Crossroads of Entrepreneurship

by Corbetta, Guido; Huse, Morton; Ravasi, Davide

• ISBN13: 9780387245010
• ISBN10: 0387245014
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-30
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

Crossroads of Entrepreneurship presents works from scholars belonging to a number of different disciplines - business history, economics, sociology and management - and addresses a cross section of issues in the entrepreneurship field. Contributions are arranged in different sections, emphasizing dialogue across disciplines and paradigms, rather than boundaries between them. The first section of the work is a compilation of papers that trace the historical roots of study in entrepreneurship in different disciplinary domains, and highlight the fundamental issues addressed by past research. A second section gathers empirical studies adopting various methods and investigating different aspects of entrepreneurial action. The third section collects contributions investigating the development of entrepreneurship in different national settings. Crossroads of Entrepreneurship reveals a convergence of issues and interests, despite paradigmatic differences, and the potential benefits of more intense conversation across disciplines.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(12)
Guido Corbetta
Morten Huse
Davide Ravasi
A CROSSROAD OF DISCIPLINES
Pioneers in Entrepreneurship Research	13	(20)
Hans Landstrom
The Entrepreneur and the Style of Modern Economics	33	(20)
J. Stanley Metcalfe
The Social and Institutional Context of Entrepreneurship	53	(22)
Alberto Martinelli
A Historian Looks at Entrepreneurship	75	(8)
David S. Landes
A CROSSROAD OF ISSUES AND METHODS
Venture Capital and the Growth of Innovative Firms in Europe	83	(16)
Laura Bottazzi
Marco Da Rin
Fostering Entrepreneurship in Established Family Firms	99	(28)
Guido Corbetta
Gaia Marchisio
Carlo Salvato
The Effects of Entrepreneurial Posture on International Activities in the Light of Emerging Globalization	127	(20)
Morten Huse
Jonas Gabrielsson
Beyond Pioneers and Followers: A Typology of Entrepreneurial Behaviors for Hostile Environments	147	(18)
Andrea Lanza
Learning in Entrepreneurial Firms: An Exploratory Study	165	(20)
Davide Ravasi
Carlo Turati
Gaia Marchisio
Cataldo Dino Ruta
Technological Entrepreneurship: Key Themes and Emerging Research Directions	185	(24)
Shaker A. Zahra
James C. Hayton
A CROSSROAD OF HISTORIES, CULTURES AND INSTITUTIONS
Entrepreneurship in Late Developing Countries: What is Unique About East Asia?	209	(16)
Takashi Hikino
Alice H. Amsden
Entrepreneurship in Scandinavia: Bridging Individualism and Collectivism	225	(18)
Bengt Johannisson
Entrepreneurship: The Italian Story	243	(20)
Franco Amatori
Andrea Colli
A CROSSROAD BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE
A Roundtable of Practitioners' Point of View on Entrepreneurship	263
Claudio Dematte
Gianfilippo Cuneo
Federico Minoli
Vittorio Giulini
Gianfelice Rocca
Raffaele Cattaneo