Prelims

Seminal Ideas for the Next Twenty-Five Years of Advances

ISBN: 978-1-78973-262-7, eISBN: 978-1-78973-261-0

ISSN: 1074-7540

Publication date: 19 June 2019

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(2019), "Prelims", Katz, J.A. and Corbet, A.C. (Ed.) Seminal Ideas for the Next Twenty-Five Years of Advances (Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth, Vol. 21), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-vii. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1074-754020190000021008

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Seminal Ideas for the Next Twenty-Five Years of Advances

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Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth

Series Editors: Jerome A. Katz and Andrew C. Corbett

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Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth Volume 21

Seminal Ideas for the Next Twenty-Five Years of Advances

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Jerome A. Katz

Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business, Saint Louis University, USA

Andrew C. Corbett

Babson College, USA

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Contents

List of Contributors vii
Introduction
Jerome A. Katz and Andrew C. Corbett
1
Chapter 1 The Distinctive Domain of Entrepreneurship Research
S. Venkataraman (1997)
5
Chapter 2 The Distinctive Domain as a Durable Way Forward
Jonathan T. Eckhardt
21
Chapter 3 Is It Worth It? The Relevant Performance Yardstick for the Entrepreneur
Nicholas Dew and Stuart Read
35
Chapter 4 From Traits to Rates: An Ecological Perspective on Organizational Foundings
Howard E. Aldrich and Gabriele Wiedenmayer (1993)
61
Chapter 5 Revisiting “Traits To Rates” After 25 Years: Organizational Ecology’s Limited Impact on Entrepreneurship Research
Akram Al-Turk and Howard E. Aldrich
99
Chapter 6 Toward a Theory of Entrepreneurial Competency
Barbara Bird (1995)
115
Chapter 7 Reflection on Entrepreneurial Competency
Barbara Bird
133
Chapter 8 Nurturing Entrepreneurial Competencies Through University-based Entrepreneurship Centers: A Social Constructivist Perspective
Thomas Wing Yan Man
141
Afterword 163

List Of Contributors

Howard E. Aldrich University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Akram Al-Turk University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Barbara Bird American University, USA
Nicholas Dew Naval Postgraduate School, USA
Jonathan T. Eckhardt University of Wisconsin, USA
Thomas Wing Yan Man Hang Seng Management College, Hong Kong
Stuart Read Willamette University, USA
S. Venkataraman University of Virginia, USA
Gabriele Wiedenmayer Evaluation and Research Service, Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), Switzerland