Organizing Entrepreneurship

Anna Grandori is Professor of Business Organization and the President of the Center of Research on Organization and Management (CROMA) at Bocconi University, Italy. She has been Visiting Professor in many EU and US Universities, Editor of organization and management international journals, and director of various international research programmes. She has produced about a hundred publications, mostly international articles and books, linking organization theory and organizational economics in a knowledge governance and design-oriented perspective.Laura Gaillard Giordani is Professeur Habilitée of Entrepreneurship, teaching both in Italy and France, as well as an active entrepreneur and consultant in the field - especially on entrepreneurial motivation and commitment, women entrepreneurship and international entrepreneurship. She is a member of the Académie de l’Entrepreneuriat and of the scientific committee of ECER (European Cities Entrepreneurship Ranking).

'This important new book provides a valuable framework for analyzing the strategies that entrepreneurial ventures can deploy to gain the competitive edge, particularly in an international context. It will be valuable reading for both students and scholars of entrepreneurship.' David B. Audretsch, Director, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Germany 'There are many textbooks on entrepreneurship, but none are quite like this. Instead of praising entrepreneurs as charismatic heroes, or preaching the benefits of private enterprise, this book takes a cool and objective approach. It highlights the impact of social networking and organizational structure on innovation and profit, and thereby places the study of entrepreneurship on a systematic basis. The authors and their collaborators are to be congratulated on a most distinguished contribution to the literature.'Mark C. Casson, Henley Business School, UK

• Introduction 1. Entrepreneurial Opportunities 1.1 Economic Sources of Opportunities 1.2 Relational Sources of Opportunities 1.3 Cognitive Sources of Opportunities 2. Entrepreneurial Resources: Networked Access 2.1 Attracting Human, Technical and Financial Resources - 'Market Failure' Problems 2.2 Networked HR 2.3 Networked Access to Technology 2.4 Networked Finance 3. Entrepreneurial Firms 3.1 The Governance Structure of Entrepreneurial Firms 3.2 The Organizational Structure of Entrepreneurial Firms 4. The Internal and External Growth of Entrepreneurial Firms 4.1 The Boundaries of the Entrepreneurial Firm 4.2 Networked Growth (and Birth) 5. Organizing Corporate Entrepreneurship 5.1 Structural Practices 5.2 HR Practices 6. Organizing Environments for Entrepreneurship 6.1 Industrial Districts: Variety and Evolution 6.2 Institutional and Designed Innovation Milieux