This research handbook argues that the study of entrepreneurs as leaders is a gap in both the leadership and the entrepreneurship literatures with conceptual and empirical chapters from a wide range of cultures and entrepreneurship and leadership ecosystems the research handbook for the first time produces a systematic overview of the entrepreneurial leadership field providing a state of . Interest and attention to entrepreneurship has exploded yet much of the research and scholarship has remained elusive to academics policymakers and other researchers this reflects two crucial aspects of the entrepreneurship literature firstly the explosion of new findings and insights both theoretically and empirically secondly most of this scholarship has been rooted in traditional . This book fills that gap all the major aspects of entrepreneurship are covered including the start up and growth of firms financing and venture capital innovation technology and. Due to popular belief entrepreneurship is considered to be an easy way out for people not in favour of working under or for someone else in several ways many aspects of this statement might be completely true however just like any other profession being an entrepreneur and choosing entrepreneurship as a career may come with several . Handbook on entrepreneurship as practice the research handbook aims to publish exemplary empirical studies that start from a practice ontology and use appropriate methodologies to further theoretical development on existing topics eg networking pitching resourcing