge Management in Professional Service Firms Andreas Werr 3. Dealing with Errors in Professional Service Firms Martin Stollfuß, Jost Sieweke, Michael Mohe and Hans Gruber 4. A Space for Learning? Physical, Relational and Agential Space in a Strategy Consultancy Project Karen Handley, Andrew Sturdy, Robin Fincham and Timothy Clark 5. Innovating through Clients Natalia Nikolova PART III: ORGANIZING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRM 6. Professional Service Firms, Knowledge-based Competition, and the Heterarchical Organization Form Markus Reihlen and Mark Mone 7. Changing Career Models and Capacity for Innovation in Professional Services Michael Smets, Timothy Morris and Namrata Malhotra 8. Diversity and Experience as Entrepreneurial Value Drivers in Professional Engineering Consulting Firms Volker Mahnke, Keld Laursen and Per Vejrup-Hansen 9. Leadership in Entrepreneurial Professional Service Firms Lars Strannegård PART IV: MANAGING AND GROWING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRM 10. Entrepreneurial Strategies for Professional Service Firms Bente R. Løwendahl 11. New Practice Development in Professional Service Firms: The Role of Market Sensing Stefan Heusinkveld, Jos Benders and Robert-Jan van den Berg 12. Marketing in Professional Service Firms: Turning Expertise into Customer Perceived Value Aino Halinen and Elina Jaakkola 13. The Globalizing Professional Service Firm: Managerial and Organizational Challenges David M. Brock and Susan Segal-Horn 14. A Network Approach to the Internationalization of Business Service Firms Johannes Glückler 15. Beyond Dichotomies: A Multi-stage Model of Governance in Professional Service Firms Laura Empson PART V: THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRM AND ITS INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT 16. Institutional Entrepreneurship: A Literature Review and Analysis of the Maturing Consulting Field Michael Smets and Markus Reihlen 17. After the Gold Rush: The Role of Professionals in the Emergence and Configuration of Organizational Fields Lianne Lefsrud and Roy Suddaby 18. The Emergence and Dynamics of Venture Capital in Germany: An Organizational Field Based Approach Michael Woywode 19. Entrepreneurship, Managerialism and Professionalism in Action: The Case of the Legal Profession in England and Wales Daniel Muzio and John Flood Index

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Book SynopsisThe contributors to this book provide a cross-national comparison of venture emergence, newness and growth. Their chapters examine the influences of cultural, social and economic factors on venture development, compare the approaches of entrepreneurs who move from idea to emerging organization, and investigate acquisition and development of resources in growth and performance. The authors consider important issues in new ventures research such as technology commercialization, management team development, and influence of equity funding. While its particular focus is on Norway and the US, the book offers broad and intriguing contributions with regard to the emergence and growth of knowledge based firms in developed economies, and has implications for both direct and indirect government policy with regard to stimulating the formation and development of knowledge based firms.Scholars and students of entrepreneurship, international studies and economics, policymakers, international business experts and economic development specialists will find this rigorous analysis of the utmost importance.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Candida G. Brush, Roger Sørheim, L. Øystein Widding and Lars Kolvereid PART I: CONTEXT 1. Entrepreneurship and Conditions for Entrepreneurs: Norway and the USA Compared Erik Noyes, Bjørn Åmo and I. Elaine Allen 2. The Context for Entrepreneurship Mark P. Rice and Timothy Habbershon PART II: EMERGENCE 3. The USA and Norway: Empirical Evidence on Properties of Emerging Organizations Tatiana S. Manolova, Linda F. Edelman, Candida G. Brush and Beate Rotefoss 4. Models for Government Support to Promote the Commercialization of University Research: Lessons from Norway Einar Rasmussen and Mark P. Rice 5. A Longitudinal Study of Community Venture Emergence through Legitimacy Building Ingebjørg Vestrum and Einar Rasmussen 6. The Link Between Open Innovation Policy and Entrepreneurship: The Case of Industry Incubators in Norway Tommy Høyvarde Clausen, Einar Rasmussen and Mark P. Rice PART III: NEWNESS 7. A Process Model of Venture Creation by Immigrant Entrepreneurs Evgueni Vinogradov and Amanda Elam 8. Decision-making Disagreements and Performance in Venture Capital Backed Firms Truls Erikson and Bradley A. George 9. Board Features Associated with New Team Member Addition in Academic Spin-offs Ekaterina S. Bjørnåli and Truls Erikson 10. Design Characteristics Associated with Venture Capital Acquisitions in Academic Spin-offs Ekaterina S. Bjørnåli, Roger Sørheim and Truls Erikson PART IV: GROWTH AND EARLY STAGE FINANCING 11. Exploring the Venture Capitalist/Entrepreneur Relationship: The Effect of Conflict upon Confidence in Partner Cooperation Truls Erickson and Andrew Zacharakis 12. New Business Founders: Perceptions About and the Use of External Funding Roger Sørheim and Espen J. Isaksen 13. Advice to New Business Founders and Subsequent Venture Performance Lars Kolvereid, Espen J. Isaksen and Hannes Ottósson Index

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Book SynopsisThis topical study focuses on entrepreneurship and economic development in Europe's border regions. It highlights the effects of EU enlargement in these regions - both within the EU and in neighboring countries - paying particular attention to cross-border entrepreneurial activity.Cross-border cooperation involving entrepreneurs is attracting increasing attention in Europe as EU enlargement has increased the length of its borders with the former Soviet republics. The expert contributors highlight that border regions tend to be economically disadvantaged as a result of their peripherality, which means that cross-border cooperation for business purposes represents a potential development tool. This groundbreaking book contains an empirical evidence base drawn from regions in EU member states and the Newly Independent States, as well as providing a conceptual base for informed policy development.This insightful book will prove invaluable for academics and students of entrepreneurship, economics, development and European studies.Contributors include: E. Aculai, G. Agelopoulos, N. Alex, A. Bulgac, V. Gryga, N. Isakova, S. Kolb, K. Kolarov, O. Krasovska, L. Labrianidis, O. Linchevskaya, B. Piasecki, M. Pihlak, A. Pobol, A. Rogut, M. Slonimska, A. Slonimski, D. Smallbone, K. Todorov, U. Venesaar, N. Vogiatzis, E. Voutira, M. Xheneti, F. Welter, P. ZashevTable of ContentsContents: 1. Entrepreneurship in Europe’s Border Regions