Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction to Entrepreneurship

   1. Introduction to the Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research

      • Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch

      Pages 3-20

   2. Entrepreneurship: The Past, the Present, the Future

      • Arnold Cooper

      Pages 21-34

3. The Entrepreneurial Process

   1. Risk and Uncertainty

      • Sharon Gifford

      Pages 37-53

   2. Innovation and Technological Change

      • Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch

      Pages 55-79

   3. Market Processes and Entrepreneurial Studies

      • Roger Koppl, Maria Minniti

      Pages 81-102

4. Opportunity and the Nature of Exploitation

   1. The Cognitive Psychology of Entrepreneurship

      • Norris F. Krueger Jr.

      Pages 105-140

   2. Three Views of Entrepreneurial Opportunity

      • Saras D. Sarasvathy, Nicholas Dew, S. Ramakrishna Velamuri, Sankaran Venkataraman

      Pages 141-160

   3. The Individual-Opportunity Nexus

      • Scott Shane, Jonathan Eckhardt

      Pages 161-191

5. The Emergence of New Ventures

   1. Entrepreneurial Behavior and Firm Organizing Processes

      • William B. Gartner, Nancy M. Carter

      Pages 195-221

   2. Entrepreneurship, Business Culture and the Theory of the Firm

      • Mark Casson

      Pages 223-246

   3. Resources and Hierarchies: Intersections between Entrepreneurship and Strategy

      • Sharon A. Alvarez

      Pages 247-263

6. Financing the New Venture

   1. Equity Financing

      • Paul Gompers, Joshua Lerner

      Pages 267-298

   2. Small Business and Debt Finance

      • Allen N. Berger, Gregory F. Udell

      Pages 299-328

7. The Social Context

   1. The Social Psychology of Entrepreneurial Behaviour

      • Kelly G. Shaver

      Pages 331-357

   2. Entrepreneurship as Social Construction: A Multi-level Evolutionary Approach

      • Howard E. Aldrich, Martha Martinez

      Pages 359-399

   3. Entrepreneurship, Networks, and Geographies

      • Patricia H. Thornton, Katherine H. Flynn

      Pages 401-433

8. Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth and Policy

   1. The Impact of Entrepreneurship on Economic Growth

      • Martin A. Carree, A. Roy Thurik

      Pages 437-471

   2. Entrepreneurship, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and Public Policies

      • David J. Storey

      Pages 473-511

9. Epilogue

   1. Connecting the Study of Entrepreneurship and Theories of Capitalist Progress An Epilogue

      • Rita Gunther McGrath

      Pages 515-531

Interest and attention to entrepreneurship has exploded in recent years. Yet, much of the research and scholarship has remained elusive to academics, policymakers and other researchers. This reflects two crucial aspects of the entrepreneurship literature. First has been the explosion of new findings and insights, both theoretically and empirically. Second, most of this scholarship has been rooted in traditional academic disciplines, spanning a broad spectrum of fields such as management, finance, economics, sociology and psychology. The purpose of the Handbook of Entrepreneurship is to bring together leading scholars from each of these disciplines to provide an overview of what the issues are for entrepreneurship when viewed through the lens provided by the academic disciplines as well as a synthesis about what has been learned and what questions should be high on the agenda for future research. Taken together, this Handbook will provide a roadmap to an emerging complex but intriguing field of entrepreneurship.

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"Research and theory on entrepreneurial phenomena is advancing rapidly in scope and quality. The year 2003 is an excellent time for a comprehensive status report by the best scholars in the field. Acs and Audretsch have clearly organized such a statement--it will be a boon to all those seeking an authoritative overview of the current status of entrepreneurial research. The focus on advanced economies or the advanced sectors of developing countries reflects the emphasis in the extant research and theory. This new Handbook sets the framework for an expansion of attention to the vast majority of entrepreneurs–who are operating in the third world." (Paul D. Reynolds, London Business School, UK and Babson College, USA)
"In The Kluwer Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research, Acs and Audretsch have compiled an impressive collection of contemporary contributions from many of the very best scholars in entrepreneurship across disciplines. It provides doctoral students with a broad yet solid introduction to the field, and established scholars with an overview that is otherwise very hard to obtain. It is a must read for every academic who is serious about entrepreneurship." (Per Davidsson, The Jönköping International Business School, Sweden)
"Acs and Audretsch have assembled a virtual who's who list of researchers in the fledgling field of entrepreneurship. Even more usefully, the Handbook also includes reviews of the vast array of work closely related to entrepreneurship that has appeared primarily in economics, psychology and sociology journals; despite their relevance, locating these studies can prove difficult as their authors frequently do not focus on the implications for their research for entrepreneurship. As its `Handbook' label implies, it should be a valuable reference tool for those in the area for years to come." (Olav Sorenson, University of California, Los Angeles, USA)

• University of Baltimore, Baltimore

  Zoltan J. Acs

• Indiana University

  David B. Audretsch

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