Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Entrepreneurship - Hardcover

Neergaard, Helle; Ulhøi, John Parm

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1843768356 ISBN 13: 9781843768357

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

This expansive and practical Handbook introduces the methods currently used to increase the understanding of the usefulness and versatility of a systematic approach to qualitative research in entrepreneurship. It fills a crucial gap in the literature on entrepreneurship theory, and, just as importantly, illustrates how these principles and techniques can be appropriately and fruitfully employed.

The Handbook is underpinned by the belief that qualitative research has the potential to charter hitherto unexplored waters in the field of entrepreneurship and thus contribute significantly to its further advancement. The contributors seek to assist entrepreneurship researchers in making more informed choices and designing more rigorous and sophisticated studies. They achieve this by providing concrete examples of research experiences and tangible 'how to' advice. By clarifying what these research methods entail, how they are currently being used and how they can be evaluated, this Handbook constitutes a comprehensive and highly accessible methodological toolbox.

Dealing with both well-accepted qualitative approaches and lesser-known, rarer and more novel approaches to the study of entrepreneurship, this Handbook will be invaluable to those studying, researching and teaching entrepreneurship.

About this title

About the Author

Edited by Helle Neergaard, Professor of Entrepreneurship, School of Business and Social Sciences and John Parm Ulhøi, Professor in Organization and Management Theory, the Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, Denmark

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843768356
• ISBN 13: 9781843768357
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 520