Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Entrepreneurship

Edited by Helle Neergaard, Professor of Entrepreneurship, School of Business and Social Sciences and John Parm Ulhøi, Professor in Organization and Management Theory, the Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, Denmark

• Contents:Foreword Sara CarterIntroduction: Methodological Variety in Entrepreneurship ResearchHelle Neergaard and John Parm UlhøiPART I: CHOOSING A VEHICLE1. The Entrepreneurship Paradigm (I) RevisitedWilliam D. Bygrave2. Critical Realism: A Suitable Vehicle for Entrepreneurship Research?Richard Blundel3. Researching Entrepreneurship as Lived ExperienceHenrik BerglundPART II: STARTING OUT AND GEARING UP4. Ethnographic Methods in Entrepreneurship ResearchBruce A. Johnstone5. Building Grounded Theory in Entrepreneurship ResearchMarkus M. Mäkelä and Romeo V. Turcan6. An Action Research Approach to EntrepreneurshipClaire Leitch7. Recognizing Meaning: Semiotics in Entrepreneurial ResearchRobert Smith and Alistair R. Anderson8. Media Discourse in Entrepreneurship ResearchLeona Achtenhagen and Friederike Welter9. A Foucauldian Framework for Discourse AnalysisHelene AhlPART III: GAINING SPEED10. Sampling in Entrepreneurial SettingsHelle Neergaard11. Catching it as it HappensEthel Brundin12. Techniques for Collecting Verbal HistoriesBrian McKenzie13. Using E-mails as a Source of Qualitative DataIngrid Wakkee, Paula D. Englis and Wim During14. The Scientification of FictionJesper Piihl, Kim Klyver and Torben DamgaardPART IV: WINDING DOWN AND ASSESSING THE RIDE 15. Assessing the Quality of Qualitative Research in EntrepreneurshipCaroline Wigren16. A Critical Realist Approach to Quality in Observation StudiesAnne Bøllingtoft17. Daring to be Different: A Dialogue on the Problems of Getting Qualitative Research PublishedRobert Smith and Alistair R. Anderson18. Avoiding a Strike-out in the First InningsCandida BrushPostscript: Unresolved Challenges?John Parm Ulhøi and Helle Neergaard Index

'. . . the Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Entrepreneurship is an important contribution to the field, and should be referenced in any paper using qualitative methodologies to investigate the entrepreneurial phenomenon.'