Historical Foundations of Entrepreneurship Research

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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'A major contribution to historical research in entrepreneurship. History is a vital link to our understanding of this critical activity, a link that is no longer missing. It is arguable that history provides us the richest body of information that will enable us to understand what the entrepreneurs can contribute to social welfare and what is lost from misdirection of their efforts. This book provides an abundance of such important insights.'- William J. Baumol, New York University and Princeton University This book historicizes entrepreneurship research, its primary thesis being 'history matters'. Expert contributors discuss the field's long history and explore whether it has developed a mature and comprehensive knowledge base. The intellectual roots of several important theories are then examined in depth because, as entrepreneurship research has become more theory driven, and scholars have borrowed theories from many different fields, it becomes increasingly important to understand their origin. Finally, the book demonstrates how economic history research (for example, the historical and institutional context of entrepreneurial behaviour) can contribute to our understanding of entrepreneurship. Providing a broad overview of myriad theories and both their development and utilization in extant entrepreneurship research, this book will prove a fascinating and illuminating read for students, researchers and academics in the field of entrepreneurship.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-04-30
Mått169 x 244 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9780857931320

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Contents:1. History Matters in Entrepreneurship ResearchFranz Lohrke and Hans LandströmPART I: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A RESEARCH FIELD2. Entrepreneurship Research: A History of Scholarly MigrationHans Landström and Mats Benner3. Entrepreneurship Research: Research Communities and Knowledge PlatformsHans Landström and Olle PerssonPART II: INTELLECTUAL ROOTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCHOpportunity Recognition4. Environmental Uncertainty and Firm-level EntrepreneurshipLou Marino, Patrick Kreiser and Anthony Robinson5. Entrepreneurial Alertness and Opportunity Discovery: Origins, Attributes, CritiqueNicolai J. Foss and Peter G. Klein6. Opportunity Recognition: Evolving Theoretical PerspectivesRobert A. Baron7. The Historical Roots of Entrepreneurial Orientation ResearchVerona P. Edmond and Johan WiklundOpportunity Evaluation8. On the Relevance of Decision-making in Entrepreneurial Decision-makingSaras D. Sarasvathy and Henrik BerglundOpportunity Exploitation9. Only the Good Die Young? A Review of Liability of Newness and Related New Venture Mortality ResearchBrian Nagy and Franz Lohrke 10. Entrepreneurial GroupsMartin Ruef11. Governance Theory: Origins and Implications for Researching Boards and Governance in Entrepreneurial FirmsJonas Gabrielsson and Morten Huse12. The Historical Roots of Socio Network Theory in Entrepreneurship ResearchSarah Jack and Mary RoseIntegrative Works13. The Psychology of Entrepreneurs: A Self-regulation PerspectiveAlan R. Johnson and Frédéric Delmar14. Social Entrepreneurship: A Historical Review and Research AgendaTodd W. Moss, G.T. Lumpkin and Jeremy C. ShortPART III: ECONOMIC HISTORY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH15. Historical Reasoning and the Development of Entrepreneurship TheoryR. Daniel Wadhwani16. Culture, Opportunity and Entrepreneurship in Economic History: The Case of Britain in the Twentieth CenturyAndrew Godley17. Industrial Renewal and Entrepreneurship in Sweden: A Structural Cycle ExplanationHans Landström and Lennart Schön18. Entrepreneurial Capitalism in East Asia: How History MattersDavid Ahlstrom and Linda C. WangIndex

’Landstrom and Lohrke's edited collection is an important and timely contribution to the literature on entrepreneurship research. Prior history-orientated titles mainly provide a “nice-to-know” orientation into the developments and landmarks in the history of scholarly conceptualization of entrepreneurial phenomena. This volume, however, also provides very useful accounts of relatively more recent disciplinary and contextual origins and developments of some of the core theoretical and methodological tools that empirical entrepreneurship researchers use today. The book is essential reading for research students and other new entrants to the world of entrepreneurship research.’