| Description |
4 volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
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Sage library in business & management
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Sage library in business and management.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
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 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 Neuper -- A Multi-Country Study --The Sociocultural Environment for Entrepreneurship / T M Begley & W Tan -- A Comparison Between East Asian and Anglo-Saxon Countries -- Entrepreneurship and its Determinants in a Cross-Country Setting / A Freytag & R Thurik -- Cross-National Comparisons of the Variation in New Firm Formation Rates / P D Reynolds, D J Storey & P Westhead -- -- PART FOUR: FORMS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP -- Social Enterprise -- Social and Commercial Entrepreneurship / J Austin, H Stevenson & J Wei-Skillern -- Same, Different or Both? -- Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship / E Chell -- Towards a Convergent Theory of the Entrepreneurial Process -- Social Entrepreneurship Research / J Mair & I Marti -- A Source of Explanation, Prediction, and Delight -- Franchising -- Why Do Firms Use Franchising as an Entrepreneurial Strategy? A Meta-Analysis / J Coombs & D Ketchen -- Multi-Unit Franchising / P J Kauffman & R P Dant -- Growth and Management Issues -- Colas, Shakers and Burgers / J Stanworth & J Curran -- Self-Employment -- Self-Employment Entry Across Industry Groups / T Bates -- Does Entrepreneurship Pay? An Empirical Analysis of the Returns to Self-Employment / B Hamilton -- Self-Employment Career Dynamics / B Granger, J Stanworth & C Stanworth -- The Case of `Unemployment Push' in UK Book Publishing -- Self-Employment / D G Blanchflower -- More May Not be Better. |
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-- -- VOLUME III: Entrepreneurship and Small Firms in Transition and Developing Economies -- The Growth of the Firm in Planned Economies in Transition / M W Peng & P Heath -- Institutions, Organizations, and Strategic Choice -- Self-Employment in the Era of the New Economic Model in Latin America / M J Pisani & J A Paán -- A Case Study of Nicaragua -- New Private Enterprises in Three Transitional Contexts / K Robert & C Zhou -- Central Europe, the Former Soviet Union and China -- The Distinctiveness of Entreprene urship in Transition Economies / D Smallbone & F Welter -- Globalization and Internationalization -- Effects of Age at Entry, Knowledge Intensity and Imitabilty on International Growth / E Autio, H Sapienza & J Almeida -- Small Firm Dynamism in East Asia / F Iqbal & S Urata -- An Introductory Overview -- Internationalisation: Conceptualizing an Entrepreneurial Process of Behaviour in Time / M V Jones & N E Coviello -- Defining International Entrepreneurship and Modelling the Speed of Internationalization / B M Oviatt & P P McDougall -- -- PART FIVE: ENTREPRENEURIAL PROCESSES AND ACTIVITIES -- New Venture Creation -- Improvising Firms / T Baker, A S Miner & D T Eesley -- Bricolage, Account Giving and Improvisational Competencies in the Founding Process -- Properties of Emerging Organizations / C G Brush, L Edelman & T Manolova -- An Empirical Test -- Exploring Start-Up Event Sequences / N Carter, W B Gartner & Reynolds -- Competing Models of Entrepreneurial Intentions / N F Krueger, M D Reilly & A L Carsrud -- Challenges of Development, Growth and Performance -- A Multi-Dimensional Model Venture Growth J R Baum, E A Locke & K G Smith -- Strategic Management of Small Firms in Hostile and Benign Environments / J G Covin & D P Slevin Organizational Growth K Eisenhardt & C Schoonhoven -- Linking Founding Team, Strategy, Environment and Growth Among US Semiconductor Ventures, 1978-1988 -- An Examination of the Influence of Industry Structure on Eight Alternative Measures of New Venture Performance for High Potential Independent New Ventures / K C Robinson -- Business Planning -- Does Business Planning Facilitate the Development of New Ventures? / F Delmar & S Shane -- What do Investors Look for in a Business Plan? A Comparison of the Investment Criteria of Bankers, Venture Capitalists and Business Angels / C Mason & M Stark Institutional Forces and the Written Business Plan / B Honig & T Karlsson -- |
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-- VOLUME IV: -- Finance and Financial Management -- The Economics of Small Business Finance / A N Berger & G F Udell -- The Roles of Private Equity and Debt Markets in the Financial Growth Cycle -- Competition, Small Business Financing and Discrimination / K S Cavalluzzo, L C Cavalluzzo & J D Wolken -- Evidence From a New Survey -- Patterns of Venture Capital Funding / P G Greene, C G Brush, M M Hart & P Saparito -- Is Gender a Factor? -- Innovation and Regional Growth in Small High Technology Firms / R P Oakey Evidence from Britain and the USA -- Access to Finance by Ethnic Minority Businesses in the UK / D Smallbone, M Ram, D Deakins & R Baldock -- Human Resource Management and Employment Relations -- Managing Human Resources in Small Organizations / M S Cardon & C E Stevens -- What Do We Know? -- Human Resource Management in Smaller Firms / S Marlow -- A Contradiction in Terms? -- A New Look at Job Satisfaction in the Small Firm / J Curran & J Stanworth -- Regulation of Work in Small Firms / C Moule -- What's So Special about Small Firms? Developing and Integrated Approach to Analysing Small Firm Industrial Relations / R Barrett & A Rainnie -- Praising Caesar Not Burying Him / M Ram & P Edwards -- What We Know About Employment Relations in Small Firms -- Marketing and Marketing Strategies -- The Evolution of Marketing in Small Firms / D J Carson -- An Investigation of Marketing Practice by Firm Size / N E Coviello, R J Brodie & H J Munro -- Coping with the Market / R Scase & R Goffee -- Collaboration and Performance in Foreign Markets / R C Shrader -- The Case of Young High-Technology Manufacturing Firms -- Networking and External Relations -- The Contribution of Business Associations to SMEs / R J Bennett & M Ramsden -- Strategy, Bundling or Reassurance? -- The Institutional Embeddedness of Local Inter-Firm Networks / B Johannisson, M Ramírez-Pasillas & G Karlsson -- A Leverage for Business Creation -- The Role, Use and Activation of Strong and Weak Network Ties / S L Jack -- A Qualitative Analysis -- Social Structure and Competition in Inter-Firm Networks / B Uzzi -- The Paradox of Embeddedness -- -- VOLUME V: -- PART SIX: OUTCOMES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP -- Contributions to the Economy -- Capitalism and Democracy in the 21st Century / D Anderson & R Thurik -- From the Managed to the Entrepreneurial Economy -- Entrepreneurship Capital and Economic Performance / D Audretsch & M Keilbach -- Entrepreneurship / W J Baumol -- Productive, Unproductive and Destructive -- Self-Employment Wealth and Job Creation / A E Burke |
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Small business.
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Small business. |
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Entrepreneurship.
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Entrepreneurship. |
| Added Author |
Blackburn, Robert A., 1957-
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Brush, Candida G.
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| ISBN |
9781412934374 set |
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1412934370 set |
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