Entrepreneurial Theory - Classic Texts
Backhaus, Jurgen ed. Joseph Alois Schumpeter:
Entrepreneurship, Style, and Vision. Boston: Klumer
Academic Publishers, 2003.
Drucker, Peter F. Innovation and Entrepreneurship:
Practices and Principles. New York, New York: Harper &
Row, 1985.
Kirzner, Isreal M. Competition and Entrepreneurs. Chicago:
The University of Chicago Press, 1973.
Schumpeter, Joseph A. Essays of J.A. Schumpeter. Cambridge,
Ma: Addison Wesley Press, Inc., 1951.
Wilken, Paul H. Entrepreneurship: A Comparative and
Historical Study. Norwood, N.J.: Ablex Publishing
Corporation, 1979.
Entrepreneurial Theory
Ardichvili, Alexander, et al. "A Theory of Entrepreneurial
Opportunity Identification and Development." Journal of
Business Venturing 18 (2003): 105-23.
Bruyat, Christian and Julien, Pierre-Andre. "Defining the
Field of Research in Entrepreneurship." Journal of Business
Venturing 16 (2000): 165-80.
Bull, Ivan and Willard, Gary. "Towards a Theory of
Entrepreneurship." Journal of Business Venturing 8 (1993):
183-96.
Bygrave, William D. and Hofer, Charles W. "Theorizing About
Entrepreneurship." Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice
16, no. 2 (1991): 13-22.
Gartner, William B. "A Conceptual Framework for Describing
the Phenomenon of New Venture Creation." Academy of
Management Review 10, no. 4 (1985): 696-706.
———. "Is There an Elephant in Entrepreneurship? Blind
Assumptions in Theory Development." Entrepreneurship:
Theory & Practice 25, no. 4 (2001): 27-39.
———. "Problems in Business Startup: The Relationships among
Entrepreneurial Skills and Problem Identification for
Different Types of New Ventures." In Frontiers of
Entrepreneurship Research: Proceedings of the 1984
Entrepreneurship Research Conference, edited by John A.
Hornaday, 196-512. Wellesley, Ma.: Center for
Entrepreneurial Studies, Babson College, 1984.
———. "Some Suggestions for Research on Entrepreneurial
Traits and Characteristics." Entrepreneurship: Theory &
Practice 14, no. 1 (1989): 27-37.
———. "What Are We Talking About When We Talk About
Entrepreneurship?" Advances in Entrepreneurship 1 (2000):
3-16.
———. ""Who Is an Entrepreneur?" Is the Wrong Question."
Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice 13, no. 14 (1989):
47-68.
Gartner, William B. and Carter, Nancy M. "Entrepreneurial
Behavior and Firm Organizing Processes." In Handbook of
Entrepreneurial Research: An Interdisciplinary Survey and
Introduction, edited by Zoltan J.; Audretsch Acs, David B.,
195-221. Boston: Kluwer Academic, 2003.
Hofer, Charles W. and Bygrave, William D. "Researching
Entrepreneurship." Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice
16, no. 3 (1992): 91-100.
Janney, Jay J. and Dess, Gregory G. "The Risk Concept for
Entrepreneurs Reconsidered: New Challenges to the
Conventional Wisdom." Journal of Business Venturing 21
(2006): 385-400.
Kirzner, Israel. "Creativity and/or Alertness: A
Reconsideration of the Schumpeterian Entrepreneur." Review
of Austrian Economics 11 (1999): 5-17.
Long, Wayne. "The Meaning of Entrepreneurship." American
Journal of Entrepreneurship 8, no. 2 (1983): 47-59.
Low, Murray B. and MacMillian, Ian C. "Entrepreneurship:
Past Research and Future Challenges." Journal of Management
14, no. 2 (1988): 139-61.
McGraw, Thomas K. "Schumpeter Ascending (Re-Emerging
Intellectual Interest in Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and
Economic Development)." The American Scholar 60 (1991):
371-92.
Shane, Scott and Venkataraman, S. "The Promise of
Entrepreneurship as a Field of Research." Academy of
Management Review 25, no. 1 (2000): 217-26.
Virtanen, Markku. "The Role of Different Theories in
Explaining Entrepreneurship." Paper presented at the USASBE
Annual National Conference, San Francisco, Ca. 1997.
Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurial Theory
Baron, Robert A. "The Cognitive Perspective: A Valuable
Tool for Answering Entrepreneurship’s Basic ‘‘Why’’
Questions." Journal of Business Venturing 19 (2004):
221-39.
———. "Potential Benefits of the Cognitive Perspective:
Expanding Entrepreneurship’s Array of Conceptual Tools."
Journal of Business Venturing 19 (2004): 169-72.
Brockner, Joel, et al. "Regulatory Focus Theory and the
Entrepreneurial Process." Journal of Business Venturing 19
(2004): 203-20.
Gatewood, Elizabeth J. "Responding to Opportunity and
Need." Peer Review 7, no. 3 (2005): 12-14.
Jackson, John and Oliver, Tony. "Personal Networks Theory
and the Arts: A Literature Review with Special Reference to
Entrepreneurial Musicians." The Journal of Arts Management,
Law and Society 33, no. 3: 240-56.
Ma, Hao and Tan, Justin. "Key Components and Implications
of Entrepreneurship: A 4-P Framework." Journal of Business
Venturing 21 (2006): 704-25.
McKelvey, Bill. "Toward a Complexity Science of
Entrepreneurship." Journal of Business Venturing 19 (2004):
313-41.
Minniti, Maria. "Entrepreneurial Alertness and Asymmetric
Information in a Spin-Glass Model." Journal of Business
Venturing 19 (2004): 637-58.
MItchell, J. Robert et al. "Untangling the Intuition Mess:
Intuition as a Construct in Entrepreneurship Research."
Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice 29, no. 6 (2005):
653-79.
Mitchell, Ronald K et al. "Are Entrepreneurial Cognitions
Universal? Assessing Entrepreneurial Cognitions across
Cultures." Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice 26, no.
4 (2002): 9-33.
———. "Cross-Cultural Cognitions and the Venture Creation
Decision." Academy of Management Journal 43, no. 5 (2000):
974-93.
———. "Toward a Theory of Entrepreneurial Cognition:
Rethinking the People Side of Entrepreneurship Research."
Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice 27, no. 2 (2002):
93-105.
Palich, Leslie E. and Bagby, D. Ray. "Using Cognitive
Theory to Explain Entrepreneurial Risk-Taking: Challenging
Conventional Wisdom." Journal of Business Venturing 10
(1995): 425-38.
Reynolds, Paul D. "Sociology and Entrepreneurship: Concepts
and Contributions." Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice
16, no. 2 (1991): 47-70.
Shaver, Kelly G. and Scott, Linda R. "Person, Process,
Choice: The Psychology of New Venture Creation Kelly G.
Shaver." Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice 16, no. 2
(1991): 23-45.
Sternberg, Robert J. "Successful Intelligence as a Basis
for Entrepreneurship." Journal of Business Venturing 19
(2004): 189-201.
Stewart, Alex. "A Prospectus on the Anthropology of
Entrepreneurship." Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice
16, no. 2 (1991): 71-91.
Ward, Thomas B. "Cognition, Creativity and
Entrepreneurship." Journal of Business Venturing 19 (2004):
173-88.
