Description
Book SynopsisPaul Westhead is Professor of Entrepreneurship and the Director for the Centre of Entrepreneurship at Durham Business School and visiting professor at the University of Nordland, Norway.
Mike Wright is Professor of Financial Studies at Nottingham University Business School and a visiting professor at EMLyon, University of Ghent, Erasmus University, Imperial College and Lancaster University. He is an editor of Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal and Chair Elect of the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division.
Gerard McElwee is Professor of Entrepreneurship at Nottingham Trent University and is the Editor of The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: Context Issues and Case Study Selection
Chapter 2 Contributions of Entrepreneurial Firms
Chapter 3 Theoretical Insights: Economic Approaches
Chapter 4 Theoretical Insights: Sociological and Psychological Approaches
Chapter 5 ‘Types’ of Entrepreneurs I: Habitual Entrepreneurs
Chapter 6 ‘Types’ of Entrepreneurs II: High Technology and Academic Entrepreneurs
Chapter 7 ‘Types’ of Organizations I: Family Firms
Chapter 8 ‘Types’ of Organizations II: Corporate Entrepreneurship
Chapter 9 ‘Types’ of Organizations III: Management Buy-Outs
Chapter 10 ‘Types’ of Organizations IV: Social Entrepreneurship
Chapter 11 External Environmental Context for Enterprise
Chapter 12 Entrepreneurial Finance
Chapter 13 International Entrepreneurship
Chapter 14 Venture Development and Performance
