Pioneers in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research / Edition 1

by H. Landstrom

Overview

Around the world there is an increasing interest in issues of small business and entrepreneurship. In a time with a lot of myths and opinions of the role of entrepreneurs and small business it is vital for a book like this to encapsulate the knowledge that can be gained from the most significant research contributions in the field. Such knowledge is often build upon empirical oriented methods providing policy relevant results for small business owners and entrepreneurs.

The aim of Pioneers in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research is first to provide a historical-doctrinal review of the development of entrepreneurship and small business research and, second, to present some of the key pioneers that have shaped the research field during the past three decades. The book focuses on the first recipients of the FSF-NUTEK International Award for Small Business Research including David Birch, Arnold Cooper, David Storey, Ian MacMillan, Howard Aldrich, Zoltan Acs, David Audretsch, and Giacomo Becattini.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441916785
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	10/30/2009
Series:	International Studies in Entrepreneurship , #8
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	380
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

A History of Entreprenership and Small Business Research.- The Roots of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research.- The Emergence of an Academic Field.- The International Picture.- Pioneers—the Individuals who Created the Field.- Pioneers — Micro-level Analysis.- David Birch.- David Storey.- Zoltan Acs And David Audretsch.- Giacomo Becattini.- Pioneers — Micro-level Analysis.- Arnold Cooper.- Ian Macmillan.- Howard Aldrich.- Epilogue.- A Retrospective as a Future Outlook.

Editorial Reviews

(Pioneers in Entrepreneurship Research and Small Business) is a non-technical (and accessible) treatment of management research relating to entrepreneurship and small business. It seems aimed at the researcher who will find it useful as a reference source to dip into and perhaps, through the publication of the interviews (with winners of the FSF-NUTEK International Award for entrepreneurship), will also appeal to those who would like to get an insight into the perspectives and personalities of some of the leading researchers in entrepreneurship. It delivers on both of these fronts and as a result my copy of the book has resided in my university office, on my sofa at home and in my hand luggage on various airplanes.

-Andrew Burke, Cranfield University School of Management, UK

For International Small Business Journal

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