Entrepreneurial Business and Society summarizes contemporary research in the field of entrepreneurship and small business and explores the interplay between the entrepreneur, the entrepreneurial firm and society.

Contents: Foreword Luca Iandoli Some Personal Reflections on RENT David Smallbone PART I: INTRODUCING THE THEME 1. Entrepreneurial Business and Society: Introduction Friederike Welter, Robert Blackburn, Elisabet Ljunggren and Bjørn Willy Åmo 2. How does Counterproductive Entrepreneurship Undermine Social Wealth Creation? Shaker A. Zahra, Rakesh K. Pati and Liman Zhao PART II: PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS AND SOCIETY 3. Entrepreneurship Policy as Discourse: Appropriation of Entrepreneurial Agency Örsan Örge 4. The Bearable Lightness of the Administrative Burden: UK Financial Reporting Regulation and Small Company Performance John Kitching, Eva Kašperová and Jill Collis 5. The Effectiveness of Public Venture Capital in Supporting the Investments of European Young High-tech Companies Fabio Bertoni, Annalisa Croce and Massimiliano Guerini 6. A Dynamic Capability View on the Determinants of Superior Performance in University Technology Transfers Offices Mattia Bianchi, Davide Chiaroni, Federico Frattini and Tommaso Minola PART III: ENTREPRENEURIAL PEOPLE, ENTREPRENEURIAL SECTORS 7. Adding Missing Parts to the Intention Puzzle in Entrepreneurship Education: Entrepreneurial Self-efficacy, its Antecedents and their Direct and Mediated Effects René Mauer, Philipp Eckerle and Malte Brettel 8. Intrapreneurial Risk-taking in Public Healthcare: Challenging Existing Boundaries Jarna Heinonen, Ulla Hytti and Eeva Vuorinen 9. Critical Resources and Capabilities for Successful Entrepreneurship: The Case of Agriculture Jorunn Grande 10. Grasping the Entrepreneurial Opportunity Process with Diaries Leila Hurmerinta and Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki Index