David Smallbone, Friederike Welter and Mirela Xheneti PART I: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES 2. Consequences of EU Enlargement for Economic Development in Border Regions Urve Venesaar and Merle Pihlak 3. Trust, Learning and Cross-border Entrepreneurship Friederike Welter, Nadezhda Alex and Susanne Kolb PART II: REGIONAL CASE STUDIES FROM THE EU 4. Cross-border Cooperation Within an Enlarged Europe: Görlitz–Zgorzelec Anna Rogut and Friederike Welter 5. Cross-border Cooperation in the Bulgaria–Greece–FYR of Macedonia Triangle Lois Labrianidis, Kiril Todorov, Georgios Agelopoulos, Efi Voutira, Kostadin Kolarov and Nikos Vogiatzis PART III: REGIONAL CASE STUDIES FROM THE NIS 6. EU Enlargement and SME Development in Moldovan Border Regions Elena Aculai and Adela Bulgac 7. Cross-border Cooperation and Innovation in SMEs in Western Ukraine Nina Isakova, Vitalii Gryga and Olha Krasovska 8. Cross-border Entrepreneurial Cooperation at the Household Level: Belarus and EU Countries Anton Slonimski, Anna Pobol, Olga Linchevskaya and Marina Slonimska PART IV: POLICY PERSPECTIVES 9. Cluster Development and Cluster Policies in EU Border Regions Peter Zashev 10. Governance Structures and Practices in Cross-border Cooperation: Similarities and Differences between Polish Regions Anna Rogut and Bogdan Piasecki 11. Public Policy and Cross-border Entrepreneurship in EU Border Regions: An Enabling or Constraining Influence? David Smallbone and Mirela Xheneti Index

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Book SynopsisEntrepreneurship and the Creative Economy contains a range of theoretical and empirically based research contributions that collectively consider and debate the process, policy and practice of the creative economy.The 'creative economy' and the broad spectrum of creative industries that it encompasses, is increasingly important in the 21st century's global economy. In challenging economic conditions, creative industries are both politically and economically appealing with governments around the world now recognizing their potential as a source of employment and entrepreneurial endeavor. As such, this informative book will play a vital part in furthering our understanding of the creative industries and the role they play in economic development.This enlightening compendium, researched by leading authors in the field will prove invaluable for students, academics and researchers in the fields of creative entrepreneurship, creative industries and the creative economy.Contributors include: E. Allen, A. de Bruin, T. Fuller, P.G. Greene, C. Henry, C. Mills, S.J. Norman, E. Noyes, S. Parise, A. Penaluna, K. Penaluna, D. Rae, S. Roodhouse, C. Taylor, B.V. Tjemkes, L. WarrenTrade Review’As ''creative industries'' becomes a defined and recognized section of global economic policies, Henry and de Bruin provide a solid foundation for constructing a public policy that will require sharper definition, quantification, education and assessment. Utilizing a range of cross-continent case histories, they also explore the existing tension between the creative processes and business practices of entrepreneurs and entrenched firms. This volume could well start the next-decade section of a professional's book shelf.’ -- Peter F. Eder, World Future ReviewA welcome addition to an expanding and increasingly varied field of research, this collection of papers edited by Colette Henry and Anne de Bruin offers the reader ready access to key issues and debates that both reflect and interrogate understandings and experiences of entrepreneurship within the creative economy. -- Kathryn A. Burnett, International Journal of Entrepreneurship & InnovationTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Colette Henry and Anne de Bruin 2. The Creative Industries Definitional Discourse Simon Roodhouse 3. Socializing Creativity: Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Creative Industries Calvin Taylor 4. The Evidence so Far: Calling for Creative Industries Engagement with Entrepreneurship Education Policy and Development Andy Penaluna and Kathryn Penaluna 5. Creative Methodologies for Understanding a Creative Industry Ted Fuller, Lorraine Warren and Sally Jane Norman 6. Action Learning in New Creative Ventures: The Case of SPEED David Rae 7. Reconciling Economic and Creative Performance: Insights from a Creative Business Service Start-up Brian V. Tjemkes 8. The Emergence of the Serious Game Industry: To Play or Not to Play Patricia G. Greene 9. Coping with the Cutting Edge: Enterprise Orientations and the Creative Challenges of Start-up in the Fashion Design Sector in New Zealand Colleen Mills 10. Music to Our Ears: New Market Creation and Creative Influences in the Popular Music Industry Erik Noyes, Salvatore Parise and Elaine Allen Index

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Book SynopsisThis book asks what lies behind the friendly face of the entrepreneur. It challenges the widespread idea that entrepreneurship is a necessary and good thing, subjecting 'the entrepreneur' to critical analysis. Unmasking the Entrepreneur demonstrates the socially embedded nature of entrepreneurship and considers the history, ethics and politics of entrepreneurship. Drawing on a range of ideas from critical social theory and philosophy, it investigates entrepreneurship in unusual places such as among illegal immigrants and revolutionary France. Ultimately, this book offers a unique and powerful critique of the very idea of the entrepreneur.Trade Review'Jones and Spicer have articulately organised the text to engage in a process of creative destruction that truly succeeds in the theoretical and philosophical unmasking of the entrepreneur. Very few books in management or economics have as broad a scope or as profound a reach as Jones and Spicer's analysis. Whatever criticisms it may provoke, especially from scholars with specialised interests and concerns, Jones and Spicer's book is nothing short of "top-drawer". Unmasking the Entrepreneur is an important, thoughtful and thought provoking analysis of the topic of entrepreneurship. This book is sure to have an enduring impact on the way we think about and study entrepreneurship.' -- Chitvan Trivedi, The Journal of Entrepreneurship'Unmasking the Entrepreneur is a highly critical and ambitious book. . . The synthesis between entrepreneurship studies and philosophy was accomplished well. . .' -- Antje Bednarek, The Sociological Review'This book by Jones and Spicer provides a thought-provoking contribution through its agenda, conceptual underpinnings and implications. The authors draw upon their previous work and publications, although the book is substantially more than a collation of already-published materials. Their style is clear and the message uncompromising. . . I would envisage that the book would be of interest to serious researchers of small business and entrepreneurship and