Entrepreneurship : an evidence-based guide / Robert A. Baron.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preface : entrepreneurship's 'split personality' - and how to reunite it — pt. 1. The foundations of entrepreneurship — 1. Making the possible real: the core of entrepreneurship — 2. Cognitive foundations of entrepreneurship: the origins of ideas, creativity, and innovations — 3. Opportunity recognition: where entrepreneurship begins — 4. The 'ups' and 'downs' of an entrepreneurial life: affect, passion, and coping with failure — 5. Ingredients of entrepreneurial success: characteristics, skills, networks. . . And self-regulation — pt. 2. The practice of entrepreneurship — 6. Intellectual property: protecting your ideas — 7. Planning for success: where goals and creativity meet — 8. Getting the support you need: financial and human — pt. 3. Entrepreneurship without boundaries — 9. Thinking and acting entrepreneurially: beyond new ventures — Index.

By presenting accurate knowledge about entrepreneurship itself, this book serves to convert the rising tide of interest in entrepreneurship into advice and guidance that can actually assist entrepreneurs in achieving their goals. In order to do so, this book presents evidence-based information concerning the factors that encourage entrepreneurship’s emergence, including the conditions that shape its outcomes and how it unfolds as a process. This text draws on two key sources of knowledge – input from entrepreneurs and the findings of systematic empirical research. As the subtitle suggests, however, emphasis is placed on the latter whenever possible because the information individual entrepreneurs possess cannot readily serve as the basis for general principles or guidelines since it is unique to each entrepreneur. By combining evidence-based knowledge with the hard-earned wisdom of experienced entrepreneurs, this volume offers a balanced and inclusive guide useful to both current and aspiring entrepreneurs.

B3ASP ENT: From Idea to Model