Rigour and relevance in entrepreneurship research, resources and outcomes : frontiers in European entrepreneurship research

Contents: 1. Introduction: Rigour and relevance in European entrepreneurship research / Eddy Laveren, Robert Blackburn, Ulla Hytti and Hans Landström -- Part I: Rigour and relevance of entrepreneurship research -- 2. Relevance of entrepreneurship research / Johan Wiklund -- 3. The rigour - relevance debate: strategies to avoid creating an ivory tower in entrepreneurship research / Hans Landström -- 4. Introducing three academic conversations: critical entrepreneurship studies, entrepreneurship as practice and a radical processual approach to entrepreneurship / Piritta Parkkari and Karen Verduijn -- 5. Women and family firms: a state of the art literature review / Annalisa Sentuti, Francesca Maria Cesaroni and Serena Cubico -- Part II: Entrepreneurial mindset and intrapreneurial orientation -- 6. Toward a comprehensive measure of entrepreneurial mindset / Kelly G. Shaver and Immanuel Commarmond -- 7. Technology intrapreneurs - intrapreneurial orientation and potential of it students / Christine Blanka, David Rückel, Stefan Koch and Norbert Kailer -- Part III: Entrepreneurial behavior, resources and outcomes -- 8. Human capital, external relations, and early firm performance of technology-based start-ups / Hanna Rydehell, Anders Isaksson and Hans Löfsten -- 9. Disembeddedness, prior industry knowledge and opportunity creation processes / Caroline Wigren, Karin Hellerstedt, Maria Aggestam, Anna Stevenson and Ethel Brundin -- 10. "Dear crowd, let me tell you a story." The influence of emotions, authenticity and sense of community on entrepreneur's ability to acquire funds via crowdfunding / Amélie Wuillaume, Amélie Jacquemin and Frank Janssen -- 11. Freelancing and the struggle for work-time control / John Kitching and Marfuga Iskandarova -- Index.