Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Entrepreneurship and Small Business (Handbooks of Research Methods and Applications series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0857935046 ISBN 13: 9780857935045

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

This thought provoking book builds on existing research traditions that make small business, entrepreneurship and family business a resource rich arena for study. It steps back to ask fundamental questions that every researcher should consider prior to engaging in data collection. It focuses on topics that have traditionally frustrated researchers including experimental methods in small business research, scale development, control variables and language issues in cross cultural research.

The distinguished authors also address subjects such as theory development and testing in entrepreneurship, as well as determining if progress in research has been made and how that can be measured. Critically, many of the chapters highlight ways in which research can be both practical yet theoretically important.

Bringing together quantitative and qualitative techniques and taking an investigative approach almost totally ignored in entrepreneurship research, this unique volume will be of special interest to anyone studying small and family businesses or entrepreneurship and business.

Contributors: K. Berglund, B. Bird, M. Brännback, C.G. Brush, A. Carsrud, D. Deeds, L.F. Edelman, R.T. Harrison, B. Johannisson, T. Kenworthy, S. Lång, S. Latham, C.M. Leitch, T.S. Manolova, E. McMullen, M. Renko, L. Schjoedt, K.G. Shaver, S. Terjesen, C. Wigren

About this title

About the Author

Edited by Alan L. Carsrud, Åbo Akademi University, Finland, and Carsrud & Associates, Consultants to Entrepreneurs & Family Firms, Texas, US and Malin Brännback, Dean and Chaired Professor of International Business, Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0857935046
• ISBN 13: 9780857935045
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 296
• Editor: Carsrud Alan L., Brännback Malin