MACMILLAN Passion and Entrepreneurship: Contemporary Perspectives and New Avenues for Research

Providing new perspectives on the interface between passion and entrepreneurship, this book recognizes that entrepreneurship is not just based on the search for profit. Instead, the entrepreneurial experience incorporates more complex processes, often based on less rational behavior motivated by reasons other than revenue. ‘Passion’ refers both to emotional elements that may fuel an entrepreneurial effort as well as something that feeds the business. The book challenges established views and shows the complexity of the link between passion and entrepreneurship. The authors discuss the main implications for businesses, and explore how passion at the individual and community level influences entrepreneurial efforts. Offering case studies from multiple sectors alongside conceptual frameworks, this edited volume is a useful tool for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers working on entrepreneurship. From the Back Cover Providing new perspectives on the interface between passion and entrepreneurship, this book recognizes that entrepreneurship is not just based on the search for profit. Instead, the entrepreneurial experience incorporates more complex processes, often based on less rational behavior motivated by reasons other than revenue. ‘Passion’ refers both to emotional elements that may fuel an entrepreneurial effort as well as something that feeds the business. The book challenges established views and shows the complexity of the link between passion and entrepreneurship. The authors discuss the main implications for businesses, and explore how passion at the individual and community level influences entrepreneurial efforts. Offering case studies from multiple sectors alongside conceptual frameworks, this edited volume is a useful tool for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers working on entrepreneurship. About the Author Enrico Baraldi is Full Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management at the department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Uppsala University, Sweden. Simone Guercini is a Full Professor of Marketing and Management at the University of Florence, Italy, and visiting Professor at ISEM, University of Navarra, Spain. Marcus Lindahl is Chair of Industrial Engineering & Management at the department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Uppsala University, Sweden. He is also guest Professor in Production Management & Innovation at the department of Sustainable Production, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. Andrea Perna is Associate Professor at the department of Management, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy, and visiting researcher at the department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Uppsala University, Sweden.