Contemporary Entrepreneurship

This book presents the current state-of-the-art in all major and upcoming areas of entrepreneurship research. Thousands of scholars around the world are currently working to broaden our understanding of the entrepreneurial phenomenon. The disciplines involved are numerous, as are the topics of interest, with substantial efforts to enhance the existing knowledge. This book is specifically designed to facilitate high-level, high-intensity discussions and fruitful exchanges between scholars involved in entrepreneurship research. The articles address a variety of topics ranging from self-employment, technology, growth patterns and job creation, and success and failure rates, to historical, conceptual and comparative international approaches.

"This book takes entrepreneurship beyond theindividual, size of the venture, entrepreneurial personality, and looks atentrepreneurship as a long term complex process that is heterogeneous, contentdependent with an emphasis on innovation and growth. A must read forindividuals interested in entrepreneurship, today and in the future, on adomestic and global basis." - Robert D. Hisrich,Director - Walker Center and Garvin Professor of Global Entrepreneurship,Thunderbird School of Global Management

"Entrepreneurship is perhaps not just the most multifaceted but also themost important concept of the modern socio-economic disciplines. This bookmakes an invaluable contribution in this fascinating area: it presents amultifaceted socio-economic examination of the impact of entrepreneurship forgrowth." - Roy Thurik,Erasmus School of Economics in Rotterdam and Montpellier Business School