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The role of networking in the growth process of entrepreneurial family firms. (2015)
Book Chapter
DRAKOPOULOU DODD, S., ANDERSON, A. and JACK, S. 2015. The role of networking in the growth process of entrepreneurial family firms. In Randerson, K., Bettinelli, C., Dossena, G. and Fayolle, A. (eds.) Family entrepreneurship: rethinking the research agenda. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 10, pages 212-238. Available at: https://www.routledge.com/Family-Entrepreneurship-Rethinking-the-research-agenda/Randerson-Bettinelli-Dossena-Fayolle/p/book/9781138841192

We investigate the role of networks in the growth processes of the entrepreneurial family firm. The study adds to two main stream of literature, drawing together theoretical developments from the family firm realm and networking theory, to investigat... Read More about The role of networking in the growth process of entrepreneurial family firms..

The economic reification of entrepreneurship: re-engaging with the social. (2015)
Book Chapter
ANDERSON, A.R. 2016. The economic reification of entrepreneurship: re-engaging with the social. In Fayolle, A. and Riot, P. (eds.) Rethinking entrepreneurship: debating research orientations. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 4, pages 44-56. Available at: https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138802537

Growth and development at personal, firm and national levels are all, quite properly, attributed to entrepreneurship. However, the importance of these entrepreneurial outcomes has shaped how we perceive entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurial concept.... Read More about The economic reification of entrepreneurship: re-engaging with the social..

Enterprise education with Chinese characteristics; policy, practices and uneven development in PRC. (2015)
Journal Article
ANDERSON, A.R. and ZHANG, X. 2015. Enterprise education with Chinese characteristics: policy, practices and uneven development in PRC. Journal of entrepreneurship in emerging economies [online], 7(3), pages 276-292. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/JEEE-12-2014-0047

Purpose: The paper aims to review the emergence and nature of entrepreneurship education in China. This paper considers the variability of developments in practices despite policy. In turn, this allows one to consider the implications of this uneven... Read More about Enterprise education with Chinese characteristics; policy, practices and uneven development in PRC..

Great expectations or small country living? Enabling small rural creative businesses with ICT. (2015)
Journal Article
ANDERSON, A.R., WALLACE, C. and TOWNSEND, L. 2016. Great expectations or small country living? Enabling small rural creative businesses with ICT. Sociologia ruralis [online], 56(3), pages 450-468. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/soru.12104

Small businesses are prototypical rural business, but limited by distance. However, creative businesses are less constrained by space and hold great promise for rural development. Indeed, the rural is an attractive creative aesthetic milieu. Moreover... Read More about Great expectations or small country living? Enabling small rural creative businesses with ICT..

Family entrepreneurship as a field of research: exploring its contours and contents. (2015)
Journal Article
RANDERSON, K., BETTINELLIB, C., FAYOLLE, A. and ANDERSON, A. 2015. Family entrepreneurship as a field of research: exploring its contours and contents. Journal of family business strategy [online], 6(3), pages 143-154. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2015.08.002

This research note presents some food for thought about linking and relating the family, family business and entrepreneurship fields. Although each field has developed an important body of knowledge and some work has been done at the intersections, w... Read More about Family entrepreneurship as a field of research: exploring its contours and contents..

Entrepreneurship in Oman: policies and practices. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
AL-BALUSHI, R.A. and ANDERSON, A.R. 2015. Entrepreneurship in Oman: policies and practices. In Proceedings of the 8th International conference for entrepreneurship, innovation and regional development (ICEIRD 2015), 18-19 June 2015, Sheffield, UK. Sheffield: ICEIRD, pages 562-571.

Oman provides an interesting context to examine how formal institutions encourage local enterprise. We examine the views of local entrepreneurs about the effectiveness of government policies that are intended to foster indigenous small business. We a... Read More about Entrepreneurship in Oman: policies and practices..

A review of research methods in entrepreneurship 1985-2013. (2015)
Journal Article
MCDONALD, S., GAN, B.C., FRASER, S.S., OKE, A. and ANDERSON, A.R. 2015. A review of research methods in entrepreneurship 1985-2013. International journal of entrepreneurial behavior and research [online], 21(3), pages 291-315. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-02-2014-0021

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the research questions: which methodologies and data gathering methods are employed by researchers publishing in top entrepreneurship journals, and how has this changed over time? Design/methodology/a... Read More about A review of research methods in entrepreneurship 1985-2013..

Conceptualising entrepreneurship as economic 'explanation' and the consequent loss of 'understanding'. (2015)
Journal Article
ANDERSON, A.R. 2015. Conceptualising entrepreneurship as economic 'explanation' and the consequent loss of 'understanding'. International journal of business and globalisation [online], 14(2), pages 145-157. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBG.2015.067432

This paper examines how entrepreneurship has become conceptualised as an economic phenomenon. We explain how the outcomes, the admirable results of entrepreneurship, have led to this position. An understandable concern for the economic benefits from... Read More about Conceptualising entrepreneurship as economic 'explanation' and the consequent loss of 'understanding'..