Entrepreneurship / Start-ups Books

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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Book SynopsisThis unique Handbook illustrates how entrepreneurs across Europe tackle internationalization. This timely and important book identifies patterns and builds a theory of international entrepreneurship in Europe.The contributors discuss the performances of SMEs on the road to internationalization. Each chapter emphasizes how the process of internationalization of SMEs operates, the challenges and opportunities that arise due to each country's specific political and economic situation, and their subsequent internationalization performance. These processes, challenges and performances can be understood through theories of international business and entrepreneurship. Although at times these theories cannot fully explain certain phenomena, nevertheless they help to derive new extensions of thought. Together, they constitute a foundation for a new way of thinking about and understanding the importance and effect of internationalization of SMEs to country-level competitiveness in Europe. The role of theoretically important issues such as cooperation and trust, venture capital, research and development, learning, networks and government policy is also explored and analysed, and will be of great interest to researchers, academics and graduates interested in international business and entrepreneurship.Trade Review'This book is an important contribution to the field of international entrepreneurship. . . it provides a comprehensive account of internationalization strategies adopted by SMEs in a wide range of European countries, and by drawing on a number of empirical studies, it enriches the theory of SME internationalization with a new theoretical framework that can be useful for understanding the complexity of SME internationalization processes in Europe.' -- Julia Korosteleva, Thunderbird International Business Review'From Andorra to Wales with stops in more than 35 other European countries along the way, this comprehensive collection of articles is required reading for scholars interested in international entrepreneurship. It provides information on how entrepreneurs and their firms go international from virtually every country in Europe. This unique volume permits researchers to compare how the process of entrepreneurial internationalization is affected by differences in culture, location, technology, and other influences within Europe. Furthermore, the various authors consider a range of theoretically important issues, such as cooperation and trust, venture capital, research and development, learning, networks, and government policy. This book serves as an essential departure point from which scholars can embark on their study of international entrepreneurship in Europe.' -- Benjamin M. Oviatt, Georgia State University, US'This is a timely and interesting book that brings together some of the most insightful contributions on the internationalization of new ventures, with an emphasis on the European experiences. Assembling some of the best scholars, the book offers a distinctively European perspective - one that deserves recognition, analysis, and discussion. I applaud the editors for doing such a masterful job in bringing a great group of researchers and ideas together. I highly recommend this book for any serious researcher and scholar.' -- Shaker A. Zahra, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, US'This remarkable book provides valuable contributions on how the process of SMEs' internationalization is operating in 37 different European countries. Researchers in international entrepreneurship will find new materials for theorization. Numerous facets of international business are carefully documented by a great many well-known scholars. Also, given the variety of situations typical of the European small business sector, the book may prove to be helpful to small-scale entrepreneurs wishing to take steps towards internationalization. Overall, this coordinate work makes you realize why Europe is so fascinating.' -- Jean-Jacques Obrecht, University Robert Schuman, Strasbourg, FranceTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: A Theory of Internationalization for European Entrepreneurship David Storey PART I: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS 1. Introduction Léo-Paul Dana, Isabell M. Welpe, Mary Han and Vanessa Rutten 2. How International are European Venture Capital Firms? Sophie Manigart, Wouter De Maeseneire, Mike Wright, Sarika Pruthi, Andy Lockett, Hans Bruining, Ulrich Hommel and Hans Landström PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES 3. Internationalization of Small and Medium-sized Firms (SMEs) in a Western European Service Economy: The Case of Andorra Sanford L. Moskowitz 4. Trust-based Cooperation as Driver for the Internationalization of SMEs: Empirical Evidence from Austria Matthias Fink and Slawomir Teodorowicz 5. Internationalization of SMEs in Belarus Friederike Welter, David Smallbone, Anton Slonimski and Marina Slonimska 6. Internationalization of SMEs in Belgium Jan Degadt 7. Internationalization of SMEs in Bosnia and Herzegovina William R. Pendergast, Mugdim Pasic and Aziz Sunje 8. Internationalization of Bulgarian SMEs Kiril Todorov and Kostadin Kolarov 9. Internationalization of SMEs in Croatia Tihomir Vranešević, Branko Bogunović and Miroslav Mandić 10. Internationalization of SMEs in Cyprus Demetris Vrontis and Alkis Thrassou 11. Internationalization of Danish SMEs Per Servais, Erik S. Rasmussen, Bo B. Nielsen and Tage Koed Madsen 12. Internationalization of Enterprises in Estonia Tiit Elenurm 13. Internationalization of SMEs: The Case of Finland Asko Miettinen 14. Internationalization of SMEs: The Case of The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Marija Risteska and Zhidas Daskalovski 15. Internationalization of French SMEs Hervé Mesure and Rita Klapper 16. Patterns of Internationalization of German SMEs: Surveying Manufacturing Offshoring Steffen Kinkel, Gunter Lay and Spomenka Maloca 17. Growth of Archetypon S.A.: Exploitation of Opportunities in Greek and European Marketplaces Irini Voudouris and Pavlos Dimitratos 18. The Internationalization of Hungarian SMEs László Kállay and Imre Lengyel 19. Irish Perspectives of International Entrepreneurship Cecilia B. Hegarty 20. Israeli, Born Global, Knowledge-intensive Firms: An Empirical Inquiry Tamar Almor and Gilad Sperling 21. Italian SME International Strategies: State of the Art and Some Empirical Evidences Alberto Mattiacci, Christian Simoni and Lorenzo Zanni 22. Analysis of the Environment for Small and Medium-size Enterprises in Latvia for Further Internationalization Development Tatjana Volkova and Andra Brige 23. Internationalization of SMEs in Liechtenstein Hans-Rüdiger Kaufmann 24. The Path to the Internationalization of Lithuanian Manufacturing SMEs Audra I. Mockaitis 25. The Internationalization of SMEs in Malta: A Critical Assessment in the Context of Five European Island Regions Godfrey Baldacchino 26. Issues on the Internationalization of SMEs in Eastern Europe: The Case of Moldova Sanford L. Moskowitz 27. Monaco’s Forgotten Glitter: Industrial SMEs and their Worldwide Appeal Martine Spence 28. Internationalization of Dutch SMEs Jolanda A. Hessels 29. The Impact of the Single Market Programme on the Internationalization of Polish SMEs Anna Rogut and Bogdan Piasecki 30. Export Performance and Productivity in Portuguese Manufacturing SMEs Margarida Proença, Isabel Correia and Orlando Petiz 31. Small and Medium Size Enterprises in Russia Anatoly Zhuplev and Vladimir Shein 32. The Internationalization of Small and Medium Companies in San Marino Donata Vianelli 33. Internationalization of Slovenian SMEs as a Learning and Unlearning Process Miroslav Rebernik and Ksenja Pušnik 34. The Internationalization of Small and Medium Firms in Spain Alicia Coduras, Cristina Cruz, Ignacio de la Vega and Rachida Justo 35. Network Coordination as a Key to External Resources: A Study of an Internationalizing Biotech SME Angelika Löfgren, Daniel Tolstoy, D. Deo Sharma and Jan Johanson 36. Managing the Challenges of Globalization: Evidence from Swiss Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Thierry Volery 37. Outward Internationalization of Turkish SMEs Serdar Karabati 38. Internationalization of SMEs in Ukraine Nahum Goldmann, Svitlana Slava, Yuriy Makogon, Tetyana Orekhova and Alena Dubouskaya PART III: CONSTITUENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 39. Business Support for Internationalization in England Leigh Sear and Robert T. Hamilton 40. Supporting SMEs in Scotland: Strategies for Internationalizing Mike Danson, Ewa Helinska-Hughes, Michael Hughes and Geoff Whittam 41. Internationalization of Welsh SMEs: The Role of Wales Trade International David Pickernell, David Brooksbank, Helena Snee, Farid Ullah and Dylan Jones-Evans PART IV: CONCLUSION 41. Toward a Theory of Internationalization for European Entrrepreneurship Léo-Paul Dana, Mary Han, Vanessa Rutten and Isabell M. Welpe Index

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

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Book SynopsisThe past two decades have witnessed a surge in interest in the field of nascent entrepreneurship. In this title, the editors successfully draw together the most important works that utilize the new real-time approaches for studying early stage entrepreneurial activity that were developed and refined in the last couple of decades. Providing the empirical, theoretical and methodological insights from some of the most influential researchers in this field, this book is an indispensable source of reference for researchers, students and others who have an interest in new venture creation and its role in the economy. Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Per Davidsson, Scott R. Gordon and Heiko Bergmann PART I THE FORERUNNERS 1. Paul Reynolds and Brenda Miller (1992), ‘New Firm Gestation: Conception, Birth, and Implications for Research’ 2. Elizabeth J. Gatewood, Kelly G. Shaver and William B. Gartner (1995), ‘A Longitudinal Study of Cognitive Factors Influencing Start-Up Behaviors and Success at Venture Creation’ 3. Paul D. Reynolds (1997), ‘Who Starts New Firms? – Preliminary Explorations of Firms-in-Gestation’ 4. Nancy M. Carter, William B. Gartner and Paul D. Reynolds (1996), ‘Exploring Start-Up Event Sequences’ PART II THE INDIVIDUAL(S) 5. Phillip H Kim, Howard E. Aldrich and Lisa A. Keister (2006), ‘Access (Not) Denied: The Impact of Financial, Human, and Cultural Capital on Entrepreneurial Entry in the United States’ 6. Frédéric Delmar and Per Davidsson (2000), ‘Where Do They Come From? Prevalence and Characteristics of Nascent Entrepreneurs’ 7. Martin Ruef, Howard E. Aldrich and Nancy M. Carter (2003), ‘The Structure of Founding Teams: Homophily, Strong Ties, and Isolation Among U.S. Entrepreneurs’ 8. Nancy M. Carter, William B. Gartner, Kelly G. Shaver and Elizabeth J. Gatewood (2003), ‘The Career Reasons of Nascent Entrepreneurs’ PART III THE PROCESS 9. Gry Agnete Alsos and Elisabet Ljunggren (1998), ‘Does the Business Start-Up Process Differ by Gender? – A Longitudinal Study of Nascent Entrepreneurs’ 10. Gry Agnete Alsos and Lars Kolvereid (1998), ‘The Business Gestation Process of Novice, Serial, and Parallel Business Founders’ 11. Jianwen (Jon) Liao and Harold Welsch (2008), ‘Patterns of Venture Gestation Process: Exploring the Differences Between Tech and Non-tech Nascent Entrepreneurs’ 12. Jonathan T. Eckhardt, Scott Shane and Frédéric Delmar (2006), ‘Multistage Selection and the Financing of New Ventures’ PART IV EXPLAINING OUTCOMES 13. Simon C. Parker and Yacine Belghitar (2006), ‘What Happens to Nascent Entrepreneurs? An Econometric Analysis of the PSED’ 14. Marco Van Gelderen, Roy Thurik and Niels Bosma (2005), ‘Success and Risk Factors in the Pre-Startup Phase’ 15. Candida G. Brush, Tatiana S. Manolova and Linda F. Edelman (2008), ‘Properties of Emerging Organizations: An Empirical Test’ 16. Frédéric Delmar and Scott Shane (2003), ‘Does Business Planning Facilitate the Development of New Ventures?’ PART V THE INTEGRATION OF INDIVIDUAL(S) AND OUTCOMES 17. Per Davidsson and Benson Honig (2003), ‘The Role of Social and Human Capital Among Nascent Entrepreneurs’ 18. Beate Rotefoss and Lars Kolvereid (2005), ‘Aspiring, Nascent and Fledgling Entrepreneurs: An Investigation of the Business Start-up Process’ 19. Dimo Dimov (2010), ‘Nascent Entrepreneurs and Venture Emergence: Opportunity Confidence, Human Capital, and Early Planning’ 20. Gaylen N. Chandler, Benson Honig and Johan Wiklund (2005), ‘Antecedents, Moderators, and Performance Consequences of Membership Change in New Venture Teams’ PART VI THE INTEGRATION OF PROCESS AND OUTCOMES 21. Jianwen Liao, Harold Welsch and Wee-Liang Tan (2005), ‘Venture Gestation Paths of Nascent Entrepreneurs: Exploring the Temporal Patterns’ 22. Mikael Samuelsson and Per Davidsson (2009), ‘Does Venture Opportunity Variation Matter? Investigating Systematic Process Differences Between Innovative and Imitative New Ventures’ 23. Benyamin B. Lichtenstein, Nancy M. Carter, Kevin J. Dooley and William B. Gartner (2007), ‘Complexity Dynamics of Nascent Entrepreneurship’ 24. Benson Honig and Tomas Karlsson (2004), ‘Institutional Forces and the Written Business Plan’ PART VII NASCENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACROSS COUNTRY CONTEXTS (GEM) 25. Sander Wennekers, André van Stel, Roy Thurik and Paul Reynolds (2005), ‘Nascent Entrepreneurship and the Level of Economic Development’ 26. Dave Valliere and Rein Peterson (2009), ‘Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: Evidence from Emerging and Developed Countries’ 27. Jolanda Hessels, Marco van Gelderen and Roy Thurik (2008), ‘Entrepreneurial Aspirations, Motivations, and their Drivers’ 28. Seok-Woo Kwon and Pia Arenius (2010), ‘Nations of Entrepreneurs: A Social Capital Perspective’ PART VIII METHOD OBSERVATIONS 29. Paul Davidson Reynolds (2009), ‘Screening Item Effects in Estimating the Prevalence of Nascent Entrepreneurs’ 30. Monica Diochon, Teresa V. Menzies and Yvon Gasse (2007), ‘From Becoming to Being: Measuring Firm Creation’ 31. Gavin Cassar and Justin Craig (2009), ‘An Invesitgation of Hindsight Bias in Nascent Venture Activity’ 32. Linda F. Edelman, Tatiana S. Manolova and Candida G. Brush (2008), ‘Entrepreneurship Education: Correspondence Between Practices of Nascent Entrepreneurs and Textbook Prescriptions for Success’

