Crossroads of Entrepreneurship Research

Abstract

This work,Crossroads ofEntrepreneurship Research, includes contributions from scholars thataddress different issues of entrepreneurship from the disciplines of businesshistory, economics, sociology, and management. Table of Contents Introduction, Guido Corbetta, Morten Huse, and Divide Ravasi A Crossroad of Disciplines Pioneers in Entrepreneurship Research, Hans Landstrom The Entrepreneur and the Style of Modern Economics, J. StanleyMetcalfe The Social and Institutional Context of Entrepreneurship, AlbertoMartinelli A Historian Looks at Entrepreneurship, David S. Landes A Crossroad of Issues and Methods Venture Capital and the Growth of Innovative Firms in Europe, LauraBottazzi and Marco Da Rin Fostering Entrepreneurship in Established Family Firms, Guido Corbetta,Gaia Marchisio, and Carlo Salvato The Effects of Entrepreneurial Posture on International Activities in theLight of Emerging Globalization, Morten Huse and Jonas Gabrielsson Beyond Pioneers and Followers: A Typology of Entrepreneurial Behaviors forHostile Environments, Andrea Lanza Learning in Entrepreneurial Firms: An Exploratory Study, Davide Ravasi,Carlo Turati, Gaia Marchisio, and Cataldo Din Ruta Technological Entrepreneurship: Key Themes and Emerging Research Directions, Shaker A. Zahra and James C. Hayton A Crossroad of Histories, Cultures and Institutions Entrepreneurship in Late Developing Countries: What is Unique About EastAsia? Takashi Hikino and Alice H. Amsden Entrepreneurship in Scandinavia: Bridging Individualism and Collectivism,Bengt Johannisson Entrepreneurship: The Italian Story, Franco Amatori and AndreaColli A Crossroad Between Theory and Practice A Roundtable of Practitioners’ Point of View on Entrepreneurship, ClaudioDematte, Gianfilippo Cuneo, Federico Minoli, Vittorio Giulini, GianfeliceRocca, and Raffaele Cattaneo

Keywords: Entrepreneurial environment, Family firms, Globalization, History, Innovation process, Management theory, Organizational learning, Sociology, Venture capital, Behavior (individual), Collectivism, Economics