Overview

The applied nature of the field of entrepreneurship means it is crucial for scholars and researchers to connect with practitioners to ensure that their work has an impact on real-world activity. This insightful book examines the need to bridge the gap between scientific rigour in entrepreneurship research and its practical relevance to external stakeholders, and demonstrates clearly how this can be achieved in practice. Featuring cutting-edge research, Rigour and Relevance in Entrepreneurship Research, Resources and Outcomes presents and evaluates current critical approaches in the field, analysing their theoretical value and their relevance to policy and practice. Chapters examine these approaches through the lens of specific issues and circumstances such as intrapreneurship, freelancing, crowdfunding, family firms and technology-based start-ups, providing a variety of perspectives and exemplifying how pragmatic questions can productively influence research agendas. This book's up-to-date analysis and practical insight will prove invaluable to scholars and researchers in entrepreneurship as well as other business and management academics. Students at all levels in these fields will also find it useful for considering future research.

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Author:   Eddy Laveren ,  Robert Blackburn ,  Ulla Hytti ,  Hans Landström
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781789903973

ISBN 10:   1789903971
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   03 October 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: 1. Introduction: rigour and relevance in European Entrepreneurship Research Eddy Laveren, Robert Blackburn, Ulla Hytti and Hans Landström Part I: Rigour and relevance of entrepreneurship research 2. Relevance of entrepreneurship research Johan Wiklund 3. The rigour – relevance debate: strategies to avoid creating an ivory tower in entrepreneurship research Hans Landström 4. Introducing three academic conversations: Critical Entrepreneurship Studies, Entrepreneurship as Practice and a Radical Processual Approach to entrepreneurship Piritta Parkkari and Karen Verduijn 5. Women and family firms: A state of the art literature review Annalisa Sentuti, Francesca Maria Cesaroni and Serena Cubico Part II: Entrepreneurial mindset and intrapreneurial orientation 6. Toward a Comprehensive Measure of Entrepreneurial Mindset Kelly G. Shaver and Immanuel Commarmond 7. Technology intrapreneurs – intrapreneurial orientation and potential of IT students Christine Blanka, David Rückel, Stefan Koch and Norbert Kailer Part III: Entrepreneurial behavior, resources and outcomes 8. Human capital, external relations, and early firm performance of technology-based start-ups Hanna Rydehell, Anders Isaksson and Hans Löfsten 9. Disembeddedness, Prior Industry Knowledge and Opportunity Creation Processes Caroline Wigren, Karin Hellerstedt, Maria Aggestam, Anna Stevenson and Ethel Brundin 10. “Dear Crowd, let me tell you a story.” The influence of emotions, authenticity and sense of community on entrepreneur’s ability to acquire funds via crowdfunding Amélie Wuillaume, Amélie Jacquemin and Frank Janssen 11. Freelancing and the Struggle for Work-Time Control John Kitching and Marfuga Iskandarova Index

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`The Frontiers series offers a selection of the latest, cutting-edge research in entrepreneurship and small business in Europe. It has become a key resource for researchers, educators, entrepreneurs and policy makers interested in understanding entrepreneurship and the prosperity of SME's.' -- Silke Tegtmeier, President of the ECSB, 2019

'The Frontiers series offers a selection of the latest, cutting-edge research in entrepreneurship and small business in Europe. It has become a key resource for researchers, educators, entrepreneurs and policy makers interested in understanding entrepreneurship and the prosperity of SME's.' -- Silke Tegtmeier, President of the ECSB, 2019

Author Information

Edited by Eddy Laveren, Professor, University of Antwerp and Antwerp Management School, Belgium, Robert Blackburn, Professor, University of Liverpool Management School, UK, Ulla Hytti, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Turku, Finland and Hans Landström, Professor Emeritus in Business Administration, Lund University, Sweden

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