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We are pleased to announce the publication of Volume 14 in the Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth book series:

Entrepreneurial Action

Editors: Andrew C. Corbett and Jerome A. Katz

ISBN: 9781780529004

A synopsis of the book, full table of contents (complete with links to abstracts) and information on purchase, adoption and review request options can be found below.

Synopsis

Volume 14 addresses the central issue of entrepreneurial action: while many factors are important to the phenomenon of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship does not happen until someone takes action! Leading scholars address this through cutting edge thinking on entrepreneurial action via concepts such as 'world-making' and entrepreneurial agency. Two empirical chapters examine how conditions of uncertainty shape the action that underlies opportunity creation and how specific venture creation actions effect nascent entrepreneurial efforts. An integrative model of the cognitive processes provides new insights regarding the importance of inflection points. The role of institutions in entrepreneurial action is examined in the case of state-sponsored social protection and university-based technology transfer systems. Applying effectual and linear models of entrepreneurial action in college classrooms is also explored. The final chapter examines the conceptual foundations and research challenges that lie ahead for scholars investigating entrepreneurial action.

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Introduction: The Action of Entrepreneurs

Andrew C. Corbett, Jerome A. Katz (pp. ix - xix)

Worldmaking

Saras Sarasvathy (pp. 1 - 24)

Backed by the State: Social Protection and Starting Businesses in Knowledge-Intensive Industries

Phillip H. Kim, Cheol-Sung Lee, Paul D. Reynolds (pp. 25 - 62)

University Scientists' Choice to Commercialize their Discoveries

Peter T. Gianiodis, Jill A. Brown (pp. 63 - 88)

Opportunity Creation, Underlying Conditions and Economic Exchange

J. Robert Mitchell, Ronald K. Mitchell, Benjamin T. Mitchell, Sharon Alvarez (pp. 89 - 123)

Captains of their Own Destiny? Toward a Theory of Entrepreneurial Agency in Firm Survival

David M. Townsend (pp. 125 - 160)

Action's Place in the Venture Creation Process

Scott R. Gordon (pp. 161 - 205)

The Road to Riches? A Model of the Cognitive Processes and Inflection Points Underpinning Entrepreneurial Action

Matthew S. Wood, David W. Williams, Denis A. Grégoire (pp. 207 - 252)

Teaching Entrepreneurial Action: Application of Creative Logic

Erik Noyes, Candida Brush (pp. 253 - 280)

Entrepreneurial Action: Conceptual Foundations and Research Challenges

Kelly G. Shaver (pp. 281 - 306)

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Kieran

Kieran Booluck

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