Organizing Entrepreneurship

Current literature often attributes uncommon personal talents to successful entrepreneurs. In Organizing Entrepreneurship (Routledge, 2011), Anna Grandori and Laura Gaillard Giordani criticize this view and focus on how it is a disciplinary subject and how much it can be learned through analysis of elements that characterize entrepreneurship.

In their volume, Grandori and Gaillard identify behaviors and strategies behind the exploration and utilization of entrepreneurial opportunities and investigate the various implications of investing different kinds of capital (financial, technical, human). In addition, they identify which organizational and governance customs are typically entrepreneurial. The book is divided into six chapters and describes concrete case studies, allowing the two authors answer a series of critical questions: Does a method of discovering entrepreneurial opportunities exist? What mechanisms are used to attract personnel and social, technical and financial resources dedicated to new projects? How can entrepreneurial projects be organized? How to choose if and how to grow? What support can institutions provide, from the local to the super national level?