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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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List of Contributorsvii
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
Afterword163
Howard E. AldrichUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Akram Al-TurkUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Barbara BirdAmerican University, USA
Nicholas DewNaval Postgraduate School, USA
Jonathan T. EckhardtUniversity of Wisconsin, USA
Thomas Wing Yan ManHang Seng Management College, Hong Kong
Stuart ReadWillamette University, USA
S. VenkataramanUniversity of Virginia, USA
Gabriele WiedenmayerEvaluation and Research Service, Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), Switzerland