Editors: Maria V. Bradshaw and Patricia T. Carrington
Entrepreneurship is the practice of starting new organizations or revitalizing mature organizations, particularly new businesses generally in response to identified opportunities. Entrepreneurship is often a difficult undertaking, as a vast majority of new businesses fail. Entrepreneurial activities are substantially different depending on the type of organization that is being started. Entrepreneurship ranges in scale from solo projects (even involving the entrepreneur only part-time) to major undertakings creating many job opportunities. Many "high-profile" entrepreneurial ventures seek venture capital or angel funding in order to raise capital to build the business. Angel investors generally seek returns of 20-30% and more extensive involvement in the business. Many kinds of organizations now exist to support would-be entrepreneurs, including specialized government agencies, business incubators, science parks, and some NGOs.This new book presents the latest thinking in this vibrant and essential area.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Research and Review Studies
1. Differences in Having Self-Employed Parents between Black and White
Entrepreneurs
(Robert P. Singh, Morgan State Univ., Earl G. Graves School of Business, Baltimore, MD, Micah E. S. Crump, Howard Univ., Xingxing Zu, Morgan State Univ.) (pp. 1-20)
2. A Comparative Study of Entrepreneurial Attitudes and Attributes of Turkish and Kyrgyz Enterprises
(Mehmet Turan, Cukurova Univ., Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Cukurova Univ., Turkey, Seil Nazhimudinova, Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas Univ., Kyrgyzstan, Ali Kara, College of Business, Pennsylvania State Univ., York, PA) (pp. 21-39)
3. Entrepreneurship Policies: A Multiple Case Study in A Highly Entrepreneurship Spanish Region
(Nuria Toledano, David Urbano, and Alex Rialp, Autonomous Univ. of Barcelona) (pp. 41-53)
4. Strategic Entrepreneurship: Integration Support Journals
(Teresa García-Merino, Valle Santos-álvarez, Universidad de Valladolid
Departamento de Organización de Empresas y C.I.M., Valladolid (Spain) (pp. 55-67)
5. Nascence to Newness: The Influence of Internal and External Factors on the Likelihood of First Sale
(Linda F. Edelman, Business Policy and Strategy, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, Tatiana S. Manolova, Business Policy and Strategy, Bentley College, Waltham, MA, Candida G. Brush, Babson College, Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Wellesley, MA) (pp. 69-93)
6. Time and Risk Entrepreneurial Characteristics of Growth: The Case of Persistent Light Industrial Prototypes
(P.E. Petrakis, Athens National and Kapodistrian Univ., Dept. of Economics, Division of Economic Development, Athens, Greece) (pp. 95-111)
7. Business Incubators and the Emergence of the Entrepreneurial University: Lessons Learned from Portugal
(Joao Paulo Coelho Marques, ISCAC - Coimbra Higher Institute of Accounting and Adminstration, Quinta Agricola - Bencanta, Coimbra, Portugal) (pp. 113-131)
8. Sources of Information in International Entrepreneurship Process
(Valle Santos Alvarez, Teresa Garcia Merino, Univ. of Valladolid, Dept. de Organizacion de Empresas y C.I.M., Valladolid, Spain) (pp. 133-145)
9. Entrepreneurial Innovation, Economic Growth and the Stigma of Failure
(Patricia Crifo, Ecole Polytechnique, Univ. of Haute Alsace and Catholic Univ. of Louvain, Dept. of Economics-Laboratoire d'Econometrie, France) (pp. 147-162)
10. Is Entrepreneurship the Salvation for Enhanced Economic Growth? A Review of the Empirical Evidence of the Effect of Entrepreneurship on Employment, Productivity and Economic Growth
(Kristina Nystrom, Dept. of Transport and Economics, The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, The Ratio Institute, Stockholm, Sweden) (pp. 163-178)
11. Internationalization as an Act of Entrepreneurship: Economic Effects and Examples
(Arild Aspelund, Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology, Dept. for Industrial Economics and Technology Management, Mathieu Cabrol, Champagne School of Management) (pp. 179-192)
12. Entrepreneurship and Economic Policy Objectives
(Miguel-Angel Galindo Martin, Univ. de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Maria Teresa Mendez Picazo, Univ. Complutense, Spain) (pp. 193-204)
13. Innovation Policies and VC Management to Support Entrepreneurial Financing
(Jarunee Wonglimpiyarat, National Innovation Agency, Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangkok, Thailand) (pp. 205-221)
Short Communication
From Entrepreneur to Manager: A Brief Consideration of Economic Transition
(Scott A. Beaulier, Stetson School of Business and Economics, Mercer Univ., Macon, GA, Joshua C. Hall, Dept. of Economics and Management, Beloit College, Beloit, WI, William S. Mounts, Stetson School of Business and Economics, Mercer Univ., Macon, GA) (pp. 223-231)
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