Entrepreneurship Theory At The Crossroads(2Nd Ed.)

Download or read book Entrepreneurship Theory At The Crossroads(2Nd Ed.) written by Mathew J. Manimala and published by Dreamtech Press. This book was released on 2005-10-21 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a collection of the author's major research papers on entrepreneurship, deriving valuable propositions from a wide range of entrepreneurial practices. It contains eight newly added chapters including a brilliant critique on the author's Theory of Entrepreneurial Heuristics by three British scholars. The papers included in this book deal with a variety of themes in entrepreneurship theory.· Chapter 1. Entrepreneurial Innovation: Beyond Schumpeter · Chapter 2. Innovative Entrepreneurship: Testing the Theory of Environmental Determinism · Chapter 3. Entrepreneurial Heuristics: A Comparison between High PI (Pioneering-Innovative) and Low PI Ventures Chapter 4. Rules of Thumb that help Innovators: ATale of Two Entrepreneurs · Chapter 5. New Venture Strategies: The Innovators' Choice · Chapter 6. Beyond Innovators and Imitators: A Taxonomy of Entrepreneurs · Chapter 7. Networking for Innovation: Anecdotal Evidences from a Large-Sample Study of Innovative Enterprises Chapter 8. Higher Education-Enterprise Co-operation and the Entrepreneurial Graduate: The Need for a New Paradigm · Chapter 9. Organizational Learning through Partnerships: The Case of SMEs · Chapter 10. Managing R & D in SMEs: Taking Advantage of the Giants' Shoulders · Chapter 11. Growth Venture Policies and Founder Characteristics: Evidence from British High-Growth and Low-Growth Ventures · Chapter 12. Policies and Founder Characteristics of New Technology-Based Firms (NTBFs): A Comparison between British and Indian Firms · Chapter 13. Founder Characteristics and Start-up Policies of Entrepreneurial Ventures: A Comparison between British and Indian Enterprises · Chapter 14. Entrepreneurial Motivation Revisited · Chapter15. Promoting Industrial Clusters in India: Lessons from Europe and East Asia · Chapter 16. Entrepreneurship in Established Indian Firms: Strategies for Coping with Large-Scale Changes in the Business Environment · Chapter 17. Financing Innovation: Strategies of Established versus Start-up Ventures · Chapter 18. Turnaround Management: AStage-Theory for the Doubly Entrepreneurial Act · Chapter 19. Entrepreneurial Framework Conditions and Activity Levels in India: Results of a National Survey Compared with the Global Scenario · Chapter 20. Epilogue Manimala's Entrepreneurial Cognition Research: The Beginning of Deep' Entrepreneurial Cognition Research