This indispensable Handbook offers a fresh look at entrepreneurship research, addressing what we already know, and what we still need to know, in the field. Over the course of 17 chapters, a collaboration of 24 highly-regarded researchers, experts in their fields, provide an insightful new perspective on the future of the study of entrepreneurship. They show that there is a need to redesign research in the field - enacting entrepreneurship out of the box - and consider the history of entrepreneurship whilst developing the future course for research. They also underline the importance of developing research at the crossroads of different fields and the need to explore new domains and/or revisit existing ones from differing perspectives. Finally, they express a desire for more continuity in research, developing knowledge around key concepts and insightful domains.
Contents: 1. Introduction to the Handbook Alain Fayolle PART I: REDESIGNING ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH 2. Organizing Entrepreneurship (Research) William Gartner 3. A History of Entrepreneurship Research Hans Landstrom 4. Entrepreneurship: Theory, Art, and/or Practice Bengt Johannisson Chapter 5 - The Landscape of Qualitative Methods in Entrepreneurship: A European Perspective Helle NEERGAARD PART II: CROSSING THE FIELDS 6. Exploring the Intersection of Gender, Feminism and Entrepreneurship Colette Henry and Susan Marlow 7. Entrepreneurship Education Benson Honig and Bruce Martin 8. Culture and Entrepreneurship: Empirical Evidence for Direct and Indirect Effects James Hayton and Gabriella Caciotti 9. Family Entrepreneurship Lucie Begin and Alain Fayolle PART III: EMBEDDING KNOWLEDGE IN (INSIGHTFUL) CONCEPTS AND DOMAINS 10. Entrepreneurial Orientation: A Review and Extension Brian Anderson and Jeffrey Covin 11. Effectuation Stuart Read and Sharon Dolmans 12. Psychology of Entrepreneurial Behavior Kelly Shaver 13. Entrepreneurial Finance Mike Wright and Philippe Desbrieres PART IV: (RE) EXPLORING (NEW) RESEARCH TOPICS 14. Researching Rural Enterprise Gerard McElwee and Robert Smith 15. Business Incubation and Incubation Mechanisms Sarfraz Mian 16. Illegal Entrepreneurship Gerard McElwee, Robert Smith and Peter Somerville 17. Revisiting Entrepreneurship Research from a Decision Making Perspective Saulo Dubard Barbosa