of use on Master's and PhD programmes. . . The book should also be of interest to those in the "enterprise industry" to realize and understand the implication of the programmes and expectations put upon entrepreneurs.' -- Robert Blackburn, Management Learning’"Entrepreneurship" has been used to describe so many different kinds of situations that it has become, essentially, meaningless as a concept. This book critically examines taken-for-granted views of entrepreneurship and offers many needed insights into entrepreneurship's economic, social, political, and moral characteristics. By "unmasking" the entrepreneur, Jones and Spicer reveal the different roles entrepreneurial actors play, as well as set the stage on which other characters come to the forefront in the entrepreneurial process. Through the use of some innovative exemplars, the authors demonstrate that the leading players in the phenomena of entrepreneurship are more often "others" rather than the entrepreneurs we want to believe in.' -- Professor William B. Gartner, Clemson University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. ‘I Am An Entrepreneur’ 2. For a Critical Theory of Entrepreneurship 3. The Sublime Object of Entrepreneurship 4. The Birth of the Entrepreneur 5. Entrepreneurial Excess 6. Is the Marquis de Sade an Entrepreneur? 7. Every Age Gets the Entrepreneur it Deserves 8. Enterprise of the Other 9. What Remains References Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book analyses the emergence of new firms in a broad context where economics, management and sociological approaches may be joined for a new perspective. The Entrepreneurial Society reveals that the market benefits of an entrepreneurial economy are evident in the new technology that has been made available to consumers over the past ten to 20 years. It illustrates that entrepreneurial firms provide the market with innovations that create new products and, in turn, generate new employment and tax revenue, thus playing a critical role in surviving the economic crisis. The expert contributors explore the diverse conditions that explain, permit and support entrepreneurship, allowing thinking ?outside the box? and enhancing breakthrough innovations. At a time when new challenges relating to the ecological footprint are appearing, this work will prove crucial.The eclectic approaches to entrepreneurship within this book, gathered from different countries and fields of research, will prove to be hotly sought after by researchers and postgraduate students of entrepreneurship and social policy.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Jean Bonnet, Domingo García Pérez De Lema and Howard Van Auken PART I: CONTEXTUALIZING THE LINK BETWEEN FACTORS AND EFFECTS OF NEW FIRMS’ FORMATION 1. Entrepreneurial Diversity and Economic Growth Ingrid Verheul and André van Stel 2. High Education, Sunk Costs and Entrepreneurship Jean Bonnet and Pascal Cussy 3. Entrepreneurship and its Regional Development: Do Self-employment Ratios Converge and Does Gender Matter? Dieter Bögenhold and Uwe Fachinger PART II: UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCESS TO FINANCE AND TO AVAILABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS 4. Role of Information in the Debt Financing of Technology-based Firms in Spain Ginés Hernández-Cánovas, Antonia Madrid-Guijarro and Howard Van Auken 5. Entrepreneurial Finance in France: The Persistent Role of Banks Sylvie Cieply and Marcus Dejardin 6. Contextual Factors Favouring Entrepreneurship Initiative in Spain Antonio Aragón Sánchez, Alicia Rubio Bañón and Paula Sastre Vivaracho 7. Differences in Financial and Legal Systems and Contribution of Private Equity Funds to Transfers of Shares in Europe Rafik Abdesselam, Sylvie Cieply and Anne-Laure Le Nadant PART III: ACCOUNTING FOR THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS AND THE FIRM’S BEHAVIOUR AND PERFORMANCE 8. Innovative Culture, Management Control Systems and Performance in Young SMEs Domingo García Pérez De Lema and Antonio Duréndez 9. Successful Post-entry Strategies of New Entrepreneurs Jean Bonnet and Nicolas Le Pape 10. Interaction between Regional Intellectual Capital and Organizational Intellectual Capital: The Mediating Roles of Entrepreneurial Characteristics Csaba Deák and Stefania Testa 11. Is Non-profit Entrepreneurship Different from Other Forms? A Survey Data Analysis of Motivations and Access to Funds Franck Bailly and Karine Chapelle Conclusion Jean Bonnet, Domingo García Pérez De Lema and Howard Van Auken Index

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Book SynopsisWhile there have been numerous books and articles written on the popular topic of ?microfinance?, few books have been written on the business model behind it: the ?microenterprise?. Due to its diversity of thought and high quality of chapter contributions, this book is poised to be the book on ?microenterprises?. Contemporary Microenterprise is a collage of the latest research and viewpoints on the subject by recognized academics and experts from around the globe. Through the confluence of diverse and profound voices from around the world, very small (micro) businesses have proven to be the most prevalent and fastest-growing business form, and a suitable model for enterprise survival and success in a challenging global economy. Joseph Mark Munoz has brought together an international cast of contributors, and draws insights from concepts and cases from locations such as Vietnam, the United States, Latin America and Africa. The chapters include conceptual frameworks and research that yield valuable lessons and practical business solutions.The broad scope of this compendium, coupled with its careful attention to detail, will be of critical value to business students and their professors, industry executives, government officials, policymakers, consultants and entrepreneurs.