The Oxford handbook of entrepreneurship / edited by Mark Casson ... [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Theories of entrepreneurship : historical development and critical assessment / Martin Ricketts -- Entrepreneurship : an evolutionary perspective / J. Stanley Metcalfe -- Cognitive aspects of entrepreneurship : decision-making and attitudes to risk / Nigel S. Wadeson -- Entrepreneurship and marketing / Martin Carter -- Historical biographies of entrepreneurs / T.A.B. Corley -- Determinants of small firm survival and growth / Robert Cressy -- Start-ups and entry barriers : small and medium-sized firms population dynamics / Zoltan J. Acs -- Definitions, diversity and development : key debates in family business research / Carole Howorth, Mary Rose and Eleanor Hamilton -- Evaluating SME policies and programmes : technical and political dimensions / David J. Storey -- Entrepreneurship, growth and restructuring / David B. Audretsch and Max Keilbach -- Innovation in large firms / Walter Kuemmerle -- Entrepreneurship, technology and Schumpeterian innovation : entrants and incumbents / Luca Berchicci and Christopher L. Tucci -- Venture capital / Robert Cressy -- Corporate venture capital : past evidence and future directions / Gary Dushnitsky -- Entrepreneurship, self-employment and the labour market / Simon C. Parker -- Habitual entrepreneurs / Deniz Ucbasaran, Paul Westhead and Mike Wright -- Entrepreneurship and management buy-outs / Mike Wright and Andrew Burrows -- The social dimensions of entrepreneurship / Amir N. Licht and Jordan I. Siegel -- Institutional obstacles to entrepreneurship / Kathy Fogel ... [and others] -- Ethnic and minority enterprise / Anuradha Basu -- Migration of entrepreneurs / Andrew Godley -- Women entrepreneurs a research overview / Candida Brush -- Enterprise culture / Marina Della-Giusta and Zella King -- Regional development : clusters and districts / Philip McCann -- International expansion : foreign direct investment by small- and medium-sized enterprises / Peter J. Buckley -- Entrepreneurship in transition economies / Saul Estrin, Klaus E. Meyer and Maria Bytchkova.