Political economy has been at the core of entrepreneurship research since its conception. Although the entrepreneur is frequently regarded as the key figure in the capitalist system, academic research in economics has for a long time overlooked the entrepreneur in its analyses of growth. In...

This important collection comprises 24 previously published papers. These include foundational papers which offer an understanding of the conceptual and historical substructure of entrepreneurial finance and more recent seminal works about entrepreneurs and the obstacles that they systematically...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): Henry R. Feeser and Gary E. Willard (1990), 'Founding Strategy and Performance: A Comparison of High and Low Growth High Tech Firms', Strategic Management Journal, 11 (2), February, 87-98 -- Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Claudia Bird Schoonhoven (1990),...

This comprehensive volume integrates pathbreaking and seminal scholarship from two interrelated fields - innovation and entrepreneurship - with the chapters providing a compelling link between the two. The editors seek to introduce and contextualize some of the most important research. Topics...

James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao (1994), 'Expropriation and Inventions: Appropriable Rents in the Absence of Property Rights', American Economic Review, 84 (1), March, 190-209 -- Lynne G. Zucker, Michael R. Darby and Marilynn B. Brewer (1998), 'Intellectual Human Capital and the Birth of U.S....

There is a growing interest in the diversity and complexity of entrepreneurial teams because of their potential to shape new business growth. In particular, curiosity is focused on how entrepreneurial teams should be formed in order to allow new businesses to be created and therefore ensure...

David B. Audretsch and Erik E. Lehmann (2005), 'Does the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship Hold for Regions?', Research Policy, 34, 1191-202 -- Sam Youl Lee, Richard Florida and Zoltan J. Acs (2004), 'Creativity and Entrepreneurship: A Regional Analysis of New Firm Formation',...