TY - BOOK AU - Casson,Mark TI - The Oxford handbook of entrepreneurship T2 - Oxford handbooks SN - 9780199546992 (pbk.) AV - R HB 615 O98 2008 U1 - 338.04 PY - 2008/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Entrepreneurship KW - Empreendedorismo KW - larpcal N1 - Originally published: 2006; Includes bibliographical references and index; Theories of entrepreneurship : historical development and critical assessment; Martin Ricketts --; Entrepreneurship : an evolutionary perspective; J. Stanley Metcalfe --; Cognitive aspects of entrepreneurship : decision-making and attitudes to risk; Nigel S. Wadeson --; Entrepreneurship and marketing; Martin Carter --; Historical biographies of entrepreneurs; T.A.B. Corley --; Determinants of small firm survival and growth; Robert Cressy --; Start-ups and entry barriers : small and medium-sized firms population dynamics; Zoltan J. Acs --; Definitions, diversity and development : key debates in family business research; Carole Howorth, Mary Rose and Eleanor Hamilton --; Evaluating SME policies and programmes : technical and political dimensions; David J. Storey --; Entrepreneurship, growth and restructuring; David B. Audretsch and Max Keilbach --; Innovation in large firms; Walter Kuemmerle --; Entrepreneurship, technology and Schumpeterian innovation : entrants and incumbents; Luca Berchicci and Christopher L. Tucci --; Venture capital; Robert Cressy --; Corporate venture capital : past evidence and future directions; Gary Dushnitsky --; Entrepreneurship, self-employment and the labour market; Simon C. Parker --; Habitual entrepreneurs; Deniz Ucbasaran, Paul Westhead and Mike Wright --; Entrepreneurship and management buy-outs; Mike Wright and Andrew Burrows --; The social dimensions of entrepreneurship; Amir N. Licht and Jordan I. Siegel --; Institutional obstacles to entrepreneurship; Kathy Fogel ... [et al.] --; Ethnic and minority enterprise; Anuradha Basu --; Migration of entrepreneurs; Andrew Godley --; Women entrepreneurs a research overview; Candida Brush --; Enterprise culture; Marina Della-Giusta and Zella King --; Regional development : clusters and districts; Philip McCann --; International expansion : foreign direct investment by small- and medium-sized enterprises; Peter J. Buckley --; Entrepreneurship in transition economies; Saul Estrin, Klaus E. Meyer and Maria Bytchkova N2 - Entrepreneurship is a key factor in economic growth, innovation, & the development of firms & businesses. Written by leading scholars, this book presents a comprehensive review of the research in entrepreneurship ER -