TY - CHAP
T1 - Ambitious entrepreneurship
T2 - A review of growth aspirations, intentions, and expectations
AU - Hermans, J.
AU - Vanderstraeten, J.
AU - van Witteloostuijn, A.
AU - Dejardin, M.
AU - Ramdani, D.
AU - Stam, E.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - In the study of entrepreneurial behavior types, “ambitious entrepreneurship” recently emerged as a new research concept. Unfortunately, a systematic overview of what is known (and not known) about this topic is missing. In particular, insights into the various definitions, measures, and antecedents of ambitious entrepreneurship are lacking. In this chapter, we offer a state-of-the-art review and analysis of extant research on ambitious entrepreneurship. We structure the literature review by providing insights into antecedents of ambitious entrepreneurship, and extensively discuss the conceptualization and operationalization of this research concept. We clarify the differences between related concepts such as growth intention, expectation, and aspiration, and argue how all these concepts fit into a unifying framework of ambitious entrepreneurship. We summarize promising future research avenues for the study of ambitious entrepreneurship, both from a methodological and a conceptual point of view.
AB - In the study of entrepreneurial behavior types, “ambitious entrepreneurship” recently emerged as a new research concept. Unfortunately, a systematic overview of what is known (and not known) about this topic is missing. In particular, insights into the various definitions, measures, and antecedents of ambitious entrepreneurship are lacking. In this chapter, we offer a state-of-the-art review and analysis of extant research on ambitious entrepreneurship. We structure the literature review by providing insights into antecedents of ambitious entrepreneurship, and extensively discuss the conceptualization and operationalization of this research concept. We clarify the differences between related concepts such as growth intention, expectation, and aspiration, and argue how all these concepts fit into a unifying framework of ambitious entrepreneurship. We summarize promising future research avenues for the study of ambitious entrepreneurship, both from a methodological and a conceptual point of view.
U2 - 10.1108/S1074-754020150000017011
DO - 10.1108/S1074-754020150000017011
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781785600470
VL - 17
T3 - Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth
SP - 127
EP - 160
BT - Entrepreneurial Growth
A2 - Corbett, A.C.
A2 - Katz, J.
A2 - McKelvie, A.
PB - Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
CY - Bingley
ER -