Entrepreneurship: Concepts, Theory and Perspective

ISBN-13: 9783540485421 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 348 str.

Cuervo, Álvaro

Opis

ownership rights of ideas that are not associated with patents or copyrights. There is no legal protection of the different expectations held by entrepreneurs and investors on the economic value of ideas and business opportunities, and of the entrepreneur s need to withhold information that may affect the value of the project. Entrepreneurship is often discussed under the title of the entrepreneurial factor, the entrepreneurial function, entrepreneurial initiative, and entrepreneurial behaviour and is even referred to as the entrepreneurial spirit . The entrepreneurial factor is und- stood to be a new factor in production that is different to the classic ones of land, labor and capital, which must be explained via remuneration through income for the entrepreneur along with the shortage of people with entrepreneurial capabilities. Its consideration as an entrepreneurial function refers to the discovery and exploitation of opportunities or to the creation of enterprise. Entrepreneurial behaviour is seen as - haviour that manages to combine innovation, risk-taking and proactiveness (Miller, 1983). In other words, it combines the classic theories of Schumpeter s innovative - trepreneur (1934, 1942), the risk-taking entrepreneur that occupies a position of unc- tainty as proposed by Knight (1921), and the entrepreneur with initiative and imagi- tion who creates new opportunities. Reference to entrepreneurial initiative underlines the reasons for correctly anticipating market imperfections or the capacity to innovate in order to create a new combination ."

Spis treści

Entrepreneurship: Concepts, Theory and Perspective. Introduction.- Entrepreneurship: Concepts, Theory and Perspective. Introduction.- Concepts.- Entrepreneurship as a Scientific Research Programme*.- Differentiating Entrepreneurs from Small Business Owners: A Conceptualization*.- Toward a Reconciliation of the Definitional Issues in the Field of Corporate Entrepreneurship*.- Fools Rush in? The Institutional Context of Industry Creation*.- Theory.- Entrepreneurship: Past Research and Future Challenges*.- A Paradigm of Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurial Management*.- The Promise of Entrepreneurship as a Field of Research*.- The Cognitive Infrastructure of Opportunity Emergence*.- The Entrepreneurship of Resource-based Theory*.- Is There an Elephant in Entrepreneurship? Blind Assumptions in Theory Development*.- Perspective.- Levels of Analysis in Entrepreneurship Research: Current Research Practice and Suggestions for the Future*.- Entrepreneurship Research in Emergence: Past Trends and Future Directions*.- Many are Called, but Few are Chosen: An Evolutionary Perspective for the Study of Entrepreneurship.- The New Venture Decision: An Analysis Based on the GEM Project Database*.- Entrepreneurship Research in AMJ: What Has Been Published, and What Might the Future Hold?*.

Blurb

With so many theories and so many scientific bodies implicated in its study, Entrepreneurship can, at times, seem like a veritable jungle where finding one's way can prove to be difficult. This book functions as a map locating  the most important issues:  those where an acceptable consensus already exists, and those that remain open to discussion. In so doing, we have presented the accounts of distinguished explorers in their own words. The book contains three parts reflecting the synergistic approach opted for by the editors: Concepts, Theory, and Perspective, that correspond to previously published academic articles that were either important in the scientific consolidation of Entrepreneurship, or that present challenges for the future.