Understanding the Entrepreneurial Mind: Opening the Black Box

By Malin Brannback and Alan L. Carsrud

Book Overview

Perceptions - Looking at the World through Entrepreneurial Lenses.- Towards A Contextual Model of Entrepreneurial Intentions.- An 'informed' intent model: incorporating human capital, social capital and gender variables into the theoretical model of entrepreneurial intentions.- Entrepreneurial Intentions are Dead; Long Live Entrepreneurial Intentions.- Cognitive Maps in Entrepreneurship: Researching Sense Making and Action.- Entrepreneurial Scripts and Entrepreneurial Expertise: The Information Processing Perspective.- The Entrepreneurial Mind and Behavior.- The role of emotions and cognitions in entrepreneurial decision-making.- Collective Passion in Entrepreneurial Teams.- Why? Attributions About and By Entrepreneurs.- Self-efficacy: Conditioning the Entrepreneurial Mindset.- Perceptions of Efficacy, Control, and Risk: A Theory of Mixed Control.- Entrepreneurial Decision-Making: Thinking under Uncertainty.- Entrepreneurial Alertness and Opportunity Identification: where are we now?- Entrepreneurial Behavior: Its Nature, Scope, Recent Research and Agenda for Future Research.-

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441904425
• ISBN13: 9781441904423
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 375 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"