The Wiley Handbook of Entrepreneurship (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Ahmetoglu, Gorkan; Karcisky, Tessa; Klinger, Bailey; Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Written by leading scholars, The Wiley Handbook of Entrepreneurship provides a distinctive overview of methodological, theoretical and paradigm changes in the area of entrepreneurship research. It is divided into four parts covering history and theory, individual differences and creativity, organizational aspects of innovation including intrapreneurship, and macroeconomic aspects such as social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship in developing countries. The result is a must-have resource for seasoned researchers and newcomers alike, as well as practitioners and advanced students of business, entrepreneurship, and social and organizational psychology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118970799
• Artikelnr.: 52580548

Autorenporträt

Gorkan Ahmetoglu is Lecturer in Business Psychology at University College London (UCL), and co-founder of Meta Profiling Ltd. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is Professor of Business Psychology at University College London (UCL), and CEO of Hogan Assessments. Bailey Klinger is Founder and Executive Chairman of the Entrepreneurial Finance Lab, and was previously a Fellow at Harvard University's Center for International Development. Tessa Karcisky is a Business Psychologist with a PhD from the University of Cologne.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface xv

Acknowledgments xxiii

Section 1 Entrepreneurship: Theory and Research

1a: Understanding Entrepreneurship 1

1 A Future of Entrepreneurship Research: Domain, Data, Theory, and Impact 3
Per Davidsson

Introduction 3

Narrowing and Broadening the Field 3

Richer, Better, and More Varied Data 6

The Quest for Increased Theoretical Precision 7

Abstraction, Conceptual Clarity, and Operationalization 9

Sample Size, Data Quality, Statistical Significance, and Practical Relevance 12

Expanding the null hypothesis 13

Stating predictions as comparisons 13

Developing non-nil predictions 13

Specifying other than linear functional forms 13

Recognizing Context 13

Increased Demands for Practical Relevance 14

Conclusion 17

References 17

2 Entrepreneurship as a Process: Empirical Evidence for Entrepreneurial Engagement Levels 25
Peter van der Zwan and Roy Thurik

Introduction 25

Merits of Entrepreneurship as a Process 27

Three Stylized Facts 28

Latent Entrepreneurship 29

Different Roles Throughout the Process 29

Country Differences 30

Conclusion and Recommendations for Future Research 31

References 33

3 Types and Roles of Productive Entrepreneurship: A Conceptual Study 37
Sander Wennekers and André van Stel

Introduction 37

Ensuing Research Questions 39

Methodology 39

Typologies and Types 39

From Typologies/Dimensions to Major Types 41

Twelve major types of entrepreneurship 43

Further Reduction to Four Main Types 44

Entrepreneurial Roles 45

General Entrepreneurial Roles 45

Specific Entrepreneurial Roles 46

Intermediary Effects and Final Contributions 50

Intermediate Effects 51

Final Contributions 54

Causal Chains per Main Type of Entrepreneurship: A Synthesis 57

Ambitious Innovators 57

Ambitious Replicators/Adapters 58

Solo Self-Employed 59

Managerial Employers (Rest Group) 60

Discussion and Conclusions 61

Summarizing and Interpreting the Main Findings 61

Implications for Research 62

Implications for Policy 63

Conclusion 65

References 65

4 Toward a Theory of Entrepreneurial Behavior 71
Bruce T. Teague and William B. Gartner

Introduction 71

The Current State of Entrepreneurial Behavior Scholarship 72

(Re)defining Entrepreneurial Behavior 73

Defining Behavior 73

Defining Entrepreneurial Behavior 74

The Role of Behavior in Existing Theories and Frameworks 76

A Theory of Enterpreneurial Behavior 78

Behavioral Repertoire 80

Sources of Behavioral Variation 81

Level of Mastery 83

Implications of a Theory of Entrepreneurial Behavior 84

Toward an Entrepreneurial Behavior Research Agenda 85

Next Steps 86

Conclusions 87

References 88

Section 2 The Individual: Psychology of Entrepreneurship 95

5 The Psychology of Entrepreneurship: A Selective Review and a Path Forward 97
Kelly G. Shaver and Amy E. Davis

Introduction 97

Why Ask Why? 97

The Personality Approach 98

Single Traits 98

Achievement Motivation 98

Risk Propensity 99

Broad Sets of Dimensions 100

Inventories of Traits 100

Latent Dimensions 101

The Social Cognition