This edited collection draws together cutting edge perspectives from leading scholars on the increasingly prominent discussion of entrepreneurial behaviour. Exploring various aspects of human behaviour, the authors analyse the antecedent influences and drivers of entrepreneurial behaviour in different organisational settings. This collection is of interest to scholars, practitioners and even policy-makers, as a result of its in-depth exploration, discussion and evaluation of emerging themes of entrepreneurial behaviour within the field of entrepreneurship and beyond. Offering contextual examples from universities, firms and society, Entrepreneurial Behaviour covers topics such as entrepreneurial intention, gender, crime, effectuation and teamwork.
Tabella dei contenuti
1. Entrepreneurial Behaviour: A Research Outlook; Maura Mc Adam and James A. Cunningham.- P art I: Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Emerging Themes .- 2. Entrepreneurial Intentions and Entrepreneurial Behaviour; Colm O’Gorman.- 3. Gendering Entrepreneurial Behaviour; Susan Marlow, Samantha Hicks and Lorna Treanor.- 4. ‘Crimino-Entrepreneurial Behaviour’: Developing a Theoretically based Behavioural Matrix to Identify and Classify, Robert Smith.- 5. Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Effectuation: An Examination of Team Formation Processes; Cyrine Ben-Hafaïedh and Tiago Ratinho.- Part II. Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Universities .- 6. Stimulating Entrepreneurial Behaviour through Start-Up Competitions: Current Features of Provision in UK Higher Education Institutions; Kayleigh Watson.- 7. Building Entrepreneurial Behaviours in Academic Scientists: Past Perspective and New Initiatives; Conor O’Kane, Jing A. Zhang, Urs Daellenbach and Sally Davenport.- Part III. Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Firms .- 8. Subsidiary Management’s Horizontal Boundary Spanning Activities as Entrepreneurial Behaviour; Dónal O’Brien, Pamela Scott Sharkey and Ulf Andersson.- 9. Entrepreneurial Cognition and Behaviour: The Antecedent Role of Affect; Grace S. Walsh and Maitane Elorriaga Rubio.- 10. Entrepreneurial Behaviour as Learning Processes in a Transgenerational Entrepreneurial Family; Eric Clinton and Jordan Robert Gamble.- 11. Artisan Entrepreneurial Behaviour, A Research Agenda; Caren Crowley.- Part IV. Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Society .- 12. Is it a bird? The Social Entrepreneurial Super Heroes: Fact or Fiction?; Simon Adderley.- 13. The Same but Different: Understanding Entrepreneurial Behaviour in Disadvantaged Communities; Thomas M Cooney and Michelle Licciardi.
Circa l’autore
Maura Mc Adam is Professor of Management and Director of Entrepreneurship at DCU Business School, Dublin City University, Ireland. Her particular expertise lies in the areas of gender, entrepreneurial leadership, technology and family business. Maura’s research has been published in several highly-regarded North American and UK journals, including Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Small Business Management, Regional Studies, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development and International Small Business Journal.
James A. Cunningham is Professor of Strategic Management at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, UK. His particular expertise lies in the areas of technology transfer, academic entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship universities, principal investigators and business failure. James’ work has been published in leading international journals such as Research Policy, Long Range Planning, R&D Management, Journal of Small Business Management, Small Business Economics, Journal of Rural Studies and the Journal of Technology Transfer.
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