Entrepreneurship has always been a key factor in economic growth, innovation, and the development of firms and businesses. More recently, new technologies, the waning of the 'old economy', globalization, changing cultures and popular attitudes, and new policy stances have further highlighted the importance of entrepreneurship and enterprise. Entrepreneurship is now a dynamic and expanding area of research, teaching, and debate, but there has been no standard reference work which is suitable for both established scholars and new researchers. This book fills that gap. All the major aspects of entrepreneurship are covered, including: * the start-up and growth of firms, * financing and venture capital, * innovation, technology and marketing, * women entrepreneurs, * ethnic entrepreneurs, * migration, * small firm policy, * the economic and social history of entrepreneurship. This is a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art research in entrepreneurship, written by an international team of leading scholars, and will be an essential reference for academics and policy makers, as well as being suitable for use on masters courses and doctoral programmes. Contributors to this volume - Zoltan J. Acs, Doris and Robert McCurdy Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Professor of Economics and Director of the Entrepreneurship Program, Robert G. Merrick School of Business, University of Baltimore, David B. Audretsch is the Ameritech Chair of Economic Development and Director of the Institute for Development Strategies at Indiana University, Anuradha Basu, Associate Professor, College of Business, San Jose State University, Luca Berchicci, post-doctoral researcher in Management of Technology, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Candida Brush, President's Chair in Entrepreneurship, Babson College, Mass., Peter J Buckley, Professor of International Business and Director of the Centre for International Business, University of Leeds, (CIBUL), UK and Visiting Professor, University of Reading, Andrew Burrows, Director of the Centre for Management Buy-out Research, University of Nottingham, Maria Bytchkova, doctoral student, London Business School, Martin J. Carter, Lecturer in Economics, Leeds University Business School, Mark Casson, Professor of Economics, University of Reading, T.A.B. Corley, business historian, Robert Cressy, Corporation of London Professor of SME Finance, Cass Business School, City University, Marina Della Giusta, Lecturer in Economics, University of Reading, Gary Dushnitsky, Assistant Professor of Management, the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Saul Estrin, Professor of Management and Head of the Department of Management, The London School of Economics and Political Science, Kathy Fogel, Assistant Professor of Finance, College of Business, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Ashton Hawk, doctoral student, Management Department, Stern School of Business, New York University, Andrew Godley, Reader in Business History, University of Reading, Eleanor Hamilton, Director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development, University of Lancaster Management School, Carole Howorth, Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development, Lancaster University Management School, Max Keilbach, Research Fellow, Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Zella M.E.King, Director of the Centre for Career Management Skills and Lecturer in Management, University of Reading, Walter Kuemmerle, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, Amir N. Licht, Visiting Professor, Boalt School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, Philip McCann, Professor of Economics, University of Reading UK, and University of Waikato, New Zealand, Stanley Metcalfe, Stanley Jevons Professor of Political Economy and Cobden Lecturer, University of Manchester, Klaus Meyer, Professor of Business Administration, University of Reading, Randall Morck, Stephen Jarislowski Distinguished Chair in Finance, University of Alberta, and a Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, Simon C Parker, Professor and Head, Department of Economics & Finance, Durham Business School, and Director, Durham Centre for Entrepreneurship, Martin Ricketts, Professor of Economic Organisation, University of Buckingham, Mary Rose, Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (IEED), Management School at Lancaster University, and Research Director, IEED, Jordan Siegel, Assistant Professor, Strategy Group, Harvard Business School, David Storey, Associate Dean (Research), Warwick Business School, and Director of the Centre for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, Christopher L. Tucci, Associate Professor of Management of Technology, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Deniz Ucbasaran, Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, University of Nottingham, Nigel Wadeson, Lecturer in Economics, University of Reading, Paul Westhead, Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Nottingham, Mike Wright, Professor of Financial Studies and Founder of the Centre for Management Buy-out Research, University of Nottingham. Bernard Yeung, Abraham Krasnoff Professor of Global Business, Economics and Strategy, Stern School of Business, New York University.
