Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Entrepreneurship

Helle Neergaard, John Parm Ulhøi (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

520 Seiten

2007
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84376-835-7 (ISBN)

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This expansive and practical Handbook introduces the methods currently used to increase the understanding of the usefulness and versatility of a systematic approach to qualitative research in entrepreneurship. It fills a crucial gap in the literature on entrepreneurship theory, and, just as importantly, illustrates how these principles and techniques can be appropriately and fruitfully employed.The Handbook is underpinned by the belief that qualitative research has the potential to charter hitherto unexplored waters in the field of entrepreneurship and thus contribute significantly to its further advancement. The contributors seek to assist entrepreneurship researchers in making more informed choices and designing more rigorous and sophisticated studies. They achieve this by providing concrete examples of research experiences and tangible 'how to' advice. By clarifying what these research methods entail, how they are currently being used and how they can be evaluated, this Handbook constitutes a comprehensive and highly accessible methodological toolbox.

Dealing with both well-accepted qualitative approaches and lesser-known, rarer and more novel approaches to the study of entrepreneurship, this Handbook will be invaluable to those studying, researching and teaching entrepreneurship.

Edited by Helle Neergaard, Professor of Entrepreneurship, School of Business and Social Sciences and John Parm Ulhøi, Professor in Organization and Management Theory, the Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, Denmark

Contents:

Foreword
Sara Carter

Introduction: Methodological Variety in Entrepreneurship Research
Helle Neergaard and John Parm Ulhøi

PART I: CHOOSING A VEHICLE
1. The Entrepreneurship Paradigm (I) Revisited
William D. Bygrave

2. Critical Realism: A Suitable Vehicle for Entrepreneurship Research?
Richard Blundel

3. Researching Entrepreneurship as Lived Experience
Henrik Berglund

PART II: STARTING OUT AND GEARING UP
4. Ethnographic Methods in Entrepreneurship Research
Bruce A. Johnstone

5. Building Grounded Theory in Entrepreneurship Research
Markus M. Mäkelä and Romeo V. Turcan

6. An Action Research Approach to Entrepreneurship
Claire Leitch

7. Recognizing Meaning: Semiotics in Entrepreneurial Research
Robert Smith and Alistair R. Anderson

8. Media Discourse in Entrepreneurship Research
Leona Achtenhagen and Friederike Welter

9. A Foucauldian Framework for Discourse Analysis
Helene Ahl

PART III: GAINING SPEED
10. Sampling in Entrepreneurial Settings
Helle Neergaard

11. Catching it as it Happens
Ethel Brundin

12. Techniques for Collecting Verbal Histories
Brian McKenzie

13. Using E-mails as a Source of Qualitative Data
Ingrid Wakkee, Paula D. Englis and Wim During

14. The Scientification of Fiction
Jesper Piihl, Kim Klyver and Torben Damgaard

PART IV: WINDING DOWN AND ASSESSING THE RIDE
15. Assessing the Quality of Qualitative Research in Entrepreneurship
Caroline Wigren

16. A Critical Realist Approach to Quality in Observation Studies
Anne Bøllingtoft

17. Daring to be Different: A Dialogue on the Problems of Getting Qualitative Research Published
Robert Smith and Alistair R. Anderson

18. Avoiding a Strike-out in the First Innings
Candida Brush

Postscript: Unresolved Challenges?
John Parm Ulhøi and Helle Neergaard

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.1.2007
Reihe/Serie	Research Handbooks in Business and Management series
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-84376-835-6 / 1843768356
ISBN-13	978-1-84376-835-7 / 9781843768357
Zustand	Neuware