Researching Entrepreneurship

• Main Author: Davidsson, Per (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Series: International Studies in Entrepreneurship ; 5
• Subjects: Business.; Management science.; Entrepreneurship.; Development economics.; Business and Management.; Development Economics.; Business and Management, general.

Entrepreneurship is a phenomenon of tremendous societal importance. It is also an elusive phenomenon, which makes researching it fun, fascinating—and frustrating at times. In Researching Entrepreneurship one of the most highly recognized entrepreneurship scholars shares in a personal and readable wa...

Table of Contents:

• What is Entrepreneurship?
• Entrepreneurship as Research Domain
• This Thing Called “Theory”
• General Design Issues
• Sampling Issues
• Operationalization Issues
• Special Topic: Preparing a “Secondary” Data Set
• Special Topic: Job Creation as the Dependent Variable
• Special Topic: The Power of Replication
• A Quick Look at Analysis Method.