This book draws together William B. Gartner’s key contributions to entrepreneurship research
over the past 25 years. An original introduction by the author offers a comprehensive …

Entrepreneurship is the creation of organizations. What differentiates entrepreneurs from
non-entrepreneurs is that entrepreneurs create organizations, while non-entrepreneurs do not. …

This paper suggests that entrepreneurship is the process of “emergence.” An organizational
behavior perspective on entrepreneurship would focus on the process of organizational …

A review of the entrepreneurship literature suggests that differences among entrepreneurs
and among their ventures are as great as the variation between entrepreneurs and …

This article uses the six key specification decisions for entrepreneurship research (purpose,
theoretical perspective, focus, level of analysis, time frame, and methodology) outlined in …

This research analyzed new venture start-up activities undertaken by 71 nascent entrepreneurs.
Nascent entrepreneurs are individuals who were identified as taking steps to found a …

The purpose of this research was to explore the underlying meanings researchers and
practitioners have about entrepreneurship and to outline some themes that characterize the …

This study explores heterogeneity in how firms have achieved high growth. Using the
population of all firms in Sweden with more than 20 employees in existence in 1996 (N=11,748), …

This paper explores the reasons that nascent entrepreneurs offered for their work and
career choices and compares those responses to the reasons given by a group of …

This article explores the characteristics of emerging organizations and suggests that emerging
organizations can be identified by four properties: intentionality, resources, boundary, and …