Entrepreneurial learning conceptual frameworks and applications

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: A conversation between entrepreneurship and organizational learning / Mark Easterby-Smith -- Entrepreneurial learning: a review and research agenda / Claire M. Leitch and Richard T. Harrison -- Enhancing entrepreneurial learning through peripheral vision / Robert Chia -- The process of entrepreneurial learning: a conceptual framework / Diamanto Politis -- The role and management of learning from experience in an entrepreneurial context / Joyce McHenry -- The role of organizational learning in the opportunity recognition process / Benyamin B. Lichtenstein and G. T. Lumpkin -- Experiential learning within the process of opportunity identification and exploitation / Andrew C. Corbett -- An exploration of knowledge management processes in start-up firms in the high-technology sector / Olukemi O. Sawyerr and Jeanette W. Gilsdorf -- Investment decision-making in small manufacturing firms: a learning approach / Ignatius Ekanem and David Smallbone -- Sharing of tacit knowledge within top management teams in civic entrepreneurship / Patricia A. Rowe and Michael J. Christie -- Entrepreneurial knowledge flows and new venture creation / Paul N. Friga -- Strategy making, organizational learning and performance in SMEs / Edward Gonsalves and Colin Gray -- Absorptive capacity of knowledge-intensive business services: the case of architectural and engineering SMEs / Jan Waalkens, René J. Jorna and Theo Postma -- The emergent nature of learning networks / Joakim Tell -- Being differently abled: learning lessons from dyslexic entrepreneurs / Robert Smith -- Starting from scratch: understanding the learning outcomes of undergraduate entrepreneurship education / Sandra L. Fisher, Mary E. Graham and Marc Compeau.