1;Table of Contents;4 2;Entrepreneurship: Concepts, Theoryand Perspective. Introduction;6 2.1;Entrepreneurship;7 2.2;The Book;10 2.3;The Relevance of These Articles to the Field of Entrepreneurship;14 2.4;References;24 3;Part I Concepts;26 3.1;Entrepreneurship as a Scientific Research Programme;27 3.1.1;Objective;27 3.1.2;Stages;28 3.1.2.1;First Stage: Defining the Entrepreneur;28 3.1.2.2;Second Stage: Historical Studies;29 3.1.2.3;Third stage: The Beginning of the Scientific Research Programme in the Field of Business Administration;30 3.1.2.3.1;Topic: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs);30 3.1.2.3.2;Topic: Entrepreneur and New Venture Creation;30 3.1.2.4;Fourth Stage: Consolidation and Explosion;31 3.1.3;The Scope of the Scientific Research Programme:Some Methodological Questions;31 3.1.3.1;Lack of Respect or Lack of Academic Legitimization;32 3.1.3.2;The Sterile Debate on the Definition of Entrepreneurship;32 3.1.3.3;Entrepreneurship Research as a Distinctive Domain;34 3.1.4;Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Entrepreneurship;37 3.1.4.1;Economic Approach;40 3.1.4.1.1;Micro Level;40 3.1.4.1.1.1;Entrepreneurial Function as Fourth Factor of Production;40 3.1.4.1.1.2;Theory of the Entrepreneurial Profit;41 3.1.4.1.1.3;Theory of Occupational Choice Under Uncertainty;41 3.1.4.1.2;Meso Level;42 3.1.4.1.2.1;Transaction Cost Theory;42 3.1.4.1.3;Macro Level;43 3.1.4.1.3.1;Schumpeter's Theory of Economic Development;43 3.1.4.1.3.2;Theory of Endogenous Regional Development;44 3.1.4.2;Psychological Approach;46 3.1.4.2.1;Micro Level;46 3.1.4.2.1.1;Traits Theory;46 3.1.4.2.1.2;Psychodynamic Theory;47 3.1.4.2.2;Macro Level;47 3.1.4.2.2.1;Kirzner's Entrepreneur Theory;47 3.1.4.3;Sociocultural or Institutional Approach;48 3.1.4.3.1;Micro Level;48 3.1.4.3.1.1;Marginalization Theory;48 3.1.4.3.1.2;Role Theory;49 3.1.4.3.1.3;Network Theory;50 3.1.4.3.2;Meso Level;51 3.1.4.3.2.1;Network Theory;51 3.1.4.3.2.2;Incubator Theory;51 3.1.4.3.2.3;Evolutionary Theory;52 3.1.4.3.3;Macro Level;52 3.1.4.3.3.1;Weber's Theory of Economic Development;52 3.1.4.3.3.2;Theory of Social Change;53 3.1.4.3.3.3;Population Ecology Theory;53 3.1.4.3.3.4;Institutional Theory;54 3.1.4.4;Managerial Approach;56 3.1.4.4.1;Micro Level;56 3.1.4.4.1.1;Leibestein's X-Efficiency Theory;56 3.1.4.4.1.2;Behavioral Theory of the Entrepreneur;57 3.1.4.4.1.3;Models of New Enterprise Creation;58 3.1.4.4.1.4;Modes to Becoming an Entrepreneur;58 3.1.4.4.1.4.1;Taking Up a Franchise;58 3.1.4.4.1.4.2;Purchasing an Existing Company by the Management (Management Buy-outs and Buy-ins);60 3.1.4.4.1.4.3;Inheritance of an Existing Family Firm;60 3.1.4.4.2;Meso Level;61 3.1.4.4.2.1;Models of New Enterprise Success and Failure;61 3.1.4.4.2.2;Corporate Entrepreneurship;61 3.1.4.5;Conclusions;63 3.1.4.6;Notes;64 3.1.4.7;References;65 3.2;Differentiating Entrepreneurs from Small Business Owners: A Conceptualization;76 3.2.1;Entrepreneurship: the Contribution;76 3.2.2;Literature Review: the "Entrepreneur";78 3.2.3;The Entrepreneurial Venture;80 3.2.4;A Conceptual Distinction Between Small Business and Entrepreneurship;81 3.2.5;References;82 3.3;Toward a Reconciliation of the Definitional Issues in the Field of Corporate Entrepreneurship;85 3.3.1;Existing Definitions;86 3.3.1.1;Entrepreneurship;86 3.3.2;Corporate Entrepreneurship Terminology;87 3.3.3;Definitional Ambiguities;88 3.3.4;A Definitional Framework;92 3.3.5;Entrepreneurship;93 3.3.6;Independent and Corporate Entrepreneurship;94 3.3.7;Strategic Renewal and Corporate Venturing;94 3.3.7.1;External and Internal Corporate Venturing;95 3.3.8;Toward a Classification of Internal Corporate Ventures;96 3.3.9;Structural Autonomy;98 3.3.10;Degree of Relatedness to Existing Business;99 3.3.11;Extent of Innovation;99 3.3.12;Nature of Sponsorship;99 3.3.13;Reconciliation of Definitions;100 3.3.14;A Tentative Classification of Internal Corporate Ventures and a Reconciliation of Previous Definitions;101 3.3.15;Conclusion;101 3.3.16;Acknowledgement;10