Great Minds in Entrepreneurship Research

Awarded every year since 1996, the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research (GAER) recognizes outstanding contributions in quality and importance to scientific research in entrepreneurship. This book examines the work of GAER award winners (19962020), discusses major contributions to the field, identifies critiques of their work, and highlights directions for future research. Students and faculty will find this book to be a rich resource for understanding the impact of leading entrepreneurship scholars.

First book to cast light on entrepreneurship research through a wide-ranging survey of the works of its leading scholars Offers constructive discussion of the work of GAER awardees, including presenting major criticisms of their research Relates the scholarship of GAER awardees to ongoing research in the field of entrepreneurship

Autorentext
Vishal K. Gupta is Associate Professor at the University of Alabama, USA. He has published over 50 research articles in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Journal of Business Venturing, among others. He has also been a Visiting Professor at the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance and the Indian Institutes of Management at Kashipur and Shillong. He received his PhD from the University of Missouri.

Zusammenfassung

"The book provides rich insights into how these GAER winners shaped the discourse in entrepreneurship research and its evolution. The book will help doctoral students complement their readings in the foundations of entrepreneurship course, apart from providing students and researchers in other management disciplines with excellent perspectives on interdisciplinary opportunities in entrepreneurship research." (Shankar Naskar, International Small Business Journal ISBJ, May 12, 2021)

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Introduction. - Chapter 2. Small Firms. - Chapter 3. Purpose. - Chapter 4. Geography. - Chapter 5. From the Disciplines. - Chapter 6. Strategy. - Chapter 7. Sub-Domains. - Chapter 8. Overall Program. - Chapter 9. Conclusion