Table of Contents

Contents:

1. Introduction to the Handbook of Quantitative Research Methods in Entrepreneurship
George Saridakis and Marc Cowling

2. How Do We Measure Firm Performance? A Review of Issues Facing Entrepreneurship Researchers
Josh Siepel and Marcus Dejardin

3. Exporting, Technological Collaboration and SME Growth: An Empirical Analysis
Joan-Lluis Capelleras, Alex Rialp and Josep Rialp

4. As time goes by: survival analysis as a method to study topics in entrepreneurship
Priscila Ferreira

5. Longitudinal and Mixture Modeling Methods with Application for Family Firm and Entrepreneurship Research
Melissa Medaugh, Laura Stanley, Franz W. Kellermanns and Thomas M. Zellweger

6. Social Enterprise and Social Entrepreneurship – developing the evidence base using the UK Small Business Survey
Catherine Robinson

7. Using Meta-Analysis to Develop Entrepreneurship Research and Theory
Yanqing Lai, George Saridakis and Chris Hand

8. Using RCTs as a research method for SME policy research: The UK experience
Stephen Roper

9. The role of small businesses in employing the unemployed and inactive
Peter Urwin and Franz Buscha

10. The Promises of Machine Learning and Big Data in Entrepreneurship Research
Daniel S. Hain and Roman Jurowetzki

11. Studying small firms and their banks: A review of common methods and current concerns
Anoosheh Rostamkalaei and Mark Freel

12. Financing, selection, and value-adding effects of venture capital: A review of econometric methods and issues
Luca Pennacchio and Alessandro Sapio

13. Information Asymmetries and Entrepreneurial Finance: Evidence from Theories and Empirics
Liang Han, Lin Tian and Biao Mi

14. Bank Loan Pricing to Small Firms: Sorting or Market Power?
Marc Cowling and Wei Yue

Index

About the Author

Edited by George Saridakis, Professor of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Kent University Business School and Marc Cowling, Professor, College of Business, Law and Social Sciences, University of Derby, UK

Reviews

'This Handbook provides a straightforward, coherent explanation and articulation of the most compelling and important quantitative research methods. Researchers across a broad spectrum of fields and scholarly perspectives will find this Handbook to be an invaluable asset in honing their own research craftsmanship.'
--David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, US