Synopses & Reviews
Entrepreneurship has always been a key factor in economic growth, innovation, and the development of firms and businesses. More recently, new technologies, the waning of the "old economy", globalization, changing cultures and popular attitudes, and new policy stances have further highlighted the importance of entrepreneurship and enterprise.
Entrepreneurship is now a dynamic and expanding area of research, teaching, and debate, but there has been no standard reference work which is suitable for both established scholars and new researchers. This book fills that gap. All the major aspects of entrepreneurship are covered, including:
* the start-up and growth of firms,
* financing and venture capital,
* innovation, technology and marketing,
* women entrepreneurs,
* ethnic entrepreneurs,
* migration,
* small firm policy,
* the economic and social history of entrepreneurship.
This is a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art research in entrepreneurship, written by an international team of leading scholars, and will be an essential reference for academics and policy makers, as well as being suitable for use on masters courses and doctoral programs.
About the Series
Oxford Handbooks in Business and Management bring together the world's leading scholars on the subject to discuss current research and the latest thinking in a range of interrelated topics including Strategy, Organizational Behavior, Public Management, International Business, and many others. Containing completely new essays with extensive referencing to further reading and key ideas, the volumes, in hardback or paperback, serve as both a thorough introduction to a topic and a useful desk reference for scholars and advanced students alike.
Synopsis
This is a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art research in Entrepreneurship, written by an international team of leading scholars. Entrepreneurship has been a dynamic and expanding area of research over the last twenty years, but there has been no standard reference work for both
established scholars and new researchers. This book fills that gap.
Synopsis
Entrepreneurship has always been a key factor in economic growth, innovation, and the development of firms and businesses. More recently, new technologies, the waning of the "old economy", globalization, changing cultures and popular attitudes, and new policy stances have further highlighted the importance of entrepreneurship and enterprise.
Entrepreneurship is now a dynamic and expanding area of research, teaching, and debate, but there has been no standard reference work which is suitable for both established scholars and new researchers. This book fills that gap. All the major aspects of entrepreneurship are covered, including:
* the start-up and growth of firms,
* financing and venture capital,
* innovation, technology and marketing,
* women entrepreneurs,
* ethnic entrepreneurs,
* migration,
* small firm policy,
* the economic and social history of entrepreneurship.
This is a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art research in entrepreneurship, written by an international team of leading scholars, and will be an essential reference for academics and policy makers, as well as being suitable for use on masters courses and doctoral programs.
About the Series
Oxford Handbooks in Business and Management bring together the world's leading scholars on the subject to discuss current research and the latest thinking in a range of interrelated topics including Strategy, Organizational Behavior, Public Management, International Business, and many others. Containing completely new essays with extensive referencing to further reading and key ideas, the volumes, in hardback or paperback, serve as both a thorough introduction to a topic and a useful desk reference for scholars and advanced students alike.
About the Author
Mark Casson is Professor of Economics at the University of Reading. His publications include
The Entrepreneur (1982; new edition, 2002),
Entrepreneurship and Business Culture (1995) and
Enterprise and Leadership (2000). He has contributed articles on entrepreneurship to the
New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, the
International Encyclopaedia of Social Science, the
Fortune Dictionary of Economics and the
Oxford Encyclopaedia of Economic History. His most recent work focuses on links between entrepreneurship and theories of the firm. Bernard Yeung is Abraham Krasnoff Professor of Global Business, Economics and Strategy, Stern School of Business, New York University. He was Vice-President of the Academy of International Business, 2000-2002. He has published widely at the interface of economics, finance and strategy, with special reference to SME performance, family business, corporate finance, capital market functionality, and foreign direct investment. He edited
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the Global Economy (1999) with Zoltan Acs. Anuradha Basu is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director, Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship, Lucas Graduate School of Business, San Jose State University, California, and formerly Visiting Scholar, Center for Research on Economic Development and Policy Reform, Stanford University (2002-3). She has published widely on Asian business, and on ethnic minority businesses in the UK. She was a member of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office UK India Consultative Group (2001-2). Nigel Wadeson is lecturer in Economics at the University of Reading. He has published on decision making, the firm, and entrepreneurship in a range of books and journals. He teaches entrepreneurship and small business economics at masters level. He spent several years working in entrepreneurial ventures in the IT industry and has also acted as a consultant involved in high-level government policy work.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction, Mark Casson, Bernard Yeung, Anuradha Basu and Nigel Wadeson
Part I: Theory and History
2. Theories of Entrepreneurship: Historical Development and Critical Assessment, Martin Ricketts
3. Entrepreneurship and Evolution, J. Stanley Metcalfe
4. Cognitive Aspects of Entrepreneurship, Nigel S. Wadeson
5. Entrepreneurship and Marketing, Martin Carter
6. Historical Biographies of Entrepreneurs, Tony Corley
Part II: Small Firms
7. Determinants of Small Firm Survival and Growth, Robert Cressy
8. Start-ups and Entry Barriers: SME Population Dynamics, Zoltan Acs
9. Definitions, Diversity and Development: Key Debates in Family Business Research, Carole Howorth, Mary Rose and Eleanor Hamilton
10. Evaluating SME Policies and Programmes: Technical and Political Dimensions, David J. Storey
Part III: Innovation
11. Entrepreneurship, Growth and Restructuring, David B. Audretsch and Max Keilbach
12. Innovation in Large Firms, Walter Kuemmerle
13. Entrepreneurship, Technology and Schumpeterian Innovation: Entrants and Incumbents, Luca Berchicci and Chris Tucci
Part IV: Finance
14. Venture Capital, Robert Cressy
15. Corporate Venture Capital: Past Evidence and Future Directions, Gary Dushnitsky
Part V: Employment, Self-Employment and Buy-Outs
16. Entrepreneurship, Self-Employment and the Labour Market, Simon Parker
17. Habitual Entrepreneurs, Deniz Ucbasaran, Paul Westhead and Mike Wright
18. Entrepreneurship and Management Buy-Outs, Mike Wright and Andrew Burrows
Part VI: Social and Cultural Aspects
19. Social Dimensions of Entrepreneurship, Amir N. Licht and Jordan I. Siegel
20. Institutional Obstacles to Entrepreneurship, Kathy Fogel, Ashton Hawk, Randall Morck and Bernard Yeung
21. Ethnic and Minority Enterprise, Anuradha Basu
22. Migration of Entrepreneurs, Andrew Godley
23. Women Entrepreneurs, Candida Brush
24. Enterprise Culture, Marina Della Giusta and Zella King
Part VII: Spatial and International Dimensions
25. Regional Development: Clusters and Districts, Philip McCann
26. International Expansion: Foreign Direct Investment by SMEs, Peter J. Buckley
27. Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies, Saul Estrin, Klaus E. Meyer and Maria Bytchkova