Entrepreneurial Processes in a Changing Economy

Edited by Friederike Welter, President and Managing Director, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn and Professor, University of Siegen, Germany, the late David Smallbone, formerly Small Business Research Centre, Kingston University, UK and Anita Van Gils, Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, the Netherlands

• Contents:ForewordThomas Cooney 1. Introduction Friederike Welter, David Smallbone and Anita Van Gils2. Entrepreneurial Mobility, Resource Orchestration and ContextMike Wright3. Cohesion, Liveability and Firm Success in Dutch NeighbourhoodsBart Sleutjes, Frank Van Oort and Veronique Schutjens4. The Role of the Entrepreneur in Determining Growth: A Longitudinal Analysis of a New VentureColm O’Gorman5. New Moderating Factors for the Pioneer’s Success Pedro M. García-Villaverde, María J. Ruiz-Ortega and Gloria Parra-Requena6. The Use of Financial Bootstrapping in Small and Medium-sized Ventures and the Impact on Venture Growth Eddy Laveren, David Helleboogh and Nadine Lybaert7. Knowledge Acquisition through Strategic Networks: The Case of Franchising Maryse Brand, Evelien Croonen and Roger Leenders8. Openness and Innovativeness within Science-based Entrepreneurial Firms Einar Rasmussen and Tommy Høyvarde Clausen9. Promoting Corporate Entrepreneurship Within a Large Company: An In-depth Case Study Olga Belousova and Benoit Gailly10. The State of the Art of Knowledge Research in Entrepreneurship: A Ten-year Literature Review Alejandro Campos and Esther HormigaIndex