1.Introduction to the handbook / Mine Karatas-Ozkan -- pt. I THEORETICAL FRAMING -- 2.Notes towards a theory of entrepreneurial possibility / William B. Gartner -- 3.Buzzwords in business and management studies / Marina Della Giusta -- 4.Multi-level approaches to entrepreneurship and small business research -- transcending dichotomies with Bourdieu / Ahu Tatli -- 5.Theorising entrepreneurship: an institutional theory perspective / Jeremy Howells -- pt. II METHODOLOGIES, PARADIGMS AND METHODS -- 6.Synthesising knowledge in entrepreneurship research - the role of systematic literature reviews / Jean Broad -- 7.The Critical Incident Technique: philosophical underpinnings, method and application to a case of small business failure / Elizabeth Chell -- 8.Gender, ethnicity and social entrepreneurship: qualitative approaches to the study of entrepreneuring / Manuela Perrotta -- 9.Mathematics and entrepreneurship research / Moren Levesque --

10.Predictions of entrepreneurial behavior: a personality approach / Andreas Rauch -- pt. III DISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP -- 11.Characteristics and behaviours associated with innovative people in small-and medium-sized enterprises / Maire Kerrin -- 12.Behavior of entrepreneurs - existing research and future directions / Ralph Hanke -- 13.Social embeddedness in entrepreneurship research: the importance of context and community / Sarah Jack -- 14.Human resource management and entrepreneurship: building theory at the intersection / Rowena Barrett -- pt. IV ENTREPRENEURSHIP, EDUCATION AND LEARNING -- 15.Entrepreneurship education: what we know and what we need to know / Olivier Toutain -- 16.Research perspectives on learning in small firms / Allan Macpherson -- pt. V APPLICATIONS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH -- 17.Entrepreneurial innovation in science-based firms: the need for an ecosystem perspective / Elizabeth Garnsey --

18.Entrepreneurship in family businesses / Allan Discua Cruz -- 19.Developing entrepreneur networks in the creative industries - a case study of independent designer fashion in Manchester / Xin Gu -- 20.Business ethics and social responsibility in small firms / Laura J. Spence -- 21.Social entrepreneurship: looking back, moving ahead / Dominic Chalmers.