ISBN : 9780198294610
A new addition to the series that looks at the culture and role of the entrepreneur from different disciplinary perspectives. Includes all the key readings, introduced by a highly respected editor.
Introduction
PART I: DIFFERENT SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVES ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1. Entrepreneurship as Innovation
2. Entrepreneurship Before and After Schumpeter
3. The Entrepreneur and Profit
4. Values and Entrepreneurship in the Americas
5. The Modernization of Entrepreneurship
6. Economic Spheres in Darfur
PART II: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE FIRM. SMALL FIRMS, LARGE FIRMS, AND HOW A MANAGER CAN ALSO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR
7. When a Thousand Flowers Bloom
PART III: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE FIRM
8. When a Thousand Flowers Bloom: Structural, Collective, and Social Conditions for Innovation in Organization
9. Entrepreneurial Strategies in New Organizational Populations
10. Innovation in Large and Small Firms
11. The Economic Sociology of Firms and Entrepreneurs
PART IV: ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN A CHANGING WORLD
12. The Network Entrepreneur
13. The Origins and Dynamics of Production Networks in Silicon Valley
14. Entrepreneurship and Culture: The Case of Freddy, the Strawberry Man
15. Ethnic Entrepreneurs