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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 CarterIntroduction: Methodological Variety in Entrepreneurship ResearchHelle Neergaard and John Parm UlhøiPART I: CHOOSING A VEHICLE1. The Entrepreneurship Paradigm (I) RevisitedWilliam D. Bygrave2. Critical Realism: A Suitable Vehicle for Entrepreneurship Research?Richard Blundel3. Researching Entrepreneurship as Lived ExperienceHenrik BerglundPART II: STARTING OUT AND GEARING UP4. Ethnographic Methods in Entrepreneurship ResearchBruce A. Johnstone5. Building Grounded Theory in Entrepreneurship ResearchMarkus M. Mäkelä and Romeo V. Turcan6. An Action Research Approach to EntrepreneurshipClaire Leitch7. Recognizing Meaning: Semiotics in Entrepreneurial ResearchRobert Smith and Alistair R. Anderson8. Media Discourse in Entrepreneurship ResearchLeona Achtenhagen and Friederike Welter9. A Foucauldian Framework for Discourse AnalysisHelene AhlPART III: GAINING SPEED10. Sampling in Entrepreneurial SettingsHelle Neergaard11. Catching it as it HappensEthel Brundin12. Techniques for Collecting Verbal HistoriesBrian McKenzie13. Using E-mails as a Source of Qualitative DataIngrid Wakkee, Paula D. Englis and Wim During14. The Scientification of FictionJesper Piihl, Kim Klyver and Torben DamgaardPART IV: WINDING DOWN AND ASSESSING THE RIDE 15. Assessing the Quality of Qualitative Research in EntrepreneurshipCaroline Wigren16. A Critical Realist Approach to Quality in Observation StudiesAnne Bøllingtoft17. Daring to be Different: A Dialogue on the Problems of Getting Qualitative Research PublishedRobert Smith and Alistair R. Anderson18. Avoiding a Strike-out in the First InningsCandida BrushPostscript: Unresolved Challenges?John Parm Ulhøi and Helle Neergaard Index
'. . . the Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Entrepreneurship is an important contribution to the field, and should be referenced in any paper using qualitative methodologies to investigate the entrepreneurial phenomenon.'