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1、UnderstandingEntrepreneurshipUnderstandingEntrepreneurshipBjörnBjerkeProfessorofEntrepreneurship,MalmöUniversityandGuestProfessor,StockholmUniversity,SwedenEdwardElgarCheltenham,UK•Northampton,MA,USA©BjörnBjerke,2007Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmayberepr
2、oduced,storedinaretrievalsystemortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanicalorphotocopying,recording,orotherwisewithoutthepriorpermissionofthepublisher.PublishedbyEdwardElgarPublishingLimitedGlensandaHouseMontpellierParadeCheltenhamGlosGL501UAUKEdwardElga
3、rPublishing,Inc.WilliamPrattHouse9DeweyCourtNorthamptonMassachusetts01060USAAcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryLibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationDataBjerke,Björn,1941–.Understandingentrepreneurship/BjörnBjerke.p.cm.Includesbibliographi
4、calreferencesandindex.1.Entrepreneurship.I.Title.HB615.B5952007338′.04—dc222007000146ISBN9781847200662(cased)ISBN9781847200679(paperback)PrintedandboundinGreatBritainbyMPGBooksLtd,Bodmin,CornwallContentsPrefacevii1Ournewentrepreneurialsociety12Aframeworkforexplainin
5、gorunderstandingentrepreneurship293Toexplainentrepreneurs704Tounderstandentrepreneurs975Entrepreneurshipandnetworks1416Entrepreneurshipandgrowth1627Entrepreneurshipandregionaldevelopment2018Canentrepreneurshipbetaught?223References242Index265vPrefaceMyinterestinentr
6、epreneurshipstartedintheearly1980s.Asamemberandoneoftheownersofaconsultingcompany(andasaProfessorofBusinessAdministrationatUniversityofLund,Sweden)Iwasin1981givenanassignmenttoassistinfindingsuitablepeople,thatis,entrepreneurs,whowereinterestedinstartingnewbusinessve
7、ntureswithfinancialassistancethatIcouldarrangeonthesiteofanearbyshipyardwhichhadcloseddownwitheffectonabout4000employees.DuringaperiodoftwoyearsIcameincontactwithabout1000potentialentrepreneursandlistenedtoseveralhundredbusinessideasandbusinessplans.Iplayedapartinesta
8、blishingaboutonehundrednewbusinessfirmsontheoldshipyard.Thiswasanunforgettableexperienceandithadamajorinfluenceonmycareerthereafter.Iwantedt