Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

PART I: DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ENTREPRENEUR -- Overview: Life context, personal background / Paul D. Reynolds -- Gender / Nancy M. Carter, Candida G. Brush -- Race and ethnicity / Patricia G. Greene, Margaret M. Owen -- Household structure / Candida G. Brush, Tatiana S. Manolova -- Household income and net worth / Phillip H. Kim ... [et al.] -- Labor force participation and residential tenure / Paul D. Reynolds -- Personal background / Candida G. Brush, Tatiana S. Manolova -- Family background / Charles H. Matthews, Sherrie E. Human -- Time use / Margaret M. Owen, Patricia G. Greene -- Work participation history / Amy E. Davis, Howard E. Aldrich -- PART II: COGNITIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ENTREPRENEUR -- Overview: The cognitive characteristics of the entrepreneur / Kelly G. Shaver -- Career reasons / Nancy M. Carter ... [et al.] -- Entrepreneurial expectancies / Elizabeth J. Gatewood -- Job and life satisfaction / Kevin L. Johnson ... [et al.] -- Decision-making (innovator/adaptor) style / Kevin L. Johnson ... [et al.] -- Role models and perceived social support / Per Davidsson -- Entrepreneurial intensity / Jianwen Liao, Harold Welsch -- Individual problem solving / Matthew W. Ford, Charles H. Matthews -- Attribution and locus of control / Kelly G. Shaver -- On economic sophistication / James N. Morgan -- Social skills / Robert A. Baron -- PART III: THE START-UP PROCESS -- Overview: The start-up process / William B. Gartner, Nancy M. Carter -- Nature of business start-ups / Paul D. Reynolds -- Opportunity recognition / Gerald E. Hills, Robert P. Singh -- Start-up problems / Candida G. Brush, Tatiana S. Manolova -- Business start-up activites / William B. Gartner ... [et al.] -- Teams / Howard E. Aldrich ... [et al.] -- Firm founding / Nancy M. Carter ... [et al.] -- Social networks / Howard E. Aldrich, Nancy M. Carter -- Knowledge and use of assistance / William J. Dennis, Jr., Paul D. Reynolds -- Funding the first year of business / Michael Stouder, Bruce Kirchhoff -- Measures of financial sophistication / Jerome Katz, Ana Cabezuelo -- Future expectations for the new business / Sherrie E. Human, Charles H. Matthews -- PART IV: THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ENVIRONMENT -- Overview: The entrepreneurial context and environment / Paul D. Reynolds -- Perceptions of entrepreneurial climate / Nancy M. Carter ... [et al.] -- The economic and community context for entrepreneurship: perceived environmental uncertainty / Charles H. Matthews, Sherrie E. Human -- Competitive strategy / Timothy M. Stearns, Nancy M. Carter -- Technology entrepreneurs / Kathleen Allen, Timothy Stearns -- Conclusion / William B. Gartner ... [et al.] -- Appendix A: Data collection / Paul D. Reynolds, Richard T. Curtin -- Appendix B: Data documentation, data preparation and weights / Richard T. Curtin, Paul D. Reynolds -- Appendix C: Examples of analysis: work file preparation, comparisons, and adjustment of weights / Paul D. Reynolds, Richard T. Curtin.

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