The Theory and Practice of Entrepreneurship: Frontiers in European Entrepreneurship Research - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184980379X ISBN 13: 9781849803793

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

This timely book provides a fresh perspective on contemporary research in the field of entrepreneurship and small business, considering both theory and application.

Drawing together leading-edge European research, the expert contributors apply a variety of research methods to a number of specific issues - including the entrepreneurial climate at universities, the role of knowledge and experience in the internationalization of knowledge-intensive firms, the links between entrepreneurial orientation and performance in micro-sized firms, and organizational entrepreneurship. In so doing, the book sheds new light on the key role played by entrepreneurship as an engine for regional development.

With a unique set of insights linking theory and practice, this book will appeal to postgraduate and advanced students of entrepreneurship and small business, researchers and policy-makers.

About this title

About the Author

Edited by the late David Smallbone, formerly Professor of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Small Business Research Centre, Kingston University, UK, João Leitão, Head of University Management and Administration, University of Beira Interior and Research Fellow, Technical University Lisbon, Portugal, Mário Raposo, Full Professor of Marketing and Strategy, University of Beira Interior and NECE – Research Unit, Portugal and Friederike Welter, President and Managing Director, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn and Professor, University of Siegen, Germany

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184980379X
• ISBN 13: 9781849803793
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: David Smallbone, Joao Leitao, Mario Raposo, Friederike Welter