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Book SynopsisThis unique and fascinating book takes a critical look at aspects of the prevalent entrepreneurship discourse and presents several substantive new theories, prescribing what should be abandoned (demobilization) and what should be adopted or given a more central position (mobilization).The contributors contend that entrepreneurship is not only an economic matter; that it is not a predominantly male-gender issue; and that it is not only done by heroes or extraordinary efforts but rather that it is as much a matter of ordinary, routine activities. They conclude that the entrepreneurship literature could greatly benefit from including the concepts of space and place, that resistance to it is an important aspect of its success, and that it is just as much about imitation as about creativity. Finally, they address the issue that what should be demobilized or mobilized in the entrepreneurship discourse might actually be the wrong question, since entrepreneurship is arguably a way of life.At the cutting edge of entrepreneurship research, this thought-provoking book will prove a stimulating read for entrepreneurship academics, students and researchers in the fields of entrepreneurship and business and management.Trade Review‘This book is a banquet for readers who are open to a broader menu of ideas and insights into the nature of entrepreneurship, how it occurs, and the circumstances by which it manifests itself. By seeing the phenomenon of entrepreneurship in new and intriguing ways, the authors in this book helped me re-imagine the many different kinds of entrepreneurships that exist. I’m very impressed with the creativity and scope of this book, and the cleverness of these scholars to bring so many delicious perspectives to the table. A book that is challenging and enjoyable to read.’ -- William B. Gartner, Clemson University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Daniel Hjorth and Chris Steyaert 1. Demobilizing or Mobilizing the Entrepreneurship Discourse: Something Else or None of It? Frederic Bill, Björn Bjerke and Anders W. Johansson PART I: DEMOBILIZING THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP DISCOURSE,... 2. Constructing P(e)ace-makers for Women’s Enterprise Pernilla Nilsson 3. Creating the Collective Hero: Stories of Cooperative Development Erik Rosell and Henrik Hultman 4. Seeds Germinate in Nature, Human Gleam in Cities: An Exploring Expedition of Incorporating ‘City Management’ Knowledge Shelley Lin and Anders W. Johansson 5. Entrepreneurial Successes and Failures in the Arts Katja Lindqvist PART II: ... MOBILIZING THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP DISCOURSE,... 6. Entrepreneurship, Space and Place Björn Bjerke 7. Innovation, Creativity and Imitation Anders W. Johansson 8. Entrepreneurship Requires Resistance to be Mobilized Karin Berglund and Johan Gaddefors 9. The Spectacle of Entrepreneurship: A Duality of Flamboyance and Activity Frederic Bill, Andreas Jansson and Lena Olaison PART III: ... SOMETHING ELSE... 10. Constellations of Another Other: The Case of Aquarian Nation Daniel Ericsson PART IV: ... OR NONE OF IT? 11. In the Beginning was Entrepreneuring Bengt Johannisson References Index

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Book SynopsisThis poignant study presents a collection of research on entrepreneurship and community engagement. The context of this book is Syracuse University s award winning model of Scholarship in Action with its emphasis on sustainable campus community entrepreneurial partnerships and its resultant 'Syracuse Miracle', the transformation that has occurred in the Central New York community thanks to the university s partnership with the community to drive social, environmental, and economic development. Broken into three engaging sections, this book introduces appraisals of technology entrepreneurship and community engagement; community engagement and entrepreneurship; and entrepreneurship, engagement, and new models of education. The first section includes chapters that focus on successful corporate university partnerships, programs to champion student technology companies, and new models for supporting technology transfer. Section two concentrates on topics including transforming a community law clinic to aid community entrepreneurs, supporting successful entrepreneurs in distressed communities, and engineering a community newspaper in partnership with local residents. The final section includes analyses of services for entrepreneurs with disabilities and an innovative program that connects university students to provide assistance, factors that contribute to innovation and entrepreneurship among adults, and a new entrepreneurial program that provides teacher education.Academic Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement is well suited for both students and scholars, as well as for all those invested in pursuing innovative, progressive avenues of community engagement.Contributors: N. Ali, S. Branagan, M.R. Costa, S. Davis, M.A. D'Eredita, B. Dotger, T. Hagelin, J.M. Haynie, R. Heckman, J. Hurst-Wahl, D.S. Kenn, B. Kingma, S.L. Rothwell, J. Saltz, G. Shaheen, R.V. SmallTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 1. The Five Keys to Success in Academic Entrepreneurship Bruce Kingma 2. Transforming a Professional Curriculum through Engagement with Practice: The Global Enterprise Technology Program at Syracuse University Robert Heckman and Jeffrey Saltz 3. Tapping Our Fountain of Youth: The Guiding Philosophy and First Report on the Syracuse Student Startup Accelerator Michael Anthony D’Eredita and Sean Branagan, with Nasir Ali 4. Syracuse University Technology Commercialization Clinics Theodore Hagelin PART II: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 5. Community Development Law and Legal Education Deborah S. Kenn 6. The Syracuse Miracle: Inspiring Entrepreneurs through Conversations Jill Hurst-Wahl 7. South Side Newspaper Project Steve Davis PART III: ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ENGAGEMENT AND NEW MODELS OF EDUCATION 8. Bridging a Traumatic Past to an Envisioned Future: A Case Study of Social Entrepreneurship J. Michael Haynie and Gary Shaheen 9. Inclusive Entrepreneurship Gary Shaheen 10. The Role of Information and Motivation in the Process of Innovation Ruth V. Small, Mark R. Costa and Susan L. Rothwell 11. ‘Do it Again!’: Students Serving as Catalysts Within a Teacher Education Innovation Benjamin Dotger Index

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

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

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook charts the development of venture capital research in light of the global financial crisis, starting with an analysis of the current venture capital market and the changing nature of the business angel market. Looking at governance structures, the performance of venture capitalists in terms of investments, economic impact and human capital, and the geographical organization of business angels and venture capital global 'hotspots', this book also analyzes the current state of venture capital research and offers a roadmap for the future. Contributors: A. Avdeitchikova, G. Avnimelech, D. Cumming, D. De Clercq, D. Dimov, S. Harel, S.A. Johan, H. Landstrom, D. Lingelbach, H. Lu, C. Mason, A. Parhankangas, J. Sohl, R. Sorheim, Y. TanTrade Review’The second edition of the Handbook of Research on Venture Capital provides an important guidepost for venture capital researchers. As Landstrom and Mason point out, the nature of venture capital has changed dramatically over the last 10 years. The asset class as a whole has failed to return principal and the old model is under tremendous strain. The contributors nicely highlight many of these changes, especially how venture capital has scaled beyond the US. For those of us active in venture capital research, the chapters raise many interesting research questions that deserve further attention.’ -- Andrew Zacharakis, Babson College’This exciting second volume of cutting edge research on venture capital takes up where volume one leaves off, bringing greater depth to topics covered in the first volume (such as angel investing) and adding new topics and insights. It poses interesting questions such as ''is venture capital in crisis? Are new models of early investing needed?'', and offers carefully researched answers. Landstrom and Mason provide insightful commentary and skillfully pinpoint the contributions of a talented set of researchers. Both scholars and practitioners of venture capital will want to read this book. -- Harry J. Sapienza, University of MinnesotaTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION: VENTURE CAPITAL MARKETS 1. Introduction Colin Mason and Hans Landström 2. The Changing Nature of the Angel Market Jeffrey Sohl PART II: VENTURE CAPITAL: GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES 3. Institutional Investment in Private Equity Sofia A. Johan 4. Venture Capital Financial Contracting: An Overview of the International Evidence Douglas Cumming PART III: VENTURE CAPITAL: PERFORMANCE 5. Venture Capital Firms: A Human Capital Perspective Dirk De Clercq and Dimo Dimov 6. The Economic Impact of Venture Capital Annaleena Parhankangas 7. Venture Capitalists as Smart Investors Roger Sørheim PART IV: VENTURE CAPITAL: REGIONAL ASPECTS 8. The Geographic Organization of ‘Venture Capital’ and ‘Business Angels’ Sofia Avdeitchikova 9. Global Venture Capital ‘Hotspots’: Israel Gil Avnimelech and Shai Harel 10. Global Venture Capital ‘Hotspots’: China Haitian Lu and Yi Tan 11. Global Venture Capital ‘Hotspots’: Developing Countries David Lingelbach PART V: VENTURE CAPITAL: THE FUTURE 12. Venture Capital Research: The Road Ahead Hans Landström and Colin Mason Index

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Book SynopsisEntrepreneurial Imagination innovatively focuses on entrepreneurial and economic action in time, timing, space and place.Schedules and places of production, working times and working places, are no longer fixed due to the effects of the contemporary economy. The authors expertly bring together a focused and themed book that deals wholly with the subjects of time and space in a phenomenological understanding of entrepreneurial ventures and related business action. They discuss theories and thinking of human action, space, place, timing and time in various entrepreneurial and business arenas, including social entrepreneuring, environmental and corporate social responsibility, network forms of entrepreneuring, urban governance and regional development. Taking a phenomenological approach to enable readers to understand entrepreneurship and related economic action clearly will prove to be inspiring for students, academics and practitioners interested in all areas of entrepreneurship and similar issues.Contents: 1. Entrepreneuring - When and Where?; 2. A Phenomenology of Entrepreneurial Action; 3. Our Entrepreneuring Society; 4. Various Kinds of Social Entrepreneuring, Networking and Social Capital; 5. On the Importance of Social Entrepreneuring to Local Government; 6. Entrepreneuring and Regional Development; 7. Entrepreneurial Action and Environment; 8. Entrepreneuring and ICT-Based Networking; 9. Summary and Conclusions; References ; IndexTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Entrepreneuring – When and Where? 2. A Phenomenology of Entrepreneurial Action 3. Our Entrepreneuring Society 4. Various Kinds of Social Entrepreneuring, Networking and Social Capital 5. On the Importance of Social Entrepreneuring to Local Government 6. Entrepreneuring and Regional Development 7. Entrepreneurial Action and Environment 8. Entrepreneuring and ICT-based Networking 9. Summary and Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisAlthough there is an expanding body of literature on the characteristics, aspirations, motivations, challenges and barriers of mainstream entrepreneurs, relatively little is known about whether these findings can be applied to the entrepreneurial activities of minority groups. This book addresses this short-fall and presents an international review of the characteristics, motivations and obstacles of eight minority groups: younger; older; women; ethnic; immigrant; lesbian, gay and bisexual; disabled; and indigenous entrepreneurs. The expert contributors discover enormous variability between these minority groups, such as in the motivators that either 'pushed' or 'pulled' individuals into an entrepreneurial venture, as well as diverse attitudes toward 'success': some groups wanted to achieve financial security - others wanted to enhance their sense of self-worth, or to change existing social and economic circumstances. However, some striking similarities were noted: initial disadvantage often created a powerful impetus to starting up a business venture, and accessing finance was extremely difficult for many. Including comparative cross cultural data and case studies on the various minority groups reviewed, both post graduate students and undergraduate students studying entrepreneurship will find this book an invaluable resource. In addition, it will also be of interest to policy makers, governments and all those who wish to comprehend the nature of small business ownership for a wide range of minority business owners.Trade ReviewIn their powerful presentation of Minorities in Entrepreneurship, the authors go beyond the traditional definitions of entrepreneurship to enhance our understanding of minority groups whether they be younger, older, women, ethnic, immigrant, LGB, disabled or indigenous. The book provides a new perspective on the driving forces in becoming a business owner and the ''push'' and ''pull'' factors within and across groups. Enhanced by in-depth case studies of members in each group, the study is a valuable contribution to the understanding of all venture owners, a rich reference source for scholars, and a worthwhile book of readings for students in the fields of entrepreneurship and gender and diversity. - Dorothy Perrin Moore, The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, USA There are books on minorities and there are books on entrepreneurship, but there are no books combining the two - and amongst a wide range of minorities in society. This truly is a novel and innovative work, and should be essential reading for all interested this topic. - --Cary L. Cooper, CBE, Lancaster University Management School, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Minorities in Entrepreneurship – An International Review 2. Younger Entrepreneurs 3. Older Entrepreneurs 4. Women Entrepreneurs 5. Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurs 6. Immigrant Entrepreneurs 7. Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual (LGB) Entrepreneurs 8. Disabled Entrepreneurs 9. Indigenous Entrepreneurs 10. Conclusion: Minorities in Entrepreneurship – An International Review Index

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Book SynopsisEntrepreneurship and innovation are increasingly viewed as key contributors to global economic and social development. University-based entrepreneurship ecosystems (U-BEEs) provide a supportive context in which entrepreneurship and innovation can thrive. In that vein, this book provides critical insight based on cutting-edge analyses of how to frame, design, launch, and sustain efforts in the area of entrepreneurship.Seven success factors were derived from an in-depth analysis of six leading, and very different, university-based entrepreneurship ecosystems in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. These seven success factors are: (1) senior leadership vision, engagement and sponsorship; (2) strong programmatic and faculty leadership; (3) sustained commitment over a long period of time; (4) commitment of substantial financial resources; (5) commitment to continuing innovation in curriculum and programs; (6) an appropriate organizational infrastructure; and (7) commitment to building the extended enterprise and achieving critical mass. Based on these success factors, the authors provide a series of recommendations for the development of a comprehensive university-based entrepreneurship ecosystem.This major assessment of how best to drive university-based entrepreneurship ecosystems is essential reading for anyone involved in higher education (particularly provosts, deans, and professors), government agencies concerned with socio-economic development, and all those concerned with helping entrepreneurship ecosystems to flourish.Contributors: J.M. Aguirre Guillén, K. Allen, J.S. Butler, J. Byrne, A. Fayolle, M.L. Fetters, A.T. García, K. Giordano, P.G. Greene, Y.-P. Ho, M. Lieberman, M.P. Rice, A. Singh, P.-K. WongTrade Review'[T]his volume is worthy of the attention of senior managers in universities that aspire to be entrepreneurial, which for better or worse means nearly all universities on the globe.' --Gareth Williams, London Review of Education'A book of this magnitude, usefulness and complexity can hardly be framed within one direction of contribution to entrepreneurship education, it is many voices, responses and pathways of academic institutions clustered in an admirable collection of university-based entrepreneurship ecosystems.' --Silvia Florea, Management of Sustainable Development Table of ContentsContents: 1. University-based Entrepreneurship Ecosystems: Framing the Discussion Patricia G. Greene, Mark P. Rice and Michael L. Fetters PART I: ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEMS: OPPORTUNITY-DRIVEN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 2. Babson College Michael L. Fetters, Patricia G. Greene and Mark P. Rice 3. EM Lyon Business School Alain Fayolle and Janice Byrne 4. University of Southern California Kathleen Allen and Mark Lieberman PART II: ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEMS: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND COMMERCIALIZATION 5. The University of Texas at Austin John Sibley Butler 6. Tecnológico de Monterrey Jose Manuel Aguirre Guillén, Arturo Torres García and Karla Giordano 7. National University of Singapore Yuen-Ping Ho, Annette Singh and Poh-Kam Wong 8. University-based Entrepreneurship Ecosystems: Key Success Factors and Recommendations Mark P. Rice, Michael L. Fetters and Patricia G. Greene Index

