Entrepreneurship is an emerging, dynamic and to a considerable extent, unpredictable phenomenon. Thus, it makes for a challenging research subject. In this book, one of the most experienced empiricists in this field has collected some of his most important ideas on how improved conceptualization...

Firm growth is almost universally portrayed as a good thing, and is commonly used as a measure of success. Applying resource-based reasoning, we argue that growth is often not a sign of sound development. Specifically, we hypothesize that firms which grow without first securing high levels of...

Corporate venturing activities can expand a firm's business by creating new products and entering new markets. The literature suggests that entrepreneurial management should have a positive effect on corporate venturing activities and, as a consequence of this, a positive effect on a company's...

Highlights the different levels of analysis used in entrepreneurship research. Level of analysis is considered to be the hierarchy of aggregation of data, from micro (e.g., individuals) to macro (e.g., region). In order to identify the levels of analysis, 63 articles published in 1998 in the...