With contributions from authors around the globe, Research Handbook of Entrepreneurial Exit explores this most important phenomenon in the entrepreneurial journey. The authors present a comprehensive review of the current issues in entrepreneurial exits, and provide theoretical and methodological insights for future research. Combining historical perspectives with contemporary thinking, this Handbook examines the following topics: - Gender and Exit - Retirement - Psychological Barriers - Emotional Aspects - Venture Capital Funding - Firm Relocation - Exit from Social Ventures Researchers and habitual entrepreneurs will find the data and case studies included useful, whilst educators can find the answers to 'why' and 'how' entrepreneurs exit their venture.
Contents: Introduction: Introduction to the Research Handbook of Entrepreneurial Exit Dawn R. DeTienne and Karl Wennberg 1. Perpetually on the Eve of Destruction? Understanding Exits in Capitalist Societies at Multiple Levels of Analysis Howard E. Aldrich 2. Re-evaluating Business Exit from a Gendered Perspective Susan Marlow and Janine Swail 3. When Silos Collapse, what Happens to the Seeds?: A Case Study of the Diffusion of People and Ideas when a Firm's Research Programs are Cancelled Kelley Packalen 4. Survey about Venture Capital Financing Exit Stage Saloua el Bouzaidi 5. Event History Analysis using the Kauffman Firm Survey Joseph Farhat and Alicia Robb 6. An Entrepreneur's Perspective--Beginning and Exit Gary Salomon 7. The Role of Retirement Intention in Entrepreneurial Exit Sohrab Soleimanof, Michael H. Morris and Imran Syed 8. Psychological Barriers and Coping Strategies in Business Transfers Explored: Towards a Conceptual Model Edwin Weesie and Lex van Teeffelen 9. The Entrepreneurial Break-up: Disengaging from the Start-up Phase Christina Wicker and Per Davidsson 10. Social ventures: Exploring Entrepreneurial Exit Strategies with a Structuation Lens Yolanda Sarason and Grace Hanley 11. For the Greater Good: Why and how Social Entrepreneurs Exit Social Ventures Jason Lortie 12. Entrepreneurial Exit: Who, What or to Where? Regional Relocation as a Form of Exit Anna Jenkins, John Steen and Martie-Louise Verreynne Index