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Book SynopsisResearch on general market entry usually focuses on large enterprises. Often, however, small entrants can alter the competitive dynamics of an industry. This volume brings together the most prominent thought leaders and the best research on the asymmetric entrant-incumbent dynamics. The ideas presented offer a more nuanced perspective on how, when, where and with what consequences small, single-product firms enter markets that are dominated by large, multiproduct and multimarket incumbents. Large enterprises often enjoy a number of advantages that young, small ventures (as well as matured, but still small firms) lack. These differences manifest not only in how large and small firms operate and in their resource-capability mix, but also in how they compete and interact with each other. Research on general market entry and competitive dynamics is extensive yet it focuses on entrants and incumbents that are of similar profile - similar size, comparable asset mixes, related product strategies, and equivalent organizational capabilities. The unique contribution of this volume is its concentration on asymmetric entrant-incumbent dynamics. Scholars and students in entrepreneurship, strategy, international business and related fields will find this excellent collection of key published and original material illuminating.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Phillip H. Phan and Gideon D. Markman PART I: COMPETITIVE DYNAMICS 1. A Retrospective and Prospective Examination of Competitor Analysis and Interfirm Rivalry with Implications for Entrepreneurship and Market Entry Ming-Jer Chen Competitor Analysis and Interfirm Rivalry: Toward a Theoretical Integration Ming-Jer Chen 2. A Retrospective of Interdependency, Competition, and Industry Dynamics Michael J. Lenox, Scott F. Rockart and Arie Y. Lewin Interdependency, Competition, and Industry Dynamics Michael J. Lenox, Scott F. Rockart and Arie Y. Lewin 3. A Retrospective on ‘Hypercompetition in a Multimarket Environment’ Javier Gimeno Hypercompetition in a Multimarket Environment: The Role of Strategic Similarity and Multimarket Contact in Competitive De-escalation Javier Gimeno and Carolyn Y. Woo 4. ‘It’s Not About the Beer, Really’ Glenn R. Carroll Why the Microbrewery Movement? Organizational Dynamics of Resource Partitioning in the US Brewing Industry Glenn R. Carroll and Anand Swaminathan 5. Entrepreneurship, Competitive Dynamics, and a Resource-based View of Competitive Advantage Margaret A. Peteraf Unraveling the Resource-based Tangle Margaret A. Peteraf and Jay B. Barney 6. Additional Insights on Resource-based Competition Gideon D. Markman, Peter T. Gianiodis and Ann K. Buchholtz Factor-Market Rivalry Gideon D. Markman, Peter T. Gianiodis and Ann K. Buchholtz 7. Non-market Players’ Disruptive Campaigns Against Firms Theodore L. Waldron PART II: ENTREPRENEURIAL MARKET ENTRY 8. Commentary on ‘Corporate Ventures into Industrial Markets’ Phillip H. Phan Corporate Ventures into Industrial Markets: Dynamics of Aggressive Entry Ian C. MacMillan and Diana L. Day 9. Market Niche Entry Decisions: A Retrospective Introduction Henrich R. Greve Market Niche Entry Decisions: Competition, Learning, and Strategy in Tokyo Banking, 1894–1936 Henrich R. Greve 10. Towards a Model of Market Disruption Gökçe Sargut and Rita Gunther McGrath 11. A Retrospective on Competition in Multiple Geographic Markets: The Impact on Growth and Market Entry Heather A. Haveman and Lynn Nonnemaker Competition in Multiple Geographic Markets: The Impact on Growth and Market Entry Heather A. Haveman and Lynn Nonnemaker 12. A Retrospective on Desperately Seeking Spillovers? Barak S. Aharonson, Joel A.C. Baum and Maryann P. Feldman Desperately Seeking Spillovers? Increasing Returns, Industrial Organization and the Location of New Entrants in Geographic and Technological Space Barak S. Aharonson, Joel A.C. Baum and Maryann P. Feldman 13. A Theory of Defense Peter T. Gianiodis PART III: CONCLUSION 14. The Business Model: A Growing Domain of Scholarly Inquiry Raffi Amit and Christopher Zott, The Fit between Product Market Strategy and Business Model: Implications for Firm Performance Christoph Zott and Raphael Amit Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book examines the rising phenomenon of academic entrepreneurship and technology commercialization among leading universities in Asia, by presenting in-depth analysis of thirteen leading universities from nine Asian economies, including Tokyo University in Japan, Tsinghua in China, IIT Bombay in India, and the National University of Singapore. Written by scholars with deep institutional knowledge of the respective universities, they provide an authoritative account of the distinctive features of academic entrepreneurship at these universities and offer insights on policy implications. The comparative findings will prove highly relevant and informative for both entrepreneurship scholars and university administrators. Contributors: E. Baark, Z.-T. Bae, R. Carraz, N. Chandra, D.-Z. Chen, M.-Y. Cheng, J.-D. Chiou, Y. Dai, Y.-P. Ho, R. Kneller, V.V. Krishna, P.C.B. Liu, S. Park, H. Sasaki, N. Sharif, A. Singh, M. Takahashi, M. Takata, T. Tanigawa, T. Virasa, P.-K. Wong, L. XueTable of ContentsContents: 1. Contribution of Universities to National Innovation Systems in Asia: Technology Commercialization and Academic Entrepreneurship Poh-Kam Wong, Yuen-Ping Ho and Annette Singh 2. The Role and Impact of Universities in National and Regional Innovation Systems: Kyushu University’s Experience Toru Tanigawa, Hiromi Sasaki and Megumi Takata 3. Invention Management in Japanese Universities and its Implications for Innovation: Insights from the University of Tokyo Robert Kneller 4. Academic Patenting in Japan: Illustration from a Leading Japanese University Makiko Takahashi and René Carraz 5. University Technology Commercialization and Academic Entrepreneurship in Korea: The KAIST Experience Zong-Tae Bae and Sangmoon Park 6. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: A Case Study in Entrepreneurial University-led Knowledge-based Economic Development Naubahar Sharif and Erik Baark 7. Towards a ‘Global Knowledge Enterprise’: The Entrepreneurial University Model of the National University of Singapore Poh-Kam Wong, Yuen-Ping Ho and Annette Singh 8. University Technology Commercialization in Taiwan: National Taiwan University (NTU) and National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) Paul C.B. Liu, Dar-Zen Chen and Jen-Diann Chiou 9. University Technology Transfer and Commercialization in China: Using Tsinghua University as a Case Yixin Dai and Lan Xue 10. Knowledge Production and Knowledge Transfer: A Study of Two Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT Madras and IIT Bombay) V.V. Krishna and Nimesh Chandra 11. University Technology Transfer and Commercialization: The Case of Multimedia University, Malaysia Ming-Yu Cheng 12. University Technology Transfer and Commercialization: The Case of Mahidol University, Thailand Thanaphol Virasa Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook brings together pioneering, original work on organisational entrepreneurship. It provides a broad coverage and rich agenda for future research and teaching on the entrepreneurship-organisation relationship.Organizational entrepreneurship represents an interdisciplinary field of research that relates organisation, entrepreneurship and innovation studies in new ways. This Handbook establishes the scope of this interdisciplinary domain, challenges our perception of relationships between organization(s) and entrepreneurship, and asks new questions central to our capacity to describe, analyze and understand organizational entrepreneurship. Providing a broad and rich set of examples of interdisciplinary research and bridging the fields of strategic management, organization studies, entrepreneurship, innovation, art and aesthetics, this important compendium will prove invaluable to graduate students and scholars in these fields. Contributors: H. Ahl, H.E. Aldrich, E. Barinaga, T. Beyes, P.L. Bylund, L. Devin, N.J. Foss, W.B. Gartner, P. Guillet de Monthoux, R.D. Hisrich, D. Hjorth, C. Jones, C. Kearney, P.G. Klein, A. Kovalainen, D.F. Kuratko, J. Lyngsie, M. Martinez, A.-M. Murtola, S. O'Donnell, S. Sarasvathy, D. Smallbone, B.M. Sorensen, C. Steyaert, E. Sundin, R. Swedberg, F. WelterTrade ReviewDaniel Hjorth is justifiably famous for thinking differently about those things ''we all know'', and this Handbook adds fuel to that fire. The Handbook reasserts the intellectual and practical primacy of organizational creation as the driving force of entrepreneurship. By getting some of the best minds in entrepreneurship to explore and speculate on the organizational aspects of entrepreneurship, this Handbook reframes and repositions entrepreneurship as the organizing trope for the postindustrial age. --- Jerome Katz, Saint Louis University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction: Entrepreneurship in Organisational Contexts Daniel Hjorth PART I: APPROACHES AND PERSPECTIVES 1. Entrepreneurship as Organisation Creation William B. Gartner 2. Schumpeter’s Theories of Organizational Entrepreneurship Richard Swedberg 3. Entrepreneurship and the Economics of the Firm Nicolai J. Foss, Peter G. Klein and Per L. Bylund 4. Institutional Perspectives on Entrepreneurship Friederike Welter and David Smallbone 5. Evolutionary Theory Martha Martinez and Howard E. Aldrich 6. Organizations, Entrepreneurship and Ethics Richard D. Hisrich and Claudine Kearney 7. Entrepreneurship, Crisis, Critique Campbell Jones and Anna-Maria Murtola 8. Gender, Organizations and Entrepreneurship Helene Ahl 9. Making the Multiple: Theorising Processes of Entrepreneurship and Organisation Chris Steyaert 10. Organizational Entrepreneurship: An Art of the Weak? Daniel Hjorth PART II: FIELDS OF RESEARCH, PRACTICES AND POLITICS 11. The Entrepreneurial Firm Saras Sarasvathy 12. Strategic Entrepreneurship: An Emerging Approach to Firm-level Entrepreneurship Nicolai J. Foss and Jacob Lyngsie 13. Corporate Entrepreneurship Donald F. Kuratko 14. Overcoming Inertia: The Social Question in Social Entrepreneurship Ester Barinaga 15. Entrepreneurship in Public Organizations Anne Kovalainen and Elisabeth Sundin 16. Collective Creativity: E-teams and E-teamwork Shannon O’Donnell and Lee Devin 17. Organizing Reality Machines: Artepreneurs and the New Aesthetic Enlightenment Pierre Guillet de Monthoux 18. Organizing the Entrepreneurial City Timon Beyes 19. Management as Farce: Entrepreneurial Subjectivity in the Creative Industries Bent Meier Sørensen 20. Moving and Being Moved: Ideas, Perspectives and 59 Theses on Entrepreneurial Leadership Daniel Hjorth and William B. Gartner References Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book provides a fresh perspective on contemporary research in the field of entrepreneurship and small business, considering both theory and application.Drawing together leading-edge European research, the expert contributors apply a variety of research methods to a number of specific issues - including the entrepreneurial climate at universities, the role of knowledge and experience in the internationalization of knowledge-intensive firms, the links between entrepreneurial orientation and performance in micro-sized firms, and organizational entrepreneurship. In so doing, the book sheds new light on the key role played by entrepreneurship as an engine for regional development. With a unique set of insights linking theory and practice, this book will appeal to postgraduate and advanced students of entrepreneurship and small business, researchers and policy-makers.Trade Review‘The papers in this volume showcase the depth and richness of contemporary European research. The contributions offer invaluable insights on diverse facets of entrepreneurship including entrepreneurial universities as catalysts of innovation and regional development, perspectives on small firm internationalization and strategic alliances. This compelling collection is essential reading for all those who wish to stay updated on leading research findings and the methodological diversity that is a hallmark of European research. Very worthwhile policy-relevant angles are an added bonus.’ -- Anne de Bruin, Massey University, New Zealand‘The present volume with its fourteen contributions by authors from eleven different European countries gives a perfect overview of what theory and practice of entrepreneurship in Europe is all about. Entrepreneurship is often cited as a powerful instrument to help economies recover after the banking crisis. The fourteen contributions provide valuable material to show that entrepreneurship is indeed a much needed instrument and how policymakers and others can make use of it. Also, the impact and the pervasiveness of the entrepreneurial instrument are thoroughly illustrated.’ -- A. Roy Thurik, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Thomas M. Cooney 1. Introduction David Smallbone, João Leitão, Mário Raposo and Friederike Welter 2. The Entrepreneurial Climate at Universities: The Impact of Organizational Factors Mario Geissler, Steffen Jahn and Peter Haefner 3. Overcoming Critical Junctures in Spin-off Companies from Non-elite Universities: Evidence from Catalonia Pablo Migliorini, Christian Serarols and Andrea Bikfalvi 4. Benefiting from Publicly Funded Pre-Competitive Research: Differences between Insiders and Outsiders Verena Eckl and Dirk Engel 5. A Feminist Inquiry into Entrepreneurship Training Janice Byrne and Alain Fayolle 6. Knowledge and Experience in the Internationalization of Knowledge-Intensive Firms Niina Nummela, Sami Saarenketo, Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki and Kaisu Puumalainen 7. The Nature of International Relationships and Performance: Policy Implications from the Case of Globally Integrated Small Firms Christos Kalantaridis and Ivaylo Vassilev 8. Exploring Entrepreneurial Exits: A Study of Individual Exit Experiences in Finland and the UK Satu Aaltonen, Robert Blackburn and Jarna Heinonen 9. The Virtualization Potential of SME Networks: An Exploratory Investigation Emilio Esposito, Pietro Evangelista, Vincenzo Lauro and Mario Raffa 10. Knowledge and Organizational Entrepreneurship: A Relational Perspective Ana Maria Bojica, María del Mar Fuentes Fuentes and Matilde Ruiz Arroyo 11. The Impact of Legitimacy Building Signals on Access to Resources Cristina Díaz García and Juan Jiménez Moreno 12. Antecedents of the Entrepreneurial Orientation of the Firm: The Case of St Petersburg, Russia Tatiana Iakovleva 13. Entrepreneurial Orientation and Performance in Micro-sized Firms: Comparing Agricultural and Non-agricultural Firms Jorunn Grande 14. Entrepreneurship in Urban and Rural Switzerland: Similar or Worlds Apart? Heiko Bergmann and Daniel Baumgartner Index

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Book SynopsisAn experienced entrepreneur and educator, Colin Jones has written this book to help entrepreneurship educators pause and reflect upon their students’ learning, and therefore their own responsibilities as educators. He advocates a student-centric way to teach entrepreneurship and to building the curriculum. He shakes up the reader’s thinking and invites discussion on an experiential learning approach, to engage students in learning about entrepreneurship.This book is deliberatively provocative, and awakens another level of thinking on how to teach entrepreneurship. It will be required reading for entrepreneurship educators and those building a university entrepreneurship programme for years to come.Trade Review‘Colin Jones hits some nails firmly on the head in this enlightening text. Driven by learning and accepting of the fact that contexts change, often at great pace, his writing is firmly placed in the heads of the people who need these experiences, learners who not only need to recognise future opportunities but to reap the benefits of realizing them in meaningful ways. He has been there, wears the T Shirt of failure with pride and develops thoughtful ‘spaces’ in which we can reflect and move on. More importantly, Jones’ position as meddler in the middle now extends beyond his classrooms and conference presentations, providing us with a text that I thoroughly recommend to you.’ -- Andy Penaluna, CEO Enterprise Educators UK‘Reading this book will greatly help educators in the field of entrepreneurship. As stated by Colin Jones the title could be How to Allow Students to Learn About Entrepreneurship. It means that the author has adopted a student-centric approach emphasizing learning processes in entrepreneurship. The book and its main ideas have emerged from a personal journey combining entrepreneurial and educational experiences. Above all, this book is a fascinating and reflexive approach on how entrepreneurship education should be thought and delivered.’ -- Alain Fayolle, EM Lyon Business School, France‘It is with delight that I endorse Dr Jones’ application of entrepreneurship education in the context of undergraduates. A theory to practice philosophy is maintained, as well as enhancement of the entrepreneurship-directed approach to learning based on the idea of experiential learning, in which new activity produces a new experience and new thinking through reflection.’ -- Alex Maritz, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia‘Teaching Entrepreneurship to Undergraduates is a mandatory read for all academics who love teaching, and will stimulate discussions and further enquiry on teaching in higher education for many years. This groundbreaking and practical book provides a unique and superior conceptualization of entrepreneurship education, creating a more student-centric approach to learning, not a lecturer-centric approach to teaching. This book focuses on how entrepreneurial educators, and any university faculty, could become much more effective at teaching by a adopting this new perspective on education, its objectives and its outcomes.’ -- Morgan Miles, Georgia Southern University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Allan Gibb Introduction Part I: Scoping the Issues 1. Your Teaching Philosophy 2. Entrepreneurship Education 3. The Ontological Dilemma Part II: The Nature of Our Students’ Learning 4. The Reasonable Adventurer 5. Student Diversity 6. The Learning Environment 7. The Resource Profile Part III: Being Entrepreneurial 8. The Art of Selling 9. Evaluating Ideas 10. Business Plans Part IV: Towards an Ecology of Learning 11. Accounting for Interaction Appendices References Index