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Leo-Paul Dana 1. Introduction J. Mark Munoz 2. Microenterprise Start-up: A Cross-national Comparison Michael Troilo 3. Microenterprises: The Interface between Entrepreneur and Manager Michelle Ingram Spain 4. Microentrepreneurship in a Transitional Economy: Evidence from Vietnam Mai Thi Thanh Thai and Ho Thuy Ngoc EMERGING MICROENTERPRISE DYNAMICS 5. Theoretical View on Microenterprise Entrepreneurial Motivators Scott A. Hipsher 6. Creating a Typology for the Arts and Crafts Microenterprise Ian Fillis 7. The Challenges for Tourism Microenterprises in the Tiger Leaping Gorge, Southwest China Sacha Rawlence FINANCE AND THE MICROENTERPRISE 8. Microfinance and the Growth of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Faulu Kenya Fred O. Newa 9. Is Microcredit Compatible with Microentrepreneurship? Evidence from Latin American Tienditas Michael J. Pisani 10. Microfinance: Assessing its Impact on Microenterprises Gwendolyn Tedeschi MANAGING THE MICROENTERPRISE 11. Serving the Poor: Innovative Business Models at the Base of the Pyramid Jamie Anderson and Martin Kupp 12. Micro-global: Can Web-enabled Microenterprises Successfully Internationalize? J. Mark Munoz and Daewon Choi 13. Micro-franchising Strategies: Drawing Lessons from Franchise Literature J. Mark Munoz, Ilan Alon and Matthew C. Mitchell MICROENTERPRISE GROWTH AND EXPANSION 14. Microfinance–Microenterprise Relationship: The Malaysian Growth Experience Sow Hup Chan 15. Microenterprise Growth: The Case of Dotz in Brazil Thelma Rocha and Tales Andreassi 16. Microenterprise in a Free Trade Era: The Case of Indonesia Tulus T.H. Tambunan MICROENTERPRISE AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIETY 17. Social Capital and Cross-cultural Model Replication: The Case of Hand in Hand in India and South Africa Lin Lerpold and Laurence Romani 18. Sponsorship Practice at the Small Business Level: An Applied Perspective J. Terence Zinger and Norm O’Reilly 19. Engaging Transnational Corporations in Community Microenterprise Initiatives in Subsidiary Operations: The Case of TNCs in Tanzania Aloysius Newenham-Kahindi MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY 20. Achieving Economic Self-sufficiency through Microenterprise Training: Outcome-based Evidence from the Center for Women and Enterprise Colette Dumas 21. Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation: Underlying Values and Assumptions Laurence Romani and Lin Lerpold 22. Microenterprise Sustainability: A Philippine Perspective Jeanette Angeline Banzon Madamba 23. Conclusion J. Mark Munoz Index

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Book SynopsisThis impressive Handbook provides a dynamic perspective on the development of successful born global firms, including evolutionary phases and pathways of growth, emergence of entire born global industries, role of founders' linkages, experience, culture and training, as well as collaboration with large MNEs. The expert contributors and the editors explore the origin and evolution of born globals and the changing history of this sector. They outline the training involved in developing international intellectual entrepreneurs and study the effects of different cultures on the origin and growth of born globals. The Handbook focuses on the different types of born globals that emerge from the general set of SMEs - ranging from the pure born globals to the born again globals, the born regionals, and their sub group of born again regionals. It also innovatively differentiates these from internationalizing SMEs and international new ventures. Providing a dynamic perspective on the development of successful born global firms, this book will prove essential reading for researchers and students of international business. Founders of born global firms will also learn about novel management practices, while educational institutions and governments will find invaluable insights on how to foster the emergence of successful born globals.Trade ReviewThe immense literature on born globals contains a cottage industry of research that includes many different definitions, operationalizations and conclusions. It is time to reflect on what insights we have gained. The editors have really succeeded in putting a highly needed great Handbook together that presents this at its best. It will stimulate further research. It is an appealing, useful and well crafted end product. - --Torben Pedersen, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface PART ONE: BORN GLOBALS: ORIGIN, AND EVOLUTION OF RESEARCH 1. Overview, Background and Historical Origin of Born Globals; Development of Theoretical and Empirical Research Mika Gabrielsson and V.H. Manek Kirpalani 2. Born Global or Simply Rapidly Internationalizing? Review, Critique, and Future Prospects Leonidas C. Leonidou and Saeed Samiee 3. Determinants of Different Types of Born Globals Matthias Baum, Christian Schwens and Rüdiger Kabst 4. Born Global and Born-Again Global Firms: A Comparison of Internationalization Patterns Michael Sheppard and Rod McNaughton 5. The Born Global Dilemma: Trade-off Between Rapid Growth and Control Carl Arthur Solberg 6. An Inquiry into Born Global Firm’s Learning Process: A Case Study of Information Technology-based SMEs Alex Rialp, Inmaculada Galván-Sánchez and Minerva García PART TWO: BORN GLOBALS: RESEARCH AREAS REQUIRING MORE DEVELOPMENT 7. Born Globals: Research Areas that Still Need to be Covered More Fully V.H. Manek Kirpalani and Mika Gabrielsson 8. Born Global Firms’ Use of Networks and Alliances: A Social Dynamic Perspective Susan Freeman 9. Sourcing Networks of Born Global Firms Jukka Partanen and Per Servais 10. Born Global Firms, Internet, and New Forms of Internationalization Rotem Shneor 11. Do Born Global SMEs Reap More Benefits from ICT Use than Other Internationalizing Small Firms? Noemi Pezderka, Rudolf R. Sinkovics and Ruey-Jer (Bryan) Jean 12. An Institutional Perspective on the Strategic Behavior of Chinese New Ventures Huan Zou and Pervez N. Ghauri PART THREE: BORN GLOBALS: DEVELOPING LEADERS, AND TRENDS IN OTHER RESEARCH AREAS 13. Born Globals: Trends in Developing Intellectual Entrepreneur Founders/Managers, and in Other Research Areas V.H. Manek Kirpalani and Mika Gabrielsson 14. International Pathways of Software Born Globals Olli Kuivalainen and Sami Saarenketo 15. Characteristics of Born Global Industries: The Birth of Offshore Renewables Nicolai Løvdal and Arild Aspelund 16. Portuguese Born Globals: Founders’ Linkages, Company Evolution, and International Geographic Patterns Vitor Corado Simões 17. Battleship Strategy for Managing MNC–Born Global Innovation Networks Terhi J. Vapola 18. Successful Born Globals Without Experiential Market Knowledge: Survey Evidence from China Tiia Vissak, Xiaotian Zhang and Kadri Ukrainski 19. Annotated Bibliography for Researchers Index

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Book SynopsisEntrepreneurship and regional development can be addressed from many different angles: clusters, creativity and human capital. Professor Acs, a distinguished researcher in this field, approaches this debate through technology. Technological change can be regarded as the most important factor in long-run macroeconomic growth. It has been argued in new growth theory that the technological element of the growth process results from the profit-motivated choices of economic agents. This important volume makes an essential contribution to this debate by presenting an authoritative selection of the most significant published work on entrepreneurship and regional economic growth.Trade Review‘. . . Ács compiled an impressive amount of knowledge about the connections between entrepreneurship and urban and regional economic development. The book combines contributions from the best thinkers in the field of entrepreneurship studies and it is a must read for every scholar and student interested in the topic.’ -- Heike Mayer, Journal of Planning Education and Research‘The relationship between entrepreneurship, technology, knowledge and growth at a regional level is complicated and for research sometimes even uneasy. This volume brings together contributions from recognized scholars with the aim to offer a pluriform panorama and new horizons on entrepreneurial activity and regional (or urban) development. It forms a brilliant composition that no doubt will leave its footprints among the research community and practitioners at large.’ -- Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Zoltan J. Acs PART I OVERVIEW 1. Sander Wennekers and Roy Thurik (1999), ‘Linking Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth’ 2. Edward J. Malecki (1994), ‘Entrepreneurship in Regional and Local Development’ 3. Allen J. Scott (2006), ‘Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Industrial Development: Geography and the Creative Field Revisited’ PART II THEORIES 4. James A. Schmitz, Jr. (1989), ‘Imitation, Entrepreneurship, and Long-Run Growth’ 5. Michael E. Porter (1998), ‘Clusters and the New Economics of Competition’ 6. David B. Audretsch and Max Keilbach (2004), ‘Entrepreneurship Capital and Economic Performance’ 7. Zoltan J. Acs, Pontus Braunerhjelm, David B. Audretsch and Bo Carlsson (2009), ‘The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship’ PART III REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP 8. Timothy J. Bartik (1989), ‘Small Business Start-Ups in the United States: Estimates of the Effects of Characteristics of States’ 9. Paul Reynolds, David J. Storey and Paul Westhead (1994), ‘Cross-national Comparisons of the Variation in New Firm Formation Rates’ 10. Toby Stuart and Olav Sorenson (2003), ‘The Geography of Opportunity: Spatial Heterogeneity in Founding Rates and the Performance of Biotechnology Firms’ 11. Zoltan J. Acs and Catherine Armington (2004), ‘The Impact of Geographic Differences in Human Captial on Service Firm Formation Rates’ PART IV ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH 12. Paul D. Reynolds (1999), ‘Creative Destruction: Source or Symptom of Economic Growth?’ 13. David B. Audretsch and Michael Fritsch (2002), ‘Growth Regimes over Time and Space’ 14. Zoltan J. Acs and Catherine Armington (2004), ‘Employment Growth and Entrepreneurial Activity in Cities’ 15. Pamela Mueller, André van Stel and David J. Storey (2008), ‘The Effects of New Firm Formation on Regional Development Over Time: The Case of Great Britain’ PART V ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND REGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH 16. Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Chihwa Kao (2003), ‘Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: The Proof is in the Productivity’ 17. Richard Disney, Jonathan Haskel and Ylva Heden (2003), ‘Restructuring and Productivity Growth in UK Manufacturing’ 18. Luc Anselin, Attila Varga and Zoltan Acs (1997), ‘Local Geographic Spillovers between University Research and High Technology Innovations’ PART VI ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY 19. Zoltan J. Acs and Attila Varga (2005), ‘Entrepreneurship, Agglomeration and Technological Change’ 20. David B. Audretsch and Erik E. Lehmann (2005), ‘Does the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship Hold for Regions?’ 21. Sam Youl Lee, Richard Florida and Zoltan J. Acs (2004), ‘Creativity and Entrepreneurship: A Regional Analysis of New Firm Formation’ 22. Richard Florida (2003), ‘Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Regional Economic Growth’ PART VII ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND REGIONAL CLUSTERS 23. Maryann P. Feldman (2001), ‘The Entrepreneurial Event Revisited: Firm Formation in a Regional Context’ 24. Hector O. Rocha (2004), ‘Entrepreneurship and Development: The Role of Clusters’ 25. Rui Baptista and Peter Swann (1998), ‘Do Firms in Clusters Innovate More?’ 26. Guy Dumais, Glenn Ellison and Edward L. Glaeser (2002), ‘Geographic Concentration as a Dynamic Process’ PART VIII POLICY 27. Zoltan Acs, Ed Glaeser, Robert Litan, Lee Fleming, Stephan Goetz, William Kerr, Steven Klepper, Stuart Rosenthal, Olav Sorenson and William Strange (2008), Entrepreneurship and Urban Success: Toward a Policy Consensus Name Index

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Book SynopsisCreativity, Law and Entrepreneurship addresses the relationship between law (institutions and regulations) and entrepreneurship (human activity with the aim of creating something new). Human activity is the essence of entrepreneurship. What unites law and creativity, work and play, is their shared origins in this activity. In this book, a varied group of scholars examine the building blocks of entrepreneurship by not only addressing the legal institutions that might regulate and promote enterprise, but by also exploring the very idea of creativity. The contributions to this volume provide a set of guideposts for understanding the connections among law, markets and human activities. They include chapters on: empirical evidence about creativity in the realm of patent, copyright, and trademark; exploration of our understanding of the transition from physical work to the mental work of inventing and creating and; examination of the legal process of patenting, contracting and transacting more generally. Collectively, the book explores the meanings and functions of creativity, and the role of law and legal institutions in promoting and sustaining entrepreneurial activity.Scholars, students and practitioners in entrepreneurship, law and the wide range of fields that are interested in, and benefit from, creative human activity will find this volume illuminating.Contributors include: M.M. Carpenter, D.R. Desai, S. Ghosh, S.J.H. Graham, C.B. Graber, R.S. Gruner, D. Halbert, S.A. Hetcher, M.J. Madison, R.P. Malloy, S.M. O Connor, T. SichelmanTable of ContentsContents: Preface Anne S. Miner 1. Introduction: Can We Incentivize Creativity and Entrepreneurship? Shubha Ghosh 2. Real Estate Transactions and Entrepreneurship Robin Paul Malloy 3. Creativity and Craft Michael J. Madison 4. ‘Will Work’: The Role of Intellectual Property in Transitional Economies – From Coal to Content Megan M. Carpenter 5. Transforming the Chicago School Approach to Creativity in Copyright Steven A. Hetcher 6. The Central Role of Law as a Meta Method in Creativity and Entrepreneurship Sean M. O’Connor 7. Individual Branding: How the Rise of Individual Creation and Distribution of Cultural Products Confuses the Intellectual Property System Deven R. Desai 8. Creativity Without Copyright: Anarchist Publishers and their Approaches to Copyright Protection Debora Halbert 9. Patenting by High Technology Entrepreneurs Stuart J.H. Graham and Ted Sichelman 10. The Evolution of Collaborative Invention at a Distance: Evidence from the Patent Record Richard S. Gruner 11. Institutionalization of Creativity in Traditional Societies and in International Trade Law Christoph B. Graber Index

