Entrepreneurship: The
Engine of Growth,
Volumes 1-3
Edited by
Maria Minniti
PRAEGER
Entrepreneurship
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The Engine of Growth
Volume 1
PEOPLE
Edited by Maria Minniti
PRAEGER PERSPECTIVES
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Entrepreneurship : the engine of growth / edited by Maria Minniti ... [et al.].
p.
cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-275-98986-0 (set: alk. paper)—ISBN 0-275-98987-9 (vol 1: alk. paper)—
ISBN 0-275-98988-7 (vol 2: alk. paper)—ISBN 0-275-98989-5 (vol 3: alk. paper)
1. Entrepreneurship.
I. Minniti, Maria.
HB615.E636 2007
338'.04—dc22
2006028313
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright # 2007 by Maria Minniti
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2006028313
ISBN: 0-275-98986-0 (set)
0-275-98987-9 (vol. 1)
0-275-98988-7 (vol. 2)
0-275-98989-5 (vol. 3)
First published in 2007
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Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this book complies with the
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Contents
Preface
vii
Introduction
ix
Maria Minniti
1. Entrepreneurial Behavior as a Human Universal
1
Roger Koppl
2. Cognition and Affect: Invaluable Tools for Answering
‘‘Why,’’ ‘‘How,’’ and What’’ Questions about Entrepreneurs
and the Entrepreneurial Process
21
Robert A. Baron
3. Heuristics, Biases, and the Behavior of Entrepreneurs
41
Christian Schade and Philipp Koellinger
4. The Role of Risk in Entrepreneurial Behavior
65
Julie Ann Elston and David B. Audretsch
5. Entrepreneurship as an Occupational Choice
81
Simon C. Parker
6. The Influence of Social Capital on Entrepreneurial Behavior
101
Christian Simoni and Sandrine Labory
7. Entrepreneurial Behavior and Institutions
119