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Book SynopsisGlobal Women's Entrepreneurship Research responds to recent calls from academic researchers and policy analysts alike to pay greater attention to the diversity and heterogeneity among women entrepreneurs. Drawing together studies by 26 researchers affiliated with the DIANA International Research Network, this collection contributes to a richer and more robust understanding of the field. Part I: 'Diverse Settings' introduces research set in a range of contexts, from those rarely examined to those representing more familiar terrains. Part II: 'Diverse Questions' explores new questions and reframes old questions in fresh, innovative ways. Part III: 'Diverse Approaches' features studies with distinct methodological approaches that reflect and extend the rigour and creativity of research in this field. Together, the research assembled in this volume significantly advances knowledge about women's entrepreneurship around the world. While the book's primary audience is academic researchers and graduate students working in the areas of women's entrepreneurship, as well as entrepreneurship and family business more generally, it will also be of interest to scholars working in related research areas in the sociology of gender, work and organizations. Policy-makers in government and non-government agencies as well as profit and not-for-profit organizations that provide services to, or conduct research on, women entrepreneurs will also benefit greatly from the insights provided in this unique volume. Contributors: A.M. Bojica, S. Coleman, S.Y. Cooper, C. Diaz Garcia, C. Essers, M.R. Evald, N.C. Fairclough, M.M. Fuentes-Fuentes, P.G. Greene, D.M. Hechavarria i, K.D. Hughes, A.L. Humbert, A. Ingram, A. James, J.E. Jennings, P.D. Jennings, R. Justo, K. Klyver, S. Marlow, M. McAdam, S.L. Nielsen, M. Riebe, A. Robb, M. Sharifian, S. Terjesen, S.C. ZohirTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Candida G. Brush Introduction: Showcasing the Diversity of Women’s Entrepreneurship Research Karen D. Hughes and Jennifer E. Jennings PART I: DIVERSE SETTINGS 1. Turkish Businesswomen in the UK and Netherlands: The Effects of National Context on Female Migrant Entrepreneurs Anne Laure Humbert and Caroline Essers 2. Women-owned SMEs in Bangladesh: Challenges in Institutional Financing Salma C. Zohir and Patricia G. Greene 3. Academic Women’s Entrepreneurship in Spain and Scotland: A Multilevel Institutional Approach M. Mar Fuentes-Fuentes, Sarah Y. Cooper and Ana M. Bojica 4. Gender-based Firm Performance Differences in the United States: Examining the Roles of Financial Capital and Motivations Susan Coleman and Alicia Robb PART II: DIVERSE QUESTIONS 5. How do Social Welfare and Support Systems Influence the Attitudes of Female Entrepreneurs Towards Risk and Options? Nicholas C. Fairclough 6. Should Women go into Business with their Family Partner? Manely Sharifian, P. Devereaux Jennings and Jennifer E. Jennings 7. Are Women More Likely to Pursue Social and Environmental Entrepreneurship? Diana M. Hechavarria, Amy Ingram, Rachida Justo and Siri Terjesen 8. Do Highly Accomplished Female Entrepreneurs Tend to ‘Give Away Success’? Mary Riebe PART III: DIVERSE APPROACHES 9. More Gender Equality, Less Women’s Self-employment: A Multi-country Investigation Kim Klyver, Suna Løwe Nielsen and Majbritt Rostgaard Evald 10. Sectoral Segregation or Gendered Practices? A Case Study of Roles and Identities in a Copreneurial Venture Maura McAdam and Susan Marlow 11. Gender and the Multidimensional Nature of Entrepreneurial Self-efficacy: Factor-analytic Findings Cristina Díaz García 12. Conceptualizing ‘Woman’ as an Entrepreneurial Advantage: A Reflexive Approach Albert James Conclusion: Reflecting on the Diversity of Women’s Entrepreneurship Research Karen D. Hughes and Jennifer E. Jennings Index

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Book SynopsisThe recent era of economic turbulence has generated a growing enthusiasm for an increase in new and original economic insights based around the concepts of reciprocity and social enterprise. This stimulating and thought-provoking Handbook not only encourages and supports this growth, but also emphasises and expands upon new topics and issues within the economics discourse.Original contributions from key international experts acknowledge and illustrate that markets and firms can be civilizing forces when and if they are understood as expressions of cooperation and civil virtues. They provide an illuminating discourse on a wide range of topics including reciprocity, gifts and the civil economy, which are especially relevant in times of crisis for financial capitalism. The Handbook questions the current phase of the market economy that arises from a state of anthropological pessimism. Such anthropological cynicism is one of the foundations of the contemporary economic system that is challenged by the contributors.This highly original and interdisciplinary Handbook will provide a fascinating read for academics, researchers and students across a wide range of fields including economics, public sector economics, public policy and social policy.Contributors include: R. Abramovay, H. Alford, A. Andreoni, A. Argandoña, A. Barrera, L. Becchetti, N. Bellanca, E. Bortoluzzi Dubach, C. Borzaga, L. Bouckaert, S. Bowles, A. Brandolini, A. Caillè, J. Davis, J. Defourny, L. Faulk, B. Frey, H. Gintis, L. Gold, B. Gui, A. Habisch, S. Hargreaves-Heap, D. Jones, P. Kalmi, E. Khalil, S. Kolm, C. Loza Adaui, J. Mercier Ythier, S. Neckermann, V. Negri, A. Offer, A. Pabst, G.R. Pearce, V. Pelligra, P.L. Porta, P.L. Sacco, L. Sacconi, A. Smerilli, A.J. Uelmen, P. Vanin, B.M. Wilson, L. Zarri, D.J. ZizzoTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Luigino Bruni and Stefano Zamagni 1. Altruism Luca Zarri 2. Altruistic Reciprocity Herbert Gintis 3. Anti-utilitarianism and the Gift-Paradigm Alain Caillé 4. Business Ethics Russell G. Pearce and Brendan M. Wilson 5. Capitalism Nicolò Bellanca 6. Catholic Social Teaching Helen Alford 7. Catholic Social Thought Albino Barrera 8. Cooperative Enterprise Derek C. Jones and Panu Kalmi 9. Cooperative Entrepreneurship Stefano Zamagni 10. Do Dictator Games Measure Altruism? Daniel John Zizzo 11. Economy of Communion Lorna Gold 12. Egotism: Making Sense of Social Preferences Elias L. Khalil 13. Ethical Finance: An Introduction Leonardo Becchetti 14. Fair Trade Leonardo Becchetti 15. Fraternity Adrian Pabst 16. From Arts Patronage to Cultural Philanthropy: Collaborating with Granting Foundations Elisa Bortoluzzi Dubach and Pier Luigi Sacco 17. Gift and Gratuitousness Serge-Christophe Kolm 18. Humanistic Management Cristian R. Loza Adaui and André Habisch 19. Identity John B. Davis 20. Law and Religion Amelia J. Uelmen 21. Liberalism Adrian Pabst 22. Microfinance Antonio Andreoni 23. Mutualism Vera Negri Zamagni 24. Pecuniary Externalities and Fairness Albino Barrera 25. Philanthropy Beyond the Sectoral Approach Ricardo Abramovay 26. Poverty Andrea Brandolini 27. Prizes and Awards Bruno S. Frey and Susanne Neckermann 28. Rationality Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap 29. Regard Avner Offer 30. Relational Goods Benedetto Gui 31. Social and Civil Capital Paolo Vanin 32. Social Enterprise Carlo Borzaga 33. Social Preferences Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis 34. Spiritual Capital André Habisch 35. Spiritual Humanism and Corporate Economics Luk Bouckaert 36. Subsidiarity and New Welfare Pier Luigi Porta 37. The Common Good Antonio Argandoña 38. The Economics of Corporate Social Responsibility Lorenzo Sacconi 39. Third Sector Jacques Defourny 40. Trust Vittorio Pelligra 41. Values Based Organizations Alessandra Smerilli 42. Virtues, Ethics and Economics Jean Mercier Ythier 43. Voluntary Organizations Dennis R. Young, Lewis Faulk and Jasmine McGinnis Index

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Book SynopsisThis thorough volume describes and analyzes entrepreneurial family businesses in Latin American countries. The research presented here has been conducted within the Global STEP (Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices) Project. Dealing with some of the most important opportunities and challenges that Latin American family businesses face, particular attention is given to the uncertainty that characterizes most business environments in Latin American countries. The authors argue that while uncertainty is always a central characteristic of entrepreneurial processes and activities, uncertainty is particularly pronounced for Latin American family businesses striving to grow. In addition to a comprehensive introductory chapter that outlines the book's core concepts, including transgenerational entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial orientation, resources, capabilities and uncertainty, the book describes the main characteristics of entrepreneurship and family businesses in Latin America. It also brings together a unique set of empirical case-based research papers that investigate transgenerational entrepreneurship in different Latin American family business contexts. The unique contributions found here include studies on: - Hostile environments and entrepreneurial orientation - The influence of culture on governance and innovativeness - Governance structures and entrepreneurial performance - Family conflict as a source of entrepreneurial opportunities - Entrepreneurship in transgenerational processes by means of social capital - Knowledge integration and entrepreneurial behavior - The role of tacit knowledge in the identification of entrepreneurial opportunities - Financial issues in entrepreneurial family businesses - Communication during the entrance of new generations into the family business. Students and scholars of entrepreneurship the world over will find much of note in this carefully researched work. So too will anyone interested in sustaining a successful transgenerational family business.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Pramodita Sharma Foreword Timothy G. Habbershon 1. Understanding Entrepreneurial Family Businesses in Uncertain Environments: The Case of Latin America Mattias Nordqvist, Giuseppe Marzano, Esteban R. Brenes, Gonzalo Jiménez and María Fonseca-Paredes 2. Hostile Environments and Entrepreneurial Orientation: A Study of Venezuelan Family Firms Aramis Rodríguez and Rebeca Vidal 3. The Influence of Culture on Governance, Innovativeness and Knowledge Generation in Brazilian Family Businesses Adriane Vieira, José Antônio de Sousa Neto and Maria Teresa Roscoe 4. Governance Structures and Entrepreneurial Performance in Family Firms: An Exploratory Study of Latin American Family Firms Patricia Monteferrante M. and Ramón Piñango E. 5. Appeasement Entrepreneurship: Family Conflict as a Source of New Business Opportunities Thomas C. Gura 6. Entrepreneurship in Transgenerational Processes by Means of Social Capital Marcela Ramírez-Pasillas, Fernando Sandoval-Arzaga and María Fonseca-Paredes 7. Knowledge Integration in Latin American Family Firms Fernando Sandoval-Arzaga, Marcela Ramírez-Pasillas and María Fonseca-Paredes 8. The Role of Tacit Knowledge in the Identification of Entrepreneurial Opportunities: A Study of Family-controlled Businesses Ana Cristina González León, Gustavo González Couture and Luis Díaz Matajira 9. Transgenerational Issues in the Financing of Entrepreneurial Family Firms Arkangel Cordero, Eduardo Montiel, Luis J. Sanz and Iluminada Severino 10. When the New Employee is Not Just Another Newcomer: Communication During the Entrance of New Generations into the Family Business Juan O. Rivera-Algarín Index

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Book SynopsisEntrepreneurship across Generations examines dimensions of identity, gender and learning to understand the complex fabric of family business. An interpretation of narratives from two generations in five families constitutes entrepreneurship as an inherently social, rather than individual, phenomenon.This enriching book explains how entrepreneurial capacity is shared between generations, showing how learning is embedded within everyday social practice in the family and the business. It explores patriarchal practice and gendered entrepreneurial identities in family business. The author challenges dominant discourses of entrepreneurship. She argues that entrepreneurial identities are mediated by narrative and subject to constant negotiation within and across generations.With a new perspective on entrepreneurship, this insightful study will be essential and supplementary reading for students and practitioners within the field of entrepreneurship and family business.Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Foundations for Understanding Families in Business 3. Researching Family Business: Towards Narrative 4. Temporality and Narrative Identity 5. Gender Identities Constructed in Narratives of Family Business 6. Entrepreneurial Learning Across the Generations 7. Solace and Suffering: The Entanglement of the Family and the Business References IndexTrade Review'There is so much to praise in this important and timely book. Drawing on unique, fresh and intimate qualitative studies of families and the complex histories of their lives and businesses, the book will invigorate entrepreneurial studies with its intricate, theoretically bold and innovative analysis. The author takes us on a sensitive and fascinating journey with these families, and makes an outstanding contribution conceptually, politically, ethically and methodologically to the field, showing us how us narratives are not simply methodological tools but ontological resources for gender and identify formation. It is an elegant and refreshing book which will be a rewarding scholarly and enlivening read for students and researchers.' --Elaine Swan, University of Technology Sydney, Australia'Thoughtful, perceptive, and meticulously researched, Eleanor Hamilton's Entrepreneurship Across Generations is an important contribution that will help advance the field of family business studies both conceptually and empirically. Based in fascinating field work with families in business and placing ''family'' at the very heart of her study, Hamilton shows, through the stories her subjects tell, just how deeply and complexly family and firm are intertwined. A must-read for all those interested in family firm entrepreneurship.' --Andrew Popp, University of Liverpool Management School, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Foundations for Understanding Families in Business 3. Researching Family Business: Towards Narrative 4. Temporality and Narrative Identity 5. Gender Identities Constructed in Narratives of Family Business 6. Entrepreneurial Learning Across the Generations 7. Solace and Suffering: The Entanglement of the Family and the Business References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book scrutinizes the relationship between entrepreneurship and change in technological domains in order to discover how each element influences the other. Fresh empirical evidence is placed under the lens of recent theoretical advancements, through the exploration of entrepreneurial initiatives at firm, regional and industrial levels. Distinguished scholars in the fields of entrepreneurship, technology management, strategy and innovation investigate how technological changes generate opportunities that entrepreneurs or entrepreneurial organizations can fully exploit. They also discuss the argument that entrepreneurial behavior can be a promoter of change in both technology-generating and technology-adopting businesses, and explore topics such as strategic renewal through change and entrepreneurship (at both corporate, regional and industrial level). This unique and absorbing book will prove invaluable to academics and students with an interest in entrepreneurship and technology, as well as to entrepreneurs, research and development managers and corporate executives wishing to gain an insight on how change benefits business creation and renewal.Contributors include: O.J. Borch, L. Cassia, I. Cowlrick, A. De Massis, D. Faems, S. Ford, L. Foss, P. Giacon, F. Gunzel, T. Hedner, T. Iakovleva, J. Kickul, M. Klofsten, F. Lamers, C. Leger-Jarniou, T. Minola, T. Minshall, L. Mortara, M. Muffatto, J. Napp, E. Oftedal, M. Olausson, S. Paleari, I.H.E. Roaldsen, A. Solheim, P. Svensson, C. Viala, K. Visscher, H. Wilker, R. WolfTable of ContentsContents: Preface Foreword Introduction PART I: UNDERSTANDING CHANGE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE TECHNOLOGY DOMAIN: FOUNDATION FOR A MUTUAL CAUSALITY 1. Entrepreneurship, Technology and Change: A Review and Proposal for an Interpretative Framework Lucio Cassia, Tommaso Minola and Stefano Paleari 2. Adapting to Change: Understanding the Relation between Business Model Design and Technology Development in the Creation of New Ventures Franziska Günzel and Helge Wilker PART II: TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE RENEWAL: FIRMS, INDUSTRIES AND REGIONS 3. Entrepreneurial Strategies of SMEs in Mature Industries: The Role of R&D Alliances and Value Chain Configuration Ingrid Roaldsen and Odd Jarl Borch 4. The Changing Structure of the Pharmaceutical Industry: Perceptions on Entrepreneurship and Openness Thomas Hedner, Ivor Cowlrick, Roland Wolf, Michael Olausson and Magnus Klofsten 5. Corporate Evolution and Industrial Change through Entrepreneurial High-tech Investments Moreno Muffatto and Paolo Giacon 6. Regional Endogenous Technological Change and Innovative Opportunities: A Swedish Case Study Peter Svensson PART III: STRATEGIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION: CHALLENGES AND PROCESS 7. Selecting Corporate Venturing Forms in High-tech Industries: A Comprehensive Framework Lucio Cassia, Alfredo De Massis and Tommaso Minola 8. Entrepreneurial Challenges in Commercializing Product Innovations: A Case Study of Entrepreneurs’ Experiences in the Norwegian Petroleum Sector Lene Foss, Tatiana Iakovleva, Jill Kickul, Elin Oftedal and Anne Solheim 9. Exploration Patterns in Fast-growing Entrepreneurial Firms: A Multiple Case Study in the Internet Technology Industry Dries Faems, Klaasjan Visscher and Fleur Lamers 10. Implementing the Corporate Entrepreneurial Dynamic: The Role of the Information System at the AEF Céline Viala and Catherine Léger-Jarniou 11. Open Innovation Activities to Foster Corporate Entrepreneurship Letizia Mortara, Johann Napp, Simon Ford and Tim Minshall Index

