Historical Foundations of Entrepreneurship Research

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Contents: 1. History Matters in Entrepreneurship Research Franz Lohrke and Hans Landstrom PART I: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A RESEARCH FIELD 2. Entrepreneurship Research - A History of Scholarly Migration Hans Landstrom and Mats Benner 3. Entrepreneurship Research - Research Communities and Knowledge Platforms Hans Landstrom and Olle Persson PART II: INTELLECTUAL ROOTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH Opportunity Recognition 4. Environmental Uncertainty and Firm-level Entrepreneurship Lou Marino, Patrick Kreiser and Anthony Robinson 5. Entrepreneurial Alertness and Opportunity Discovery: Origins, Attributes, Critique Nicolai J. Foss and Peter G. Klein 6. Opportunity Recognition: Evolving Theoretical Perspectives Robert A. Baron 7. The Historical Roots of Entrepreneurial Orientation Research Verona P. Edmond and Johan Wiklund Opportunity Evaluation 8. On the Relevance of Decision Making in Entrepreneurial Decision Making Saras D. Sarasvathy and Henrik Berglund Opportunity Exploitation 9. Only the Good Die Young? A Review of Liability of Newness and Related New Venture Mortality Research Franz Lohrke and Brian Nagy 10. Entrepreneurial Groups Martin Ruef 11. Governance Theory: Origins and Implications for Researching Boards and Governance in Entrepreneurial Firms Jonas Gabrielsson and Morten Huse 12. The Historical Roots of Socio Network Theory in Entrepreneurship Research Sarah Jack and Mary Rose Integrative Works 13. The Psychology of Entrepreneurs: A Self-regulation Perspective Alan R. Johnson and Frederic Delmar 14. Social Entrepreneurship: A Historical Review and Research Agenda Todd Moss, Jeremy Short and Tom Lumpkin PART III: ECONOMIC HISTORY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 15. Historical Reasoning and the Development of Entrepreneurial Theory R. Daniel Wadhwani 16. Culture, Opportunity and Entrepreneurship in Economic History: The Case of Britain in the Twentieth Century Andrew Godley 17. Industrial Renewal and Entrepreneurship in Sweden - A Structural Cycle Explanation Hans Landstrom and Lennart Schon 18. Entrepreneurial Capitalism in East Asia: How History Matters David Ahlstrom and Linda Wang