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Book SynopsisIn recent years entrepreneurship has become one of the most popular fields of research in management studies. As the subject has broadened, increasing attention has been paid to the behavioural aspects of different practices to identify and pursue entrepreneurial opportunities. This timely book analyses three key strands of contemporary research into entrepreneurial behaviour: intention, education and orientation. It offers novel insights that can be applied to foster entrepreneurial activities in different settings.
The chapters in the book are divided into three parts. The contributors first focus on the entrepreneur as an individual and offer three innovative yet complementary approaches to entrepreneurial intentions. They go on to consider how entrepreneurial behaviour can be trained and learned, providing a much-needed theoretical anchor to pedagogical approaches in entrepreneurship. Finally, they cover entrepreneurial behaviour at the organizational level. They expertly tackle the popular topic of entrepreneurial orientation through novel empirical studies with diverse methodologies and multiple levels of analysis.
Researchers and advanced students in management and entrepreneurship will benefit from the state-of-the-art analysis and innovative approaches presented. Entrepreneurship educators and policymakers will also find this book to be stimulating reading, where they can find suggestions for an evidence-based practice.
Contributors include: R.F. Belchior, A. Benedito de Oliveira Junior, R.C. Bernardes, A. Caetano, S.F. Costa, M.J. de Oliveira, A.J. Frederiks, A. Garofano, G. Hägg, I. Jaén, I. Kozlinska, F. Liñan, T. Lynn, R. Lyons, C. Mac an Bhaird, T. Mets, R. Mohd, X. Neumeyer, D. Politis, A. Riviezzo, K. Rõigas, S.C. Santos
Table of ContentsContents: 1. Contributions on entrepreneurial behaviour research Susana C. Santos, Craig Mitchell, Hans Landström, Alain Fayolle and António Caetano PART I The entrepreneur as an individual and the theory of planned behaviour 2. Connecting the literature dots: A literature review on prototypes in entrepreneurship research Sílvia Fernandes Costa, António Caetano, Arjan J. Frederiks and Susana C. Santos 3. Entrepreneurial potential among individuals with different entrepreneurial experience Susana C. Santos, António Caetano, Sílvia Fernandes Costa and Xaver Neumeyer 4. Individual and cultural values as psychosocial cognitive antecedents and moderators of entrepreneurial intentions Ricardo Figueiredo Belchior and Francisco Liñan Part II Entrepreneurial education 5. Promoting entrepreneurship in an unfavourable setting: A case study of a university programme in Malaysia Mohd Rashan Shah Robuan, Inmaculada Jaén and Francisco Liñán 6. Formal mentorship in experiential entrepreneurship education: Examining conditions for entrepreneurial learning among students Gustav Hägg and Diamanto Politis 7. Social loafing in student entrepreneurship teams Roisin Lyons, Theodore Lynn and Ciarán Mac an Bhaird 8. Perceived learning outcomes of experiential entrepreneurship education: The case of Latvian business schools Inna Kozlinska, Tõnis Mets and Kärt Rõigas Part III Corporate Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Orientation 9. Assembling the puzzle: The need to assess both the internal and external side of corporate entrepreneurship Angelo Riviezzo 10. Linking SME’s strategic orientation and international performance: Insights from an empirical investigation in Italy Angelo Riviezzo and Antonella Garofano 11. Does entrepreneurial orientation matter to strategic alliances formation: the influence of entrepreneurial orientation and leaders to the success of partnerships in business Antonio Benedito de Oliveira Jr, Mauro José de Oliveira and Roberto Carlos Bernardes Index
