Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research

Preface. List of Contributors. The International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research; A. Lundstrom. Part I: Introduction to Entrepreneurship. 1. Editors' Introduction; Z.J. Acs, D.B. Audretsch. 2. Entrepreneurship: The Past, the Present, the Future; A. Cooper. Part II: The Entrepreneurial Process. 3. Risk and Uncertainty; S. Gifford. 4. Innovation and Technological Change; Z.J. Acs, D.B. Audretsch. 5. Market Processes and Entrepreneurial Studies; R. Koppl, M. Minniti. Part III: Opportunity and the Nature of Exploitation. 6. The Cognitive Psychology of Entrepreneurship; N.F. Krueger Jr. 7. Three Views of Entrepreneurial Opportunity; S.D. Sarasvathy, N. Dew, S. Ramakrishna Velamuri, S. Venkataraman. 8. The Individual-Opportunity Nexus; S. Shane, J. Eckhardt. Part IV: The Emergence of New Ventures. 9. Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Firm Organizing Processes; W.B. Gartner, N.M. Carter. 10. Entrepreneurship, Business Culture and the Theory of the Firm; M. Casson. 11. Resources and Hierarchies: Intersections between Entrepreneurship and Business Strategy; S.A. Alvarez. Part V: Financing the New Venture. 12. Equity Financing; P. Gompers, J. Lerner. 13. Small Business and Debt Finance; A.N. Berger, G.F. Udell. Part VI: The Social Context. 14. The Social Psychology of Entrepreneurial Behaviour; K.G. Shaver. 15. Entrepreneurship as Social Construction: A Multi-level Evolutionary Approach; H.E. Aldrich, M. Martinez. 16. Entrepreneurship, Networks and Geographies; P.H. Thornton, K.H. Flynn. Part VII: Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth and Policy. 17. The Impact of Entrepreneurship on Economic Growth; M.A. Carree, A.R. Thurik. 18. Entrepreneurship, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and Public Policies; D.J. Storey. Part VIII: Epilogue. 19. Connecting the Study of Entrepreneurship and Theories of Capitalist Progress. An Epilogue; R. Gunther McGrath. Index.