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List of contents
1. David B Audretsch and Erik E. Lehmann: Modern Makers of Entrepreneurship
2. Zoltan J. Acs: The Godfather of Entrepreneurship
3. Howard E. Aldrich: Fifty Years in the Making. My Career as a Scholar of Organizations and Entrepreneurship
4. David B. Audretsch: Roots & Wings
5. Sara Carter: The Effects of Business Ownership on People’s Lives
6. Marc Cowling: Back to the roots
7. Douglas J. Cumming and Silvio Vismara: A research journey into entrepreneurial finance
8. Per Davidsson: What an Opportunity!
9. Dimo Dimov: Getting "There" without Knowing Where I was Going. Only to Find … Myself Staring at the Future
10. Nicolai N. Foss: Judgement, The Theory of the Firm, and the Economics of Institutions: My contributions to the Entrepreneurship Field
11. Michael Fritsch: Entrepreneurship and Growth—A Personal Story
12. William B. Gartner: Anecdotes of Destiny
13. Peter G. Klein: My Contributions to Entrepreneurship Theory
14. Donald F. Kuratko: Corporate Entrepreneurship - A Research Journey
15. Albert N. Link: From Integrating Functions to Integrating Ideas
16. Olav Sorenson: Location Matters
17. Roy Thurik: Visions of the past: wish you had been there
18. Mary Lindenstein Walshok: A Place for Entrepreneurship
19. Friederike Welter: Wandering between Contexts
20. Johan Wiklund: RE-SEARCH = ME-SEARCH
21. Mike Wright: The Conquest of Interestingness - Entrepreneurial Ownership Mobility
22. Shaker A. Zahra: Researching Entrepreneurship at the Intersection – Reflections on Three Decades of Research
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About the author
David B. Audretsch is a Distinguished Professor and Ameritech Chair of Economic Development at Indiana University, USA, where he also serves as Director of the Institute for Development Strategies. He is also an Honorary Professor of Industrial Economics and Entrepreneurship at the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany and a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London, UK.
Erik E. Lehmann is a Full Professor of Management and Organization at Augsburg University, Germany, and Director of the Global Business Management Program. He is also Adjunct Professor at Indiana University, USA and Visiting Professor at University of Bergamo, Italy.
Summary
Entrepreneurship has exploded as a field of research, with impactful additions from a range of disciplines rendering the field a tricky one to traverse. The Routledge Companion to the Makers of Modern Entrepreneurship offers a comprehensive guide to entrepreneurship, providing an authoritative exploration of the key people and their ideas
