Advancing European Entrepreneurship Research

Luca Gnan, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.Hans Lundberg, Linnaeus University, Sweden.Lucrezia Songini, Eastern Piedmont University, Italy.Massimiliano Pellegrini, Princess Sumaya University, Jordan.

• Introduction: Advancing European Entrepreneurship Research: A Note on the Formation and Growth of the SIG Entrepreneurship of EURAM, Hans Lundberg.Part I. Start-Up and Business Succession.Chapter 1. The Impact of Founders' Proactive Personality on Tie Strength to Acquire Startup Resources, Lien Denoo, Bart Clarysse, and Célina Smith.Chapter 2. The Impact of Parents' Self-Employment on the Offspring's Succession Intentions: A Survey among Students, Norbert Kailer, Christine Blanka, and Birgit Wimmer-Wurm.Chapter 3. Business Transfers and Successions in Finland from the Potential Sellers' and Predecessors' Perspective, Elina Varamäki, Juha Tall, and Anmari Viljamaa.Part II. Social Issues.Chapter 4. Analytical Dimensions for Identifying Social Innovations: Evidence from Collective Enterprises in Brazil, Angela Maria Maurer and Tania Nunes da Silva.Chapter 5. Ethnic Entrepreneurs: Pushed into Survival Self-Employment or Attracted by Real Entrepreneurial Opportunities? Ethnic Entrepreneurship and Environmental Context in Italy, Sonia C. Giaccone and Massimiliano M. Pellegrini.Chapter 6. Self-Representation and Women's Entrepreneurship: A Relevant Relationship? Typhaine Lebègue.Part III: Managerial Practices.Chapter 7. The Role of Managerialization and Professionalization in Family Business Succession: Evidences from Italian Enterprises, Lucrezia Songini and Paola Vola.Chapter 8. Business Angels' Practices in the Screening Stage: A Study of Knowledge Transfer to the Entrepreneur, Gilles Certhoux and Alexandre Perrin.Part IV: Judgment and Uncertainty.Chapter 9. Evolution of Entrepreneurial Judgment: Effects of Experience, Uncertainty, and Cognition, Ugur Uygur and Sung Min Kim.Chapter 10. Entrepreneurial Strategies in University Spin-offs: Coping with Uncertainties in the Process of Market Creation, Richard Martina, Jonas Gabrielsson, and Daniel Yar Hamidi.Editor Biographies.