Winning an unfair game : how a resource-constrained player uses bricolage to maneuver for advantage in a highly institutionalized field / Ted Baker, Timothy G. Pollock, Harry J. Sapienza -- Selective or parallel? Toward measuring the domains of entrepreneurial bricolage / Mikko Rönkkö, Juhana Peltonen, Pia Arenius -- The blessing of necessity and advantages of newness / Benson Honig, Tomas Karlsson, Gustav Hägg -- Self-doubt and entrepreneurial persistence : how founders of high-growth ventures overcome cognitive constraints on growth and persist with their ventures / Howard Haines, David Townsend -- Organizational resourcefulness : the role of purposeful resource focus vacillation in implementing corporate entrepreneurship / James M. Bloodgood, Jeffrey S. Hornsby, James C. Hayton -- Reenacting contextual boundaries entrepreneurial resourcefulness in challenging environments / Friederike Welter, Mirela Xheneti -- Knowledge flows and constraints to the entrepreneurial process / Thomas D. Craig, Patrick G. Maggitti, Kevin D. Clark.

This volume explores the theme of "resources" in entrepreneurship, and examines the resourcefulness of entrepreneurs that persevere in uncertain times to build new businesses. The different perspectives gathered in this volume present new ways of thinking about how entrepreneurs acquire, borrow, and make use of resources in seemingly impossible environments. Contributions discuss how entrepreneurs can yield success using bricolage; how to leverage "newness" and resource constraints as an advantage; and how high growth entrepreneurs overcome cognitive weaknesses and self doubt to succeed in new ventures. Further articles provide insights into resourcefulness of corporate entrepreneurial environments; links between knowledge flows and barriers in the entrepreneurship processes; and entrepreneurial resourcefulness in challenging and hostile economic environments.

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