There are many factors involved in becoming an effective entrepreneur. This book is a wide-ranging examination of the influences on entrepreneurial activity that also asks new questions of entrepreneurship and opens new avenues of research.

Contents: Foreword by Friederike Welter Introduction: The Role of European Research in Understanding Entrepreneurship Alain Fayolle, Paula Kyrö and Francisco Liñán PART I THE ROLE OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEURSHIP 1. Applying Doctoral Studies and Research on Entrepreneurship To Teachers’ Work at HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences Tarja Römer-Paakkanen 2. Creating a Measurement Tool for Entrepreneurship Education: A Participatory Development Approach Elena Ruskovaara, Timo Pihkala, Jaana Seikkula-Leino and Tiina Rytkölä 3. Validating a Theory of Planned Behaviour Questionnaire to Measure Entrepreneurial Intentions Samuel Rueda, Juan A. Moriano and Francisco Liñán 4. Developmental Networks and Entrepreneurial Competence Development: A Survey of Active and Former Junior Entrepreneurs. Tina Gruber-Muecke and Norbert Kailer PART II THE ROLE OF CONTEXT IN SHAPING ENTREPRENEURSHIP 5. Socio-Psychological Characteristics of Entrepreneurial Teams: Profiling the Entrepreneurial Potential. Susana C. Santos, Sílvia Fernandes Costa and António Caetano 6. From Words to Deeds: Are Italian Universities Changing Their Discursive Practices To Promote Entrepreneurship? Angelo Riviezzo, Maria Rosaria Napolitano and Antonella Garofano 7. Cultural Values in the Study of the Society’s Entrepreneurial Potential Inmaculada Jaén and Francisco Liñán PART III THE ROLE OF INNOVATIVE STRATEGY IN GROWING ENTREPRENEURSHIP 8. Corporate Entrepreneurship and Rent Creation: An Integration of Perspectives Jorunn Grande 9. Strategic Resource Management in the Service Sector Timo Rinne 10. Absorptive and Adaptive Capability in Commercializing New Technology: A Case Study of Emerging Petroleum Companies In Norway Tatiana Iakovleva, Elin Oftedal and Lene Foss PART IV INTEGRATING CONTEXT AND STRATEGY IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP 11. How Entrepreneurs Develop Relationships for Community Ventures Within Local Communities Ingebjørg Vestrum 12. The Innovative Performance of Firms in African Clusters Nasiru D. Taura 13. The Business Model and Entrepreneurial Strategies – The Case Of SMEs in Mature Industries Ingrid Roaldsen 14. A Viability Study of Social Economy Firms in a Market Economy: An Application in Southern Spain. Carmen Guzmán-Alfonso, María de la O Barroso-González and Joaquín Guzmán-Cuevas Index