Understanding the Entrepreneurial Mind Opening the Black Box

Why do some people start business and others do not? Is entrepreneurship a natural quality or can it be taught? Do entrepreneurs think differently from others? While there is a great deal of literature exploring the dynamics of new firm creation, policies to promote innovation and technology transfe...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Carsrud, Alan L. (Editor), Brännback, Malin (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2009, 2009
Edition:1st ed. 2009
Series:International Studies in Entrepreneurship
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Entrepreneurial Perceptions and Intentions
  • Perceptions – Looking at the World Through Entrepreneurial Lenses
  • Toward A Contextual Model of Entrepreneurial Intentions
  • An “Informed” Intent Model: Incorporating Human Capital, Social Capital, and Gender Variables into the Theoretical Model of Entrepreneurial Intentions
  • Entrepreneurial Intentions are Dead: Long Live Entrepreneurial Intentions
  • Cognitive Maps and Entrepreneurial Scripts
  • Cognitive Maps in Entrepreneurship: Researching Sense Making and Action
  • Entrepreneurial Scripts and Entrepreneurial Expertise: The Information Processing Perspective
  • Motivations, Emotions, and Entrepreneurial Passion
  • Motivations: The Entrepreneurial Mind and Behavior
  • The Role of Emotions and Cognitions in Entrepreneurial Decision-Making
  • Collective Passion in Entrepreneurial Teams
  • Attributions, Self-Efficacy, and Locus of Control
  • Why? Attributions About and by Entrepreneurs
  • Self-Efficacy: Conditioning the Entrepreneurial Mindset
  • Perceptions of Efficacy, Control, and Risk: A Theory of Mixed Control
  • Beyond Cognitions: From Thinking and Opportunity Alertness and Opportunity Identification to Behaving
  • Entrepreneurial Decision-Making: Thinking Under Uncertainty
  • Entrepreneurial Alertness and Opportunity Identification: Where Are We Now?
  • Entrepreneurial Behavior: Its Nature, Scope, Recent Research, and Agenda for Future Research