The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management, Entrepreneurship (2^nd Ed., Volume 3) Entrepreneurship The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management Series

This new volume in the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management volume set: The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship, especially commissioned for the second edition from editors Michael A. Hitt and R. Duane Ireland, charts the key concepts and frameworks in the expanding field of Entrepreneurship.

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• A brand new, state-of-the-art volume in the growing field of Entrepreneurship;
  
• Features 90 important entrepreneurship concepts written by 110 international contributors;
  
• Charts the key concepts and frameworks of the field, covering: 'creative destruction'; competitive dynamics; real options; social capital; corporate entrepreneurship; risk management; franchising; succession planning; location effects; spinoffs; and product innovation.

Preface.

About the Editors.

List of Contributors.

Dictionary Entries A-Z.

Index.

students and researchers in business and entrepreneurship

Michael A. Hitt is a Distinguished Professor and holds the Joseph Foster Chair in Business Leadership and the C.W. and Dorothy Conn Chair in New Ventures at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. He has authored or coauthored several books and book chapters and numerous articles in such journals as the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organization Science, Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies and Journal of Management, among others. His recent publications include three books, Mergers and Acquisitions: A Guide to Creating Value for Stakeholders (2001) (Oxford University Press) and Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization, 5th Edition (2003) and Competing for Advantage (2004) (SouthWestern Publishing Co.). He is Coeditor of several recent books, Managing Strategically in an Interconnected World (1998); New Managerial Mindsets: Organizational Transformation and Strategy Implementation (1998); Dynamic Strategic Resources: Development, Diffusion and Integration (1999); Winning Strategies in a Deconstructing World (2000) (John Wiley & Sons) Handbook of Strategic Management (2001), Strategic Entrepreneurship: Creating a New Integrated Mindset (2002), Creating Value: Winners in the New Business Environment (2002) (Blackwell Publishers) and Managing Knowledge for Sustained Competitive Advantage (2003) (Jossey Bass). He has served on the editorial review boards of multiple journals including the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of World Business and Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences. Furthermore, he has served as Consulting Editor (1988-90) and Editor (1991-1993) of the Academy of Management Journal