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Book SynopsisThis path-breaking book gathers ?best practices? advice from the masters about how to achieve excellence in entrepreneurship research, how to create an outstanding research career and how to avoid the pitfalls that can sidetrack emerging scholars. Combining narratives from the 2009 and 2010 Entrepreneurship Exemplars Conferences, the authors frame the dialogue using person?environment fit theory and present keynote addresses and dialogue sessions that bring together editors and authors to reach into the unexplored corners of the top-tier research craft. This book makes explicit the tacit knowledge of top-tier research, giving all readers access to ?how-to? advice from research-craft masters. Learn what Howard Aldrich, Jay Barney, Michael Hitt, Duane Ireland, Patricia P. McDougall and S. ?Venkat? Venkataraman have to say about making research efforts count toward building a fulfilling and rewarding research career. Employing a combination of web and text media, this easy-to-read volume caters to researchers who may lack proximity to world-class sounding boards. This guidebook offers a clear portrayal of the realities of progress milestones within a top-tier research career and is a must-read for all emerging scholars ? in entrepreneurship and beyond. This entrepreneurship research best-practices book using the words of the masters is ideally suited to graduate students and their advisors, university administrators, potential and up-and-coming academics and policy makers across many social science disciplines and interests.Trade Review‘A fascinating attempt to make more explicit the tacit knowledge of leading researchers, journal editors and others. . . Useful index, and relevant for a wide range of management related researchers.’ -- Long Range PlanningTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction 1. In Search of Entrepreneurship Research Excellence: A Person–environment Fit Approach Ronald K. Mitchell, Keith H. Brigham, H. Jackson Walker and Richard N. Dino Keynote Contributors 2. Mindful Scholarship Howard E. Aldrich 3. The Missing Conversation Jay B. Barney 4. Entrepreneurship Research and the Maturation of the Field Michael A. Hitt 5. Challenges we Face as Entrepreneurship Scholars Publishing in Top Journals R. Duane Ireland 6. Entrepreneurship Research: Past, Present and Future Patricia P. McDougall 7. Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Opportunity: Made as Well as Found Sankaran Venkataraman 8. Emerging Themes in Entrepreneurship Research: Editors’ Keynote 2010 Keynote Editors: Candida Brush (ET&P) Michael A. Hitt (SEJ) R. Duane Ireland (AMJ) Dean A. Shepherd (JBV) Mike Wright (JMS) Moderator: Ronald K. Mitchell Comments editor: G. Thomas Lumpkin Editor/Author Session Contributors 9. Academy of Management Journal Editor: R. Duane Ireland Authors: Tom Elfring and Keith M. Hmieleski Moderators: Ronald K. Mitchell and Michael H. Lubatkin Comments Editor: G. Thomas Lumpkin 10. Academy of Management Review Associate Editor: Mason A. Carpenter Authors: Melissa S. Cardon, Jeffery S. McMullen and Dean A. Shepherd Moderators: Ronald K. Mitchell and John F. (Jack) Veiga Comments Editor: G. Thomas Lumpkin 11. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice Editor: Candida Brush Author: Jon C. Carr Moderators: Ronald K. Mitchell and John F. (Jack) Veiga Comments Editor: G. Thomas Lumpkin 12. Journal of Applied Psychology Associate Editor: Jing Zhou Author: Maw-Der Foo Moderators: Ronald K. Mitchell and John E. Mathieu Comments Editor: G. Thomas Lumpkin 13. Journal of Business Venturing Associate Editor: Phillip Phan Authors: Dimo Dimov and William Forster Moderators: Ronald K. Mitchell and John E. Mathieu Comments Editor: G. Thomas Lumpkin 14. Journal of Management Editor: Talya N. Bauer Authors: Hao Zhao, Scott E. Seibert and G. Thomas Lumpkin Moderators: Ronald K. Mitchell and Lucy Gilson Comments Editor: Richard N. Dino 15. Journal of Management Studies Associate Editor: Andrew C. Corbett Authors: J. Michael Haynie, Dean A. Shepherd, Jeffery S. McMullen and James O. Fiet Moderators: Ronald K. Mitchell and Michael Lubatkin Comments Editor: G. Thomas Lumpkin 16. Organization Science Editor: Pamela S. Tolbert Author: Wesley D. Sine Moderators: Ronald K. Mitchell and Lucy Gilson Comments Editor: G. Thomas Lumpkin 17. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal Editor: Michael A. Hitt Authors: Yasemin Y. Kor and Jeffrey J. Reuer Moderators: Ronald K. Mitchell and Elaine Mosakowski Comments Editor: G. Thomas Lumpkin 18. Strategic Management Journal Associate Editor: Joseph T. Mahoney Authors: Elaine Mosakowski and Anne Parmigiani Moderators: Ronald K. Mitchell and Dimo Dimov Comments Editor: G. Thomas Lumpkin Appendices: Conference Context A. Setting the Stage Richard N. Dino, P. Christopher Earley and Ronald K. Mitchell B. Building Your Publishing Career Ronald K. Mitchell C. Worldwide Reach Richard N. Dino D. Where to from Here? Richard N. Dino Exhibits: Background Information Exhibit I. Journal Mission Excerpts Exhibit II. 2009 Conference Schedule in Order of Occurrence References Contributor and Reference Index Subject Index

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Book Synopsis'This informative and highly readable book tackles a novel, exciting and challenging topic: the nature of entrepreneurial activity in modern media industries. Based on wide reading and careful case study investigation, it offers the reader a rigorous analysis of this important subject. Synthesising insights from economic theory, management and media studies, the book explores the links between entrepreneurship, culture, networks and innovation. Creativity is an elusive concept; this book sharpens up the concept, and demonstrates its relevance to policy and practice.'- Mark C. Casson, University of Reading, UKThe start of the 21st century has seen an explosion of online media, with creative content becoming a driving force for competitiveness. As twin engines of the digital economy, much has been said about both creativity and entrepreneurship but less about their relationship. Entrepreneurial Creativity in a Virtual World provides a synthesis in order to develop a conceptual framework for these phenomena.Using real world case studies, Denise Tsang highlights the economic significance of digital media production in the video game, television and magazine sectors. She illustrates the key issues involved, such as intellectual content creation, coordinating commercial, artistic and technical resources, outsourcing of core creative inputs and engaging with the user community. The end result is a book that builds on existing literature to provide a new framework for entrepreneurial creativity.This book will be useful for students and researchers interested in the theory and evidence behind creativity and entrepreneurship. Consultants and policymakers in creative industries in the UK will find this to be an essential read.Trade Review'The fast-growing creative industry now outperforms all other sectors of UK industry. Its unique characteristics of complex structures of commercial, artistic and technical resources have attracted much research attention from various disciplines. In this book, Denise Tsang provides some very valuable insights on the topic of entrepreneurial creativity of this industry, especially the complex coordination of production and distribution of digital media products. It is a very good book to recommend.' --Xiaosong Yang, Bournemouth University, UK'Tsang is well-known for her bold and original perspectives on entrepreneurship. She finds the perfect subject for her special talents in this study of creativity in digital media. She employs the previously discrete literatures on the theory of entrepreneurship and organizational creativity to analyze the online world of British television, magazine and video games. The compelling insights which emerge will be of as much interest to practitioners as to management scholars of this brave new virtual world.' --Geoffrey Jones, Harvard Business School, US'I thoroughly enjoyed reading the theoretical reviews on creativity, entrepreneurship and coordination. It is both extensive and logical. . . Categorisation of the entire creative work along three processes (conceptualising new ideas, organising creativity and managing end-to-end relationships) using three resources (commercial, artistic and technical) will provide practitioners a method to managing creative pursuits. Edward Elgar Publishing has produced another elegant volume, which is both timely as well as accessible.' --Journal of EntrepreneurshipTable of ContentsContents: 1. Entrepreneurial Creativity and Coordination of New Products 2. The Process of Entrepreneurial Creativity 3. New Ideas and Talents 4. Culture, Structure and Network 5. Outsourcing Creativity 6. The Marketing of Fun 7. Conclusion Bibliography Appendices Index

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Book SynopsisIn this thought-provoking book, leading experts explore why international entrepreneurship is important to the life sciences industry. From multi-disciplinary and cross-national perspectives, they question why international entrepreneurship scholars might usefully invest interest in research focused on one specific industry context. The book addresses contemporary challenges of relevance to life science firms and draws on leading-edge debates in international entrepreneurship research. Topics include: the nature of the born-global firm; the development of international capabilities and competencies; the role of local and international partnerships and alliances; competitiveness, opportunity recognition and orientation; and the role of specialized complementary assets in internationalization. It concludes by proposing an agenda for future research across the underpinning fields of innovation, entrepreneurship and internationalization. This book will prove a stimulating read for academics, students and researchers with an interest in international business, management and entrepreneurship, as well as for practitioners in the health professions or life sciences academics who are, or may become, entrepreneurs.Trade Review'The processes of internationalization, innovation and venture-creation in high-technology new ventures are inextricably intertwined. This is particularly true in the uncertain and troubled waters of the life sciences industry where startups with very uncertain futures are required to face significant challenges in short windows of opportunity. Navigating these waters is not straightforward, neither for those immediately involved in it, nor for those trying to understand it. This book is a must-read for anyone who is serious about understanding entrepreneurship in the biotechnology industry.' --- Alberto Onetti, CrESIT (Research Center for Innovation and Life Science Management), ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: International Entrepreneurship in the Life Sciences Marian V. Jones, Colin Wheeler and Pavlos Dimitratos PART I: NEW VENTURE ATTRIBUTES AND DEVELOPMENT CAPABILITIES 2. Assessing the Internationalization Capabilities of Life Science New Ventures Marian V. Jones, Colin Wheeler, Pavlos Dimitratos and George Vlachos 3. Differences in the Strategic Orientations of Nordic and US-based Young Biotechnology Ventures Maija Renko 4. Small Pharmaceutical Firms Building Capabilities to Compete Along the Global Research and Development Pipeline Lisette Pregelj, Martie-Louise Verreynne and Damian Hine PART II: THE ROLE AND ESTABLISHMENT OF PARTNERSHIPS 5. Partnership Formation in Small Biotech Companies Niina Nummela and Outi Nurminen 6. Collaborative Entrepreneurship and Internationalization in Life Sciences: Global Growth through Collaboration in Italian Biotech Firms Antonella Zucchella and Diala Kabbara 7. Alliance-driven Governance in the Scottish Life Sciences and its Contribution to Regional Development Kean Birch and Andrew Cumbers PART III: DEVELOPING CAPABILITIES AND COMPETENCIES FOR INTERNATIONALIZATION 8. Sub-suppliers in the Life Science Industry: The Case of Two Danish University Spin-offs Erik S. Rasmussen, Martin Hannibal, René Lydiksen and Per Servais 9. Rapid Internationalization and Sustained Competitive Advantage in US and UK Life Science International New Ventures: A Resource-based View Karl Warner and Jon Carrick 10. Intellectual Property Protection: The Case of Three Swiss Life Science SMEs Marcus Matthias Keupp, Sascha Friesike and Oliver Gassmann PART IV: GROWTH, PERFORMANCE AND INTERNATIONALIZATION 11. Performance Trade-offs: Success, Revenue and Profitability Colin Wheeler, Marian V. Jones, George Vlachos and Pavlos Dimitratos 12. Internationalization of Life Science Firms: Dynamics in the Interaction between Networks, Innovation and Export Performance Vandana Ujjual 13. Firm Growth and Performance in Biotechnology: Financial Facts or Wishful Thinking? Malin Brännback, Alan L. Carsrud and Niklas Kiviluoto 14. A Model of Decision-making Processes in Internationalized Life Science Firms Pavlos Dimitratos, Marian V. Jones and Colin Wheeler 15. Towards a Research Agenda for International Entrepreneurship in the Life Sciences Marian V. Jones, Colin Wheeler and Pavlos Dimitratos References Index

