find a rich inspiration in reflecting on entrepreneurship as a lived experience using grounded theory and ethnographic … research / Bruce A. Johnstone -- Building grounded theory in entrepreneurship / Markus M. Mikeli and Romeo V. Turcan -- An …' ... the Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Entrepreneurship is an important contribution to the field, and …

Mirjam van Praag compares and contrasts the economic theory of entrepreneurship with determinants of successful … entrepreneurship derived from empirical evidence, in an attempt to discover what makes for an accomplished entrepreneur. The author …'s state-of-the-art historical, theoretical and empirical research on successful entrepreneurship--all from an explicit …

University, US. This unique Handbook provides a solid foundation for essential study in the nascent field of entrepreneurship … nature of entrepreneurship policy research. The first is that entrepreneurship has emerged as a bona fide focus of public … makers are presently equipped to understand the public policy role for entrepreneurship. The contributors - experienced …

diversification and internationalization / Kate Bishop -- 3. 'Matter-of-fact' entrepreneurship : FILKAB joint stock company, Bulgaria …

entrepreneurship. It focuses on four themes, each of which illustrates a key dimension in the overall theme: entrepreneurs and their … role in entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship in family businesses, performance of new ventures and entrepreneurial processes …pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Entrepreneurs and their role -- pt. 3. Entrepreneurship in family firms -- pt. 4 …

sustainability as situated entrepreneurship / Ted Fuller and Lorraine Warren -- 7. Extreme entrepreneurs : challenging the …

range of intellectual sources, from naturalistic philosophy and social-psychology to sociology and organisational theory …

Formation: A Decision-Making Model', Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 17, Winter, 17-27 -- Christine M. Beckman (2006 …, and the Impact of VC Experience', Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 32 (3), May, 459-83 -- Iris Vanaelst, Bart … Spinouts: An Examination of Team Heterogeneity', Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 30 (2), March, 249-71 -- Sanjib …

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 …

In the first exhaustive treatment of the field in 20 years, Scott Shane extends the analysis of entrepreneurship by … entrepreneurial activity -- 7. The environmental context of entrepreneurship -- 8. Resource acquisition -- 9. Entrepreneurial strategy …