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Book SynopsisHow and why are firms created, expanded and terminated by entrepreneurs in the knowledge intensive economy? The authors show these entrepreneurship processes are firmly embedded in a given social and economic context, that shapes the process by which some individuals discover entrepreneurial opportunities, creating new firms that sometimes grow to remarkable size, but more often stay mundane or eventually exit. The authors expertly provide a theoretical and empirical examination of new knowledge intensive firms over their whole life cycle using a unique set of matched employee?employer data containing over three million individuals and over 200,000 firms. With theoretical pillars anchored in industrial organization economics, evolutionary organization theory, and entrepreneurship research, this book presents a detailed investigation of the entrepreneurial processes of firm entry, growth, and their eventual demise.This insightful book will prove to be invaluable for business policymakers as well as postgraduate students and researchers in management, economics, and entrepreneurship.Trade Review‘In this important monograph on entrepreneurship in the technology-intensive industries in Sweden between 1989 and 2002, Delmar and Wennberg adopt an evolutionary view. Their multi-level analysis of firm entry, exit, and growth gives empirical content to their imaginative and eclectic blend of industrial economics, organizational ecology, organization theory, and labor market economics. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the forces affecting entrepreneurs in the technologically dynamic sectors of advanced capitalist economies.’ -- Howard Aldrich, University of North Carolina, US‘Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship taps into a growing trend of entrepreneurship research which recognises that not all start-ups are the same - and specifically that knowledge-intensive firms are important drivers of economic development. By focusing on the birth, growth and exit of knowledge-intensive firms, this book is a valuable addition to the literature which should be of vital interest to scholars and policy-makers alike.’ -- Simon C. Parker, The University of Western Ontario, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Role of Entrepreneurship and New Firm Dynamics for Economic Development 2. The Knowledge Intensive Sector: Theoretical Concerns, Research Design and Data 3. Birth of New Firms: The Geography Connection with Karin Hellerstedt 4. Firm Exit 5. De Novo and Spinout Start-ups: The Organization Connection 6. Firm Growth 7. Concluding Remarks References Index

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Book SynopsisIn this important new book, Mark Casson argues that the fundamental significance of entrepreneurship requires it be fully integrated into core social science disciplines such as economics and sociology, as well as into economic and business history. This book shows how this can be done. It formalises the role of the entrepreneur as innovator, risk-taker and judgemental decision-maker, and relates these functions to the size and growth of the firm. Mark Casson discusses entrepreneurship as a form of strategic networking, showing how entrepreneurs gain access to established networks in order to source information, and then create their own networks to exploit this information. Applying these insights to historical evidence leads to a radical re-interpretation of key issues in economic and business history, including the emergence of trading companies, the spread of empires, the rise of the modern corporation and the globalisation of the firm. This authoritative book by an established scholar is essential reading for economists, social scientists and historians, as well as business and management scholars.Trade Review‘Interest in entrepreneurship by both scholars as well as policy makers has exploded in recent years. This important new book provides a path breaking theoretical foundation that forms an original and valuable conceptual lens for making sense and understanding the important role that entrepreneurship plays. This book goes a long way in providing a systematic and rigorous framework for unraveling entrepreneurship and its impact on society.’ -- David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, Bloomington, US and Otto Beisheim School WHU, Germany‘An important new addition, by one of the entrepreneurship field’s broadest and most important scholars, Entrepreneurship: Theory, Networks, History will be required reading for anyone interested in truly understanding entrepreneurship.’ -- Scott Shane, Case Western Reserve University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Theory 1. The Economic Theory of Entrepreneurship: An Overview 2. The Discovery of Opportunities with Nigel Wadeson 3. Entrepreneurship and Macroeconomic Performance with Nigel Wadeson 4. Entrepreneurship and the Growth of the Firm: An Extension of Penrose’s Theory with Peter J. Buckley Part II: Networks and Institutions 5. Networks: A Theory of Connectivity and Interdependence 6. Entrepreneurial Networks as Social Capital with Marina Della Giusta 7. Co-operatives as Entrepreneurial Institutions with Marina Della Giusta 8. The Cultural Embeddedness of Entrepreneurship Part III: History 9. Entrepreneurship and Vertical Integration: The Origins of the Singer Global Distribution System with Andrew Godley 10. Entrepreneurship and the Development of Global Brands with Teresa da Silva Lopes 11. Entrepreneurship in Victorian Britain with Andrew Godley 12. Imperialism and the Entrepreneurial State with Ken Dark and Mohamed Azzim Gulamhussen 13. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisMona Ericson conceptualizes business growth using a participatory narrative approach, adopting story-like representations of growth activity. This approach emphasizes the use of description, conceptualization, knowledge sharing and interpretation. It connects the subject and the researcher allowing the latter to better understand the actual practice of growing a business, while also extending the study to the novice and general reader alike.The book aims to open up previously marginalized perspectives in research on growth through this incoporation of storytelling-one of the most fundamental features of human life. Thus, the concepts of business growth and entrepreneurial activity described in this book are brought to life for the student, scholar and reader in a way that more conventional analyses cannot achieve. The author also uses the concept of `plot' as a means to interconnect practitioners' growth-related activities and concomitant changes. The firm becomes a living and evolving concept rather than a singular unit to be studied. A Narrative Approach to Business Growth offers a detailed study that illustrates the value of this increasingly important approach to the study of business growth.The rich, empirically oriented material in this book allows the reader to make sense of, learn about and vicariously experience a variety of growth activities and their dynamic relationships. Scholars and students of business growth, entrepreneurship and strategy will find this book compelling and eye-opening.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Daniel Hjorth 1. Toward a Narrative Dynamic Conceptualization 2. Toward Implicates From 3. Weaving Narrative Bits and Pieces 4. To Begin the Business Growth Narrative 5. Involvement in Merger Activities 6. Building a Brand Portfolio 7. Hilding Anders for Sale 8. Pattern, Plot and Narrative Rationality References Index

