Foreword In the academic field of entrepreneurship a multitude of research about the - tives regarding the new venture creation has been conducted. But we still don't understand how people - especially students - develop their founding intentions. The knowledge about influencing factors that foster or impede this process and about differences between male and female entrepreneurs is also not sufficient. In this remarkable book the author, Christian Scheiner, presents the results of several empirical studies which he recently conducted. Based on an innovative model which integrates proven...