Crossroads of Entrepreneurship (International Studies in Entrepreneurship, 3)

Crossroads of Entrepreneurship presents works from scholars belonging to a number of different disciplines - business history, economics, sociology and management - and addresses a cross section of issues in the entrepreneurship field. Contributions are arranged in different sections, emphasizing dialogue across disciplines and paradigms, rather than boundaries between them. The first section of the work is a compilation of papers that trace the historical roots of study in entrepreneurship in different disciplinary domains, and highlight the fundamental issues addressed by past research. A second section gathers empirical studies adopting various methods and investigating different aspects of entrepreneurial action. The third section collects contributions investigating the development of entrepreneurship in different national settings. The work reveals a convergence of issues and interests, despite paradigmatic differences, and the potential benefits of more intense conversation across disciplines. CONTENTS......Page 6 A CROSSROAD OF DISCIPLINES......Page 8 2. PIONEERS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH......Page 20 3. THE ENTREPRENEUR AND THE STYLE OF MODERN ECONOMICS......Page 40 4. THE SOCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP......Page 60 5. A HISTORIAN LOOKS AT ENTREPRENEURSHIP......Page 82 6. VENTURE CAPITAL AND THE GROWTH OF INNOVATIVE FIRMS IN EUROPE......Page 90 7. FOSTERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ESTABLISHED FAMILY FIRMS......Page 106 8. THE EFFECTS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL POSTURE ON INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE LIGHT OF EMERGING GLOBALIZATION......Page 134 9. BEYOND PIONEERS AND FOLLOWERS: A TYPOLOGY OF ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIORS FOR HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS......Page 154 10. LEARNING IN ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRMS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY......Page 172 11. TECHNOLOGICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: KEY THEMES AND EMERGING RESEARCH DIRECTIONS......Page 192 12. ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN LATE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT EAST ASIA?......Page 216 13. ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN SCANDINAVIA: BRIDGING INDIVIDUALISM AND COLLECTIVISM......Page 232 14. ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THE ITALIAN STORY......Page 250 15. A ROUNDTABLE OF PRACTITIONERS’ POINT OF VIEW ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP......Page 270 C......Page 280 F......Page 281 I......Page 282 N......Page 283 S......Page 284 V......Page 285 Z......Page 286 Crossroads of Entrepreneurship presents works from scholars belonging to a number of different disciplines - business history, economics, sociology and management - and addresses a cross section of issues in the entrepreneurship field. Contributions are arranged in different sections, emphasizing dialogue across disciplines and paradigms, rather than boundaries between them. The first section of the work is a compilation of papers that trace the historical roots of study in entrepreneurship in different disciplinary domains, and highlight the fundamental issues addressed by past research. A second section gathers empirical studies adopting various methods and investigating different aspects of entrepreneurial action. The third section collects contributions investigating the development of entrepreneurship in different national settings. Crossroads of Entrepreneurship reveals a convergence of issues and interests, despite paradigmatic differences, and the potential benefits of more intense conversation across disciplines Combines different disciplinary perspectives: management, economics, sociology, business history. Addresses current topics like ethnic entrepreneurship, the role of the state and state-owned companies in promoting entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship and family business, collective entrepreneurship, differences in entrepreneurship dynamics around the world. Gathers perspectives from different countries and research traditions. Softcover version of the original that published in March 2004.