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Book SynopsisWhat role can entrepreneurship play in a European economy that is more and more open to the rest of the world? In this European Union construction, what is the place of the nation states and economies that have only recently converted to a free market economy? It is these questions, among others, that the book explores and discusses in particular. The future steps required in developing European entrepreneurship in a dynamic and international context are also analyzed and synthesized. The expert contributors reveal both the macro and micro factors that influence European entrepreneurial development, with an emphasis on high-tech firms. The particular topics addressed include: SME research and innovation policy issues; starting and growing a new venture; innovation, marketing and entrepreneurial networks; entrepreneurship and regional (cross-border) development; building competitive advantage of SMEs; and social and cultural aspects of entrepreneurship. This comprehensive work will provide a timely and important basis for academics, researchers, students, and policy-makers in the fields of entrepreneurship and European studies. Contributors: K. Arhio, J. Ateljevic, O. Basso, V. Bouchard, A. Fayolle, A. Haahti, M.-L. Kaakko, I. Kereziev, J. Klaesson, M. Merlino, O. Pesämaa, H. Pichler, R. Saner, S. Testa, K. Todorov, D. Tolstoy, D. Watkins, L. YiuTable of ContentsContents: 1. European Entrepreneurship in the Globalizing Economy: An Introduction Alain Fayolle and Kiril Todorov PART I: MACRO-ECONOMIC FACTORS IN DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEURSHIP 2. Innovative Schumpeterian Entrepreneurship: A Systemic Perspective Hanns Pichler 3. Sustainable Transborder Business Cooperation in the European Regions: The Importance of Social Entrepreneurship Raymond Saner and Lichia Yiu 4. Understanding the Impact of Culture on a Firm’s Entrepreneurial Orientation and Behaviour: A Conceptual Framework Alain Fayolle, Oivier Basso and Véronique Bouchard 5. Probioprise: Engaging Entrepreneurs in Formulating Research and Innovation Policy at the European Level David Watkins 6. The Third Sector in Action: A Cross-border Partnership in the Western Balkans Jovo Ateljevic PART II: MICRO-ECONOMIC FACTORS IN NURTURING HIGH POTENTIAL SMEs 7. Board Network Characteristics and Company Performance in Sweden: The Case of Gnosjö Companies and their Board Members in Southern Sweden Ossi Pesämaa, Johan Klaesson and Antti Haahti 8. Knowledge Creation and Management in an Italian Biotech Startup Massimo Merlino and Stefania Testa 9. The International Product Venturing of a Biotech SME: Knowledge Combination in Upstream and Downstream Networks Daniel Tolstoy 10. Building Competitive Advantage in the Process of Business Growth: The Case of Bulgarian Technology-based SMEs Kiril Todorov and Iliya Kereziev 11. Business Pre-incubator as a Learning Network: A Case Study in the University of Applied Sciences Kaija Arhio and Marja-Liisa Kaakko 12. European Entrepreneurship: Future Steps Alain Fayolle and Kiril Todorov Index

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

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Book SynopsisGovernments around the globe are promoting co-production and community social enterprise as policy strategies to address the need for local, 21st century service provision - but can small communities engage spontaneously in social enterprise and what is the true potential for citizens to produce services? This book addresses a clutch of contemporary societal challenges including: aging demography and the consequent need for extended care in communities; public service provision in an era of retrenching welfare and global financial crises; service provision to rural communities that are increasingly 'hollowed out' through lack of working age people; and, how best to engender the development of community social enterprise organizations capable of providing high quality, accessible services. It is packed with information and evidence garnered from research into the environment for developing community social enterprise and co-producing services; how communities react to being asked to co-produce; what to expect in terms of the social enterprises they can produce; and, how to make them happen. This book is an antidote to the rhetoric of optimistic governments that pronounce co-production as a panacea to the challenges of providing local services and by drawing on the evidence from a 'real-life' international study will make policy makers more savvy about their aspirations for co-production, give service professionals practical strategies for working with communities, fill a gap in the academic evidence about community, as opposed to individual, social enterprise and reassure community members that they can deliver services through community social enterprise if the right partnerships and strategies are in place. Community Co-Production will appeal to students and scholars over a broad range of disciplines including development, entrepreneurship, public and social policy, economics and regional studies. Contributors: S. Bradley, J. Farmer, C. Hill, S.-A. Munoz, K. Radford, S. Shortall, S. Skerratt, A. Steinerowski, K. Stephen, S. WhitelawTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction Jane Farmer, Carol Hill and Sarah-Anne Muñoz 1. The Signs All Point to Community Social Enterprise – Don’t They? Carol Hill 2. Developing Rural Social Enterprise: The Relevance of Context Sarah Skerratt 3. Socially Entrepreneurial Skills and Capabilities in a Rural Community Context Sarah-Anne Muñoz and Artur Steinerowski 4. Organisational Processes and the Policy–Practice Gap Jane Farmer and Kate Stephen 5. Socially Enterprising Communities: Their Dynamics and Readiness for Service Innovation Katy Radford and Sally Shortall 6. Sustaining Social Organisations in Rural Areas Sandy Whitelaw 7. Measuring the Value of Social Organisations as Rural Service Providers Jane Farmer and Sara Bradley Conclusion Carol Hill, Jane Farmer and Sarah-Anne Muñoz Index

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Book Synopsis`If the key to future global economic growth is the spread of innovation and entrepreneurship in the developing world, how can that spread be encouraged? The first steps are to determine the conditions that favor entrepreneurship, devise a way to measure them, and then assess the gaps and improvements needed in each country. That is what the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index can now provide for the developing world.'- From the foreword by Jack GoldstoneThe Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index both captures the context features of entrepreneurship and fills a gap in the measurement of development. Building on recent advances in entrepreneurship and economic development, the authors have created an index that offers a measure of the quality of the business formation process in 71 of the most important countries in the world.Zoltan J. Acs and László Szerb expertly capture the contextual feature of entrepreneurship by focusing on entrepreneurial attitudes, entrepreneurial activity and entrepreneurial aspirations. The data and their contribution to the business formation process are supported by three decades of research into entrepreneurship across a host of countries. The unique index construction of individual and institutional measures integrates 31 variables from various data sources into 14 pillars, three sub-indexes and a `super index'. The relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development appears to be more or less mildly S-shaped. The findings suggest moving away from simple measures of entrepreneurship across countries illustrating a U-shaped or L-shaped relationship to more complex measures, which are positively related to development. The model has important implications for development policy.This unique book will be invaluable for researchers, policymakers and entrepreneurs themselves keen to expand their understanding of entrepreneurship and development.Contents: Foreword: Entrepreneurship and Global Growth by Jack Goldstone; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index; 2. Entrepreneurship and Economic Development; 3. Methodology and Data Description; 4. Country StandingsTrade ReviewHere is a volume packed with important information on entrepreneurship and management, subjects critical for the growth of the world's economies. Its authors are clear leaders in knowledge about entrepreneurship and its key role in the economy. They provide extensive, relevant, and highly illuminating data on a profusion of countries, organized so as to facilitate their use by others. Those who study the international arena will be particularly grateful for this work.' --William Baumol, New York University'Looking ahead, the fact that the GEDI is planned to be available for almost all countries in the world by 2015 will be particularly useful to compare and identify constraints to entrepreneurship in developing countries, thereby helping to inform PSD programme design and evaluation.' --Melina Heinrich, The Donor Committee for Enterprise DevelopmentTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: Entrepreneurship and Global Growth by Jack Goldstone Preface Introduction 1. The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index 2. Entrepreneurship and Economic Development 3. Methodology and Data Description 4. Country Standings

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Book SynopsisThe Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index both captures the context features of entrepreneurship and fills a gap in the measurement of development. Building on recent advances in entrepreneurship and economic development, the authors have created an index that offers a measure of the quality of the business formation process in 79 of the most important countries in the world. Zoltan J. Acs and Laszlo Szerb expertly capture the contextual feature of entrepreneurship by focusing on entrepreneurial attitudes, entrepreneurial activity and entrepreneurial aspirations. The data and their contribution to the business formation process are supported by three decades of research into entrepreneurship across a host of countries. The unique index construction of individual and institutional measures integrates 31 variables from various data sources into 14 pillars, three sub-indexes and a 'super index'. The relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development appears to be more or less mildly S-shaped. The findings suggest moving away from simple measures of entrepreneurship across countries illustrating a U-shaped or L-shaped relationship to more complex measures, which are positively related to development. The model has important implications for development policy. This unique book will be invaluable for researchers, policy makers and entrepreneurs themselves keen to expand their understanding of entrepreneurship and development. Contents: Foreword: Entrepreneurship and Global Growth (Jack Goldstone) Preface Introduction to the 2012 Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (with Erkko Autio) 1. The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index 2. Entrepreneurship and Economic Development 3. Methodology and Data Description 4. Country StandingsTrade ReviewThe Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index... focuses on high-growth companies. It tries to measure the ambition of entrepreneurs as well as the prevalence of start-ups. It presents its results in ways that are designed to capture the attention of policymakers. It produces a ranking of 71 countries (for all their faults, nothing makes a politician jump like a league table). It also identifies bottlenecks that prevent countries from doing better. The index concludes that development and enterprise are correlated. - The Economist --The EconomistTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: Entrepreneurship and Global Growth by Jack Goldstone Preface Introduction to the 2012 Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index with Erkko Autio 1. The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index 2. Entrepreneurship and Economic Development 3. Methodology and Data Description 4. Country Standings

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Book SynopsisThe Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index both captures the context features of entrepreneurship and fills a gap in the measurement of development. Building on recent advances in entrepreneurship and economic development, the authors have created an index that offers a measure of the quality of the business formation process in 118 of the most important countries in the world.The authors expertly capture the contextual feature of entrepreneurship by focusing on entrepreneurial attitudes, entrepreneurial abilities and entrepreneurial aspirations. The data and their contribution to the business formation process are supported by three decades of research into entrepreneurship across a host of countries. The unique index construction of individual and institutional measures integrates 31 variables from various data sources into 14 pillars, three sub-indexes and a 'super index'. The relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development appears to be more or less mildly S-shaped. The findings suggest moving away from simple measures of entrepreneurship across countries illustrating a U-shaped or L-shaped relationship to more complex measures, which are positively related to development. The model has important implications for development policy.This unique book will be invaluable for researchers, policymakers and entrepreneurs keen to expand their understanding of entrepreneurship and development.Contents: Foreword: Entrepreneurship and Global Growth, by Jack Goldstone Preface 1. Introduction to the 2013 Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index 2. Entrepreneurship and Public Policy: Towards National Systems of Entrepreneurship 3. Institutions, Incentives and Entrepreneurship, by Ruta Aidis and Saul Estrin 4. The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index 5. The Role of Entrepreneurship and Economic Development 6. Methodology and Data Description 7. Country StandingsTrade ReviewAcclaim for the 2011 edition:The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index . . . focuses on high-growth companies. It tries to measure the ambition of entrepreneurs as well as the prevalence of start-ups. It presents its results in ways that are designed to capture the attention of policymakers. It produces a ranking of 71 countries (for all their faults, nothing makes a politician jump like a league table). It also identifies bottlenecks that prevent countries from doing better. The index concludes that development and enterprise are correlated. --The EconomistTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: Entrepreneurship and Global Growth by Jack Goldstone Preface 1. Introduction to the 2013 Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index 2. Entrepreneurship and Policy: Towards National Systems of Entrepreneurship 3. Institutions, Incentives and Entrepreneurship with Ruta Aidis and Saul Estrin 4. The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index 5. The Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Development 6. Methodology and Data Description 7. Country Standings

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Book SynopsisThis insightful Handbook focuses on behavior, performance and relationships in small and entrepreneurial firms. It introduces a variety of contemporary topics, research methods and theoretical frameworks that will provide cutting edge analysis, stimulate thought, raise further questions and demonstrate the complexity of the rapidly-advancing field of entrepreneurship.With an extensive introduction, logical sequencing and a collection of interesting and original contributions from across the globe, the Handbook commences with two thought-provoking chapters, which raise issues of theoretical framing and highlight the importance of paradigm choice, methodology and method.After considering different disciplinary approaches to entrepreneurship and small business, various issues are raised about entrepreneurship education and learning and the application of entrepreneurship to various sectors and sectional interests. For example, what conceptual framework is available for entrepreneurs and small businesses? How does innovation relate to entrepreneurship and small business behavior? And what evidence is there of the links between better performing firms and effective learning? These issues are debated before the authors consider the future application of entrepreneurship research to different sectors.Both scholars new to the area, as well as established academics looking to extend their research scope to encompass the field of entrepreneurship and small business will find this work to be an invaluable and timely resource.Contributors: A. Anderson, R. Barrett, B. Bird, J. Broad, J. Byrne, M. Casson, D. Chalmers, E. Chell, A. de Bruin, M. Della Guista, A. Discua Cruz, A. Fayolle, C. Forson, E. Garnsey, W.B. Gartner, S. Gherardi, X. Gu, R. Hanke, R. Holt, J. Howells, C. Howorth, S. Jack, J. Jackson, O. Jones, M. Karatas-Ozkan, M. Kerrin, M. Lévesque, S. Lubik, A. Macpherson, S. Mayson, E. McKeever, M. Minniti, M. Ozbilgin, M. Ozturk, F. Patterson, M. Perrotta, L. Pittaway, A. Rauch, L. Schjoedt, E. Shaw, L. Spence, A. Tatli, O. Toutain, C. YavuzTrade Review'These volumes offer an excellent collection of some of the best scholarship on personal jurisdiction and private international law selected and edited by one of the leading American scholars in the field. Jurisdiction and Private International Law is an essential resource for scholars in both common law and civil law jurisdictions, a great option for students, and a useful reference for practitioners. I heartily recommend it.' - Christopher A. Whytock, University of California, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Elizabeth Chell and Mine Karataş-Özkan PART I: THEORETICAL FRAMING 2. Notes Towards a Theory of Entrepreneurial Possibility William B. Gartner 3. Buzz Words in Business and Management Studies Mark Casson and Marina Della Giusta 4. Multi-level Approaches to Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research ― Transcending Dichotomies with Bourdieu Cynthia Forson, Mustafa Özbilgin, Mustafa Ozturk, and Ahu Tatli 5. Theorising Entrepreneurship ― An Institutional Theory Perspective Mine Karatas-Özkan, Cagla Yavuz and Jeremy Howells PART II: METHODOLOGIES, PARADIGMS AND METHODS 6. Synthesising Knowledge in Entrepreneurship Research ― The Role of Systematic Literature Reviews Luke Pittaway, Robin Holt and Jean Broad 7. The Critical Incident Technique: Philosophical Underpinnings, Method and Application to a Case of a Small Business Failure Elizabeth Chell 8. Gender, Ethnicity and Social Entrepreneurship: Qualitative Approaches to the Study of Entrepreneuring Sylvia Gherardi and Manuela Perrotta 9. Mathematics and Entrepreneurship Research Maria Minniti and Moren Lévesque 10. Predictions of Entrepreneurial Behaviour: A Personality Approach Andreas Rauch PART III: DISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP 11. Characteristics and Behaviours Associated with Innovative People in small- and medium sized enterprises Fiona Patterson and Máire Kerrin 12. Behaviour of Entrepreneurs ― Existing Research and Future Directions Barbara Bird, Leon Schjoedt and Ralph Hanke 13. Social Embeddedness in Entrepreneurship Research: The Importance of Context and Community Edward McKeever, Alastair Anderson and Sarah Jack 14. Human Resource Management and Entrepreneurship: Building Theory at the Intersection Susan Mayson and Rowena Barrett PART IV: ENTREPRENEURSHIP, EDUCATION AND LEARNING 15. Entrepreneurship Education: What We Know and What We Need to Know Janice Byrne, Alain Fayolle and Olivier Toutain 16. Research Perspectives on Learning in Small Firms Oswald Jones and Allan Macpherson PART V: APPLICATIONS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH 17. Entrepreneurial Innovation in Science-based Firms: The Need for an Ecosystem Perspective Sarah Lubik and Elizabeth Garnsey 18. Entrepreneurship in Family Businesses Carole Howarth, Jacqueline Jackson and Allan Discua Cruz 19. Developing Entreprenuer Networks in the Creative Industries- A Case Study of Independent Designer Fashion in Manchester Xin Gu 20. Business Ethics and Social Responsibility in Small Firms Laura J. Spence 21. Social Entrepreneurship: Looking Back, Moving Ahead Anne de Bruin, Eleanor Shaw and Dominic Chalmers Index

