Small Business and Entrepreneurship

by Robert Blackburn

• ISBN13: 9781412934374
• ISBN10: 1412934370
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-15
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

This landmark work is the first of its kind to disseminate research that spans small businesses and entrepreneurship. Edited by two world-class experts on small businesses and entrepreneurship, this major work contains leading papers that include the most provocative and influential contributions to have been published in this area. Papers reflect the principles of theoretical grounding, empirical rigour and popularity and capture the richness and variety of this burgeoning and dynamic field.

Table of Contents

Volume I

Small Business and Entrepreneurship Theory and Theory Development

The Developing Domain of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Entrepreneurship Research in Emergence

Past Trends and Future Directions Is There an Elephant in Entrepreneurship?

Blind Assumptions in Theory Development

The Adolescence of Entrepreneurship Research

Specification and Purpose

The Promise of Entrepreneurship as a Field of Research

The Focus of Entrepreneurial Research

Contextual and Process Issues

Research Approaches

Methodological Issues and Debates Levels of Analysis in Entrepreneurship Research

Current Research Practice and Suggestions for the Future Working in the Field

Researching Entrepreneurship through Phenomenological Inquiry

Issues Case Study Method in Small Business and Entrepreneurial Research

Mapping Boundaries and Perspectives Discourses and Critiques of the Field New Meanings for Entrepreneurs

From Risk-Taking Heroes to Safe-Seeking Professionals Mythicizing and Reification in Entrepreneurial Discourse

Ideaology-Critique of Entrepreneurial Studies Government Discourses on Entrepreneurship

Issues of Subjugation and Power

Populations Of Entrepreneurs

Owner-Managers and Entrepreneurs Differences Between Entrepreneurs and Managers in Large Organizations

Biases and Heuristics in Strategic Decision-Making Differentiating Entrepreneurs from Small Business Owners

A Conceptualization The Entrepreneurial Personality

A Few Ghosts Laid to Rest A Psychosocial Cognitive Model of Employment Status Choice

Female Entrepreneurship and Feminist Perspectives Why Research on Women Entrepreneurs Needs New Directions

Time for a Change?

Women's Accounts of the Move from Organizational Careers to Self-Employment

A Gendered Perspective on Organizational Creation

Research on Women Business Owners

Past Trends, a New Perspective and Future Directions A Theoretical Overview and Extension of Research on Sex, Gender, and Entrepreneurship

Feminist Insights on Gendered Work

New Directions in Research on Women and Entrepreneurship Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Businesses Ethnicity and Entrepreneurship

Ethnic Minority Business Support

Theoretical Discourse in Britain and North America

Continues from Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Businesses Minority Business Access to Mainstream Markets

The Absence of African-American Owned Business

An Analysis of the Dynamics of Self-Employment Apprentice Entrepreneurs?

Ethnic Minority Workers in the Independent Restaurant Sector

Outsiders' Business

A Critical Review of Research on Immigrant Entrepreneurship Family Business The Pervasive Effects of Family on Entrepreneurship

Toward a Family Embeddedness Perspective Trends and Directions in the Development of a Strategic Management Theory of the Family Firm

Help One Another, Use One Another

Toward an Anthropology of Family Business International Comparisons The Normative Context for Women's Participation in Entrepreneurship

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