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Interest in the field of entrepreneurship and the small firm has developed exponentially in recent decades. However, concerns have been expressed regarding the need to effectively engage more critically with the lived experiences of practicing entrepreneurs through alternative approaches and methods seeking to account for and highlight the social, political and moral aspect of entrepreneurial practice.
By drawing recognition to the lived practice of the entrepreneur, one can begin to position the notion of action as a process of socially constructed emergent practice. Such discussion would seek to give an alternative perspective as a method of re-shaping and understanding what it means to practice as an entrepreneur. This volume seeks to critically explore alternative dimensions to entrepreneurial and small firm research and practice. In addition, the authors seek to promote ideas from other research traditions and perspectives which are culturally enriched and challenge what we term entrepreneurial and small firm practice.
Including topics drawn from discussions with leading scholars, researchers and practitioners alike, this collection of papers aims to generate new and exciting opportunities for a holistic view of entrepreneurial research agendas, and advance the manner in which academics and researchers think about and engage with various aspects of entrepreneurial practice and development.
Price: $134.99
Pages: 216
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited
Series: Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research
Publication Date:
10 December 2018
ISBN: 9781787563728
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Education, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Success
Researchers who approach entrepreneurial/small firm research from alternative dimensions discuss means of advancing the manner in which people think about and engage with various aspects of entrepreneurial practice and development. Their topics include the legitimacy of teachers in entrepreneurship education: lessons from a literature review, understanding how immigrant entrepreneurs view business opportunity formation through ethnicity, extending cross-gender succession theories: mother-son succession in family business, small company export performance in Algeria: a configuration approach, and exploring the perceived impact of strategic learning plans on growth-focused small service firms.
David Higgins is Lecturer in Management at the University of Liverpool. His research interests lay in the fields of SME and entrepreneurial learning through action.
Paul Jones, PhD, is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Swansea University. His research interests include entrepreneurship, small business management, information technology and entrepreneurship education.
Pauric McGowan holds the Chair for Entrepreneurship and Business Development in the Ulster Business School, where he is also Professor of Entrepreneurship and Business Development. His research interests include the areas of technology entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship pedagogy.
Introduction; David Higgins, Paul Jones, and Pauric McGowan
Chapter 1. The Legitimacy of Teachers in Entrepreneurship Education: What We Can Learn From a Literature Review; Stéphane Foliard, Sandrine Le Pontois, Alain Fayolle, and Isabell Diermann
Chapter 2. Enterprise Education Competitions: A Theoretically Flawed Intervention?; Catherine Brentnall, Iván Diego and Nigel Culkin
Chapter 3. Understanding How Immigrant Entrepreneurs View Business Opportunity Formation Through Ethnicity; Kingsley Njoku and Thomas M. Cooney
Chapter 4. Context Matters: Entrepreneurial Energy in the Revival of Place; Johan Gaddefors and Alistair Anderson
Chapter 5. Extending Cross-Gender Succession Theories: Mother-Son Succession in Family Business; Claire Seaman, Susan Ross and Richard Bent
Chapter 6. SMEs’ Export Performance in Algeria: A Configuration Approach; Mohamed Yacine Haddoud, Paul Jones, and Robert Newbery
Chapter 7. Resistance and Change in a Depleted Community: Personal, Pragmatic and Paradoxical; Lorraine Warren, Alistair Anderson and Joanne Bensemann
Chapter 8. Grappling with the Challenges of Start-Up in the Designer Fashion Industry in a Small Economy: How Social Capital Articulates with the Strategies in Practice; Colleen E. Mills
Chapter 9. Exploring the Perceived Impact of Strategic Learning Plans on Growth-focused Small Service Firms; Felicity Kelliher, Monica Murphy and Denis Harrington
Chapter 10. Scholarly Practice and Meaningful Research: Utilising Voice by Enabling Action…If It Was Only That Simple!; David Higgins and Sue Smith