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Book SynopsisThe continuing success of the Asian Miracle relies on an entrepreneurial revolution that has increased the productivity and flexibility of economies across the region. Yet this revolution has largely been necessity-driven, traditional and vulnerable to erosion as the region becomes increasingly prosperous and well educated. How to educate the next wave of entrepreneurs is a pressing Asian question that resonates around the world and is the subject of this volume. Hugh Thomas and Donna Kelley draw on 24 scholars from 15 institutions to report on regional entrepreneurship education. They identify problems encountered by educators and describe solutions that stimulate students to create value. The approaches are hands-on, project-based and multidisciplinary, geared to develop educator-to-business entrepreneurial ecosystems. The entrepreneurial programs described in this book involve inter-cultural experience: working with major corporations, consulting to small and medium sized enterprises, traveling to distant lands, addressing environmental and social problems, and reaching out to the disadvantaged. Social entrepreneurship is combined with for-profit entrepreneurship in programs that extend the concept of value creation to activities. This book eloquently and expertly describes how entrepreneurship education - whether in Vietnam, Malaysia, Korea, Japan, China or elsewhere on the globe - can combine with community to help youth create a better world. Students and scholars the world over, along with administrators, researchers, and all those with an interest in education and entrepreneurship, will find much of interest in this enlightening volume.Contributors: G. Abe, P. Adriaens, D. Chang, G. Du, V. Duong TE, T. Faley, S. Guan, D. Kelley, B. Koo, H. Lingyu, J.J. Lee, J. Levie, L. Liu, A.C. Martinez, P. Mohan, T. Ohe, R.J. Sæmundsson, T. Schøtt, S. Tih, Y. Wang, K. Wilson, L. Xu, J. YuTrade Review'This research volume is a useful addition to the growing body of knowledge on entrepreneurship research. . . it is a worthy addition to scholars, students, practitioners and policy makers across industrially developed and developing countries, as well as nations in transition, to their collection of specialised books on.' --Journal of Small Business & Enterprise DevelopmentTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction 1. Educating the Next Wave of Entrepreneurs: World Economic Forum Global Education Initiative Executive Summary Karen Wilson 2. A Global Perspective on Education and Training Alicia Coduras Martinez, Jonathan Levie, Donna Kelley, Rognvaldur J. Sæmundsson and Thomas Schøtt 3. Chinese Entrepreneurship Education Du Guirong, Yu Jinquan and Xu Lei 4. Entrepreneurship Education for Engineering and Science Students: A Comparison between China and the US Huo Lingyu, Liu Lijun and Wang Ying 5. Combining Separate Modules on a Cross-Platform: Entrepreneurship Education for Science and Engineering Wang Ying 6. Developing Intellectual Entrepreneurship Education Programs for Engineering and Science Students in Chinese Mainland Universities Liu Lijun and Guan Sisi 7. Entrepreneurship Education in Japan Takeru Ohe 8. Consulting-based Entrepreneurship Education: Regional Cases Takeru Ohe and Siohong Tih 9. Developing an Interdisciplinary Social Entrepreneurship Curriculum Bonjin Koo, Vathana Duong TE and Joosung J. Lee 10. Microfinance Field Study Projects in Asia George Abea and David Chang 11. Teaching Entrepreneurial Business Strategies in Global Markets: A Comparison of Cleantech Venture Assessment in the US and China Peter Adriaens and Timothy Faley Index

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Book SynopsisAs we move further into the 21st century, increasing emphasis is being placed on the importance of technology transfer. Through new research and practices, scholars, practitioners and policymakers have made great strides in broadening our understanding and ability to implement technology transfer and commercialization processes. The fruit of that research is collected in this timely volume. Technology transfer is a dynamic area of study that examines traditional topics such as intellectual property management, the management of risk, market identification, the role of public and private labs, and the role of universities. This volume reflects on how government, business and academia influence technology transfer in different countries and how the infrastructure of a country enhances technology and contributes to each country's overall economy. Interpreting and adopting the processes of technology transfer and commercialization - or, building innovative ecosystems - is critical to seeing success in this digital age. Those leading the surge toward building innovative ecosystems for technology transfer are the fellows of the Institute for Innovation Creativity and Capital (IC2 Institute) at The University of Texas at Austin. Global in its scope of solving market economy problems, for this volume the Institute has focused its lens on accelerated knowledge-based development. Here, scholars from 13 countries come together to critique technology transfer from each of their respective nations. The results of their contributions lend innovative insight to exactly how different nations are working to maximize technology transfer and commercialization in uncertain times. Those with an interest in commercialization and technology transfer, from students to scholars, practitioners to policymakers, will find this important collection of great value.Contributors: J.P. Ávila, M. Bravo, J.S. Butler, J. Camilleri, C.P. Carbonara, A. Caruana, U. De Haan, M. Fukushima, K. Gachigi, D.V. Gibson, B. Golany, P.G. Greene, M. Heitor, R. Hodgson, B.-J. Kang, C.M. Kiamba, M.F. Korpi, P. Kukubo, M. LeGare, D.-S. Oh, M.P. Rice, N. Rogalev, D. Trzmielak, L. Xue, L. ZhouTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Robert G. May Introduction: Technology Transfer in Global Perspectives – Issues for the Twenty-first Century John Sibley Butler and David V. Gibson 1. Technology Commercialization in Chinese Universities: An Innovation System Approach Lan Xue and Ling Zhou 2. Perspectives on Technology Transfer and Commercialization in Africa: A Focus on Kenya Kamau Gachigi, Paul Kukubo and Crispus M. Kiamba 3. Some UK Experience of Technology Transfer and Commercialization Robert Hodgson 4. A Stress Test for Creative and Innovative Management: Entrepreneurship in a War Zone Corey P. Carbonara, Michael F. Korpi and Marc LeGare 5. The Land of Milk, Honey and Ideas: What Makes Israel a Hotbed for Entrepreneurship and Innovation? Uzi De Haan and Boaz Golany 6. Disclosing Activities by Inventors and Technology Commercialization: A Case Study of a Japanese Company Michi Fukushima 7. Creative Model of Science Park Development: Case Study on Daedeok Innopolis, Korea Deog-Seong Oh and Byung-Joo Kang 8. Malta: A Mediterranean Island State, its University, and its Future Juanito Camilleri and Albert Caruana 9. Technology Transfer in Mexico: Trends in Public Policies and the Program at Monterrey International City of Knowledge Jaime Parada Ávila 10. Technology Transfer and the Development of New Technology-based Firms: Polish Perspectives and a Case Study on Nanotechnology Dariusz Trzmielak 11. Portugal at the Crossroads of Change, Facing the ‘Shock of the New’: People, Knowledge and Ideas Fostering the Social Fabric to Facilitate the Concentration of Knowledge-integrated Communities Manuel Heitor and Marco Bravo 12. Technology Transfer and Commercialization in Russia Nikolay Rogalev 13. The Experience in the United States: A University Perspective Patricia G. Greene and Mark P. Rice Index

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Book SynopsisThis important two volume set focuses on the functional relationship between the entrepreneur and the growth of the business firm. These papers trace the process through which scholars first brought entrepreneurs from the twilight of historical obscurity, broadening our understanding of their crucial role and rediscovering the entrepreneur as the prime mover of economic invigoration in the late twentieth century.Professor Livesay has chosen a selection of key articles and papers in this area - many of which are only available in specialized journals and not accessible in every library. He has also written a new comprehensive introduction to accompany the piece.Table of ContentsEntrepreneurs and entrepreneurship - the concepts emerge; entrepreneurs and growth - motivation, innovation and performance; entrepreneurship and its culutre - success, mobility and the social milieu; entrepreneurship among the industrial powers - some national examples; entrepreneurship in brobdingnag - corporate "intrapreneuring"; entrepreneurship and technology - The mind and ....

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Book SynopsisFor years the small-firm sector of the economy remained an enigma. However, recently researchers have assembled a far better understanding of the economic role of small firms. One of the surprising findings is that small and medium-sized firms, and entrepreneurship, have become increasingly more important to the economies of both developed and developing countries than previously acknowledged. The purpose of these volumes is to bring together for the first time this diffuse and rich literature on the whole subject of small firms and economic growth. This volume will provide a basic resource for all those engaged with the subject as students, teachers and researchers.Trade Review'The volumes start with a cultured and learned introduction to small business economics, and its core literature, by Professor Zoltan Acs. He is to be congratulated on providing a great service to the profession with this magisterial collection of papers.' -- Gavin C. Reid, The Economic JournalTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgments Introduction VOLUME I Part I: The Long View 1. Adam Smith (1976), ‘Of the Division of Labour’ 2. Karl Marx (1929), ‘Historical Tendency of Capitalist Accumulation’ 3. Alfred Marshall (1947), ‘Conclusion, Correlation of the Tendencies to Increasing and to Diminishing Return’ 4. John Maynard Keynes (1972), ‘The End of Laissez-Faire’ 5. Joseph A. Schumpeter (1950), ‘Crumbling Walls’ Part II: The Short View 6. Michael J. Piore and Charles F. Sabel (1984), ‘Possibilities for Prosperity: International Keynesianism and Flexible Specialization’ 7. William A. Brock and David S. Evans (1989), ‘Small Business Economics’ 8. Gary Loveman and Werner Sengenberger (1991), ‘The Re-emergence of Small-Scale Production: An International Comparison’ Part III: The Size Distribution of Firms 9. Jacob Viner (1932), ‘Cost Curves and Supply Curves’ 10. Robert E. Lucas, Jr. (1978), ‘On The Size Distribution of Business Firms’ 11. Boyan Jovanovic (1982), ‘Selection and the Evolution of Industry’ 12. Hugo A. Hopenhayn (1992), ‘Entry, Exit, and Firm Dynamics in Long Run Equilibrium’ Part IV: Entry, Exit, Growth and Survival 13. David S. Evans (1987), ‘Tests of Alternative Theories of Firm Growth’ 14. Timothy Dunne, Mark J. Roberts and Larry Samuelson (1988), ‘Patterns of Firm Entry and Exit in U.S. Manufacturing Industries’ 15. Timothy Dunne, Mark J. Roberts and Larry Samuelson (1989), ‘The Growth and Failure of U.S. Manufacturing Plants’ 16. Tito Boeri (1994), ‘Why are Establishments so Heterogeneous?’ Part V: Innovation, Firm Size and Technological Change 17. Michael Gort and Steven Klepper (1982), ‘Time Paths in the Diffusion of Product Innovations’ 18. Kenneth J. Arrow (1983), ‘Innovation in Large and Small Firms’ 19. Sidney G. Winter (1984), ‘Schumpeterian Competition in Alternative Technological Regimes’ 20. Zoltan J. Acs and David B. Audretsch (1988), ‘Innovation in Large and Small Firms: An Empirical Analysis’ 21. Albert N. Link and John Rees (1991), ‘Firm Size, University-based Research and the Returns to R&D’ 22. Zoltan J. Acs and David B. Audretsch (1993), ‘Innovation and Firm Size: The New Learning’ Part VI: Firm Size, Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth 23. William J. Baumol (1990), ‘Entrepreneurship: Productive, Unproductive, and Destructive’ 24. Thomas J. Holmes and James A. Schmitz, Jr. (1990), ‘A Theory of Entrepreneurship and Its Application to the Study of Business Transfers’ 25. Gavin C. Reid (1991), ‘Staying in Business’ 26. Sharon Gifford (1992), ‘Innovation, Firm Size and Growth in a Centralized Organization’ 27. Laura d’Andrea Tyson, Tea Petrin and Halsey Rogers (1994), ‘Promoting Entrepreneurship in Eastern Europe’ Part VII: Liquidity Constraints and Small Firm Finance 28. Steven M. Fazzari, R. Glenn Hubbard and Bruce C. Petersen (1988), ‘Financing Constraints and Corporate Investment’ 29. David S. Evans and Boyan Jovanovic (1989), ‘An Estimated Model of Entrepreneurial Choice under Liquidity Constraints’ 30. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, David Joulfaian and Harvey S Rosen (1994), ‘Sticking It Out: Entrepreneurial Survival and Liquidity Constraints’ 31. Nico van der Wijst and Roy Thurik (1993), ‘Determinants of Small Firm Debt Ratios: An Analysis of Retail Panel Data’ 32. Joshua Lerner (1994), ‘Venture Capitalists and the Decision to go Public’ 33. D. J. Storey (1994), ‘New Firm Growth and Bank Financing’ VOLUME II Part I: The Role of Small Firms 1. Lawrence J. White (1982), ‘The Determinants of the Relative Importance of Small Business’ 2. Ralph M. Bradburd and David R. Ross (1989), ‘Can Small Firms Find and Defend Strategic Niches?’ A Test of the Porter Hypothesis’ 3. M. E. Beesley and R. T. Hamilton (1984), ‘Small Firms’ 4. David B. Audretsch and Zoltan J. Acs (1990), ‘The Entrepreneurial Regime, Learning and Industry Turbulence’ 5. Gerald A. McDermott and Michael Mejstrik (1992), ‘The Role of Small Firms in the Industrial Development and Transformation of Czechoslovakia’ 6. Sang V. Nguyen and Arnold P. Reznek (1991), ‘Returns to Scale in Small and Large U. S. Manufacturing Establishments’ Part II: Job Generation 7. Catherine Armington and Marjorie Odle (1982), ‘Small Business - How Many Jobs?’ 8. Charles Brown, James Hamilton and James Medoff (1990), ‘Who Benefits?’ 9. Steven J. Davis and John Haltiwanger (1992), ‘Gross Job Creation, Gross Job Destruction, and Employment Reallocation’ 10. Michael Fritsch (1993), ‘The Role of Small Firms in West Germany’ Part III: Employment and Earnings 11. Andrew Weiss and Henry J. Landau (1984), ‘Wages, Hiring Standards, and Firm Size’ 12. Charles Brown and James Medoff (1989), ‘The Employer Size - Wage Effect’ 13. David S. Evans and Linda S. Leighton (1989), ‘Why Do Small Firms Pay Less?’ Part IV: Industrial Districts and Production Networks 14. Mark H. Lazerson (1988), ‘Organizational Growth of Small Firms: An Outcome of Markets and Hierarchies?’ 15. Yoshio Sato (1983), ‘The Subcontracting Production (Shitauke) System in Japan’ 16. AnnaLee Saxenian (1991), ‘The Origins and Dynamics of Production Networks in Silicon Valley’ Part V: R&D Spillovers and Innovative Activity 17. Adam B. Jaffe (1989), ‘Real Effects of Academic Research’ 18. Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch and Maryann P. Feldman (1994), ‘R&D Spillovers and Recipient Firm Size’ Part VI: Flexibility and Firm Size 19. George Stigler (1939), ‘Production and Distribution in the Short Run’ 20. John M. Blair (1948), ‘Does Large-Scale Enterprise Result in Lower Costs? Technology and Size’ 21. David E. Mills and Laurence Schumann (1985), ‘Industry Structure with Fluctuating Demand’ 22. Bo Carlsson (1984), ‘The Development and Use of Machine Tools in Historical Perspective’ 23. Bo Carlsson, David B. Audretsch and Zoltan J. Acs (1994), ‘Flexible Technology and Plant Size: U.S. Manufacturing and Metalworking Industries’ Part VII: Time-Series Analysis of Self-Employment 24. David M. Blau (1987), ‘A Time-Series Analysis of Self-Employment in the United States’ 25. Hedley Rees and Anup Shah (1986), ‘An Empirical Analysis of Self-Employment in the U.K.’ 26. David G. Blanchflower and Bruce D. Meyer (1994), ‘A Longitudinal Analysis of the Young Self-Employed in Australia and the United States’ Part VIII: Developing Countries 27. I. M. D. Little (1987), ‘Small Manufacturing Enterprises in Developing Countries’ 28. Wim P.M. Vijverberg (1992), ‘Measuring Income from Family Enterprises with Household Surveys’ 29. Dennis A. Rondinelli and John D. Kasarda (1992), ‘Foreign Trade Potential, Small Enterprise Development and Job Creation in Developing Countries’ Part IX: Regulation, Deregulation and Competition Policy 30. William G. Shepherd (1982), ‘Causes of Increased Competition in the U.S. Economy, 1939-1980’ 31. William A. Brock and David S. Evans (1985), ‘The Economics of Regulatory Tiering’ 32. K. Aiginger and G. Tichy (1991), ‘Small Firms and the Merger Mania’ 33. Felix R. FitzRoy (1990), ‘Employment, Entrepreneurship and 1992: Microeconomic Policy and European Problems’