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Book SynopsisThe analysis of corporate governance in small and medium-sized firms has been a much-neglected aspect of study in the field of corporate governance. This essential research review provides an authoritative overview of research in this topical field by successfully linking classical papers on corporate governance to the specific aspects in SMEs. The purpose of this book is not only to provide a review of the literature on governance in SMEs, but also from other social sciences and management perspectives. This title will be of great interest not only to lecturers and students interested in corporate governance but also to managers and policy makers.Trade Review‘Corporate governance scholarship has been considerably enriched over the past decade as more scholars have begun to ask how governance problems vary across organizational contexts. Scholars seeking to understand and build on those developments will find this volume a very useful resource. In it, Audretsch and Lehmann have assembled several “classic” pieces of governance scholarship alongside a number of more recent pieces that point the way towards promising new avenues of research.’ -- Daniel Forbes, University of Minnesota, USTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction David B. Audretsch and Erik E. Lehmann PART I CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: THEORY AND CONCEPTS A. Governance Theory 1. Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling (1976), ‘Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behaviour, Agency Costs, and Ownership Structure’ 2. Eugene F. Fama and Michael C. Jensen (1983), ‘Separation of Ownership and Control’ 3. Harold Demsetz (1983), ‘The Structure of Ownership and the Theory of the Firm’ 4. Henry G. Manne (1965), ‘Mergers and the Market for Corporate Control’ 5. Eugene F. Fama (1980), ‘Agency Problems and the Theory of the Firm’ 6. Raghuram G. Rajan and Luigi Zingales (2000), ‘The Governance of the New Enterprise’ B. Governance Concepts 7. Diane K. Denis (2001), ‘Twenty-five Years of Corporate Governance Research… and Counting’ 8. Lorraine Uhlaner, Mike Wright and Morten Huse (2007), ‘Private Firms and Corporate Governance: An Integrated Economic and Management Perspective’ 9. Peter G. Klein (1999), ‘Entrepreneurship and Corporate Governance’ 10. Catherine M. Daily, Patricia P. McDougall, Jeffrey G. Covin and Dan R. Dalton (2002), ‘Governance and Strategic Leadership in Entrepreneurial Firms’ 11. Thomas M. Zellweger, Kimberly A. Eddleston and Franz W. Kellermanns (2010), ‘Exploring the Concept of Familiness: Introducing Family Firm Identity’ 12. James J. Chrisman, Jess H. Chua, Franz W. Kellermann and Erick P.C. Chang (2007), ‘Are Family Managers Agents or Stewards? An Exploratory Study in Privately Held Family Firms’ 13. Wayne H. Stewart, Jr., Warren E. Watson, Joann C. Carland and James W. Carland (1998), ‘A Proclivity for Entrepreneurship: A Comparison of Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners, and Corporate Managers’ PART II MANAGERIAL OWNERSHIP IN SME 14. Theresa M. Welbourne and Linda A. Cyr (1999), ‘Using Ownership as an Incentive: Does the “Too Many Chiefs” Rule Apply in Entrepreneurial Firms?’ 15. Randolph P. Beatty and Edward J. Zajac (1994), ‘Managerial Incentives, Monitoring, and Risk Bearing: A Study of Executive Compensation, Ownership, and Board Structures in Initial Public Offerings’ 16. Erik E. Lehmann (2006), ‘Corporate Governance in New Enterprises or: Why Do Some CEOs Hold Large Equity Stakes While Others Are Paid Through Stock Options?’ PART III MARKET MECHANISMS: PRODUCT MARKET COMPETITION, MARKET FOR CORPORATE CONTROL AND MARKET FOR MANAGERS A. The Product Market 17. Marc Cowling (2003), ‘Productivity and Corporate Governance in Smaller Firms’ 18. Trond Randøy, Clay Dibrell and Justin B. Craig (2009), ‘Founding Family Leadership and Industry Profitability’ B. The Market for Corporate Control 19. Damiano Bonardo, Stefano Paleari and Silvio Vismara (2010), ‘The M&A Dynamics of European Science-based Entrepreneurial Firms’ 20. Jung-Chin Shen and Jeffrey J. Reuer (2005), ‘Adverse Selection in Acquisitions of Small Manufactoring Firms: A Comparison of Private and Public Targets’ C. The Market for Managers 21. C. Mirjam van Praag (2003), ‘Business Survival and Success of Young Small Business Owners’ 22. Pramodita Sharma, James J. Chrisman and Jess H. Chua (2003), ‘Predictors of Satisfaction with the Succession Process in Family Firms’ PART IV INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS: BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND LARGE SHAREHOLDERS A. The Role of Boards in SME 23. Benjamin E. Hermalin and Michael S. Weisbach (2003), ‘Boards of Directors as an Endogenously Determined Institution: A Survey of the Economic Literature’ 24. Morten Huse (1990), ‘Board Composition in Small Enterprises’ 25. Morten Huse (2000), ‘Boards of Directors in SMEs: A Review and Research Agenda’ 26. Catherine M. Daily and Dan R. Dalton (1992), ‘The Relationship Between Governance Structure and Corporate Performance in Entrepreneurial Firms’ 27. Bart Clarysse, Mirjam Knockaert and Andy Lockett (2007), ‘Outside Board Members in High-Tech Start-Ups’ 28. Olof Brunninge, Mattias Nordqvist and Johan Wiklund (2007), ‘Corporate Governance and Strategic Change in SMEs: The Effects of Ownership, Board Composition and Top Management Teams’ 29. Alessandro Minichilli and Cathrine Hansen (2007), ‘The Board Advisory Tasks in Small Firms and the Event of Crises’ 30. Kevin Keasey, Helen Short and Robert Watson (1994), ‘Directors’ Ownership and the Performance of Small and Medium Sized Firms in the UK’ B. The Role and Influence of Large Shareholders 31. Lloyd Steier (2003), ‘Variants of Agency-Contracts in Family-financed Ventures as a Continuum of Familial Altruistic and Market Rationalities’ 32. David B. Audretsch and Julie A. Elston (1997), ‘Financing the German Mittelstand’ 33. Steven N. Kaplan and Per Strömberg (2001), ‘Venture Capitalists as Principles: Contracting, Screening, and Monitoring’ PART V CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FROM ADOLESCENCE TO MATURITY 34. Malcolm Baker and Paul A. Gompers (2003), ‘The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering’ 35. David B. Audretsch and Erik E. Lehmann (2005), ‘The Effects of Experience, Ownership, Knowledge on IPO Survival: Empirical Evidence from Germany’ 36. Mike Wright, Robert E. Hoskisson, Lowell W. Busenitz and Jay Dial (2000), ‘Entrepreneurial Growth Through Privatization: The Upside of Management Buy Outs’ 37. Matthew D. Lynall, Brian R. Golden and Amy J. Hillman (2003), ‘Board Composition from Adolescence to Maturity: A Multitheoretic View’

