Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Five-Volume Set
ISBN: 978-1-4129-3437-4
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 2248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 146 mm, Gewicht: 3969 g

Reihe: SAGE Library in Business and Management

This landmark work is the first of its kind to disseminate research that spans small businesses and entrepreneurship.

Edited by two world-class experts on small businesses and entrepreneurship, this major work contains leading papers that include the most provocative and influential contributions to have been published in this area.

Papers reflect the principles of theoretical grounding, empirical rigour and popularity and capture the richness and variety of this burgeoning and dynamic field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blackburn, Robert

Brush, Candida

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Kleine und Mittlere Unternehmen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Selbstständige & Freiberufler
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensführung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

VOLUME I
PART ONE: SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP THEORY AND THEORY DEVELOPMENT
The Developing Domain of Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Entrepreneurship Research in Emergence - L Busenitz, G P West, D Shepherd, T Nelson, G N Chandler & A Zacharakis
Past Trends and Future Directions
Is There an Elephant in Entrepreneurship? Blind Assumptions in Theory Development - W B Gartner
The Adolescence of Entrepreneurship Research - M B Low
Specification and Purpose
The Promise of Entrepreneurship as a Field of Research - S Shane & S Venkataraman
The Focus of Entrepreneurial Research - D Ucbasaran, P Westhead & M Wright
Contextual and Process Issues
PART TWO: RESEARCH APPROACHES
Methodological Issues and Debates
Levels of Analysis in Entrepreneurship Research - P Davidsson & J Wiklund
Current Research Practice and Suggestions for the Future
Working in the Field - R Holliday
Researching Entrepreneurship through Phenomenological Inquiry - J Cope
Philosophical Issues
Case Study Method in Small Business and Entrepreneurial Research - L Perren & M Ram
Mapping Boundaries and Perspectives
Discourses and Critiques of the Field
New Meanings for Entrepreneurs - U Hytti
From Risk-Taking Heroes to Safe-Seeking Professionals
Mythicizing and Reification in Entrepreneurial Discourse - J O Ogbor
Ideaology - Critique of Entrepreneurial Studies
Government Discourses on Entrepreneurship - L Perren & P Jennings
Issues of Subjugation and Power
PART THREE: POPULATIONS OF ENTREPRENEURS
Owner-Managers and Entrepreneurs
Differences Between Entrepreneurs and Managers in Large Organizations - L Busenitz & J Barner
Biases and Heuristics in Strategic Decision-Making
Differentiating Entrepreneurs from Small Business Owners - J W Carland, F Hoy, W R Boulton & J A C Carland
A Conceptualization
The Entrepreneurial Personality - E Chell
A Few Ghosts Laid to Rest
A Psychosocial Cognitive Model of Employment Status Choice - J Katz
Female Entrepreneurship and Feminist Perspectives
Why Research on Women Entrepreneurs Needs New Directions - H Ahl
Time for a Change? Women's Accounts of the Move from Organizational Careers to Self-Employment - M Mallon & L Cohen
A Gendered Perspective on Organizational Creation - B J Bird & C G Brush
Research on Women Business Owners - C Brush
Past Trends, a New Perspective and Future Directions
A Theoretical Overview and Extension of Research on Sex, Gender, and Entrepreneurship - E M Fischer, A R Reuber & L S Dyke
Feminist Insights on Gendered Work - K. Mirchandani
New Directions in Research on Women and Entrepreneurship
Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Businesses
Ethnicity and Entrepreneurship - H E Aldrich & R Waldinger
Ethnic Minority Business Support - G Barrett, T Jones & D McEvoy
Theoretical Discourse in Britain and North America
VOLUME II

PART THREE: POPULATIONS OF ENTREPRENEURS (CONTINUED)
Continues from Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Businesses
Minority Business Access to Mainstream Markets - T Bates
The Absence of African-American Owned Business - R Fairlie
An Analysis of the Dynamics of Self-Employment
Apprentice Entrepreneurs? Ethnic Minority Workers in the Independent Restaurant Sector - M Ram, T Abbas, B Sanghera, G Barlow & T Jones
Outsiders' Business - J Rath & R Kloosterman
A Critical Review of Research on Immigrant Entrepreneurship
Family Business
The Pervasive Effects of Family on Entrepreneurship - H E Aldrich & J E Cliff
Toward a Family Embeddedness Perspective
Trends and Directions in the Development of a Strategic Management Theory of the Family Firm - J J Chrisman, J H Chua & P Sharma
Help One Another, Use One Another - A Stewart
Toward an Anthropology of Family Business
International Comparisons
The Normative Context for Women's Participation in Entrepreneurship - C Baughn, B L Chua & K E Neupert
A Multi-Country Study
The Sociocultural Environment for Entrepreneurship - T M Begley &

Über Autor(innen)

Blackburn, Robert
Expertise

All aspects of small business and entrepreneurship; small business management; employment; growth; innovation; IP management; environmental practices; business exit; regional and international dimensions; public policy initiatives and evaluations.Reviewer for book publishers (eg. Sage), research councils (ESRC; Leverhulme; Nuffield) and journals.
Research Interest(s)

Extensive research portfolio for academic (eg ESRC), private (eg HSBC) and public (eg HM Treasury; EU Commission) organisations. Expertise in primary and secondary data collection and analyses; engaged in qualitative and quantitative research methods. Editor of International Small Business Journal
Teaching

Engaged in postgraduate teaching programmes linked to entrepreneurship and small business; supervision and examination experience at masters and doctorate levels.
Memberships

Member of RAE2008 and REF2014 Business and Management sub-panel Member of ACCA Small Firms Committee Member of Association of Business Schools Research Committee Member of Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Member of the British Academy of Management Member of Academicians of the Academy of Social Science; Holder of the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion

Brush, Candida
Candida Brush is the Franklin W. Olin Professor of Entrepreneurship, and serves as the Vice Provost of Global Entrepreneurial Leadership at Babson College, Wellesley, MA, USA. Her research interests include resource acquisition of new ventures, angel financing, and women’s entrepreneurship.