ABSTRACT
Research in entrepreneurship has been booming, with perspectives from a range of disciplines and numerous developing schools of thought. It can be difficult for young scholars and even long-time researchers to find their way through the lush garden of ideas we see before us.
The purpose of this book is to map the research terrain of entrepreneurship, providing the perfect starting point for new and existing researchers looking to explore. Topics covered range from emerging perspective, through issues at the core of the field to innovative methodologies. Starting off with a preface by Bill Gartner, each section of the book brings together a world class set of established leading researchers and rising stars.
This considered, comprehensive and conclusive companion integrates the recent debates in entrepreneurship research under one cover, to provide a resource which will be useful across disciplinary boundaries and for a whole range of students and researchers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part A Setting the scene for the companion to entrepreneurship
part |2 pages
Part B The discipline of entrepreneurship research
chapter |20 pages
Entrepreneurship research and its historical background
chapter |18 pages
Sketching a philosophy of entrepreneurship
part |2 pages
Part C Reasons and motivations for entering entrepreneurship
chapter |12 pages
Passion and entrepreneurs
chapter |14 pages
Identity and entrepreneurship
chapter |15 pages
Thinking different: effectual logic and behaviour
part |2 pages
Part D Resources and resourcefulness
chapter |16 pages
Bricolage: making do with what is at hand
chapter |14 pages
Entrepreneurial families and households
chapter |14 pages
Microfinance re-imagined: personal banking for the poor
chapter |14 pages
Financing the business
part |2 pages
Part E Entrepreneurship, wealth and wellbeing
chapter |18 pages
The ordinary entrepreneur
chapter |18 pages
Informal, illegal and criminal entrepreneurship
chapter |15 pages
Capitalizing on creativity: insights on creative entrepreneurship
chapter |16 pages
Entrepreneurship across borders
part |2 pages
Part F Entrepreneurial opportunity: equal or unequal
chapter |15 pages
Empowerment, place and entrepreneurship: women in the Global South
chapter |18 pages
Entrepreneurial agency and institutions
chapter |15 pages
The rhetoric of power: entrepreneurship and politics
chapter |15 pages
Entrepreneurship as ethnic minority liberation
chapter |15 pages
Entrepreneurial opportunities in the individual–opportunity nexus
part |2 pages
Part G Towards broader understanding: the methodological future