Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development

Paul Westhead is Professor of Entrepreneurship and the Director for the Centre of Entrepreneurship at Durham Business School and visiting professor at the University of Nordland, Norway.Mike Wright is Professor of Financial Studies at Nottingham University Business School and a visiting professor at EMLyon, University of Ghent, Erasmus University, Imperial College and Lancaster University. He is an editor of Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal and Chair Elect of the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division.Gerard McElwee is Professor of Entrepreneurship at Nottingham Trent University and is the Editor of The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

• Chapter 1        Introduction: Context Issues and Case Study SelectionChapter 2        Contributions of Entrepreneurial FirmsChapter 3        Theoretical Insights: Economic ApproachesChapter 4        Theoretical Insights: Sociological and Psychological ApproachesChapter 5        ‘Types’ of Entrepreneurs I: Habitual EntrepreneursChapter 6        ‘Types’ of Entrepreneurs II: High Technology and Academic EntrepreneursChapter 7        ‘Types’ of Organizations I: Family FirmsChapter 8        ‘Types’ of Organizations II: Corporate EntrepreneurshipChapter 9        ‘Types’ of Organizations III: Management Buy-OutsChapter 10      ‘Types’ of Organizations IV: Social EntrepreneurshipChapter 11      External Environmental Context for EnterpriseChapter 12      Entrepreneurial FinanceChapter 13      International EntrepreneurshipChapter 14      Venture Development and Performance