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Book SynopsisTrust is increasingly recognized as a crucial aspect of successful economic relationships, albeit a difficult one to define, and Mark Casson has been at the forefront of recent research in this area.In this sequel to his classic work The Entrepreneur, Professor Casson examines how the entrepreneurial firm succeeds by synthesizing information from different sources. The quality of this information is just as important as the quantity and the cheapest way to ensure quality is through a moral obligation to tell the truth. The author argues that a nation needs to invest in social institutions, such as schools, families and organized religion, in order to instil a sense of moral obligation and so sustain entrepreneurial success. Themes raised in this important volume include cultural perspectives on economic issues, entrepreneurship in a cultural context and the political economy of national culture.Entrepreneurship and Business Culture presents a state-of-the-art analysis of entrepreneurship and the social structures in which it is embedded. Together with its companion volume, The Organization of International Business, this topical and wide-ranging book offers a definitive analysis of the importance of trust in economic life as well as the related concepts of networking, consultation and empowerment.Trade Review’Business historians will benefit greatly from an exposure to Casson’s ideas.’ -- Paul L. Robertson, Business HistoryTable of ContentsContents: Preface Acknowledgement Part I: Cultural Issues in Economic Perspective Part II: Entrepreneurship in a Cultural Context Part III: The Political Economy of National Culture Index

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Book SynopsisThis thoroughly revised and updated new edition of Mark Casson's modern classic The Entrepreneur presents a novel synthesis of the ideas of Joseph Schumpeter, Frank Knight and Friedrich Hayek, according to which the defining characteristic of the entrepreneur is the exercise of judgement in business decisions. This pathbreaking volume argues that good judgement is based on a unique combination of information, and that this information is typically exploited by founding a 'market-making' firm, which links customers and suppliers who could not otherwise make contact with each other. This assessment of entrepreneurship, Mark Casson contends, has important implications for the growth of firms, social mobility and 'enterprise culture'.This second edition is essential reading for scholars of economics, management, business history and economic history. Academics from a wide range of economic schools of thought, both orthodox and heterodox, will find the book to be an original and outstanding work.Trade Review'This update of the 1982 edition of the same title is a substantially rewritten volume taking account of much recent work in the areas of asymmetric information, market making and recent research on the characteristics of entrepreneurs. I liked the application of Edgworth-Bowley box approaches to concepts of intermediation and tracking surpluses. . . This is an excellent synthesis of key developments concerning the theory of entrepreneurship and deserves a wide audience within the social sciences.' -- Chih-cheng Yang, Economic Issues'The debates are still fresh and contemporaneous, and the language is rigorous and fluid. The book is still original. Not only does it provide a fairly easily digestible review of the main functions of the entrepreneurial process; it also synthesizes the relationship between the process and neo-classical economics. . . It is to be hoped that The Entrepreneur will be re-read by non-economists who ignore the economic theory of the entrepreneur. It ought to be recommended as a key text on masters programmes that deal with the theory of the firm, the role of small business and the entrepreneurial process.' -- Gerard McElwee, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation'This is an important work for the field of entrepreneurship. Casson has again tried valiantly to restore the entrepreneur and the process of market making in the future to their rightful places in economic theory. The end result is a highly successful synthesis of key insights from neoclassical economics and Austrian theories into a broader analytical framework. By emphasizing the role of information, Casson has brought this second edition of The Entrepreneur more up-to-date with modern currents in economic theory. This is one of the most analytically rigorous, and yet comprehensive, treatments of entrepreneurship and market making process available today. It is a "must-read" for all scholars interested in the role and process of entrepreneurship in society, and is essential reading for all doctoral programs in economics and entrepreneurship.' -- Sankaran Venkataraman, University of Virginia, US'This book is a worthy successor to Frank Knight's seminal study on the entrepreneur published in 1921. Indeed, it probes more deeply and carefully into the functions of the entrepreneur and the practice of entrepreneurship; and at the same time cleverly relates these to recent advances in both neo-classical and institutional economics. It is a highly original and thought provoking piece of work; and written in the rigorous, yet urbane style that we have come to expect from Mark Casson.' -- John H. Dunning, University of Reading, UK and Rutgers University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface to the Second Edition Introduction Part I: Theoretical Foundations 1. The Significance of the Entrepreneur 2. Basic Concepts of the Theory 3. The Entrepreneur as Intermediator 4. The Competitive Threat to the Entrepreneur 5. Partial Coordination: The Case of Innovation Part II: The Market-making Firm 6. Making a Market 7. Internal and External Markets 8. The Market for Information 9. Speculative Intermediation and the Role of Inventory Management 10. Organizing the Supply of Market-making Services Part III: Synthesis 11. Growth and Dynamics of the Firm 12. The Market for Entrepreneurs 13. Social Mobility and the Entrepreneur 14. Alternative Theories of the Entrepreneur 15. Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWould you love to start your own business but feel daunted by the slim odds of success? Do you dream about making millions but simply don't know where to start? Find Your Lightbulb answers all these questions, helping you to harness your ability to make millions from nothing more than a simple idea. You don't need to be superhuman, you don't need to have funds in the bank - you don't even need to have an amazing idea in order to get started. Serial entrepreneur Mike Harris shows you that all it takes is enthusiasm, commitment and a willingness to learn. And Mike should know - he's spent the past 20 years creating successful businesses from apparently impossible ideas - ideas which everyone told him would never work. With invaluable business advice and case studies from entrepreneurs and innovators on both sides of the Atlantic, this make-it-happen manual will help you fix the odds of success firmly in your favour.Trade Review"This is a really useful and practical A-Z of how to take a business idea and make it successful." HotBrandsCoolPlaces.com May 2008 "...the chapters on brand-building, culture and leadership are filled with sensible advice". Management Today May 2008Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. 1 Living the dream. 2 Star in your own soap opera. 3 Critics who count. 4 Making million-pound ideas. 5 Find funding. 6 Know your ends from your means. 7 Brand and reputation matters. 8 Creating a powerful culture. 9 Leadership and the edge of reason. 10 The smart risks principle. 11 Hot teams. 12 Powerful stuff: the principles in action. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisA pocket-sized pep-talk packed with inspiration and motivation. Got an idea for a business? Just started out? Or wondering what to do next? From planning and setting up, to raising finance and making a profit, All-Time Essentials for Entrepreneurs is your one-stop shop for advice and tips on everything you need to know and do to get your business off the ground. Jonathan Yates is a serial entrepreneur who understands that when you're launching or running your own business, you need ideas and answers fast. He runs regular seminars showing people just like you how to achieve their goals. His top 10 tips for success have been compared to those of business mogul and Apprentice TV show chairman, Sir Alan Sugar. Blending indispensable advice and short bursts of inspiration with motivational quotes from the world's greatest thinkers, All-Time Essentials for Entrepreneurs is the smart little sidekick you'll find yourself turning to again and again. 'Jonathan has tremendous energy and drive. You can tap into that energy in this book.' Sahar Hashemi, co-founder of Coffee Republic 'Jonathan is one of those rare individuals who has great business acumen as well as entrepreneurial insight. His passion to succeed is infectious.' Mike Clare, DreamsTrade Review"...bitesize secrets of his success...it's worth taking a GBP6.99 hit on this book." (Wharf, April 16th 2009) "...one-stop shop for advice...everything you need to know...the smart little sidekick you'll find yourself turning to again and again." (Business Edge, June 2009)Table of ContentsWhy You Need This Book How to Use This Book Start 1–10 Ideas 11–20 Motivation 21–30 Opportunity 31–40 Challenges 41–50 Money 51–60 Strategy 61–70 Marketing 71–80 Sales 81–90 Success 91–100 About the Author Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisBoth success and failure start in the mind. From Tamiko’s years of practical experience in coaching entrepreneurs, she has uncovered the #1 reason that some of her clients succeeded while others failed: mindset. This book will help business/MBA students, aspiring and emerging entrepreneurs, executives, and leaders to think like entrepreneurs in 12 critical focus areas.Readers will uncover hidden thoughts that sabotage success as an entrepreneur. The author will cause you to experience a paradigm shift from an employee mindset to an entrepreneurial mindset. The text provides takeaways and practical action items to cultivate entrepreneurial thinking that will revolutionize the approach to business.

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Book SynopsisNative American entrepreneurs are important contributors to the American economy and social landscape. Faced with numerous challenges, many Native American entrepreneurs have learned to transcend tough obstacles, leverage resources, and strategically pursue opportunities to achieve business success. This book captures the entrepreneurial stories and mindsets of contemporary Native Americans.

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Book SynopsisThe ascent of startups on the Fortune 500 ranking, displacing some of the more notable companies, raised not only attention but also questions. Fundamentally, startups are built on a very different organizational culture as compared to a traditional Fortune 500. Could these cultural differences be the reason startups are in the forefront of technology innovation, disrupting industries dominated by more established competitors and thriving in today’s volatile business environment?Department of Startup: Why Every Fortune 500 Should Have One aims to help CEOs, presidents, and human resource practitioners on how they can transform their large corporation to thrive in a fast, social media conscious, and unforgiving market a la startup.

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Book SynopsisBusiness and fighting are two sides of the same coin. Every businessperson, regardless of job role, engages daily in small acts of negotiation and conflict; understanding what are the characteristics of our conduct, and what are its strengths and weakness, will help us develop more effective relationships.Chief Kickboxing Officer shows how the fighting and business mindsets cross over in this process of discovery and, in particular, what lessons can be learnt from a highly-refined and scientific type of fighting system: the martial arts.By looking at four types of behavioral and leadership styles and mapping each of them onto a martial art, this book allows the readers to learn lessons best suited to their personality.

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Book SynopsisMoney cannot buy happiness, but a solid, profitable business can enable you to wake up each morning looking forward to the work you have to do. If you dream of owning your own small business because you want autonomy, freedom, meaning, and purpose, this book is for you. This is a self-coaching guide and a practical workbook. At the end of each thought provoking chapter you will find tools to help you with your business analysis, techniques for greater creativity, information about your brain and how it works and powerful questions to lead you to a fuller understanding of yourself and your business. Do you feel called to be an entrepreneur but hesitate because you do not know what to do? This book will help you find your way through the small business startup maze. The self-coaching exercises in this book are designed to move you from frustrated dreamer to becoming an action-oriented and business leader. All you need to do now to create a clear, low risk vision for building a profitable business is to read this book, do the exercises, and create your plan.

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Book SynopsisThe attacks of 9/11 and The Great Recession created a new economy: the new normal. The result has been greater demands for management to unleash the power within diverse workforces and rapidly respond to market and technology changes. Business owners and management express frustration with their ability to accomplish goals with their personnel who seem apathetic about their businesses.This book will help any leadership team use their talents to nimbly respond to shifting demands and create a better future for their business and their communities by transitioning from traditional management structures to a system of leadership behaviors. The components of that system include aligning the workforce, communicating rapidly and effectively throughout the organization, emphasizing ethical behavior, collaborating with clients and associates, and making informed decisions to improve operations and implement changes.The desired result is to develop an inclusive and high-performing workplace and innovation of new products and services that expand market positions and respond to market changes. These elements were critical to the author’s success leading an organization ready to close it’s doors to a market leader, and can help any business improve performance and profits in this 21st Century new normal economy.

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Book SynopsisThe Entrepreneurial Adventure is perfect for anyone with an interest in business or with aspirations to start their own business.The author outlines key principles of the entrepreneurial adventure and the business world, bringing it to life using case studies. This book contains useful and practical information about business and entrepreneurship gives a robust understanding of the theory and real-world implications of running a successful business. It describes and explains the whole process from understanding the implications and risks, the start-up stage through to future expansion. The authors clearly demonstrate that if the good business habits and practices described in this book are followed consistently, you really will achieve entrepreneurial success and the opportunities that come with it.

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Book SynopsisThis book is written for the person who has gained workplace experience and is thinking about striking out on his or her own as a consultant or a service-based entrepreneur.The reader is taken through the steps of deciding on whether they have the tools to start a new business and what they need to do before making the leap.The author focuses on the major steps of a start-up consulting practice, including business formation decisions, verbalizing the business offerings, determining market viability, and much more. Additionally, he dives into less-often discussed topics such as office space, business insurance, business ethics, and the impact on the family unit. Each chapter provides homework that outlines the steps the reader needs to complete to gain confidence they have the tools to succeed. This book also emphasizes the lifestyle implications of any solo proprietor service business.

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