Advances in Entrepreneurial Processes
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Advances in Entrepreneurial Processes
edited by Dr. Diego Matricano, Università degli Studi della Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Capua, Italy; Dr. Laura Castaldi, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli. Italy; Dr. William E. Jackson III, Culverhouse College of Business at the University of Alabama, USA and, Dr. Lou Marino, Culverhouse College of Business at the University of Alabama, USA .
Research in entrepreneurship has evolved from viewing entrepreneurship as an isolated phenomenon to studying it as a process. Researchers have observed that in entrepreneurship processes planned activities are often combined with random occurrences, predetermined actions can be supplanted by rash decisions, and personal inclinations may need to be adjusted to fit with social expectations.
Despite recent contributions in this area, key elements of the entrepreneurship process remain black boxes or opaque bundles that need to be unpacked and further investigated. In particular, interesting aspects that need further investigations concern:
- The context in which entrepreneurial processes take place and the impact that context has on them;
- The role of individuals and teams in entrepreneurial processes;
- The path that is addressed to carry out entrepreneurial processes;
- The role of innovation in supporting/fostering entrepreneurial processes;
- The dynamics of processes in reference to specific industries.
For more information or if you would like to discuss an idea for a contriubtion to this volume please contact:
Dr Diego Matricano
Diego.MATRICANO@unicampania.it
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The book deals with the issue of entrepreneurial processes in the era of digital transformation, which is generating profound changes in the business environment, blurring industry boundaries, and creating unprecedented threats and opportunities for firms.
The phenomenon of digital transformation is simultaneously or alternatively observed from three different research perspectives:
- The context in which entrepreneurial processes take place and its impact on them;
- The impact of digitalization on the initial phase of entrepreneurial processes;
- The profiles and the roles of individuals in entrepreneurial processes (considering the team dynamics as well);
- The growth path addressed to carry out entrepreneurial processes.
We all know that sustainable goals are a challenge and, specifically, firms play a key role in achieving them since they define and manage activities that impact our lives. For established firms, sustainable approaches are difficult to implement. For new firms, they may be not. More and more often, in fact, the new firms are born as good businesses: good as in ethical, good as in eco-sustainable and good as in performance (e.g., as measured by the SDGs).
Scholars contributing to this volume have addressed their attention toward four main themes respectively dealing with:
- Opportunities for good (Part I);
- The influence of individual profiles on entrepreneurial processes for good (Part II);
- The type of firms and how they impact on entrepreneurial processes for good (Part III);
- The dynamics of entrepreneurial processes for good (Part IV).
All the chapters included in the second volume of the series "Advances in Entrepreneurial Processes" are focused on entrepreneurial processes for good. The scholars contributing to this volume explore new approaches, open new perspectives of research, and share original results as well as they evoke additional contributions useful to advance the study of entrepreneurial processes.
