The Profits and Perils of Passion in Entrepreneurship provides an overview of current knowledge and highlights opportunities ripe for additional investigation. This state-of-the-art book also delivers essential guidelines for scholars on how to study entrepreneurial passion in a rigorous way.

Melissa S. Cardon and Charles Y. Murnieks provide a critical review of the knowledge accumulated to date about passion in entrepreneurship, discussing developments and debates about conceptual definitions, levels and focus of analysis, and methodological approaches. This includes the integration of different theories with an explanation of their commonalities and key distinctions. Examining the outcomes and antecedents of passion, chapters present theoretical arguments and empirical findings and explore future research questions for the topic.

Scholars and students of entrepreneurship will find this book to be a comprehensive overview of the topic. Providing an accessible understanding of academic research, this book will also be a useful resource for practicing entrepreneurs and those who seek to support them.

About the Author
Melissa S. Cardon, Nestle Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Haslam College of Business, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Charles Y. Murnieks, Bloch School of Management, University of Missouri-Kansas City, US

Reviews
'... this book is genuinely engaging, and contributes significantly towards promoting and furthering research into passion and its role in guiding and driving the career choices and. business thinking and activities of entrepreneurs.' -- Keith Jackson, Asia Pacific Business Review
'The Profits and Perils of Passion in Entrepreneurship is an important read for anyone interested in the deeper driving motivations of entrepreneurs. The critical elements concerning entrepreneurial passion exude from Melissa S. Cardon and Charles Y. Murnieks - two of the most prominent world-class experts on this concept. This book is a thorough research-based work of scholarship and a must-have for any scholar seeking to understand one of the most important components of the entrepreneurial mindset.'
--Donald F. Kuratko, Indiana University, US



Book Information
ISBN 9781788973397
Author Melissa S. Cardon
Format Hardback
Page Count 128
Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd