Entrepreneurship

My research is concentrated in two areas in economic sociology: the study of wealth inequality and the study of complex organizations, particularly in China. Both research agendas explore the emergence of social structure and the subsequent effect of social structure on the behaviors of actors. I conduct research in two diverse contexts and on two types of actors (people and corporations) in order to study how some of the same principles operate in diverse contexts. In addition, by focusing on subjects that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries, I am able to draw on a broader set of ideas in answering the questions and to ask new questions that move beyond traditional academic borders.

• Introduction. (L.A. Keister). Part I. Why Study Entrepreneurship? Entrepreneurship and Inequality. (S. Lippmann, A. Davis, H.E. Aldrich). Economic Freedom or Self-Imposed Strife: Work-Life Conflict, Gender, and Self-Employment. (J. Reynolds, L. Renzulli). Part II. The Entrepreneurship Process. Origins of Organizations: The Entrepreneurial Process. (M. Ruef). Technological Resources and New Firm Growth: A Comparison of Start-up and Adolescent Ventures. (S.A. Zahra , Bruce A. Kirchhoff). Management Paradigm Change in the United States: A Professional Autonomy Perspective. (B.C. Skaggs, K.T. Leicht). Upside-down Venture Capitalists and the Transition Toward Pyramidal Firms: Inevitable Progression, or Failed Experiment? (N. Wasserman). Entrepreneurship, Industrial Policy, and Clusters: The Growth of the North Carolina Wine Industry. (R. Saylor Breckenridge, I.M. Taplin). Part III. Context and Opportunities. Socializing the Ethnic Market: A Frame Analysis. (L. Corsino, M. Soto). The Henna Maker: A Moroccan Immigrant Woman Entrepreneur in an Ethnic Revival. (B. Mizrachi). Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment in Transition Economies. (A. Rona-Tas, M. Sagi). Entrepreneurial Strategies During Institutional Transitions. (M.W. Peng and Y. Jiang). Lineage Networks, Rural Entrepreneurs, and Max Weber. (Y. Peng).