Researching Entrepreneurship Conceptualization and Design /

• Main Author: Davidsson, Per (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Series: International Studies in Entrepreneurship, 33
• Subjects: Business.; Entrepreneurship.; Operations research.; Management science.; Development economics.; Business and Management.; Development Economics.; Operations Research, Management Science.

In this book, one of the most highly recognized entrepreneurship scholars shares in a personal and readable way his rich experience and ideas on how entrepreneurship can be researched. Entrepreneurship is a phenomenon of tremendous societal importance. It is also an elusive phenomenon, which makes r...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1 What is Entrepreneurship?
• Chapter 2 Entrepreneurship as Research Domain
• Chapter 3 This Thing Called “Theory”
• Chapter 4 General Design Issues
• Chapter 5 Sampling and Case Selection Issues
• Chapter 6 Operationalization Issues
• Chapter 7 The Dependent Variable
• Chapter 8 The Entrepreneurship Nexus
• Chapter 9 The Power of Replication
• Chapter 10 A Quick Look at Analysis Method
• Epilogue. .