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Book SynopsisThis title discusses the role of entrepreneurship in recessions. Simon Parker has selected the key contributions in the literature, which seek to explain why economies enter into and emerge from recession, and the involvement of entrepreneurs in this process. A central theme is the contribution of entrepreneurship to the creation and propagation of business cycles. A combination of theoretical and empirical studies is included, and there is a particular focus on a salient issue which arises in recessions, namely unemployment. The book will be a useful resource for scholars and policy-makers interested in entrepreneurship, business cycles, economic growth and recessions.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Simon C. Parker PART I RECESSIONS, BUSINESS CYCLES AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THEORY 1. Simon Kuznets (1940), ‘Schumpeter’s Business Cycles’ 2. Andrei Shleifer (1986), ‘Implementation Cycles’ 3. Patrick Francois and Huw Lloyd-Ellis (2003), ‘Animal Spirits Through Creative Destruction’ 4. Gadi Barlevy (2007), ‘On the Cyclicality of Research and Development’ 5. Ricardo J. Caballero and Mohamad L. Hammour (1994), ‘The Cleansing Effect of Recessions’ 6. Maitreesh Ghatak, Massimo Morelli and Tomas Sjöström (2007), ‘Entrepreneurial Talent, Occupational Choice, and Trickle Up Policies’ 7. Ben Bernanke and Mark Gertler (1989), ‘Agency Costs, Net Worth, and Business Fluctuations’ 8. Adriano A. Rampini (2004), ‘Entrepreneurial Activity, Risk, and the Business Cycle’ PART II RECESSIONS, BUSINESS CYCLES AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: EVIDENCE 9. Richard Highfield and Robert Smiley (1987), ‘New Business Starts and Economic Activity: An Empirical Investigation’ 10. David B. Audretsch and Zoltan J. Acs (1994), ‘New-Firm Startups, Technology, and Macroeconomic Fluctuations’ 11. Jeffrey R. Campbell (1998), ‘Entry, Exit, Embodied Technology, and Business Cycles’ 12. Emilio Congregado, Antonio A. Golpe and Simon Parker (2009), ‘The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship: Hysteresis, Business Cycles and Government Policy’ 13. Virginie Pérotin (2006), ‘Entry, Exit, and the Business Cycle: Are Cooperatives Different?’ 14. Ross Gittell and Jeffrey Sohl (2000), ‘Technology Centres During the Economic Downturn: What Have We Learned?’ 15. Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner (2002), ‘Short-Term America Revisited? Boom and Bust in the Venture Capital Industry and the Impact on Innovation’ 16. J. Kim DeDee and Douglas W. Vorhies (1998), ‘Retrenchment Activities of Small Firms during Economic Downturn: An Empirical Investigation’ 17. John A. Pearce II and Steven C. Michael (1998), ‘Marketing Strategies that Make Entrepreneurial Firms Recession-Resistant’ 18. Robert L. Boyd (2000), ‘Race, Labor Market Disadvantage, and Survivalist Entrepreneurship: Black Women in the Urban North During the Great Depression’ PART III UNEMPLOYMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 19. Peter Johnson (1981), ‘Unemployment and Self-Employment: A Survey’ 20. D.J. Storey (1991), ‘The Birth of New Firms – Does Unemployment Matter? A Review of the Evidence’ 21. D.J. Storey and A.M. Jones (1987), ‘New Firm Formation – A Labour Market Approach to Industrial Entry’ 22. David S. Evans and Linda S. Leighton (1990), ‘Small Business Formation by Unemployed and Employed Workers’ 23. Nigel Meager (1992), ‘Does Unemployment Lead to Self-Employment?’ 24. Alfonso Alba-Ramirez (1994), ‘Self-Employment in the Midst of Unemployment: The Case of Spain and the United States’ 25. Raquel Carrasco (1999), ‘Transitions To and From Self-Employment in Spain: An Empirical Analysis’ 26. Marc Cowling and Peter Mitchell (1997), ‘The Evolution of U.K. Self-Employment: A Study of Government Policy and the Role of the Macroeconomy’ 27. Henry S. Farber (1999), ‘Alternative and Part-Time Employment Arrangements as a Response to Job Loss’ 28. A. Roy Thurik, Martin A. Carree, André van Stel and David B. Audretsch (2008), ‘Does Self-Employment Reduce Unemployment?’

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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 SynopsisThis highly topical book presents a new theory on the characteristics of entrepreneurial knowledge. It explores the recent shift among professional economists and scholars in their evaluation of the debate of socialism. Socialism, Economic Calculation and Entrepreneurship presents an application of Israel M. Kirzner’s theory of entrepreneurship to the theory of the impossibility of socialism. It discusses the influence of the fall of socialism, with particular reference to the evolution of economic thought. With innovative and timely discussions, this book will appeal to students and academics in the fields of economic systems, the economic analysis of socialism and the history of economic thought. This important resource will also be greatly received by all scholars and students interested in Austrian economics.Trade Review'A leading scholar in the tradition of the Austrian School of Economics, Professor Jesús Huerta de Soto presents a powerful analysis of socialism in a book dedicated to Ludwig von Mises, who underlined the theoretical failures of socialism and opened the famous economic calculation debate of the 1920s and 1930s. Then, as now, economic crises were widely attributed to freedom, business and markets. Then, as now, it was necessary to indicate the interventionist origins of trade cycles, the negative effects of economic policies, the crucial positive force of entrepreneurship, and the intellectual errors and terrible practical consequences of the enemies of liberty. Huerta de Soto's is, accordingly, a very timely book.'Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Peter J. Boettke 1. Introduction 2. Entrepreneurship 3. Socialism 4. Ludwig von Mises and the Start of the Debate on Economic Calculation 5. The Unjustified Shift in the Debate Toward Statics: The Arguments of Formal Similarity and the So-called ‘Mathematical Solution’ 6. Oskar Lange and the ‘Competitive Solution’ 7. Final Considerations Bibliography Index

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