Handbook of research on small business and entrepreneurship

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Author:

Chell, Elizabeth, editor of compilation.

ISBN:

9781849809238

Physical Description:

xiv, 435 pages ; 25 cm.

Contents:

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.

Subject Term:

Entrepreneurship -- Research -- Methodology.

Entrepreneurship.

Small business -- Research -- Methodology.

Small business.

Added Author:

Chell, Elizabeth,

Karataş-Özkan, Mine,

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Summary

This insightful Handbook focuses on behavior, performance and relationships in small and entrepreneurial firms. It introduces a variety of contemporary topics, research methods and theoretical frameworks that will provide cutting edge analysis, stimulate thought, raise further questions and demonstrate the complexity of the rapidly-advancing field of entrepreneurship.

With an extensive introduction, logical sequencing and a collection of interesting and original contributions from across the globe, the Handbook commences with two thought-provoking chapters, which raise issues of theoretical framing and highlight the importance of paradigm choice, methodology and method.

After considering different disciplinary approaches to entrepreneurship and small business, various issues are raised about entrepreneurship education and learning and the application of entrepreneurship to various sectors and sectional interests. For example, what conceptual framework is available for entrepreneurs and small businesses? How does innovation relate to entrepreneurship and small business behavior? And what evidence is there of the links between better performing firms and effective learning? These issues are debated before the authors consider the future application of entrepreneurship research to different sectors.

Both scholars new to the area, as well as established academics looking to extend their research scope to encompass the field of entrepreneurship and small business will find this work to be an invaluable and timely resource.

Contributors : A. Anderson, R. Barrett, B. Bird, J. Broad, J. Byrne, M. Casson, D. Chalmers, E. Chell, A. de Bruin, M. Della Guista, A. Discua Cruz, A. Fayolle, C. Forson, E. Garnsey, W.B. Gartner, S. Gherardi, X. Gu, R. Hanke, R. Holt, J. Howells, C. Howorth, S. Jack, J. Jackson, O. Jones, M. Karatas-Ozkan, M. Kerrin, M. Lévesque, S. Lubik, A. Macpherson, S. Mayson, E. McKeever, M. Minniti, M. Ozbilgin, M. Ozturk, F. Patterson, M. Perrotta, L. Pittaway, A. Rauch, L. Schjoedt, E. Shaw, L. Spence, A. Tatli, O. Toutain, C. Yavuz