Passion and Entrepreneurship

Enrico Baraldi is Full Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management at the department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Uppsala University, Sweden.Simone Guercini is a Full Professor of Marketing and Management at the University of Florence, Italy, and visiting Professor at ISEM, University of Navarra, Spain.Marcus Lindahl is Chair of Industrial Engineering & Management at the department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Uppsala University, Sweden. He is also guest Professor in Production Management & Innovation at the department of Sustainable Production, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.Andrea Perna is Associate Professor at the department of Management, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy, and visiting researcher at the department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Uppsala University, Sweden.

• 1. Introduction .- 2. Discovering passion through entrepreneurial stories: emerging features from a content analysis .- 3. The role of passion(s) in entrepreneurial team evolution .- 4. Beyond “entrepreneurial passion”: Are there other deeper forms of passion driving entrepreneurs .- 5. ‘It’s not fair!’: Game and Affective Communities of Entrepreneurship .- 6. Passion, expert knowledge and community entrepreneurship .- 7. The key role of entrepreneurial passion and innovation motivation in social entrepreneurship: the OTS benefit company .- 8. Follow your passion. Passion and resilience in the surfing industry: The entrepreneurial case of Roberto Ricci Designs.