Contents: 1. Introduction / Ulla Hytti, Robert Blackburn and Eddy Laveren -- 2. Innovation in family firms and SMEs: distinctive features and research challenges / Alfredo De Massis and Paola Rovelli -- 3. Speed of innovation and proximity in a rural context: the case of a manufacturing SME /...

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 -...