Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Theories of entrepreneurship : historical development and critical assessment
Chapter 2. Entrepreneurship : an evolutionary perspective
Chapter 3. Cognitive aspects of entrepreneurship : decision-making and attitudes to risk
Chapter 4. Entrepreneurship and marketing
Chapter 5. Historical biographies of entrepreneurs
Chapter 6. Determinants of small firm survival and growth
Chapter 7. Start-ups and entry barriers : small and medium-sized firms population dynamics
Chapter 8. Definitions, diversity and development : key debates in family business research
Chapter 9. Evaluating SME policies and programmes : technical and political dimensions
Chapter 10. Entrepreneurship, growth and restructuring
Chapter 11. Innovation in large firms
Chapter 12. Entrepreneurship, technology and Schumpeterian innovation : entrants and incumbents
Venture capital
Chapter 13. Corporate venture capital : past evidence and future directions
Chapter 14. Entrepreneurship, self-employment and the labour market
Chapter 15. Habitual entrepreneurs
Chapter 16. Entrepreneurship and management buy-outs
Chapter 17. The social dimensions of entrepreneurship
Chapter 18. Institutional obstacles to entrepreneurship
Chapter 19. Ethnic and minority enterprise
Chapter 20. Migration of entrepreneurs
Chapter 21. Women entrepreneurs a research overview
Chapter 22. Enterprise culture
Chapter 23. Regional development : clusters and districts
Chapter 24. International expansion : foreign direct investment by small- and medium-sized enterprises
Chapter 25. Entrepreneurship in transition economies
Index