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Klappentext This landmark work is the first of its kind to disseminate research that spans small businesses and entrepreneurship. Edited by two world-class experts on small businesses and entrepreneurship, this major work contains leading papers that include the most provocative and influential contributions to have been published in this area. Papers reflect the principles of theoretical grounding, empirical rigour and popularity and capture the richness and variety of this burgeoning and dynamic field. Zusammenfassung Attempts to desiminate research that spans small businesses and entrepreneurship. Edited by a world class experts in the field! this work contains papers which reflect the principles of theoretical grounding! empirical rigour and popularity of this field. Inhaltsverzeichnis VOLUME I PART ONE: SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP THEORY AND THEORY DEVELOPMENT The Developing Domain of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Entrepreneurship Research in Emergence - L Busenitz, G P West, D Shepherd, T Nelson, G N Chandler & A Zacharakis Past Trends and Future Directions Is There an Elephant in Entrepreneurship? Blind Assumptions in Theory Development - W B Gartner The Adolescence of Entrepreneurship Research - M B Low Specification and Purpose The Promise of Entrepreneurship as a Field of Research - S Shane & S Venkataraman The Focus of Entrepreneurial Research - D Ucbasaran, P Westhead & M Wright Contextual and Process Issues PART TWO: RESEARCH APPROACHES Methodological Issues and Debates Levels of Analysis in Entrepreneurship Research - P Davidsson & J Wiklund Current Research Practice and Suggestions for the Future Working in the Field - R Holliday Researching Entrepreneurship through Phenomenological Inquiry - J Cope Philosophical Issues Case Study Method in Small Business and Entrepreneurial Research - L Perren & M Ram Mapping Boundaries and Perspectives Discourses and Critiques of the Field New Meanings for Entrepreneurs - U Hytti From Risk-Taking Heroes to Safe-Seeking Professionals Mythicizing and Reification in Entrepreneurial Discourse - J O Ogbor Ideaology - Critique of Entrepreneurial Studies Government Discourses on Entrepreneurship - L Perren & P Jennings Issues of Subjugation and Power PART THREE: POPULATIONS OF ENTREPRENEURS Owner-Managers and Entrepreneurs Differences Between Entrepreneurs and Managers in Large Organizations - L Busenitz & J Barner Biases and Heuristics in Strategic Decision-Making Differentiating Entrepreneurs from Small Business Owners - J W Carland, F Hoy, W R Boulton & J A C Carland A Conceptualization The Entrepreneurial Personality - E Chell A Few Ghosts Laid to Rest A Psychosocial Cognitive Model of Employment Status Choice - J Katz Female Entrepreneurship and Feminist Perspectives Why Research on Women Entrepreneurs Needs New Directions - H Ahl Time for a Change? Women¿s Accounts of the Move from Organizational Careers to Self-Employment - M Mallon & L Cohen A Gendered Perspective on Organizational Creation - B J Bird & C G Brush Research on Women Business Owners - C Brush Past Trends, a New Perspective and Future Directions A Theoretical Overview and Extension of Research on Sex, Gender, and Entrepreneurship - E M Fischer, A R Reuber & L S Dyke Feminist Insights on Gendered Work - K. Mirchandani New Directions in Research on Women and Entrepreneurship Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Businesses Ethnicity and Entrepreneurship - H E Aldrich & R Waldinger Ethnic Minority Business Support - G Barrett, T Jones & D McEvoy Theoretical Discourse in Britain and North America VOLUME II PART THREE: POPULATIONS OF ENTREPRENEURS (CONTINUED) Continues from Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Businesses Minority Business Access ...
