`I would warmly recommend this unique collection of qualitative methods of
entrepreneurship research to both mature and beginning researchers as a
menu to choose from for their planned empirical studies. For those who try
to get away from only quantitative studies in both business practice and
academic research, this book is their chance to find a rich inspiration in
reflecting on entrepreneurship as a lived experience using grounded theory
and ethnographic, discourse and narrative approaches. It might convince
editors of top journals of entrepreneurship research to welcome qualitative
research submissions as an indispensable complement to "quantitative only"
submissions. This domain is not physics. In bringing together such a
variety of experts from so many nationalities in this Handbook, our Danish
colleagues are making entrepreneurship research a realistic global
venture.'
- Jan Ulijn, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
This expansive and practical Handbook introduces the methods currently used
to increase the understanding of the usefulness and versatility of a
systematic approach to qualitative research in entrepreneurship. It fills a
crucial gap in the literature on entrepreneurship theory, and, just as
importantly, illustrates how these principles and techniques can be
appropriately and fruitfully employed.