Entrepreneurialism and Society: New Theoretical Perspectives - Hardcover

by Robert N. Eberhart (Editor), Michael Lounsbury (Editor), Howard E. Aldrich (Editor)

The first of two volumes bringing together researchers from an array of disciplines including sociology, organization theory, strategy, and organizational behaviour, Entrepreneurialism and Society: New Theoretical Perspectives addresses the question of how entrepreneurship has transformed from an organizing activity into an ideology that is changing society.

The authors investigate the transformation of entrepreneurship into a social phenomenon, leading to an understanding of how entrepreneurship is shaping the acceptance of inequality, new employment relationships, changed understandings of social outcomes, altered policies, and social precarity.

Examining the role of organizations in society, Entrepreneurialism and Society invigorates academic research by developing new perspectives on how entrepreneurs and their organizations shape our social world.

Author Biography

Robert N. Eberhart is the Associate Director of Research of the entrepreneurship and society project at Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He is also a visiting professor at Kobe University, and at Oxford's Space Science Initiative.

Michael Lounsbury is a Professor at the Alberta School of Business and adjunct in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta, Canada. He is also the Director of the eHUB entrepreneurship centre.

Howard E. Aldrich is Kenan Professor of Sociology and Adjunct Professor of Business at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA. He is a fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, and an Affiliate in the Strategy Department at Duke University.