Context, Process and Gender in Entrepreneurship: Frontiers in European Entrepreneurship Research

by Robert Blackburn (Editor), Ulla Hytti (Editor), Friederike Welter (Editor)

Overview

By combining high-quality and in-depth research in the field, this book provides a state-of-the-art analysis of the current topical issues in European entrepreneurship and small business research.

With contributions from international experts, the book provides a particular focus on the behaviour between individuals and groups within different contexts; the personal and structural factors that shape entrepreneurial and small business activity; and a focus on gender in entrepreneurship within different contexts.

Students and academics interested in gender and entrepreneurship will benefit from this far-reaching book. The contextual and practical approach will also be of use to national and regional policy makers.

Contributors: S. Aaltonen, R. Blackburn, J. Byrne, A. Chepurenko, O. Duygulu, S. Fattoum, C.I. Gögüs, M. Guerrero, J. Hermes, U. Hytti, T. Mainela, S. Marlow, J. Mitra, Ö. Örge, S. Tegtmeier, D. Urbano, F. Welter

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785361654
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date:	11/13/2015
Series:	Frontiers in European Entrepreneurship series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Edited by Robert Blackburn, Professor, University of Liverpool Management School, UK, Ulla Hytti, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Turku, Finland and Friederike Welter, President and Managing Director, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn and Professor, University of Siegen, Germany

Table of Contents

Contents:

1. Introduction
Robert Blackburn, Ulla Hytti and Friederike Welter

2. Entrepreneurial Activity under ‘Transition’
Alexander Chepurenko

3. Women Gender and Entrepreneurship: Why Can’t a Woman be More Like a Man?
Susan Marlow

4. Institutional Entrepreneuring in Erratic Environments
Jan Hermes and Tuija Mainela

5. The Effect of University and Social Environments on Graduates’ Start-up Intentions: An Exploratory Study in IberoAmerica
Maribel Guerrero and David Urbano

6. Determinants and Measurement of Entrepreneurial Self-efficacy Among Woman Entrepreneurs
Silke Tegtmeier and Jay Mitra

7. Gendering Entrepreneurship: A Discursive Analysis of a Woman’s Entrepreneur Competition
Celile Itır Göğüş, Örsan Örge and Ozan Duygulu

8. The Gendered Nature of Family Business Succession: Case Studies from France
Janice Byrne and Salma Fattoum

9. Practices Hindering Employee Innovative Behaviour in Manufacturing SMEs
Satu Aaltonen and Ulla Hytti

Index

Editorial Reviews

‘This book showcases thought-provoking studies that reflect what European entrepreneurship scholarship has successfully pioneered: penetrating analyses of often taken-for-granted assumptions about the nature of entrepreneurship. These chapters direct readers to where entrepreneurship scholarship will likely go in the future, particularly in using “gendered” perspectives to realize the heterogeneity of entrepreneurial activity in various contexts.’

William B. Gartner

‘This volume demonstrates the dynamism and diversity of entrepreneurship as it is practised by men and women across a variety of contexts, and also the vibrancy and relevance of the entrepreneurship research field as it attempts to understand and communicate this widespread social and economic phenomenon.’

Sara Carter