Passion and Entrepreneurship

Providing new perspectives on the interface between passion and entrepreneurship, this book recognizes that entrepreneurship is not just based on the search for profit. Instead, the entrepreneurial experience incorporates more complex processes, often based on less rational behavior motivated by reasons other than revenue. 'Passion' refers both to emotional elements that may fuel an entrepreneurial effort as well as something that feeds the business.

The book challenges established views and shows the complexity of the link between passion and entrepreneurship. The authors discuss the main implications for businesses, and explore how passion at the individual and community level influences entrepreneurial efforts. Offering case studies from multiple sectors alongside conceptual frameworks, this edited volume is a useful tool for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers working on entrepreneurship.

Case studies provides rich and vivid empirical accounts of real entrepreneurial stories Defines the role of passion at social levels, i.e. within individuals, teams and communities Analyzes the multiple forms and faces of passion in entrepreneurship and their differences from rational profit pursuit

Autorentext

Enrico Baraldi is Full Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management at the department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Uppsala University, Sweden.

Simone Guercini is a Full Professor of Marketing and Management at the University of Florence, Italy, and visiting Professor at ISEM, University of Navarra, Spain.

Marcus Lindahl is Chair of Industrial Engineering & Management at the department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Uppsala University, Sweden. He is also guest Professor in Production Management & Innovation at the department of Sustainable Production, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.

Andrea Perna is Associate Professor at the department of Management, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy, and visiting researcher at the department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Uppsala University, Sweden.

Inhalt

1. Introduction .- 2. Discovering passion through entrepreneurial stories: emerging features from a content analysis .- 3. The role of passion(s) in entrepreneurial team evolution .- 4. Beyond entrepreneurial passion: Are there other deeper forms of passion driving entrepreneurs .- 5. 'It's not fair!': Game and Affective Communities of Entrepreneurship .- 6. Passion, expert knowledge and community entrepreneurship .- 7. The key role of entrepreneurial passion and innovation motivation in social entrepreneurship: the OTS benefit company .- 8. Follow your passion. Passion and resilience in the surfing industry: The entrepreneurial case of Roberto Ricci Designs.