Entrepreneurship Theory At The Crossroads

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The book is a collection of the author's major research papers on entrepreneurship, deriving valuable propositions from a wide range of entrepreneurial practices. It contains eight newly added chapters including a brilliant critique on the author's Theory of Entrepreneurial Heuristics by three British scholars. Thepapers included in this book deal with a variety of themes in entrepreneurship theory. Special Feature The book is a collection of the author's major research papers on entrepreneurship, deriving valuable propositions from a wide range of entrepreneurial practices. Of 20 chapters in the book eight have been newly added to the second edition including a brilliant critique on the author's Theory of Entrepreneurial Heuristics by three British scholars. The papers included in this book deal with a variety of themes in entrepreneurship theory. The themes covered include the concept of entrepreneurial innovation; the paradigms of strategic choice vs. environmental determinism; heuristics, rules of thumb, and behavioral orientations of innovative ventures; entrepreneurial taxonomies; partnerships and networking; policies of growth ventures; entrepreneurial motivation; promotion of industrial clusters, financing of innovation; entrepreneurship in established firms; and the assessment of entrepreneurial activity as well as framework conditions in India.

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Dr. Mathew J. Manimala is Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Jamuna Raghavan Chair Professor of Entrepreneurship at the IIM, Bangalore. He was also the Chairperson NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning at IIM Bangalore. Prior to this, he served as a Senior Faculty and Chairman Human Resource Area at the ASCI, Hyderabad. He obtained an MBAdegree from the Univ. of Cochin, an MBSc degree from the Univ. of Manchester and a doctoral degree from IIM Ahmedabad. Table of Contents Chapter 1. Entrepreneurial Innovation: Beyond Schumpeter Chapter 2. Innovative Entrepreneurship: Testing the Theory of Environmental Determinism Chapter 3. Entrepreneurial Heuristics: A Comparison between High PI (Pioneering-Innovative) and Low PI Ventures Chapter 4. Rules of Thumb that help Innovators: ATale of Two Entrepreneurs Chapter 5. New Venture Strategies: The Innovators' Choice Chapter 6. Beyond Innovators and Imitators: A Taxonomy of Entrepreneurs Chapter 7. Networking for Innovation: Anecdotal Evidences from a Large-Sample Study of Innovative Enterprises Chapter 8. Higher Education-Enterprise Co-operation and the Entrepreneurial Graduate: The Need for a New Paradigm Chapter 9. Organizational Learning through Partnerships: The Case of SMEs Chapter 10. Managing R & D in SMEs: Taking Advantage of the Giants' Shoulders Chapter 11. Growth Venture Policies and Founder Characteristics: Evidence from British High-Growth and Low-Growth Ventures Chapter 12. Policies and Founder Characteristics of New Technology-Based Firms (NTBFs): A Comparison between British and Indian Firms Chapter 13. Founder Characteristics and Start-up Policies of Entrepreneurial Ventures: A Comparison between British and Indian Enterprises Chapter 14. Entrepreneurial Motivation Revisited Chapter15. Promoting Industrial Clusters in India: Lessons from Europe and East Asia Chapter 16. Entrepreneurship in Established Indian Firms: Strategies for Coping with Large-Scale Changes in the Business Environment Chapter 17. Financing Innovation: Strategies of Established versus Start-up Ventures Chapter 18. Turnaround Management: AStage-Theory for the Doubly Entrepreneurial Act Chapter 19. Entrepreneurial Framework Conditions and Activity Levels in India: Results of a National Survey Compared with the Global Scenario Chapter 20. Epilogue Manimala's Entrepreneurial Cognition Research: The Beginning of ‘Deep' Entrepreneurial Cognition Research