Creating Entrepreneurial Space : Talking Through Multi-Voices, Reflections on Emerging Debates.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (222 pages)
- Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research Series ; v.9, Part B .
- Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Series Editor's Preface -- Reference -- Chapter 1: Putting 'Thought' into the Theory/Practice Debate -- SOME THOUGHTS … -- References -- Chapter 2: An Extended Stage Model for Assessing Yemeni Smes' E-Business Adoption -- INTRODUCTION -- E-BUSINESS IN YEMENI SMES -- E-BUSINESS ACTIVITIES: BENEFITS AND BARRIERS -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF STAGE ADOPTION MODELS -- METHODOLOGY -- FINDINGS -- CONCLUSION -- References -- Chapter 3: What Does it Mean to Think as an Entrepreneur? Using THE THRESHOLD CONCEPT FRAMEWORK to Inform Entrepreneurship Education -- INTRODUCTION -- KEY LITERATURE -- Threshold Concepts -- Entrepreneurship -- METHODOLOGY -- The Delphi Method -- DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY -- FINDINGS -- CONCLUSIONS -- References -- Chapter 4: Exploring Decision-Making: An Information Processing Perspective -- INTRODUCTION -- ENTREPRENEURIAL COGNITIONS -- COGNITIVE STYLE -- ENTREPRENEURIAL COGNITIONS AND DECISION-MAKING -- THEORETICAL FRAMING: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL -- METHODOLOGY -- RESEARCH SAMPLE -- DATA COLLECTION -- DATA ANALYSIS -- QUALITATIVE STRAND -- COGNITIVE MAPPING FOR THE DECISION PROCESS -- STYLE AND VERSATILITY -- QUANTITATIVE STRAND -- FINDINGS -- COGNITIVE DECISION-PROCESS MAPS -- COGNITIVE STYLE DIFFERENCES IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS -- STYLE VERSATILITY IN THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS -- DISCUSSION -- LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH -- References -- Chapter 5: Facilitation of Learning in Transformative Learning Circles: Enabling Entrepreneurial Mindsets Through Co-Creation of Knowledge -- Introduction -- Key Literature -- Networks and the Entrepreneurial Mindset -- Facilitation of Learning Processes in the Entrepreneurial Education -- Understanding Facilitation -- Co-creation and Learning -- Description of the Case Study -- Facilitation in the TLC. Facilitation Competences -- Facilitation Design -- Facilitation Roles and Style -- Participant's Perceptions -- Challenges Faced by the Facilitators -- Co-creation of Knowledge in the TLC -- Prerequisites for Co-creation -- Co-creation Results - Visible and Tangible, Immediate Versus Long Term -- Barriers to Co-creation -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Business Support as Regulatory Context: Exploring the Enterprise Industry -- Introduction -- SME Business Support -- Government Support -- Membership Organisations: Chambers of Commerce -- Educators: Universities -- Professional Services: Accountants -- Large Businesses and Supply Chains -- Regulation as Support? -- Rethinking the Regulatory Context -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: The Role of Mentoring in Youth Entrepreneurship Finance: A Global Perspective1 -- Abstract -- Introduction - General Principles -- Prior Work - Unlocking Potential -- Methodological Approach -- Key Findings -- Contribution and Implications -- Introduction -- Literature -- Youth Business International (YBI) Programme -- Methodology -- Findings -- Survey Profile -- Relationship between VBM and External Finance (RQ1) -- Impacts of VBM and Finance Support on Business Development (RQ2) -- Qualitative Case Study Evidence -- Discussion: Theoretical and Policy Implications for VBM and Microfinance -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8: Reflections on Technium Swansea: Ambition, Learning and Patience -- INTRODUCTION -- ECONOMIC AND DEVOLVED GOVERNMENT POLICY CONTEXT -- THEORETICAL CONTEXT -- TECHNIUMS 1 AND 2: TECHNIUM SWANSEA -- APPROACH -- EXISTING DISCUSSION OF TECHNIUM -- SURVEY RESULTS AND DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- References -- Chapter 9: Entrepreneurship in the Open Space: A New Dynamic for Creating Value? -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE. The RESEARCH APPROACH -- CATEGORIES OF OPEN RESOURCES AND PROCESSES -- OPENNESS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION -- VALUE CREATION FROM OPEN RESOURCES AND PROCESSES -- EVIDENCE OF VALUE CREATION -- OE FOR INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT -- DEFINING OE -- DISCUSSION OF THE QUESTIONS RAISED -- References -- Chapter 10: Researching Entrepreneurship: Conflictual Relationships in a Team-Based Project -- Introduction -- Team-Based Conflict -- Academic Modes of Knowledge Production -- Research Methods -- THE EVOLUTION OF BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE -- Discussion: Conflict, Knowledge Production and the EBK Team -- Conclusions -- References -- About the Editors -- About the Authors -- Index.
The book draws upon new theoretical perspectives and approaches as a means of illustrating the inherently social and contextualized nature of entrepreneurial practice, and advance the manner in which we critically think about and engage with various aspects of entrepreneurial practice and development.
9781787695771
Entrepreneurship-Social aspects. Entrepreneurship-Political aspects. Entrepreneurship-Moral and ethical aspects.