Edited by Hans Landström, Professor Emeritus in Business Administration, Lund University, Sweden, Hans Crijns, Professor, Centre for Entrepreneurship, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, Eddy Laveren, Professor, University of Antwerp and Antwerp Management School, Belgium and the late David Smallbone, formerly Professor of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Small Business Research Centre, Kingston University, UK

'Collectively, the authors present an informative overview of some of the best European research in entrepreneurship that exists at present. In addition, the variation in research traditions and approaches offer the reader an interesting insight into the various disciplinary perspectives that can shed light on entrepreneurial activities, including insights from psychology, sociology, finance and strategy. The attempt to examine both individual and firm-level analysis is also a strength of this book, given that the majority of entrepreneurship research tends to focus on just one of these streams and there is a dearth of work that is able to integrate and understand both dimensions simultaneously. . . the book provides value for money for those whom entrepreneurship research within a European context is a particular interest.'

• Contents:ForewordFriederike Welter PART I: INTRODUCTION1. IntroductionHans Crijns, Eddy Laveren, Hans Landström and David Smallbone2. Looking Back at 20 Years of Entrepreneurship Research: What Did We Learn?Per DavidssonPART II: ENTREPRENEURS AND THEIR ROLE3. The Hunt for the Heffalump Continues: Who is the Flemish Entrepreneur?Eva Cools4. How Do You React to Entrepreneurship Education? An Examination of the Role of Predispositions in an Enactive Mastery Experience of EntrepreneurshipFréderic Delmar and Régis Goujet5. Why Do They Use Financial Bootstrapping? A Quantitative Study of New Business ManagersJoakim WinborgPART III: ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN FAMILY FIRMS6. Transgenerational Entrepreneurship: Exploring Entrepreneural Orientation in Family FirmsMattias Nordqvist, Timothy G. Habbershon and Leif Melin7. Financing and Growth Behaviour of Family Firms: Differences between First- and Next-generation-managed FirmsVincent Molly, Eddy Laveren and Ann Jorissen8. The Link between Family Orientation,Strategy and Innovation in Dutch SBEs: Lagged EffectsLorraine M. Uhlaner, Sita Tan, Joris Meijaard and Ron KempPART V: PERFORMANCE OF NEW VENTURES9. New Venture Teams: The Relationship between Initial Team Characteristics, Team Processes and PerformanceDaniela A. Almer-Jarz, Erich J. Schwarz and Robert J. Breitenecker10. Entrepreneurs’ Human Capital and Early Business PerformanceEspen John Isaksen11. Direct and Indirect Effects of Entrepreneurial and Market Orientations on the International Performance of Spanish and Belgian International New VenturesMaría Ripollés, Andreu Blesa, Diego Monferrer and Ysabel NauwelaertsPART VI: PROCESSES AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP12. Emergency Entrepreneurship: Creative Organizing in the Eye of the StormBengt Johannisson and Lena Olaison13. On the Role of Academic Staff as Entrepreneurs in University Spin-offs: Case Studies of Biotechnology Firms in NorwayOlav R. Spilling14. Innovation at the Intersection of Market Strategy and Technology: A Study of Digital Marketing Adoption Among SMEs Vladimir Vanyushyn15. Employment Growth of New Firms Erik Stam, Petra Gibcus, Jennifer Telussa and Elizabeth Garnsey Index