Research on Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is one of the most rapidly growing areas for research

Entrepreneurship has become a popular career path all over the world and there has been intense interest in the subject shown by researchers and policymakers in both developed and developing countries.

Research relating to entrepreneurship has been expanding rapidly and has touched upon a diverse range of issues including culture/ethnicity; economic growth; education/learning; entrepreneurship theory and practice; ethics; family-owned businesses; finance; firm performance/planning; gender; human resources; intrepreneurship versus entrepreneurship; international entrepreneurship, cross-national comparisons and individual country studies; internationalization, exporting and small business; motivation/firm creation or dissolution/founder characteristics; quality systems; resource-based views of the firm; social networks/business groups/alliances; strategic planning and product development; supply chain management/distribution; teams; technology and technology-based firms; and venture capital.

In addition, the interest in entrepreneurship is no longer confined to developed countries and it is now well established that encouragement of entrepreneurial activities, including new venture formation, can and should be an important policy tool for governments in emerging markets looking to stimulate economic growth and development.

This chapter provides an overview of important themes relation to research on entrepreneurship.