Contributions to Management Science
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Editors
Andrea Caputo and Massimiliano M. Pellegrini
The Anatomy of Entrepreneurial Decisions Past, Present and Future Research Directions
Editors
Andrea Caputo
International Business School, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK
Massimiliano M. Pellegrini
Management and Law Department, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
ISSN 1431-1941 e-ISSN 2197-716X
Contributions to Management Science
ISBN 978-3-030-19684-4 e-ISBN 978-3-030-19685-1
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19685-1
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To our families, the entrepreneurial ventures that always supported us until now.
Andrea Caputo and Massimiliano M. Pellegrini
Foreword
Entrepreneurship research has become the fashionable flavour of the month, and books about this phenomenon are growing exponentially in number. Yet, a neglected aspect till now has been decision-making by entrepreneurs. To fill the gap, enter the wise initiative of Andrea Caputo and Massimiliano M. Pellegrini!
Decision-making, important in management, political science, psychology, and sociology, is also central to entrepreneurship, and The Anatomy of Entrepreneurial Decisions is a long-awaited compilation of works about this important topic. This edited volume is wisely divided into five parts, respectively containing chapters by diverse scholars who have focused on issues relating to: (1) cognition, (2) joint decisions, (3) passion, (4) development, and (5) context.
Having researched context since the 1990s, I am especially enchanted by the books fifth part. Decisions are so very much a function of culture, circumstance, and environment.
Hats off to editors Andrea Caputo and Massimiliano M. Pellegrini!
Leo-Paul Dana
Acknowledgements
We would like to deeply thank all the friends and colleagues who were involved in the production of this edited book. In particular, special thanks go to all contributing authors for being interested in participating in this ambitious project and for delivering such high-quality manuscripts in a timely fashion. We would also like to explicitly thank all the reviewers who assisted us and took part in reviewing the manuscripts published in this book. Moreover, we would like to express our gratitude to the European Academy of Management community and the SIG of Entrepreneurships scholars, who supported this project during its development.
Contents
Andrea Caputo and Massimiliano M. Pellegrini
Part I Cognition of Entrepreneurial Decisions
Arpan Yagnik and Yamini Chandra
Leonie Baldacchino
Sara Sassetti , Vincenzo Cavaliere and Sara Lombardi
Arash Najmaei and Zahra Sadeghinejad
Part II Joint Entrepreneurial Decisions
Erika N. Williams , Timothy P. Munyon and Robert M. Fuller
Andrea Caputo , Massimiliano M. Pellegrini , Giuseppe Valenza and Vincenzo Zarone
Part III Passion and Entrepreneurial Decisions
S. Park , R. A. Martina and K. M. Smolka
Kevin P. Taylor
Part IV Development of Entrepreneurial Decisions
Francesco Scafarto , Sara Poggesi and Michela Mari
Francesca Ceruti , Laura Gavinelli , Roberto Chierici and Alice Mazzucchelli
Part V External Context of Entrepreneurial Decisions
Massimo Arnone
Christian Corsi , Francesco De Luca and Antonio Prencipe
Sevara Esther Marshall , Andrea Caputo and Salime Mehtap
About the Editors
Andrea Caputo
is Reader in Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Lincoln International Business School (UK). He received his PhD in Management from the University of Rome Tor Vergata in 2013. Previously, he was Assistant Professor at Princess Sumaya University. He has also held visiting positions at several universities, like University of Queensland, George Washington University, and Universities of Seville, Alicante, Pisa, Macerata, and Naples Parthenope. His main research expertise is related to entrepreneurship, strategic management, innovation, negotiation, and decision-making. He has authored more than 40 international publications, including in Journal of Business Research , International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research , International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business , and Business Process Management Journal . He is editor of the book series Entrepreneurial Behaviour for Emerald and co-chair of the track Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Decision-Making at EURAM.
Massimiliano M. Pellegrini
is qualified Associate Professor of Organizational Studies and Entrepreneurship at University of Rome Tor Vergata. From the same university he also received his PhD in 2011. Previously, he was a Senior Lecturer at Roehampton University, and he covered several roles as permanent staff at University of West London and Princess Sumaya University, and visiting staff at the Wharton School, University of Linz, and University of Enlarger-Nuremberg. He was the Chair for the Strategic Interest Group of Entrepreneurship (E-ship SIG) at the European Academy of Management (EURAM) until 2018. He published more than 40 contributions focused on entrepreneurial, ethical, and organizational behaviours, e.g., in Journal of Business Ethics , Journal of Managerial Psychology , International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research , International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Small Business , and Business Process Management Journal . He is also editor of the book series Entrepreneurial Behaviour for Emerald.