Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research An Interdisciplinary Survey an
Interest and attention to entrepreneurship has exploded in recent years. Yet, much of the research and scholarship has remained elusive to academics, policymakers and other researchers. This reflects two crucial aspects of the entrepreneurship literature.
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International Handbook Series on Entrepreneurship VOLUME 1 Series Editors Zoltan J . Acs, University of Baltimore, U.S.A. David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, U.S. A.
SERIES FOREWORD Interest in entrepreneurship has surged in the last decade. Scholars across a broad spectrum of fields and disciplines have responded by generating new research approaches uncovering a wealth of new findings and insights about entrepreneurship. This new research spans not just a diverse set of fields, such as management, finance, psychology, economics, sociology, and geography but also a wide range of countries reflecting the fact that entrepreneurship is a global phenomenon. The exceptionally cross-disciplinary nature of entrepreneurship has made it difficult for scholars in any one particular field to become aware of and understand the leading contributions and insights emerging in other disciplines. The purpose of this series is to compile a series of handbooks, each devoted to a particular issue in the entrepreneurship field. Each handbook will draw upon the leading international scholars from the entire range of disciplines contributing to entrepreneurship to articulate the state of knowledge about a particular topic. The contribution should identify the fundamental questions which are being posed, the methodological approaches, types of data bases used for empirical analyses, the most important empirical regularities to emerge in the literature, major policy conclusions, and the most promising research direction. Thus, each handbook will reflect the interdisciplinary nature of entrepreneurship that has proven to be elusive to discipline-based scholars. A goal of the Handbook Series is not only to provide a state-of-the-art coverage of what has been learned about entrepreneurship, but that when viewed in its entirety, entrepreneurship is emerging as a bona fide academic discipline. The particular topics in the Series will be drawn from discussions with the leading scholars. Each handbook will be directed and compiled by a Handbook Editor. (S)he will work closely with the Series Editor to ensure that the contents and contributions are appropriate, and that there is consistency with the other volumes in the Series. The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
HANDBOOK OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH An Interdisciplinary Survey and Introduction
Edited by
ZOLTAN J. ACS University of Baltimore, U.S.A. and
DAVID B. AUDRETSCH Indiana University, U.S.A.
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS BOSTON / DORDRECHT / LONDON
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 1-4020-7358-5 (HC)
ISBN 0-387-24080-2 (SC)
E-book ISBN 0-387-245 19-7
Printed on acid-free paper.
First softcover printing, 2005 O 2003 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 233 Spring Str
