ABSTRACT

Research in entrepreneurship has been booming, with perspectives from a range of disciplines and numerous developing schools of thought. It can be difficult for young scholars and even long-time researchers to find their way through the lush garden of ideas we see before us.  

The purpose of this book is to map the research terrain of entrepreneurship, providing the perfect starting point for new and existing researchers looking to explore. Topics covered range from emerging perspective, through issues at the core of the field to innovative methodologies. Starting off with a preface by Bill Gartner, each section of the book brings together a world class set of established leading researchers and rising stars. 

This considered, comprehensive and conclusive companion integrates the recent debates in entrepreneurship research under one cover, to provide a resource which will be useful across disciplinary boundaries and for a whole range of students and researchers.

part 1|17 pages

Setting the scene for the Companion to Entrepreneurship

chapter 1|15 pages

Bridges to the future

Challenging the nature of entrepreneurship scholarship

part 2|56 pages

The discipline of entrepreneurship research

chapter 4|16 pages

Action and process, vision and values

Entrepreneurship means something different to everyone 1

part 3|71 pages

Reasons and motivations for entering entrepreneurship

chapter 5|12 pages

Passion and entrepreneurs

chapter 8|15 pages

Thinking different

Effectual logic and behaviour

chapter 9|15 pages

Do it again!

Recent developments in the study of habitual entrepreneurship and a look to the future

part 4|77 pages

Resources and resourcefulness

chapter 10|16 pages

Bricolage

Making do with what is at hand

chapter 12|14 pages

Microfinance re-imagined

Personal banking for the poor

chapter 13|14 pages

Financing the business

part 5|115 pages

Entrepreneurship, wealth and wellbeing

chapter 17|18 pages

Poverty, reciprocity and community-based entrepreneurship

Enlarging the discussion

chapter 18|15 pages

Capitalizing on creativity

Insights on creative entrepreneurship

chapter 19|13 pages

Entrepreneuring the aesthetic

Arts entrepreneurship and reconciliation

chapter 20|16 pages

Entrepreneurship across borders 1

chapter 21|16 pages

Growing entrepreneurial economies

Entrepreneurship and regional development 1

part 6|80 pages

Entrepreneurial opportunity: equal or unequal

part 7|59 pages

Towards broader understanding: the methodological future

chapter 27|16 pages

Who needs a shrink when you have Businessweek

Using content analysis to get inside the heads of entrepreneurs, VCs and other market participants

chapter 28|11 pages

Challenges and questions

Research on entrepreneurship in developing countries

chapter 29|17 pages

Getting inside entrepreneurs' hearts and minds

Methods for advancing entrepreneurship research on affect and cognition

chapter 30|14 pages

Salesmen or scholars?

A critical examination of research scholarship in the field of entrepreneurship