Developing, Shaping and Growing Entrepreneurship

Edited by Alain Fayolle, Entrepreneurship Professor, IDRAC Business School, France and Visiting Professor, Turku School of Economics, Finland, Paula Kyrö, former Professor, School of Business, Aalto University, Finland and Francisco Liñán, Associate Professor, University of Seville, Spain

• Contents:Foreword by Friederike WelterIntroduction: The Role of European Research in Understanding EntrepreneurshipAlain Fayolle, Paula Kyrö and Francisco Liñán PART I THE ROLE OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEURSHIP1. Applying Doctoral Studies and Research on Entrepreneurship To Teachers’ Work at HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied SciencesTarja Römer-Paakkanen2. Creating a Measurement Tool for Entrepreneurship Education: A Participatory Development ApproachElena Ruskovaara, Timo Pihkala, Jaana Seikkula-Leino and Tiina Rytkölä3. Validating a Theory of Planned Behaviour Questionnaire to Measure Entrepreneurial IntentionsSamuel Rueda, Juan A. Moriano and Francisco Liñán4. Developmental Networks and Entrepreneurial Competence Development: A Survey of Active and Former Junior Entrepreneurs.Tina Gruber-Muecke and Norbert KailerPART II THE ROLE OF CONTEXT IN SHAPING ENTREPRENEURSHIP5. Socio-Psychological Characteristics of Entrepreneurial Teams: Profiling the Entrepreneurial Potential.Susana C. Santos, Sílvia Fernandes Costa and António Caetano6. From Words to Deeds: Are Italian Universities Changing Their Discursive Practices To Promote Entrepreneurship?Angelo Riviezzo, Maria Rosaria Napolitano and Antonella Garofano7. Cultural Values in the Study of the Society’s Entrepreneurial PotentialInmaculada Jaén and Francisco LiñánPART III THE ROLE OF INNOVATIVE STRATEGY IN GROWING ENTREPRENEURSHIP 8. Corporate Entrepreneurship and Rent Creation: An Integration of PerspectivesJorunn Grande9. Strategic Resource Management in the Service SectorTimo Rinne10. Absorptive and Adaptive Capability in Commercializing New Technology: A Case Study of Emerging Petroleum Companies In NorwayTatiana Iakovleva, Elin Oftedal and Lene FossPART IV INTEGRATING CONTEXT AND STRATEGY IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP11. How Entrepreneurs Develop Relationships for Community Ventures Within Local CommunitiesIngebjørg Vestrum12. The Innovative Performance of Firms in African Clusters Nasiru D. Taura13. The Business Model and Entrepreneurial Strategies – The Case Of SMEs in Mature IndustriesIngrid Roaldsen14. A Viability Study of Social Economy Firms in a Market Economy: An Application in Southern Spain.Carmen Guzmán-Alfonso, María de la O Barroso-González and Joaquín Guzmán-CuevasIndex