Steven Si is Distinguished Professor (entrepreneurship/innovation) at Zhejiang University and research professor at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Professor Si has published about 100 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Journal of Business Venturing, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Perspectives and others. He has served as guest editor for six Special Issues for the prestigious journals such as Technovation, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, International Journal of Conflict Management, and Asia Pacific Journal of Management. Professor Si currently serves as an associate editor for the journal Technovation and the editorial board of Journal of Management Studies and other prestigious journals. David Ahlstrom is Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Professor Ahlstrom has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as the Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science, Journal of Business Venturing, and Academy of Management Perspectives. He was recognized as a ‘Highly Cited Researcher’ 2017-2019.Jiang Wei (PhD) is Changjiang Chair Professor of innovation and strategy at Zhejiang University, China. He is now serving as the Dean of School of Management at Zhejiang University. Professor Wei has published 17 academic monographs and over 400 papers in Chinese and/or international academic journals such as Journal of International Business Studies, Management and Organizational Review, Technovation, R&D Management, Asia Pacific Journal of Management and others. John Cullen (PhD, Columbia University) is Professor Emeritus of entrepreneurship, organization theory and international business/management at Washington State University. Formerly, Professor Cullen was the Huber Chair of Entrepreneurial Studies and Associate Dean for Graduate Programs. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Administration Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies and many other prestigious management/business journals. He is a past president of the Western Academy of Management.

• ForewordAlistair R AndersonIntroduction: Business, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Toward Poverty ReductionSteven Si, David Ahlstrom, Jiang Wei and John Cullen1. An anatomy of entrepreneurial pursuits in relation to povertyDouglas Cumming, Sofia Johan and Ikenna Uzuegbunam2. Regional determinants of poverty alleviation through entrepreneurship in ChinaSong Lin, Christoph Winkler, Shanshan Wang and Hui Chen3. Uncovering the scaling of innovations developed by grassroots entrepreneurs in low-income settingsMarleen Wierenga4. Entrepreneurial aspirations and poverty reduction: the role of institutional contextSanjay Goel and Ranjan Karri5. Untangling the effects of entrepreneurial opportunity on the performance of peasant entrepreneurship: the moderating roles of entrepreneurial effort and regional poverty levelAiqi Wu, Di Song and Yang Yang6. An exploratory study of entrepreneurs in impoverished communities: when institutional factors and individual characteristics result in non-productive entrepreneurshipStelvia Matos and Jeremy Hall7. Call the midwife! Business incubators as entrepreneurial enablers in developing economiesHelen Haugh8. Crafting markets and fostering entrepreneurship within underserved communities: social ventures and clean energy provision in AsiaSanjay Jain and James Koch9. Climbing the poverty ladder: the role of entrepreneurship and gender in alleviating poverty in transition economiesJulia Korosteleva and Paulina Stępień-Baig10. Trust, poverty, and subjective wellbeing among Chinese entrepreneursYiyi Su, Shaker A. Zahra, Rui Li and Di Fan

Steven Si is Distinguished Professor (entrepreneurship/innovation) at Zhejiang University and research professor at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Professor Si has published about 100 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Journal of Business Venturing, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Perspectives and others. He has served as guest editor for six Special Issues for the prestigious journals such as Technovation, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, International Journal of Conflict Management, and Asia Pacific Journal of Management. Professor Si currently serves as an associate editor for the journal Technovation and the editorial board of Journal of Management Studies and other prestigious journals. David Ahlstrom is Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Professor Ahlstrom has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as the Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science, Journal of Business Venturing, and Academy of Management Perspectives. He was recognized as a ‘Highly Cited Researcher’ 2017-2019.Jiang Wei (PhD) is Changjiang Chair Professor of innovation and strategy at Zhejiang University, China. He is now serving as the Dean of School of Management at Zhejiang University. Professor Wei has published 17 academic monographs and over 400 papers in Chinese and/or international academic journals such as Journal of International Business Studies, Management and Organizational Review, Technovation, R&D Management, Asia Pacific Journal of Management and others. John Cullen (PhD, Columbia University) is Professor Emeritus of entrepreneurship, organization theory and international business/management at Washington State University. Formerly, Professor Cullen was the Huber Chair of Entrepreneurial Studies and Associate Dean for Graduate Programs. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Administration Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Review, Journal of International Business Studies and many other prestigious management/business journals. He is a past president of the Western Academy of Management.

• ForewordAlistair R AndersonIntroduction: Business, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Toward Poverty ReductionSteven Si, David Ahlstrom, Jiang Wei and John Cullen1. An anatomy of entrepreneurial pursuits in relation to povertyDouglas Cumming, Sofia Johan and Ikenna Uzuegbunam2. Regional determinants of poverty alleviation through entrepreneurship in ChinaSong Lin, Christoph Winkler, Shanshan Wang and Hui Chen3. Uncovering the scaling of innovations developed by grassroots entrepreneurs in low-income settingsMarleen Wierenga4. Entrepreneurial aspirations and poverty reduction: the role of institutional contextSanjay Goel and Ranjan Karri5. Untangling the effects of entrepreneurial opportunity on the performance of peasant entrepreneurship: the moderating roles of entrepreneurial effort and regional poverty levelAiqi Wu, Di Song and Yang Yang6. An exploratory study of entrepreneurs in impoverished communities: when institutional factors and individual characteristics result in non-productive entrepreneurshipStelvia Matos and Jeremy Hall7. Call the midwife! Business incubators as entrepreneurial enablers in developing economiesHelen Haugh8. Crafting markets and fostering entrepreneurship within underserved communities: social ventures and clean energy provision in AsiaSanjay Jain and James Koch9. Climbing the poverty ladder: the role of entrepreneurship and gender in alleviating poverty in transition economiesJulia Korosteleva and Paulina Stępień-Baig10. Trust, poverty, and subjective wellbeing among Chinese entrepreneursYiyi Su, Shaker A. Zahra, Rui Li and Di Fan