ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE CREATION OF SMALL FIRMS

Entrepreneurship Research Often Presupposes Similarities Between National Contexts Despite Evidence Of Extensive Differences. This Timely Study Focuses On The Important Issue Of New Venture Creation Using A Variety Of Data Sources, Methods And Theories. The Authors Demonstrate The Factors That Aid Or Hinder New Venture Creation In A Number Of Settings. The Empirical Context Underpinning This Research Is Sweden - A Small Open Economy With A Renowned Quality Of Data That Allows Important Research Questions To Be Uniquely Addressed With Great Concern For Relevance And Policy Implications.--jacket. Introduction / Carin Holmquist, Johan Wiklund -- New Start Up Firms Among Swedish Patent Holders / Roger Svensson -- Entrepreneurial Human Capital : A Real Options Perspective / Karl Wennberg -- New Ventures' Entry Strategies : A Comparison Of Academic And Non Academic Business Startups / Sari Roininen, Håkan Ylinenpää -- How Human Capital Affects Self Employment Among The Science And Technology Labor Force / Johan Wiklund, Frédéric Delmar, Karin Hellerstedt -- Framing Of New Business Concepts In Established Corporations : An Explanatory Investigation / Christian Czernich, Ivo Zander -- Refueling Or Running Dry : Entrepreneurs' Energetic Resources And The Start Up Process / Anders Landberg -- International Entrepreneurship And The Theory Of Effectuation / Svante Andersson -- Learning From Swedish Entrepreneurship Research / Carin Holmquist, Johan Wiklund. Edited By Carin Holmquist, Johan Wiklund. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "Entrepreneurship research often presupposes similarities between national contexts despite evidence of extensive differences. This timely study focuses on the important issue of new venture creation using a variety of data sources, methods and theories." "The authors demonstrate the factors that aid or hinder new venture creation in a number of settings. The empirical context underpinning this research is Sweden - a small open economy…